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Gita Daily - Nov 2011
Gita Daily - Dec 2011
Gita Daily - Jan 2012
| The Original Originality of the Gita | Memorizing scripture doesn’t burden our memory; it unburdens our heart | When materialism dons a religious costume | Life’s amazing secret |
| Krishna is not just somewhere out there; he is also close by in here | With Krishna, we flourish; without Krishna, we perish | Did I change my mind or did my mind change me? | Could our feelings be not our feelings? |
| The Black Hole of Lust | Those who desire to be fused are confused | Rooted in the unchanging, branching into the changing | Surrender is not about giving up, but about going up |
| Krishna is impartially partial | Krishna’s immortal legacy for all of us | The Gita provides not just eyes, but also wings | Reality is more fascinating than what we have been allowed to believe |
| All bluff, no stuff – “Isn’t that enough?” | An intellectual adventure with an emotional climax | The self-imposed misfortune of trusting the untrustworthy | The immaterial is not immaterial |
| Retreat within to treat without | When Krishna seems far away…. | The pleasure that is pregnant with suffering | Our fear of insignificance traps us in insignificance |
| Cry, Vie, Lie, Die, Fie – Tie | Krishna’s ways: Not always pleasant, but always benevolent | Don’t romanticize or demonize the world; utilize it to realize Krishna |
Gita Daily - Feb 2012
Gita Daily - Mar 2012
Gita Daily - Apr 2012
Gita Daily - May 2012
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| Is there a need to build spirituality among youths and how can it be done ? | What is the role of paramatma in atom, in contrast to paramatma in living entities who guides according to desires? | How do we understand the concept of a last messenger of God? | How are all social service activities mundane? |
| Does Pitraloka change for different people? | Krishna has himself given the Vedas; then why does he tell us to go beyond the Vedas in the Gita 2.46? | Why was there no scientific renaissance in India similar to that in Europe? | How was Chrisitanity able to spread all over the world despite cultural barriers? |
| If the Bible doesn’t have much philosophy, then what do Christians write in the thousands of books that they publish? | What was the crime of the children who were abused in gurukulas? | Where is the Hare Krishna mahamantra mentioned in the Vedic scriptures? | Does bhakti create feelings of inferiority within us? |
| My heart tells me that jnana-yoga is the best path for me. What should I do? | Why was Srila Prabhupada happy when devotees participated in a materialist ad in Australia? | If Hiranyakashipu performed austerity for 10,000 years, how was Prahlad just 5 years old when he returned? | What is the difference between a prophet and a rishi? |
| If we are served charanamrita while we are taking prasad, can we honor caranamrita with contaminated hands? | What is the difference between a woman’s love for a paramour and the gopis’ love for Krishna? | What exactly is shakti-tattva? How do we understand the conjugal activities of Shiva-Parvati? | Why do certain temples have architecture depicting sex? |
| Who is Narayana? What is the difference between Krishna and Narayana? | How much does exercise,medication interfere with one’s destiny? | As a practicing devotee, which is the medication method recommended, (since ayurvedic treatment is not suitable for emergencies)? | Is Remarriage of widow allowed in scripture? Was sati a practice or a phenomena? |
| If Srila Prabhupada is an empowered acharya, then why did many of his empowered disciples leave Krishna consciousness after his departure? | Is humanity and a systematic way of living life the perfect spiritualy / religion? | What is the devotional and scientific reason of keeping shikha? | What happens to demigods when yajna is stopped? |
| Isn’t good or bad a state of mind? Why then are the regulative principles necessary? | Was there no sankirtan before Lord Chaitanya? | When we see cause-effect relationship within this life itself, doesn’t that make karma irrelevant? | As only pure devotees are promoted to the spiritual world, why are doorkeepers needed there? |
| What is the need for marriage between devotees in Vaikuntha? | What exactly are the stars? | Why do we not celebrate the apperances of avataras like Matsya, Kurma and Varaha? | What should a devotee do when material desires start increasing and chanting doesn’t help? |
| Is it wrong to hear and read about God from multiple sources, like disciples of Srila Prabhupada? | Are the characteristics of the child determined by the soul’s own karma or the consciousness of the parents at the time of conception? | What is the difference between the mind, intelligence, consciousness and the soul? | How do the Brahmavadis conceive the forms of the Lord? |
