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December 2022

• 99) How can the Gita’s teaching on work as worship inspire corporate excellence?
• 98) Is it better to set big goals that are inspiring or small goals that are achievable?
• 97) Does the Gita provide skills or only will and values?
• 96) How can we become more disciplined?
• 95) How can we know the mood of our spiritual master?
• 94) Why are temples closed during eclipses?
• 93) What are the consequences of not following Bhagavad-gita?
• 92) When we tolerate amid difficulties, how can we tolerate not out of helplessness but out of purposefulness?
• 91) How can we develop attachment to Krishna if we don’t have it initially?
• 90) If eating meat is sinful, then are all the countries that are primarily non-vegetarian destined for hell? (Hindi)
• 89) If the soul is eternal, why is the world’s population increasing (Hindi)
• 88) Is initiation absolutely important when the guru inspiring us is not accessible?
• 87) Can we hear bhajans sung by someone not from our movement?
• 86) Is our existence itself an unfairness and a mystery, wherein many big questions have no answers?
• 85) Had all the Jews who were killed by Hitler done bad karma that led to their genocide
• 84) When a helpless girl is raped, does the Gita say that it happened due to her past karma? (Hindi)
• 83) Does our breath make the sound so ‘ham – does that suggest we are God?
• 82) If someone is abused despite praying to Krishna for protection, isn’t it easier for them to reject God?
• 81) If it’s impossible to find happiness without Krishna, aren’t we being forced to love him?
• 80) Can we hear beautiful bhajans if they are not sung by devotees?
• 79) How do we understand Prabhupada’s seemingly anti-woman statements?
• 78) Why does Krishna not make another world where we can be happy without him?
• 77) Do our intentions to control the mind also come from the mind – or do they come from the soul with its own mind?
• 76) If we have performed shraddha on Ekadashi, will we therefore go to hell, ref Bhag 7.14.20-23. How to atone?
• 75) What is the root cause of misdeeds? Is it avidya? How is it removed by bhakti?

November 2022

• 74) Just as there is a separate Brahma in every universe, is there a separate Narada as his son?
• 73) How can Brahma be Narada’s guru when Narada’s body is spiritual and Brahma’s body is material?
• 72) Book distribution inspiration – how can we motivate ourselves spiritually for distributing Prabhupada’s books during the marathon?
• 71) How do we balance spiritual life with material life?
• 70) When other sampradayas quote certain verses from scripture to prove that their particular founder is also an incarnation of God – How do we respond to such scriptural references?
• 69) If nature is inherently divine, then are the laws of nature, as explained by scientists, also divine?
• 68) If we have lost a loved one, how can we deal with the grief?
• 67) What is God’s role in our sufferings, in the light of the Bhagavatam 10.14.08 verse tat te ‘nukampam?
• 66) If freewill is connected with desires and choices then how can we develop our intelligence so that we can desire and choose better
• 65) How dependent is karma on destiny and destiny on karma?
• 64) What happiness does the soul get in the spiritual world that it doesn’t get in the material world?
• 63) Should we celebrate festivals like Tulsi Vivah that were not celebrated during Prabhupada’s times?

October 2022

• 62) Krishna himself has expended as Radharani, then why does he have to come as Chaitanya Mahaprabhu to understand Radharani?
• 61) How to know when we are getting realization and when doing speculation?
• 60) How can we know that today’s Bhagavad Gita is as it is as it was spoken by Krishna to Arjuna?
• 59) If we get a dream in which our spiritual master is displeased with us, what does that mean?
• 58) Krishna being omnipotent can be present in his deity, but how can Prabhupada be present in his deity?
• 57) How can we get fresh insights while studying scripture?
• 56) To go to Krishna, do we need to attain a particular stage in bhakti?
• 55) When our hearing becomes mechanical, what can we do?
• 54) Why is Prabhupada was so strong in criticizing mayavadis and so mild in criticizing muslims?
• 53) If the same event can be explained at multiple levels, are different explanations meant for people at different levels?
• 52) Why shouldn’t we be just positive and not bother about things like death?

September 2022

• 51) How can we make bhakti accessible without diluting it? – Chaitanya Charan
• 50) When is doing something externally without inner feeling good and when is it bad?
• 49) If a prescribed homeopathic medicine that contains 90% alchohol, can we take it?
• 48) If someone has committed suicide, how can we help their relatives?
• 47) When our hearing becomes mechanical, what can we do?

