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May 2023

• 4455) The Kerala story – A Bhagavad Gita perspective

April 2023

• 4454) If we really have free will, how does God control everything? – Chaitanya Charan
• 4453) When we feel that our problems arose because we were misguided – Yamaduta-Yamaraja discussion 1
• 4452) Does love mean shielding our loved ones from their actions’ consequences? PEER acronym
• 4451) Understanding the spiritual world: its relevance, rationale, resplendence
• 4450) Study from different perspectives – HH SB Keshava Maharaj, HG Chaitanya Charan
• 4449) Bhagavad-gita insights for holistic health

March 2023

• 4448) Understanding Mayavada and dealing with Mayavadis: learning from Mahaprabhu?
• 4447) Gaur Purnima class 2023 – What is Mahaprabhus mercy? How does it work?
• 4446) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 88 – 10.15.7-12 Krishna-Balarama make all living beings in Vrindavana fortunate

February 2023

• 4445) Why Narada Muni gives spiritual wisdom through riddles; need for customized outreach
• 4444) From outer happiness to inner happiness
• 4443) Is Srimad Bhagavatam anti-householder? Why does it criticize householders so much?
• 4442) Explaining cow care to the contemporary world
• 4441) Prayers of Jiva in mothers womb – Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 3
• 4440) Akrodha Paramananda song meaning, Nityananda Trayodashi 2023 class at Nashik, Hindi

November 2022

• 4439) Cricket Mania A Bhagavad-gita perspective; Seeing Kishna everywhere as his vibhuti; Wellington 2022
• 4438) Understanding dementia – A Bhagavad-gita perspective – Chaitanya Charan
• 4437) Kantara movie – A Bhagavad-gita perspective – Chaitanya Charan

October 2022

• 4436) 202 Bhagavad-Gita’s multi-level progression of the human-divine relationship, The Monk’s Podcast with Garuda Prabhu
• 4435) Prabhupada_’s message included and transcended the past, present and future – Disappearance day talk
• 4434) Parallels between Damodara-lila and Bhagavad-gita – part 2
• 4433) 201 The letter of scripture and the spirit of scripture The Monk_’s Podcast with Yogeshvara Prabhu
• 4432) Parallels between Damodara-lila and Bhagavad-gita – part 1
• 4431) World Mental Health Day Special Bhagavad-gita Insights for a Healthy Mind

September 2022

• 4430) Appreciating Radharani universal, Gaudiya and personal perspectives, Radhashtami 2022
• 4429) How to make our Sunday talks relevant Chaitanya Charan with Caru P on the ISKCON Relevance Project podcast
• 4428) 3 conceptions of renunciation frustration, aversion, redirection – Chaitanya Charan
• 4427) 4 life-lessons from Lord Ganesh – Ganesh Chaturthi special – Chaitanya Charan
• 4426) Developing our personal relationship with Bhagavad gita SB Keshava Maharaj and Chaitanya Charan Prabhu
• 4425) 200 Save Earth by sharing Srimad Bhagavatam – The Monk’s Podcast with Vaisesika Prabhu
• 4424) Appreciating Radharani: universal, Gaudiya and personal perspectives, Radhashtami 2022

August 2022

• 4423) Appreciating the Bhagavad Gita from Sanjaya’s perspective (Gita 18.74-78): GREAT acronym
• 4422) Experiencing Krishna in various ways, even through fear, confusion & heartbreak: Janmashtami class
• 4421) Karthikeya 2 Movie: A Bhagavad – Gita Perspective
• 4420) How Balarama reveals Krishna’s heart in Vrindavana Mathura and Dwarka ? – Balarama appearance day
• 4419) How dukhalayam Bhagavad gita 8.15 is a teaching of positivity not negativity?
• 4418) Hearing with the ears, the head and the heart – Chaitanya Charan on Vedasara P’s Heartspace podcast
• 4417) Why was Balarama kind to Duryodhana and harsh to Romharshana? – Balarama appearance day reflection
• 4416) A Bhagavad Gita perspective on India’s 75th Independence Day celebrations
• 4415) When God doesn’t seem to be equal to everyone – Bhagavad gita 09.34

July 2022

• 4414) Brahminical culture what it was and how it was preserved through two kinds of brahmanas
• 4413) Why wisdom sometimes enlightens and sometimes doesn’t
• 4412) From lower taste to higher taste through higher vision
• 4411) When seeking material things from God is spiritually unhealthy — & when it isn’t
• 4410) Atmarama verse’s importance in understanding the Absolute Truth Bhagavatam discussion with Caru Prabhu
• 4409) Are Jordan Peterson’s ideas relevant for Bhakti theology? QA with Chaitanya Charan
• 4408) Three understandings of surrender in the Bhagavad Gita

June 2022

• 4407) Roe V Wade reversed A Bhagavad-gita perspective on the US removal of women’s right to abortion
• 4406) 3 Difficulties in approaching Bhagavatam cosmology
• 4405) How to disagree without disrespecting
• 4404) 199 Focusing on the practical in the scriptural – The Monk’s Podcast with Kaustubha Prabhu
• 4403) 198 Presenting Lord Chaitanya to today’s world via biography writing – The Monk’s Podcast Yogesvara P
• 4402) 196 Systematic outreach for sustainable community development – The Monk’s Podcast with Aniruddha P
• 4401) 195 Pursuing writing as an art in bhakti, The Monk’s podcast 195 with Urmila Mataji
• 4400) 194 Is the Gita religious or spiritual – The Monk’s Podcast with Garuda Prabhu
• 4399) 193 Thoughts on ISKCON’s future The Monk s Podcast with Govardhana Prabhu

May 2022

• 4398) 192 Empathic communication why it is important in bhakti-The Monk’s podcast with Bir Krishna Maharaja
• 4397) Is the story of Narasimha real or mythological?
• 4396) Comparing Narasimha-rupa with Krishna-rupa and Vishva-rupa (Narasimha Chaturdashi special)
• 4395) Kali’s brutality & Krishna’s immorality Understanding Vedic conceptions of divinity
• 4394) Chota Haridasa pastime: What it teaches & what it DOES NOT TEACH

April 2022

• 4393) Was Rama’s killing of Vali unfair? Ramayana Ethics – Chaitanya Charan
• 4392) How was Kamsa liberated when he was ill-motivated in his Krishna consciousness?
• 4391) Is the RRR movie a contemporary retelling of Ramayana?
• 4390) RAMA NAVAMI SPECIAL: Relishing Lord Rama’s remembrance & appreciating Ramayana retellings
• 4389) RAMA NAVAMI SPECIAL: Indrajita’s snake attack & the attack of snake-like desires

March 2022

• 4388) 191 Wars: What can’t be prevented can be minimized, The Monk’s Podcast with Govinda Prabhu
• 4387) The Kashmir files reminder: Denying truth for tolerance’s sake destroys both truth and tolerance
• 4386) Rising beyond caste discrimination to effective equality, Chaitanya Charan on Kishori Jani M podcast
• 4385) 190 Sannyasa ashrama in the bhakti tradition: Overvalued or devalued? The Monk’s Podcast 190 with Yadunandana Maharaj
• 4384) The power of humility & sensitivity – How Mahaprabhu transformed Prakashananda Saraswati
• 4383) 189 The Spiritual Advisors Bhagavata Assembly (SABHA) The Monks Podcast 189 with Nrsimhananda Prabhu

February 2022

• 4382) 188 Does beating our mind mean distrusting ourselves? The Monk’s Podcast with Mahatma P
• 4381) 187 Hijab controversy: Dharmic insights on state-religion interactions, The Monk’s Podcast with Govinda Prabhu
• 4380) Religion vs Spirituality – Chaitanya Charan on Wisdom of the Sages podcast
• 4379) Dowry System: See beyond specific rules to universal values
• 4378) Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura app day: His 6 instructions for those going to the West to preach
• 4377) Appreciating Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakur’s Bhagavatam commentary – The churning metaphor
• 4376) Nityananda Trayodashi Special Discourse 2022
• 4375) Four ways Nityananda Prabhu glorifies Mahaprabhu – PADA acronym
• 4374) 186 Expanding online outreach during Covid times The Monk’s Podcast with Amogha Lila Prabhu
• 4373) Bhagavad gita summarized through Arjuna’s 17 questions
• 4372) Karna: Wronged hero or wrong hero: Chaitanya Charan on Kishori Jani M’s podcast
• 4371) Bhagavad-gita chapter ten – How to see Krishna’s vibhuti everywhere?
• 4370) 185 What are the modes? why is understanding them so important? – The Monk’s Podcast with Garuda Prabhu

January 2022

• 4369) 184 Creativity:how to see it devotionally and use it effectively – The Monk’s Podcast with Yogesvara Prabhu
• 4368) 183 Gita Political Philosophy series 2 Capitalism Communism Dharma The Monk’s Podcast with Govinda Prabhu
• 4367) 182 How to guide effectively – The Monk’s Podcast with Radha Gopinath P and Shyamananda Prabhu
• 4366) 181 Challenges in implementing varnashrama – The Monk’s Podcast 181 with Bhakti Vikas Maharaj
• 4365) 180 – 8 universal teachings of the Bhagavad-gita (Gita Jayanti Special), The Monk’s Podcast Garuda Prabhu
• 4364) 179 Varna and ashram roles of women: Impact of the Industrial Revolution The Monk’s Podcast Urmila Mataji
• 4363) 178 Gita & political philosophy series 1: Freedom & State Power, The Monk’s Podcast with Govinda Prabhu
• 4362) Freeing ourselves from Karma
• 4361) 177 Ethics in epics: Decoding Bhishmas choices – The Monks Podcast with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 4360) Is New Year celebration a scam A Bhagavad gita perspective talk

December 2021

• 4359) Appreciating Radhanatha Maharajas holistic faithfulness to the Gaudiya tradition including to the flexibility of the tradition
• 4358) Appreciating Radhanath Maharaja’s expertise in community building
• 4357) The Omicron variant A Bhagavad Gita perspective
• 4356) How Gaudiya Vaishnavism can inspire eco-friendly living, The Monk’s Podcast 176 with Radhika Raman Prabhu
• 4355) Protecting dharma 2 Lessons from history guidelines for today – The Monks Podcast 175 with Govinda Prabhu
• 4354) Radhanath Maharaja’s expertise in sharing devotional service

November 2021

• 4353) Gopi Gita Appreciation part 7 The Monks Podcast 174 with Madhavananda Prabhu & Amarendra Prabhu
• 4352) What is dharma and how can it be protected part 1 The Monks Podcast 173 with Govinda Prabhu
• 4351) Gopi Gita Appreciation part 6 The Monks Podcast 172 with Madhavananda Prabhu and Amarendra Prabhu
• 4350) What does depending on Krishna mean, practically, The Monk’s Podcast 171 with Radheshyam Prabhu
• 4349) Gopi Gita Appreciation part 5, The Monk’s Podcast 170 – Madhavananda Prabhu & Amarendra Prabhu
• 4348) Why our personal experiences matter in our spiritual journey, The Monk’s Podcast 169-Yogesvara Prabhu
• 4347) Big projects in bhakti Reasons concerns and suggestions The Monk s Podcast 168 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 4346) Working with Hindu organizations for common causes, The Monk’s Podcast 167 with Mahaprabhu Prabhu
• 4345) Gopi Gita Appreciation part 4, The Monk’s Podcast 166 with Madhavananda Prabhu and Amarendra Prabhu
• 4344) Evolution Bhagavatam What are the issues for devotees The Monk s Podcast 165 with Akhandadhi Prabhu
• 4343) Gopi Gita Appreciation part 3, The Monk’s Podcast 164 with Madhavananda Prabhu and Amarendra Prabhu

October 2021

• 4342) How to understand scriptural promises part 2
• 4341) How cow care represents universal ethical principles, The Monk’s Podcast 163 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaj
• 4340) The Bhagavad gita’s great greater and greatest secret -The Monk s Podcast 162 with Garuda Prabhu
• 4339) How to understand scriptural promises part 1
• 4338) Continuity & change from Bhaktisiddhanta ST to Prabhupada The Monk s Podcast 161 with Bhakti Vikas Maharaj
• 4337) How to respond to the Muslim attacks on devotees in Bangladesh
• 4336) Gopi Gita Appreciation part 2, The Monk’s Podcast 160 – Madhavananda Prabhu and Amarendra Prabhu
• 4335) Haridasa Thakura’s glories 1, Transcendence amid Intolerance, HARI acronym
• 4334) Gopi Gita Appreciation part 1, The Monk’s Podcast 159 – Amarendra Prabhu and Madhavananda Prabhu
• 4333) Finding guidance in Prabhupada’s books, The Monk’s Podcast 158 with Krishna Dharma P & Chintamani Dharma M
• 4332) Is Prabhupada’s Gita bhakti biased The Monks Podcast 157 with Garuda Prabhu

September 2021

• 4331) Exploring parallels between Carl Jung & Bhaktisiddhanta, The Monk’s Podcast 156 with Hanumat Preshaka Maharaj
• 4330) Book Distribution As The Engine For Community Building,The Monk’s Podcast 155-Vaisesika Prabhu, @Bhadra Purnima special
• 4329) How decentralized management can help the bhakti movement flourish, The Monk’s Podcast153 with Urmila M
• 4328) Maslow’s theory of motivations – A Spiritual Perspective, The Monk’s Podcast 154 with Shyamananda P
• 4327) Taliban’s conquest of Afghanistan A dharmic perspective. The Monk’s Podcast 152 with Hridayananda M part 2
• 4326) Appreciating others’ individuality for redefining preaching, The Monk’s Podcast 151-Shaunaka Rishi Prabhu
• 4325) Taliban’s conquest of Afghanistan A dharmic perspective-The Monk’s Podcast 150 with Hridayananda Maharaj part 1
• 4324) Krishna Consciousness in Japan, China and South-East Asia-The Monk’s Podcast 149-Kavicandra Maharaj
• 4323) Appreciating Prabhupada’s presentation of the Bhagavatam part 2
• 4322) How Vedic wisdom can be empirically demonstrated. The Monk’s Podcast 148 with Lila Purushottam Prabhu

August 2021

• 4321) Effective Bridge Preaching, The Monk’s Podcast 147 with Radheshyam Prabhu
• 4320) The Bhagavatam’s relevance for a postmodern audience, The Monk’s Podcast 146 with Kaustubha Prabhu
• 4319) Appreciating Krishna’s opulences, using his opulence of knowledge as an example – Hindi
• 4318) Role of self-care in bhakti, The Monk’s Podcast 145 with Sacinandan Maharaja
• 4317) Appreciating Prabhupada’s presentation of the Bhagavatam
• 4316) Western perceptions of India & how they affect bhakti outreach, The Monk’s Podcast 144, Yogesvara Prabhu
• 4315) Preserving Gaudiya culture by fostering a mood of inclusion, The Monk’s Podcast 143 Madhavananda Prabhu
• 4314) Understanding Indian and western attitudes in approaching and practicing Krishna consciousness
• 4313) Seeing scripture from different angles – The Monk’s Podcast 142 with Krishna Dharma Prabhu & Cintamani Dhama Mataji
• 4312) Presenting bhakti to people with diverse natures and needs, The Monk’s Podcast 141 with Jayananda Prabhu
• 4311) How modern education impacts people’s spirituality The Monk’s Podcast 140 with Krishna Kshetra M
• 4310) Fear of Missing Out FOMO Why What to do The Monk’s Podcast 139 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 4309) What Maya is and what it isn’t, The Monk’s Podcast 138 with Gopal Hari Prabhu
• 4308) Introduction to Gita leadership course, How the Bhagavad-gita is a guidebook for leaders

July 2021

• 4307) From postural yoga to devotional yoga, The Monk’s Podcast 137 with Raghunath Prabhu
• 4306) Developing an inclusive spiritual community, The Monk’s Podcast 136 with Shikshashtakam Prabhu
• 4305) Why we need a Gaudiya Vaishnava eco-theology pt 1, The Monk’s Podcast 135 with Radhika Raman Prabhu
• 4304) Glimpses into the beauty of the Rasa-lila, The Monk’s Podcast 134 with Garuda Prabhu
• 4303) ISKCON & Ethics 3, The self as the basis of moral philosophy, Monk’s Podcast 133 with Rasamandala Prabhu
• 4302) Challenges in sharing Krishna consciousness globally part 1, The Monk’s Podcast 132 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 4301) What difference is it going to make in my life? How is the Gita relevant today? – MAIL Acronym
• 4300) ISKCON & Ethics 2, Why we need a moral philosophy, The Monk’s Podcast 131 with Rasamandala Prabhu
• 4299) Analyzing Bhagavatams Retelling Of Ramayana Subjectivity and Objectivity In Scripture part 2
• 4298) Analyzing Bhagavatams Retelling Of Ramayana Subjectivity and Objectivity In Scripture part 1
• 4297) How We Devalue Scripture How We Devalue Science – Chaitanya Charan on Wisdom of the Sages podcast
• 4296) Healing the mind – Chaitanya Charan on Wisdom of the Sages podcast
• 4295) Speaking with sensitivity
• 4294) How the Bhagavad-gita offers a world-unifying philosophy, The Monk’s Podcast 130 with Ishvara Krishna Prabhu
• 4293) Why we should or should not study the Rasa-lila, The Monk’s Podcast 129 with Garuda Prabhu
• 4292) Carl Jung & psychological insights for spiritual growth, The Monks Podcast 128 with Hanumat Preshaka Maharaj
• 4291) Why ethics matter while practicing bhakti in today’s world, The Monk’s Podcast 127 with Rasamandala Prabhu
• 4290) Shakespeare Revisited Universal Themes Spiritual Insight The Monks Podcast 126 with Hanumat Preshaka M

