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June 2013
How a devotee transcends worldly miseries through absorption SB 3.22.37
Directing the four lanes of our consciousness – intellectual emotional devotional and motivational – towards Krishna Gita 5.17
The antiquity accessibility and glory of the Vedic spiritual path SB 3.22.33
Let logic be our minister not our master
3 considerations in reconciling Science and Scripture
The Password for Happiness – Utkarsh Camp 2013 Pune
Spiritual World – The World of Mirth and Merry
Why do we put faith in the spiritual world?
Balancing faith and questioning spirit on the spiritual path
Self-Control – The Key to Happiness Gita 5.21-24
OMG 2 – Acts of God, Karma and Destiny
May 2013
How devotees’ suffering is different from that of nondevotees
Bhuliya tomare meaning (Meditations on Vaishnava songs)
Implementing Varnashrama in todays society SB 5.19.18
Is Manava seva not Madhava Seva? (With over 25 QA)
Prayers that differentiate pure devotion from mixed devotion – Prahlad’s prayers SB 7.10.2-7
Understanding Krishnas first-person and third-person referencs in the Gita – part 2
Happiness is a byproduct ofabsorption in Krishna SB 10.20.20
Understanding Krishna first-person and third-person references in the Gita – part 1
The special place of Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu among the Vedic scriptures – Hindi
Meditating on the Sanskrit and Bengali prasadam prayers – Hindi
SB 1.7.4-7 – Vyasa’s mystic vision as the seed of the Bhagavatam
NoI 10 Text 3 – Three directions we may go on deviating from bhakti
NoI 9 Text 3 How neglect of regulative principles destroys bhakti
NoI 8 Text 2-3 – Devotional service is not sentimental speculation or imaginative ecstasy
Gita 13.21-22 Material existence as a virtual reality
NoI 7 Text 2 – Three levels of contamination due to asat-sanga
NoI 6 Text 2 – Identifying over-endeavor in spiritual life
NoI 5 Text 2 – Sociological and philosophical reasons to avoid atyahara
NoI 4 Text 1 – The exalted level of the “sharira avidya jala” prayer
The process of bhakti yoga in a nutshell SB 1.2.12
NoI 3 Text 1 – How to spiritualize anger in devotional service – Mumbai 2013
NoI 2 Text 1- The need and the means for authentic atonement – Mumbai 2013
NoI 1 Preface – Understanding the right attitude for a sadhaka – Mumbai 2013
Gita Study Pune 2013 – 12.12-20 – The last rung in the Gita’s downward ladder of love
Gita Study Pune 2013 – 12.1-11 Arjuna’s question refers to Brahmavada not Mayavada
Gita Study Pune 2013 – 11.47-55 – How Virat Rupa revelation ends in glorification of bhakti
Gita Study Pune 2013 – 11.28-46 The Frightening Virat Rupa – Kala Rupa
Gita Study Pune 2013 – 11.1-27 The Magnificent Virat Rupa
Gita Study Pune 2013 – 10.19-42 How the Vibhutis manifest Krishna’s glory
Gita Study Pune 2013 – 10.19-42 How the Vibhutis manifest Krishna’s glory
Gita Study Pune 2013 – 10.1-7 – Review of the first nine chapters of the Gita
Chronological and Conceptual flow of the Bhagavatam (SB 3.22.8)
April 2013
Ram Jinka Nama Hai song explanation – Rama Navmi 2013 Hindi
Rama Katha – 4 lessons from the abduction of Sita Hindi
Difference between glorification and flattery (Hindi)
Ramayana characters 2 – Kaikeyi 2
Ramayana characters 1 – Kaikeyi (Trapped by Blind Belief and Baseless Doubt) – 1
Do nondevotees have no good qualities
OMG – Point-by-point response to the movie TV talk show Hindi
Mahajanas 5 – Lord Kapila
March 2013
Oh My God – Point-by-point response to the movie TV talk show
Lord Chaitanya Sannyasa lila – Chaitanya Chandrodaya Nataka 4 Hindi
Dana Keli Lila enacted by Lord Chaitanya – Chaitanya Chandrodaya Nataka 3 Hindi
Vairagya and Bhakti in Kali Yuga – Chaitanya Chandrodaya Nataka 2 Hindi
Explanation of Sacisuta Astakam – Gaur Purnima 2013 Hindi
How Kali’s weapons failed against Lord Chaitanya – Chaitanya Chandrodaya Nataka 1 Hindi
Gita Overview Mumbai 18.73-78 Concluding messages from the Gita
Gita Overview Mumbai 18.65-72 – Comprehending dharman parityajya and vraja in 18.66
Gita Overview Mumbai 18.62-64 Why bhakti is the conclusive message of the Gita
