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September 2023

• 527) Short-term goals foster unity better than long-term goals?
• 526) Hindi – India or Bharat__ A Bhagavad-gita perspective
• 525) India or Bharat?: A Bhagavad-gita perspective
• 524) Radharani’s glories in Bhagavad-gita
• 523) Deepening our relationship with Krishna Monks Podcast 207 Sukhavaha Mataji
• 522) ISRO scientists in temples How science & spirituality go together
• 521) Hindi – Raksha Bandhana A Bhagavad-gita perspective
• 520) Raksha Bandhana A Bhagavad-gita perspective
• 519) How Bhagavad-gita demonstrates Krishna’s teaching expertise
• 518) 3 Ts of Prabhupada’s historic outreach
• 517) Eradicate Sanatana-Dharma – Hindi

August 2023

• 516) When we feel left alone – Vritrasura pastime analysis – Hindi
• 515) Hindi – India on the moon Chandrayaan-3 success – A Bhagavad-gita perspective
• 514) India on the moon Chandrayaan-3 success – A Bhagavad-gita perspective
• 513) 4 ways human consciousness went down – Darn acronym
• 512) Prabhupada’s statements on the moon mission_ How to understand?
• 511) Hindi QA_ Science, Spirituality, Oppenheimer movie, Bhagavad-Gita in daily life
• 510) OMG 2 Sex Education A Bhagavad Gita Perspective
• 509) OMG 2 Sex Education A Bhagavad Gita Perspective – Hindi
• 508) Oppenheimer movie, atom bombs & sex scenes_ Western vs Indian visions of Bhagavad-gita- Discussion
• 507) Oppenheimer movie_ Gita recited during sex scene_ Hindi
• 506) Oppenheimer movie-Gita recited during sex scene
• 505) Bhagavad-gita perspective on the movie OPPENHEIMER

July 2023

• 504) Chandraayana – India’s Moon Mission: A Bhagavad-Gita perspective
• 503) Is there any scriptural reference for the idea that the moon we see and Chandraloka are not the same?
• 502) If insider-insider and insider-outsider communications are different, then won’t those who hear both find them contradictory?
• 501) Does shabda make pratyaksha invalid? Part 2 The Monk’s Podcast 206 with Radhika Raman Prabhu
• 500) Does shabda make pratyaksha invalid? Part 1 The Monk’s Podcast 206 with Radhika Raman Prabhu
• 499) Hindi – Adipurusha movie: Ramayana: Modernized or minimized? Souless remake unmakes soulful epic
• 498) Adipurusha movie: Ramayana: Modernized or minimized? Souless remake unmakes soulful epic
• 497) Does Krishna discard karma yoga or varnasrama in Gita 18.66?
• 496) Why does Bhaktivinoda T say that sakhya rasa, a lower rasa, manifested beyond India after vatsalya rasa, which is a higher rasa?
• 495) Was Ravana an ideal brother for he risked his life to avenge his sister’s dishonor?
• 494) Do we need to dress and bathe our home Deities daily to treat them personally?

June 2023

• 493) India Train Crash: A Bhagavad Gita Perspective
• 492) Why did Vritrasura fight as a demon and not become pious?
• 491) Even after his spiritual awakening, why did Vritrasura keep fighting against Indra?
• 490) When various paths are accepted in Hinduism, why does ISKCON criticize impersonalism ?
• 489) When someone is misleading others and we need to stop them how can we do so more calmly?
• 488) As life is so short, should we spend it in learning Sanskrit or just focus on chanting?
• 487) When we are unable to apply the philosophy what can we do?
• 486) If we are not absorbed in kirtan, will we not go back to Godhead?
• 485) Is depression caused by the lower modes If so then how does medication help?
• 484) Are Nirvisheshavada and Mayavada two names of the same philosophy?
• 483) If sensory knowledge is defective, why do we use it to refute atheistic theories?
• 482) When Bhagavatam is the commentary on Vedanta-sutra, why do Advaitins still study Vedanta-sutra?
• 481) Does achintyabhedabheda harmonize dvaita & advaita – or fall in the dvaita category?
• 480) What are the English translations for the six systems of philosophy?

May 2023

• 479) What is the destination of the yogis who meditated on paramatma?
• 478) If madhurya rasa is taught in other traditions, then what is unique about the Gaudiya tradition?
• 477) How are Buddhism and Jainism different from Mayavada?
• 476) Are the other 5 schools of Indian philosophy relevant for devotees – are they speculations?
• 475) How do we understand contradictions in the scriptures?
• 474) Does upasana kanda contain things other than bhakti?
• 473) Are Gita and Bhagavatam meant for less intelligent people because they are parts of smriti?
• 472) When Vedas are said to be superior to pratyaksha and anumana, which meaning of Veda is used?
• 471) In the three scopes of meanings of the word Veda, which meaning is used by the Vedas themselves?
• 470) When every soul is spiritually individual, how are we all spiritually equal?
• 469) As yoga refers to the connection and Patanjali is said to have taught yoga did he teach all the various ways of connecting?
• 468) Is love of God available to followers of non-Vedic systems?
• 467) When forming friendships should we look for compatibility of astrological charts?
• 466) What is the need to reword Prabhupada’s message? Aren’t his words enough?
• 465) The Kerala story – A Bhagavad Gita perspective
• 464) During Vedic animal sacrifices, were the animals killed before being offered into the fire?
• 463) Can the law of attraction work without any physical effort?
• 462) Once we know what our needs are, how can we fulfill those needs?
• 461) Are there fixed set of needs that define human being?
• 460) When someone is trying to manipulate us, should we still not get cross with them?