June 2021

• 4289) How yoga culminates in bhakti, The Monk’s Podcast 125 with Garuda Prabhu
• 4288) Yoga of writing for children
• 4287) Mindfulness
• 4286) Presenting Krishna’s message to a contemporary audience – 2
• 4285) Journaling as a means of transforming the inner world from chaos to order
• 4284) Presenting Krishna’s message to a contemporary audience – 1
• 4283) From platform speaking to personal coaching – The Monk’s Podcast 124 with Sutapa Prabhu
• 4282) Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 10 – Kalki – The Monk’s Podcast 123 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaj
• 4281) Balancing obedience to authority & independent thoughtfulness, The Monk’s Podcast 122 with Radheshyam Prabhu
• 4280) Growing through love and loss in relationships, The Monk’s Podcast 121 with Garuda Prabhu
• 4279) Making bhakti spirituality relevant to today’s social concerns – The Monk’s Podcast 120 with Yogesvara Prabhu

May 2021

• 4278) How to see our past in a Krishna conscious way 2 – Dhruva pastime analysis
• 4277) How Lord Nṛsiṁhadevas words revealed his love for Prahlāda part 1 – Hindi
• 4276) How to see our past in a Krishna conscious way 1 – Dhruva pastime analysis
• 4275) Bhakti spirituality for the contemporary mind – The Monk’s Podcast 119 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 4274) Faith-based organizations, eco-friendly living & ISKCON, The Monk’s Podcast 118 with Gauranga Prabhu
• 4273) Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 9 – Buddha – The Monk’s Podcast 117 with Krishna Kshetra M
• 4272) Ambarisha M Pastime analysis 2 – How Krishna Consciousness helps with the three causes of suffering
• 4271) Ambarisha M Pastime analysis 1 – Three causes of Suffering – Providence, Incompetence or Malevolence
• 4270) Role of oral traditions in preserving spiritual culture, The Monk’s Podcast 116 with Bhakti Rasamrita Swami
• 4269) Offering to Pankajanghri Prabhu – A pivotal leader, a personal guide
• 4268) Journaling in bhakti – The Monk’s Podcast 115 with Candramauli Maharaj

April 2021

• 4267) Understanding our relationship with Prabhupada’s words, The Monk’s Podcast 114 with Garuda Prabhu
• 4266) Youth outreach for community-building & world-transformation, The Monk’s Podcast 113 with Radheshyam Prabhu
• 4265) Crossing the Covid-19 ocean, Lessons from Hanuman’s flight to Lanka, Rama-Navmi Special
• 4264) Earth Day Special, Vedic wisdom for eco-friendly living, The Monk’s Podcast 112 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 4263) When technological advances start playing God The Monks Podcast 111 with Yogesvara Prabhu
• 4262) How Rama’s apparent humanity enhances his divinity
• 4261) Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 8 – Balarama – The Monk’s Podcast 110 with Krishna Kshetra M

March 2021

• 4260) Can scripture be understood in multiple ways? – The Monk’s Podcast 108 with Radhika Raman Prabhu
• 4259) Spirituality and Democracy – The Monk’s Podcast 107 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 4258) Gita key verses course 51 – Appreciating the Gita’s three conversations Gita 18.76
• 4257) Sanatana Goswami’s surrender to Lord Chaitanya Adversity, Adventure and Advancement
• 4256) Gita key verses course 50 – Love is the ultimate reality Gita 18.65
• 4255) Universal Dimensions of Chaitanya Ramananda Samvada
• 4254) Understanding homosexuality, gender dysphoria & nonstandard sexuality – Sudyumna pastime analysi 2
• 4253) Gita key verses course 49-The Quest for Oneness-Where it is right and where it goes wrong-Gita 18.55
• 4252) The essence of offense and its best antidote – The Monk’s Podcast 106 with Garuda Prabhu
• 4251) Gita key verses course 48 – Can I be spiritual and still be ambitious Can my work be my worship Gita 18.46
• 4250) Gita key verses course 47 – Why some people are knowledgeably ignorant or intelligently foolish – Gita 18.35
• 4249) How scripture comes alive – The Monk’s Podcast 105 with Shyamananda
• 4248) The essence of offense and its best antidote – The Monk’s Podcast 106 with Garuda Prabhu
• 4247) Churning the BhagavatamThe Monk’s Podcast 104 – Dashavatara 7 – Rama with Krishna Kshetra M
• 4246) How scriptural stories reflect a more expansive form of rationality – Sudyumna pastime analysis 1
• 4245) Gita key verses course 46 – If we are not the doers why are we held responsible – Gita 18.14
• 4244) Gita key verses course 45 – Speak to give peace of mind, not a piece of your mind – Gita 17.15
• 4243) Gita key verses course 44 – Isn’t spirituality a matter of the heart – Why so many rules – Gita 16.24
• 4242) Don’t let Prabhupada’s difficult statements become difficulties – The Monk’s Podcast 103 with Yogeshvara Prabhu
• 4241) Gita key verses course 43 – Are some people innately bad – Gita 16.06
• 4240) Gita key verse course 42 – How to see God’s hand in our life Gita – 15.15
• 4239) Gita key verses 41 – What is the upside-down tree metaphor Gita 15.01
• 4238) Contemplating Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura Wisdom-Quotes — Appearance Day Talk 2021

February 2021

• 4237) How Lord Nityananda Complements Lord Chaitanya – Part1
• 4236) Appreciating HH Bhakti Rasamrita Maharaja on his appearance day celebrations
• 4235) Is Bhagvad Gita Hindu ?
• 4234) How we see it 1, We they mentality & other religious typicals, The Monk’s Podcast 102 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 4233) Role of self-care in bhakti – The Monk’s Podcast 101 with Sukhavaha Mataji and Gaur Kumar Prabhu
• 4232) Examining mythology 4 – The Monk’s Podcast 100 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 4231) Examining mythology 3 – The Monk’s Podcast 99 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 4230) Gita key verses course 39 – What is education meant for – Gita 13.12
• 4229) Examining mythology 2 – The Monk’s Podcast 98 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 4228) The Monk’s Podcast 97 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Examining mythology 1
• 4227) Sustainable Living and Rural Outreach – The Monk’s Podcast 96 with Sanat Kumar Prabhu
• 4226) Gita key versescourse 38 – Does religion make people better or worse? – Gita 12.13
• 4225) The Monk’s Podcast 95 Krishna Kshetra Maharaj – Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 6 – Parashurama
• 4224) Why are Prabhupada’s non-confrontational quotes so less known and his confrontational quotes so well-known?
• 4223) The Monk’s Podcast 94 with Lokanath Maharaja – Gaudiya bhakti, Maharashtrian bhakti, universal bhakti
• 4222) The Monk’s Podcast 93 with Radha Gopinatha Prabhu – Preserving a simple heart in a complex world
• 4221) Gita key verses course 37 – Beyond black and white conceptions of spirituality – Gita 12.10

January 2021

• 4220) Gita key verses course 36 – How can I forgive those who have hurt me – Gita 11.55
• 4219) Gita key verses 35 – What is the universal form, why is it so scary – Gita 11.15
• 4218) The Monk’s Podcast 92 with Garuda Prabhu – Relationship is the essential purpose of guru-tattva
• 4217) Gita key courses verses 34 – Is nature sacred Does the Gita teach eco-friendly living – Gita 10.17
• 4216) The Monk’s Podcast 91 with Giriraj Maharaj – End-of-life care and bhakti wisdom
• 4215) Those eighteen days – Day 18
• 4214) The Monk’s Podcast 90 with Garuda Prabhu – Please criticize me – I want to grow
• 4213) Those eighteen days – Day 17
• 4212) The Monk’s Podcast 89 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaja – Churning the Bhagavatam- Dashavatara 5 Vamana
• 4211) Those eighteen days – Day 16
• 4210) Those eighteen days – Day 15
• 4209) Those eighteen days – Day 14
• 4208) Those eighteen days – Day 13
• 4207) Those eighteen days – Day 12
• 4206) Those eighteen days – Day 11
• 4205) Those eighteen days – Day 10
• 4204) The Monk’s Podcast 88 with Kaustubha Prabhu – Kaustubha P Sharing bhakti in contemporary America
• 4203) Those eighteen days – Day 9
• 4202) Those eighteen days – Day 8
• 4201) Those eighteen days – Day 7
• 4200) Those eighteen days – Day 6
• 4199) Those eighteen days – Day 5
• 4198) Those eighteen days – Day 4
• 4197) A New Year Is Here – Are We Here? – A poem with New Year wishes by Chaitanya Charan
• 4196) Those eighteen days – Day 3

December 2020

• 4195) The Monk’s Podcast 85 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaj – Dashavatara 4 – Narasimha
• 4194) The Monk’s Podcast 84 with Madhavananda Prabhu – From Sentimentality to Spirituality
• 4193) Those eighteen days – Day 1
• 4192) Gita Jayanti special – part 1
• 4191) The Monk’s Podcast 83 with Shyamananda – Social Justice and Spiritual Wisdom 2 – Caste System Analyzed
• 4190) The Monk’s Podcast 82 with Shyamananda – Animals and their place in an eco-friendly world
• 4189) The Monk’s Podcast 81 with Shyamananda – Social Justice and Spiritual wisdom 1
• 4188) Bhishma And Gopis – Striking Similarities – Bhishma Panchaka Special 1
• 4187) Ahalya cursed and blessed – How our consciousness shrinks and expands
• 4186) Gita daily – Empower yourself with timeless wisdom

November 2020

• 4185) The Monk’s Podcast 43 with Braja Bihari Prabhu – How to disagree without being disagreeable
• 4184) The Monk’s Podcast 55 with Garuda Prabhu – Does love exist in the material world?
• 4183) The Monk’s Podcast 51 with Bhanu Maharaj – Why science and scripture see reality differently
• 4182) The Monk’s Podcast 62 with Madhavananda Prabhu – Conspiracy theories
• 4181) The Monk’s Podcast 65 with Govinda Prabhu – Centralization, Decentralization and Dharma
• 4180) The Monk’s Podcast 68 with Radhika Raman Prabhu – Harmonizing faith and reason in bhakti
• 4179) The Monk’s Podcast 56 with Bhakti Vasudeva Maharaj – Taking bhakti wisdom into the management world
• 4178) The Monk’s Podcast 77 with Govinda Prabhu – Racism – what it is, what it isn’t and how to deal with it?
• 4177) The Monk’s Podcast 80 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaja – Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 3 – Varaha
• 4176) The Monk’s Podcast 78 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaj – Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 2 – Kurma
• 4175) Gopi-gita verse – 3 esoteric meanings
• 4174) Light your heart this Diwali – LIGHT acronym
• 4173) How the ritual and the spiritual interrelate
• 4172) Self-Acceptance, Team Spirit and Success – Wisdom from Ramayana
• 4171) Bhagavatam cosmology 3 – Eclipses, earth-sun distance, Vedic planetarium and other difficult issues
• 4170) Bhagavatam cosmology 2 – Moon mission analysis
• 4169) Journaling for Inner Growth

October 2020

• 4168) How to work with detachment & divine attachment – Bhagavad-Gita chapter 18 overview
• 4167) The Monk’s Podcast 79 with Hridayananda Goswami – American politics in the light the Bhagavad-gita
• 4166) Mahabharata life lessons – Why Draupadi laughed when Duryodhana fell?
• 4165) Mahabharata Life Lessons – Did the Pandavas fight to take revenge?
• 4164) Mahabharata Life Lessons – How could Jarasandha do human sacrifices?
• 4163) Why did Draupadi laugh at Duryodhana? – Hindi
• 4162) Understanding Bhagavatam cosmology
• 4161) The Monk’s Podcast 76 with Yogesvara Prabhu – Holocaust, karma and compassion
• 4160) The Monk’s Podcast 75 with Shyamananda – How protests can point to a higher consciousness

September 2020

• 4159) The Monk’s Podcast 74 with Gopal Hari Prabhu – Does karma address the problem of evil
• 4158) The Monk’s Podcast 73 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Does higher education make you atheistic
• 4157) The Monk’s Podcast 72 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaj – Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 1 – Matsya
• 4156) The Monk’s Podcast 71 with Radha Gopinath Prabhu – Devotee care – Becoming materially well-situated and spiritually happy
• 4155) The Monk’s Podcast 70 with Krishna Dharma – Contemporary retellings of Ramayana-Mahabharata-Bhagavatam
• 4154) The Monk’s Podcast 69 with Braja Bihari Prabhu – Guidance or Independence – How to make responsible decisions
• 4153) Reconciling science and scripture 2- QA
• 4152) Reconciling science and scripture 1 – talk and QA
• 4151) The Monk’s Podcast 67 with Gauranga Prabhu – Intellectuals in bhakti @ Bhaktivendanta Research Center
• 4150) The Monk’s Podcast 66 with Devamrita Maharaja – Pandemic – Reimagining the human project
• 4149) The Monk’s Podcast 64 with Krishna Abhishek Prabhu – How Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s political positioning maximized his outreach
• 4148) The Monk’s Podcast 63 with Pyari Mohan Prabhu and Brahmatirtha Prabhu – Humor in Krishna consciousness
• 4147) The Monk’s Podcast 61 with Yogesvara Prabhu – Is spirituality anti-science?
• 4146) The Monk’s Podcast 60 with Anuttama Prabhu and Rambhoru Mataji – Emotional challenges on the devotional path
• 4145) The Monk’s Podcast 59 with Govinda Prabhu – Preserving dharma while practicing bhakti
• 4144) The Monk’s Podcast 58 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaj – Using our imagination in Krishna’s service

August 2020

• 4143) The Monk’s Podcast 57 with Caru Prabhu – Building a seeker-friendly culture
• 4142) The Monk’s Podcast 54 with Navina Nirada Prabhu – Harmony in a multi-guru movement
• 4141) How Krishna’s sweetness surpasses his greatness
• 4140) Janmastami Morning Bhagavatam Class ISKCON GEV
• 4139) Sri Krishna Janmashtami Krishna Concept of God
• 4138) Prabhupada: A timeless teacher for troubled times
• 4137) The Monk’s Podcast 53 with Krishna Abishek Prabhu – Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s inclusive presentation of bhakti
• 4136) The Monk’s Podcast 52 with Deva Madhava – How to share the Krishna conception of God in today’s world
• 4135) The Monk’s Podcast 50 with Yogeshvara Prabhu – How to spiritualize our profession
• 4134) The Monk’s Podcast 49 with Bhakti Vinoda Swami – Analyzing Indian outreach
• 4133) Gita key verses course 33 – How does my association affect my spirituality – Gita 10.09
• 4132) Gita key verses course 32 What does Gita say about the caste system Does the Gita support social justice – Gita 09.32
• 4131) The Monk’s Podcast 48 with Bhakti Vinoda Swami – The Indian outreach landscape
• 4130) The Monk’s Podcast 47 with Madhavananda Prabhu – Who exactly is an ISKCON member
• 4129) The Monk’s Podcast 46 with Anuttama Prabhu – How we can outgrow our cultish image
• 4128) The Monk’s Podcast 45 with Bhakti Rasamrita Swami Maharaj – Is bhakti pro-modern or anti-modern
• 4127) The Monk’s Podcast 44 with Bhakti Purushottam Maharaj – ISKCON Tribal Care
• 4126) The Monk’s Podcast 42 with Srinandanandan Prabhu – Protecting dharma – Threats and Opportunities
• 4125) The Monk’s Podcast 41 with Garuda Prabhu – The Nectar of Writing for Krishna
• 4124) The Monk’s Podcast 40 with Vedasara Prabhu – Sharing spirituality in American colleges

July 2020

• 4123) The Monk’s Podcast 39 with Madhavananda Prabhu – Nourishing our individuality within a bhakti institution
• 4122) The Monk’s Podcast 38 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Terrorism – Why, What to do?
• 4121) The Monk’s Podcast 37 with Hari Parshad Prabhu – Intellectual diversity in scriptural understanding
• 4120) The Monk’s Podcast 36 with Anuttama Prabhu – How to engage with the world?
• 4119) Gita key verses course 31 What are mantras – Gita 09.14
• 4118) The Monk’s Podcast 35 with Krishna Kshetra Swami – The dialogue between faith and doubt
• 4117) Gita key verses course 30 If God controls everything, how do we have free will – Gita 09. 06
• 4116) The Monk’s Podcast 34 with Shyamananda Prabhu – War – A Spiritual Perspective
• 4115) The Monk’s Podcast 33 with Anuttama Prabhu – Going beyond the we-they mentality
• 4114) What is loyalty – how does it relate with spirituality?
• 4113) Gita key verses course 29 What are the different forms of yoga, Do they all lead to the same goal – Gita 08.28
• 4112) Gita key verses course 28 Why is life so tough If God loves us, why doesn’t he make our life easier – Gita 08.15
• 4111) Gita key verses course 26 Does Isn’t one God enough Does the Gita teach polytheism – Gita 07.21
• 4110) The Monk’s Podcast 32 with Bhakti Rasamrita Maharaj – Sensitivity in presenting spiritual wisdom
• 4109) The Monk’s Podcast 31 with Shyamananda Prabhu – The Ugly Rainbow of Consumerism 2
• 4108) The wealth of emotional health