Gita Overview Mumbai 18.54-62 Bhakti is the summit of spirituality but also reaches down to wherever we are
Gita Overview Mumbai 18.40-53 Rising to the brahman platform through devotionalized karma yoga within varnashrama
Gita Overview Mumbai 18.36-39 Choose happiness based on intelligence
18.35 Sustaining our determination is our responsibility
18.29-34 Intelligence in the three modes and its difference from knowledge in the three modes
Gita Overview Mumbai18.22-28 How the modes shape the doer and the deed
Gita Overview Mumbai 18.18-21 The motivations and components of action
Gita Overview Mumbai 18.12-17 Five factors of action
Gita Overview Mumbai 18.1-9 When renunciation does and doesn’t bear fruit
Gita Overview Mumbai 17.23-28 How om tat sat sanctifies and spiritualizes
17.15-22 Being soft-spoken and satisfied are matters of choice not just of nature.MP3
Gita Overview Mumbai 17.11-14 Understanding svabhava svakarma and svadharma
Gita Overview Mumbai 17.5-10 When austerities become demoniac
Gita Overview Mumbai 17.3-4 Panchopasana and religions in various modes
Gita Overview Mumbai 16.21-17.2 – Scripture takes us beyond nature nurture and culture
16.13-20 The demoniac treat religion as a social cosmetic
Gita Overview Mumbai 16.8-12 Atheists abuse science for demoniac purposes
Gita Overview Mumbai 16.1-7 Understanding pravrtti and nivrtti
Gita Overview Mumbai 15.15-20 Trishloki Gita refutes Mayavada unambiguously
Gita Overview Mumbai 15.9-14 Krishna arranges for even our material enjoyment
Gita Overview Mumbai 15.1-8 Analysis of the upside-down tree metaphor
Gita Overview Mumbai 14.22-27 Become an observer of the consciousness
Gita Overview Mumbai 14.17-21 Knowledge arises from sattva not abhyasa
Gita Overview Mumbai 14.11-16 How knowledge became redefined as the quest for power not truth
Gita Overview Mumbai 14.1-10 Characteristics of the three modes
Gita Overview Mumbai 13.20-35 A coherent understanding of the 6 items taught in Chp 13-
Gita Overview Mumbai 13.13-19 Understanding five koshas and achintyabhedabheda in the Gita
Gita Overview Mumbai 13.8-12 Role of bhakti in jnana and of jnana in bhakti
Gita Overview Mumbai 13.1-7 Vyashti and Samashti approaches to understanding reality
Five aspects of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura’s outreach
Gita Overview 12.12-20 Unraveling the mysterious hierarchy of 12.12
Gita Overview Mumbai 12.1-11 Progression from Virata Rupa to Impersonal Brahman
Gita Overview Mumbai 11.41-55 Pure devotion reveals all visions
February 2013
Gita Overview Mumbai 11.24-40 Material destruction paves the way for spiritual ressurection
Gita Overview Mumbai 11.1-23 The background to understand Vishva-rupa – Yoga aishvarya to rupa aishvarya
Gita Overview 10.34-42 – Krishna as victory adventure and other opulent manifestations
Gita Overview Mumbai10.25-33 – Metaphors for understanding Krishna’s glories
How KC is the solution of all problems 7 – Religious Problems
January 2013
How Krishna left and returned to Vrindavan – Hindi
Srila Prabhupada expert presentation of the Bhagavatam – Hindi
How KC is the solution of all problems 6 – Medical Problems
Mahajanas 4 – Kumaras
How KC is the solution to all problems 5 – Economic problems
How KC is the solution to all problems 4 – Ecological problems
Mahajanas 3 – Lord Shiva
How KC is the solution to all problems 3 – Psychological problems
How KC is the solution to all problems 2 – Cultural Problems – Sexual Assaults
Winning the Race Against Time – New Year Eve class (Hindi)
December 2012
Chatur Shloki Gita 10.8-11 – Gita Jayanti (2012) – Hindi
Number Magic in the Bhagavad-gita
How KC is the solution to all problems I – Polticial problems – Corruption
Mahajanas 2 – Narada Muni (Hindi)
Mahajanas 1 – Brahma (Hindi)
Feeling our feelings
November 2012
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 10.12-10.25 Understanding the concept of Vibhuti
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 10.1-10.11 Knowledge about Krishna – the rarity the speciality and the methodology
Gita Study 2012 9.26-9.34 Why is a sinful devotee considered saintly?
