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December 2021
101)
Why might devotees learned in bhakti scriptures leave bhakti?
100)
How can we deal with our past mistakes, especially if some devotees bring up those mistakes repeatedly?
99)
If others become envious about us, what can we do?
98)
What is the source of intuition higher modes or Krishna?
97)
While making decisions, how can we know whether we are in touch with the Supersoul?
96)
How can we pass on inheritance to our children in a way that they won’t misuse by acting in the lower modes?
95)
Do we need a shiksha guru when we don’t get personal guidance from our diksha-guru?
94)
Why do you put an unlimited God into the small box of a particular scripture, group or practice?
93)
Why senior devotees may commit suicide?
92)
Did Bhaktivinoda Thakura give a nonliteral understanding of Bhagavatam cosmology and chronology just to appease his British audience?
91)
What is the difference between revelation and realization?
October 2021
90)
Was the medieval desecration of temples due to providence or due to incompetence of Indian rulers
89)
If those who chant a lot face material problems, are they chanting too much
September 2021
88)
If a daughter takes care of her parents because the son doesn’t, is she giving up her sva-dharma?
August 2021
87)
Can devotees participate in the puja of the devatas done in their family or community?
86)
How can we interact with a worshiper of the devatas without criticizing or approving their conceptions?
85)
Are our svabhava and prarabdha-karma two results of our past karma?
84)
Do karmic actions and reactions happen at gross and subtle levels – do our present actions add to our destined pleasure or pain?
July 2021
83)
Were Lord Chaitanya’s teachings influenced by navya-nyaya tradition present in Navadvipa?
82)
Can the souls between lives learn from guides and choose their next lives – what is the Vedic perspective?
81)
Amid danger, how can we be watcful without being fearful?
80)
How can we experience Krishna’s love at our stage?
79)
How can we become a responsible child of Krishna?
78)
How exactly is change the only constant in the world?
77)
Why Should Gita Be Translated In Languages And Distributed In Countries That Are Hostile To Sanatana Dharma?
76)
Is Krishna the perfect manifestation of Supreme or is He The Supreme?
75)
Don’t associate with Mayavadis – what does this mean practically?
74)
Should scriptural stories be used to draw moral lessons that don’t convey Krishna’s supremacy clearly
73)
Is the Hare Krishna movement a Hindu organization?
72)
Is it scientific to believe in weird things such as ghosts, hallucinations and near-death experiences?
71)
Is Bhagavad Gita a Hindu religious book?
70)
How can we say that the essence of Gita is Bhakti Yoga?
69)
When scriptures depict animals speaking human languages, how is that to be understood?
June 2021
68)
Is living in villages better for cultivating goodness and devotion?
67)
Should we tell people about hellish torment to deter them from breaking the regulative principles?
66)
Why did Prahlada Maharaja provide wine for demons instead of making them devotees as he did in childhood?
65)
When we are unable to follow instructions, what can we do?
64)
If we have to punish anyone, how can we decide whether we are over-punishing or under-punishing?
63)
I can’t speak anything about God at my mother’s funeral – should I just remain silent?
62)
When we multitask do we miss something as we switch from one thing to the next?
61)
If we forget everything upon rebirth, how do our instincts carry over to the next life?
May 2021
60)
How do we understand scriptural statements that reject all non-devotional literature
59)
Is the Bhagavatam anti-grihastha ashram?
58)
How do we know when we are accepting ourselves and when we are justifying our weaknesses?
57)
If we feel empty or lonely despite having enough materially, how to respond to such feelings?
56)
Is death as dreadful as we fear?
April 2021
55)
If after striving for a long time in one area, we get only moderate success, what should we do?
54)
Why is there no description of a pandemic in the Vedic scriptures?
53)
How can we be responsible in our relationships without becoming attached?
52)
How can contradictory-seeming scriptural statements be understood?
51)
How are humans intrinsically moral beings?
March 2021
50)
How does bhakti change our inner impressions?
