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Gita 02.08 Don’t let comforts lure you away from life’s purpose

Gita Essence 3 – The transformational power of love – World-knowledge as the vehicle for love

How can we identify our natural inclinations?

What is wrong with sense gratification?

Gita Essence 2 – The transformational power of love – God-knowledge as the fuel for love

Gita 18.78 Human excellence and divine omnipotence herald victory

Gita 01.42 Today’s war against family increases self-centeredness and obstructs spiritual growth

Does everything exist for Krishna’s pleasure?

How can we move on after painful conflicts with devotees?

What does seeing but not acting with equal vision mean?

How can we be detached when we want to offer the best service to Krishna?

Gita 18.22 – A truncated representation of reality is not reality

Gita Essence 1- The transformational power of love – Self-knowledge as the basis of love

How can we know whether our decisions are right or wrong?

If people are born together in a family because of similar karma why are some family members so different?

Many scriptural storylines appear to be predestined – do we really have free will?

What is causeless mercy – how can we qualify for it – can it come without initiation?

How free is our free will?

Science-Religion QA

How can we share bhakti wisdom with the non-religious?

What is our religious identity – what is a simple answer that our kids can give to other kids at school?

From mindless accumulation to mindful realization

Being religiously spiritual in a multi-cultural world

Gita 02.58 Inevitable exposure to sense objects is different from initiated or instigated exposure

Gita 16.09 All truth-claims are power-claims – This is also a truth-claim and a power-claim

9 forms of devotional service part 1 – Shravanam Kirtanam Smaranam

Why spirituality matters – scientific ethical and relational perspectives

Is the holy name scientific ethical or relational?

How can a newly married couple new to bhakti strengthen their relationship?

What is the spiritual recourse amidst abusive relationships?

How do we have free will – how much can we use it?

Baahubali – A Spiritual Perspective

Gita 14.26 – Bhakti is both a state and a process

Understanding how Krishna is everything and controls everything even amidst worldly sufferings

How can we connect with Krishna tangibly when distracted by worldly objects?

How can we realize that we are different from our mind?

How can we transform practice into realization?

How to respond when we are corrected by others?

How does regulated devotion transform into spontaneous devotion?

How can we study scripture not just read it?

Are the Vedas actually ambiguous or just nonspecific about ultimate purpose?