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 Gita 9.16-9.25 The Krishna factor in worship of the Universal Form and demigods
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 9.10-9.15 The four kinds of causes and the three kinds of jnana-yajna
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 9.1-9.9 The glory of knowledge about Krishna
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 8.23-8.28 Bhakti is superior to the paths of devayana and pitrayana
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 8.10-8.13 Understanding yoga-mishra bhakti
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 8.5-8.9 How to think of Krishna constantly
October 2012
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 8.1-8.5 Understanding the link between objects words and concepts
Mahabharata Characters 4 – Duryodhana
Overcoming obstacles at the level of mind, intelligence and faith
Realization comes by moving up and down the ladder of abstraction – Pururava song analysis
Practicing bhakti yoga in grihastha ashrama
Prajalpa II (with HG Radheshyam P)
Prajalpa I (with HG Radheshyam P)
QA on Ramayana Comparative Religion and miscellaneous topics
The Obstinacy of Ravana – Dussehra class
Prithu Maharaj pastime – III
Prithu Maharaj pastime – II
Prithu Maharaj pastime – I
Vedic Prosperity vs Modern Scarcity
Rising from material enjoyment to spiritual fulfillment with QA – Bhag 7.9.25
Has technology made life better? How should we use technology in devotional service?
How Krishna’s glory is revealed in the tenth canto of the Bhagavatam…
What are the symptoms of spiritual advancement?
GLASS acronym – Five tangible aspects of mercy
Role of Vedic cosmology in the Bhagavatam, Gaudiya Tradition and ISKCON
Prabhupada’s expert presentation of Gaudiya Vaishnavism
Mahabharata Characters 3 – Karna 2 (Hindi)
Mahabharata Characters 2 – Karna 1 (Hindi)
Mahabharata Characters 1 – Bheeshma (Hindi)
Applying duhkalayam ashashvatam to social administration
The Wisdom and Devotion of Queen Kunti (Hindi)
How Krishna arranged for Prabhupada to dance Hindi
The Prayers of the Prachetas
Anxiety Epidemic – Youth meeting at Juhu with QA.mp3
September 2012
PROTECT – Seven ways Krishna protects (Hindi)
A Lament of Misdirected Love – Avatara Sara song explanation
A Heros Prayers at the moment of Death – Vritrasura – Bhagavatam 6.11.18-27
Morality and Immorality in the Mahabharata – Hindi
How the Lord tests his devotees – Hindi
August 2012
The Realizations of Pingala – How Frustration leads to Renunciation
Dovetailing our propensities in Krishna’s service – SB 1.5.32
Utilizing fame in Krishna_s service_SB 1_12_5
Team work in the Ramayana
User Friendly spirituality and Krishna consciousness
Relishing the glories of the Holy Name
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 07.24-30: Are Mayavadi interpretations of Gita justified?
