Vedic Wisdom

How to understand Chaitanya Charitamrita descriptions that Lord Chaitanya flooded the whole world with ecstasy?

Where are the pastimes of the countless incarnations described?

What happened to Radharani after Krishna left for Mathura?

Are some Sanskrit words not translatable?

Why do the scriptures while narrating pastimes describe the beauty of the female form?

Appreciating Prabhupada’s resourcefulness and sharing his legacy – Prabhupada Disappearance day class

Govardhan Dashakam Meditation – Ten appeals for residence at Govardhan

Meditating on the Damodarashtakam: The supreme controller is controlled – and still remains in control (Part 2 – Verses 5 to 8)

Meditating on the Damodarashtakam: The supreme controller is controlled – and still remains in control (Part 1 – Verses 1 to 4)

Damodarashtakam explained – The Controller is controlled and still remains in control

Damodara Lila – Scientific, Philosophical, Theological and Devotional Analysis

Approach scripture as history described for spiritual elevation, not material precision

Does selfless devotion mean that we shouldnt be getting any happiness ourselves in it?

Is feeling grateful to Krishna for saving us from material sufferings self-centered – what should we be grateful for?

Does serving for Krishna’s pleasure mean that we should not even consider what give us pleasure?

Is trying to determine how we can serve according to our nature against the principle of following the spiritual master’s instruction?

Categorize the material and spiritual philosophically and harmonize them practically (Bhagavatam 10.70.27)

How much can we adjust right or wrong actions according to their consequences?

Is detachment not included in 64 items of bhakti because it makes one hardhearted?

Does the guru literally come back lifetime after lifetime till the disciple is delivered?

Can lack of intellectual nourishment stop or slow our bhakti?

As consciousness in lower species is too covered to perceive suffering, what is the problem with falling to lower species?

Kurukshetra – Arena of fratricide and reunion

When Buddha and Kalki appear in Kali-yuga, why is Vishnu called Tri-yugi?

When Sarvabhauma was an impersonalist how could he appreciate symptoms of love of God in Lord Chaitanya?

What is meditation?

Is resentment caused by outer events or inner mentality?

Does demoniac goodness become divine goodness by bhakti?

Can we transcend goodness without coming to goodness?

Does our nature change as become purified?

How is consciousness carried through food?

Why does the mind suddenly get agitated sometimes?

Why does the sound of mantras produce purification whereas other sound doesn’t?

How does hearing a pastime produce an entirely unrelated result?

How to understand scriptural promises about result of hearing pastimes?

Does the soul go closer to God during sleep?

If everything has a cause, why should God not have a cause?

How are optimism and pessimism related to the modes?

If scripture gives knowledge in goodness, how can it help us know what is beyond goodness?

Why does the Supersoul sanction our unhealthy choices?

How do the soul, Supersoul and nature contribute to action?

How can we convince the mind of truths that are beyond science?

How is the soul full of knowledge?

How can we focus on Krishna without imagining or speculating?

Is absorption in Krishna a combination of all the four levels of consciousness?

How do our actions leave impressions on the mind?

How is the body sustained when the soul leaves the body?

Does the soul leave the body during dreams?

Why don’t we have consciousness during sleep?

How do we understand that Krishna is the cause of all causes?

Why do mathematical concepts correlate with things in nature?

How does the sound of the holy name penetrate beyond the universe – and other sounds don’t?

How does the subtle body interact with the physical body?

Are our present spiritual emotions real or just mental?

Is sadhaka’s suffering because of past karma or Krishna’s arrangement?

Is our relationship with guru a vertical relationship or a horizontal relationship?

When many spiritual paths say they are the best, how to choose our path?

How to connect Vedic mathematics to Krishna consciousness?

GOD acronym – Reconciling human independence with divine omnipotence

How exactly did Krishna depart from the world?

Increasingly intimate manifestations of Krishna in Mahabharata, Gita, Bhagavatam and Chaitanya Charitamrita

Do we need to hear true spiritual sound to be elevated?

Appreciate the depth and length of our existence to appreciate Krishna’s love

Why does scriptural knowledge differ from modern anthropological knowledge?

How can we know whether our emotions are spiritual or sahajiyaic?

Do those who die fighting against Krishna attain the spiritual world earlier than those who fight for him?

The Quest for Happiness – Collecting the material or recollecting the spiritual?

How can we understand that God is a person?

Does destiny determine how we respond to situations?

How is destiny related to karma?

Life’s 4 defining D’s: Desire, Decision, Destiny and Dharma

Why do people in goodness sometimes not take up bhakti?

Why is Krishna selectively merciful in inspiring some people to take to bhakti and not others?

Tread the path of the ears to the eyes and the heart

How to reconcile Krishna’s omniscience with our having free will?

RASA acronym for finding rasa in bhakti

If God is the explanation for everything, what is the explanation for God?

How to deal with doubts about God’s existence coming from the study of science?

How to understand that there is life after death?

How to see death of a loved one philosophically without becoming hardhearted?

Should criminals who go on murderous sprees be forgiven?

When prasad is so purifying, why don’t those who take prasad regularly get fully purified?

What is the source of desire?

How can we know that God exists?

If destiny is supreme, how do we have free will?

Why are we suffering in this world?

What are the destinations of those who realize Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan?

Bhakti is the inclusive summit of all spirituality (Bhagavatam 1.2.6-13)

How are thoughts generated?

How does association lead to spiritual advancement?

Practicing bhakti amidst todays fast-paced life

How does the existence of the finite point to the existence of the infinite?

QA tradition brings intellectual vibrancy to bhakti

Why is the soul’s connection with the Supreme established only through sound – and a specific mantra at that?

Where does our longing for love come from?

What is the highest form of love?

Should one love oneself to be happy?

How can killing for one’s country be considered love?

Love is the highest reality

Happiness lies inside, not outside – is this a spiritual and scriptural principle?