| How do we understand the scriptural statement that we are not the doers? | Can corruption be eliminated from human society completely or will it continue till the time of judgement? | How can Lord Chaitanya have initiated Saint Tukaram when they lived at different times? | Isn’t belief in karma psychologically damaging? |
| What exactly are dreams? | Why is Lord Chaitanya not accepted as Lord Krishna by other sampradayas? | When exactly was the Ramayana written – before, during or after the pastimes of Lord Rama? | How can we trust the Vedas when many Vedic texts have been destroyed and incomplete knowledge is harmful? |
| How do people who eat onion-garlic still seem to be in goodness? | Is Vishnu a primary name or a secondary name? | Is there any explanation for Bermuda Triangle in the scriptures? | Does the Bhagavad-gita teach that all paths lead to the same goal? |
| How can we help people understand why Srila Prabhupada used words like “rascals” and “fools”? | Is putting faith in Krishna consciousness like leaping across a chasm with nothing more than the hope that we will make it to the other side? | If consciousness is spiritual, then why is it said to a part of material field in Chp 13 of the Gita? | What does it mean practically to always remember Krishna? |
| Will our svarupa stay vacant if we start worshiping some other form of the Lord? | How is the Supersoul in the heart different from the Lord in every atom? | Do all incarnations have spiritual bodies? | Why should large amounts of money be spend on temples and Deities? |
| Why is prana-pratistha needed when the photo of Krishna is non-different from Krishna? | Why does Krishna love the brahmanas more than other varnas? | How is the Western world having its necessities despite not performing any sacrifices? | Is there any pleasure in the Brahmajoyati ?. |
| Why is India poor despite so much religiosity and the West so properous despite its materialism? | When we are suffering, does that mean that God is angry with us? | Should I try to resolve every doubt that comes when reading scriptures? | How to avoid worldly distractions in concentrating on Krishna? |
| What does Prabhupada mean when he refers to Drona’s leniency? | If the soul is changeless, then how does it change from its svarupa to a seed form? | How can we become free from irritability? | What could be the reason for the feeling that someone is pressing and pulling me at night? |
| Why did Lord Rama kill the shudra Shambuka for doing the pious activity of tapasya? | How can we know whether someone is following parampara? | Is there any evidence of life after death besides what written in the Vedic scriptures? | If women become devotees, do they need to stick to their traditional roles? Can’t they have their own careers? |
| What is the meaning of lila or pastimes? Can our activities also be called lila? | How are material time and spiritual time related to the fall of the jiva as given in Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s Bhaktyaloka? | How to overcome base passions like anger, hate, fear etc? | Are possessions by the goddess genuine? |
| Lord Brahma is the first in line of brahma madhva gaudiya sampradaya, but why is he not considered pure devotee? | What exactly are ghosts? How can we protect ourselves from them? | How do the ancestors of everyone go to Pitraloka irrespective of their individual karma? | Why did the Lord make us with the nature to love and serve? |
| If initiation and other devotional activities remove the past karma of devotees, then why do they get diseases and other problems? | What is the difference between object of knowledge and goal of knowledge in Gita chp 13? | Why do you criticize the West so much? Isn’t India also materialistic? If Western clothers are revealing, so is the Indian saree. | Why is Dhritarashtra’s asking “What did they do?” instead of |
| Why did the same Arjuna who didn’t want to kill his own relatives before the war want to kill Yudhishthira? | How does Kuvera have a lake on the earth? | Is one’s complexion related with past karma? They why do people who are doing sinful activities have good complexions? | Do all incarnations appear in India? |
| Is bhakti innate or is it given by the guru? | Which is the best yoga system to attain moksha? | How can one understand “action in inaction and inaction in action” | What happens when a person over-respects or under-respects a devotee who has temporarily fallen? |
| When japa is individual meditation, why should one chant in the association of Devotees | Is there any evidence of human incarnation beside what is written in vedic scriptures? | Does the soul go out of the body during out-of-body experiences? | Why should a devotee study when it is only materialistic and is called dogism by Srila Prabhupada? |
| Why are the names of Vedic personalities characteristic of their personalities? | Is the guru-disciple relationship eternal? | How can one practice vegetarianism in the coastal regions | Why did our acharyas not travel to South India when foreigners became suppressive? |