April 2023

• 459) How were women educated in the past in Vedic culture?
• 458) Why did Draupadi not defend herself when she was being dishonored?
• 457) If wine is bad why is it allowed in heavens?
• 456) When Bhagavatam cosmology contradicts scientific cosmology, how can it be rationally accepted?
• 455) Why does Prabupada give devotional explanations for Bhagavad Gita sections that are not exactly devotional?
• 454) Given the many extremist statements in Islamic texts, does that religion lead to any divine truth?
• 453) If we really have free will, how does God control everything? – Chaitanya Charan
• 452) When we feel that our problems arose because we were misguided – Yamaduta-Yamaraja discussion 1
• 451) Does love mean shielding our loved ones from their actions’ consequences? PEER acronym
• 450) Understanding the spiritual world: its relevance, rationale, resplendence
• 449) How the Bhagavad Gita is a message of love (Hindi)
• 448) Study from different perspectives – HH SB Keshava Maharaj, HG Chaitanya Charan
• 447) Bhagavad-gita insights for holistic health
• 446) Is it that the material world works according mechanisms?
• 445) When devotees leave the body, do they also have go through the process which they withdraw various elements inwards?
• 444) If we feel guilty about our inability to practice bhakti seriously, what can we do?

March 2023

• 443) What is the best way to study the Bhagavad Gita when there are so many classes, articles and commentaries available?
• 442) Should we inform a senior devotee if they speak a material fact or story wrong in their class?
• 441) Understanding Mayavada and dealing with Mayavadis: learning from Mahaprabhu?
• 440) If senior devotees don’t support our ambitions to expand outreach, what can we do?
• 439) Should spiritual leaders engage in politics?
• 438) If we lose something material, how much should we endeavor to regain it?
• 437) Can one action lead to a different karmic reaction? Can the reaction to be arson?
• 436) When we lose something vital for both material and spiritual life, what can we do?
• 435) When Lord Chaitanya hid his divinity, why do devotees broadcast his divinity?
• 434) What is the Bhagavad-gita perspective on chatGPT?
• 433) What is the Gita perspective on organ donation?
• 432) Why are feelings of inferiority increasing nowadays How can bhakti help?
• 431) Why are more people experiencing suicidal urges nowadays?
• 430) If a disease limits our bhakti, should we see it as our past karma or as Krishna’s mercy?
• 429) Gaur Purnima class 2023 – What is Mahaprabhus mercy? How does it work?
• 428) Does saying that multiple causes may lead to one effect make karma theory vague and unprovable?
• 427) Can someone be growing spiritually and still relapsing to sense gratification?
• 426) When devotees’ hear while doing other activities, is that due to nature or poor prioritization?
• 425) Are second initiated devotees kanistha or madhyama?
• 424) How to deal with a phobia that consumes our consciousness?

February 2023

• 423) Is investing in mutual funds violation of the regulatory principle against gambling?
• 422) How to respond to the controversy over the editing of Prabhupada’s books?
• 421) How can the dead guide the living?
• 420) Is Lord Ganesh jiva-tattva?
• 419) When our urges become irresistible, what can we do?
• 418) Does the soul use its spiritual intelligence or material intelligence to realize its spirituality?
• 417) If we feel attracted to a particular person but don’t want to pursue that relationship, what can we do?
• 416) Why Narada Muni gives spiritual wisdom through riddles; need for customized outreach
• 415) Even if God exists how does it matter to me?
• 414) From outer happiness to inner happiness
• 413) Is Srimad Bhagavatam anti-householder? Why does it criticize householders so much?
• 412) Explaining cow care to the contemporary world
• 411) What is the significance of the number three Why are sacred things often repeated thrice?
• 410) Is parakiya rasa present eternally in the spiritual world?
• 409) If the outreach mood of a particular place doesn’t zeal with our disposition, what can we do?
• 408) What’s wrong with committing suicide when yogis ending their life is considered glorious?
• 407) When we lose our job which scriptural verses or sections can we turn to for guidance?
• 406) Should the problems in following authority be discussed only privately and not publicly?
• 405) Prayers of Jiva in mothers womb – Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 3
• 404) Can fault finding be used constructively in devotional service?
• 403) Akrodha Paramananda song meaning, Nityananda Trayodashi 2023 class at Nashik, Hindi

January 2023

• 402) How can the light of religion help a world in conflict?
• 401) If our institutional faith is shaken while our personal faith is strong, how can we progress?
• 400) Is the Gita’s teaching about transcending the modes, not just coming to goodness, relevant to the corporate world?
• 399) How can I grow spiritually when I have diverse spiritual interests and am hesitant about institutional affiliation?

December 2022

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

November 2022

• 373) Just as there is a separate Brahma in every universe, is there a separate Narada as his son?
• 372) How can Brahma be Narada’s guru when Narada’s body is spiritual and Brahma’s body is material?
• 371) Book distribution inspiration – how can we motivate ourselves spiritually for distributing Prabhupada’s books during the marathon?
• 370) How do we balance spiritual life with material life?
• 369) 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?
• 368) Cricket Mania A Bhagavad-gita perspective; Seeing Kishna everywhere as his vibhuti; Wellington 2022
• 367) Understanding dementia – A Bhagavad-gita perspective – Chaitanya Charan
• 366) If nature is inherently divine, then are the laws of nature, as explained by scientists, also divine?
• 365) If we have lost a loved one, how can we deal with the grief?
• 364) What is God’s role in our sufferings, in the light of the Bhagavatam 10.14.08 verse tat te ‘nukampam?
• 363) If freewill is connected with desires and choices then how can we develop our intelligence so that we can desire and choose better
• 362) How dependent is karma on destiny and destiny on karma?
• 361) What happiness does the soul get in the spiritual world that it doesn’t get in the material world?
• 360) Should we celebrate festivals like Tulsi Vivah that were not celebrated during Prabhupada’s times?
• 359) Kantara movie – A Bhagavad-gita perspective – Chaitanya Charan