June 2020

• 4107) The Monk’s Podcast 30 with Hrdayananda Goswami – Appreciating Krishna consciousness in historical context
• 4106) Gita key verses course 27 Is the ultimate reality personal or impersonal – Gita 07.24
• 4105) The Monk’s Podcast 29 with Shyamananda Prabhu – The Ugly Rainbow of Consumerism 1
• 4104) The Monk’s Podcast 28 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Emotional health and spiritual growth
• 4103) The Monk’s Podcast 27 with Mahatma Prabhu – Do devotees need to take care of their emotional health?
• 4102) The Monk’s Podcast 26 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Monasticism – Why and how
• 4101) The Monk’s Podcast 25 with Bhakti Rasamrita Maharaj – Secularism and bhakti
• 4100) The Monk’s Podcast 24 with Deva Madhava Prabhu – Racism, social justice and bhakti
• 4099) The Monk’s Padcast 23 with Akhanda dhi Prabhu – What our tradition can offer to the science-spirituality discussion
• 4098) The Monk’s Podcast 22 with Bhaktimarga Maharaj – How to make our outreach more relevant
• 4097) The Monk’s Podcast 21 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Racism won’t die, racism must die
• 4096) The Monk’s Podcast 20 with Shyamananda Prabhu – How to see failure positively
• 4095) The Monk’s Podcast 19 with Deva Madhava Prabhu – Understanding the Western Mind
• 4094) Gita key verses course 25 Does God hear our prayers – When our prayers aren’t answered, what can we do – Gita 7.19
• 4093) The Monk’s Podcast 18 with Kalakantha Prabhu – Challenges in Western outreach
• 4092) Gita key verses course 24 Can sex be spiritual – What is the difference between lust and love – Gita 07.11
• 4091) Gita key verse course 23 Can we be spiritual and rational – How can science and spirituality go together – Gita 07.07
• 4090) Learning prayerfulness based on Bhagavatam prayers
• 4089) The Monk’s Podcast 17 with Brahmatirtha Prabhu – Intellectual outreach
• 4088) The Monk’s Padcast 16 with Jayadvaita Swami – Writing for Krishna
• 4087) The Monk’s Podcast -Social Justice and Spiritual wisdom
• 4086) The Monk’s Podcast 15 with Shyamananda Prabhu – What is work meant for – part 2
• 4085) The Monk’s Podcast 14 with Shyamananda Prabhu – What is work meant for – part 1
• 4084) The Monk’s Podcast 13 with Bhakti Rasamrita Maharaj – Can we be spiritual but not religious

May 2020

• 4083) The Monk’s Podcast 12 – Socialism, Capitalism and the Search for Identity Part 2
• 4082) The Monks Podcast 12 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Capitalism Communism and Spirituality – part 2
• 4081) The Monk’s Podcast 11 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Capitalism, Communism and Spirituality – Part 1
• 4080) The Monk’s Podcast 10 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Where is God amid crisis
• 4079) The Monk’s Podcast 9 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Is the world a stage
• 4078) The Monk’s Podcast 8 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Rituals – what they are and why they matter
• 4077) The Monk’s Podcast 7 with Bhakti Rasamrita Swami – Environmentalism and Bhakti
• 4076) The Monk’s Podcast 6 with Shyamananda Prabhu and Hari Vamsa Prabhu – Finding inner anchor amid outer storms
• 4075) The Monk’s Podcast 5 with Shyamananda Prabhu- Living in the present – The bhakti-yoga way
• 4074) The Monk’s Podcast 4 with Bhakti Rasamrita Maharaj – Veganism and bhakti
• 4073) The Monk’s Podcast 3 with Shyamananda Prabhu and Hari Vamsa Prabhu – Eco-Friendly and Anthropo-Friendly
• 4072) The Monk’s Podcast 2 with Shyamananda Prabhu and Hari Vamsa Prabhu – Karma-and-Corona
• 4071) The Monk’s Podcast 1 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Corona crisis and unnatural living
• 4070) Gita key verses course 22 What happens if I am not spiritual enough at the time of death – Gita 06.40
• 4069) QA with youth – Coping with corona crisis
• 4068) Gita key verses course 21 Why are relationships so difficult – how can we improve them – Gita 06.32
• 4067) Remembrance and guidance – the essence of devotion
• 4066) The corona crisis What nature is telling us about human nature
• 4065) Gita key verse course 20 What is meditation – What are spiritual experiences – Are they just hallucinations – Gita 06.22
• 4064) Gita key verses course 19 What is yoga – Gita 06.11
• 4063) Gita key verses course18 What is mind – What is mindfulness – Gita 06.05
• 4062) Gita key verses course 17 Why are religious people so sectarian – Is it better to be spiritual but not religious – Gita 05.18
• 4061) Naam Ramayana 4 – Rama charms the hearts of everyone
• 4060) Naam Ramayana 3 – Rama exhibits his miraculous abilities
• 4059) Understanding Prahlada’s provocative response to Hiranyakashipu’s angry question
• 4058) How God protects – Lessons from Prahlada-Narasimha pastime
• 4057) Gita key verses course 16 If God is good why does he allow evil to exist? – Gita 05.15

April 2020

• 4056) Gita key verses course 15 Do I need guru – How can I find my guru – Gita 04.34
• 4055) Gita key verses course 14 What is karma – Why do bad things happen to good people – Gita 04.16
• 4054) Gita key verses course 13 Why are there so many religious paths – Do all paths lead to the same goal – Gita 04.11
• 4053) Gita key verses course 12 Who is God – Does he care – Why should I care – Gita 04.08
• 4052) Gita key verses course 11 What is revelation – Is it for real – Gita 04.01-02
• 4051) Naam Ramayana 2 – The Lord brings joy to everyone
• 4050) Gita key verses course 10 Do I have inner demons – How can I slay them – Gita 03.36
• 4049) Gita key verses course 9 What is sacrifice – Is it a ritual – Are rituals needed – Gita 03.09
• 4048) Naam Ramayana 1 – How the transcendental descends as the historical
• 4047) Gita key verses course 8 What is happiness – Why is it so elusive – Gita 02.55
• 4046) Rama Navmi class – Glory Revealed Amid Adversity
• 4045) Seeking Karuna Amidst Corona seminar part 3
• 4044) Seeking Karuna Amidst Corona seminar part 2

March 2020

• 4043) Seeking Karuna Amidst Corona seminar part 1
• 4042) Gita key verses course 7 Can I be detached without becoming irresponsible – Gita 02.47
• 4041) How to see the current Corona Crisis from a spiritual perspective
• 4040) Gita key verses course 6 Do animals have souls – Are humans just evolved animals – Gita 02.30
• 4039) Where is Gods karuna in todays Corona
• 4038) How to surrender to Krishna amid the corona virus crisis

January 2020

• 4037) Gita key verses course 5 What is spirituality – Is it a state of mind – Why are so few people spiritually minded – Gita 02.29
• 4036) Gita key verses course 4 How can we heal after the death of a loved one – should we suppress our grief or express it – Gita 02.25
• 4035) Gita key verses course 3 What is death – what is reincarnation – do we have soul mates – Gita 02.22

December 2019

• 4034) Gita key verses course 2 Who am I – Is there any scientific evidence for the existence of the soul – Gita 02.13
• 4033) Gita key verses course 1 What is the Gita – How is the Gita relevant today – Gita 01.01
• 4032) From Entangled to Enlightened – Lessons from Yayati story

November 2019

• 4031) Uddhava’s significance in the tenth canto, in the Bhagavatam and in our life
• 4030) How the Gita expresses Krishna’s love by directing us to balance this world and the next world
• 4029) How to stop overthinking -Attribute, Analyze, Anchor, Act
• 4028) Srila Prabhupada – The transcendentalist who embodied the best of traditionalist, existentialist and utopianist
• 4027) Damodarashtakam 4 – Seeing God as the supreme desirable, not just as the source of all desirables
• 4026) Diwali Meditation – The light that illumines and the light that doesn’t
• 4025) Govardhan Puja – The rising of consciousness from anna-maya kosha to ananda-maya kosha
• 4024) Gita lite 5 – Chps 12-15
• 4023) A waste-free mind for a waste-free world
• 4022) How to think effectively – ACTS acronym
• 4021) When people betray us – Ramayana wisdom
• 4020) How the Bhagavatam is the means of conquest in material existence – Meditation on narayanam namaskrtya verse

October 2019

• 4019) The complex relationship between appearance and substance in spiritual life
• 4018) Gita insights for managing the mind – Chapter Ten Analysis
• 4017) Damodarashtakam Texts 5-8 – Hindi
• 4016) Damodarashtakam Texts 1-4 – Hindi
• 4015) How to become resilient
• 4014) The Gita shares not just light but also warmth
• 4013) Why the self is missing in the selfie
• 4012) Damodarashtakam 3 – The unique loveliness of the Krishna conception of God
• 4011) Gita’s key to happiness
• 4010) Damodarashtakam 2 How Krishna is the God of love who fulfills our longing for love
• 4009) Gita Lite 4 – Chps 9-11
• 4008) Comparing Ramayana and Mahabharata 3 – How to see and seek God amid adversities
• 4007) Comparing Ramayana and Mahabharata 2 – How to process adversities constructively
• 4006) How the infinite manifests in the finite – Various religious conceptions
• 4005) Comparing Ramayana and Mahabharata 1 – What caused the exiles
• 4004) Rise above the ego’s need to be right by focusing on devotional purpose
• 4003) Sharad Purnima Significance
• 4002) Change your picture of the world and of God from low resolution to high resolution
• 4001) How devotion transcends the caste system and other institutional hierarchies
• 4000) Damodarashtam 1 – The vision of the divine from the generic to the stunningly specific
• 3999) How our strength and our faith are integrated in bhakti
• 3998) From your place, at your pace, access God’s grace
• 3997) Gita lite 3 – Chps 6-8
• 3996) Gita lite 2 – Chps 3-5
• 3995) Gita lite 1 – Chps 1-2
• 3994) How to stop overthinking – Attribute, Analyze, Anchor, Act
• 3993) Mahabharata controversies – how life was unfair to both Karna and Arjuna
• 3992) A grateful heart is a powerful heart Prabhupada’s Jaladuta prayer
• 3991) The significance of Rama Vijayotsav – How goodness punishes wickedness and forgives weakness
• 3990) How God helps those who help themselves – Bhakti Basics explained
• 3989) Understanding the unborn’s understandings 5 – Why is the embryo’s prayer not answered
• 3988) How character is deformed and reformed – Ramayana wisdom
• 3987) Understanding the unborn’s understandings 4 – What the embryo’s desire to stay in the womb implies
• 3986) Understanding the unborn’s understandings 3 – What is a human soul
• 3985) Science and Spirituality – From the study of matter to the study of what matters
• 3984) Understanding the unborn’s understandings 2 – How can the embryo know God
• 3983) Mainstream media credibility crisis – A spiritual perspective
• 3982) Understanding the unborn’s understandings 1 – How can the embryo with an undeveloped brain speak prayers?
• 3981) How to understand Krishna’s blessings – Mukunda Mala Stotra 1 – BULL acronym
• 3980) How to use our free will properly – QA with children
• 3979) How hearing the Bhagavad-gita raised Sanjay’s standard of longing
• 3978) The three modes and the search for happiness

September 2019

• 3977) How devotion is like a good habit – and how it is more than a good habit
• 3976) Facing our fears – 4 principles – IDEA acronym
• 3975) Six limbs of surrender 4 – Offering ourselves by accepting ourselves
• 3974) Six limbs of surrender 3 – Understanding how God protects
• 3973) Six limbs of surrender 2 – Accept the favorable, avoid the unfavorable
• 3972) Six limbs of surrender 1 – The Medical Metaphor
• 3971) Presenting scripture for dummies
• 3970) How to decide what to do
• 3969) Comparing exiles in Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bhagavatam – How to face distress
• 3968) How Jiva Goswami and Bhaktivinoda Thakura expertly expanded the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition
• 3967) 3 Metaphors for Effective Parenting
• 3966) Gita 6.37-45 – How our spirituality continues beyond our present life
• 3965) Vamana pastime analysis 2 – When the branch under us break, seek Krishna’s help to spread your wings
• 3964) The Bhagavatam’s glory revealed in its concluding verse – PURE acronym
• 3963) Mandodari’s lament 1 – How to be empowered in disempowering situations – Hindi
• 3962) Mandodari’s lament 2 – How can we transform ourselves – Hindi
• 3961) Prithu M’s humility – Be conscious of others’ position and disposition
• 3960) Staying steadfast amid confusing situations
• 3959) Vamana pastime analysis 1 – When good people do good things at a heavy cost
• 3958) 3 ways to engage our desires with Krishna 2 – Desiring Krishna and desiring for Krishna
• 3957) 3 ways to engage our desires with Krishna 1 – Desiring from Krishna
• 3956) Is the Bhagavad-gita relevant in the age of science – MAIL acronym
• 3955) Why do bad things happen to good people – QA
• 3954) Radhashtami meditation 2 – Appreciating the two separations endured by Sita and Radharani
• 3953) Radhashtami meditation 1 – Appreciating the sacrificing spirit of Sita and Radharani
• 3952) From the mind to the heart – Practicing bhakti with our mind and without it too
• 3951) How to see God’s presence in the world – in things, in events and in our actions
• 3950) How to see old truths with new eyes
• 3949) How to free our free will
• 3948) Flavors of divine friendship – Krishna’s relationship with Madhumangala, Sudama and Arjuna
• 3947) Bhagavad-gita chapter 2 overview – How to decide the right thing to do and stay undisturbed while doing it
• 3946) Teamwork in Ramayana 2
• 3945) Teamwork in Ramayana 1

August 2019

• 3944) How devotion and dedication can transform our life into an adventure
• 3943) Negative and positive thinking in spiritual life
• 3942) Krishna demonstrates through his devotees how to respond to adversity wisely
• 3941) Prabhupada demonstrates how to be both faithful and resourceful for expanding Krishna consciousness
• 3940) Krishna descends to show the path to happiness – Sudama pastime analysis
• 3939) Krishna descends to raise us from transactional love to transformational love
• 3938) How Krishna made the two lives of the gopis one – and how he can make our two lives one too
• 3937) Subduing Kaliya, subduing ego
• 3936) Demons in Krishna lila 1 – Putana and the abuse of trust
• 3935) Understanding human nature 1 – Two levels of innateness
• 3934) Understanding the mind QA
• 3933) Understanding human nature 2 – 4 types of people based on conscience and willpower
• 3932) Understanding the mind – Unpacking the Puranjana allegory
• 3931) Being mindful of public perception in bhakti practice and outreach
• 3930) Harmonizing conservative and liberal approaches in bhakti
• 3929) How Balarama’s causeless mercy on Duryodhana was still less for Duryodhana
• 3928) How Balarama acts as Krishna’s best friend – Balarama Purnima class
• 3927) Analyzing Brahma’s bewilderment 2 – How Brahma rose from testing Krishna to tasting Krishna
• 3926) Analyzing Brahma’s bewilderment 1 – How and why Brahma tested Krishna
• 3925) Analyzing Govardhan Lila 2 – How Indra is thwarted and reformed
• 3924) Analyzing Govardhan Lila 1 – How Krishna is the best provoker
• 3923) How to not be disturbed by disturbances – Brahmachari class with QA
• 3922) Does bhakti make devotees just pray and not work?
• 3921) Staying stable in unstable situations – Samarpan brahmachari class – Hindi
• 3920) When imagination points away from reality and when it points to reality – Hindi
• 3919) How association influences our choices – Three case studies from Ramayana
• 3918) Self-acceptance – Comparing Vidura and Dhritarashtra
• 3917) How our home in this world can take us to our home beyond this world
• 3916) Does a scientific person need spirituality?
• 3915) How Chaitanya Mahaprabhu demonstrates Vaishnava Siddhanta through Vaishnava Sadachara in Antya Lila
• 3914) Greater than God’s greatness is his sweetness
• 3913) Mandodari’s lament after Ravana’s death 1 – Can some people never change
• 3912) What happens when society rejects God
• 3911) Making difficult decisions – Hindi
• 3910) What cricket can teach you about life – Hindi

July 2019

• 3909) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 94 – 10.16.7-15 – Kaliya bites and binds Krishna
• 3908) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 93 – 10.16.1-7 Krishna’s mode of entry into Kaliya’s lake reflects his playful confidence
• 3907) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 90 – 10.15.26-36 – Dhenuka’s tools to kill – his hind legs – are used to kill him by whirling and hurling
• 3906) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 89 – 10.15.13-25- The gopas ask Balarama-Krishna to get fruits by eliminating Dhenuka
• 3905) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 88 – 10.15.7-12 Krishna-Balarama make all living beings in Vrindavana fortunate
• 3904) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 87 – 10.15.1-6 Krishna dedicates the beauty of Vrindavana is meant for Balarama
• 3903) Develop the vision that nurtures devotion
• 3902) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 86 – 10.14.53-61 – Vrajavasis love their children as parts of Krishna and therefore love the Whole more
• 3901) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 85 – 10.14.43-52 – Unravelling the mystery of the Vrajavasis disproportionate love for Krishna
• 3900) The search for meaning 1 – How science points to spirituality
• 3899) Hanuman’s journey through the cave – Persevering through life’s obstacles – Hindi
• 3898) Nara-Narayana Rishi – Twins who teach tapasya – Hindi
• 3897) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 84 – 10.14.37-42 – Brahma acknowledges his insignificance before Krishna’s magnificence and munificence
• 3896) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 83 – 10.14.31-36 – Brahma glorifies Vrajavasis and aspires for their dust
• 3895) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 82 – 10.14.25-30 Devotion is the doorway and pathway to a life beyond illusion and liberation
• 3894) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 81 – 10.14.19-24 Krishna’s pastimes are unknowable yet relishable
• 3893) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 80 – 10.14.13-18 – Brahma contextualizes his bewilderment in terms of his and others’ past bewilderment
• 3892) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 79 – 10.14.7-12 – Practicing devotion gratefully while accepting responsibility for our difficulties opens the door to liberation
• 3891) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 78 – 10.14.1-6 Krishna is known by devotional hearing, not by intellectual probing
• 3890) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 77 – 10.13.57-64 – Brahma realizes his folly in testing Krishna’s glory
• 3889) Appreciating Rath Yatra – RATH acronym – Hindi
• 3888) Significance of Ratha Yatra in Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition – Place, Purpose, Process – Hindi
• 3887) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 76 – 10.13.50-56 – Brahma sees all universal opulences sheltered in the Vishnus expanded from Krishna
• 3886) Significance of Ratha Yatra in Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition – Place, Purpose, Process – Hindi
• 3885) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 75 – 10.13.39-49 – The content of metaphors may be opposing, but their intent is concurring
• 3884) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 74 – 10.13.28-38 Krishna’s illusion is so powerful that even Balarama requires special situation to see through that illusion
• 3883) Bridging the gap between what we are and what we want to be
• 3882) Going back to Godhead 3 – How to offer our consciousness to Krishna
• 3881) Going back to godhead 2 – We are unqualified, but not disqualified
• 3880) Going back to godhead 1 – Three ways to cultivate spiritual desire – RAP acronym
• 3879) The significance of Baladeva Vidyabhushana’s Govinda Bhaiya – History, Strategy and Legacy