| How did Vishwanath Chakravarti Thakura restore our tradition after a 100 years dormanyc | Why are there no remains of Lord Chaitanya’s South India tours? | What pushed Vaishnavism down from 2000 BC to 1000 AD? | Why did Bhaktivinoda Thakura write a controversial book like Krishna Samhita? |
| Did the worship of Krishna Deities exist before the appearance of Krishna in the world? | Did Jainism exist in Satya Yuga? | Is sannyasa forbidden in Kali-yuga? If so, then why does ISKCON give sannyasa? | How can God be happy when we are suffering? |
| Do different Brahmas have different lifespans? | Why are Lord Chaitanya and Nityananda Prabhu on the altar? | How can one control envy? | Why is the index finger considered inauspicious? |
| Should one come up to the level of chanting 16 rounds gradually so that we can sustain it or as quickly as possible? | Isn’t it easier and safer to experience material enjoyment and then renounce it? | When the brain gets damaged, the intellectual and brain functions get impeded. Doesn’t this prove that the brain produces consciousness? | How to understand Krsna is non-different from His Name? |
| Why did Chaitanya Mahaprabhu take sannyasa from a Mayavadi teacher? | Did the demons’ residing places change over the ages from different planets in Satya Yuga and same heart in Kali Yuga? | Why Draupadi didn’t allow Karna to participate in her swayamvar competition? | What is the reason for constantly falling down in spiritual life? |
| Does God really helps when we are in need?. | Do material desires age with age? If one finds it difficult to control material desires, is it advisable to put off the inner fight till one grows older when it will be easier? | If Lord Chaitanya is an hidden incarnation, then why do devotees not let him stay hidden? | How does hynotic regression provide evidence for reincarnation? |
| What is it actually preserved when someone falls down in spirtual life? | Is the Vedic concept of Maya same as the Christian concept of Satan? | How to deal with aggressive atheists | Why less emphasis on Lord Rama? |
| Are desires the cause of the modes or the modes the cause of desires? | How to deal with a blasphemous colleague? | How can one logically prove the presence of God? | If the Vedic culture existed all over the world in ancient times, why are there so many dissimilarities in ancient cultures? |
| How do people get insights during dreams? | Is living in the present equivalent to brahman realization? | Why do some people consider the Vedas superior to the Puranas? | How can we avoid getting distracted by temptations? |
| Is the incident of Lord Rama worshiping Lord Shiva is not mentioned in Valkmiki Ramayan? | Is the body like a machine or not? | Why are there contradictions between Mahabharata and Bhagavatam? | When Krishna says that we shouldn’t take his name in front of an atheist, why does ISKCON share openly? |
| How to overcome spiritual boredom? | When we can return to Krishna by love and devotion, why do we need to study scriptures? | How can material senses perceive something spiritual? | Unless we find fault how can we differentiate between saint from a swindler? |
| Is seeing Krishna’s hand in everything just a psychological adjustment? | Is there something called as “Untimely Death”? | Do all activities other than spiritual fall under eating, sleeping, mating and defending? | If intelligence is higher than the mind, then why does intelligence come from passion and mind from goodness? |
| Is the concept of inconceivability not a license of illogicality? | Should we use the words “fools and rascals” just as Srila Prabhupada did? | Why do the Vedic scriptures sometimes contain verses with an apparently Mayavadi import? | How can we understand some of Prabhupada’s prophecies that didn’t come true? |
| Why was Pururava not purified by worship of Lord Vishnu, as was Dhruva Maharaj? | Why did Bhishma wait till Uttarayana to leave his body? | How does one find the right path to attain peace? | How does religion differ from spirituality? |
| Why does the bodily energy during sleep? | If God is present everywhere, is he present in stool? | Does becoming tolerant mean letting oneself be manipulated? | When the Pandavas were born of various demigods, why are they called the sons of Pandu? |
| Why diseases despite being spiritual since birth? | Why chant on beads? | Is Mohammed predicted in the Bhavishya Purana? | Why does Srila Prabhupada add electricity in the translation of 15.6? |
| Why does Srila Prabhupada give two contradictory translations of the word “vraja” in 18.66? | Why is Sanskrit considered suitable for computer usage? Why are many Sanskrit books ambiguous? | Was wheel invented in Satya-Yuga? | Can I chant the ‘om namo bhagavate vasudevaya’? |
| How can God be chanchal (restless)? | How does the soul fall from the spiritual world? What is the guarantee that we won’t fall again? | Why did God create the forbidden apple? | How can knowing Krishna as the proprietor, enjoyer and benefactor bring us peace? |
