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Dealing with negative past karma – 3 ways– Karma Philosophy for a Brighter Future part 2 of 5

9 Stages of Bhakti Part 4 By HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu

How our relationship with God evolves | Gita 7.16 | Bangalore

When the source of liberation becomes the source of illusion

Prabhupada

Prabhupada life-story

Demystifying Reincarnation

From karma to Krishna – the human search for understanding | Bhagavatam 2.10.22 | Chowpatty, Mumbai

Seeking to understand our nature… Gita 03.35

God keeps the door to him unlocked from his side till every soul… Gita 04.36

Why spiritual evolution is of paramount importance in our lives – Chaitanya Charan

On Dharma and being ourselves

Chaitanya Charan on Amogha Lila P’s podcast My spiritual journey-Science-Writing-Western outreach

If we are not absorbed in kirtan, will we not go back to Godhead?

When devotees leave the body, do they also have go through the process which they withdraw various elements inwards?

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

Prayers of Jiva in mothers womb – Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 3

To go to Krishna, do we need to attain a particular stage in bhakti?

To ask guidance from visiting devotees and to not follow it – is that offensive?

Why does God not answer our prayers? (PK answered 5)

How can we know that we are progressing spiritually?

How can we get the determination to apply scripture?

When Krishna declares bhakti-yoga to be the highest yoga, why does he describe other yogas too?

When we desire something is it the soul desiring or is it simply the mind desiring?

Why might devotees learned in bhakti scriptures leave bhakti?

Why our personal experiences matter in our spiritual journey, The Monk’s Podcast 169-Yogesvara Prabhu

Should one take saffron only when one is convinced that Krishna is God?

How can we talk about pure devotion without making people discouraged, thinking it is too lofty

Should we have doubt only initially while choosing a path and have full faith thereafter

The Monk’s Podcast 90 with Garuda Prabhu – Please criticize me – I want to grow

The Monk’s Podcast 84 with Madhavananda Prabhu – From Sentimentality to Spirituality

Journaling for Inner Growth

Should we gratify our desires so that we don’t carry our desires to the next life?

What does follow your heart mean – does it involve the conscience or the soul?

How do we distinguish between material anxiety and spiritual anxiety?

If our love is finite, how can it help us reach the infinite?

Comparing Ramayana and Mahabharata 3 – How to see and seek God amid adversities

From your place, at your pace, access God’s grace

Arjuna had Krishna’s constant guidance – how can we be guided?

How can we realize that we are souls?

When duty is a societal construct, why can’t we just follow our heart’s calling without caring for society’s opinion?

Why settle for less – why not keep seeking till we find the best?

How does one’s past spirituality become activated?

How devotion and dedication can transform our life into an adventure

How Krishna made the two lives of the gopis one – and how he can make our two lives one too

If others constantly find fault with us, what can we do?

How our home in this world can take us to our home beyond this world

Hanuman’s journey through the cave – Persevering through life’s obstacles – Hindi

Nara-Narayana Rishi – Twins who teach tapasya – Hindi

Why did Vishvamitra lose his power on creating another heaven?

When initiation frees us from all sins, why do initiated devotes suffer?

When spiritual growth requires faith, what can we do if doubts keep coming?

Appreciating Rath Yatra – RATH acronym – Hindi

Going back to godhead 2 – We are unqualified, but not disqualified

Is frustration a wrong motive for starting spiritual life?

Understanding the six stages of anartha nivrutti or inner purification – 1

Maintaining faith on the spiritual path 1 – Bhakti is not all-or-nothing

The story of Vishvamitra – Obstacles on the spiritual path – Part 1

Understanding papa, punya and bhakti – How the good obstructs and supports the best

What is Spirituality – Questions and Answers

When Dhruva already had darshan of Vishnu, how could be become disproportionately angry at the Yakshas?

Does surrender come from devotion or devotion come from surrender?

How to immigrate to the spiritual world – Hindi

Gita 01.32 Don’t let the means to an end become an end that diverts us from the actual ends

Life, Afterlife and the Search for Meaning

Is our real problem the original sin in the heart – not the mind – and is believing in Jesus the only solution?

Understanding God’s role in our life

Gita 01.14 The Gita’s audio-visual camera starts with the character of the questioner’s interest, but shifts now to the central characters

How to immigrate to the spiritual world

Does becoming spiritually advanced means treating all situations and all people equally?

The way to Vrindavan is through Kurukshetra

Gita 18.67 Though ultimately every heart longs for divine love, not every heart is presently ready for divine love

Gita 18.54 Devotion doesn’t culminate in liberation, liberation culminates in devotion

Gita 18.49 Our spiritual evolution goes through multiple levels of perfection from engagement through disengagement to devotion

Gita 18.47 Acknowledging our present diversity is essential for realizing our spiritual commanality

Dhruva pastime analysis 2 – DHRUV acronym – Humility and honesty leads to authentic bhakti

Dhruva pastime analysis 1 – Everyone faces distress, the fortunate find the right direction – DHRUV acronym

Gita 18.37 Spiritual knowledge gives us the purpose to persevere through the poison till the nectar

Will all our anxieties take us towards Krishna?

Gita 18.29 To drive purposefully, we need to know the destination, the path and the vehicle

Who is to be purified – mind or soul?

Movie metaphor to understand how we are entangled and how bhakti liberates us

Rationally choosing our life’s purpose and process

Gita 18.13 The journey from illusion to illumination requires philosophical education

Gita 18.10 Take the route that takes us to the destination, not the route that looks the easiest

When the mind starts misleading, does the Supersoul intervene?

Bhagavatam study 82 1.15.45-51 Our spirituality is our responsibility, not anyone else’s responsibility

Bhagavatam study 80 1.15.31-37 Life is a relay race – know when to hand over the torch

How can those in passion come to goodness to understand their nature?

Analyzing different religions to find life’s purpose 1 – Seeking a purpose bigger than our problems

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

If someone is practicing bhakti but not chanting 16 rounds what is their destination?

What is spirituality and why we need it

Hanuman and Prabhupada were given a purpose – when we haven’t been given one how should we live?

Why does Krishna make it so difficult for us to come to him?

When our nature is to be spiritual why are we not attracted to Krishna?

How did you come to Krishna consciousness – Hindi?

Gaur Purnima class – How Ratha Yatra fulfilled external and internal reasons for Lord Chaitanya’s appearance

Why does Krishna test devotees?

What is spirituality?