Vedic Philosophy

Are there any practicing brahmavadis today or are all impersonalists mayavadis?

Is there any correlation between the Dashavataras and the four yugas?

What are the differences between plenary portions, expansions and incarnations?

What is the exact difference between brahmavadis and mayavadis?

If Bhagavatam and Bible come from different frames of reference, does that mean everything is relative?

Is the Biblical Adam-Eve story of creation reconcilable with the Bhagavatam’s description of narration?

If everything coming from Krishna is also Krishna, then is everyone God?

The living bhakti tradition is a garden, not a museum

What is the Gaudiya Vaishnava understanding of Manu Smriti?

Do the Vedas teach that only brahmanas by birth can become brahmanas?

How can we explain that Krishna’s pastimes are not mythological?

Why are the same pastimes described differently in different scriptures?

Why does Krishna do certain things for maintaining people’s faith in paths other than bhakti?

Does pure devotion mean expecting no reciprocation from Krishna?

Can we have a relationship with someone without reciprocation from them?

How can we correlate shastra with our daily life?

Why has God given us such a troublesome mind?

Does spirituality choke our scientific enquiry?

What is the difference between shunyavada, mayavada and nirvisheshavada?

When the Vedas talk about so many gods, isn’t that confusing?

How does the hladini shakti entering our consciousness please Krishna?

How to respond to the Buddhist argument that the universe is eternal?

What does the Absolute Truth being one in synthesis and separate in analysis mean?

If human will is strengthened by connection with divine will, how do nondevotees sometimes have great determination?

If Indra got the reaction of brahma-hatya for killing Vritrasura, why didnt Rama, for killing Ravana?

As we desire, so we see (Subhashita commentary 2)

Dasha Mula Tattva 4 – Hari is the Absolute Truth concealed and revealed in the Vedas

Dasha Mula Tattva 3 – Understanding the necessity and focus of Vedic knowledge

Both Narada and Shakuni incited others – what is the difference?

How can we raise our remembrance of Krishna from intellectual recollection to devotional redirection?

Narada Muni – Not kalah-priya, but krishna-priya

If everything comes from Krishna why doesn’t everything take us to Krishna?

If the soul is marginal energy, how can it never fall after attaining Krishna?

From moksha one falls back, from svarga one can be elevated – is kama better than moksha?

Dasha Mula Tattva 2 – Scripture is the only way to know inconceivable Absolute Truth

How does spiritual sound stimulate and facilitate meditation?

When the Lord’s pastimes are transcendental, should they be analyzed?

How can scripture be understood relevantly without deviant interpretations?

Using jnana in bhakti

How can we be sympathetic to people whose beliefs differ from scripture?

How does the jiva fall to the material world?

When the soul doesn’t feel hunger, how can the body tire the soul?

Can holy places be haunted?

How do parts of a plant when cut sometimes grow as separate plants?

Can the soul in a grain get a human body in the next life especially if it has fallen from heaven?

Are souls present in seeds – where does it go when souls remain inactive for years before germinating?

Do souls move continuously from one body to another or are they inactive in between bodies?

Aren’t renunciates who lose semen accidentally denying bodies to the souls present in their semen?

During the birth of twins does the soul split into two?

During conception, how do sperm, egg, soul, karma and Krishna’s will inter-relate?

During conception, when and where does the soul come into the picture?

How can women be encouraged to get a sense of success in their home responsibilities?

Do women-devotees always have to be homemakers?

Were women always housewives in Vedic culture?

Was Dhruva’s determination in passion or transcendental?

Please explain varnashrama, its different types and its relevance in urban settings.

Is varnashrama hierarchical with brahmanas higher and shudras lower?

What does emotional distance from a principle mean?

Does Krishna guide everyone or only those his devotees?

Are the other 5 schools of Indian philosphy relevant for devotees – are they speculations?

Are Nirvisheshavada and Mayavada two names of the same?

Whats wrong with verifying scientifically the material knowledge given in scripture?

Are all the many expansions of the Lord eternal?

How to understand the descriptions of material settings in scriptural pastimes?

Are all of Krishnas’ associates the same in each kalpa?

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

Where are the pastimes of the countless incarnations described?

Are some Sanskrit words not translatable?

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

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?

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?

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?