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 07.15-23: Those who don’t surrender, surrender, and surrender to Krishnetara
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 07.04-14: How Krishna pervades the material world as its essence
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 07.01-03 – Understanding phenomenon and noumenon
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 – 06.42-47: The Glory of Bhakti
Science of Transforming the Modes
Goal of a devotee is to know Krishna
From knowledge to realization
Rituals and Essence – Understanding why we do what we do
Art of Becoming Happy – Seminar given at Tech Mahindra
Preaching with emotional sensitivity
Liquid beauty – Going beyond false beauty to real beauty
Glorious Vedic culture is being destroyed
Get_Beget_Forget_Regret 08-08-30 _SB 2_1_3
BHISHMA acronym: Parallels between Bhishman and Srila Prabhupada
Heroism – Real vs Virtual
KAILASH acronym – 7 insights from the Kailash story
Krishna’s childhood boyhood pastimes
Anand Vrindavana Champu – Childhood pastimes of Krishna SB 10.23.22
Krishna lila from Gopal Champu
War Against Maya – Mahabharata Days 12 and 13
Lord Balarama – Tattva and Lila
Understanding the Universal Form
Scriptural Study – Purposes, Principles and Practices
Democracy and Impersonalism
How the Bhagavad-gita is special among all books in the world – Gita Jayanti class
What is real dharma?
From emotional turbulence to spiritual enlightenment
Empowerment through Austerity
July 2012
The Spiritual Origin of Sex Desire
Hurry, Worry, Sorry
Blossoming of Consciousness
ENERGY: Your sutra for positive thinking
Technocentric World – Paradise or Hell?
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 6.35-41: Understanding the Gita flow from dhyana-yoga to bhakti-yoga.mp3
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 6.29-34 Krishna’s position in the path of dhyana-yoga
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 06.22-28 Transforming emotions from obstacles to pathways towards samadhi
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 06.15-21 Taking the mind through the five stages of mind control
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 – 06.08-14 Going from knowledge to realization
Why is Krishna considered as Supreme?
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 06.01-07 Understanding how the mind deludes
Conceiving the Inconceivable
TEMPLE: How Krishna consciousnes contributes to the world practically
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 05.24-29: How knowing Krishna brings peace
Gita Study Mumbai 2012: 05.17-23 The four investments for gaining knowledge of Krishna.mp3
Gita Study Mumbai 2012: 05.09-16 Understanding who is the actual doer
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 05.01-08: How Krishna subtly but surely changes Arjuna’s conceptions about the hierarchy of karma yoga and jnana yoga
Importance of doubting – and danger of blind faith
5 TESTS for evaluating a spiritual path
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 04.34-42 Glories of transcendental knowledge
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 04.26-33 Different kinds of yajnas and their underlying principles
Gita study Mumbai – 2012 04.18-25 How the internal consciousness prevents bondage
Priyavrata pastimes analysis 2- Where marerial life and spiritual intersect
Priyavrata pastimes analysis 1 – Don’t confuse means and ends
Gita study Mumbai 2012 – Different approaches for scriptural study
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 04.10-17 Understanding Krishna’s nature
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 04.07-09 The three obstacles to knowing Krishna
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 04.01-06 How the parampara is continued or lost
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 03.37-43 Lust is not just dangerous but also treacherous
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 03.31-36 The middle way between total supression and unrestricated expression
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 03.25-30 Four differences between karma kandi and karma yogi
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 3.21-24 Are Krishna’s action are immoral
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 3.14-20 Playing our part in the cycle of sacrifice
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 3.9-13 Understanding the principles and mechanism of yajna
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 3.1-8 The principles and purposes underlying renunciation