October 2022

• 358) 202 Bhagavad-Gita’s multi-level progression of the human-divine relationship, The Monk’s Podcast with Garuda Prabhu
• 357) Prabhupada_’s message included and transcended the past, present and future – Disappearance day talk
• 356) Parallels between Damodara-lila and Bhagavad-gita – part 2
• 355) 201 The letter of scripture and the spirit of scripture The Monk_’s Podcast with Yogeshvara Prabhu
• 354) Parallels between Damodara-lila and Bhagavad-gita – part 1
• 353) Krishna himself has expended as Radharani, then why does he have to come as Chaitanya Mahaprabhu to understand Radharani?
• 352) World Mental Health Day Special Bhagavad-gita Insights for a Healthy Mind
• 351) How to know when we are getting realization and when doing speculation?
• 350) How can we know that today’s Bhagavad Gita is as it is as it was spoken by Krishna to Arjuna?
• 349) If we get a dream in which our spiritual master is displeased with us, what does that mean?
• 348) Krishna being omnipotent can be present in his deity, but how can Prabhupada be present in his deity?
• 347) How can we get fresh insights while studying scripture?
• 346) To go to Krishna, do we need to attain a particular stage in bhakti?
• 345) When our hearing becomes mechanical, what can we do?
• 344) Why is Prabhupada was so strong in criticizing mayavadis and so mild in criticizing muslims?
• 343) If the same event can be explained at multiple levels, are different explanations meant for people at different levels?
• 342) Why shouldn’t we be just positive and not bother about things like death?

September 2022

• 341) How can we make bhakti accessible without diluting it? – Chaitanya Charan
• 340) Appreciating Radharani universal, Gaudiya and personal perspectives, Radhashtami 2022
• 339) How to make our Sunday talks relevant Chaitanya Charan with Caru P on the ISKCON Relevance Project podcast
• 338) 3 conceptions of renunciation frustration, aversion, redirection – Chaitanya Charan
• 337) 4 life-lessons from Lord Ganesh – Ganesh Chaturthi special – Chaitanya Charan
• 336) Developing our personal relationship with Bhagavad gita SB Keshava Maharaj and Chaitanya Charan Prabhu
• 335) When is doing something externally without inner feeling good and when is it bad?
• 334) If a prescribed homeopathic medicine that contains 90% alchohol, can we take it?
• 333) If someone has committed suicide, how can we help their relatives?
• 332) When our hearing becomes mechanical, what can we do?
• 331) 200 Save Earth by sharing Srimad Bhagavatam – The Monk’s Podcast with Vaisesika Prabhu
• 330) Appreciating Radharani: universal, Gaudiya and personal perspectives, Radhashtami 2022

August 2022

• 329) Prostitutes in Krishna’s Dwarka: How to understand Bhagavatam 1.11.19? – Chaitanya Charan
• 328) Karthikeya 2 vs PK Logical approach to religion done right and wrong?
• 327) Appreciating the Bhagavad Gita from Sanjaya’s perspective (Gita 18.74-78): GREAT acronym
• 326) Experiencing Krishna in various ways, even through fear, confusion & heartbreak: Janmashtami class
• 325) Why does Arjuna refer to Krishna by specific names in specific verses of the Bhagavad Gita?
• 324) Karthikeya 2 Movie: A Bhagavad – Gita Perspective
• 323) Why should we mention DaVinci code when Christian missionaries only portray our culture negatively?
• 322) To ask guidance from visiting devotees and to not follow it – is that offensive?
• 321) Is the soul is eternal, how is Krishna the cause of the soul?
• 320) Is there one soul in all Tulsi plants?
• 319) Bhagavatam-daily 34 – 11.07.24 – Learning from the past is a shortcut to learning
• 318) How Balarama reveals Krishna’s heart in Vrindavana Mathura and Dwarka ? – Balarama appearance day
• 317) How dukhalayam Bhagavad gita 8.15 is a teaching of positivity not negativity?
• 316) Hearing with the ears, the head and the heart – Chaitanya Charan on Vedasara P’s Heartspace podcast
• 315) Why was Balarama kind to Duryodhana and harsh to Romharshana? – Balarama appearance day reflection
• 314) A Bhagavad Gita perspective on India’s 75th Independence Day celebrations
• 313) When God doesn’t seem to be equal to everyone – Bhagavad gita 09.34

July 2022

• 312) Brahminical culture what it was and how it was preserved through two kinds of brahmanas
• 311) Why wisdom sometimes enlightens and sometimes doesn’t
• 310) Could the 63 millions deaths due to abortion be deaths that had to happen due to mass karma?
• 309) From lower taste to higher taste through higher vision
• 308) How do the nine forms of devotional service combined with the three modes lead to 81 categories of devotional service?
• 307) Why wisdom sometimes enlightens and sometimes doesn’t
• 306) When seeking material things from God is spiritually unhealthy — & when it isn’t
• 305) Atmarama verse’s importance in understanding the Absolute Truth Bhagavatam discussion with Caru Prabhu
• 304) Are Jordan Peterson’s ideas relevant for Bhakti theology? QA with Chaitanya Charan
• 303) Could the 63 millions deaths due to abortion be deaths that had to happen due to mass karma?
• 302) Do men have no right to speak on abortion because they have never carried a baby?
• 301) Three understandings of surrender in the Bhagavad Gita
• 300) Why don’t we make the Bhagavad-gita compulsory in schools in India?

