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April 2015

• 60) Does the system of karma and rebirth imply that there is no forgiveness?

December 2014

• 59) Why the devatas, though not God, are called ishvara

August 2014

• 58) Lord Chaitanya’s world-inundating mercy
• 57) Everyone who participates in wrongdoing is culpable
• 56) Rise beyond prevention of material misery to liberation from it
• 55) Exploitative desires reduces a living spiritual movement to a stagnant organised church
• 54) The acharya takes liturgy from letter to spirit
• 53) The eternal religion of devotion doesn’t come by anything mechanical

July 2014

• 52) How contemplating controversy can take us towards Krishna
• 51) Four kinds of faith
• 50) Experience confirms scripture, thus providing the highest pramana

June 2014

• 49) The vibhavas, prabhavas and anubhavas of Krishna’s para shakti
• 48) How Maya can refer to both Krishna’s energy in general and to his inferior energy in specifice
• 47) Humility, not intellect, is the qualification for spiritual knowledge
• 46) The cause of the unfortunate position of science is overconfidence
• 45) How the less intelligence of impersonalists deprives them of krishna-prema
• 44) Strive for nirbandhini mati even during vaidhi bhakti
• 43) Don’t be discouraged by material desires
• 42) Internal steadiness is more important than external show of steadiness
• 41) Krishna’s unique mercy on the Vrajavasis

May 2014

• 40) Krishna is most suitable form of God for developing pure love
• 39) Godless morality is no good
• 38) The different emphasis of the words “God”, “Lord” and “Krishna”
• 37) Even those who deny the form of God accept his form
• 36) Balance primary and secondary rules for healthy and happy life
• 35) Faith in God is man’s common and constant characteristic
• 34) Do not delay the practice of devotion
• 33) Why Caitanya Caritamrita is the authoritative source of Lord Chaitanya’s teachings
• 32) Bhagavatam is the most authoritative scripture
• 31) Go beyond the sensory and the mental to the spiritual
• 30) How etymology conveys the significance of pradakshina
• 29) Pray not for oneness
• 28) The scriptural basis for the translation of bhakti as ‘devotional service’ instead of ‘devotion’
• 27) Know about Krishna through vidvat partite, not avidvat-pratiti
• 26) The abhidha and lakshana potencies of sound
• 25) Why are there differences among different religions?
• 24) What is raga and who are raga worshippers?

April 2014

• 23) Mercy is one of the limbs of devotional service
• 22) Debauchery is not devotion – harmonize morality with spirituality
• 21) Don’t divorce human kindness from spiritual devotion
• 20) Even the Upanishads glorify rasa
• 19) Sin redefined for devotees
• 18) The Lord’s manifestations correlate with the evolution of the serving mood of the jiva
• 17) Why Lord Chaitanya took initiation from the Madhva sampradaya
• 16) Acintya-bhedabheda is the Vedic conclusion

March 2014

• 15) The Lord bewilders those who want to rationalize their beliefs through scripture

January 2014

• 14) The transcendental is not meant to gratify the physical and the mental
• 13) How Vedanta makes the transcendental accessible
• 12) Don’t try to imprison the transcendental in the sensual
• 11) Reciprocate with transcendental sound with an openness to transcendence

December 2013

• 10) The oneness of love between the Lord and the devotee
• 9) Riches bring misery both by absence and presence
• 8) A time for fury and a time for forgiveness
• 7) Choose between difficult happiness and impossible happiness
• 6) The Lord is the only rest for our heart
• 5) How life is filled with misery
• 4) The mind is ever changing and unreliable
• 3) The mind’s solutions are worse than the problems
• 2) Don’t mistake pseudo-devotion for real devotion

January 2013

• 1) Beware of the delusions induced by the senses