| Is it a sin to not like the holy name sung by professional singers? | If God knows the future, doesn’t that make our destiny fixed? | If somebody asks questions arrogantly, how should we respond? | Why is the desire for sex stronger than the desire for any other sense gratification? |
| How to control our jealousy and ego? | Why is the Shambhu aspect of Lord Shiva glorified as the topmost devotee? | What is the source of variety in spiritual world? | Does the definition of success vary from person to person or is it universal? |
| Is repressing the sexual instinct harmful? | Are Krishna’s Gita statements exclusivist? | Why does every religion claim that it is the only way? Doesn’t this lead to violence? | Is Vedic cosmology verifiable and relevant today? |
| What exactly is the heart? | Can i pursue my material ambitions and still make spiritual advancement? | Why was ashtanga yoga recommended in Satya-yuga | Why does the Gita say that “I am intelligence among women?” |
| What is the position of women in a spiritual culture? | What exactly is the heart? | What is the difference between part and separated energy? | Why is Krishna blue? |
| When did Vyasadeva write Bhagavatam? | Why are women considered less intelligent? | I find Vedic cosmology difficult to believe. What should i do? | How can we offer the results of karmic misdeeds to Krishna? |
| How can sex desire be controlled? | Why does the mind seem stronger than the soul? | Is everything pre-destined? | How do we understand the count of 400,000 human species when the human population is much greater? |
| Is there any difference between praying and chanting? | Do aliens really exist? | Is worshiping deities sinful? | Is personal association of devotees essential? |
| How can we explain to others that meat-eating is undesirable? | Isn’t doing our duties better than spending hours chanting? | Why is “Sri Bhagavan uvaca” in the Bhagavad Gita translated as “The Blessed Lord”? said” | Which is the oldest religion in the world? |
| How can we increase pure affection to Krishna in the age of Kali? | If Krishna’s body is spiritual, then how can it get cut? | How can we be Krishna conscious while doing our daily activities? | Can you kindly clarify the position of Ekalavya? |
| Can you clarify the character and past-life history of Karna? | Why did Lord Rama kill Vali from behind a tree? | When we have microscopes that can see sizes less that 1/10,000 , then how do we understand the statement that the soul can’t be seen through the most powerful microscope? | Are there any references in the Gita to the chanting of the holy names? |
| Isn’t belief in an invisible soul on the same level as belief in any absurd claim like payment with invisible money? | Why is holding grass in the mouth considered a sign of humility? | Why does devotee association not purify people like Kamsa? | When Krishna says that we shouldn’t chant his names in front of an atheist, why do devotees do so openly? |
| Why do we need to control our senses when Krishna cannot be reached by the senses? | Why do we feel attracted to Lord Rama instead of Lord Krishna? | Why doesn’t Krishna let us enjoy in the material world? | Why should we believe in the Vedas? |
| What is a plenary portion of Lord Krishna? | Is the earth floating in water? | How do we differentiate between helping the sick and playing God? | If consciousness comes from the soul, how does anesthesia make us lose consciousness? |
| Does every cell have a soul? | What’s wrong with satisfying the sexual urge by artificial means? | What’s wrong with consensual sex? | Should a devotee consult Vaastu shastra? |
| Is the conception of male & female in this world and spiritual world different? | Doesn’t the requirement for submissiveness lead to blind acceptance? | Why was Karna denigrated as suta-putra? | If God wanted us to be vegetarian, then why has he given us canine teeth? |
| If we avoid meat because we don’t want to cause violence, then doesn’t eating vegetables also involve violence? | Do the Vedic literature allow meat-eating? Did Hinduism adopt vegetarianism from Buddhism? | Is the size of the soul literal or metaphorical? | Why does Krishna stop us from enjoying when he himself enjoys so much? |
| Shouldn’t we be practical and focus on our present life instead of worrying about future lives? | Do all sperms have soul? | Why did God create carnivorous animals that attack herbivorous animals? | Isn’t women being given initiation non-Vedic? |
| Did dinosaurs exist? What is the Vedic perspective? | What is the difference between mind, heart and soul? | What is the difference between mind and consciousness? | Why does the Bhagavatam say that Lord Ram went to the brahmajyoti? |
| What is the position of Lord Shiva? | Are ISKCON’s translations of the Vedic scriptures devotionally biased? | Why didn’t we find gold and diamonds during the Dwarka excavations as were said to be existing in the scriptural Dwarka? | Is the sun closer to the earth than the moon? |
| Are eclipses caused by Rahu? | Are the Vedas mythological because they talk about mysticism? |