June 2022

• 299) In today’s culture that teaches no respect for elders, how can we share spirituality?
• 298) Roe V Wade reversed A Bhagavad-gita perspective on the US removal of women’s right to abortion
• 297) 3 Difficulties in approaching Bhagavatam cosmology
• 296) Is the universal form Krishna literally material or is it a divine form manifested in matter like his deity form?
• 295) When we take or get blessings from someone, what actually happens?
• 294) 9 forms of devotional service part 2 – Pada Sevanam Archanam Vandanam Dasyam Sakhyam Atma-Nivedanam
• 293) How can Chrisitan conversions in India be countered – can Hindus be united for this purpose?
• 292) Why does God not answer our prayers? (PK answered 5)
• 291) Why should one not go to the temple after there is a death in the family? Can we chant on Tulasi beads in a crematorium?
• 290) Responding to attacks on devotees in Bangladesh
• 289) How can we know that we are progressing spiritually?
• 288) How to disagree without disrespecting
• 287) 199 Focusing on the practical in the scriptural – The Monk’s Podcast with Kaustubha Prabhu
• 286) 198 Presenting Lord Chaitanya to today’s world via biography writing – The Monk’s Podcast Yogesvara P
• 285) If I don’t find answers by different devotees equally convincing, am I judging them?
• 284) Texas school shooting were all victims subject to mass karma?
• 283) 197 Varnashrama for addressing the evolving needs of devotees -The Monk’s Podcast with Kamalalochan P
• 282) 196 Systematic outreach for sustainable community development – The Monk’s Podcast with Aniruddha P
• 281) Can devotees on the Vyasasana speak something out of parampara eg. all of Bhagavatam is not practical?
• 280) When Arjuna vowed to kill Jayadratha out of anger and vengeance, was he violating Krishna’s Gita instructions?
• 279) 195 Pursuing writing as an art in bhakti, The Monk’s podcast 195 with Urmila Mataji
• 278) 194 Is the Gita religious or spiritual – The Monk’s Podcast with Garuda Prabhu
• 277) 193 Thoughts on ISKCON’s future The Monk s Podcast with Govardhana Prabhu
• 276) When different devotees emphasize different things as most important in bhakti, how to avoid getting confused?

May 2022

• 275) 192 Empathic communication why it is important in bhakti-The Monk’s podcast with Bir Krishna Maharaja
• 274) The Kashmir Files Reflection: Tolerance at the cost of truth destroys both
• 273) Texas school shooting: A Bhagavad-gita perspective – Chaitanya Charan
• 272) Do you watch the movies that you comment on?
• 271) Is a devotee’s suffering caused by Krishna, not karma?
• 270) When the soul is an individual, how can the same soul be manifest as Arjuna, Arjuniya gopi and Ramananda Raya?
• 269) What are the meaning of Nirishvarvadi, Brahmavadi, Mayavadi, Shunyavadi, Nirakarvadi, Nirvisheshvadi terms?
• 268) Is the story of Narasimha real or mythological?
• 267) Comparing Narasimha-rupa with Krishna-rupa and Vishva-rupa (Narasimha Chaturdashi special)
• 266) Kali’s brutality & Krishna’s immorality Understanding Vedic conceptions of divinity
• 265) How can one who points to the wrongdoer get the same destination as the wrongdoer, as Bhagavatam 1.17.22 states?
• 264) Chota Haridasa pastime: What it teaches & what it DOES NOT TEACH
• 263) Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover: A Bhagavad-gita Perspective – Chaitanya Charan
• 262) As many Hindu temples don’t allow non-Hindus to enter, is the Vedic tradition really inclusive?

April 2022

• 261) Was Rama’s killing of Vali unfair? Ramayana Ethics – Chaitanya Charan
• 260) How was Kamsa liberated when he was ill-motivated in his Krishna consciousness?
• 259) Is the RRR movie a contemporary retelling of Ramayana?
• 258) RAMA NAVAMI SPECIAL: Relishing Lord Rama’s remembrance & appreciating Ramayana retellings
• 257) RAMA NAVAMI SPECIAL: Indrajita’s snake attack & the attack of snake-like desires

March 2022

• 256) 191 Wars: What can’t be prevented can be minimized, The Monk’s Podcast with Govinda Prabhu
• 255) The Kashmir files reminder: Denying truth for tolerance’s sake destroys both truth and tolerance
• 254) Rising beyond caste discrimination to effective equality, Chaitanya Charan on Kishori Jani M podcast
• 253) 190 Sannyasa ashrama in the bhakti tradition: Overvalued or devalued? The Monk’s Podcast 190 with Yadunandana Maharaj
• 252) The power of humility & sensitivity – How Mahaprabhu transformed Prakashananda Saraswati
• 251) 189 The Spiritual Advisors Bhagavata Assembly (SABHA) The Monks Podcast 189 with Nrsimhananda Prabhu

