SpiritualWisdom

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?

When other sampradayas quote certain verses from scripture to prove that their particular founder is also an incarnation of God – How do we respond to such scriptural references?

What is God’s role in our sufferings, in the light of the Bhagavatam 10.14.08 verse tat te ‘nukampam?

How dependent is karma on destiny and destiny on karma?

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?

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

How can we know that today’s Bhagavad Gita is as it is as it was spoken by Krishna to Arjuna?

Why is Prabhupada was so strong in criticizing mayavadis and so mild in criticizing muslims?

3 conceptions of renunciation frustration, aversion, redirection – Chaitanya Charan

Karthikeya 2 vs PK Logical approach to religion done right and wrong?

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

​What is the difference between Arjuna fighting under Krishna and jehadis fighting under Allah?

Gopi Gita Appreciation part 7 The Monks Podcast 174 with Madhavananda Prabhu & Amarendra Prabhu

What is dharma and how can it be protected part 1 The Monks Podcast 173 with Govinda Prabhu

Gopi Gita Appreciation part 5, The Monk’s Podcast 170 – Madhavananda Prabhu & Amarendra Prabhu

Gopi Gita Appreciation part 3, The Monk’s Podcast 164 with Madhavananda Prabhu and Amarendra Prabhu

The Bhagavad gita’s great greater and greatest secret -The Monk s Podcast 162 with Garuda Prabhu

Finding guidance in Prabhupada’s books, The Monk’s Podcast 158 with Krishna Dharma P & Chintamani Dharma M

Appreciating Prabhupada’s presentation of the Bhagavatam part 2

Appreciating Krishna’s opulences, using his opulence of knowledge as an example – Hindi

Appreciating Prabhupada’s presentation of the Bhagavatam

Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 10 – Kalki – The Monk’s Podcast 123 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaj

Balancing obedience to authority & independent thoughtfulness, The Monk’s Podcast 122 with Radheshyam Prabhu

Making bhakti spirituality relevant to today’s social concerns – The Monk’s Podcast 120 with Yogesvara Prabhu

Bhakti spirituality for the contemporary mind – The Monk’s Podcast 119 with Shyamananda Prabhu

How do we understand scriptural statements that reject all non-devotional literature

Gita key verses course 51 – Appreciating the Gita’s three conversations Gita 18.76

Don’t let Prabhupada’s difficult statements become difficulties – The Monk’s Podcast 103 with Yogeshvara Prabhu

Contemplating Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura Wisdom-Quotes — Appearance Day Talk 2021

Gita key verses course 39 – What is education meant for – Gita 13.12

The Monk’s Podcast 83 with Shyamananda – Social Justice and Spiritual Wisdom 2 – Caste System Analyzed

The Monk’s Podcast 81 with Shyamananda – Social Justice and Spiritual wisdom 1

The Monk’s Podcast 43 with Braja Bihari Prabhu – How to disagree without being disagreeable

The Monk’s Podcast 78 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaj – Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 2 – Kurma

Bhagavad Gita Testing

Mahabharata life lessons – Why Draupadi laughed when Duryodhana fell?

Mahabharata Life Lessons – Did the Pandavas fight to take revenge?

Mahabharata Life Lessons – How could Jarasandha do human sacrifices?

When an eye for an eye will make everyone blind, why does the Gita teach that?

The Monk’s Podcast 15 with Shyamananda Prabhu – What is work meant for – part 2

The Monk’s Podcast 14 with Shyamananda Prabhu – What is work meant for – part 1

The Monk’s Podcast 13 with Bhakti Rasamrita Maharaj – Can we be spiritual but not religious

The Monks Podcast 12 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Capitalism Communism and Spirituality – part 2

The Monk’s Podcast 10 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Where is God amid crisis

Gita key verses course 17 Why are religious people so sectarian – Is it better to be spiritual but not religious – Gita 05.18

