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God as the Supreme Therapist

From Fear to Surrender

Are our mistakes part of Krishna’s plan?

Are our mistakes Krishna’s mercy?

Seek God’s help for doing his will or else Gita 18 58

If we are tormented by strong conscience and weak willpower… Gita 10.10

What the mind makes us do would be comic if its consequences were not so tragic Gita 06.34

Impurity needs to be feared before it can found… Gita 03.37

The mind wastes our energy in fighting wars that aren’t winnable… Gita 06.06

Everything expensive is not valuable, everything valuable is not expensive Gita 09.26

Before a prescription can inspire action, the diagnosis must inspire conviction Gita 18.72

More dangerous than the enemies that threaten are the enemies that tempt Gita 03.37

Passing blame is easy but disempowering, accepting responsibility is tough but empowering Gita 16.02

A Rigid Structure May Not Work For Us But Without A Structure We May Not Work Gita 06.36

We Cant Change Our Past But We Can Change How We See And Explain Our Past Gita 13.23

The causes of anger rarely hurt us as much as the consequences of anger Gita 16.21

What we achieve depends on not just how we strive but also on what we believe Gita 11.33

Attachment makes us psychologically stiff, detachment makes us psychologically flexible Gita 13.10

Those who don’t find the reprehensible reprehensible, are reprehensible Gita 16.14

Don’t reduce scripture to your conceptions of what scripture should be teaching… Gita 07.21

We aren’t merely physical beings seeking sustenance, safety and sex… Gita 02.13

We Have Snakes Inside Us But We Are Not One Of Them Gita 04 36

We don’t owe our friends a positive response, but we do owe them a sensitive response Gita 17.15

Doubt is a disease that makes the patient believe that the doctor is sick Gita 04.40

If we eat waste, it shows in our waist Gita 06.16

What’s wrong with moral relativism? Gita 16.08

To understand what is wrong in the world, look first in the mirror, not the newspaper Gita 16.22

The size of our problems is inversely proportional to the size of our purpose… Gita 18.58

Don’t see through others; see others through – Gita 16.4

When Scriptural Explanations Seem Like Excuses … HG Chaitanya Charan Das

God can transform flashlights into floodlights, just stay in his light Gita 10.11

If Krishna Takes Away The Things That Take Us Away From Him Dont Go Away From Him Gita 07.19

How can Brahma be Narada’s guru when Narada’s body is spiritual and Brahma’s body is material?

Why is Prabhupada was so strong in criticizing mayavadis and so mild in criticizing muslims?

How to understand scriptural promises part 1

Gita key verse course 42 – How to see God’s hand in our life Gita – 15.15

Comparing Ramayana and Mahabharata 3 – How to see and seek God amid adversities

Arjuna had Krishna’s constant guidance – how can we be guided?

Does the Supersoul sanction all our undesirable desires?

Six limbs of surrender 3 – Understanding how God protects

Krishna demonstrates through his devotees how to respond to adversity wisely

If others constantly find fault with us, what can we do?

When a mother will keep mud away from a child, why does Krishna make lust so easily available in this world?

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

Essence of the Gita – Identity, Activity, Destiny

Gita 02.02 Fight against lower emotions by fighting for higher emotions

Gita 02.01 The intensity of Arjuna’s emotion conveys the potency of Krishna’s solacing wisdom

Gita 01.30 When we face challenges bigger than ourselves, we look for omens to sense the intentions of forces bigger than ourselves

Stop fighting battles that are already lost and start fighting the battle that is never lost – Vritrasura pastime analysis 3

Gita 18.72 A philosophical conversation amidst emotional tribulation testifies to Arjuna’s sincerity and Krishna’s potency

Gita 18.71 Krishna compassionately offers connections at decreasing levels of commitment

Gita 18.66 The call to rise above dharma is not a call to slip below dharma

Bhagavatam study 101 1.18.31-36 Presuming that we know God’s will and are doing his work is presumptuous and dangerous

Gita 18.16 To think that we are the sole doers is to have deluded intelligence

Gita 18.14 God is the fifth factor as well as the foundation of all factors

Gita 18.07 Renunciation done in illusion can’t take us out of illusion

Bhagavatam study 80 1.15.31-37 Life is a relay race – know when to hand over the torch

Gita 18.04 Just as indulgence can be indiscriminate, so can renunciation

How can those in passion come to goodness to understand their nature?

If our weaknesses make us lose perspective what can we do?

How do we know if we are doing a service for our ego or for Krishna?

Free will and God’s will 3 – How God helps us free our free will

Free will and God’s will 2 – Understanding the trigger cause and target of our weaknesses

Can we pray to Krishna for removing obstacles in our material life?

As our free will is finite should we just depend on Krishna always?

Reflections on the last verse spoken by Krishna in the Gita – Hindi

Bhagavatam study 69 1.13.46-50 When we can’t protect ourselves from kala, karma and guna, how can we protect others?

Even if we can’t be on the same page as God, be at least in the same book

How can we develop our relationship with Krishna without minimizing the position of the guru?

How can some people pass through problems without taking shelter of Krishna?

Can the principles of bhakti solve the world’s practical problems?

Gajendra Moksha Katha 3 – Understanding when to wield control and when to yield control – Hindi

Vyasa-puja offering to Srila Prabhupada: Appreciating the empowering breadth of your trust in Krishna

During the manifestation of action what or how does Krishna sanction?