June 2019

• 3878) Detachment doesn’t make us hard-hearted, attachment does – Learning from Kaikeyi
• 3877) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 73 – 10.13.21-27 How Krishna as the expanded gopas and calves reciprocated love with the motherly gopis and cows
• 3876) Do actions always speak louder than words?
• 3875) Overcoming discouragement 3 – Tap your power by opening a new TAB
• 3874) Overcoming discouragement 2 – Empower yourself with gratitude
• 3873) Overcoming discouragement 1 – Why we feel discouraged
• 3872) Go beyond comfortable happiness
• 3871) Scripture without guru is deluding
• 3870) Going back to godhead 1 – Three ways to cultivate spiritual desire – RAP acronym
• 3869) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 72 – 10.13.11-20 – Krishna makes even a big disturbance into a no disturbance
• 3868) How strengths become weaknesses and weaknesses become strengths – Learning from Ravana and Vibhishana
• 3867) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 71 – 10.13.01-10 – Taste for absorption is the test of devotion
• 3866) How the Bhagavatam reveals the conception of God
• 3865) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 70 – 10.12.37-44 – If ecstasy pulls us out of our service, we need to pull ourselves out of that ecstasy
• 3864) Politics, Social Organization and Bhagavad-gita
• 3863) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 69 – 10.12.29-36 – Krishna fulfilled the desire of the gopas to have Agha’s body as a plaything
• 3862) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 68 – 10.12.18-28 – Our perceptions are shaped by our conceptions
• 3861) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 67 – 10.12.12-17 The inability to tolerate others’ happiness defines the demonic
• 3860) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 66 – 10.12.1.12 That the extraordinary appears ordinary is extraordinary
• 3859) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 65 – 10.11.50-59 Huge demons become like moths on coming before the Krishna-fire
• 3858) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 64 – 10.11.41-49 For Krishna, killing demons is all in a day’s play, that too before breakfast
• 3857) Understanding the mind of God
• 3856) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 63 – 10.11.30-40 The extraordinary Lord gave and got joy in ordinary play
• 3855) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 62 – 10.11.19-29 The Vrajavasis move to protect Krishna and Gokula both
• 3854) How science and God go together as mechanical and personal explanations of reality
• 3853) How to live at the junction of order and chaos – Learning from Dasharatha’s destiny
• 3852) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 61 – 10.11.1-9 Vrajavasis doubt Krishna’s supernatural power, but don’t disbelieve it
• 3851) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 60 – 10.11.10-18 By giving to Krishna, even if we appear to be losers, we are still gainers
• 3850) How temptation attacks visibly and invisibly – Lessons from Indrajita’s attack on Rama-Lakshmana
• 3849) Relationships flourish by sharing, not by dominating – Rama Lakshmana interactions
• 3848) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 59 – 10.10.36-43 The Lord grants not just physical mobility but also spiritual mobility
• 3847) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 58 – 10.10.28-35 Though God has a body, he is not limited by or to his body
• 3846) Why spiritual life matters – Talk to teenagers
• 3845) Head in the sky, feet on the ground – balancing our aspirations with our actions
• 3844) From individualism to individuality – Are people innately good or innately bad?
• 3843) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 57 – 10.10.23-27 Krishna honors the promise of his devotees
• 3842) Understanding the six stages of anartha nivrutti or inner purification – 2
• 3841) Understanding the six stages of anartha nivrutti or inner purification – 1
• 3840) Perfectionism is a serial killer in high heels
• 3839) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 56 – 10.10.15-22 Narada curses to cure the cause of the misbehavior, not just to punish the misbehavior
• 3838) Bhagavad Gita Chapters 15-18 Overview
• 3837) 4 principles for improving relationships – Daksha-Sati pastime analysis
• 3836) Relationships flourish by sharing, not by dominating – Rama Lakshmana interactions
• 3835) 7 purposes of ISKCON explained
• 3834) Maintaining faith on the spiritual path 1 – Bhakti is not all-or-nothing

May 2019

• 3833) The story of Vishvamitra – part 2 – Overcoming anger and arrogance
• 3832) TRUST acronym for strengthening relationships
• 3831) How the laws of nature work and what role Krishna plays in them
• 3830) The story of Vishvamitra – Obstacles on the spiritual path – Part 1
• 3829) Our worst enemy is inside us – and so is our best friend – Analyze, Confront, Empower
• 3828) How strengths can become weaknesses and how weaknesses can become strengths
• 3827) Why atheism requires more faith than theism – MORE acronym
• 3826) Dealing with discouragement through 3 Es: Expansion, Elevation and Execution
• 3825) How to become consistent – AIR acronym
• 3824) 3 understandings of humility for strengthening our relationships
• 3823) How to avoid gossiping
• 3822) Can we love ourselves? – HOPE acronym
• 3821) Understanding papa, punya and bhakti – How the good obstructs and supports the best
• 3820) Narasimha Chaturdashi – How Hiranyakashipu and Prahlada reside in our hearts
• 3819) Hanuman in the cave – Persevering in bhakti through pleasure and trouble
• 3818) Developing deeper relationships – CARE acronym
• 3817) Curses and Choices – How to change our consciousness
• 3816) Discussion – God is not dead 2
• 3815) Discussion – God is not dead 1
• 3814) How obstacles become opportunities – Hanuman’s burning tail
• 3813) Tap your inner power – TAB acronym with Srila Prabhupada’s example
• 3812) Think Choose Relish: 3-point essence of the first three verses of Srimad Bhagavatam
• 3811) What goes around comes around – Ravana & Maya-Sita
• 3810) Ravana -Ten Heads, Zero Brains – Keeping our desires in control
• 3809) QA on mindfulness at South Illinois University 2019 Spring

April 2019

• 3808) How our outer world and our inner world deludes – and how bhakti delivers
• 3807) Ahalya cursed and blessed – 3 I’s for changing our consciousness
• 3806) Hold your plans lightly, not tightly
• 3805) Sentimentality Sensitivity Spirituality
• 3804) Centering our life on Krishna – not on the intellectual, the psychological, the social or the cultural
• 3803) Moving toward self-mastery through fear of dishonor and detachment – Gita 2.31.63
• 3802) Nonviolence in speech – Be sensitive and sensible
• 3801) How to deal with distress through devotion
• 3800) Bhagavatam study – Pruthu Maharaja pastime analysis with HG Braja Bihari P
• 3799) Hanuman Jayanti talk – Balance ability with maturity
• 3798) Inner Change – 3 reasons why changing ourselves is tough and 6 ways to make it easier
• 3797) Rama Navmi class – How Rama’s selflessness decreases others’ distress
• 3796) The sweetly topsy-turvy world of Ramayana
• 3795) QA with teenagers at ISKCON Silicon Valley 2019
• 3794) Understanding our outer world, our inner world and how to direct them
• 3793) The Convergence of Technology, Psychology and Spirituality
• 3792) Confront how bad we can be to become how good we can be
• 3791) “Do demons exist?” and lessons from Kabandha – Ramayana wisdom
• 3790) Thinking about thinking – how our thoughts can harm us or help us
• 3789) How to become more personal in our dealings
• 3788) Gita applied Chapter 2 – The Gita separates the soul from the body and harmonizes both too
• 3787) Self-discipline or self-discovery – Charting our inner journey
• 3786) How to avoid jumping to conclusions – DAS acronym
• 3785) Gita applied Chapter 1 – Duryodhana’s illusion is short-sighted, Arjuna’s illusion is far-sighted

March 2019

• 3784) The karma confusion – are our problems due to our present actions or past actions?
• 3783) Gita applied – Chapter 14 – The knowledge of the modes to balance self-discipline and self-discovery [Bhagavad-gita]
• 3782) How to have loving exchanges 4 – Cultivating intimacy
• 3781) How to have loving exchanges 3 – Cultivating sensitivity
• 3780) How to have loving exchanges 2 – Cultivating non-judgmentality
• 3779) How to have loving exchanges 1 – Understanding frame of reference
• 3778) Some thoughts on guru tattva and discipleship
• 3777) From Nomad to Pilgrim – Infusing our life with purpose and meaning
• 3776) Rama at home in exile 2 – The power of diligence
• 3775) Rama at home in exile 1 – The power of acceptance
• 3774) Parallels in Krishna lila and Gaura lila
• 3773) How Lord Chaitanya manifested, shared and savoured love for Krishna
• 3772) How Lord Chaitanya thwarted Kali’s attacks – Based on Kavi Karnapura’s Chaitanya Chandrodya Nataka
• 3771) Krishna consciousness is to feel the presence of Krishna in his absence
• 3770) The Problem of Pain – Materialistic, Abrahamic and Dharmic explanations
• 3769) How spiritual knowledge helps us see opportunity in adversity
• 3768) Religion and parenting – A Hindu perspective
• 3767) Controlling the mind through yoga and bhakti – similarities and differences Gita 06.21
• 3766) God helps those who help themselves
• 3765) How to be intelligent in dealing with people – Ramayana wisdom
• 3764) QA session in Melbourne 2019
• 3763) Krishna’s moods in the Bhagavad-gita 3 – Chp 13-18
• 3762) Krishna’s moods in the Bhagavad-gita 2 – Chp 10-12
• 3761) Krishna’s moods in the Bhagavad-gita 1 – Chp 1-9
• 3760) When life doesn’t make sense – Karma, time and free will
• 3759) When time becomes unfavorable, don’t become unfavorable to Krishna
• 3758) From insecurity to inner security
• 3757) Detachment is not absence of emotion, it is absence of emotional dependence
• 3756) What is Spirituality – Questions and Answers

February 2019

• 3755) How intelligence and devotion interact on the spiritual path – 3 reflections
• 3754) Technology, Psychology, Spirituality
• 3753) Understanding the Left, the Right and the Bhagavad-gita’s vision
• 3752) The Gita’s transformational power explained through four special words in its last verse
• 3751) Understanding what is contextual and what central in scripture
• 3750) Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura’s three quotes on preaching – Purpose, perspective, process
• 3749) Why changing ourselves is so difficult – and how to make it easier
• 3748) From love of power to power of love
• 3747) Humility, audacity and purity in bhakti
• 3746) When our prayers are unanswered
• 3745) How to deal with uncomfortable emotions – 5 Ds
• 3744) How to stay spiritually strong amidst material difficulties
• 3743) Seek not a stormless sea, seek an unsinkable ship
• 3742) How to not feel dissatisfied because of our limitations
• 3741) Why did Rama banish Sita?
• 3740) Making sense of fantastic descriptions in scripture
• 3739) Does seeking forgiveness for offending others free us from bad karma?
• 3738) The mind is a monkey, don’t let it make you a donkey – Hindi
• 3737) How to increase faith
• 3736) History of bhakti tradition over 5000 years
• 3735) How to channel the energy of anger – Hindi
• 3734) How to glorify Krishna in all walks of our life – Hindi
• 3733) BTG distribution marathon inauguration talk – SHARE acronym – Hindi
• 3732) Determining our dharma in brahmachari life – Hindi
• 3731) To become responsible, learn also when to not take responsibility
• 3730) Stay focused on Krishna in scriptural study, relationships and outreach – Hindi
• 3729) Ramayana wisdom – Sugriva-Rama meeting – Why doubts arise and how to overcome them – Hindi
• 3728) 4 significant words in the Gita’s last verse – Hindi
• 3727) Three reflections on our mind-body mechanism Misidentification Utilization Purification – Hindi
• 3726) Don’t give the mind power of attorney blindly – Hindi
• 3725) In bhakti, we don’t just make an offering – we are ourselves the offering

January 2019

• 3724) Resist the mind just as Sita resisted Ravana – Hindi
• 3723) Mohini Murti pastime analysis 3 – When shame helps devotion and when it hurts devotion – Hindi
• 3722) Mohini Murti pastime analysis 2 – Even sensual failure can be a spiritual success – Hindi
• 3721) Mohini Murti pastime analysis 1 – Even the Lord’s cheating is all-good – Hindi
• 3720) The sanctity of relationships
• 3719) Strung by the tongue
• 3718) Appreciating the nuances of words and communicating effectively
• 3717) Intelligence means to place things in the most constructive context – Hindi
• 3716) East or West, Krishna consciousness is the best
• 3715) Love selflessly, not headlessly – Hindi
• 3714) Ramayana wisdom – How devotion frees us from doubt and dissension – Hindi
• 3713) Using Extraordinary Abilities in Devotional Service

December 2018

• 3712) Gita Jayanti talk – The Gita provides Partha with paramartha
• 3711) No problem is too big for God – or too small – Hindi
• 3710) How to choose wisely – Learning from Karna
• 3709) Appreciating Krishna’s attractiveness
• 3708) When advice works and when vice works – 2
• 3707) When advice works and when vice works – 1
• 3706) Dealing with fear of rejection – Analyzing Karna’s character
• 3705) How to immigrate to the spiritual world – Hindi
• 3704) Wisdom from Ramayana – What inspired me to write this book
• 3703) Do we make destiny or does destiny make us? – Marathi
• 3702) Analyzing Postmodernism – Tough Questions, Real Answers
• 3701) Demons in Krishna-lila 6 – Bakasura – From Appearance to Substance to Transcendence
• 3700) Responsible Relationships 4 – Look up before you look around
• 3699) GURUDEVA acronym – Vyasa-puja offering to HH Radhanath Maharaj
• 3698) Responsible Relationships 3 – Focus on your values, not on others’ behaviour
• 3697) Responsible Relationships 2 – Make judgments, but don’t be judgmental
• 3696) Responsible relationships 1 – Hurt people hurt people
• 3695) Emotionally healthy spirituality in the renounced order
• 3694) Dealing with faultfinding mentality – 3 reflections
• 3693) Understanding how God is equal even when he seems partial
• 3692) How to present spiritual principles amidst changing times
• 3691) Destiny – Do we make it or does it make us?
• 3690) Gita 02.07 Seek first to understand the question to best understand the answer

November 2018

• 3689) Gita 02.06 The decision that seems a no-brainer turns out to be a brain-exhauster
• 3688) Gita 02.05 Deliberation is desirable, but depth of deliberation is decisive
• 3687) Intelligence is seen not just through aptitude but also through activity
• 3686) Gita 02.03 Identify behavior that is out of character with our character
• 3685) Essence of the Gita – Identity, Activity, Destiny
• 3684) How to keep our spiritual life fresh
• 3683) Gita 02.02 Fight against lower emotions by fighting for higher emotions
• 3682) Gita 02.01 The intensity of Arjuna’s emotion conveys the potency of Krishna’s solacing wisdom
• 3681) The theatrical Krishna takes us to the transcendental Krishna
• 3680) Gita 01.46 The significance of our actions depends not just on the actions but also on the situations in which we do those actions
• 3679) The Spiritual Significance of Thanksgiving – Occasion, Expression, Intention
• 3678) Appreciating Sanjaya’s appreciation of the Gita
• 3677) Who is a leader? – LEAD acronym
• 3676) From Stress Management to Self Management
• 3675) Gita 01.45 The war was not to gain a kingdom but to protect the rule of law
• 3674) Gita 01.44 When our emotion rules our reason, we rationalize a one-sided view of reality
• 3673) The heart of yoga is yoga of the heart
• 3672) Gita 01.43 Hearing is important, but from whom we are hearing is even more important
• 3671) Gita 01.42 Disruption of dharma leads to overpopulation of disruptive souls, causing total breakdown of dharma
• 3670) ACE your life with gratitude
• 3669) 4 principles to get past our past – PAST – Positivity, Association, Spirituality and Time
• 3668) 3 principles for inner empowerment – Intelligence, Identification, Intention
• 3667) Gita 01.41 When the family is disrupted, the faith of the children is also devastated
• 3666) Gita 01.40 Dharma prevents human society from being ruled by the law of the jungle
• 3665) The living bhakti tradition – a museum or a garden?
• 3664) When spiritual life seems impractical – because of body, family, society and job
• 3663) Gita 01.39 Our sense of honor coming from our lineage can raise us but can also stop us from rising to the highest
• 3662) Avoiding verbal violence in bhakti
• 3661) Gita 01.38 To restrain a violent madman, their restrainers may have to fight like the madman
• 3660) Does the spiritual world really exist? – SPIRIT acronym
• 3659) Demons in Krishna lila 5 – Aghasura – Cruelty and violence
• 3658) Gita 01.37 Consciousness that is contaminated becomes conquered and covered
• 3657) Gita 01.36 The ethical tension between kula-dharma and kshatriya-dharma leads to emotional over-reaction and physical inaction
• 3656) Appreciating life’s ARC – Achievements, Relationships, Consciousness
• 3655) Appreciating Prabhupada’s powerful practicality – PASS acronym
• 3654) Ramayana series 4 – Sita’s faithfulness – The strength of devotional acceptance
• 3653) Ramayana series 3 – Shurapanakha’s manipulativeness – Exploiting others’ weaknesses doesn’t make us strong
• 3652) Ramayana series 2 – Ravana’s recklessness – Attachment makes us overvalue things
• 3651) Ramayana series 1 – Comparing Dasharatha and Dhritarashtra – What we do is not as important as why we do it
• 3650) Govardhana lila lessons – Krishna disempowers and empowers – and opens channels for reciprocating love
• 3649) Gita 01.35 Our pleasure-pain calculation determines our decisions and is determined by our worldview
• 3648) Gita 01.34 To retaliate and cause death requires courage, but to not retaliate at the cost of one’s own death requires greater courage
• 3647) Gita 01.33 When various purposes pull us in different directions, we need to prioritize our purposes
• 3646) Gita 01.32 Don’t let the means to an end become an end that diverts us from the actual ends
• 3645) God in the bhakti tradition – How can we infer his existence and communicate with him?
• 3644) Pride takes us on a perilous ride
• 3643) Diwali meditation 6 – Naraka Chaturdashi – Call the Lord to free us from our hell
• 3642) Diwali meditation 5 – Damodara-lila – May the love that conquers the Supreme conquer our heart
• 3641) Diwali meditation 4 – Govardhana Puja – Celebrate the bounty of nature with bountiful offerings to nature and the Lord of nature
• 3640) Diwali meditation 3 – Bali Pratipada – Surrendering everything fills our heart with the Lord of everything
• 3639) Diwali meditation 2 – Dipotsava – Light the home with lamps and the heart with love
• 3638) Diwali meditation 1 – Lakshmi Puja – Material fortune is a tool to spiritual fortune
• 3637) Appreciating Krishna’s longing for love through Damodara-lila
• 3636) Gita 01.31 What we think of as long-term may not be long-term enough
• 3635) Gita 01.30 When we face challenges bigger than ourselves, we look for omens to sense the intentions of forces bigger than ourselves
• 3634) Can prayer change our karma?
• 3633) Practical application of the Gita – MAIL acronym
• 3632) Even God can’t help those who don’t want to be helped – Dhritarashtra’s physical and metaphysical blindness
• 3631) Does God know the future?
• 3630) Gita 01.29 Know which emotion is mental and which spiritual not just by content, but also by context and consequence
• 3629) What reality TV tells us about reality
• 3628) Gita 01.28 Our thought-train’s journey from intentions to actions is diverted by our emotions
• 3627) How Halloween celebration points to our longing for Krishna
• 3626) Gita 01.27 The sequence of perception determines the consequence on our emotion
• 3625) Life, Afterlife and the Search for Meaning

