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December 2022

• 211) If eating meat is sinful, then are all the countries that are primarily non-vegetarian destined for hell? (Hindi)
• 210) If the soul is eternal, why is the world’s population increasing (Hindi)
• 209) When a helpless girl is raped, does the Gita say that it happened due to her past karma? (Hindi)

June 2022

• 208) Why do scriptures urge women to do vat-savitri puja to get the same husband for seven lives when the goal of life is to attain liberation?
• 207) Why should one not go to the temple after there is a death in the family? Can we chant on Tulasi beads in a crematorium?

July 2021

• 206) How can we cultivate the mode of goodness when we are puppets of the modes?
• 205) Is it really possible to be happy while you yourself see so much suffering in yours like as well as everywhere around?
• 204) Wasn’t it immoral for Rama to exile Sita on just a rumour?
• 203) How can we deal with our past conditionings that come in the way of our bhakti – Hindi?

April 2021

• 202) Were kshatriyas allowed to eat meat in Vedic culture?
• 201) Why does Ayurveda prescribe medicines with non-veg ingredients when meat is forbidden in Vedic culture?
• 200) Can food with onion and garlic be offered to Krishna during emergencies?
• 199) How should we respond when sacred characters from our tradition are criticized?
• 198) Isnt the Pandavas’ killing their own relatives over a property dispute immoral?
• 197) Are Radharani and Lakshmi devi the same person?
• 196) What is the reason for shaving the head at Tirupati?
• 195) Can one go back home back to godhead by practicing Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Jainism and Judaism?
• 194) Can devotees kill snakes and scorpions?
• 193) How is the Western world having its necessities despite not performing any sacrifices?

February 2021

• 192) How can we understand that we are servants of Krishna – Hindi?
• 191) How can we grow spiritually when we have to serve demanding people – Hindi?
• 190) When we chant, why does our mind get distracted – Hindi?
• 189) Our mind is our enemy – how can we control it – Hindi?
• 188) What is Karma? Is kartavya and karma same? As a student what are my karma and kartavya? – Hindi
• 187) How can we avoid becoming disheartened on failing to give up bad habits – Hindi?

October 2019

• 186) Do the ends justify the means, as your Mahabharata explanations imply? Won’t that justify terrorism too?

March 2018

• 185) How did you come to Krishna consciousness – Hindi?
• 184) We often direct our anger towards those who can’t hurt us – how to avoid getting angry – Hindi
• 183) If our service forces us into agitating situations, how can we keep ourselves safe – Hindi?
• 182) When people don’t offer us moral support but dishearten us by bombarding philosophy, what to do – Hindi?
• 181) When the mind gets obsessed with desire, it becomes impossible to control – what to do – Hindi?
• 180) How can we act at the level that we are not our bodies – Hindi?

August 2017

• 179) Can an animal become a ghost – Hindi?
• 178) When Gajendra comes to Krishna because of distress, what is the role of his previous life actions – Hindi?
• 177) When birth in a wealthy family can deviate one spiritually, how is it spiritually favorable – Hindi?
• 176) Is Chitraketu’s accepting Parvati’s curse even when he was not at fault meant to instruct us to accept whatever happens to us – Hindi?
• 175) How can we fix the mind on the heart – Hindi?
• 174) If justice needs to be seen to be done, how does this apply when karmic justice gives us results for unknown actions – Hindi?
• 173) How can we overcome the mind’s habit of contemplating sense objects – Hindi?
• 172) How can we understand our nature – Hindi?
• 171) Can bhakti change a person’s nature – Hindi?
• 170) By what practices can we control the mind – Hindi?
• 169) How can we differentiate between our cheating propensity and our tendency to be illusioned by duality – Hindi?
• 168) What is the definition of conditioning – Hindi?
• 167) What is the difference between the mind and the intelligence – Hindi?
• 166) Why do we sometimes act circumstantially rather than scripturally – Hindi?
• 165) If our intelligence becomes weak, what is the solution – Hindi?
• 164) How can bhakti help students to not get too disturbed about their marks – Hindi?
• 163) Is what we are going to get in life determined at birth – Hindi?

