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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?