Vedic Wisdom

When Jaya-Vijaya became demons by Krishna’s will and performed so many atrocities, what was the fault of their victims?

How is it fair to be punished for past karma without being told what that karma was?

Why do we say that we think with the mind and not with the soul?

Does Krishna have a plan for us even when we are not serious devotees?

When intoxication doesn’t harm others, as does meat-eating why is it considered bad?

Did Shankaracharya accept Krishna’s form as transcendental?

How can spontaneous devotion be practiced in shanta-rasa?

If the soul gets a body through the semen what happens to it when conception doesn’t occur?

How can atma be translated as the Supreme Lord?

Nothing is in my control – why worry?

What karma should we avoid so that we won’t have to suffer?

What is the use of getting reactions for wrongdoings without knowing those wrongdoings?

When humans kill animals for eating, is it that animal’s destiny or are humans interrupting God’s plan?

If someone commits suicide, was it their destiny or are they interrupting God’s plan?

If bhakti means to give up all designations then how do we see our duties to our country?

What is the difference between the mental and the spiritual?

Is love for our parents, brothers, sisters Maya – does such love have no meaning or value?

Are the sense and mind different – which of them drives us?

Understanding surrender – Hindi

​What factors determine the mental pitch we get?

​What is stillness of mind?

If someone says the sparks of Krishna’s splendor are enough for me, how can we connect them with Krishna?

​Where are the mind, intelligence and ego located?

Bhakti yoga – cultural practice or spiritual science?

When we make choices, where does our karma fit in?

When God knows the future, is our free will really free?

What is wrong with we as God’s children asking him for our material needs?

Does scripture guide us for spiritual decisions or also for material decisions?

Material solutions to problems lead to bigger problems – so, should we seek material solutions?

How can we overcome the infection of karma and jnana?

Does the mind tempt us because of the modes or do the modes tempt us because of the mind?

We get only temporary happiness and that too after lot of struggle – does God not want us to be happy?

Why do we get karmic reactions for one life in another life?

What are the sizes of the soul and the mind?

What is Maya – are women Maya?

How can inductive-deductive-abductive reasonings be correlated with pratyaksha-anumana-shabda?

Do our default settings come from our past karma or our association?

What is more powerful – the soul or the mind?

Do the spikes of desire vanish when we become spiritually advanced?

What is the difference between being religious and being spiritual?

How can we attract materially comfortable people who don’t feel the need for spirituality?

Learning from the guru named death

How do we differentiate between the mind and the heart?

Does God want us to torture ourselves by fasting on holy days?

How do we know that the knowledge coming through disciplic succession is authentic?

How do we convince people that scriptures are true, not fictional?

What is the significance getting darshan of Radharani’s lotus feet on Radhashtami day?

Will you please talk something about Devi Bhagavatam?

Do we relate with God only as our father?

What is the difference between humans and animals?

What makes Vedic knowledge infallible and human knowledge fallible?

Why is Vedic knowledge received through disciplic succession?

Does existence alone go from one life to another without carrying any karma from the past?

Can spiritual wisdom explain split personality disorder?

Can the soul experience anything other than what is displayed on the mind’s screen?

Does the level of consciousness indicate the strength of the soul?

How are the soul, mind and body brought together?

Will we ever come to a spiritual level when we understand Krishna’s plan perfectly?

How can some people remember their past lives?

​Is the golden cord that goes with the soul permanent or temporary?

​What should we do if we have a near-death experience or a mystical experience?

​I saw a shining light during a vision – what does it mean?

​Are reports of people having gone to Yamaraja and returned true?

​When does the soul get connected with the body?

​Do pure devotees have no worldly desires or do they have desires but no inclination to act on those desires?

​Is there a difference between vairagya and virakti?

​When God is omniscient and knows our suffering, why do we need to go to him to get relief?

​How can the presence of suffering be reconciled with God’s existence?

​Can we change our destiny by living according to a particular path?

​Every effect has a cause – why can’t this argument be applied to God?

​When the Paramatma is always in the heart, how can Krishna leave the heart?

When bhakti provides higher pleasure than sensuality, why does the mind still crave for sense pleasure?

When we can’t even be sure whether this world will exist tomorrow, why bother thinking about some other world that is anyway held as inconceivable?

​Is old age present in the spiritual world?

​Yoga Maya can cover Krishna – how is this different from the Mayavadi idea that we all are God covered by Maya?

​How can we explain rasa-lila to new people?

​Are all svakiya relationships in this world false?

​Does our enthusiasm in bhakti come from our sincerity or from Krishna’s mercy?

How can we know that God is still living?

​How can we prevent our faith from going down with the passage of time?

​We know our likes and dislikes, but how can we know ourselves?

When religious conflicts cause violence, how can religious practice bring peace?

When mantra meditation involves actions and changes, how does it take us from the unchanging to the changing?

Where is the svabhava stored – is svabhava always unfavourable to bhakti?

​What is the difference between svabhava and conditionings?

​Is meditation on sound preferable to silent meditation?

Does becoming spiritual involve running away from problems instead of solving them?

As exalted devotees don’t want liberation, should we not desire to get out of this world?

If it is Radharani’s love that binds Krishna, then is her love greater than Yashoda’s?

Appreciating the devotional despair of Damodarashtakam

Appreciating Tattva Sandarbha

​What is the difference between premature death due to accident and due to suicide?

​What is consciousness – can we attain consciousness without giving up family life?

​If we all are parts of God, then is God the sum total of all beings?

​Is knowing our weaknesses one of the results of materialism?

​Krishna is the basis of all being, not just the best of all beings – what does this mean?

Does exercising that increases our breathing rate decrease our lifespan?

Why do some people come close to death, but escape death?

If some people are more tolerant by their nature, does that tolerance mean they are advanced devotees?

Is bhakti the only way to higher taste – or are there other ways too?