Vedic Wisdom

​How to understand statements of extreme humility in saints?

​Does humility mean complete surrender to Krishna?

​Why do we talk only about mind control and not about intelligence control?

​What is the destination of spiritualists who don’t follow scripture properly?

​Are brahmanas allowed to eat meat?

​Where is the soul present in plants?

Can not desiring perfection lead to a casual attitude in service?

​When a person is possessed by a ghost, where are the two souls situated?

Is meat-eating sinful or is it just to be avoided for spiritual progress?

​What happens to Krishna when his deity is desecrated?

​Does the seekers’ consciousness make the deities divine or are they actually divine?

​Can we present scripture according to our understanding?

Can the guru take back to godhead even disciples who are still works in progress?

Who can be affected by black magic?

What is tantra – is it material or spiritual?

How can we draw lessons from scripture – should we stick only to lessons given by acharyas?

​How can Vishvanatha Chakravarti say that scriptural verses are grammatically inaccurate?

​Do we need different teachers for different areas of life?

​Is deity worship meant for the less intelligent?

How to respond to scholars who consider abstract principles more important than bhakti specifics?

​What does “Yamadutas are afraid to approach devotees” mean?

Why doesn’t Lord Shiva guide his devotees to Vishnu?

Can there be pure devotion to Lord Shiva?

Can Lord Shiva also grant liberation?

Isn’t the idea that everyone can’t understand dharma elitist?

QA on balancing the material and the spiritual

Balaram Jayanti class – Balaram acts as the via media between Krishna and the Vrajavasis as well as the conditioned souls

Understanding how to understand scripture – Ladder of abstraction and nature of attribution

Is the mind alone the link between the gross body and the soul – or are the intelligence and false ego also included?

Is citta a part of the subtle body?

​Why is Krishna not revealed in the Vedas – why was Bhagavatam needed to reveal him?

Why is Lord Chaitanya considered supremely merciful?

​Why does Rupa Goswami talk about vaco-vega and jihva-vega separately?

​How is the whole world full of question-answers?

​Why is the Paramatma considered impersonal?

Do different people perceive Krishna’s mercy differently?

​When all forms of God exist eternally, what does Krishna is the source of all those forms means?

​Did Bhima hate Duryodhana and not follow hate the sin, not the sinner?

​Don’t let astonishment over mystical or technological marvels distract from bhakti

​How does Krishna decide when to protect and when to not protect?

​Stimulate desired emotions through right setting

​If dharma is about principles, how does it differ from belief system?

Are both people who chant simply out of piety and those who chant as sadhana at namabhasa level?

If the soul immovable, how do the Yamadutas drag the soul?

​Does Krishna sometimes violate the other three legs of dharma but never violate mercy?

​Does Krishna intervene in the system of karma or lets it act even on devotees?

​What exactly are the modes? How does raja guna give rise to lust?

​If lust is present in our own senses, why does proximity to sense objects make us lusty?

When the mind beats us for doing wrong, how is that different from repentance?

​When the mind simply does sankalpa and vikalpa, what does the mind understanding something mean?

Shikshashtakam 7 – Go beyond sentimentality to spiritual sentiments

What is the best thing a mother can do for her deceased son?

Avatar – Digital, Christian, monistic and bhakti conceptions

How can infinity minus infinity give infinite results?

​Does Krishna go through childhood, boyhood and youth stages in the spiritual world?

​Why did Krishna close his eyes on seeing Putana?

As a householder what rules did Krishna follow?

Metaphorical understanding in bhakti philosophy and in Krishna’s killing of Putana

​Why do some people get facilities for bhakti practice and some don’t?

​Is mercy proportionate to our endeavor?

​Is brahmanas’ feeling hurt at just a harsh glance due to their sensitivity or their ego?

​Are there many Gitas other than the Bhagavad-gita?

Is worshipping some devata while practicing bhakti a dilution of bhakti?

​How can we develop faith in the acharyas’ commentaries on scripture?

​Why do we need to read purports while reading scripture?

​How can we balance between understanding God as a principle and loving him as a person?

How can we present scripture without compromising its truth?

​Is truth different for people in different modes?

​How is Vaishnava classification of scripture different from Advaitic classification of paramarthika and vyavaharika?

Cultivating absorption through conviction

In scriptural study, be not just faithful but also purposeful

​Can we pray to get the ecstatic symptoms of bhakti?

​When Krishna married so many queens, why is his marriage with Tulsi alone celebrated?

​Isn’t the Tulsi-Shalagrama vivaha rooted in an immoral pastime?

Was Krishna only eight years old when he performed rasa-lila?

​Did Jayadeva Goswami introduce eroticism is krishna-bhakti?

​Can devotee children become sensually agitated by reading some pastimes from Krishna book?

Shikshashtakam 6 – Calling for mercy elevates us from our fallen condition

​When we take a decision does the soul or the mind take the decision?

Surrender is not just exalted sentiment but also practical action – Gita 18.66

​Can ghosts practice devotional service?

​Can dogs see subtle things such as Yamadutas?

​Do superstitious people believe in ghosts?

​Can ghosts see past and future?

​Does karma exist for ghosts?

​How are some people able to see the forms of ghosts?

​What is the difference between us and ghosts – why are they afraid of the holy name?

​Why do scriptures give mathematical knowledge – is it needed to go back to godhead?

​Isn’t saying that everything came from a four-headed being’s navel’s lotus more absurd than saying it came from a bang?

​Why do devotees use things like laptops that are made by people with materialistic consciousness?

​If Krishna is the supreme cause, how is our destiny in our hands?

​Do non-living things have covered consciousness – why?

​How can material sound vibrations be used to access spirit?

​When science keeps changing, why do we use scientific analogies to explain scriptural teachings?

If objects are made of waves, how does consciousness come into objects?

What do scriptures say about UFOs?

How do souls get different bodies right at the beginning?

​Why are scriptural figures not absolutely precise?

​If science doesn’t have authority to explain life, why does scripture have that authority?

Shikshashtakam 5 – Channel the avalanche of desire