Vedic Philosophy

How can we focus on Krishna without imagining or speculating?

Is absorption in Krishna a combination of all the four levels of consciousness?

How do our actions leave impressions on the mind?

How is the body sustained when the soul leaves the body?

Does the soul leave the body during dreams?

Why don’t we have consciousness during sleep?

How do we understand that Krishna is the cause of all causes?

Why do mathematical concepts correlate with things in nature?

How does the sound of the holy name penetrate beyond the universe – and other sounds don’t?

How does the subtle body interact with the physical body?

Are our present spiritual emotions real or just mental?

Is sadhaka’s suffering because of past karma or Krishna’s arrangement?

Is our relationship with guru a vertical relationship or a horizontal relationship?

When many spiritual paths say they are the best, how to choose our path?

How to connect Vedic mathematics to Krishna consciousness?

GOD acronym – Reconciling human independence with divine omnipotence

How exactly did Krishna depart from the world?

Increasingly intimate manifestations of Krishna in Mahabharata, Gita, Bhagavatam and Chaitanya Charitamrita

Do we need to hear true spiritual sound to be elevated?

Appreciate the depth and length of our existence to appreciate Krishna’s love

Why does scriptural knowledge differ from modern anthropological knowledge?

How can we know whether our emotions are spiritual or sahajiyaic?

Do those who die fighting against Krishna attain the spiritual world earlier than those who fight for him?

The Quest for Happiness – Collecting the material or recollecting the spiritual?

How can we understand that God is a person?

Does destiny determine how we respond to situations?

How is destiny related to karma?

Life’s 4 defining D’s: Desire, Decision, Destiny and Dharma

Why do people in goodness sometimes not take up bhakti?

Why is Krishna selectively merciful in inspiring some people to take to bhakti and not others?

Tread the path of the ears to the eyes and the heart

How to reconcile Krishna’s omniscience with our having free will?

RASA acronym for finding rasa in bhakti

If God is the explanation for everything, what is the explanation for God?

How to deal with doubts about God’s existence coming from the study of science?

How to understand that there is life after death?

How to see death of a loved one philosophically without becoming hardhearted?

Should criminals who go on murderous sprees be forgiven?

When prasad is so purifying, why don’t those who take prasad regularly get fully purified?

What is the source of desire?

How can we know that God exists?

If destiny is supreme, how do we have free will?

Why are we suffering in this world?

What are the destinations of those who realize Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan?

Bhakti is the inclusive summit of all spirituality (Bhagavatam 1.2.6-13)

How are thoughts generated?

How does association lead to spiritual advancement?

Practicing bhakti amidst todays fast-paced life

How does the existence of the finite point to the existence of the infinite?

QA tradition brings intellectual vibrancy to bhakti

Why is the soul’s connection with the Supreme established only through sound – and a specific mantra at that?

Where does our longing for love come from?

What is the highest form of love?

Should one love oneself to be happy?

How can killing for one’s country be considered love?

Love is the highest reality

Happiness lies inside, not outside – is this a spiritual and scriptural principle?

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?

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

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

From the Mahabharata Krishna to the Bhagavatam Krishna

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 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