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Can we attain a level where nothing that Krishna does can stop us from loving him?

Does the Vishva-rupa’s devouring the Kauravas prove that the Hindu God is a cannibal, as preachers of some other religion claim?

How can a butcher be advanced in spiritual knowledge as the Vyadha Gita in the Mahabharata depicts?

What does the Mahabharata pastime of Draupadi and all the Pandavas except Yudhisthira falling before they reach the top of the Himalayas signify?

When the Gita says the world is duhkhalayam, does that mean we should face all duhkha passively?

While hearing scripture, should we seek solutions to our current problems through the hearing or just focus on hearing about Krishna?

When Lord Chaitanya didn’t insist that Haridas Thakura be allowed entry into Jagannatha temple, why do ISKCON’s non-Hindu devotees want entry?

Why do some temples not allow non-Hindus from entering? Is this rule scriptural or merely cultural?

Isn’t it self-promotion to put one’s own lectures on the internet for the world to hear?

Why do Krishna and all incarnations descend according to such a tightly fixed schedule in particular yuga in specific Manavantara etc?

When Krishna has all the qualities of all the other incarnations, why are other incarnations needed?

Why is going Back to Godhead most important when the creation reflect the causeless mercy of creator?

When Lord Chaitanya refused to meet king Pratap Rudra, why do ISKCON leaders invite politicians like the President of India for inaugurating their temples?

What is the ideal path to live according to the Bhagavad Gita As It Is?

What is the difference between wealthy people who live simply and real renunciates?

Sometimes the philosophy seems too philosophical and not practical. What should we do in such situations?

Is it correct to say Vaishnavism is a sex religion?

What does the word Srimad Bhagavatam mean?

I have joined as a brahmachari but am opposed and troubled by my relatives. How should I stay strong?

I am suffering from a diease from last 10 years almost. May i know how my problem can be resolved.

How can we overcome laziness, especially wrt waking up in the morning?

Due to some problems with the local temple devotees, I have stopped going there. How can I maintain my enthusiasm in practicing devotional service?

When money offers security amidst uncertainty how can one give up material ambition for spiritual pursuits?

How can we love Krishna when he is not like a normal person and doesn’t reciprocate immediately?

Does loving Krishna always protect us from all heartbreaks?

When famous religious teachers are accused of crime, how can we expect people to keep faith in religion?

Can the level of language in Gita-daily articles be made simpler?

How can we excel in our work if we are detached and don’t set goals?

Is Krishna consciousness spirituality or spiritualism?

How can we avoid complacency in spiritual life?

How can any energy of Krishna be inferior?

Are sexless marriages the best marriages?

What does Prabhupada’s statement “All men should remain as brahmacharis and all women should get married” mean?

Are demigods bhavagrahi? Otherwise when demigod worship is done improperly, how does it produce results?

Does deja vu have spiritual significance?

How do we discover our sva-dharma? Should we wait for the spiritual master to tell us our lifelong service?.mp3

Why does the Gita emphasize sva-dharma repeatedly from the second chapter (2.31) to the eighteenth chapter (18.47)?

When the Bhagavatam simply condemns household life, how can we as householders get encouragement from it to face life’s problems?

If the chidren of devotees don’t become devotees, then does the devotee-parents’ duty of caring for their chilldren no longer count as devotional service?

What should I do when my devotional service interferes with my duties as a mother?

When a loved one has passed away, isn’t it heartless to dismiss the resulting grief as mundane?

If the cultivation of knowledge is important in bhakti, then why does Lord Chaitanya say “I am a fool, so I simply chant the holy names”?

Is the state of impersonal merging higher that personal devotion?

Why have Hindus suffered for a thousand years? Why don’t Hindus unitedly fight against their aggressors?

Wasn’t Vedic culture destroyed because of its own faults and not external forces like Macaualay’s schemes?.m4a

Why do Christianity and Islam allow meat-eating? Is it essential for Muslims to eat meat?

Why do some spiritual organizations that believe in the Vedas not accept Deity Worship?

Why hasn’t ISKCON presented Prabhupada as a national spiritual hero?