October 2018

• 3624) Gita 01.26 When we can’t fight the circumstances that make us fight against our loved ones, we have to fight against our loved ones
• 3623) Developing service attitude 2 – How to see reciprocation in our service
• 3622) Developing service attitude 1 – Service attitude transforms knowledge into realization
• 3621) How to develop self-confidence
• 3620) Gita 01.25 What catches ouar attention is determined by what is prominent in our external situation and in our internal disposition
• 3619) From sentimentalism to sentiment 2 – FEEL acronym – Expression and Learning
• 3618) From sentimentalism to sentiment 1 – FEEL acronym – Firmness and Education
• 3617) Immigrating to the spiritual world
• 3616) Gita 01.24 The position of maximum visibility is also the position of maxiumum vulnerability
• 3615) Gita 01.23 Virtue doesn’t count when determining the military count in a fight
• 3614) Stop fighting battles that are already lost and start fighting the battle that is never lost – Vritrasura pastime analysis 3
• 3613) Focus on potentials, not on problems
• 3612) When the source of liberation becomes the source of illusion 2 – Mohini-murti pastime analysis
• 3611) How to transform our heart 2 – Vritrasura’s dramatic transformation
• 3610) Gita 01.21 The non-partisan position of the Gita’s revelation points to its universality
• 3609) When the source of liberation becomes the source of illusion 1 – Mohini-murti pastime analysis
• 3608) How to transform our heart 1 – Vritrasura’s dramatic transformation
• 3607) Gita 01.20 Life is so unpredictable that it can unbalance the unflappably balanced
• 3606) Transform your mind, transform your world
• 3605) Gita 01.19 The Pandavas win the mental battle before the physical battle
• 3604) Loneliness – Why, what to do?
• 3603) FEAR acronym – How to find inner security
• 3602) Reflections on Western outreach
• 3601) Understanding God’s role in our life
• 3600) When life hurts 3 – When our good deeds causes problems – Prahlad pastime analysis
• 3599) When life hurts 2 – When people attack us – Gajendra pastime analysis
• 3598) Gita 01.18 The Pandavas lost Pandu but gained Drupada as a father figure
• 3597) Gita 01.17 Don’t let minor grammatical disputes overshadow major narrational and philosophical thrust
• 3596) When life hurts 1 – when a small mistake causes huge problems – Parikshit M pastime analysis
• 3595) Finding security in insecurity
• 3594) Gita 01.16 Yudhishthira doesn’t come first in the list of warriors but is still their undisputed leader
• 3593) Gita 01.15 The devoted see God before they see the world, the undevoted see only the world
• 3592) How our mind creates our reality – and how to change it
• 3591) Gita 01.14 The Gita’s audio-visual camera starts with the character of the questioner’s interest, but shifts now to the central characters
• 3590) We need to forgive ourselves to give ourselves to Krishna
• 3589) Krishna has faith in our potential – let’s have faith in his potency
• 3588) Gita 01.13 Actions that throw caution to the winds are preceded by caution
• 3587) Security in Insecurity – Learning to flourish amidst change
• 3586) Demons in krishna-lila 4 – Vatsasura – Weakness is forgivable, wickedness isn’t
• 3585) Gita 01.12 Just because we get others to do what we want them to do doesn’t mean we have won them over to our side
• 3584) Gita 01.11 The protector too needs to be protected
• 3583) Demons in krishna-lila 3 – Trinavarta – Giving up useless argumentation
• 3582) Gita 01.10 Symmetry of structure stresses contrast in content
• 3581) Cultivating the mood for studying Bhagavatam
• 3580) Demons in krishna-lila 2 – Shaktasura – Overcoming Lethargy
• 3579) Gita 01.09 Duryodhana’s slip of tongue leads to his speaking the truth unintentionally
• 3578) Gita 01.08 We need to be calm-headed, not cold-blooded
• 3577) Demons in krishna-lila 1 – How the metaphorical points to the transcendental and how Putana represents false guru
• 3576) Gita 01.07 Be aware of how what we say to one person may be heard by others
• 3575) How Gita wisdom helps us to deal with pain
• 3574) Gita 01.06 Duryodhana diplomatically continues to incite Drona against the Pandava army
• 3573) How to immigrate to the spiritual world
• 3572) The MIND enigma – Mystical, Impressionable, Neutral, Directable – Insights for better mental health
• 3571) Gita 01.05 Our mode of description reflects our intention
• 3570) Gita 01.04 Duryodhana tries to change Drona’s emotion for the opposite side from affection to anger
• 3569) The power of purpose
• 3568) The way to Vrindavan is through Kurukshetra
• 3567) Gita 01.03 Context can convert compliment into criticism
• 3566) Gita 01.02 Sanjaya addresses not just the content of Dhritarashtra’s question but also its intent
• 3565) Gita 01.01 The Gita’s first word dharma conveys its essential, universal theme
• 3564) Overcoming discouragement in spiritual life
• 3563) Our longing for love – comparing materialist, Abrahamic, impersonal and bhakti explanations

September 2018

• 3562) The truth that warms the heart influences more than the truth that lights the way
• 3561) The home as the decentralized transmitter of devotional culture
• 3560) Rise from being full of thoughts to being thoughtful – 4 reflections
• 3559) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 55 -10.10.10-14 Narada curses not impulsively, but after deep reflection
• 3558) Understanding “emotions”, “negative emotions” and “overcoming negative emotions”
• 3557) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 54 – 10.10.1-9 The curse that takes us away from the things that take us away from Krishna is mercy
• 3556) The time to understand time is now
• 3555) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 53 – 10.9.18-23 The kingdom of God is the kingdom of love
• 3554) Role of self-confidence in bhakti
• 3553) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 52 – 10.9.13-17 Krishna’s form appears finite but is infinite
• 3552) Understanding, identifying and managing the mind
• 3551) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 51 – 10.9.7.12 Yashoda catches the Lord whom the yogis can’t catch
• 3550) Bhagavatam transforms intensity of distress into velocity in devotion
• 3549) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 50 -10.9.1-6 Yashoda demonstrates the same bhakti perfection as does Arjuna
• 3548) Overcoming negative emotions 2 – Acceptance, Aspiration, Analysis, Action
• 3547) Overcoming negative emotions 1 – Explanation, Experimentation, Evaluation, Elevation
• 3546) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 49 – 10.8.46-52 Transcendental and contextual explanations for the fortune of Nanda and Yashoda
• 3545) Is our definition of happiness depriving us of happiness – Having, Doing, Being
• 3544) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 48 – 10.8.42-45 Yashoda makes sense of the incomprehensible by taking shelter of the transcendental Lord
• 3543) Understanding rasa-lila 8 – Appreciating Krishna’s mystifying reciprocation
• 3542) How Gita wisdom addresses mental health problems
• 3541) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 47 – 10.8.32-41 Krishna shows the universe in his mouth once again
• 3540) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 46 – 10.8.26-31 Vraja ladies complain about Krishna’s pranks cheerfully
• 3539) Understanding Rasa-lila 7 – Gopi-gita 3
• 3538) Understanding Rasa-lila 6 – Gopi-gita 2
• 3537) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 45 – 10.8.20-25 Krishna’s childhood activities fill Vraja ladies with anxiety and ecstasy
• 3536) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 44 – 10.8.13.19 Garga conceals and reveals Krishna’s identity
• 3535) Understanding Rasa-lila 5 – Gopi-gita 1
• 3534) Radhashtami class – Radharani demonstrates selfless love and blesses us with selfless love
• 3533) Understanding Rasa-lila 4 – Radharani’s apparent pride expresses her selfless love
• 3532) How the Bhagavad-gita’s first and last words reflect its empowering message
• 3531) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 43 – 10.8.7-12 Religious celebration is meant for spiritual purification, not social congregation
• 3530) Understanding rasa-lila 3 – Arrogance keeps us locked in ourselves, both apara-dharma and para-dharma get us out of ourselves
• 3529) Seeing Krishna’s mercy amidst adversity – Bali M pastime analysis
• 3528) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 42 – 10.8.1-6 The saintly come to the worldly to expand the consciousness of the wordly
• 3527) Understanding rasa-lila 2- How Bhagavatam establishes para-dharma without trivializing apara-dharma
• 3526) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 41 – 10.7.31-37 Krishna’s first revelation of the universe in his mouth
• 3525) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 40 – 10.7.27-30 Krishna silences Trinavarta to minimize anxiety for Vrajavasis
• 3524) Understanding rasa-lila 1 – How the supreme Shelter (Ashraya) becomes sheltered (Ashrita)
• 3523) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 39 – 10.7.19-26 Krishna protects Yashoda before tackling Trinavarta
• 3522) Gita 18.78 The Gita’s purpose is not just to proclaim God’s position but primarily to transform man’s disposition
• 3521) Analyze, Accept, Act – 3 principles for dealing with negativity
• 3520) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 38 – 10.7.13-18 The potency of blessings increases with the purity of the blesser
• 3519) Gita 18.77 Recollecting Krishnas universal form stimulates wonder in some and fear in others
• 3518) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 37 – 10.7.7-12 Vrajavasis try to protect the one who protects everyone
• 3517) Gita 18.76 The Gita’s conversation is memorable and relishable
• 3516) Share the spiritual treasure with the world – SHARE acronym
• 3515) Bringing out the best within us
• 3514) Making healthy choices
• 3513) Gita 18.75 Sanjaya appreciates the content, the source and the channel of the Gita’s wisdom
• 3512) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 36 – 10.7.1-6 Krishna’s childhood pastimes are both entertaining and enlightening
• 3511) Overcoming negative emotions
• 3510) Growing through adversities
• 3509) What is destiny?
• 3508) Gita 18.74 The Gita describes a mahatama and makes its hearer into a mahatma
• 3507) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 35 – 10.6.35-44 Bhagavatam highlights the extraordinariness of the Vrajavasis
• 3506) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 34 – 10.6.24-34 Contact with Krishna is miraculously purifying
• 3505) Gita 18.73 Harmony with the divine infuses our fleeting insignificant lives with lasting significance
• 3504) Gita 18.72 A philosophical conversation amidst emotional tribulation testifies to Arjuna’s sincerity and Krishna’s potency
• 3503) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 33 – 10.6.15-23 The Vrajavasis invoke God for the protection of God
• 3502) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 32 – 10.6.7-14 Putana deceived the Vrajavasis, but Krishna deceived her
• 3501) Gita 18.71 Krishna compassionately offers connections at decreasing levels of commitment
• 3500) Appreciating Prabhupada’s sacrifice, wisdom and legacy
• 3499) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 31 – 10.6.1-6 Sukadeva G reveals the spoiler to relieve Parikshit M anxiety
• 3498) Gita 18.70 See the sanctity of Gita study in terms of intent, content and result
• 3497) Janmashtami Krishna-katha 4 – How Krishna appears in Vrindavan
• 3496) Janmashtami Krishna-katha 3 – How Krishna appears in Mathura
• 3495) Gita 18.69 See the superlative as an exhortation to devotional action
• 3494) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 30 – 10.5.26-32 Relationships are the foundational wealth that is essential for anything to be enjoyable
• 3493) Janmashtami Krishna-katha 2 – How Krishna freed the princesses from Naraka
• 3492) Janmashtami Krishna-katha 1 – How Krishna freed the kings from Jarasandha and how Krishna frees us
• 3491) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 29 – 10.5.21-25 See adversities as actions of destiny to stay composed
• 3490) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 28 – 10.5.15-20 When Krishna came to Vraja, so did the goddess of fortune
• 3489) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 27 – 10.5.7-14 Krishna’s birth floods Vraja with joy