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Gita Daily - Nov 2011
Gita Daily - Dec 2011
Gita Daily - Jan 2012
| The Original Originality of the Gita | Memorizing scripture doesn’t burden our memory; it unburdens our heart | When materialism dons a religious costume | Life’s amazing secret |
| Krishna is not just somewhere out there; he is also close by in here | With Krishna, we flourish; without Krishna, we perish | Did I change my mind or did my mind change me? | Could our feelings be not our feelings? |
| The Black Hole of Lust | Those who desire to be fused are confused | Rooted in the unchanging, branching into the changing | Surrender is not about giving up, but about going up |
| Krishna is impartially partial | Krishna’s immortal legacy for all of us | The Gita provides not just eyes, but also wings | Reality is more fascinating than what we have been allowed to believe |
| All bluff, no stuff – “Isn’t that enough?” | An intellectual adventure with an emotional climax | The self-imposed misfortune of trusting the untrustworthy | The immaterial is not immaterial |
| Retreat within to treat without | When Krishna seems far away…. | The pleasure that is pregnant with suffering | Our fear of insignificance traps us in insignificance |
| Cry, Vie, Lie, Die, Fie – Tie | Krishna’s ways: Not always pleasant, but always benevolent | Don’t romanticize or demonize the world; utilize it to realize Krishna |
Gita Daily - Feb 2012
Gita Daily - Mar 2012
Gita Daily - Apr 2012
Gita Daily - May 2012
QA Audio
| Is there a need to build spirituality among youths and how can it be done ? | What is the role of paramatma in atom, in contrast to paramatma in living entities who guides according to desires? | How do we understand the concept of a last messenger of God? | How are all social service activities mundane? |
| Does Pitraloka change for different people? | Krishna has himself given the Vedas; then why does he tell us to go beyond the Vedas in the Gita 2.46? | Why was there no scientific renaissance in India similar to that in Europe? | How was Chrisitanity able to spread all over the world despite cultural barriers? |
| If the Bible doesn’t have much philosophy, then what do Christians write in the thousands of books that they publish? | What was the crime of the children who were abused in gurukulas? | Where is the Hare Krishna mahamantra mentioned in the Vedic scriptures? | Does bhakti create feelings of inferiority within us? |
| My heart tells me that jnana-yoga is the best path for me. What should I do? | Why was Srila Prabhupada happy when devotees participated in a materialist ad in Australia? | If Hiranyakashipu performed austerity for 10,000 years, how was Prahlad just 5 years old when he returned? | What is the difference between a prophet and a rishi? |
| If we are served charanamrita while we are taking prasad, can we honor caranamrita with contaminated hands? | What is the difference between a woman’s love for a paramour and the gopis’ love for Krishna? | What exactly is shakti-tattva? How do we understand the conjugal activities of Shiva-Parvati? | Why do certain temples have architecture depicting sex? |
| Who is Narayana? What is the difference between Krishna and Narayana? | How much does exercise,medication interfere with one’s destiny? | As a practicing devotee, which is the medication method recommended, (since ayurvedic treatment is not suitable for emergencies)? | Is Remarriage of widow allowed in scripture? Was sati a practice or a phenomena? |
| If Srila Prabhupada is an empowered acharya, then why did many of his empowered disciples leave Krishna consciousness after his departure? | Is humanity and a systematic way of living life the perfect spiritualy / religion? | What is the devotional and scientific reason of keeping shikha? | What happens to demigods when yajna is stopped? |
| Isn’t good or bad a state of mind? Why then are the regulative principles necessary? | Was there no sankirtan before Lord Chaitanya? | When we see cause-effect relationship within this life itself, doesn’t that make karma irrelevant? | As only pure devotees are promoted to the spiritual world, why are doorkeepers needed there? |
| What is the need for marriage between devotees in Vaikuntha? | What exactly are the stars? | Why do we not celebrate the apperances of avataras like Matsya, Kurma and Varaha? | What should a devotee do when material desires start increasing and chanting doesn’t help? |
| Is it wrong to hear and read about God from multiple sources, like disciples of Srila Prabhupada? | Are the characteristics of the child determined by the soul’s own karma or the consciousness of the parents at the time of conception? | What is the difference between the mind, intelligence, consciousness and the soul? | How do the Brahmavadis conceive the forms of the Lord? |
| How do we understand the scriptural statement that we are not the doers? | Can corruption be eliminated from human society completely or will it continue till the time of judgement? | How can Lord Chaitanya have initiated Saint Tukaram when they lived at different times? | Isn’t belief in karma psychologically damaging? |
