Summary

SELF acronym – The self that is missing in the selfie

Our emotional wounds can’t be healed by technology – we need spiritualty

The world of science is not the world we live in

Committing is not limiting – it is elevating

From ritual to spiritual 3 – Analysis of Krishna’s pastime with the ritualistic brahmanas – The brahmanis selfless devotion

Dhruva pastime analysis 3 – DHRUV acronym – Realization and reconciliation result from devotion

Dhruva pastime analysis 2 – DHRUV acronym – Humility and honesty leads to authentic bhakti

Increasing willpower – by increasing the distance between us and our feelings, and our feeling and our actions

3 principles for spiritual community building – Session 3 – Balance & Commitment

From ritual to spiritual 2 – Analysis of Krishna’s pastime with the ritualistic brahmanas – Understanding the brahmans

Dhruva pastime analysis 1 – Everyone faces distress, the fortunate find the right direction – DHRUV acronym

From ritual to spiritual 1 – Analysis of Krishna’s pastime with the ritualistic brahmanas

PAST acronym – 4 reflections to go past your past

To think or not to think – 4 reflections for a happy mind

3 ways to look for blessings amidst problems

3 roles of intelligence in bhakti

How Krishna can be seen – and how he can’t be seen

Don’t let your expectations of life come in the way of life

Selfie – Self = IE – Two things that technology provides and two things that spirituality provides

Make a life, not just a living – LIFE acronym

Effective Leadership of spiritual communities

Debunking the mind’s fake news – 4 points

Worry not whether your path is genuine – worry whether you are genuine

Maturity in relationships – Four principles – 3. Appreciate 4. Act

Maturity in relationships – Four principles – 2. Ascertain

Maturity in relationships – Four principles – 1. Accept

Three factors that determine what we see – Knowledge, Desire, Commitment

Are some sections of the scriptures outdated? – Understanding the compassionate intent of the Vedas 2

Understanding the compassionate intent of the Vedas 1 – Are the Vedas agnostic?

Krishna’s presence is more precious than his presents

How devotion makes the insurmountable ocean of material desires insignificant

Movie metaphor to understand how we are entangled and how bhakti liberates us

Bring out the best within, not the beast within – Hindi

Analyzing Karna – Going beyond black and white perspectives in understanding scripture + QA

Three levels of purification – reaction, action and inclination – Hindi

How to increase our faith – Hindi

We can’t delete our memories, but we can choose what we remember

Daksha-Shiva conflict 3 – How our mind makes us sectarian – Hindi

Awareness, Aspiration, Action – From standard of living to standard of loving

Daksha-Shiva conflict 2 – The proud consider others proud – Hindi

Parikshit M – Dharma discussion – Don’t blame 3 – How to deal with troubling people – Hindi

Parikshit M – Dharma discussion – Don’t blame 2 – If why has no answer focus on how – Hindi

Parikshit M – Dharma discussion – Don’t blame 1 – See beyond the immediate cause – Hindi

Role of determination and association in devotion – Hindi

Daksha-Shiva conflict 1 – How misconceptions give rise to conflicts – Hindi

Snana-Yatra Meditation – Understanding how God can fall sick – Hindi

Be creative in fixing the mind on Krishna – Hindi

We may be hurt but we don’t have to stay hurt

Can ambition and devotion go together 2 – How to channel ambition in devotion

Redirection of consciousness is Krishna’s miracle – Bali Maharaj pastime reflection

Seeing Krishna’s mercy amidst loss – Krishna’s instructions after Govardhana lila

Renunciation of false ego – Indra’s Prayers after Govardhana lila

How the mind troubles us – and how to protect ourselves – Hindi

Keep the mind on the spiritual track to keep it out of trouble

Why we need spirituaity in the age of technology

Can ambition and devotion go together 1 – How happiness-distress are fixed and how they aren’t

Analyzing different religions to find life’s purpose 2 – The problem of evil original sin and karma

Analyzing different religions to find life’s purpose 1 – Seeking a purpose bigger than our problems

Is seeing believing 3 – Resolving science-spirituality conflicts

Is seeing believing 2 – What the map of science misses

Is seeing believing 1 – Even science explains the visible with the invisible

Understanding tradition and its conformers, deformers reformers – and presenters

The power of gratitude 2 – How to cultivate gratitude

The power of gratitude 1 – How gratitude empowers us

Nourishing the creeper of devotion 4 – Finding our spiritual stimuil

Nourishing our lives with the Bhagavad-gita

Nourishing the creeper of devotion 3 – Avoid attachment to renunciation

Strive first for devotion then for pure devotion

Sensitivity in relationships 3 – Dealing with insensitive people

How to get realizations

Nourishing the creeper of devotion 2 – Regulate attachment even to things that help in devotion

Sensitivity in relationships 2 – From judgment to encouragement

Sensitivity in relationships 1 – Why we need to be sensitive and why we aren’t

Nourishing the creeper of devotion 1 – The danger of becoming religious but not spiritual

Healthy self-understanding 4 – Reasons to be kind to ourselves

Healthy self-understanding 3 – Misunderstandings about humility and tolerance

Healthy self-understanding 2 – How the mind can hurt the self

Healthy and unhealthy emotions in the renounced order

Balancing forgiveness and justice 2 – What forgiveness isn’t and what it is

Balancing forgiveness and justice 1 – Why deterrence is essential

How to overcome dissatisfaction

Seek not moments of devotion – seek momentum in devotion

How to effectively study and apply the Gita

Free will and God’s will 3 – How God helps us free our free will

Free will and God’s will 2 – Understanding the trigger cause and target of our weaknesses

Free will and God’s will 1 – God is the cause of all causes not all effects

How reincarnation makes sense of our existence and that of animals too

Seeker within achiever without

Memorizing scriptural verses – Whys and hows -2

Memorizing scriptural verses – Whys and hows -1

Even if we have problems we don’t have to be problems

How science and spirituality go together

How science points to spirituality

Mother’s day Meditation – Conception Commercialization Spiritualization

What is spirituality and why we need it

What science can provide – and what it can’t

Bhagavad-gita and Modern Psychology 3 – Changing our mind by changing our relationship with the mind

Bhagavad-gita and Modern Psychology – 2 – Where mindfulness works and where it falls short

Bhagavad-gita and Modern Psychology 1 – Is there anything beyond emotionality and rationality?

Why psychological distress amidst technological progress – 3 reasons