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 2.67-72 Going beyond sense control to mind control
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 2.62-66 Avoiding undesirable contemplation
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 2.55-61 Becoming a sthita prajna
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 2.48-54 Understanding and living the three definitions of yoga
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 2.46-47 Understanding 4 parts of karmanya va dhikaraste
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 2.26-38 Refuting materialism
Gita study mumbai 2012 – 2.39-45 How karma yoga is superior to karma kanda
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 2.17-25 Characteristics of the soul
Gita study mumbai 2012- 2.1-16 Gita begins by refuting mayavada
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 1.27-46 Giving up horizontal relationship for vertical relationship
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 1.1-1.25 Introducing Mahabharat character
Scriptures act as Map, Model and Muscle
Role of Jnana in Bhakti
Love is the Ultimate Reality – Prerana Class at Radha Gopinath Temple
Theory of Evolution – part 2
Theory of Evolution – part 1
Does too much seriousness in spiritual life makes one irresponsible and unambitious
The Power of Habits
Reductionism and Pantheism refuted
How pain protects us
KC- The real help to society
Five levels of Vedic Knowledge
God’s relationship with matter
Damodarashtakam- Sanatan Goswami Tikka 2
Damodarashtakam- Sanatan Goswami Tikka 1
BALI acronym of Bali Maharaj glories- 3
BALI acronym of Bali Maharaj Glories -2
BALI acronym of Bali maharaj glories
How hearing does wonders BG 7.1
KC pleasure higher than sensual and intellectual
Understanding Krishna Tattva
How is Bhagavan higher than Brahman? Ishopanishad 15-16
Do all paths lead to the same goal? – Ishopanishad 13
June 2012
Prahlad M prayers 4 – Krishna is more than a desire tree
Prahlad M prayers 1 – Comprehending the Mystery of Humility
Prahlad M prayers 3 – Making Misery an incentive for bhakti
Prahlad M prayers 2 – Steadying and purifying our bhakti
Understanding Vedic Cosmology
6 Opulences of Krishna
KC and World Religions 6 – Sikhism
May 2012
The Romance and the Resistance in Fasting
KC and World Religions 5 – Buddhism
KC and World Religions 4 – Islam
KC and World Religions 3 – Christianity 2
KC and World Religions 2 – Christianity 1
Narasimha Lila – Festival Class (Hindi)
Prayers of Prahlada Maharaj (Narasimha Chaturdashi Bhagavatam)
Introduction to Philosophy 2: Overview of Western Intellectual History
Ishopanishad Systematic Overview Pune 2012 – 15 classes
KC and World Religions 1 – Judaism
April 2012
Introduction to Philosophy 1: 6 Systems of Indian Philosophy
Systematic overview of all Bhagavad-gita verses in 50 hours
History of Gaudiya Vaishnavism – Post-Prabhupada ISKCON
Rama-Lila lectures in Hindi
History of Gaudiya Vaishnavism IV – Prabhupada’s unprecedented success
March 2012
Gita Overview Hindi
The History of Gaudiya Vaishnavism III – Transcendence Amidst Independence
Unravelling the mystery of karma
Bhishma Stuti 1.9.32-42
History of Gaudiya Vaishnavism III – The Beginnings of Modernity
The Mystery of Reincarnation
Queen Kunti’s Prayers – 1 (1.8.18-24)
History of Gaudiya Vaishnavism – II (Post Chaitanya phase)
History of Gaudiya Vaishnavism I – Pre-Chaitanya Vaishnavism
Six Opulences of Lord Chaitanya (5): Strength Wealth Fame part 1
Six Opulences of Lord Chaitanya (6): Strength Wealth Fame part 2
Six Opulences of Lord Chaitanya (4): Renunciation
Six Opulences of Lord Chaitanya (3): Knowledge
Six Opulences of Lord Chaitanya (2): Beauty part 2
Six Opulences of Lord Chaitanya (1): Beauty
Gita Overview 2 (2.1-2.30)
Gita Overview 5 (2.54-3.8)
Gita Overview 1 (1.1-1.46)
February 2012
Why is Krishna considered Supreme among all gods?
Managing Our Emotions – The Spiritual Way
January 2012
Can Animals Perceive God? – Discover Yourself Session 3 Explanation
Unraveling the Mystery of Karma
Science and Spirituality
Tap the Power of Faith
The difference between material and spiritual emotions
Idol Worship or Ideal Worship?
Comparison of Bhagavata worldview with scientific materialism, Christianity and impersonalism
How Krishna is revealed in the Bhagavatam
MBW 1 (Mahabharata Wisdom 1): The Unity of the Pandavas – Yudhisthira’s Mistake
December 2011
How Lord Chaitanya’s glory is established in the Chaitanya Charitamrita
Emotional Exchanges between Krishna and Arjuna in the Gita