Vedic Wisdom

Authenticity Superficiality Purity – Understanding the difference

For transmitting spiritual knowledge cultivate fixity of purpose and flexibility of process

How is the discriminatory caste system justifiable?

Happiness will come by destiny without our endeavoring – how do we understand this practically?

When Krishna tells Arjuna that your nature will make you fight then where is free will?

If a child is born retarded and dies without doing anything what is the point of such a life?

How can we know what karma we have done in the past?

Why should we go to a temple when we can serve poor people or open hospitals?

When we can have a temple in our home why do we need to go to a temple?

See the positive not the negative as the primary active force in the cosmos

If we cursed someone who disappointed us in a relationship are our present problems a karmic reaction for cursing that person?

To evaluate devotion by its material benefits is like evaluating dancing by the distance covered Gita 02.44

When dharma has gone down so much now why is Krishna not appearing?

How is the intelligence connected with the heart?

God refuses to be a co-dependent in our addiction

Can the soul remember its eternal position?

What are the ways in which the Nectar of Instruction text 1 can be misapplied?

If after praying we take a decision and it turns out to be wrong has Krishna misled us?

What exactly does Krishna sanction – how?

How does free will interact with the modes?

When Krishna knows everything including what we need what is the need to pray to him?

How to understand that we can’t understand Krishna – then why do we study scripture?

What is the monistic conception of pure consciousness in terms of subject object and stream of consciousness?

When Vaishnavas don’t take meat why do Shaivites take meat?

How is scripture a window to God?

During possession, what is the relation between the subtle bodies of the possessing ghost and the possessed person?

When the possessed soul and the possessor soul are equal, how can one soul dominate another ?

Do the laws of material nature work on ghosts ?

Is our life duration determined by past karma?

When the soul is different from the body, why does injury to the brain cause the soul to leave the body, but not injury to the foot?

Some people can see ghosts, some can’t – why?

Beauty is a spark of Krishna, but it makes us forget Krishna – what to do?

Isn’t the mode of goodness alone enough for serving Krishna – during the churning of the milk ocean, why were the other modes needed?

Understanding the five functions of intelligence

A mentally retarded child can’t do any karma – what determines his future life?

A mentally retarded child can’t pursue any worthwhile goal – what is the point of such a life?

How is karma connected with our future destination?

Can a spiritual mind know the destiny?

How is an action classified as good karma or bad karma?

How can we minimize our past karma’s impact on us?

Are hungry people starving because of their past karma?

Does karma contribute to our achievements?

During the evolution of life on the earth, when did the soul enter into the picture?

Transformation is inevitable – positive transformation has to be intentional

Why can’t the soul be seen with microscopes – where is it located in organisms that have no heart?

How can conservation of energy be reconciled with temporariness of matter?

How can we prove that life has the purpose of loving Krishna?

Are there different levels of seeing Krishna?

If guru-shishya parampara was always present, how could monism become so prominent?

Can we have a thoughtless mind?

Does the mind have more impressions from the present life than from past lives?

What happens to the mind when we sleep?

Remembering Srila Prabhupada’s mood and sacrifice – Hindi

Tamal Krishna Maharaj books appreciation

Drinking water and sleeping are both bodily needs – why is sleeping considered in the mode of ignorance?

Is the mind like a TV on which pictures are projected?

Are material objects less pure than us?

When the soul moves from one body to another, is there complete conservation of the mind?

Does beauty lie in the eye of the beholder – A Vedic Perspective

Analyzing various perceptions and conceptions of God

Scripture is a torch to see the world, a mirror to see the self and a window to see God

Understanding who is the doer – Analyzing instincts, impulses and intelligence

Meta-thinking is vital for fruitful thinking Gita 14.23

When scripture says our parents are God, why do some young devotees renounce their parents?

As humans can do a wide variety of activities, doesn’t that prove we have free will?

What does knowledge in the mode of ignorance mean in today’s world?

Is there some science other than modern for explaining matter?

Address misery first by recognizing its fundamental cause then its circumstantial cause Gita 09.33

Devotion, renunciation and aversion are differentiated by the direction of emotion

From the karmic perspective, what is the difference between ignorant wrongdoings and intentional wrongdoings?

Why do scriptures not describe technology such as bulbs?

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

Why is the mind considered a sense?

How can we remain respectful to the devatas while describing their non-supreme position or their non-ideal activities?

Just as the mind is personified, are other things such as Bhakti devi and Kali also personifications?

Are our problems caused by our past karma or arranged by Krishna?

Are poor people responsible for their poverty?

Are there two ways of thinking – the mind’s way and the soul’s way?

How can bhakti increase our ability to think, which is a material ability?

Do dreams mean something – should we try to understand their meaning?

Can we counter bad karma with good karma?

During the course of evolution, when did people develop the capacity to understand spirituality?

Does duty means doing that which we don’t like to do?

Why is it so difficult to become attracted to God and so easy to get attracted to sense objects?

Gita 16.24 Absolute Knowledge doesn’t have to be dogmatic and open-mindedness doesn’t have to relativize everything

When the vibrations of different people chanting mantras are different, how does the mantra purify?

Can destiny be changed by technology?

What is the starting point for bhakti yoga?

How do mantras change our consciousness – by their frequency, word order or word choice?

How can we know that the ultimate source of everything is good?

Does suicide change destiny?

How are the eight stages of ashtanga-yoga related with bhakti-yoga?

Does bhakti remove karmic reactions or give relief amidst karmic reactions?

Can’t knowing about Krishna push us to know Krishna?

Amidst karmic suffering, can astrology offer relief?

Can karma be inherited – do children get the good karma of their parents?

If we are born with demoniac qualties, are those qualities God’s gift to us?

If Kali-yuga is set to be degraded, can we do anything to change it?

What does it mean to hear the holy name?

What is the difference between intellect and intelligence?