| What exactly are dreams? | Why is Lord Chaitanya not accepted as Lord Krishna by other sampradayas? | When exactly was the Ramayana written – before, during or after the pastimes of Lord Rama? | How can we trust the Vedas when many Vedic texts have been destroyed and incomplete knowledge is harmful? |
| How do people who eat onion-garlic still seem to be in goodness? | Is Vishnu a primary name or a secondary name? | Is there any explanation for Bermuda Triangle in the scriptures? | Does the Bhagavad-gita teach that all paths lead to the same goal? |
| How can we help people understand why Srila Prabhupada used words like “rascals” and “fools”? | Is putting faith in Krishna consciousness like leaping across a chasm with nothing more than the hope that we will make it to the other side? | If consciousness is spiritual, then why is it said to a part of material field in Chp 13 of the Gita? | What does it mean practically to always remember Krishna? |
| Will our svarupa stay vacant if we start worshiping some other form of the Lord? | How is the Supersoul in the heart different from the Lord in every atom? | Do all incarnations have spiritual bodies? | Why should large amounts of money be spend on temples and Deities? |
| Why is prana-pratistha needed when the photo of Krishna is non-different from Krishna? | Why does Krishna love the brahmanas more than other varnas? | How is the Western world having its necessities despite not performing any sacrifices? | Is there any pleasure in the Brahmajoyati ?. |
| Why is India poor despite so much religiosity and the West so properous despite its materialism? | When we are suffering, does that mean that God is angry with us? | Should I try to resolve every doubt that comes when reading scriptures? | How to avoid worldly distractions in concentrating on Krishna? |
| What does Prabhupada mean when he refers to Drona’s leniency? | If the soul is changeless, then how does it change from its svarupa to a seed form? | How can we become free from irritability? | What could be the reason for the feeling that someone is pressing and pulling me at night? |
| Why did Lord Rama kill the shudra Shambuka for doing the pious activity of tapasya? | How can we know whether someone is following parampara? | Is there any evidence of life after death besides what written in the Vedic scriptures? | If women become devotees, do they need to stick to their traditional roles? Can’t they have their own careers? |
| What is the meaning of lila or pastimes? Can our activities also be called lila? | How are material time and spiritual time related to the fall of the jiva as given in Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s Bhaktyaloka? | How to overcome base passions like anger, hate, fear etc? | Are possessions by the goddess genuine? |
| Lord Brahma is the first in line of brahma madhva gaudiya sampradaya, but why is he not considered pure devotee? | What exactly are ghosts? How can we protect ourselves from them? | How do the ancestors of everyone go to Pitraloka irrespective of their individual karma? | Why did the Lord make us with the nature to love and serve? |
| If initiation and other devotional activities remove the past karma of devotees, then why do they get diseases and other problems? | What is the difference between object of knowledge and goal of knowledge in Gita chp 13? | Why do you criticize the West so much? Isn’t India also materialistic? If Western clothers are revealing, so is the Indian saree. | Why is Dhritarashtra’s asking “What did they do?” instead of |
| Why did the same Arjuna who didn’t want to kill his own relatives before the war want to kill Yudhishthira? | How does Kuvera have a lake on the earth? | Is one’s complexion related with past karma? They why do people who are doing sinful activities have good complexions? | Do all incarnations appear in India? |
| Is bhakti innate or is it given by the guru? | Which is the best yoga system to attain moksha? | How can one understand “action in inaction and inaction in action” | What happens when a person over-respects or under-respects a devotee who has temporarily fallen? |
| When japa is individual meditation, why should one chant in the association of Devotees | Is there any evidence of human incarnation beside what is written in vedic scriptures? | Does the soul go out of the body during out-of-body experiences? | Why should a devotee study when it is only materialistic and is called dogism by Srila Prabhupada? |
| Why are the names of Vedic personalities characteristic of their personalities? | Is the guru-disciple relationship eternal? | How can one practice vegetarianism in the coastal regions | Why did our acharyas not travel to South India when foreigners became suppressive? |
