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May 2013
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
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
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
March 2013
Does Brahma have 4 or 5 heads?
February 2013
Why was Arjuna so dear to Krishna?
December 2012
How do we refute the Mayavadi interpretation of ‘om purnam adah’?
What is the origin, authenticity and relevance of Tantra?
August 2012
How did Parashurama exist at the same time as another avatar Rama? Why did he oppose Rama?
How do we understand and explain that the Vedas are self-evident truths?
Why are there talking animals in Ramayana but not in Mahabharata?
What is the authenticity of the story that Parikshit M stayed in a tower to protect himself?
July 2012
What does the Taittiriya Upanishad mantra “Brahmavidya aponti param” mean?
Scriptures act as Map, Model and Muscle
How is Bhagavan higher than Brahman? Ishopanishad 15-16
Do all paths lead to the same goal? – Ishopanishad 13
June 2012
As scriptures are like Deities, can we underline or higlight or make similar marks on them?
If it is told in the Vedas that “Krishnas tu bhagavan svayam” then why do other Vaishnav sampradaya worship Vishnu and not Krishna?
Are the scriptural descriptions about the glories of the holy name exaggerations?
May 2012
Why does Srila Prabhupada “bhakti” in Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu as devotion instead of his usual translation “devotional service”?
Why are the Puranas mentioned separately from Smriti in the verse “shrutismritipuranadi..”?
How do we understand when different Vaishnava acharays give different meanings of the same scriptural verse?
References to the Hare Krishna Mahamantra
Ishopanishad Systematic Overview Pune 2012 – 15 classes
April 2012
How can we trust the Vedas when many Vedic texts have been destroyed and incomplete knowledge is harmful?
Should I try to resolve every doubt that comes when reading scriptures?
March 2012
Bhishma Stuti 1.9.32-42
February 2012
Why do some people consider the Vedas superior to the Puranas?
When we can return to Krishna by love and devotion, why do we need to study scriptures?
Why do the Vedic scriptures sometimes contain verses with an apparently Mayavadi import?
January 2012
Why should we believe in the Vedas?
October 2011
Are the Vedas mythological because they talk about mysticism?