KrishnaConsciousness

Appreciating Balarama’s position pastime and blessing – Hindi

How can bhakti help students to not get too disturbed about their marks – Hindi?

Is what we are going to get in life determined at birth – Hindi?

To always remember Krishna practically means to remember that he is the controller of things outside our control – Hindi

Challenging Christian conceptions – Bhakti in Mormon heartland Utah?

God is not present less in the hearts of the godless Gita 15.15

What role does our nature play in our taking shelter of Krishna?

Why is impersonalism condemned in Gita 9.12 and appreciated in Gita 9.15?

Krishna is the trans-personal shelter of all the things that shelter us

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Temptation leans on the doorbell

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Talking on karma and appreciating the audience’s karma – Talk at Princeton University Princeton

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Is intelligence not always a good thing?

Is intelligence covered by the mode of ignorance unintelligent?

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Why does the Gita in chapter sixteen describe divine qualities in three full verses and demoniac qualities in just one verse?

How is simplicity as an austerity of the body in Gita 17.14 different from simplicity as an austerity of the mind in Gita 17.16?

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Minding the Intel Mind

2017 Spring tour of the West

Does God laugh at our plans?

Morality may be relativized but the consequences of immoral indulgence can’t be relativized Gita 03.17

Spiritualizing our relationships 5 – Focus more on our intentions than on others’ dispositions

When anger arises what uddipana can we use to control it?

Can the self be realized without realizing Krishna?

Does self-realization as understood in psychology – understanding our strengths and weaknesses – come automatically by bhakti practice?

If we see devotees’ love for us as Krishna’s love coming through them are we not depersonalizing devotees?

If others’ love for us is Krishna’s love coming through them does that apply to their anger too?

How can a devotee work in an anti-devotional profession that goes against the four regulative principles?

After practicing bhakti for many years our enthusiasm goes down and we just go through the motions – how can we know whether we are actually going towards Krishna?

How is always thinking of Krishna practical?

Is constantly thinking of Krishna and doing our work an example of multitasking – how can it be done practically?

On hearing offense to devotees why is the extreme option of committing suicide recommended?

How can we understand that whatever is happening to us is due to the weakness of our heart?

Metaphorical holy name meditations 2 – 3 ways the holy name stimulates deeper thought

What are the dos and donts to develop devotional consciousness?

How can we practically apply – don’t be angry with the instrument of your karma?

How can we differentiate between the voices of the mind the intelligence and the Supersoul?

If this world is a place of misery why does it have so much pleasure too?

If dedicated senior devotees face great distress new devotees ask what is the point of practicing bhakti – how to answer?

How can we maintain the standard of purity that Prabhupada established?

We are never too far away from relapse Gita 02.60

Why was Lord Chaitanya harsh with Chota Haridas and lenient with Balabhadra Bhattacharya?

In parts of India where people eat meat extensively how can we attract them to bhakti?

If the impressions from past failures push us towards failure again how do we break free?

How do we keep our spiritual focus while living up to various social expectations?

We don’t know our strengths and the social mirror distorts our self-conception further – where then can we begin knowing ourselves?

When different people with different mental frames discuss a problem why is a particular person’s solution accepted?

Apart from positive-negative thinking does past karma comprise barriers in our destiny?

Learn to fail or fail to learn

Deflecting attention doesn’t decrease addiction – develop connection

While putting Krishna first when devotees neglect others how can good devotee-relationships develop?

If someone has helped us in our pre-devotional life but is now unfavorable to our bhakti how should we interact with them?

How can we strengthen our relationship with Krishna?

Is it ok to have material desires?

When we have more things in control we feel less dependent on Krishna – what to do?

If prolonged problems leave us disheartened how can we regain our morale – Hindi?

When problems stay on for a long time how can we avoid losing faith – Hindi?

How can we stay devotionally enthusiastic amidst financial difficulties – Hindi?

Acceptance is the beginning of transcendence – where all does this apply – Hindi?

How to surrender amidst different and difficult situations – Hindi

Happiness will come by destiny without our endeavoring – how do we understand this practically?

When Krishna tells Arjuna that your nature will make you fight then where is free will?

If a child is born retarded and dies without doing anything what is the point of such a life?

How can we be devotionally conscious when working with materialistic people in a hospital?

The tragic irony of the miserly

When we deal with dissatisfaction how can we know whether we are acting by Krishna’s guidance or our mind’s conditioning?

If a service is incompatible with our nature what should we do?

How do we differentiate between needs and wants?

How can we practice austerity of the mind?

Appreciating India after traveling in America – Hindi

When we don’t get an intimation of our death as did Parikshit how should we practice bhakti?

How can we know what karma we have done in the past?

How can we conquer all our fears?

Does the default setting come from the mind or the brain?

Why should we go to a temple when we can serve poor people or open hospitals?

When we can have a temple in our home why do we need to go to a temple?

How do we help people who know about karma but think it won’t apply to me?

When we are provoked we get angry despite our resolutions not to do so – what to do?

See the positive not the negative as the primary active force in the cosmos

Spiritualizing our relationships 2 – To improve relationships decrease expectation and increase contribution

Our intelligence is our security system – don’t let temptation disable it Gita 02.63

Why crave for hours and years for pleasures that last for moments Gita 05.22

To say that philosophy is dead is to be dead to philosophy Gita 18.22

Whom are we giving our mind – Hindi

Can we say that the brain processes various energies and one kind of energy processing leads to consciousness?

Is an unfavourable family situation Krishna’s arrangement – should we accept or reject that situation – Hindi?

If feelings of satisfaction deter us from doing difficult duties what should we do – Hindi?

If we give up all emotions then what will motivate us to work – Hindi?

Is thinking negatively the default setting of the mind – Hindi?

If we feel fear about losing our loved ones how can we overcome that fear?

Is it natural to have expectations – does spiritual life change that?

If someone helps us but makes us feel bad about having taken their help should we keep a distance from them?

In ancient India there were many different belief systems as there are now – why is this?

Is there a fine line between when matter takes us towards Krishna and when it takes us away from Krishna?

If we practice bhakti simply to look good in others’ eyes how can we advance?

How can we remember that we are devotees when we are with materialistic people?

If we surrender to Krishna because of fear that we will face problems otherwise is that surrender genuine?