| How did Vishwanath Chakravarti Thakura restore our tradition after a 100 years dormanyc | Why are there no remains of Lord Chaitanya’s South India tours? | What pushed Vaishnavism down from 2000 BC to 1000 AD? | Why did Bhaktivinoda Thakura write a controversial book like Krishna Samhita? |
| Did the worship of Krishna Deities exist before the appearance of Krishna in the world? | Did Jainism exist in Satya Yuga? | Is sannyasa forbidden in Kali-yuga? If so, then why does ISKCON give sannyasa? | How can God be happy when we are suffering? |
| Do different Brahmas have different lifespans? | Why are Lord Chaitanya and Nityananda Prabhu on the altar? | How can one control envy? | Why is the index finger considered inauspicious? |
| Should one come up to the level of chanting 16 rounds gradually so that we can sustain it or as quickly as possible? | Isn’t it easier and safer to experience material enjoyment and then renounce it? | When the brain gets damaged, the intellectual and brain functions get impeded. Doesn’t this prove that the brain produces consciousness? | How to understand Krsna is non-different from His Name? |
| Why did Chaitanya Mahaprabhu take sannyasa from a Mayavadi teacher? | Did the demons’ residing places change over the ages from different planets in Satya Yuga and same heart in Kali Yuga? | Why Draupadi didn’t allow Karna to participate in her swayamvar competition? | What is the reason for constantly falling down in spiritual life? |
| Does God really helps when we are in need?. | Do material desires age with age? If one finds it difficult to control material desires, is it advisable to put off the inner fight till one grows older when it will be easier? | If Lord Chaitanya is an hidden incarnation, then why do devotees not let him stay hidden? | How does hynotic regression provide evidence for reincarnation? |
| What is it actually preserved when someone falls down in spirtual life? | Is the Vedic concept of Maya same as the Christian concept of Satan? | How to deal with aggressive atheists | Why less emphasis on Lord Rama? |
| Are desires the cause of the modes or the modes the cause of desires? | How to deal with a blasphemous colleague? | How can one logically prove the presence of God? | If the Vedic culture existed all over the world in ancient times, why are there so many dissimilarities in ancient cultures? |
| How do people get insights during dreams? | Is living in the present equivalent to brahman realization? | Why do some people consider the Vedas superior to the Puranas? | How can we avoid getting distracted by temptations? |
| Is the incident of Lord Rama worshiping Lord Shiva is not mentioned in Valkmiki Ramayan? | Is the body like a machine or not? | Why are there contradictions between Mahabharata and Bhagavatam? | When Krishna says that we shouldn’t take his name in front of an atheist, why does ISKCON share openly? |
| How to overcome spiritual boredom? | When we can return to Krishna by love and devotion, why do we need to study scriptures? | How can material senses perceive something spiritual? | Unless we find fault how can we differentiate between saint from a swindler? |
| Is seeing Krishna’s hand in everything just a psychological adjustment? | Is there something called as “Untimely Death”? | Do all activities other than spiritual fall under eating, sleeping, mating and defending? | If intelligence is higher than the mind, then why does intelligence come from passion and mind from goodness? |
| Is the concept of inconceivability not a license of illogicality? | Should we use the words “fools and rascals” just as Srila Prabhupada did? | Why do the Vedic scriptures sometimes contain verses with an apparently Mayavadi import? | How can we understand some of Prabhupada’s prophecies that didn’t come true? |
| Why was Pururava not purified by worship of Lord Vishnu, as was Dhruva Maharaj? | Why did Bhishma wait till Uttarayana to leave his body? | How does one find the right path to attain peace? | How does religion differ from spirituality? |
| Why does the bodily energy during sleep? | If God is present everywhere, is he present in stool? | Does becoming tolerant mean letting oneself be manipulated? | When the Pandavas were born of various demigods, why are they called the sons of Pandu? |
| Why diseases despite being spiritual since birth? | Why chant on beads? | Is Mohammed predicted in the Bhavishya Purana? | Why does Srila Prabhupada add electricity in the translation of 15.6? |
| Why does Srila Prabhupada give two contradictory translations of the word “vraja” in 18.66? | Why is Sanskrit considered suitable for computer usage? Why are many Sanskrit books ambiguous? | Was wheel invented in Satya-Yuga? | Can I chant the ‘om namo bhagavate vasudevaya’? |
| How can God be chanchal (restless)? | How does the soul fall from the spiritual world? What is the guarantee that we won’t fall again? | Why did God create the forbidden apple? | How can knowing Krishna as the proprietor, enjoyer and benefactor bring us peace? |
