Vedic Wisdom

What is the difference between vibhuti and shaktyavesha avatar?

If the finite can’t become the infinite, then what is liberation?

If animals’ instincts come from the Supersoul, why are animals considered spiritually unintelligent?

Do all embryos in the womb pray to God?

If the soul is complete, why is purification needed?

Why should we focus more on satisfying the soul than on satisfying the body?

Is the voice of conscience always the voice of God?

How does one’s past spirituality become activated?

How can we differentiate between a dharmika and a fanatic?

Was Putana delivered because of destiny?

When Vrajavasis are pure devotees, how were they attracted to Putana’s beauty?

Why does God give some people an evil mind?

When we surrender to our guru, are we surrendering to the guru or to the guru tattva or to Krishna?

How does quantum entanglement happen – is it because of the Supersoul?

How does jnana-yoga progress to dhyana-yoga?

When our natural varna can’t be changed, does taking brahmana diksha makes us all brahmanas?

Is consciousness intrinsically divine – is it the same as the mind?

How can we better use sleep to grow spiritually?

The search for meaning 1 – How science points to spirituality

What is the concept of the evil eye – what is its rational and scriptural basis

When we fail in life, how can we immediately understand that past karma is at work?

When people don’t get what they desire, they sometimes become angry and sometimes depressed – are anger and depression twins

To what extent is metaphorical understanding of scripture acceptable or unacceptable?

The painkiller of entertainment is easily available, but does the cure of enlightenment needs to be given by someone enlightened

Scripture without guru is deluding

Going back to godhead 1 – Three ways to cultivate spiritual desire – RAP acronym

If we can’t go to heaven in human bodies, how do some kings like Dasharatha fight for the gods in heaven?

If Brahma is the creator of the universe, from where did the lotus on which he was born come?

If the author is not present in the book, how is Valmiki present in Ramayana?

How are faith and knowledge related – how is faith in the dharmic tradition differnt from faith in Christianity?

How the laws of nature work and what role Krishna plays in them

Are our present sufferings because of our past karma?

Understanding papa, punya and bhakti – How the good obstructs and supports the best

Are there any brahmavadis in the world today?

How is Paramatma realization an evolution from Brahman realization?

Is Brahman the effulgence of the Absolute or is it the realization of our own eternality?

Is blaming past karma for bad things just a way to avoid blaming God?

When a mother will keep mud away from a child, why does Krishna make lust so easily available in this world?

Won’t it help us spiritually if we remember our past lives?

Why God is not always “nice”

Is heaven attained by any warrior who fights a war in obedience to authority and dies?

What is the destination of those who obey their authorities and fight in unfair wars such as Vietnam – will their obedience elevate them to heaven?

What is wrong with ancestors falling from higher planets to earth, as only from earth they can be liberated?

Parallels in Krishna lila and Gaura lila

How Lord Chaitanya manifested, shared and savoured love for Krishna

If offensive chanting is ineffective, then how was Ajamila’s chanting effective?

Why did Vyasadeva give Vedic rituals instead of just giving bhakti, as Prabhupada did?

How Lord Chaitanya thwarted Kali’s attacks – Based on Kavi Karnapura’s Chaitanya Chandrodya Nataka

Lust when unfulfilled leads to anger does that means the short tempered have excessive lust that is un satisfied

When Dhruva already had darshan of Vishnu, how could be become disproportionately angry at the Yakshas?

Does Krishna sometime violate the revealed scriptures?

When non-literal interpretations often lead to misinterpretations why do scripture contain them – and how much should we use them?

Krishna assumes a childlike form – does this mean he has some other original form?

Won’t saying that God is not the sole controller imply that he is helpless in certain situations?

Is Krishna present in the book Bhagavatam – is he also present in a digital book?

Does preaching essentially mean changing people’s faith?

If everything attractive comes from Krishna how do we see a young attractive girl?

Can morality be objective and universally acceptable?

Does God take credit for our good deeds and give us blame for our bad deeds?

When does philosophical speculation change to mental speculation – what makes certain explanations of scripture unacceptable? (Vedic wisdom)

When the holy name is self-fulfilling, why do we need other things such as elaborate analysis of the mind?

If Krishna’s love is unconditional, why didn’t he help Draupadi till she raised both her hands in surrender?

If Krishna takes hundred steps towards us when we take one step towards him, is he partial or impartial?

Can you explain the significance of the ten offenses in practical terms?

Are ritvikas who reject Krishna’s pure devotees better or worse than the Mayavadis who reject Krishna’s personal form?

God in the bhakti tradition – How can we infer his existence and communicate with him?

What is the difference between consciousness, conscience and guilt?

As bhakti-yoga requires faith, do we need to give up our questioning nature?

Why does Jagannatha Puri temple forbid non-Hindus from entering?

Is the mind a covering on consciousness or does the mind contain the covering?

If we are already complete as parts of the Complete, how can we feel incomplete?

Are Krishna’s feelings like our feelings or different from our feelings?

Who or what is Krishna?

Is our attempt to mitigate destiny also determined by destiny?

If good karma can’t change bad karma, how does atonement work?

Doesn’t the universal form vision indicate that the war was destined?

Was the Kurukshetra war Krishna’s plan?

Where does hostility towards God and the godly come from?

Does God suffer?

Are all of God’s names the same or are there gradations of intimacy?

Is God male or is he transcendental?

Where does our personality come from?

Do animal species have no intelligence?

Are destiny and God the same thing?

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

Why are Krishna and bhakti not mentioned in the Vedas?

Does causeless mercy have any cause?

If sense objects seem more attractive than Krishna, what to do?

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

If demons are devotees descending for mausala-lila, will they go to brahmajyoti on being liberated?

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

Who is the source of all incarnations – Vishnu or Krishna?

Who is to be purified – mind or soul?

Should we not do good to others because to get the good reaction we will have to take birth again?

With our current knowledge of the material world, what can we understand about the spiritual world?

If a couple has to divorce, do they keep getting the other’s karma even after divorce?

Might we have been created by some higher civilization instead of God?

Do Krishna’s personal attributes symbolize something higher?

Are all ungodly people vicious?

What is the traditional meaning of yoga in the Yoga sutras?