Was Vedic education responsible for social evils like caste system that Indian reformers tried to remove by adopting Western education?

Why does ISKCON focus on English outreach when everyone understands Hindi?

Due to its emphasis on class preaching, is ISKCON not losing the opportunity for mass preaching?

Why does Prabhupada say that God has no names?

What is the difference between enjoyment and sense enjoyment?

Is the Shiva-sahasra-nama that glorifies Lord Shiva as supreme an interpolation in the Mahabharata?

When the Bhagavatam declares Krishna to the source of all incarnations then why does it refer to the Supreme by the name Vishnu repeatedly, even in the rasa-lila section?

Isn’t the Hindu belief that girls are the result of bad karma and boys the result of good karma responsible for female foeticide?

How can we differentiate between offering help and interfering in others’ business?

Is the Garga-Samhita authentic? If yes, why don’t the Goswamis quote it?

What does Krishna’s threefold bending form signify?

Isn’t Balaramji’s killing Romharshana just because of failure to offer respects objectionable?

What is the Vedic perspective on artificial meat?

Won’t adjusting according to time-place-circumstances lead to deviations?

Does bhakti come from bhakti or from punya?

What is the Vedic equivalent of the Golden Rule of Chrisitianity?

When the tongue is non-living why does King Kulashekarha pray to the tongue in Mukunda Mala Stotra 26?

Should devotees adopt politically correct usages like “senior citizens” for old people or “medical termination of pregnancy” for abortion?

Did Lord Rama have to be separated from Sita due to Bhrigu Muni’s curse to Vishnu?

Won’t inter-caste marriages lead to varna sankara (unwanted progeny)?

When Krishna tells Arjuna in the Gita to do his duty, why do brahmacharis give up their duty in the name of the Gita?

Why does Bhishma say in SB 1.9.22 that he is a pure devotee? Shouldn’t a devotee be humble?

Why does Kavi Karnapura say he is writing Anand Vrindavana Champu for my own pleasure?

Should devotees network with thinkers focusing on Hinduism and Indian nationality?

Why does the “yena sarvam idam tatam” in Gita 2.17 refer to the body and not all of existence

When Lord Chaitanya knew he was soon going to take sannyasa, why did he marry for a second time?

Should devotees do kirtan in drought-afflicted places to produce rains and thereby attract people to devotional service?

Why do scriptures refer to the mind negatively when it is our faculty for deep thought as in “Einstein was the greatest mind of the 20th century”?

Can a devotee pursue a career as a cricketer?

Can devotees enter into politics?

If bhakti offers higher taste why do devotees still struggle with sex desire?

When scriptures teach matra devo bhava, why do brahmacharis give up their parents for the sake of God?

Why is the Gita’s first chapter called a chapter on yoga when it contains no yogic teachings?

Why is the Gita called yoga-shastra?

What do we mean by the mind’s eye? How does the mind see?

What does the Gita say about love and inter-caste marriages?

Is the soul conscious in the period between death and the next birth?

What is the difference between free will and desire?

Are birthday celebrations for devotees authentic from the Vedic perspective?

If a person is attached to a family member will he be reborn in the same family?

How can we stop our family members from using items having animal products?

What is the conscious mind and the unconscious mind?

Are the Vedic scriptures faith-based theology or logic-based philosophy?

How can we deal with doubts rising on seeing that many leading Prabhupada disciples are no longer practicing KC?

Why do many Vedic sages engage in behavior that is lower than the moral standards of modern Vedic practitioners and even many modern atheists?

How can we absorb ourselves in devotional service?

When all did Krishna reveal the universe in his mouth to Mother Yashoda?

When we could learn so much about Krishna’s glories by asking him about, say, how quantum mechanics and relativity are reconciled, why are his simple pastimes like playing with children considered the highest?

When knowledge comes easier than faith, why does CC say that faith develops in the madhyama stage and knowledge in the uttama stage?

When should we concern ourselves with helping other devotees and when should we mind our own business?

How can we differentiate between yukta-vairagya and bhoga-vrtti?

Wasn’t Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s rejecting his spiritual master Bipin Bihari Goswami offensive?