February 2022

• 250) What tangible good does ISKCON do the world – how to explain in universal terms?
• 249) How was spiritual knowledge lost at the time of the Gita when so many great sages like Vyasa and Narada were present?
• 248) 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?
• 247) 188 Does beating our mind mean distrusting ourselves? The Monk’s Podcast with Mahatma P
• 246) 187 Hijab controversy: Dharmic insights on state-religion interactions, The Monk’s Podcast with Govinda Prabhu
• 245) Religion vs Spirituality – Chaitanya Charan on Wisdom of the Sages podcast
• 244) Dowry System: See beyond specific rules to universal values
• 243) When meat is offered to goddess Kali, does she accept it?
• 242) Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura app day: His 6 instructions for those going to the West to preach
• 241) Isn’t wearing Hijab the religious right of Muslim women If Yogi Adityanath can wear saffron, why can’t Muslim women wear hijab?
• 240) If the prostitutes in Dwarka were pure devotees, why did they use their bodies for such an activity?
• 239) Can attraction to a devotee become a distraction on the spiritual path?
• 238) When Krishna declares bhakti-yoga to be the highest yoga, why does he describe other yogas too?
• 237) Appreciating Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakur’s Bhagavatam commentary – The churning metaphor
• 236) What are miracles, why are they downplayed in bhakti, can they be used in bhakti?
• 235) Nityananda Trayodashi Special Discourse 2022
• 234) Four ways Nityananda Prabhu glorifies Mahaprabhu – PADA acronym
• 233) How to guide our children during their teenager phase?
• 232) Does the word karma have different meanings in different contexts?
• 231) 186 Expanding online outreach during Covid times The Monk’s Podcast with Amogha Lila Prabhu
• 230) Are daiva, adhidaiva and divine will the same thing?
• 229) Bhagavad gita summarized through Arjuna’s 17 questions
• 228) Karna: Wronged hero or wrong hero: Chaitanya Charan on Kishori Jani M’s podcast
• 227) Bhagavad-gita chapter ten – How to see Krishna’s vibhuti everywhere?
• 226) 185 What are the modes? why is understanding them so important? – The Monk’s Podcast with Garuda Prabhu
• 225) What are miracles, why are they downplayed in bhakti, can they be used in bhakti?

January 2022

• 224) 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?
• 223) What did Kaliya eat when his poison destroyed everything around him How did he have human-like wives?
• 222) If the Sita who had sweet interactions with Hanuman in Lanka was Maya-Sita, then were those interactions also Maya?
• 221) Can we say Mahaprabhu’s teachings are the culmination of all previous teachings?
• 220) 184 Creativity:how to see it devotionally and use it effectively – The Monk’s Podcast with Yogesvara Prabhu
• 219) 183 Gita Political Philosophy series 2 Capitalism Communism Dharma The Monk’s Podcast with Govinda Prabhu
• 218) 182 How to guide effectively – The Monk’s Podcast with Radha Gopinath P and Shyamananda Prabhu
• 217) 181 Challenges in implementing varnashrama – The Monk’s Podcast 181 with Bhakti Vikas Maharaj
• 216) When we desire something is it the soul desiring or is it simply the mind desiring?
• 215) 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?
• 214) 180 – 8 universal teachings of the Bhagavad-gita (Gita Jayanti Special), The Monk’s Podcast Garuda Prabhu
• 213) 179 Varna and ashram roles of women: Impact of the Industrial Revolution The Monk’s Podcast Urmila Mataji
• 212) Is spiritual tourism to India dangerous for one’s mental health?
• 211) How can we make our children great devotees like Prahlad?
• 210) 178 Gita & political philosophy series 1: Freedom & State Power, The Monk’s Podcast with Govinda Prabhu
• 209) Freeing ourselves from Karma
• 208) 177 Ethics in epics: Decoding Bhishmas choices – The Monks Podcast with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 207) Is New Year celebration a scam A Bhagavad gita perspective talk
• 206) Is hearing devotees speak in confidence about their grievances with devotee-leaders a Vaishnava-apradha?
• 205) Are the four defects due to our conditioning or due to our finiteness?

December 2021

• 204) Why might devotees learned in bhakti scriptures leave bhakti?
• 203) How can we deal with our past mistakes, especially if some devotees bring up those mistakes repeatedly?
• 202) If others become envious about us, what can we do?
• 201) What is the source of intuition higher modes or Krishna?
• 200) While making decisions, how can we know whether we are in touch with the Supersoul?
• 199) How can we pass on inheritance to our children in a way that they won’t misuse by acting in the lower modes?
• 198) Appreciating Radhanatha Maharajas holistic faithfulness to the Gaudiya tradition including to the flexibility of the tradition
• 197) Appreciating Radhanath Maharaja’s expertise in community building
• 196) Do we need a shiksha guru when we don’t get personal guidance from our diksha-guru?
• 195) The Omicron variant A Bhagavad Gita perspective
• 194) How Gaudiya Vaishnavism can inspire eco-friendly living, The Monk’s Podcast 176 with Radhika Raman Prabhu
• 193) Protecting dharma 2 Lessons from history guidelines for today – The Monks Podcast 175 with Govinda Prabhu
• 192) Why do you put an unlimited God into the small box of a particular scripture, group or practice?
• 191) Why senior devotees may commit suicide?
• 190) Prabhupada — the transcendentalist who embodied the best of the traditionalist, the existentialist and the utopianist
• 189) Did Bhaktivinoda Thakura give a nonliteral understanding of Bhagavatam cosmology and chronology just to appease his British audience?
• 188) What is the difference between revelation and realization?
• 187) Radhanath Maharaja’s expertise in sharing devotional service

November 2021

• 186) Gopi Gita Appreciation part 7 The Monks Podcast 174 with Madhavananda Prabhu & Amarendra Prabhu
• 185) What is dharma and how can it be protected part 1 The Monks Podcast 173 with Govinda Prabhu
• 184) Gopi Gita Appreciation part 6 The Monks Podcast 172 with Madhavananda Prabhu and Amarendra Prabhu
• 183) What does depending on Krishna mean, practically, The Monk’s Podcast 171 with Radheshyam Prabhu
• 182) Gopi Gita Appreciation part 5, The Monk’s Podcast 170 – Madhavananda Prabhu & Amarendra Prabhu
• 181) Why our personal experiences matter in our spiritual journey, The Monk’s Podcast 169-Yogesvara Prabhu
• 180) Big projects in bhakti Reasons concerns and suggestions The Monk s Podcast 168 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 179) Working with Hindu organizations for common causes, The Monk’s Podcast 167 with Mahaprabhu Prabhu
• 178) Gopi Gita Appreciation part 4, The Monk’s Podcast 166 with Madhavananda Prabhu and Amarendra Prabhu
• 177) Evolution Bhagavatam What are the issues for devotees The Monk s Podcast 165 with Akhandadhi Prabhu
• 176) Gopi Gita Appreciation part 3, The Monk’s Podcast 164 with Madhavananda Prabhu and Amarendra Prabhu