August 2018

• 3488) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 26 – 10.5.1-6 Let celebration center on purification, not gratification
• 3487) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 25 – 10.4.38-46 Bad disposition with bad association is brutally bad
• 3486) Gita 18.68 The bhakti cure cures more those who share the cure more
• 3485) Gita 18.67 Though ultimately every heart longs for divine love, not every heart is presently ready for divine love
• 3484) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 24 – 10.4.25-37 Kamsa’s change of heart doesn’t last for long
• 3483) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 23 – 10.4.17.24 Others’ past bad karma doesn’t rationalize our present misdeeds towards them
• 3482) Gita 18.66 The call to rise above dharma is not a call to slip below dharma
• 3481) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 22 – 10.4.10-16 Kamsa’s self-recrimination is self-serving
• 3480) Gita 18.65 Promises in a close relationship reflect and affect the closeness of the relationship
• 3479) Science, Spirituality and Wellness – Existence, Emotions and Ethics
• 3478) Appreciating the divine Krishna-Balarama relationship
• 3477) Do you need a break from our mind? Bhagavad-gita insights for inside-out change
• 3476) What makes relationships unsteady – and how to make them steady
• 3475) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 21 – 10.4.1-10 Heartless Kamsa rejects Devaki’s heartfelt plea
• 3474) Learning from Dhritarashtra – Does destiny make us or do we make it – 2?
• 3473) Gita 18.64 Krishna’s tone rises from informational analysis to impassioned advocacy
• 3472) Learning from Dhritarashtra – Does destiny make us or do we make it – 1?
• 3471) Gita 18.63 Knowledge guides our free will by showing us the consequences of our actions
• 3470) From exploration to realization to absorption – our devotional journey
• 3469) Gita 18.62 The deepest peace comes by not an external serene situation but by an internal spiritual connection
• 3468) Gita 18.61 Though we are controlled by material nature, we are still within the control of our Lord
• 3467) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 20 -10.3.47-53 Just as the ocean gave way to Rama, Yamuna gave way to Krishna
• 3466) Faith in Krishna’s existence, relevance, benevolence, intelligence and remembrance
• 3465) Don’t take others’ actions personally – they are dealing more with their mind than with you
• 3464) Gita 18.60 How we act is determined by our material nature but for what purpose we act isnt
• 3463) Understanding Krishna’s love 2 – Experience
• 3462) Understanding Krishna’s love 1 – Knowledge
• 3461) Gita 18.59 Ego means to think that we know better than God
• 3460) Gita 18.58 The destructive voice can’t be tuned out unless we tune in to the divine voice
• 3459) Is thinking too much unhealthy?
• 3458) When spiritual life gives poison instead of nectar – PURE acronym – 2
• 3457) Gita 18.57 Take shelter of the intelligence to convince yourself of the need to take Krishna’s shelter
• 3456) When spiritual life gives poison instead of nectar – 1
• 3455) How spirituality fosters unity in diversity and individuality in unity
• 3454) Gita 18.56 The bhakti university takes seekers from any level to the summit of spiritual perfection
• 3453) WITH acronym – We may have to live with pain, but we don’t have to live in pain
• 3452) Devotion is not just emotion – it is conscious continuous cultivation
• 3451) Gita 18.55 Don’t divorce the literal reading of one word from the overall context of the text
• 3450) 3 attitudes for becoming steady in life
• 3449) Gita 18.54 Devotion doesn’t culminate in liberation, liberation culminates in devotion
• 3448) No price is too high to possess ourselves – RECAP acronym
• 3447) How the pre-modern, modern and post-modern ages respectively stressed the spiritual, physical and mental
• 3446) Gita 18.53 Determined disconnection from the material paves the way to the spiritual
• 3445) What is Krishna consciousness? – Talk to multi-faith group in Australia
• 3444) Gita 18.52 Take shelter of renunciation to cultivate inner absorption
• 3443) Karna character analysis – Are we doomed by destiny or by our own decisions?
• 3442) Ashwatthama character analysis – Just because we are empowered doesn’t mean that we are right
• 3441) Duryodhana character analysis 2 – If we don’t want help, even God can’t help
• 3440) Duryodhana character analysis 1 – Are some people innately evil?
• 3439) Gita 18.51 Use intelligence to counter the mind’s centrifugal force
• 3438) Krishna is close to us, but we are far away from him
• 3437) Dhritarashtra character analysis 2 – Do we need to lose everything before we lose our attachments?
• 3436) Dhritarashtra character analysis 1 – Attachment makes us stone-hearted
• 3435) Understanding the mind and how it makes us unconscious
• 3434) The search for happiness – how bhakti pacifies, purifies and satisfies us
• 3433) How to choose our thoughts wisely – Science, Spirituality and Wellness
• 3432) Gita 18.50 The Gita’s purpose is not to describe spiritual paths but to analyze them for making an informed choice
• 3431) Gita 18.49 Our spiritual evolution goes through multiple levels of perfection from engagement through disengagement to devotion
• 3430) How to become peaceful and purposeful
• 3429) Gita 18.48 See beyond the unpalatable to the essential to pursue the transcendental
• 3428) What love is and what love isn’t
• 3427) SELF acronym – The self that is missing in the selfie
• 3426) Gita 18.47 Acknowledging our present diversity is essential for realizing our spiritual commanality
• 3425) Our emotional wounds can’t be healed by technology – we need spiritualty
• 3424) The world of science is not the world we live in
• 3423) Gita 18.46 See work as an offering the divine’s gifts to the divine
• 3422) Committing is not limiting – it is elevating
• 3421) From ritual to spiritual 3 – Analysis of Krishna’s pastime with the ritualistic brahmanas – The brahmanis selfless devotion
• 3420) Dhruva pastime analysis 3 – DHRUV acronym – Realization and reconciliation result from devotion
• 3419) Dhruva pastime analysis 2 – DHRUV acronym – Humility and honesty leads to authentic bhakti
• 3418) Increasing willpower – by increasing the distance between us and our feelings, and our feeling and our actions
• 3417) Gita 18.45 Inclusive spirituality centers on rejection of work, but on its reconceptualization and redirection
• 3416) 3 principles for spiritual community building – Session 3 – Balance & Commitment
• 3415) 3 principles for spiritual community building – Session 2 – QA
• 3414) 3 principles for spiritual community building – Session 1 – Authenticity
• 3413) From ritual to spiritual 2 – Analysis of Krishna’s pastime with the ritualistic brahmanas – Understanding the brahmans
• 3412) Gita 18.44 Protecting cows protects the cow protectors from greed
• 3411) Gita 18.43 Kshatriyas control in service of the supreme controller
• 3410) Dhruva pastime analysis 1 – Everyone faces distress, the fortunate find the right direction – DHRUV acronym
• 3409) From ritual to spiritual 1 – Analysis of Krishna’s pastime with the ritualistic brahmanas
• 3408) Gita 18.42 Brahmanas cultivate material material regulation and spiritual redirection by intellectual conviction
• 3407) Gita 18.41 Varnashrama provides customized spirituality for elevating people from where they are
• 3406) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 19 – 10.3.39-46 Omnipotent Krishna can act through transcendental or normal means
• 3405) PAST acronym – 4 reflections to go past your past
• 3404) Go beyond testing Krishna to tasting Krishna
• 3403) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 18 – 10.3.32-38 How past life connections make sense of present-life situations
• 3402) Gita 18.40 To attain harmony with our spiritual nature, we need engagement that is in harmony with our psychophysical nature

July 2018

• 3401) QA at Bhakti Lounge, Wellington, New Zealand
• 3400) Gita 18.39 Pleasure in ignorance begins in ignorance and ends in increased ignorance
• 3399) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 17 – 10.3.26-31 Devaki acknowledges Krishna as the provider of the supreme safety and strives for his safety
• 3398) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 16 – 10.3.20-25 The divine’s complexion is sometimes a description and sometimes a signification
• 3397) Gita 18.38 The pleasure of titillation leads to the agony of tribulation
• 3396) To think or not to think – 4 reflections for a happy mind
• 3395) 3 ways to look for blessings amidst problems
• 3394) 3 roles of intelligence in bhakti
• 3393) How Krishna can be seen – and how he can’t be seen
• 3392) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 15 – 10.3.11-19 Krishna’s appearance dissipates the darkness without and within
• 3391) Gita 18.37 Spiritual knowledge gives us the purpose to persevere through the poison till the nectar
• 3390) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 14 – 10.3.1-10 The celestial, terrestrial and psychological characteristics that celebrate the Lord’s appearance
• 3389) Don’t let your expectations of life come in the way of life
• 3388) Gita 18.36 Some pleasures are the start of sorrow – and some the end of sorrow
• 3387) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 13 – 10.2.37-42 Why the unborn Lord is born is both inferable and inconceivable
• 3386) Gita 18.35 To hold on to thought-patterns that hurt us is to abuse our determination
• 3385) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 12 – 10.2-31-36 Krishna’s lotus feet make the insurmountable material ocean insignificant
• 3384) Selfie – Self = IE – Two things that technology provides and two things that spirituality provides
• 3383) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 11 – 10.2.25-30 The devatas glorify the true nature of the Absolute Truth
• 3382) Gita 18.34 When one worldly desire trumps all other material desires, what results is determination in passion
• 3381) Bhagavatam study 109 1.19.34-40 When God remains anonymous through coincidences devoteees identify and glorify him
• 3380) Gita 18.33 What intelligence discerns, that determination sustains
• 3379) Make a life, not just a living – LIFE acronym
• 3378) Bhagavatam study 108 1.19.25-33 Devotee’s attractiveness attracts people to Krishna’s supreme attractiveness
• 3377) Gita 18.32 Intelligence in ignorance mistakes the binding to be freeing
• 3376) Effective Leadership of spiritual communities
• 3375) Debunking the mind’s fake news – 4 points
• 3374) Worry not whether your path is genuine – worry whether you are genuine
• 3373) Maturity in relationships – Four principles – QA
• 3372) Bhagavatam study 107 1.19.19-24 Knowledge comes alive thorugh those live that knowledge
• 3371) Gita 18.31 Confusing between long-term purposes and short-term pleasures characterizes intelligence in passion
• 3370) Maturity in relationships – Four principles – 3. Appreciate 4. Act
• 3369) Maturity in relationships – Four principles – 2. Ascertain
• 3368) Maturity in relationships – Four principles – 1. Accept
• 3367) Three factors that determine what we see – Knowledge, Desire, Commitment
• 3366) Gita 18.30 Intelligence means to see beyond appearance to consequence
• 3365) Bhagavatam study 106 1.19.13-18 Our personal deliberation and our mentor consultation can be complementary, not contradictory
• 3364) Gita 18.29 To drive purposefully, we need to know the destination, the path and the vehicle
• 3363) Bhagavatam study 105 1.19.7-12 The universal sages come to see of the royal sage
• 3362) Are some sections of the scriptures outdated? – Understanding the compassionate intent of the Vedas 2
• 3361) Bhagavatam study 104 1.19.1-6 If sinful reaction rectifies sinful mentality, then the reaction is auspicious, not inauspicious
• 3360) Gita 18.28 Doers in ignorance act destructively for others and even for themselves
• 3359) Understanding the compassionate intent of the Vedas 1 – Are the Vedas agnostic?
• 3358) Krishna’s presence is more precious than his presents
• 3357) How devotion makes the insurmountable ocean of material desires insignificant
• 3356) Bhagavatam study 103 1.18.44-50 Abuse of power by those representing God makes people godless
• 3355) Gita 18.27 Our actions reflect our self-conception and our world-conception
• 3354) Gita 18.26 The doer is not a non-doer but is a component in doing
• 3353) Bhagavatam study 102 1.18.36-43 Avoid offenses carefully and avoid getting offended easily
• 3352) Gita 18.25 To see our actions disconnected from the past and the future is to see in illusion
• 3351) Bhagavatam study 101 1.18.31-36 Presuming that we know God’s will and are doing his work is presumptuous and dangerous
• 3350) Gita 18.24 Disconnection from our Lord leads to the consumption of our consciousness by passion
• 3349) Bhagavatam study 100 1.18.24-30 An annoyed response to annoying non-responsiveness is not malevolent
• 3348) Bhagavatam study 99 1.18.18-23 The unlimited has unlimited potency to purify us of our unlimited sins
• 3347) Gita 18.23 To gain knowledge, we need basic knowledge about where to seek knowledge
• 3346) Bhagavatam study 98 1.18.11-17 Relish the sweetness of Bhagavan through the Bhagavata
• 3345) Gita 18.22 Knowledge in ignorance makes us obsessed with one fragment of reality and one kind of action
• 3344) Bhagavatam study 97 1.18.4-10 Understanding Parikshit M’s treatment of Kali
• 3343) Gita 18.21 To equate others physical appearance with spiritual substance is vision in passion
• 3342) Movie metaphor to understand how we are entangled and how bhakti liberates us
• 3341) Bhagavatam study 96 1.17.43-18.3 The recent past is just like the present
• 3340) Gita 18.20 Seeing commonality alone is not vision in goodness – seeing spirituality as the foundation of commonality is
• 3339) Rationally choosing our life’s purpose and process
• 3338) Bring out the best within, not the beast within – Hindi
• 3337) QA session with Delhi youth
• 3336) Analyzing Karna – Going beyond black and white perspectives in understanding scripture + QA
• 3335) Three levels of purification – reaction, action and inclination – Hindi
• 3334) How to increase our faith – Hindi
• 3333) Bhagavatam study 95 1.17.37-42 Undestanding how restricting area of residence is a form of punishment
• 3332) Gita 18.19 The Gita’s flow verses make its question-directed discussion more accessible
• 3331) We can’t delete our memories, but we can choose what we remember
• 3330) Gita 18.18 Analysis of the components of action is meant to direct towards non-reactive action
• 3329) Bhagavatam study 94 1.17.31-36 Adharama-bandhu Kali can’t be allowed to live in the kingdom of Dharma-raja pautra
• 3328) Gita 18.17 When we act without false ego, we stay free of reactions
• 3327) Bhagavatam study 93 1.17.24-30 Avoid both extremes of taking everything in scripture only literally or only metaphorically
• 3326) Bhagavatam study 92 1.17.18-23 The cause of suffering is sometimes incomprehensible
• 3325) Gita 18.16 To think that we are the sole doers is to have deluded intelligence
• 3324) Gita 18.15 Spiritual consciousness ensures that our actions give a favorable result
• 3323) Bhagavatam study 91 1.17.13-17 Act honorably to protect the honor of those whom we represent
• 3322) Daksha-Shiva conflict 3 – How our mind makes us sectarian – Hindi
• 3321) Gita 18.14 God is the fifth factor as well as the foundation of all factors
• 3320) Bhagavatam study 90 1.17.7-12 – When in a position of material responsibility, act responsibly
• 3319) Awareness, Aspiration, Action – From standard of living to standard of loving
• 3318) Bhagavatam study 89 1.17.1-6 Outrage on seeing atrocity is healthy
• 3317) Gita 18.13 The journey from illusion to illumination requires philosophical education
• 3316) Bhagavatam study 88 1.16.31-36 The earth and dharma’s devotion for Krishna
• 3315) Gita 18.12 Intelligence sees consequence and fosters detachment
• 3314) Daksha-Shiva conflict 2 – The proud consider others proud – Hindi
• 3313) Parikshit M – Dharma discussion – Don’t blame 3 – How to deal with troubling people – Hindi
• 3312) Parikshit M – Dharma discussion – Don’t blame 2 – If why has no answer focus on how – Hindi
• 3311) Parikshit M – Dharma discussion – Don’t blame 1 – See beyond the immediate cause – Hindi
• 3310) Role of determination and association in devotion – Hindi
• 3309) Bhagavatam study 87 1.16.25-30 Krishna is the shelter of dharma and dharmic qualities
• 3308) Gita 18.11 To pursue liberation, give up the idea of giving up action
• 3307) Gita 18.10 Take the route that takes us to the destination, not the route that looks the easiest
• 3306) Bhagavatam study 86 1.16.19-24 Understanding what all things cause distress to the earth
• 3305) Daksha-Shiva conflict 1 – How misconceptions give rise to conflicts – Hindi

June 2018

• 3304) Gita 18.09 Renunciation in goodness means to know that we as parts just need to do our parts
• 3303) Bhagavatam study 85 1.17.13-18 Parikshit M delighted in his spiritual opulence, not his material opulence
• 3302) Snana-Yatra Meditation – Understanding how God can fall sick – Hindi
• 3301) Gita 18.08 Desire for bodily pleasure and fear of bodily trouble both keep us in the cage of bodily consciousness
• 3300) Bhagavatam study 84 1.16.7-12 Choose carefully what we hear
• 3299) Gita 18.07 Renunciation done in illusion can’t take us out of illusion
• 3298) Bhagavatam study 83 1.16.1-6 How Parikshit Maharaj manifested his predicated qualities
• 3297) Spiritual lessons from world history 1 – Reflections on the Christian Reformation
• 3296) Gita 18.06 Karmic bondage is like emotional dependence – focus not just on the action but also on the motivation
• 3295) Bhagavatam study 82 1.15.45-51 Our spirituality is our responsibility, not anyone else’s responsibility
• 3294) Bhagavatam study 81 1.15.38-44 Responsibly hand over material responsibility to take up spiritual responsibility
• 3293) Gita 18.05 To be mana-isha, we need not just a mana free from ishvara-bhava, but a mana fixed on ishvara
• 3292) Bhagavatam study 80 1.15.31-37 Life is a relay race – know when to hand over the torch
• 3291) Gita 18.04 Just as indulgence can be indiscriminate, so can renunciation
• 3290) Bhagavatam study 79 1.15.25-30 Remember Krishna in his absence by remembering his message
• 3289) Gita 18.03 Gita 18.03 Appreciate others thoughtfulness even if it doesn’t lead to the best conclusion
• 3288) Gita 18.02 Devotional attachment is the best way to avoid worldly attachment
• 3287) Bhagavatam study 78 1.15.19-24 Krishna takes away everything that covers us before him
• 3286) Gita 18.01 What is used to refer is not as important as what is being referred to
• 3285) Bhagavatam study 77 1.15.13-18 Arjuna treasures his memories of Krishna
• 3284) Gita 17.28 Having no faith in anything higher makes performance of religious activities unfruitful
• 3283) Bhagavatam study 76 1.15.7-12 Devotees see their achievements as Krishna’s mercy
• 3282) Gita 17.27 Sat is not just a word for recitation – it is a conviction to cultivated and infused into action
• 3281) Bhagavatam study 75 1.15.1-6 When we lose everything, we gain the Lord of everything
• 3280) Bhagavatam study 74 1.14.34-44 Questions about causes of distress reveal conceptions of distress
• 3279) Gita 17.26 Any inclination to seek elevation of consciousness is praiseworthy
• 3278) Appreciating the potency of online outreach
• 3277) Be creative in fixing the mind on Krishna – Hindi
• 3276) Gita 17.25 Recitation of tad signifies and stimulates the pursuit of transcendence
• 3275) Gita 17.24 The many meanings of the word “brahma” in the Gita
• 3274) Gita 17.23 Everything is sustained by its connection with the Absolute
• 3273) We may be hurt, but we don’t have to stay hurt
• 3272) Can ambition and devotion go together 2 – How to channel ambition in devotion
• 3271) Redirection of consciousness is Krishna’s miracle – Bali Maharaj pastime reflection
• 3270) Seeing Krishna’s mercy amidst loss – Krishna’s instructions after Govardhana lila
• 3269) Renunciation of false ego – Indra’s Prayers after Govardhana lila
• 3268) How the mind troubles us – and how to protect ourselves – Hindi
• 3267) Keep the mind on the spiritual track to keep it out of trouble
• 3266) Why we need spirituaity in the age of technology
• 3265) Can ambition and devotion go together 1 – How happiness-distress are fixed and how they aren’t
• 3264) Analyzing different religions to find life’s purpose 2 – The problem of evil, original sin and karma
• 3263) Analyzing different religions to find life’s purpose 1 – Seeking a purpose bigger than our problems
• 3262) Is seeing believing 3 – Resolving science-spirituality conflicts
• 3261) Is seeing believing 2 – What the map of science misses
• 3260) Is seeing believing 1 – Even science explains the visible with the invisible
• 3259) Understanding tradition and its conformers, deformers, reformers – and presenters
• 3258) The power of gratitude 2 – How to cultivate gratitude
• 3257) The power of gratitude 1 – How gratitude empowers us