| Is it a sin to not like the holy name sung by professional singers? | If God knows the future, doesn’t that make our destiny fixed? | If somebody asks questions arrogantly, how should we respond? | Why is the desire for sex stronger than the desire for any other sense gratification? |
| How to control our jealousy and ego? | Why is the Shambhu aspect of Lord Shiva glorified as the topmost devotee? | What is the source of variety in spiritual world? | Does the definition of success vary from person to person or is it universal? |
| Is repressing the sexual instinct harmful? | Are Krishna’s Gita statements exclusivist? | Why does every religion claim that it is the only way? Doesn’t this lead to violence? | Is Vedic cosmology verifiable and relevant today? |
| What exactly is the heart? | Can i pursue my material ambitions and still make spiritual advancement? | Why was ashtanga yoga recommended in Satya-yuga | Why does the Gita say that “I am intelligence among women?” |
| What is the position of women in a spiritual culture? | What exactly is the heart? | What is the difference between part and separated energy? | Why is Krishna blue? |
| When did Vyasadeva write Bhagavatam? | Why are women considered less intelligent? | I find Vedic cosmology difficult to believe. What should i do? | How can we offer the results of karmic misdeeds to Krishna? |
| How can sex desire be controlled? | Why does the mind seem stronger than the soul? | Is everything pre-destined? | How do we understand the count of 400,000 human species when the human population is much greater? |
| Is there any difference between praying and chanting? | Do aliens really exist? | Is worshiping deities sinful? | Is personal association of devotees essential? |
| How can we explain to others that meat-eating is undesirable? | Isn’t doing our duties better than spending hours chanting? | Why is “Sri Bhagavan uvaca” in the Bhagavad Gita translated as “The Blessed Lord”? said” | Which is the oldest religion in the world? |
| How can we increase pure affection to Krishna in the age of Kali? | If Krishna’s body is spiritual, then how can it get cut? | How can we be Krishna conscious while doing our daily activities? | Can you kindly clarify the position of Ekalavya? |
| Can you clarify the character and past-life history of Karna? | Why did Lord Rama kill Vali from behind a tree? | When we have microscopes that can see sizes less that 1/10,000 , then how do we understand the statement that the soul can’t be seen through the most powerful microscope? | Are there any references in the Gita to the chanting of the holy names? |
| Isn’t belief in an invisible soul on the same level as belief in any absurd claim like payment with invisible money? | Why is holding grass in the mouth considered a sign of humility? | Why does devotee association not purify people like Kamsa? | When Krishna says that we shouldn’t chant his names in front of an atheist, why do devotees do so openly? |
| Why do we need to control our senses when Krishna cannot be reached by the senses? | Why do we feel attracted to Lord Rama instead of Lord Krishna? | Why doesn’t Krishna let us enjoy in the material world? | Why should we believe in the Vedas? |
| What is a plenary portion of Lord Krishna? | Is the earth floating in water? | How do we differentiate between helping the sick and playing God? | If consciousness comes from the soul, how does anesthesia make us lose consciousness? |
| Does every cell have a soul? | What’s wrong with satisfying the sexual urge by artificial means? | What’s wrong with consensual sex? | Should a devotee consult Vaastu shastra? |
| Is the conception of male & female in this world and spiritual world different? | Doesn’t the requirement for submissiveness lead to blind acceptance? | Why was Karna denigrated as suta-putra? | If God wanted us to be vegetarian, then why has he given us canine teeth? |
| If we avoid meat because we don’t want to cause violence, then doesn’t eating vegetables also involve violence? | Do the Vedic literature allow meat-eating? Did Hinduism adopt vegetarianism from Buddhism? | Is the size of the soul literal or metaphorical? | Why does Krishna stop us from enjoying when he himself enjoys so much? |
| Shouldn’t we be practical and focus on our present life instead of worrying about future lives? | Do all sperms have soul? | Why did God create carnivorous animals that attack herbivorous animals? | Isn’t women being given initiation non-Vedic? |
| Did dinosaurs exist? What is the Vedic perspective? | What is the difference between mind, heart and soul? | What is the difference between mind and consciousness? | Why does the Bhagavatam say that Lord Ram went to the brahmajyoti? |
| What is the position of Lord Shiva? | Are ISKCON’s translations of the Vedic scriptures devotionally biased? | Why didn’t we find gold and diamonds during the Dwarka excavations as were said to be existing in the scriptural Dwarka? | Is the sun closer to the earth than the moon? |
| Are eclipses caused by Rahu? | Are the Vedas mythological because they talk about mysticism? |
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