October 2021

• 175) How to understand scriptural promises part 2
• 174) How cow care represents universal ethical principles, The Monk’s Podcast 163 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaj
• 173) The Bhagavad gita’s great greater and greatest secret -The Monk s Podcast 162 with Garuda Prabhu
• 172) How to understand scriptural promises part 1
• 171) Continuity & change from Bhaktisiddhanta ST to Prabhupada The Monk s Podcast 161 with Bhakti Vikas Maharaj
• 170) How to respond to the Muslim attacks on devotees in Bangladesh
• 169) Gopi Gita Appreciation part 2, The Monk’s Podcast 160 – Madhavananda Prabhu and Amarendra Prabhu
• 168) Haridasa Thakura’s glories 1, Transcendence amid Intolerance, HARI acronym
• 167) Gopi Gita Appreciation part 1, The Monk’s Podcast 159 – Amarendra Prabhu and Madhavananda Prabhu
• 166) Finding guidance in Prabhupada’s books, The Monk’s Podcast 158 with Krishna Dharma P & Chintamani Dharma M
• 165) Is Prabhupada’s Gita bhakti biased The Monks Podcast 157 with Garuda Prabhu

September 2021

• 164) Exploring parallels between Carl Jung & Bhaktisiddhanta, The Monk’s Podcast 156 with Hanumat Preshaka Maharaj
• 163) Book Distribution As The Engine For Community Building,The Monk’s Podcast 155-Vaisesika Prabhu, @Bhadra Purnima special
• 162) How decentralized management can help the bhakti movement flourish, The Monk’s Podcast153 with Urmila M
• 161) Maslow’s theory of motivations – A Spiritual Perspective, The Monk’s Podcast 154 with Shyamananda P
• 160) Taliban’s conquest of Afghanistan A dharmic perspective. The Monk’s Podcast 152 with Hridayananda M part 2
• 159) Appreciating others’ individuality for redefining preaching, The Monk’s Podcast 151-Shaunaka Rishi Prabhu
• 158) Taliban’s conquest of Afghanistan A dharmic perspective-The Monk’s Podcast 150 with Hridayananda Maharaj part 1
• 157) Krishna Consciousness in Japan, China and South-East Asia-The Monk’s Podcast 149-Kavicandra Maharaj
• 156) Appreciating Prabhupada’s presentation of the Bhagavatam part 2
• 155) How Vedic wisdom can be empirically demonstrated. The Monk’s Podcast 148 with Lila Purushottam Prabhu

August 2021

• 154) Effective Bridge Preaching, The Monk’s Podcast 147 with Radheshyam Prabhu
• 153) The Bhagavatam’s relevance for a postmodern audience, The Monk’s Podcast 146 with Kaustubha Prabhu
• 152) Appreciating Krishna’s opulences, using his opulence of knowledge as an example – Hindi
• 151) Role of self-care in bhakti, The Monk’s Podcast 145 with Sacinandan Maharaja
• 150) Appreciating Prabhupada’s presentation of the Bhagavatam
• 149) Western perceptions of India & how they affect bhakti outreach, The Monk’s Podcast 144, Yogesvara Prabhu
• 148) Preserving Gaudiya culture by fostering a mood of inclusion, The Monk’s Podcast 143 Madhavananda Prabhu
• 147) Understanding Indian and western attitudes in approaching and practicing Krishna consciousness
• 146) Seeing scripture from different angles – The Monk’s Podcast 142 with Krishna Dharma Prabhu & Cintamani Dhama Mataji
• 145) Presenting bhakti to people with diverse natures and needs, The Monk’s Podcast 141 with Jayananda Prabhu
• 144) How modern education impacts people’s spirituality The Monk’s Podcast 140 with Krishna Kshetra M
• 143) Fear of Missing Out FOMO Why What to do The Monk’s Podcast 139 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 142) What Maya is and what it isn’t, The Monk’s Podcast 138 with Gopal Hari Prabhu
• 141) Introduction to Gita leadership course, How the Bhagavad-gita is a guidebook for leaders

July 2021

• 140) From postural yoga to devotional yoga, The Monk’s Podcast 137 with Raghunath Prabhu
• 139) Developing an inclusive spiritual community, The Monk’s Podcast 136 with Shikshashtakam Prabhu
• 138) Why we need a Gaudiya Vaishnava eco-theology pt 1, The Monk’s Podcast 135 with Radhika Raman Prabhu
• 137) Glimpses into the beauty of the Rasa-lila, The Monk’s Podcast 134 with Garuda Prabhu
• 136) ISKCON & Ethics 3, The self as the basis of moral philosophy, Monk’s Podcast 133 with Rasamandala Prabhu
• 135) Challenges in sharing Krishna consciousness globally part 1, The Monk’s Podcast 132 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 134) What difference is it going to make in my life? How is the Gita relevant today? – MAIL Acronym
• 133) ISKCON & Ethics 2, Why we need a moral philosophy, The Monk’s Podcast 131 with Rasamandala Prabhu
• 132) Analyzing Bhagavatams Retelling Of Ramayana Subjectivity and Objectivity In Scripture part 2
• 131) Why Should Gita Be Translated In Languages And Distributed In Countries That Are Hostile To Sanatana Dharma?
• 130) Analyzing Bhagavatams Retelling Of Ramayana Subjectivity and Objectivity In Scripture part 1
• 129) How We Devalue Scripture How We Devalue Science – Chaitanya Charan on Wisdom of the Sages podcast
• 128) Healing the mind – Chaitanya Charan on Wisdom of the Sages podcast
• 127) Is Krishna the perfect manifestation of Supreme or is He The Supreme?
• 126) Speaking with sensitivity
• 125) How the Bhagavad-gita offers a world-unifying philosophy, The Monk’s Podcast 130 with Ishvara Krishna Prabhu
• 124) Is the Hare Krishna movement a Hindu organization?
• 123) Why we should or should not study the Rasa-lila, The Monk’s Podcast 129 with Garuda Prabhu
• 122) Is Bhagavad Gita a Hindu religious book?
• 121) How can we say that the essence of Gita is Bhakti Yoga?
• 120) Carl Jung & psychological insights for spiritual growth, The Monks Podcast 128 with Hanumat Preshaka Maharaj
• 119) Why ethics matter while practicing bhakti in today’s world, The Monk’s Podcast 127 with Rasamandala Prabhu
• 118) Shakespeare Revisited Universal Themes Spiritual Insight The Monks Podcast 126 with Hanumat Preshaka M