July 2017

• 162) Is our nature never changeable – Hindi?
• 161) If people can’t change their nature, how can they improve – Hindi?
• 160) When facing problems, how can we go beyond blaming others and blaming our own past karma – Hindi?
• 159) Why do we so easily forgive ourselves – Hindi?
• 158) When a problem goes on for a long time and our attempts to solve it only aggravate it, what should we do – Hindi?
• 157) How can we get the mind out of a problem when we need to think about the problem to solve it – Hindi?
• 156) If prolonged problems leave us disheartened, how can we regain our morale – Hindi?
• 155) When problems stay on for a long time, how can we avoid losing faith – Hindi?
• 154) How can we stay devotionally enthusiastic amidst financial difficulties – Hindi?
• 153) Acceptance is the beginning of transcendence – where all does this apply – Hindi?
• 152) How to surrender amidst different and difficult situations – Hindi
• 151) Is an unfavourable family situation Krishna’s arrangement – should we accept or reject that situation – Hindi?
• 150) If feelings of satisfaction deter us from doing difficult duties, what should we do – Hindi?
• 149) If we give up all emotions, then what will motivate us to work – Hindi?
• 148) Is thinking negatively the default setting of the mind – Hindi?

June 2017

• 147) How can we help people who are following some apasampradaya – Hindi?
• 146) Is self-respect the same as ego – Hindi?
• 145) How can we be Krishna conscious when we are not staying with devotees in a youth center – Hindi?
• 144) What is the difference between purity and goodness – Hindi?

May 2017

• 143) Does satsang strengthen our buddhi – Hindi?

February 2017

• 142) How do we see people who come to the temple but don’t practice bhakti seriously – Hindi?
• 141) How can a person suffering from an incurable disease overcome resentment – Hindi?
• 140) Why is the intelligence said to come from goodness and the mind from passion – Hindi?
• 139) When the intelligence is subtler than the mind, why does the Gita ask us to control the mind and not the intelligence – Hindi?
• 138) If the intelligence and the Supersoul’s voice are the same, why do many intelligent people act sinfully – Hindi?
• 137) When Ravana knew scripture, why did he abduct Sita – Hindi?
• 136) How can we overcome the tendency to be indecisive – Hindi?
• 135) If we are working wholeheartedly in our material life, but can’t work similarly in our spiritual life, what can we do – Hindi?
• 134) Why do leaders of religious organisations sometimes form sects and fight with each other – Hindi?
• 133) If people treat us based on their past negative impressions about us even after we have improved, what can we do – Hindi?
• 132) If we don’t see others’ faults, how can we guide them to improve – Hindi?
• 131) Can someone say that my nature is to talk insensitively – Hindi?
• 130) How can we intelligently neglect some people’s criticism of us?
• 129) When the soul and the body are different, why do self-realized souls suffer bodily pain – Hindi?
• 128) When we can’t overcome our bad habits, what to do – Hindi?
• 127) When our opinions come from our nature, how can we understand that the opinions of those with different natures can also be correct – Hindi?
• 126) When we are not our bodies, why do devotee marriage boards want to know the candidate’s caste – Hindi?
• 125) If others’ way of functioning disturbs our service, what can we do – Hindi?
• 124) When others’ words makes us disturbed and dissatisfied, how to deal with that dissatisfaction – Hindi?
• 123) When we are unable to practice devotional principles, are we hypocritical – how to overcome it – Hindi?
• 122) How can we overcome the unhappiness felt on seeing others go away from bhakti – Hindi?

January 2017

• 121) When our past bad habits don’t go away despite repeated efforts, what to do (Hindi)?
• 120) When problems go beyond our tolerance limit, we explode as per our past conditionings – how to deal with this (Hindi)?
• 119) Why did Dhritarashtra stay silent when Duryodhana insulted Vidura (Hindi)?
• 118) If those in power such as Dhritarashtra stay silent amidst injustice, can their silence be attributed to their nature (Hindi)?
• 117) When children of same parents such as Ravana and Vibhishana have the same DNA, why are their characters so different (Hindi)?

November 2016

• 116) What if we want to preach but are given other services? – Hindi
• 115) How can we resist temptation? – Hindi

June 2016

• 114) ​How to avoid becoming obsessed with our talents? (Hindi)
• 113) ​Doesn’t thinking that we have talents make us proud? (Hindi)
• 112) How can we examine our emotions? (Hindi)
• 111) ​How do we counter the many misconceptions about dharma in today’s mainstream society? (Hindi)
• 110) ​How do we see philosophical differences among acharyas of different sampradayas? (Hindi)
• 109) How do we understand which section of scripture is literal and which poetic?​ (Hindi)
• 108) When the soul is liberated, is the subtle body spiritualized or abandoned? (Hindi)

April 2016

• 107) How can we change our default settings that we don’t know about? – Hindi
• 106) What does everything will be achieved by chanting mean? – Hindi

November 2015

• 105) Are some Sanskrit words not translatable?

