Devotion

How can we continue our spiritual practice when we get no taste?

How may we be cynical in our relationship with Krishna?

Bhagavatam tenth canto study 62 – 10.11.19-29 The Vrajavasis move to protect Krishna and Gokula both

Bhagavatam tenth canto study 61 – 10.11.1-9 Vrajavasis doubt Krishna’s supernatural power, but don’t disbelieve it

Bhagavatam tenth canto study 60 – 10.11.10-18 By giving to Krishna, even if we appear to be losers, we are still gainers

Bhagavatam tenth canto study 57 – 10.10.23-27 Krishna honors the promise of his devotees

Bhagavad Gita Chapters 15-18 Overview

Maintaining faith on the spiritual path 1 – Bhakti is not all-or-nothing

Narasimha Chaturdashi – How Hiranyakashipu and Prahlada reside in our hearts

Do great devotees like Prahlad just focus on Krishna and not bother about problems at all?

Does bhakti become more and more complicated as we go into the details?

How can we share bhakti with Western audiences?

Hanuman in the cave – Persevering in bhakti through pleasure and trouble

How do we balance not repressing ourselves and avoiding things unfavorable to Krishna consciousness

How obstacles become opportunities – Hanuman’s burning tail

Tap your inner power – TAB acronym with Srila Prabhupada’s example

Think Choose Relish: 3-point essence of the first three verses of Srimad Bhagavatam

When nothing works, we surrender to Krishna – how can we surrender to him in the beginning itself?

Centering our life on Krishna – not on the intellectual, the psychological, the social or the cultural

How to deal with distress through devotion

Bhagavatam study – Pruthu Maharaja pastime analysis with HG Braja Bihari P

Hanuman Jayanti talk – Balance ability with maturity

Rama Navmi class – How Rama’s selflessness decreases others’ distress

The sweetly topsy-turvy world of Ramayana

Some thoughts on guru tattva and discipleship

GURUDEVA acronym – Vyasa-puja offering to HH Radhanath Maharaj

Should we be attached to or affectionate to our spiritual master?

Understanding rasa-lila 2- How Bhagavatam establishes para-dharma without trivializing apara-dharma

The search for happiness – how bhakti pacifies, purifies and satisfies us

Gita 18.49 Our spiritual evolution goes through multiple levels of perfection from engagement through disengagement to devotion

From ritual to spiritual 1 – Analysis of Krishna’s pastime with the ritualistic brahmanas

How philosophy and experience harmonize in bhakti

If seva-dhyana comes in the way of nama-dhyana, what to do?

How does bhakti-yoga help us overcome anger?

How can we use fear in Krishna’s service?

Chaitanya Charan Radio launched

How are some people such as skydivers more fearless than devotees?

Understanding how bhakti addresses anxiety

If we fight against obstacles to serve Krishna in a particular way are we not dependent on Krishna?

Appreciating Radhanath Maharaj’s contributions in the light of ISKCON history

When the higher taste doesn’t seem higher

If we neglect all the emotions of the mind are we being impersonalistic?

How did you come to Krishna consciousness – Hindi?

Choosing healthy emotions with intelligence association and devotion

Ambition, Satisfaction & Devotion 2 – Hospital metaphor for harmonizing material and spiritual growth

Ambition, Satisfaction & Devotion 1 – Outside-in Ambition vs Inside-out Ambition

Prabhupada life-story 15 – From spiritual shoppers to spiritual seekers

Appreciating the purpose of worship of the devatas

Does complete faith in Krishna make us fearless?

Prabhupada life-story 06 – Taking sannyasa & starting Bhagavatam commentary

If we don’t have full faith are we hedging our bets?

Among various world religions what is special about practicing krishna-bhakti?

Can Krishna be interchanged with any other god as our object of worship?

How can bhakti help us overcome our emotional fears?

When we ask Krishna to protect us are we treating him as our servant and are we advanced enough for him to intervene?

When we want to go to the spiritual world is our devotion motivated or unmotivated?

Sharpening our focus – going beyond piety to spirituality and the mental to the spiritual

When we decide to change ourselves how can we know that those changes will be for good?

Gopi Gita(3)

Love may be unscientific but is it unreal?

Appreciating Srila Prabhupada’s presentation of devotion and of Ratha Yatra as a global festival of devotion

Love of God may just be a sentiment in some religions – how can we know it is for real?

Should devotees do sandhya as a daily sadhana as per their family tradition?

We talk a lot about practicing bhakti but not about practicing morality – why?

If someone chants a lot of rounds but doesn’t behave properly with their spouse how do we understand?

How can we have steady faith that Krishna cares for us?

Gopi Gita 3 – “We cannot tolerate your feet being hurt by thorns – please return”

How can the gopis become proud?

Gopi Gita 2 – “You alone can free us from contamination and tribulation – please return”

Gopi Gita 1 – “Whoever you are – Lord or lover – please come back”

Understanding and fulfilling the Bhagavatam’s purpose by cultivating sensitivity

Prabhupada life-story 04 – League of Devotees – A clique thwarts the promise

To be devoted means to look for devotional openings constantly

If a devotee familiar to us starts blaspheming our spiritual master how should we deal with that devotee?

If connection with Krishna makes the inauspicious auspicious then if a devotee gets caught in sinful activities is that also good?

Are the gopis wired naturally to love Krishna so purely?

Renunciation doesn’t make devotion attractive – devotion makes renunciation attractive

Radharani is the epitome of pure selfless service

Balaram appearance day at the lotus feet of Lord Balarama

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

4 lessons about our mind from our phone – Distortion Discretion Determination, Devotion

If someone likes to practice bhakti in solitary devotional activities will they advance more slowly?

When problems trouble us and we can’t put our heart in our service what can we do?

How does understanding Krishna’s greatness and sweetness bring submission and affection respectively?

How can we balance scriptural study and practical service?

When we practice bhakti culture in our temples or youth centers are we not practicing spiritual bhakti?

On holy days if new people can either fast or do service what should we encourage them to do?

Can we get tangible results in bhakti as we get in our worldly relationships?

Should we be detached from feeling happy when we chant well?

Akrura Katha 3 – Understanding cultural bhakti philosophical bhakti spiritual bhakti and Vraja bhakti

Prabhupada life-story 01 – A devotionally vibrant childhood

Srila Prabhupada life-story – New video-audio series

If while chanting some bad thoughts come in our mind is that a sin?

In our offices how can we be socially involved in contemporary discussions without getting spiritually distracted?

Meditation on Kaliya lila – Devotion grants access to a rich panorama of divine emotions

Gita daily appreciation

When the gopis criticize Akrura for taking Krishna away are they not offending Akrura?

If the expansion of our consciousness stops with humanity will it reach Krishna?

How can we keep fighting against our senses till we get Krishna’s mercy?

Akrura Katha 1 – When no one understands us Krishna understands