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Mind your mind to know when it is in order, when on the border and when out of order Gita 06 05

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Various levels of understanding Ramayana

The role of intelligence in regulating our inner world – understanding instincts impulses and mind

Understanding why our mind often makes us misunderstand things

Understanding how the three modes of material nature affect us in our functioning

The mind thinks itself to be very clever but actually mind is quiet foolish

The complex and unavoidable relationship we share with our mind

Attachment shrinks our vision whereas detachment expands our vision – HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu

Understanding why should we forgive those who have hurt us?

How can a person coming from difficult family and cultural conditionings grow spiritually?

Why is the Gita giving counter-intuitive instructions? – Chaitanya Charan

Why do we need to be mindful at all? – Chaitanya Charan

How our past can become part of our wisdom that empowers us

What Should We Do When We Dont Get Any Taste In Chanting Japa

What is willpower? Are some people born with good willpower or can it be developed? Chaitanya Charan

Looking at our past in a wholistic way can help us shape our future – Chaitanya Charan

On perfection and committing mistakes – Chaitanya Charan

What Is Dharma Why Do We Need It And How Do We Choose It – Chaitanya Charan

Inner transformation – from wild forest to agricultural field to Vrindavan | Bhagavatam 10.63.26

4 Levels Of Understanding Krishna’s Appearance Janmashtami 2024 Class

Our Attachments Are Like A Rented House That We Dont Usually Leave Unless We Are Evicted Gita 07.01

There Is A Purpose For Everything We Experience Even The Things We Dont Want To Experience BG 5.20

The More Outer Power We Get The More Inner Power We Need Gita 16.21

To Be Truly Non – Judgmental Stop Being Judgmental About Those Who Are Judgmental

The More We Become Conscious Of Where Our Consciousness Is The More We Can Tap The Power Of Our Con

Condescension Looks Down At Others While Laughing At Them Compassion Lifts Others Up While Laughing

Gita Equips The Thoughtful To Become More Faithful And The Faithful To Become More Thoughtful 18.63

Spiritual growth-Two principles for changing our samskaras Gita 6.35 London Soho

4 Gita course Chps 7-9 Bhakti-yoga, the best way to spiritual growth (GEV)

How to overcome spiritual boredom?

If forgiving unlimitedly a sign of humility?

I was born in another Vaishnava tradition, but I find Krishna consciousness more logical; if I take to Krishna consciousness ,am I being unfaithful to my birth tradition?

QA on humility 7 – Is spirituality meant to make us feel good. Or does spiritual growth require us to feel bad?

Is personal association of devotees essential?

If our children don’t become devotees, are we failing in our primary duty?

If we feel guilty about our inability to practice bhakti seriously, what can we do?

If a disease limits our bhakti, should we see it as our past karma or as Krishna’s mercy?

Can someone be growing spiritually and still relapsing to sense gratification?

Does the soul use its spiritual intelligence or material intelligence to realize its spirituality?

Can fault finding be used constructively in devotional service?

If our institutional faith is shaken while our personal faith is strong, how can we progress?

How can I grow spiritually when I have diverse spiritual interests and am hesitant about institutional affiliation?

When we tolerate amid difficulties, how can we tolerate not out of helplessness but out of purposefulness?

How can we develop attachment to Krishna if we don’t have it initially?

If eating meat is sinful, then are all the countries that are primarily non-vegetarian destined for hell? (Hindi)

If the soul is eternal, why is the world’s population increasing (Hindi)

Is initiation absolutely important when the guru inspiring us is not accessible?

Can we hear bhajans sung by someone not from our movement?

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

Does our breath make the sound so ‘ham – does that suggest we are God?

If someone is abused despite praying to Krishna for protection, isn’t it easier for them to reject God?

If it’s impossible to find happiness without Krishna, aren’t we being forced to love him?

Can we hear beautiful bhajans if they are not sung by devotees?

How do we understand Prabhupada’s seemingly anti-woman statements?

Why does Krishna not make another world where we can be happy without him?

Do our intentions to control the mind also come from the mind – or do they come from the soul with its own mind?

If we have performed shraddha on Ekadashi, will we therefore go to hell, ref Bhag 7.14.20-23. How to atone?

What is the root cause of misdeeds? Is it avidya? How is it removed by bhakti?

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?

Book distribution inspiration – how can we motivate ourselves spiritually for distributing Prabhupada’s books during the marathon?

How do we balance spiritual life with material life?

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

Understanding dementia – A Bhagavad-gita perspective – Chaitanya Charan

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

202 Bhagavad-Gita’s multi-level progression of the human-divine relationship, The Monk’s Podcast with Garuda Prabhu

Prabhupada_’s message included and transcended the past, present and future – Disappearance day talk

Parallels between Damodara-lila and Bhagavad-gita – part 2

201 The letter of scripture and the spirit of scripture The Monk_’s Podcast with Yogeshvara Prabhu

Parallels between Damodara-lila and Bhagavad-gita – part 1

Krishna himself has expended as Radharani, then why does he have to come as Chaitanya Mahaprabhu to understand Radharani?

World Mental Health Day Special Bhagavad-gita Insights for a Healthy Mind

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

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

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

When our hearing becomes mechanical, what can we do?

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

Bhagavatam-daily 34 – 11.07.24 – Learning from the past is a shortcut to learning

Hearing with the ears, the head and the heart – Chaitanya Charan on Vedasara P’s Heartspace podcast