February 2015

• 104) How can we best present the Gita to intellectuals who feel Prabhupada’s Gita is too devotional?

July 2014

• 103) What are the authentic sources for learning the Mahabharata?

May 2014

• 102) During preaching, how important is it to provide relevant material information in addition to the paramapara’s message?

September 2013

• 101) How Prabhupada’s sannyasa was a part of Krishna’s master-plan

March 2013

• 100) How can I overcome anger and study calmly college subjects that blaspheme dharma?
• 99) What does the unborn nature of the Lord mean?
• 98) What was the technology used in the Pushpaka vimana described in the Ramayana?
• 97) Why did Krishna’s parents not stop him from going to the forest to graze the cows to avoid the danger of demons?
• 96) Who is a bhakta? Were saints like Tukaram Tulsidas Kabir bhaktas?
• 95) Is ISKCON meant for only educated people like IITians and IIMians?
• 94) Why does Islam say that those who convert others to Islam will get good credits?
• 93) How do we differentiate between our Intelligence guiding us or the Mind in the Mode of Goodness?
• 92) As Parvati is the chaste wife of Lord Shiva how could she have come personally to tempt Haridas Thakura?
• 91) If ether is present everywhere does that mean sound waves will transmit forever?
• 90) How does gambling break the principle of truthfulness?
• 89) What is kham brahma? What is ether? Is ether same as brahman?
• 88) Why is vatsalya and madhurya not included in the 9 forms of devotional service?
• 87) Do animals act by instinct or they have intelligence also?
• 86) Why do we consider 108 times chanting as 1 round?
• 85) How do we respond to atheists who refer to god as a magician?
• 84) Was the concept of sun-god invented by ancient people who didnt know about solar flares?
• 83) Can we remember in the spiritual world the technology Krishna used to make both the worlds?
• 82) Does Brahma have 4 or 5 heads?
• 81) Is stating that god has created the universe like saying a magic fairy moves a car piston?

February 2013

• 80) Does the mind wander more while chanting Hare Krishna as compared to other mantras?
• 79) Why was Arjuna so dear to Krishna?
• 78) What is the difference between expansion and incarnation?
• 77) What is Krishna consciousness?
• 76) What does Krishna’s statement that “I am time the destroyer” mean?
• 75) Why is the dowry system prevalent among Hindus?
• 74) Isnt the idea that only by modern science have diseases been cured West-centric?
• 73) What is the relation of Vedvyasji with Parashar Muni and King Shantanu?
• 72) When the soul goes from one body to another where is the karma stored?
• 71) What is the Vedic perspective of homosexuality?
• 70) When a relative becomes hostile to a devotee, is that due to the devotee’s past karma, that person’s misuse of free will or Krishna’s arrangement?
• 69) Does the Gita’s instruction that we work without expecting results mean that we work without salaries?
• 68) Can we experience real love through relationships in this world?
• 67) When a relative is materially abusive how should a devotee respond?
• 66) When a relative becomes hostile to our devotional practices how should we respond?
• 65) Why are most past life memories found in children of families who already believe in reincarnation?
• 64) Why did the gopis worship Katyayani? Can we worship demigods to attain Krishna?
• 63) As we need to arrange for our bodily needs how do we understand Prabhupada’s statemen that there is no need for economic development?
• 62) How can we regulate material desires that are not sinful?
• 61) Should devotees donate organs?
• 60) Do spiritualists lack critical thinking and are all thinking people atheists?
• 59) If Bhishma departed on Makar Sankranti then what is Bhishmashtami?
• 58) Do the Vedic scriptures support moral policing?
• 57) What does the Shikshashtakam verse “shreyah kairava chandrika vitaranam” mean?
• 56) When our computer breaks down and troubles us, which klesha is it? How are the kleshas classified?
• 55) Why do some religions oppose Vedic cultural symbols like tilaka when they also have their religious symbols like beard and cap?
• 54) What does the statement that “protons and neutrons are the effects of the Paramatma feature” mean?