June 2021

• 117) How yoga culminates in bhakti, The Monk’s Podcast 125 with Garuda Prabhu
• 116) Yoga of writing for children
• 115) Mindfulness
• 114) Presenting Krishna’s message to a contemporary audience – 2
• 113) Journaling as a means of transforming the inner world from chaos to order
• 112) Presenting Krishna’s message to a contemporary audience – 1
• 111) From platform speaking to personal coaching – The Monk’s Podcast 124 with Sutapa Prabhu
• 110) Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 10 – Kalki – The Monk’s Podcast 123 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaj
• 109) Balancing obedience to authority & independent thoughtfulness, The Monk’s Podcast 122 with Radheshyam Prabhu
• 108) Growing through love and loss in relationships, The Monk’s Podcast 121 with Garuda Prabhu
• 107) How Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva s words revealed his love for Prahlāda part 2 – Hindi
• 106) Making bhakti spirituality relevant to today’s social concerns – The Monk’s Podcast 120 with Yogesvara Prabhu

May 2021

• 105) How to see our past in a Krishna conscious way 2 – Dhruva pastime analysis
• 104) How Lord Nṛsiṁhadevas words revealed his love for Prahlāda part 1 – Hindi
• 103) How to see our past in a Krishna conscious way 1 – Dhruva pastime analysis
• 102) Bhakti spirituality for the contemporary mind – The Monk’s Podcast 119 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 101) How to overcome hypertension, anxiety and depression during the pandemic
• 100) Faith-based organizations, eco-friendly living & ISKCON, The Monk’s Podcast 118 with Gauranga Prabhu
• 99) Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 9 – Buddha – The Monk’s Podcast 117 with Krishna Kshetra M
• 98) Ambarisha M Pastime analysis 2 – How Krishna Consciousness helps with the three causes of suffering
• 97) Ambarisha M Pastime analysis 1 – Three causes of Suffering – Providence, Incompetence or Malevolence
• 96) Role of oral traditions in preserving spiritual culture, The Monk’s Podcast 116 with Bhakti Rasamrita Swami
• 95) Offering to Pankajanghri Prabhu – A pivotal leader, a personal guide
• 94) Journaling in bhakti – The Monk’s Podcast 115 with Candramauli Maharaj

April 2021

• 93) Understanding our relationship with Prabhupada’s words, The Monk’s Podcast 114 with Garuda Prabhu
• 92) Youth outreach for community-building & world-transformation, The Monk’s Podcast 113 with Radheshyam Prabhu
• 91) Crossing the Covid-19 ocean, Lessons from Hanuman’s flight to Lanka, Rama-Navmi Special
• 90) Earth Day Special, Vedic wisdom for eco-friendly living, The Monk’s Podcast 112 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 89) When technological advances start playing God The Monks Podcast 111 with Yogesvara Prabhu
• 88) How Rama’s apparent humanity enhances his divinity
• 87) Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 8 – Balarama – The Monk’s Podcast 110 with Krishna Kshetra M
• 86) Should devotees take vaccines. – A Bhagavad-gita perspective – The Monk’s Podcast 109 with Garuda Prabhu

March 2021

• 85) Can scripture be understood in multiple ways? – The Monk’s Podcast 108 with Radhika Raman Prabhu
• 84) Spirituality and Democracy – The Monk’s Podcast 107 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 83) Gita key verses course 51 – Appreciating the Gita’s three conversations Gita 18.76
• 82) Sanatana Goswami’s surrender to Lord Chaitanya Adversity, Adventure and Advancement
• 81) Gita key verses course 50 – Love is the ultimate reality Gita 18.65
• 80) Universal Dimensions of Chaitanya Ramananda Samvada
• 79) Understanding homosexuality, gender dysphoria & nonstandard sexuality – Sudyumna pastime analysi 2
• 78) Gita key verses course 49-The Quest for Oneness-Where it is right and where it goes wrong-Gita 18.55
• 77) The essence of offense and its best antidote – The Monk’s Podcast 106 with Garuda Prabhu
• 76) Gita key verses course 48 – Can I be spiritual and still be ambitious Can my work be my worship Gita 18.46
• 75) Gita key verses course 47 – Why some people are knowledgeably ignorant or intelligently foolish – Gita 18.35
• 74) How scripture comes alive – The Monk’s Podcast 105 with Shyamananda
• 73) The essence of offense and its best antidote – The Monk’s Podcast 106 with Garuda Prabhu
• 72) Churning the BhagavatamThe Monk’s Podcast 104 – Dashavatara 7 – Rama with Krishna Kshetra M
• 71) How scriptural stories reflect a more expansive form of rationality – Sudyumna pastime analysis 1
• 70) Gita key verses course 46 – If we are not the doers why are we held responsible – Gita 18.14
• 69) Gita key verses course 45 – Speak to give peace of mind, not a piece of your mind – Gita 17.15
• 68) Gita key verses course 44 – Isn’t spirituality a matter of the heart – Why so many rules – Gita 16.24
• 67) Don’t let Prabhupada’s difficult statements become difficulties – The Monk’s Podcast 103 with Yogeshvara Prabhu
• 66) Gita key verses course 43 – Are some people innately bad – Gita 16.06
• 65) Gita key verse course 42 – How to see God’s hand in our life Gita – 15.15
• 64) Gita key verses 41 – What is the upside-down tree metaphor Gita 15.01
• 63) Contemplating Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura Wisdom-Quotes — Appearance Day Talk 2021
• 62) Gita key verses course 40 – What are the modes why do they matter – Gita 14.05
• 61) Nityananda Trayodashi Festival – Hindi
• 60) How Lord Nityananda Complements Lord Chaitanya – Part 2

