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How can we increase our remembrance of Krishna when we come to the temple?

Demystifying Reincarnation 5 – Astonishing birth marks and birth defects

Isn’t it better to read Prabhupada books instead of wasting time on social media?

Transformation is inevitable – positive transformation has to be intentional

To traverse the path to self-improvement balance aspiration with awareness

Be aware of not just the destination but also the starting point

Behind the book – Interview with Chaitanya Charan author of “Demystifying Reincarnation”

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Why didn’t the Pandavas think that the Kauravas were simply instruments of their own past karma?

Is the Mahabharata that occurred in another age even relevant today?

Why is Arjuna considered the greatest archer when all his power came from Krishna?

Did the celestial voice stopping Duryodhana from committing suicide interfere with his free will?

Are some people utterly incapable of understanding God’s form – are some religion’s revelations customized for such people?

We can’t replace the mind but we can re-place it

How can we overcome the mind’s rationalizations?

If the mind is not a person who proposes desires to us?

Reincarnation and the human quest for self-understanding

The possibility for self-improvement is reduced by materialism and expanded by spirituality Gita 18.60

Study the Gita for understanding it not undermining it

Spiritualizing our relationships – Hindi

Is self-respect the same as ego – Hindi?

Scripture is a torch to see the world a mirror to see the self and a window to see God

If people hold on to their beliefs, how can we elevate them?

Devotion renunciation and aversion are differentiated by the direction of emotion

Are our problems caused by our past karma or arranged by Krishna?

How can the Gita’s knowledge help poor people?

Are there two ways of thinking – the mind’s way and the soul’s way?

How can bhakti increase our ability to think which is a material ability?

When science and spirituality never meet how can they be reconciled?

Do dreams mean something – should we try to understand their meaning?

How can we get in our next life the devotional facilities we don’t have in this life?

If senior devotees chanting for many years still have conditionings does that mean conditionings are stronger than the holy name?

When doing our prescribed service deprives us of devotee association what should we do?

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

Why is it so difficult to become attracted to God and so easy to get attracted to sense objects?

If someone has hurt us and we don’t have the courage to tell them what can we do?

When anger comes how can we calm ourselves?

If we fail in our resolution after sticking to it for some time how to avoid becoming discouraged?

How can we correct the bad habits that we are unaware of?

How can we increase our attraction to reading Prabhupada’s books?

What to do if we feel like being in the temple constantly but can’t?

What to do if the calm got from attending spiritual programs disappears when we face the world’s problems?

How do we differentiate between accepting the presence of our inclinations and pandering to them?

As we advance will our physical needs go down to Raghunatha Dasa Goswami’s level?

How can we avoid taking shelter of something temporary that gives us relief?

To change vision change intention by study and association

Does bhakti remove karmic reactions or give relief amidst karmic reactions?

Can’t knowing about Krishna push us to know Krishna?

Let go of the burden of hate

Spiritual Perspectives on Material Beauty (02)

From Maya to Lila (02)

Isn’t using intelligence to control the mind paradoxical?

Amidst karmic suffering can astrology offer relief?

Can karma be inherited – do children get the good karma of their parents?

How can we get relief by letting go of things and still be responsible?

If others become insecure because of us what can we do?

If we are born with demoniac qualties are those qualities God’s gift to us?

How can spiritual knowledge address today’s burning social issues?

How can we as spiritual agents better connect with each other?

Are there any practical tools for overcoming anxiety?

Why does our inspiration for service rise on hearing and fall when material responsibilities come up?

What is the difference between intellect and intelligence?

Bhakti-yoga is the balancer of our emotional and rational sides

Can our intelligence be contaminated?

How to deal with senior devotees who make life difficult for everyone in a community?

Among devotees when will love for Krishna transform into love for all living beings?

When difficulties force us to surrender to Krishna where is our free will?

When Maya presents options some temptations are not options at all – why?

Will tempting desires ever go away or will they stay lifelong?

How can we keep our spiritual intentions strong?

Does Krishna test us according to our capacity or beyond our capacity too?

Gita 13.08 – Disrespecting ourselves doesn’t make us humble – respecting something bigger than ourselves does

From Maya to Lila 2 – The desired may be an illusion the desirer isn’t

From Maya to Lila 1 – Illusion originates not in the object but in the subject

Have we humans thought up an anxiety-relieving entity God because we suffer more anxiety than animals?

How can we feel that Krishna is the doer not that we are the doers?

Does absorption in Krishna require sixteen rounds chanting?

How can we rise from cultural bhakti to spiritual bhakti?

How to develop our relationship with Krishna

What if we feel attracted to serving Krishna in our role in this world but not in the spiritual world as his associate?

Do soldiers who die while fighting for their country attain higher planets?

How can we deal with material desires in bhakti?

How can we overcome our false ego and rise from our material identity to our spiritual identity?

From Grudging to Gratitude QA 2

From Grudging to Gratitude QA 1

From Grudging to Gratitude 3 – Learn to re-interpret reality devotionally

How can we give up undesirable habits that we keep relapsing into?

How can we help temple visitors to become serious devotees?

What is wrong with practicing bhakti because the world is dreadful?

How can we know whether our emotions are coming from the modes or from our bhakti practices?

If we are not spiritually advanced do the problems we face come from our past karma or by Krishnas arrangement?

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

Does knowledge correlate with being judgmental?

How can we let go of the past and the future and focus on the present?

Does satsang strengthen our buddhi – Hindi?

When money provides all comforts why is spiritual life needed?

When bhakti practice hasn’t yet changed our disposition how can we take sound decisions?

Do we need to sometimes prioritize the spiritual over the material or the material over the spiritual?

Philosophy makes sense intellectually but doesn’t sink emotionally – what to do?

Is crowding desires out of our mind not superficially distracting?