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Karma is for encouragement not punishment– Karma Philosophy for a Brighter Future part 1 of 5

US elections & the defeat of cultural Marxism – Monk’s Podcast 208 with Govinda Prabhu

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter Overviews

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When things go wrong – Hindi Ramayan lecture

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Desire Management 1

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We differentiate our senses from our mind and say that the senses are driving us but is it notthat ultimately the mind is driving us?

Are the Bhagvad Gita and Shrimad-Bhagvatam meant for less intelligent people?

Are the Mahabharata real or stories?

Are the gods of different religions different? (PK answered 25)

Are jnana and karma complementary instead of hierarchical?

Bhagavad Gita Overview Chapter 10

The wild mind will make us homeless at home Gita 06.34

The choices you make make you Gita 17 03

The images of prosperous people that make us burn with envy are just our mind’s illusions Gita 17 16

To be nice is not to be naive it is to be free from the control of vice Gita 16 02

The notion that love can exist outside of sacrifice is a dangerous lie Gita 09 14

We are like birds on a branch — our wings need to grow before the branch breaks

Watch the mind, or the mind will catch you Gita 06 34

Let your practices make you a spiritual fruit, not a religious nut Gita 18 66

Choose the good when… Gita 02.49

Mindless feeds don’t feed our mind, they feed our mindlessness Gita 16 16

No one has a right to mistreat you, not even you Gita 06 05

Materialism reduces you to a number and glamorizes things that make you number Gita 16 09

Problems are like burdens whose weight increases with the attention we give them Gita 18 58

To forget that the world is a hurtful place is to place ourselves on a path full of hurts Gita 08 15

The mind makes us spin like dirty laundry and leaves us dirtier Gita 06 34

Our future is shaped not just by how many options we have Gita 09.06

How to foster intrinsic self worth, not extrinsic self worth? Gita 18 14

Be childlike, not childish Gita 12 13

Those who relapse aren’t always witless or will less, they are often weapon less Gita 02 60

To live life fully, leave life regularly take breaks before life breaks you Gita 06 17

Some people get many insights… Gita 16.06

To savor what is most sweet, we often need to shed the most sweat Gita 18 37

More damaging than the lies we tell others are the lies we tell ourselves Gita 03 06

We have to risk going too far to know how far we can go Gita 18 37

Those who don’t respect themselves are most agitated when others don’t respect them Gita 16 04

Fanatics use God’s name to give God a bad name Gita 16 17

The night after a quake, the stars still shine in the sky… the beauty of life Gita 18.35

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

Reason can’t reach beyond reason, but it can give us reason to reach beyond reason Gita 07 07

Opinions are like onions know when they need to be sealed and when peeled Gita 02 06

The Mind Overpowers Us By Making Us Believe That We Are Powerless Gita 15 07

Just as bigotry can blind emotionally, ideology can blind intellectually Gita 18 22

If we are robbed repeatedly by the same suspect, it is our intelligence that is suspect Gita 03 43

Obscenity is objectionable not because… Gita 05.22

Pointless pleasures strip life of meaning more than do pointless problems Gita 03.16

Even if we are feeling miserable, that doesn’t give us the right to make others miserable Gita 17 16

Even if we fare well in life, we still have to say farewell to life Gita 08 16

Don’t justify your weaknesses, rectify them Gita 03.21

As long as we don’t mine under the mind, the mind will undermine us Gita 06.07

For inner change, momentum matters more than movement Gita 06.25

Those who underestimate their mind undermine their intelligence Gita 02.63

Philosophical Education Teaches Us How To Think Ideological Indoctrination Tells Us What To Think

Youth QA on bhakti philosophy

Is our existence itself an unfairness and a mystery, wherein many big questions have no answers?

Had all the Jews who were killed by Hitler done bad karma that led to their genocide

When a helpless girl is raped, does the Gita say that it happened due to her past karma? (Hindi)

Just as there is a separate Brahma in every universe, is there a separate Narada as his son?

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

When other sampradayas quote certain verses from scripture to prove that their particular founder is also an incarnation of God – How do we respond to such scriptural references?

Cricket Mania A Bhagavad-gita perspective; Seeing Kishna everywhere as his vibhuti; Wellington 2022

Understanding dementia – A Bhagavad-gita perspective – Chaitanya Charan

If nature is inherently divine, then are the laws of nature, as explained by scientists, also divine?

What is God’s role in our sufferings, in the light of the Bhagavatam 10.14.08 verse tat te ‘nukampam?

If freewill is connected with desires and choices then how can we develop our intelligence so that we can desire and choose better

What happiness does the soul get in the spiritual world that it doesn’t get in the material world?

Should we celebrate festivals like Tulsi Vivah that were not celebrated during Prabhupada’s times?

Kantara movie – A Bhagavad-gita perspective – Chaitanya Charan

How to know when we are getting realization and when doing speculation?

How can we know that today’s Bhagavad Gita is as it is as it was spoken by Krishna to Arjuna?

If we get a dream in which our spiritual master is displeased with us, what does that mean?

How can we get fresh insights while studying scripture?

To go to Krishna, do we need to attain a particular stage in bhakti?

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

If the same event can be explained at multiple levels, are different explanations meant for people at different levels?

Why shouldn’t we be just positive and not bother about things like death?

How can we make bhakti accessible without diluting it? – Chaitanya Charan

How to make our Sunday talks relevant Chaitanya Charan with Caru P on the ISKCON Relevance Project podcast

3 conceptions of renunciation frustration, aversion, redirection – Chaitanya Charan

4 life-lessons from Lord Ganesh – Ganesh Chaturthi special – Chaitanya Charan

Developing our personal relationship with Bhagavad gita SB Keshava Maharaj and Chaitanya Charan Prabhu

If a prescribed homeopathic medicine that contains 90% alchohol, can we take it?

When is doing something externally without inner feeling good and when is it bad?

If someone has committed suicide, how can we help their relatives?

When our hearing becomes mechanical, what can we do?

200 Save Earth by sharing Srimad Bhagavatam – The Monk’s Podcast with Vaisesika Prabhu

Prostitutes in Krishna’s Dwarka: How to understand Bhagavatam 1.11.19? – Chaitanya Charan

Karthikeya 2 vs PK Logical approach to religion done right and wrong?

Appreciating the Bhagavad Gita from Sanjaya’s perspective (Gita 18.74-78): GREAT acronym

Experiencing Krishna in various ways, even through fear, confusion & heartbreak: Janmashtami class

Why does Arjuna refer to Krishna by specific names in specific verses of the Bhagavad Gita?

Gita Jayanti special – part 1

The Monk’s Podcast 30 with Hrdayananda Goswami – Appreciating Krishna consciousness in historical context

The Monk’s Podcast 25 with Bhakti Rasamrita Maharaj – Secularism and bhakti

If bhakti is the conclusion of the Vedas, shouldn;t the Vedas be filled with bhakti?