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Deviated through seva and sadhana? Pune BCEC Brahmchari class

BG 2 58 2 63 STHITAPRAJNA’S SENSE CONTROL Hg Chaitanya Charan Prabhuji

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

The Mind Is Not Afraid To Interrupt Us Dont Be Afraid To Interrupt It Gita 06.26

The Mind Makes The Uncomfortable Seem Unbearable And Then Makes Us Do The Unconscionable Gita 06.06

If We Get Into The Minds Discourse We Go Down A Disastrous Course Gita 06.34

The Essence Of Discipline Is To Make Our Intelligence Faster Than Our Mind Gita

When devotees’ hear while doing other activities, is that due to nature or poor prioritization?

Chota Haridasa pastime: What it teaches & what it DOES NOT TEACH

How can we distribute our time between hearing and chanting?

How can we increase our determination for waking up in the morning?

Gita key verses course 19 What is yoga – Gita 06.11

How devotion is like a good habit – and how it is more than a good habit

Bhagavatam tenth canto study 70 – 10.12.37-44 – If ecstasy pulls us out of our service, we need to pull ourselves out of that ecstasy

Gita 01.28 Our thought-train’s journey from intentions to actions is diverted by our emotions

Gita 01.25 What catches ouar attention is determined by what is prominent in our external situation and in our internal disposition

How can renunciates sublimate the need for sexual pleasure?

Should we fast on every acharya’s appearance and disappearance – how important is austerity in bhakti?

For seva if our svadhyaya and sadhana go down, then are we going into Maya?

If someone can memorize a lot of verses, is that due to their determination or their memory?

What is the traditional meaning of yoga in the Yoga sutras?

We plan to do many services during vacations but end up in doing nothing – what to do?

How can we become more consistent?

Nourishing the creeper of devotion 2 – Regulate attachment even to things that help in devotion

Avoid distractions using intelligence directed towards transcendence

You said if we do whatever we like we end up disliking ourselves – isn’t varnashrama based on working according to our likings?

Even when we accept a spiritual purpose spiritual practice remains difficult – what to do?

How can we distract ourselves from desires arising in the body such as hunger?

When our intelligence is controlled by lust how can it control the mind?

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?

Deal with desire not by indulgence or resistance but by intelligence and transcendence

What makes us complacent about applying the solution of bhakti to the problem of our known weaknesses?

How can we overcome the mind’s habit of contemplating sense objects – Hindi?

Why do we sometimes act circumstantially rather than scripturally – Hindi?

Understanding the mind through four animal metaphors 2 – Dog & Sheep – Hindi

Understanding the mind through four animal metaphors 1 – Horse & Wolf – Hindi

If we see devotees living materialistically how can we prevent that from rationalizing our materialism – Hindi?

Increasing our willpower through restriction redirection and reconstruction – Hindi

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?

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

Acknowledging and regulating our passions – Wisdom on Wisdom 8

What can we resist temptation?

If impulses can be controlled why can’t instincts be controlled?

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

How does the example of sometimes serving and sometimes receiving in a tennis match apply practically in the brahmachari ashram?

For transmitting spiritual knowledge cultivate fixity of purpose and flexibility of process

How do we differentiate between ego and self-confidence?

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

Once we slip down a slope we can’t control how far we slip down Gita 03.36

The mind can make a soldier into a deserter or even a betrayer Gita 05.22

How can we focus on chanting when the mind wanders?

How can we balance giving due priority to chanting with other important services?

How can we make the right choices within bhakti?

How can we be practically grounded on the spiritual level?

What standard of Deity worship should householders follow?

When someone hurts us how can we avoid becoming vengeful and stay focused on Krishna?

How can we avoid impulsive reaction to hostile people?

How to deal with relatively harmless addictions?

Gita 17.16 Purity has to be cultivated as an austerity before it can be savored as a state

How are the eight stages of ashtanga-yoga related with bhakti-yoga?

How do we convey the importance of the don’ts in bhakti?

How should we deal with anti-devotional activities happening in our environment?

From will and power to willpower

How can we chant purely?

How can we stay spiritually focused and respond appropriately amidst situations of distrust?