May 2018

• 3256) Varnashrama in bhakti – Focus on replicating the take-off, not recreating the take-off point
• 3255) Nourishing the creeper of devotion 4 – Finding our spiritual stimuil
• 3254) QA session in London
• 3253) Nourishing our lives with the Bhagavad-gita
• 3252) Nourishing the creeper of devotion 3 – Avoid attachment to renunciation
• 3251) Strive first for devotion, then for pure devotion
• 3250) Sensitivity in relationships 3 – Dealing with insensitive people
• 3249) How to get realizations
• 3248) Nourishing the creeper of devotion 2 – Regulate attachment even to things that help in devotion
• 3247) Sensitivity in relationships 2 – From judgment to encouragement
• 3246) Sensitivity in relationships 1 – Why we need to be sensitive and why we aren’t
• 3245) Nourishing the creeper of devotion 1 – The danger of becoming religious but not spiritual
• 3244) Healthy self-understanding 5 – Concluding QA session
• 3243) Healthy self-understanding 4 – Reasons to be kind to ourselves
• 3242) Healthy self-understanding 3 – Misunderstandings about humility and tolerance
• 3241) Healthy self-understanding 2 – How the mind can hurt the self
• 3240) Healthy self-understanding 1 – How the modes distort our self-understanding
• 3239) Healthy and unhealthy emotions in the renounced order
• 3238) Balancing forgiveness and justice 2 – What forgiveness isn’t and what it is
• 3237) Balancing forgiveness and justice 1 – Why deterrence is essential
• 3236) How to overcome dissatisfaction
• 3235) Seek not moments of devotion – seek momentum in devotion
• 3234) How to effectively study and apply the Gita
• 3233) Free will and God’s will 3 – How God helps us free our free will
• 3232) Free will and God’s will 2 – Understanding the trigger, cause and target of our weaknesses
• 3231) Free will and God’s will 1 – God is the cause of all causes, not all effects
• 3230) QA session in London 2018
• 3229) How reincarnation makes sense of our existence and that of animals too
• 3228) Seeker within, achiever without
• 3227) Memorizing scriptural verses – Whys and hows -2
• 3226) Memorizing scriptural verses – Whys and hows -1
• 3225) Even if we have problems, we don’t have to be problems
• 3224) How science and spirituality go together
• 3223) How science points to spirituality
• 3222) Mother’s day Meditation – Conception, Commercialization, Spiritualization
• 3221) What is spirituality and why we need it
• 3220) What science can provide – and what it can’t
• 3219) Bhagavad-gita and Modern Psychology 3 – Changing our mind by changing our relationship with the mind
• 3218) Bhagavad-gita and Modern Psychology – 2 – Where mindfulness works and where it falls short
• 3217) Bhagavad-gita and Modern Psychology 1 – Is there anything beyond emotionality and rationality?
• 3216) Why psychological distress amidst technological progress – 3 reasons
• 3215) See pain as a protector and a pointer
• 3214) Does spirituality come from without within or within without?
• 3213) Destiny determines our situations and emotions, we determine our intentions and actions
• 3212) When life doesn’t seem fair, three reflections for self-empowerment
• 3211) Managing the voice inside the head 2 – Identification, Direction, Transformation
• 3210) Evolve – Rising towards contribution and satisfaction
• 3209) Ghosts and God – Understanding how the invisible affects the visible
• 3208) Does God laugh at our plans? – part 2
• 3207) Does God laugh at our plans? – part 1
• 3206) Seek not just to get better things; seek to get better thoughts
• 3205) Speaking according to time-place-circumstance to make outreach effective
• 3204) Managing the voice inside the head – 1
• 3203) How to become pacified, purified and satisfied
• 3202) Be open-minded, not empty-minded
• 3201) To deny destiny is to deny ourselves the chance of making our destiny
• 3200) Self-pity, humility and maturity explained – Bhagavad-gita 18.35

April 2018

• 3199) Understanding how Narasimhadeva delivers both Prahlada and Hiranyakashipu
• 3198) God as the Supreme therapist 7 – Understanding how Narasimhadeva gave strength to Prahlada
• 3197) Fulfilling our need for progress by becoming committed in bhakti
• 3196) God as the supreme therapist 6 – Seek not the facility to do whatever we desire – seek the clarity to discern our deepest desire
• 3195) The way I feel is the way I feel – Accepting our emotions and transcending our emotions
• 3194) How the mind becomes unclear and how to clear it
• 3193) God as the supreme therapist 5 – Cultivating qualities is integral to cultivating devotion
• 3192) God as the supreme therapist 4 – How association works and how to make it work
• 3191) Do you need to break up with your phone?
• 3190) God as the supreme therapist 3 – Devotional detachment is not freedom from emotions but freedom of emotions
• 3189) God as the supreme therapist 2 – To be others’ well wisher means to channel their emotions towards proper use of their free will
• 3188) Intelligence means to know which thoughts to contemplate and which to neglect
• 3187) Healing the earth by healing the heart
• 3186) God as the supreme therapist 1 – Discerning the Prahlada and Hiranyakashipu mentalities within us
• 3185) Appreciating Radhanatha Maharaj’s contributions towards helping devotees practice bhakti sustainably
• 3184) Learning to be kind to ourselves
• 3183) Bhakti in three modes 3 – Bhakti in goodness brings sustainability, purity and harmony
• 3182) Making sense of life through karma and reincarnation
• 3181) Bhakti in three modes 2 – Bhakti in passion equates material success with spiritual advancement
• 3180) How to be detached without becoming irresponsible
• 3179) Bhakti in three modes 1 – Bhakti in ignorance is self-righteous and hurtful
• 3178) To blame is to be lame – stop seeking scapegoats
• 3177) Focus on life, not on the mind’s commentary on life
• 3176) Where does the power of mantras lie – in letters or meaning or somewhere else?
• 3175) If everything is God’s will, how do we have free will?
• 3174) Unity in diversity and diversity in unity – The Absolute’s relationship with us
• 3173) Gratitude is not just an attitude but also an awareness
• 3172) Resolutions in the three modes – and in transcendence
• 3171) Are our mistakes part of Krishna’s plan? – 2
• 3170) Science & Spirituality – Why psychiatry can’t replace spirituality
• 3169) Are our mistakes part of Krishna’s plan? – 1
• 3168) Our defining power is the power to choose our thoughts
• 3167) 4 reflections for overcoming fear of failure
• 3166) Interrupting the mind’s train of thoughts 2
• 3165) Three ways of perceiving Krishna’s love
• 3164) Interrupting the mind’s train of thoughts 1
• 3163) Gita 17.22 We need discrimination to ensure that doing good actually does good
• 3162) Does religion cause war?
• 3161) The mind may stray away, but don’t let it stay away
• 3160) Gita 17.21 – Charity is passion is a competition of humiliation
• 3159) Understanding how the mind acts as a mirror that distorts our self-conception
• 3158) Gita 17.20 Give charity for purity, not popularity
• 3157) Screen what appears on your inner screen – Learn to manage the mind
• 3156) Gita 17.19 Slaving to get the whip that will lash us is stupidity
• 3155) Science, Spirituality and The Search for Meaning
• 3154) Gita 17.18 The show of austerity without the substance of spirituality points to superficiality or even hypocrisy
• 3153) How understanding destiny empowers
• 3152) Gita 17.17 The mode in which austerity is performed different from the mode with which austerity is performed
• 3151) Cultivating Cooperation in Krishna consciousness
• 3150) Why we are sometimes wise and sometimes otherwise
• 3149) Gita 17.16 Austerity of mind transforms our inner disruptive enemy into a constructive friend
• 3148) Net Surfing or Net Suffering?
• 3147) Gita 17.15 Speech is meant not just for commnication but also for purification
• 3146) QA session at Columbus 2018 Spring
• 3145) From state of the art to state of the heart
• 3144) Bhagavatam study 73 1.14.18.33 – When we apprehend the worst-case scenario, we look for alternatives
• 3143) Gita 17.14 Austerity enables us to use our bodily vehicle constructively, not destructively
• 3142) Is anxiety a disorder?
• 3141) Bhagavatam study 72 1.14.12.17 – Inversion of natural order prophesies inauspiciousness
• 3140) Gita 17.13 Yajna in ignorance expresses defiance externally and internally.mp3
• 3139) Learning to live with emotional lows

March 2018

• 3138) Bhagavatam study 71 1.14.1.11 – Departure of the order-sustaining Lord leads to disruption of that order
• 3137) How Krishna steals our distresses
• 3136) Spiritual but not religious – Analyzing four permutations
• 3135) Bring out the Hanuman within, not the Ravana within
• 3134) Lessons from Hanuman’s devotion to Rama 4 – How Hanuman provoked to deter Ravana from war
• 3133) Lessons from Hanuman’s devotion to Rama 3 – Keeping our intention above our emotions
• 3132) Lessons from Hanuman’s devotion to Rama 2 – Earning trust through emotional intelligence
• 3131) Lessons from Hanuman’s devotion to Rama 1 – When we hide ourselves from the Lord, he hides himself from us
• 3130) Ramayana series 3 – Rama-Lakshmana – Does destiny control everything?
• 3129) Ramayana series2 – Vali-Sugriva – Don’t judge without understanding
• 3128) Why to become spiritual now
• 3127) Matters that matter more than matter – Origin, Value, Meaning
• 3126) Ramayana series 1 – Manthara-Kaikeyi – How manipulators mislead
• 3125) Is bhakti a conditioned attraction of the mind or the natural attraction of the soul?
• 3124) How the mind tells its stories by inducing forgetfulness, faith and feelings
• 3123) How philosophy and experience harmonize in bhakti
• 3122) How chanting works on the mind – and how the mind works during chanting
• 3121) Tap the mind, don’t be trapped by the mind 3 – From shakshi bhava to seva bhava
• 3120) Winning with emotional intelliigence 2 – Social competence through relationship management
• 3119) Tap the mind, don’t be trapped by the mind 2 – Why mind control backfires
• 3118) Tap the mind, dont be trapped by the mind 1 – The pressure for pleasure
• 3117) Winning with emotional intelliigence 1 – Personal competence through self management
• 3116) Understanding how bhakti addresses anxiety
• 3115) How we spend more time avoiding pain than seeking pleasure – and why we shouldn’t
• 3114) Appreciating Radhanath Maharaj’s contributions in the light of ISKCON history
• 3113) When the higher taste doesn’t seem higher
• 3112) Choosing healthy emotions with intelligence, association and devotion
• 3111) How to control the mind with the intelligence 3 – Conversion
• 3110) How to control the mind with the intelligence 2 – Concentration
• 3109) How to control the mind with the intelligence 1 – Conviction
• 3108) When fear accelerates the imagination, let faith be the brake
• 3107) The search for pleasure is often the source of the greatest trouble
• 3106) What the self seeks beyond the selfie
• 3105) Avoid distractions using intelligence directed towards transcendence
• 3104) To transcend our emotions, we need to begin by accepting our emotions
• 3103) Spiritualizing our relationships 4 – Changing our input in relationships
• 3102) Spiritualizing our relationships 3 – Changing our vision of our role in relationships
• 3101) Spiritualizing our relationships 2 – Changing our vision of others
• 3100) Spiritualizing our relationships 1 – How the modes turn good intentions into not-so-good actions
• 3099) Significance of Holi Bonfire and Color Festival
• 3098) What the Bhagavatam conveys by narrating Krishna’s agonizing departure
• 3097) Gaur Purnima class – How Lord Chaitanya defeated the attacks of Kali and how he empowers us to defeat those attacks
• 3096) Gaur Purnima class – How Ratha Yatra fulfilled external and internal reasons for Lord Chaitanya’s appearance
• 3095) How chanting helps us understand ourselves and our mind
• 3094) What science can tell us about ourselves – and what it can’t

February 2018

• 3093) How the mind distorts our vision of others and disrupts our relationships – Hindi
• 3092) Gita 17.12 Yajna is like modern technology – can fuel the illusion that we are controllers and enjoyers.mp3
• 3091) How the mind spoils our relationships – Hindi
• 3090) Reflections on the last verse spoken by Krishna in the Gita – Hindi
• 3089) Gita 17.11 Focus not on expectation from the world, focus on contribution from yourself.mp3
• 3088) Animal Metaphors for understanding the mind – Hindi
• 3087) Gita 17.10 Food in ignorance isn’t nourishing, satisfying or appealing.mp3
• 3086) Acknowledging our emotions but not acting impulsively on them
• 3085) Let samskaras takes us beyond our scars
• 3084) Gita 17.09 Food in passion is is sensually stimulating but eventually distressing and disease-inducing.mp3
• 3083) Gita 17.08 Food in goodness provides profusely both nutrition and satisfaction
• 3082) Gita 17.07 Food, sacrifice, charity and austerity represent broad patterns of the soul’s interaction with its encasing circles
• 3081) Everyone’s mind tell them different stories – don’t be judgmental, be purposeful
• 3080) Gita 17.06 Defying scripture, be it for pandering the body or tormenting the body, is demonic
• 3079) Gita 17.05 Our body is not ours to abuse by arbitrary austerity
• 3078) Gita 17.04 Our level of consciousness determines who we feel is worshipable
• 3077) Gita 17.03 The relationship between our existence and our faith is causal, constitutional and consequential
• 3076) Gita 17.02 See not just people’s ideological faith – see also their functional faith
• 3075) Gita 17.01 The Gita universalizes and contextualizes the analytical framework of the three modes
• 3074) Gita 16.24 Knowing scripture is our responsibility and our opportunity
• 3073) Gita 16.23 Those who reject scripture suffer both in this life and the next
• 3072) Gita 16.22 To pursue our self-interest, we need to purge out self-defeating desires
• 3071) Analyzing the relationship between material progress and spiritual progress
• 3070) Gita 16.21 The metaphorical usage stresses the reality and gravity of the demoniac forces of lust, anger and greed
• 3069) Gita 16.20 Demoniac action and demoniac destination is perpetuated by demoniac disposition
• 3068) Gita 16.19 Devilish delights doom the demonic to deadly destinations
• 3067) Gita 16.18 When bad situations make us take shelter of our bad side, we become bad people
• 3066) Gita 16.17 Self-complacence and impudence perpetuate ignorance
• 3065) Gita 16.16 Desires and fears cover our consciousness completely with illusion
• 3064) Gita 16.15 The ungodly want to look good, not become good
• 3063) Gita 16.14 Greed makes the covetous murderous
• 3062) Mind It 3 – Choosing healthy response to problems
• 3061) Happiness is found not in sensation but in absorption
• 3060) Gita 16.13 Let the mind’s chariot take us where we want to go, not where it wants to go
• 3059) Gita 16.12 Sensual desires are ropes of enslavement, not roads to enjoyment
• 3058) Mind It 2 – How unrealistic expectations hamper our relationships
• 3057) Mind It 1 – Understanding the modes, mind and emotions
• 3056) Krishna is knowledge, object of knowledge and objective of knowledge
• 3055) Gita 16.11 We make our beliefs and our beliefs make us
• 3054) Gita 16.10 Taking shelter of lust amidst problems is like taking shelter of kidnappers when threatened by thieves
• 3053) Gita 16.09 The ungodly are born for destructive action unless they do drastic course correction

January 2018

• 3052) Gita 16.08 From atheism to hedonism is a natural slide
• 3051) Gita 16.07 Observe others actions not to condemn, but to help
• 3050) Appreciating Nityananda Prabhu’s mercy, devotional ambitiousness and humility
• 3049) Spiritualizing our relationships – Hindi
• 3048) Maintaining balance amidst disruptive emotions and situations
• 3047) Gita 16.06 Knowing the inclination of the road where our car is is education, not condemnation
• 3046) Gita 16.05 Acknowledging where a car’s wheels are pointing is not accusing the car driver
• 3045) Gita 16.03 Giving appropriate honor promotes harmony, demanding excessive honor disrupts harmony
• 3044) Gita 16.02 Our godliness needs to be seen in our harmonious interactions with others
• 3043) Gita 16.01 Godliness is both a decision and a disposition
• 3042) Is bhakti philosophy pessimistic – Hindi?
• 3041) How our mind messes our relationships 2 – Focus on contribution, not expectation
• 3040) Is Reincarnation for Real – Evaluating the Evidence
• 3039) How our mind messes our relationships 1 – Understanding instincts and impulses
• 3038) The Bhagavad-gita as a leadership guide
• 3037) Changing ourselves by changing our situation, standpoint and self-identification
• 3036) Ambition, Satisfaction & Devotion 2 – Hospital metaphor for harmonizing material and spiritual growth
• 3035) Ambition, Satisfaction & Devotion 1 – Outside-in Ambition vs Inside-out Ambition
• 3034) Managing the mind 4 – Training the mind by dividing and castigating
• 3033) Managing the mind 3 – Understanding inclination, infatuation and intention
• 3032) Managing the mind 2 – Understanding how the mind affects our free will
• 3031) When things don’t make sense, look for a deeper sense
• 3030) Managing the mind 1 – The many meanings of the word ‘mind’ and their correlation with the Gita’s understanding
• 3029) Getting our emotions to work for, us, not against us
• 3028) From Fear to Surrender 4 – FEAR acronym – 4 steps for overcoming fear
• 3027) QA session at ISKCON Bahrain

December 2017

• 3026) From Fear to Surrender 3 – FEAR acronym for analyzing fear 2 – Attachment and Redirection
• 3025) From Fear to Surrender 2 – FEAR acronym for analyzing fear part 1 – Faith and Education
• 3024) From Fear to Surrender 1 – Understanding how our fears originate
• 3023) The most dangerous jumping is jumping to conclusions
• 3022) How Gaudiya Vaishnavism used drama in bhakti
• 3021) How is the Gita relevant today – Marathi
• 3020) Bhagavatam study 70 1.13.51-60 Determination directed towards renunciation brings spiritual elevation
• 3019) Bhagavatam study 69 1.13.46-50 When we can’t protect ourselves from kala, karma and guna, how can we protect others?
• 3018) Technology, Spirituality and the Search for a Meaningful life
• 3017) Bhagavatam study 68 1.13.39-45 Know when to exercise control in the service of the supreme controller and when to release control
• 3016) Overcoming fear, desire and anger to take shelter of Krishna
• 3015) Dealing with insecurities – Hindi
• 3014) From fictional enjoyment to spiritual enjoyment through explanations, exponents and experiences – Hindi
• 3013) Understanding various ways Krishna protects – Bhagavatam characters analysis
• 3012) The mind is like a madhouse – 4 strategies for managing it – Hindi
• 3011) For meditation, we need the right object and the right conception
• 3010) Prabhupada life-story 16 – Establishing the foundation
• 3009) Prabhupada life-story 15 – From spiritual shoppers to spiritual seekers
• 3008) Prabhupada life-story 14 – Incorporating ISKCON – The seven visionary purposes
• 3007) Duryodhana character analysis 3 – Envy perpetuates dissatisfaction and invites destruction
• 3006) Duryodhana character analysis 2 – Ambition distorted by envy becomes cancerous
• 3005) Gita Jayanti class – The Gita brings a message of fearlessness to a fear-filled world

