Vedic Wisdom

Why did Balaram favor Duryodhana?

Analyzing envy through Duryodhana’s history

If a thief after praying to Krishna robs a devotee, whom is Krishna merciful to?

When Krishna is so loving, why is loving him so difficult?

MIND acronym 3 – The mind neglects opportunity and denies reality

What to do if the mind gets caught in the sector of disagreement between science and scripture?

How do we differentiate between scriptural principle and detail?

How to reconcile science and religion?

Appreciating scripture’s perennial relevance

How do we reconcile the mind’s coming from goodness with goodness giving rise to knowledge?

Is the mind or a source of desires or just a channel of the soul’s desires?

Does the working of the mind match with our desires?

Does Krishna not help us when we are not his pure devotees?

Philosophy seems abstract – how can we undestand that Krishna tangibly helps us?

Appreciating Radharani’s position and devotion – Radhashtami class

Why do great devotees die due to painful dieases or terrible accidents?

Are dreams about Krishna factual or just imaginary?

Why do Abrahamic religions call Deity Worship as Devil Worship?

Do our dreams reflect our anarthas?

Relevance of Krishna’s descent – TEMPLE acronym – Janmashtami special

Comparing appearances of Krishna and Rama – Janmashtami special

Is bhakti as rasa a contemporary presentation at Lord Chaitanya’s times or an eternal truth?

Did the presentation of bhakti evolve or even its definition evolve over time?

From the Mahabharata Krishna to the Bhagavatam Krishna

Why did Vasudeva not allow Krishna to return to Vrindavana?

Balaram Jayanti – How Balaram helps Krishna remember Vrindavan outside Vrindavan

How can we understand that Krishna’s form is transcendental?

How can we reconcile “Krishna provides for devotees” and “Krishna takes everything from devotees”?

Animals threaten each other the way humans do – how are humans more threatened?

What is pushti-bhakti and pushti and tushti in bhakti?

When Narasimha had promised Prahlad that his descendents would be protected, why did Krishna kill Putana?

Are Krishna bhaktas outside ISKCON at the neophyte stage?

Does the fact that religious knowledge doesn’t grow like scientific knowledge prove its irrelevance?

Do the differences in various religions’ conceptions of God prove his non-existence?

Lord Chaitanya’s momentous victory in Puri – Chaitanya Charitamrita Madhya Chp 6

Lord Chaitanya gives special mercy – does that mean souls before his descent were deprived of mercy?

Why dont the Vedas talk only about bhakti – how are they the authority for bhakti?

Is Krishna’s coming only once in Brahma’s day mean that he is partial?

Lust brings out our lower side; love, our higher side

Why don’t devotees discuss the eight stages of jnana?

When we are in tears, we need self-confidence to deal with it practically – what is the use of chanting?

If a famous person is dying and people pray for his longevity what is the Vedic perspective on it?

If something is destined, then will it not happen even if we don’t endeavor?

Can devotees perform Satyna-Narayan puja?

Is it hypocrisy to kill animals for getting yoga-seat while claiming to be a vegetarian?

In yugas when Krishna doesnt descend which avatar descend?

Brahma Samhita 5.44 – Cultivate a Krishna-centered, not self-centered, vision of nature

Gita 04.35 – Focus on the knowledge that fulfills the purpose of knowledge

Brahma Samhita meditation 2 – Krishna is not just the greatest in a hierarchy but the greatest beyond any hierarchy

Gita 16.09 – Our conception critically changes our contribution

Meditation on prayer to Jagannatha

Three levels of manifestation of Jagannatha Rath Yatra

Are the nine items of devotional service progressive?

What is the Vedic perspective on panpsychism?

Are sakhyam from nine items of devotional service and sakhya from the five rasas related?

What is the role of creativity in goodness?

The Deity has form but the holy name doesn’t – isn’t worshiping both together contradictory?

Does humility mean dishonestly blaming ourselves for things we haven’t done?

What is the difference between humility and inferiority complex?

Pada-sevanam – Bhakti is a relationship of ecstatic inequality

Isn’t it material conception of Deity to offer fan or candana when we feel hot in summer?

How much is the jurisdiction of our free will?

Are there some Deities that are jagruta?

Is it good to practice bhakti because it teaches us good values?

Is it good to practice bhakti due to our cultural upbringing?

Is KC also exclusivist because those who don’t accept Krishna’s form are said to be doomed?

How does bhakti compare with vipashana?

How does KC take us inwards when it involves many external activities?

When thinking is done by the soul, how can our thoughts be material?

When infinity is an attribute of Bhagavan, how can he manifest in a finite form?

When matter is indestructible what’s wrong with attraction to material forms?

Why are we attracted towards forms and not attracted towards Krishna’s forms?

Aren’t those who doubt whether Deities can perform miracles faithless skeptics?

Does seeing natural laws instead of Deities’ reciprocation amount to shallow Krishna consciousness?

Why are personalists better than impersonalists? What is the destination of impersonalist?

Going beyond misconceptions about Deity Worship

If soul doesn’t need food, why is cooking needed in the spiritual world?

Do mental, emotional and psychological refer to the same thing?

When a ghost possesses a person, how do two souls function in the same body?

If God’s will is the universal cause for everything, why do some events such as quakes that happen only at specific places?

When heavenly residents have subtle bodies dont all bodies contain all elements?

When doctors find treatments nature endows germs with resistance to medicies – why?

When likings are relative to species, what’s wrong with a hog’s attraction to stool?

Does the soul’s composition change from the material world to the spiritual world?

How can the soul carry subtle elements from one body to another?

When the Supersoul is with the soul how can it be covered by the material energy?

Do elderly people in the spiritual world remain eternally elderly?

Are Prabhupada’s standards being diluted by, say, singing mahamantra in Bollywood song tune?

What is the relationship between intelligence and consciousness?

If descending to lower species is the greatest fear why does Bhaktivinoda T not fear an insect birth?

If morality can be developed without religion, will religion become redundant?

How does the reconditioning of the soul from one body to another happen?

Are abnormal behaviors caused by nervous breakdowns or by ghosts?

If the soul is eternal why does it need food?

If the number of our breaths is fixed do exercises that accelerate our breathing decrease our lifespan?

Scientific, Christian and Bhagavatam conceptions of God

Why are the Bhagavatam’s and science’s conceptions of the universe so different?

Conceptions of time in science, Christianity and Bhagavatam

If time is an independent reality why do different people perceive it differently?

If time moves only forward how do we explain hypnotic regression?