January 2013

• 53) Does a daughter have the duty to deliver her parents, as does a son?
• 52) Why is the Pururava pastime told partially in the ninth canto and then later completeted in the eleventh canto?
• 51) How exactly was Balaramji born? How much is the age difference between him and Krishna?
• 50) Why did Krishna run away when Jarasandha attacked for the 18th time?
• 49) Why did Krishna say to Arjuna that he had not shown the Universal Form to anyone else when he had shown it to Yashoda and Duryodhana?
• 48) When Krishna doesn’t recommend roots as items to be offered to him why do we offer him potatoes?
• 47) “Brahman spoke through Krishna by entering into him like a ghost.” How do we respond to this idea?
• 46) What is the difference between pleasure, indulgence and temptation?
• 45) When we see that senior devotees have factual flaws, how should we respond?
• 44) How do we understand that the number of people killed in the Mahabharata war was more than the earth’s population at that time
• 43) Can devotees use products containing Tulasi for medicinal purposes?
• 42) Why is sleep considered to be a characteristic of intelligence in the Bhag 3.26.30?
• 41) Why did the Vrajavasis not go to Mathura to meet Krishna when they were suffering in separation from him?
• 40) As vaccination can prevent diseases that come as karmic reactions has science disproved or defeated the law of karma?
• 39) Why do I need a personal Guru, if all the knowledge is available and all doubts get resolved on websites like Vedabase or your website, thespiritualscientist.com?
• 38) Why did Krishna go to Kubja though she was known to be a society woman?
• 37) Is Maya eternal? Why does she illusion the jiva but not God?
• 36) As milk is today produced by causing violence to the cow should devotees take such milk?
• 35) Some people say that no species drink milk beyond infancy, so our drinking milk is unnatural. How do we respond?
• 34) Why is stitched cloth not used for Deity Worship?
• 33) Why do devotees use silk when it involves killing of silkworms?
• 32) If Jesus is a pure devotee why was he not protected, as was Prahlada?
• 31) What is the position of grihasthas in ISKCON? Should brahmacharis criticize them?
• 30) Why is Jiva Goswami known as the Siddhanta acharya of the Gaudiya sampradaya?
• 29) Do all the residents of Dhams go back to the spiritual world?
• 28) Did Krishna return to Vrindavan as per his promise? Please explain the pastime.
• 27) Is the tree at Jyotisar in Kuruskhetra the spot where the Gita was spoken?
• 26) Which all are the bonafide religious practices of the world?

December 2012

• 25) Is time material or spiritual? Does it exist in the spiritual world? What is its role in creation?
• 24) How exactly do the demons killed by Krishna become liberated?
• 23) Has science debunked Indra?
• 22) How could 64 crore people have fit in the small area known as Kurukshetra?
• 21) Does soul have shape? Does that shape change from body to body?
• 20) Does one have to live in poverty to be able to call out to Krishna sincerely as Bhag 1.8.26 suggests?
• 19) If the spiritual world is thrice the material world doesnt that make the total creation finite?
• 18) If Drona rejected Eklavya due to his character deficiency, then why didnt he reject Duryodhana too?

November 2012

• 17) Is chanting on electronic counter equal to chanting on Tulsi beads?
• 16) How should we respond when Deities break?
• 15) Why did Bhishma and Drona fight on the side of the Kauravas?
• 14) Did Lord Rama eat meat?

October 2012

• 13) If several spiritual organizations urge us to study their philosophy and try our their process how should we decide what to follow?
• 12) Do we get a part of the karma if we see an animal being slaughtered?
• 11) When Yamadutas know that Narayana is supreme (SB 6.1.41) why do they later (6.3) ask Yamaraja if there is anyone above him?
• 10) “By destiny the quantity of our suffering is fixed” and “The more we become attached, the more we suffer.” How to reconcile these two statements?
• 9) What exactly does Arjuna encountering higher realms while going north refer to?
• 8) Are the vanaras of Ramayana similar to the monkeys on earth today?
• 7) Why was Duryodhana born with so much power when he had such evil tendencies? (and 4 other questions about Duryodhana)
• 6) When Arjuna had defeated all the Kaurava heroes at Virata why does Bhagavatam refer to them as the huge fishes timingilas against whom Arjuna was like a tiny fish?

September 2012

• 5) What is the Krishna conscious perspective of nondevotees with good moral qualities like Jains?
• 4) Why do Vishnu and Shiva have several common names?

August 2012

• 3) How does Lord Jagannatha reciprocate in Puri when the temple priests are so rude?

April 2012

• 2) Does the Bhagavad-gita teach that all paths lead to the same goal?

February 2012

• 1) What are the causes of anger – how to deal with them – Hindi?