What would be the Gita’s stand in today’s political world wrt the Left and the Right in India or the liberals and the conservatives in America

How to surrender to Krishna amid the corona virus crisis

Gita 01.12 Just Because We Get Others To Do What We Want Them To Do Doesn’t Mean We Have Won

Gita lite 5 – Chps 12-15

Gita insights for managing the mind – Chapter Ten Analysis

Damodarashtakam Texts 5-8 – Hindi

Damodarashtakam Texts 1-4 – Hindi

The Gita shares not just light but also warmth

Gita Lite 4 – Chps 9-11

Why does the Gita not mention the word guru and refer in plural to seers of the truth in 4.34?

Gita lite 2 – Chps 3-5

How can we differentiate between a dharmika and a fanatic?

Bhagavad Gita Chapters 15-18 Overview

Bhagavad Gita Chapters 13-14 Overview

Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura’s three quotes on preaching – Purpose, perspective, processsssss

Would a Prabhupada-bot, an artificial intelligence system that knows all of Prabhupada’s works, be equivalent to him or his books?

Gita 02.06 The decision that seems a no-brainer turns out to be a brain-exhauster

Ramayana series 3 – Shurapanakha’s manipulativeness – Exploiting others’ weaknesses doesn’t make us strong

Stop fighting battles that are already lost and start fighting the battle that is never lost – Vritrasura pastime analysis 3

Gita 01.01 The Gita’s first word dharma conveys its essential, universal theme

The truth that warms the heart influences more than the truth that lights the way

Bhagavatam tenth canto study 55 -10.10.10-14 Narada curses not impulsively, but after deep reflection

How the Bhagavad-gita’s first and last words reflect its empowering message

Understanding rasa-lila 2- How Bhagavatam establishes para-dharma without trivializing apara-dharma

Bhagavatam tenth canto study 32 – 10.6.7-14 Putana deceived the Vrajavasis, but Krishna deceived her

Gita 18.50 The Gita’s purpose is not to describe spiritual paths but to analyze them for making an informed choice

Bhagavatam study 106 1.19.13-18 Our personal deliberation and our mentor consultation can be complementary, not contradictory

Gita 18.12 Intelligence sees consequence and fosters detachment

What is the difference between conscience and intelligence?

What does vasudevah sarvam iti mean?

What India can offer to the World?

Self-pity humility and maturity explained – Bhagavad-gita 18.35

If we are to hate the sin aren’t we to be averse to sin?

Bhagavatam study 72 1.14.12.17 – Inversion of natural order prophesies inauspiciousness

Bhagavatam study 71 1.14.1.11 – Departure of the order-sustaining Lord leads to disruption of that order

Gita 17.06 Defying scripture be it for pandering the body or tormenting the body is demonic

Gita 16.24 Knowing scripture is our responsibility and our opportunity

Gita 16.18 When bad situations make us take shelter of our bad side we become bad people

Gita 16.17 Self-complacence and impudence perpetuate ignorance

Gita 16.11 We make our beliefs and our beliefs make us

Gita 16.10 Taking shelter of lust amidst problems is like taking shelter of kidnappers when threatened by thieves

Bhikshu Gita series transriptions uploaded.

Emotionally intelligent spirituality 2 – Let immediate and ultimate solutions work cooperatively, not competitively

Do gopis know Krishna’s future pastimes?

The jnanis concepton of the Absolute Truth lacks potency – please explain?

Bhagavatam study 66 01.13.24-29 Detachment emerges from education that changes our definition of success

If someone has hurt us grievously what should we do?

Enlightened Living with Chaitanya Charan – TV Show

Meeting with HH Gopal Krishna Maharaj – Learning to sense the contemporary pulse

How is inner growth more important than external growth in bhakti?

Gajendra Moksha Katha 4 – How age helps us become renounced – and how it doesn’t – Hindi

Gajendra Moksha Katha 3 – Understanding when to wield control and when to yield control – Hindi