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Gita 18.46 See work as an offering the divine’s gifts to the divine

Gita 18.45 Inclusive spirituality centers on rejection of work, but on its reconceptualization and redirection

3 principles for spiritual community building – Session 2 – QA

3 principles for spiritual community building – Session 1 – Authenticity

Gita 18.42 Brahmanas cultivate material material regulation and spiritual redirection by intellectual conviction

Gita 18.39 Pleasure in ignorance begins in ignorance and ends in increased ignorance

3 ways to look for blessings amidst problems

How can bhakti wisdom help us to become more forgiving?

Will all our anxieties take us towards Krishna?

Can forgiveness be a negative attribute?

Gita 18.28 Doers in ignorance act destructively for others and even for themselves

Awareness, Aspiration, Action – From standard of living to standard of loving

Were past sages more spiritually advanced that they could live in seclusion whereas we need relationships to grow spiritually?

Bhagavatam study 81 1.15.38-44 Responsibly hand over material responsibility to take up spiritual responsibility

If many other people are good in the area we are good, should we still persevere in that area?

If someone is very pessimistic about themselves, how to help them?

Will using our talents for Krishna lead to pure devotion?

Gita 18.03 Gita 18.03 Appreciate others thoughtfulness even if it doesn’t lead to the best conclusion

Should we serve according to our nature or try to transcend our nature?

If we keep whimsically repeating a mistake, what to do?

How do the soul mind intelligence and false ego interact with each other?

What is the difference between the material mind and the spiritual mind?

How does bhakti wisdom help us to become more tolerant?

We may be hurt but we don’t have to stay hurt

What is the happiness that comes from inside?

Can ambition and devotion go together 2 – How to channel ambition in devotion

How can we become more consistent?

Why we need spirituaity in the age of technology

How can we practically understand humility and surrender?

If circumstantially we can’t get initiation does that mean Krishna thinks we aren’t yet qualified?

The power of gratitude 1 – How gratitude empowers us

How can we change ourselves for the better as quickly as possible?

Varnashrama in bhakti – Focus on replicating the take-off not recreating the take-off point

Nourishing our lives with the Bhagavad-gita

Nourishing the creeper of devotion 3 – Avoid attachment to renunciation

Strive first for devotion then for pure devotion

How do our beliefs and habits shape what pops up on our inner screen?

Nourishing the creeper of devotion 1 – The danger of becoming religious but not spiritual

If we are not the doers then are our mistakes actually our mistakes?

Memorizing scriptural verses – Whys and hows -2

Does living near the temple help in developing Krishna consciousness?

Can karmic reactions come at the mental level?

Are we meant to face our destiny or to fulfill our destiny?

How does bhakti correlate with raising our energy to higher chakras?

How to become pacified purified and satisfied

Inner Change: Gita Daily Series Book 5

Is spirituality meant to eliminate worry and depression?

Fulfilling our need for progress by becoming committed in bhakti

God as the supreme therapist 5 – Cultivating qualities is integral to cultivating devotion

If our scriptural knowledge makes us proud what can we do?

The knowledge of the arrogant defeats the purpose of knowledge

Are our mistakes part of Krishna’s plan? – 2

Are our mistakes part of Krishna’s plan? – 1

Do we need to give up guilt and worry to practice bhakti?

How to reconcile the Gita – do your own duty even if imperfectly – with the Gita – do what you are good at, according to your nature?

If we move to a temple whose mood is different from that of our native temple what to do?

Science Spirituality and The Search for Meaning

Gita 17.16 Austerity of mind transforms our inner disruptive enemy into a constructive friend

From state of the art to state of the heart

By engaging our material nature in bhakti are we constructing our spiritual nature or reviving it?

Gita 17.14 Austerity enables us to use our bodily vehicle constructively not destructively

Do we seek only an operational knowledge of scripture and not actual knowledge?

If a desire is irresistible what to do?

Should we have expectations while practicing bhakti?

Are we the sum of our thoughts?

Does the soul in an animal body learn anything spiritual?

How can we balance between bhakti and studies?

Do we seek only an operational knowledge of scripture and not actual knowledge

Why to become spiritual now

If bhakti is beyond the modes why do we need to come to the mode of goodness?

How to avoid judging others?

Can capacity to find faults be an empowerment from Krishna?

Tap the mind don’t be trapped by the mind 3 – From shakshi bhava to seva bhava

Tap the minda don’t be trapped by the mind 2 – Why mind control backfires

Tap the mind dont be trapped by the mind 1 – The pressure for pleasure

How does bhakti-yoga help us overcome anger?

How can we use fear in Krishna’s service?

Can affirmations helps us to manifest our destiny?

How can we know whether our experience of Krishna is imagination or revelation?

When the higher taste doesn’t seem higher

How did you come to Krishna consciousness – Hindi?

Choosing healthy emotions with intelligence association and devotion

How to control the mind with the intelligence 3 – Conversion

How to control the mind with the intelligence 2 – Concentration

How to control the mind with the intelligence 1 – Conviction

When fear accelerates the imagination let faith be the brake

The search for pleasure is often the source of the greatest trouble

If we don’t speak about high standards won’t low standards become the standard

If our contemplation doesn’t translate into determination where are we getting stuck?

If someone says that being spiritually open-minded means believing that life doesn’t have an objective purpose how to respond?

Spiritualizing our relationships 3 – Changing our vision of our role in relationships

Spiritualizing our relationships 2 – Changing our vision of others

Spiritualizing our relationships 1 – How the modes turn good intentions into not-so-good actions

Why do we have a mind at all – wouldn’t we function better without it?

Does being open-minded mean learning from everyone but not following anyone?

Let samskaras takes us beyond our scars

Everyone’s mind tell them different stories – don’t be judgmental be purposeful

When fear comes likes a forceful river what to do?

How can we differentiate between what to hold on to and what to let go?

Gita 16.24 Knowing scripture is our responsibility and our opportunity