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When an eye for an eye will make everyone blind, why does the Gita teach that?

If bhakti is the conclusion of the Vedas, shouldn;t the Vedas be filled with bhakti?

When Dhruva Maharaj started with a selfish motive, how did he attain Vaikuntha, the abode of selflessness?

How do we give up bad habits?

Does becoming spiritual mean becoming unemotional – won’t that make our life flat?

How can an organization balance between maintaining structure and providing independence to its members?

What is the difference between a jnani and jnani-yogi?

Even when we know that worldly pleasures are temporary, why do we still crave for it?

When we are far away from the standards needed to attain the spiritual world, what is our hope?

Isn’t the Gita’s comparing women with vaishyas and shudras derogatory?

Does practicing bhakti at only the cultural level deprive us of intellectual and spiritual growth?

How can we know if we are sincere?

If our faith is attacked internally or externally, what should we do?

How can we balance body, mind and consciousness?

How are karma and jnana the cause of material desires?

Can buddhi-yoga refer to all three yogas – karma, jnana and bhakti?

If an equal devotee becomes more advanced, how can we avoid envy?

How can knowing Krishna as the proprietor, enjoyer and benefactor bring us peace?

When jnana and karma are different philosophies, how can they both give the same result, as the Gita’s sixth chapter states?

How can an introvert practice bhakti when it is so social and public?

What does simply living really mean?

What is the difference between destiny and free will?

How can we overcome the faultfinding tendency?

What is the Vedic perspective on euthanasia?

How does God helps those who help themselves apply to Rama in Ramayana?

Why can some people readily accept Krishna’s supremacy and some can’t?

How can we deal with life’s dualities?

How can we deal with angry people?

How can we become determined like Hanuman?

Isn’t it useless to share spirituality with people who have no spiritual interest?

How do we distinguish between material anxiety and spiritual anxiety?

Gita 01.01 The Gita’s first word dharma conveys its essential, universal theme

Why was Ekalavya treated so unfairly?

Why does Shiva Puarana say that Shiva is the source of Brahma and Vishnu?

How can bhakti wisdom help us to become more forgiving?

Why is Islam the most violent religion?

How can those in passion come to goodness to understand their nature?

How do the soul mind intelligence and false ego interact with each other?

How does bhakti wisdom help us to become more tolerant?

See pain as a protector and a pointer

If God is the cause of everything how do we have free will?

Will God be understood by science in future?

How does bhakti correlate with raising our energy to higher chakras?

Is spirituality meant to eliminate worry and depression?

If a desire is irresistible what to do?

Should we have expectations while practicing bhakti?

Lessons from Hanuman’s devotion to Rama 2 – Earning trust through emotional intelligence

Lessons from Hanuman’s devotion to Rama 1 – When we hide ourselves from the Lord he hides himself from us

In Kali-yuga thoughts don’t incur reactions – what does that mean practically?

How can we help materially entrapped people to become spiritual?

Ajamila knew scripture – yet he fell down. Why?

How can we balance between bhakti and studies?

If our spouse is sentimentally following a different spiritual path how should we deal with it?

How do we understand scriptural stories in which mountains are conscious?

Six loving exchanges – Opening the heart and reciprocating with the opened heart

We are defined by the questions we ask – in life in science and in spirituality

Bring out your best 1 – Self-help

Can we logically prove God’s existence – Backward and forward reasoning

From Love Universal to Bhakti Confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism Glories 7 – Love in separation is the culmination of love

From love universal to bhakti confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism glories 5 – Radha and Krishna are one soul in two bodies

From love universal to bhakti confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism glories 4 – Relishing the transformational legacy of God’s greatness and sweetness

Understanding consciousness and its four levels – Jagruti Svapna Sushupti and Turya

From Love Universal to Bhakti Confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism Glories 3 – PEAR acronym for becoming a rasika

Reincarnation and the Search for Meaning – Evidence Explanation & Evolution

Discover the Baahubali within you

Akrura Katha 3 – Understanding cultural bhakti philosophical bhakti spiritual bhakti and Vraja bhakti

Appreciating Balarama’s two blessings – Bala and Rama

Krishna is the trans-personal shelter of all the things that shelter us

Spiritualizing our relationships 5 – Focus more on our intentions than on others’ dispositions

Spiritualizing our relationships 4 – Accept yourself to relate better with others

Spiritualizing our relationships 3 – Learning to separate people from their behavior

Spiritualizing our relationships 2 – To improve relationships, decrease expectation and increase contribution

Spiritualizing our relationships 1 – The more despiritualized we are, the more desensitized we become

How to cultivate positive thinking in bhakti

Does chanting automatically make us kinder or do we have to strive to become kinder?

From Grudging to Gratitude 4 – Forgiving internally and externally by focusing on Krishna

From Grudging to Gratitude 3 – Learn to re-interpret reality devotionally

From Grudging to Gratitude 2 – See beyond the immediate cause of suffering

From Grudging to Gratitude 1 – Grudging is like driving with brakes pressed

From will and power to willpower

Gita Essence 3 – The transformational power of love – World-knowledge as the vehicle for love

Gita Essence 2 – The transformational power of love – God-knowledge as the fuel for love

Is there a scientific explanation of the benefits of eating prasad?

Gita Essence 1- The transformational power of love – Self-knowledge as the basis of love

Overcoming resentment amidst difficult situations

Understanding how dharma culminates in prema

Spirituality changes how we perceive, process and pursue

5 reflections for reconciling science and scripture

What your phone can teach you about your mind 4 – Let bhakti change your memory

What your phone can teach you about your mind 3 – Check your energy drainers

What your phone can teach you about your mind 2 – Hardware improvement doesn’t solve software problems

What your phone can teach you about your mind 1 – Deal with your default settings maturely

When our thoughts start becoming negative, how can we flip them to positive?

How can we insulate ourselves from negative people?

When we are troubled by controversies in Krishna’s movement, should we try to tackle them or just focus on our service?

How can we assess our service when we are not pure-hearted?

How can we avoid over-controlling the things that are in our control?

In the practical-philosophical categorization, where does the emotional fit in?

When we face problems, we need practical solutions, not philosophical solutions – how can scripture help?

What is the best way to monitor our mental habits?