August 2022

• 46) Karthikeya 2 vs PK Logical approach to religion done right and wrong?
• 45) Why should we mention DaVinci code when Christian missionaries only portray our culture negatively?

July 2022

• 44) Could the 63 millions deaths due to abortion be deaths that had to happen due to mass karma?
• 43) How do the nine forms of devotional service combined with the three modes lead to 81 categories of devotional service?

June 2022

• 42) In today’s culture that teaches no respect for elders, how can we share spirituality?
• 41) Is the universal form Krishna literally material or is it a divine form manifested in matter like his deity form?
• 40) ​How could Yudhishthira stake his own wife in gambling?
• 39) How is the Bhagavad gita applicable for students?
• 38) When we see something wrong happening, should we humbly tolerate or stand up for justice?
• 37) How can we maintain our faith amid extreme difficulties?
• 36) If I don’t find answers by different devotees equally convincing, am I judging them?
• 35) Texas school shooting were all victims subject to mass karma?
• 34) Can devotees on the Vyasasana speak something out of parampara eg. all of Bhagavatam is not practical?
• 33) When Arjuna vowed to kill Jayadratha out of anger and vengeance, was he violating Krishna’s Gita instructions?
• 32) When different devotees emphasize different things as most important in bhakti, how to avoid getting confused?

May 2022

• 31) Texas school shooting: A Bhagavad-gita perspective – Chaitanya Charan
• 30) Do you watch the movies that you comment on?
• 29) Is a devotee’s suffering caused by Krishna, not karma?
• 28) When the soul is an individual, how can the same soul be manifest as Arjuna, Arjuniya gopi and Ramananda Raya?
• 27) What are the meaning of Nirishvarvadi, Brahmavadi, Mayavadi, Shunyavadi, Nirakarvadi, Nirvisheshvadi terms?
• 26) Is the story of Narasimha real or mythological?
• 25) How can one who points to the wrongdoer get the same destination as the wrongdoer, as Bhagavatam 1.17.22 states?
• 24) Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover: A Bhagavad-gita Perspective – Chaitanya Charan
• 23) As many Hindu temples don’t allow non-Hindus to enter, is the Vedic tradition really inclusive?

February 2022

• 22) What tangible good does ISKCON do the world – how to explain in universal terms?
• 21) What role do the modes play in the soul’s journey through material existence both in terms of the desire to enjoy separate and the facility to learn lessons?
• 20) When meat is offered to goddess Kali, does she accept it?
• 19) Isn’t wearing Hijab the religious right of Muslim women If Yogi Adityanath can wear saffron, why can’t Muslim women wear hijab?
• 18) If the prostitutes in Dwarka were pure devotees, why did they use their bodies for such an activity?
• 17) Can attraction to a devotee become a distraction on the spiritual path?
• 16) When Krishna declares bhakti-yoga to be the highest yoga, why does he describe other yogas too?
• 15) What are miracles, why are they downplayed in bhakti, can they be used in bhakti?
• 14) How to guide our children during their teenager phase?
• 13) Does the word karma have different meanings in different contexts?
• 12) Are daiva, adhidaiva and divine will the same thing?
• 11) What are miracles, why are they downplayed in bhakti, can they be used in bhakti?

January 2022

• 10) When Satyavati had a child out of wedlock, why was Kunti’s having a child similarly so scandalous that she had to abandon that child?
• 9) What did Kaliya eat when his poison destroyed everything around him How did he have human-like wives?
• 8) If the Sita who had sweet interactions with Hanuman in Lanka was Maya-Sita, then were those interactions also Maya?
• 7) Can we say Mahaprabhu’s teachings are the culmination of all previous teachings?
• 6) When we desire something is it the soul desiring or is it simply the mind desiring?
• 5) Is there anything spiritual about our nature or is it simply result of our past desires & karma according to which Krishna has given us our body & mind with their nature?
• 4) Is spiritual tourism to India dangerous for one’s mental health?
• 3) How can we make our children great devotees like Prahlad?
• 2) Is hearing devotees speak in confidence about their grievances with devotee-leaders a Vaishnava-apradha?
• 1) Are the four defects due to our conditioning or due to our finiteness?