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Among various world religions what is special about practicing krishna-bhakti?

Can Krishna be interchanged with any other god as our object of worship?

How can bhakti help us overcome our emotional fears?

Sharpening our focus – going beyond piety to spirituality and the mental to the spiritual

Can there be something called spiritual science?

We talk a lot about practicing bhakti but not about practicing morality – why?

If someone chants a lot of rounds but doesn’t behave properly with their spouse how do we understand?

I desire to start a new business – is this desire compatible with bhakti?

Six loving exchanges – Opening the heart and reciprocating with the opened heart

Renunciation doesn’t make devotion attractive – devotion makes renunciation attractive

Meditation on Vrindavan – relishing Krishna-lila and sharing Krishna-shiksha

Kusum Sarovar meditation – Cherishing the culture rich with spiritual stimuli

How can we fix the mind on the heart – Hindi?

When too many spiritual apps sites and books confuse us about what to read or hear what to do?

How can we balance scriptural study and practical service?

If spirituality tells us to fast and science tells us to not fast what should we do?

If while chanting some bad thoughts come in our mind is that a sin?

Meditation on Kaliya lila – Devotion grants access to a rich panorama of divine emotions

Akrura Katha 2 – Devotional disposition in association deepens our devotion

Why does the Gita in chapter sixteen describe divine qualities in three full verses and demoniac qualities in just one verse?

How is simplicity as an austerity of the body in Gita 17.14 different from simplicity as an austerity of the mind in Gita 17.16?

Spiritualizing our relationships 5 – Focus more on our intentions than on others’ dispositions

Can the self be realized without realizing Krishna?

If we see devotees’ love for us as Krishna’s love coming through them are we not depersonalizing devotees?

Can people with an empty stomach practice bhakti – shouldn’t material needs be fulfilled first?

Can all karma be offered to Krishna or does ugra-karma have to be given up?

If bhakti is transcendental why is cultivating the mode of goodness important?

Is constantly thinking of Krishna and doing our work an example of multitasking – how can it be done practically?

Even after we learn to observe our mind why can’t we stay on as the observer?

How can we become more mindful?

Metaphorical holy name meditations 2 – 3 ways the holy name stimulates deeper thought

Why do you speak more on bhakti than on karma which the Gita stresses?

What are the dos and donts to develop devotional consciousness?

How can we maintain the standard of purity that Prabhupada established?

How can we strengthen our relationship with Krishna?

How can we practice austerity of the mind?

When we don’t get an intimation of our death as did Parikshit how should we practice bhakti?

When we can have a temple in our home why do we need to go to a temple?

Why is remembrance of Krishna so important in bhakti ?

Beauty is a spark of Krishna but it makes us forget Krishna – what to do?

How can we make people in the lower modes interested in Krishna?

How will avoiding the association of agitating people help if agitation is in our karma?

Isn’t the mode of goodness alone enough for serving Krishna – during the churning of the milk ocean why were the other modes needed?

Use goodness to practice bhakti and correct our disconnect with reality

When problems drag our emotions away from Krishna how can we focus on him?

What externals can help us stay spiritually grounded?

How can we minimize our past karma’s impact on us?

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

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

Metaphorical Meditations on the Holy Name 1 – The Holy Name grounds consciousness in the source of its source

Can we have a thoughtless mind?

What does fixing the mind on the lotus feet of Krishna mean?

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

How is controlling the mind by focusing it on Krishna different from focusing it on some material object?

How to see God in this world

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

Does chanting automatically make us kinder or do we have to strive to become kinder?

How can we be practically grounded on the spiritual level?

What does seva-smarana mean?

What is the starting point for bhakti yoga?

Gita 17.16 Purity has to be cultivated as an austerity before it can be savored as a state

What can we do if we feel bored while chanting?

Is praying to Krishna a part of our karma?

What does it mean to hear the holy name?

How can we counter the mind’s wandering while reading scripture?

How to absorb ourselves in Krishna instead of problems?

How can we deal with material desires in bhakti?

How can we help temple visitors to become serious devotees?

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

Does satsang strengthen our buddhi – Hindi?

While seeking realization how can we avoid speculation?

Is there a scientific explanation of the benefits of eating prasad?

During chanting how much is thinking of other related things acceptable?

Is the holy name scientific ethical or relational?

Gita 14.26 – Bhakti is both a state and a process