49)
Why do senior devotees sometimes judgmentally dismiss other devotees because of just one mistake
48)
If our past karma impels us to wrongdoing, do we get further bad karma?
47)
Can our past karma force us into wrongdoing – then how do we have free will?
46)
Does our varna change with time – can we belong to several varnas?
45)
How can we increase empathy and heart-to-heart interactions in the devotee community
44)
If we live in a complicated environment that requires us to be duplicitous, how can we prevent duplicity from becoming our habit
43)
How can we talk about pure devotion without making people discouraged, thinking it is too lofty
42)
If a devotee friend of ours is criticizing other devotees what should we do at that time ?
41)
Was Abhimanyu killed because he acted without consulting his superiors?
40)
Should we have doubt only initially while choosing a path and have full faith thereafter
39)
Does spiritual growth lead to an external transformation along with internal transformation
38)
Why is the conclusion of the Gita–18.66–rejected as external in the Chaitanya-Ramananda Samvada?
February 2021
37)
When Parashurama himself acted outside of his varna, why did he curse Karna for doing the same thing?
36)
If someone finds our statements about other spiritual leaders unbearable, how can we connect with them?
35)
When God is all-powerful, why does he need devatas to assist him?
34)
Can you give examples of settling for tolerable tradeoffs instead of seeking perfect solutions?
33)
If unfulfilled lust leads to anger, where was the lust behind Parashurama’s anger?
32)
Was Parashurama’s violence against the kshatriyas disproportionate?
31)
How can we have complete faith?
30)
Why do we feel more envy toward some people than toward others?
29)
During Western outreach, results come very slowly – how to avoid becoming encouraged?
28)
While doing yoga outreach, how can we ensure that our bhakti focus doesn’t get diluted?
27)
Isn’t the Vedic path better because it doesn’t narrow-mindedly claim to be the only way as do the Abrahamic religions
26)
Do We Need To Be Politically Correct And Say That All Paths Are The Same When Addressing Devotees?
25)
When we know that our senses are defective and that Big Pharma can be manipulative, how can we work in or with science without cognitive dissonance
24)
During Western outreach, results come very slowly – how to avoid becoming encouraged?
23)
If a butcher is following their employer, as a soldier might follow a king, why does the butcher get karma, but the soldier doesn’t?
22)
Why are Prabhupada’s non-confrontational quotes so less known and his confrontational quotes so well-known?
21)
When our movement quantifies spirituality in terms of targets, won’t this alienate thoughtful new people?
20)
In the Daksha pastime, why do we blame Daksha alone and not consider that others also acted hastily or insensitively?
19)
What can we do when we feel emotions that we aren’t meant to feel?
18)
If I am happy now why do I need to learn about reincarnation?
17)
If we say the Itihasas – historical scriptures – are not historical, won’t people get reasons to reject scriptures as imaginary?
16)
How do people use spirituality and religion to justify suffering?
15)
Does the caste system still exist in some parts of India?
January 2021
14)
How can humility go along with self-respect?
13)
If we label people positively – you are specially talented – can that help people grow?
12)
If our guides speak unpalatably to us and we can’t express ourselves to them what can we do?
11)
Does free will exist when one is suffering from bipolar disorder?
10)
If someone commits suicide, can that be caused by their karma?
9)
When Narada has a transcendental body, how does he appear through Brahma’s body
8)
Was Yudhishthira wrong to gamble and cowardly to not protect Draupadi while she was dishonored?
7)
If we are extroverts how can we be invisible while doing our services?
6)
Does surrender mean simply leaving our fate to God – then why practice bhakti-yoga to attain him?
5)
When Vasudeva Was In Prison With Devaki, How Did Rohini Conceive A Child?
4)
In the Gita’s tenth chapter, why does Krishna identify various opulences with himself instead of saying they belong to him?
3)
Does Krishna consciousness while removing our conditionings create its own set of conditionings that obstruct wisdom?
2)
How does fatherlessness in America affect their spiritual receptivity?
1)
When ethics and humanity can provide us direction why do we need spirituality?