February 2021

• 59) How Lord Nityananda Complements Lord Chaitanya – Part1
• 58) Appreciating HH Bhakti Rasamrita Maharaja on his appearance day celebrations
• 57) Is Bhagvad Gita Hindu ?
• 56) When Parashurama himself acted outside of his varna, why did he curse Karna for doing the same thing?
• 55) If someone finds our statements about other spiritual leaders unbearable, how can we connect with them?
• 54) How we see it 1, We they mentality & other religious typicals, The Monk’s Podcast 102 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 53) When God is all-powerful, why does he need devatas to assist him?
• 52) Can you give examples of settling for tolerable tradeoffs instead of seeking perfect solutions?
• 51) Role of self-care in bhakti – The Monk’s Podcast 101 with Sukhavaha Mataji and Gaur Kumar Prabhu
• 50) If unfulfilled lust leads to anger, where was the lust behind Parashurama’s anger?
• 49) Examining mythology 4 – The Monk’s Podcast 100 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 48) Was Parashurama’s violence against the kshatriyas disproportionate?
• 47) How can we have complete faith?
• 46) Examining mythology 3 – The Monk’s Podcast 99 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 45) During Western outreach, results come very slowly – how to avoid becoming encouraged?
• 44) Gita key verses course 39 – What is education meant for – Gita 13.12
• 43) While doing yoga outreach, how can we ensure that our bhakti focus doesn’t get diluted?
• 42) Examining mythology 2 – The Monk’s Podcast 98 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 41) The Monk’s Podcast 97 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Examining mythology 1
• 40) Sustainable Living and Rural Outreach – The Monk’s Podcast 96 with Sanat Kumar Prabhu
• 39) Gita key versescourse 38 – Does religion make people better or worse? – Gita 12.13
• 38) The Monk’s Podcast 95 Krishna Kshetra Maharaj – Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 6 – Parashurama
• 37) Why are Prabhupada’s non-confrontational quotes so less known and his confrontational quotes so well-known?
• 36) When our movement quantifies spirituality in terms of targets, won’t this alienate thoughtful new people?
• 35) The Monk’s Podcast 94 with Lokanath Maharaja – Gaudiya bhakti, Maharashtrian bhakti, universal bhakti
• 34) In the Daksha pastime, why do we blame Daksha alone and not consider that others also acted hastily or insensitively?
• 33) The Monk’s Podcast 93 with Radha Gopinatha Prabhu – Preserving a simple heart in a complex world
• 32) What can we do when we feel emotions that we aren’t meant to feel?
• 31) If I am happy now why do I need to learn about reincarnation?
• 30) Gita key verses course 37 – Beyond black and white conceptions of spirituality – Gita 12.10
• 29) If we say the Itihasas – historical scriptures – are not historical, won’t people get reasons to reject scriptures as imaginary?

January 2021

• 28) How can humility go along with self-respect?
• 27) If we label people positively – you are specially talented – can that help people grow?
• 26) Gita key verses course 36 – How can I forgive those who have hurt me – Gita 11.55
• 25) Does free will exist when one is suffering from bipolar disorder?
• 24) If someone commits suicide, can that be caused by their karma?
• 23) If we are extroverts how can we be invisible while doing our services?
• 22) Gita key verses 35 – What is the universal form, why is it so scary – Gita 11.15
• 21) The Monk’s Podcast 92 with Garuda Prabhu – Relationship is the essential purpose of guru-tattva
• 20) Gita key courses verses 34 – Is nature sacred Does the Gita teach eco-friendly living – Gita 10.17
• 19) The Monk’s Podcast 91 with Giriraj Maharaj – End-of-life care and bhakti wisdom
• 18) Those eighteen days – Day 18
• 17) The Monk’s Podcast 90 with Garuda Prabhu – Please criticize me – I want to grow
• 16) Those eighteen days – Day 17
• 15) The Monk’s Podcast 89 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaja – Churning the Bhagavatam- Dashavatara 5 Vamana
• 14) Those eighteen days – Day 16
• 13) Those eighteen days – Day 15
• 12) Those eighteen days – Day 14
• 11) Those eighteen days – Day 13
• 10) Those eighteen days – Day 12
• 9) Those eighteen days – Day 11
• 8) Those eighteen days – Day 10
• 7) The Monk’s Podcast 88 with Kaustubha Prabhu – Kaustubha P Sharing bhakti in contemporary America
• 6) Those eighteen days – Day 9
• 5) Those eighteen days – Day 8
• 4) Those eighteen days – Day 7
• 3) How does fatherlessness in America affect their spiritual receptivity?
• 2) When ethics and humanity can provide us direction why do we need spirituality?
• 1) Those eighteen days – Day 6