November 2017

• 3004) Gita Jayanti talk – Appreciating the Gita’s message by contemplating the starting and ending names of Arjuna and Krishna
• 3003) Duryodhana character analysis 1 – How the entitlement mentality degrades
• 3002) Appreciating the purpose of worship of the devatas
• 3001) Why our moods keep changing – and what we can do about it
• 3000) Let personal conception of God lead to personal dealings with God’s parts
• 2999) Is God an invention or a discovery?
• 2998) Go beyond rationality and imagination to revelation for relishing Krishna’s lotus feet
• 2997) Facing our fears – FEAR acronym
• 2996) Science, Spirituality and Self-empowerment
• 2995) Understanding how our mind makes us misunderstand 4 – QA
• 2994) Understanding how our mind makes us misunderstand 3 – Misunderstanding Krishna
• 2993) Understanding how our mind makes us misunderstand 2 – Misunderstanding ourselves
• 2992) Understanding how our mind makes us misunderstand 1 – Misunderstanding ourselves
• 2991) Analyzing yoga and bhakti to keep practice in harmony with purpose
• 2990) What makes relationships spiritual and sustainable – Marriage reception talk
• 2989) Emotionally intelligent spirituality 2 – Let immediate and ultimate solutions work cooperatively, not competitively
• 2988) Emotionally intelligent spirituality 1 – Don’t work for or against emotions – work with them for Krishna
• 2987) How small conflicts become big – Daksha pastime analysis 4 – How impulses are shaped by technology, mentality and spirituality
• 2986) How small conflicts become big – Daksha pastime analysis 3 – Understanding the filters people bring to a relationship
• 2985) Pursuing our loudest desires is not freedom – pursuing our deepest desires is
• 2984) 3 As to bring out the best in you – Awareness Association Appreciation
• 2983) Appreciating HH Radhanath Maharaj’s visionary outreach
• 2982) How conscious intention raises bhakti to the level of a relationship
• 2981) Strengthening the bonds that liberate
• 2980) How small conflicts become big – Daksha Pastime analysis 2 – Ego causes desensitization
• 2979) How small conflicts become big – Daksha pastime analysis 1 – Unprocessed resentment causes explosion
• 2978) From bondage to bonding – Redefining our relationships
• 2977) Understanding how bhakti-yoga and the holy name work
• 2976) Shakuni Character Analysis 2 – Evaluate whether our relationships bring out our best or our worst
• 2975) Shakuni Character Analysis 1 – The mind rationalizes selfishness as selflessness
• 2974) Spiritualizing our work through IAC – intention, action and contribution
• 2973) The Gita as a book of love – The significance of the first and last words spoken by Krishna and Arjuna
• 2972) To rise from karma to bhakti, change your benchmark of reality from the world to Krishna
• 2971) Prabhupada life-story 13 – Fearless amidst disturbed and disturbing audiences
• 2970) Making sense of senseless suffering – Understanding why devotees face fatal accidents
• 2969) PAST acronym – How to get past our past
• 2968) The Gita’s two endings point to the same end
• 2967) Connecting with ourselves to connect with others
• 2966) How spiritual life relates to our material Life 2 – Work not for or against your nature, work with your nature for Krishna
• 2965) How spiritual life relates to our material Life 1 – Rejection, Complementation, Redirection
• 2964) From what science explains to what explains science
• 2963) From Passion to Compassion 2 – From religion in passion to devotion in goodness
• 2962) From Passion to Compassion 3 – Compassion needs to be felt as compassion
• 2961) Using our functional identification to realize our transcendental identity
• 2960) How bhakti helps us get past our past
• 2959) From passion to compassion 1
• 2958) The Bhagavad-gita’s message of love comforts and enlightens
• 2957) How the mind harvests the bad within – and how to harvest the good within
• 2956) How our intelligence acts as our enemy – and how to make it our friend
• 2955) Why people do bad things – and how to stop it
• 2954) From Damodara month to Damodar mood – From circumstantial devotion to transcendental devotion through intentional devotion
• 2953) The art of work – Detachment directed by devotion maximizes contribution
• 2952) How bhakti fulfills the aspirations of social justice
• 2951) The mind makes the intelligence act unintelligently
• 2950) Prabhupada life-story 12 – Through serious difficulties to serious seekers
• 2949) In the treasure hunt for happiness, avoid the leads that mislead
• 2948) Empower those who are protecting us, not those who are attacking us
• 2947) Selfies and the human longing to feel special
• 2946) Ramayana series 5 – Hanuman – There is a time and place for everything, don’t lose heart
• 2945) From destructive competition to constructive competition – 2
• 2944) From destructive competition to constructive competition – 1
• 2943) Don’t use God to stay away from God

October 2017

• 2942) Why crave for the pleasures that make you a slave
• 2941) Ramayana series 4 – SEES acronym – 4 explanations why Rama abandoned Sita
• 2940) Just because we have got the monkey off the back doesn’t mean the circus has left town
• 2939) Ramayana series 3 – Shurapanakha’s slyness – Beware of those who manipulate us using our weakness
• 2938) Ramayana series 2 – Maricha’s miscalculation – Our destination is not as important as our action
• 2937) The mind keeps us enslaved
• 2936) Ramayana Series 1 – Dasharatha’s dilemma
• 2935) Thwart the desires that titillate initially but torment eventually
• 2934) Inner healing through forgiveness
• 2933) Love is the ultimate reality that unifies all reality
• 2932) Prabhupada life-story 11 – On the bowery – A follower turns attacker
• 2931) Stung by the tongue
• 2930) Overcoming negative emotions 5 – Self-doubt
• 2929) The greatest danger is the danger of forgetting the danger
• 2928) Understanding how bhakti fulfills the purpose of scripture – and how we can help
• 2927) Even if we can’t be on the same page as God, be at least in the same book
• 2926) Focus on Krishna’s glories while studying Bhagavatam – don’t be distracted
• 2925) Spiritual Lessons from Car Driving 4 – The destination is also our companion
• 2924) Spiritual Lessons from Car Driving 3 – Our attitude is our steering wheel
• 2923) Spiritual Lessons from Car Driving 2 – What we are driving matters, but where we are driving matters more
• 2922) Spiritual Lessons from Car Driving 1 – The mind is the passenger, don’t let it become the driver
• 2921) Freedom for what – our surface desires or our deepest desires
• 2920) LIGHT acronym – 5 Meditations on Diwali
• 2919) Prabhupada life-story 10 – How Krishna set the stage for Prabhupada
• 2918) Equality beyond equality
• 2917) GIRI acronym – 4 lessons from Govardhana lila
• 2916) Overcoming negative emotions 4 – Overcoming anger through forgiveness
• 2915) The need for appropriate adaptors when transmitting the current of bhakti
• 2914) Advancing spiritually at our pace, from our place by understanding the power, principle and process of krishna-bhakti
• 2913) Worldly intoxication and devotional intoxication differ in consciousness, content and consequence
• 2912) Devotion doesn’t restrict us – it empowers us
• 2911) The Spirit of Diwali – Light the inner lamp to see beyond the painkiller of entertainment to the cure of devotion
• 2910) Understanding Gita Wisdom – Interview on People of Bhakti at Bhakti Radio Network
• 2909) The missing self in the selfie
• 2908) Gita 02.20-30 Go beyond lamentation by understanding the eternality of the soul and the multiplicity of its reincarnations
• 2907) How the Universal Form makes Krishna accessible
• 2906) Prabhupada life-story 09 – Alone and unaided in an alien land
• 2905) Overcoming negative emotions 3 – Fear
• 2904) Understanding religion and bhakti in the three modes
• 2903) How the fictional points to the spiritual
• 2902) Understanding Surrender – Meditation on Prabhupada’s prayer Markine Bhagavata Dharma – 6
• 2901) QA on dealing with material desires, excessive workload, inattentiveness in chanting and other bhakti principles
• 2900) Understanding the spiritual world, the power of bhakti and Narottama Das Thakura’s contribution to the bhakti tradition
• 2899) Understanding Surrender – Meditation on Prabhupada’s prayer Markine Bhagavata Dharma – 5
• 2898) Understanding Surrender – Meditation on Prabhupada’s prayer Markine Bhagavata Dharma – 4
• 2897) Understanding Surrender – Meditation on Prabhupada’s prayer Markine Bhagavata Dharma – 3
• 2896) Understanding Surrender – Meditation on Prabhupada’s prayer Markine Bhagavata Dharma – 2
• 2895) Understanding Surrender – Meditation on Prabhupada’s prayer Markine Bhagavata Dharma – 1
• 2894) Ramayana reflections – Maricha represents worship in fear
• 2893) Damodara lila analysis – Going beyond cultural conceptions to spiritual revelation
• 2892) How our vision alters our perception – Gita study 01.24-36
• 2891) Overcoming negative emotions 2 – Depression
• 2890) Is Krishna-bhakti universal when it is so specific?
• 2889) Prabhupada life-story 08 – Journey on Jaladuta – Physically demanding, Divinely revealing
• 2888) What we can learn from our dreams
• 2887) Science, Spirituality & Self-improvement
• 2886) Simplify, Clarify, Purify – Three principles for a fulfilling life
• 2885) Live in the present, but not for the present
• 2884) From material detachment to spiritual attachment – Ignorance, Tolerance, Transcendence, Immanence

September 2017

• 2883) Prabhupada life-story 07 – Seeking to reach the Western mind
• 2882) The essence of the spiritual world, and of spiritual life, is not location but disposition
• 2881) Overcoming negative emotions 1 – Resentment
• 2880) Developing Vaishnava qualities
• 2879) Remembrance of Krishna cuts karmic bondage by providing intelligence, taste and love
• 2878) Three principles for controlling the mind – Intelligence, Diligence and Dependence
• 2877) Even if we can’t be grateful for all circumstances, we can be grateful in all circumstances
• 2876) My journey from material science to spiritual science – QA session
• 2875) From anartha-nivrtti to artha-pravrtti 4 – Understanding Pravrtti
• 2874) From anartha-nivrtti to artha-pravrtti 3 – Understanding Artha
• 2873) From anartha-nivrtti to artha-pravrtti 2 – Understanding Nivrtti
• 2872) From anartha-nivrtti to artha-pravrtti 1 – Understanding Anartha
• 2871) Prabhupada life-story 06 – Taking sannyasa & starting Bhagavatam commentary
• 2870) Bhagavatam study 67 01.13.30-38 When it is time to renounce, embrace renunciation as a challenge and avoid discouragers
• 2869) Sharpening our focus – going beyond piety to spirituality and the mental to the spiritual
• 2868) Go beyond your inner critic & your inner daredevil
• 2867) Love may be unscientific, but is it unreal?
• 2866) Appreciating Srila Prabhupada’s presentation of devotion and of Ratha Yatra as a global festival of devotion
• 2865) FEAR acronym – Learning to deal with our fears
• 2864) Deal with desire not by indulgence or resistance but by intelligence and transcendence
• 2863) Cultivate not just factual memories but also emotional memories
• 2862) Gopi Gita 3 – “We cannot tolerate your feet being hurt by thorns – please return”
• 2861) Gopi Gita 2 – “You alone can free us from contamination and tribulation – please return”
• 2860) Prabhupada life-story 05 – Indian Partition – Transcendence amidst turbulence
• 2859) Gopi Gita 1 – “Whoever you are – Lord or lover – please come back”
• 2858) Desires exhaust us, but remain inexhaustible themselves
• 2857) Understanding and fulfilling the Bhagavatam’s purpose by cultivating sensitivity
• 2856) Bhagavatam study 66 01.13.24-29 Detachment emerges from education that changes our definition of success
• 2855) The Bhagavad-gita is a yoga text for emotional empowerment
• 2854) Change your inner world to change your outer world
• 2853) Improving Japa 2 – Concentrate by cultivating interest and appreciating importance
• 2852) Improving Japa 1 – Understand how and when we get distracted
• 2851) Cultists, Fanatics and Spiritual Shoppers – Making sense of the world’s religious scenario
• 2850) Temptation is caused not so much by perception as by provocation
• 2849) Six loving exchanges – Opening the heart and reciprocating with the opened heart
• 2848) We are defined by the questions we ask – in life, in science and in spirituality
• 2847) Prabhupada life-story 04 – League of Devotees – A clique thwarts the promise
• 2846) Irrational irritability results from indiscriminate sensuality
• 2845) Go beyond the mind’s transitory feelings to the heart’s transcendental feelings
• 2844) To be devoted means to look for devotional openings constantly
• 2843) The Entertainment Industry – Giving the least valuable the most value reflects ignorance
• 2842) Bring out the best you (03)
• 2841) Bring out the best you 3 – Spiritual help
• 2840) Bring out the best you 2 – Social help
• 2839) Bring out your best 1 – Self-help
• 2838) Can we logically prove God’s existence – Backward and forward reasoning
• 2837) From Love Universal to Bhakti Confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism Glories 7 – Love in separation is the culmination of love
• 2836) Prabhupada life-story 03 – The dedicated disciple takes up the mission
• 2835) Renunciation doesn’t make devotion attractive – devotion makes renunciation attractive

August 2017

• 2834) From Love Universal to Bhakti Confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism Glories 6 – Parakiya-rasa is not immoral, but trans-moral
• 2833) From love universal to bhakti confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism glories 5 – Radha and Krishna are one soul in two bodies
• 2832) Radharani is the epitome of pure selfless service
• 2831) Learning to not go up and down with life’s ups and downs – Gita 02.54-57
• 2830) From love universal to bhakti confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism glories 4 – Relishing the transformational legacy of God’s greatness and sweetness
• 2829) Understanding consciousness and its four levels – Jagruti, Svapna, Sushupti and Turya
• 2828) From Love Universal to Bhakti Confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism Glories 3 – PEAR acronym for becoming a rasika
• 2827) From Love Universal to Bhakti Confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism Glories 2 – How Karma and Jnana Culminate in Bhakti
• 2826) Reincarnation and the Search for Meaning – Evidence, Explanation & Evolution
• 2825) Kusum Sarovar meditation – Cherishing the culture rich with spiritual stimuli
• 2824) The mind is not the problem – the mindset is
• 2823) From love universal to bhakti confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism glories 1 – Understanding how love culminates in bhakti
• 2822) Self-help, social help and spiritual help – understanding how they work together
• 2821) Prabhupada life-story 02 – From political activist to spiritual activist
• 2820) Gajendra Moksha Katha 5 – Which comes first – giving up lower taste or getting higher taste – Hindi
• 2819) Gajendra Moksha Katha 4 – How age helps us become renounced – and how it doesn’t – Hindi
• 2818) Gajendra Moksha Katha 3 – Understanding when to wield control and when to yield control – Hindi
• 2817) Gajendra Moksha Katha 2 – Deviated spiritualists may lose the human body, but not their spiritual attraction – Hindi
• 2816) The Blue Whale Challenge and the desperate human need for self-validation
• 2815) LEAD acronym – 4 Leadership Sutras from Bhagavad-gita
• 2814) Those who believe that their mind is their friend become their own enemies
• 2813) DEEP acronym – What our phone can teach us about our mind
• 2812) OASIS – Five reflections for self-improvement
• 2811) Discover the Baahubali within you
• 2810) Gajendra Moksha Katha 1 – Understanding how our mental impressions shape us – Hindi
• 2809) 4 lessons about our mind from our phone – Distortion, Discretion, Determination, Devotion
• 2808) Live from #FB Bandstand Q&A on reincarnation with Chaitanya Charan Das
• 2807) Akrura Katha 3 – Understanding cultural bhakti, philosophical bhakti, spiritual bhakti and Vraja bhakti
• 2806) Prabhupada life-story 01 – A devotionally vibrant childhood
• 2805) Meditation on Kaliya lila – Devotion grants access to a rich panorama of divine emotions
• 2804) Akrura Katha 2 – Devotional disposition in association deepens our devotion
• 2803) Akrura Katha 1 – When no one understands us, Krishna understands
• 2802) Understanding our unprecedented vulnerability to temptation
• 2801) Addressing the fear of war breaking out
• 2800) Appreciating Balarama’s two blessings – Bala and Rama
• 2799) Understanding the mind through four animal metaphors 2 – Dog & Sheep – Hindi
• 2798) Understanding the mind through four animal metaphors 1 – Horse & Wolf – Hindi
• 2797) Increasing our willpower through restriction, redirection and reconstruction – Hindi
• 2796) Appreciating Balarama’s position, pastime and blessing – Hindi
• 2795) Tap the power of thoughts, don’t be trapped by them – Hindi
• 2794) To always remember Krishna practically means to remember that he is the controller of things outside our control – Hindi
• 2793) God is not present less in the hearts of the godless Gita 15.15
• 2792) Krishna is the trans-personal shelter of all the things that shelter us

July 2017

• 2791) Response to “My daughter wants to become Sunny Leone”
• 2790) Morality may be relativized, but the consequences of immoral indulgence can’t be relativized Gita 03.17
• 2789) Spiritualizing our relationships 5 – Focus more on our intentions than on others’ dispositions
• 2788) Acknowledging and regulating our passions – Wisdom on Wisdom 8
• 2787) Don’t let the mind send the intelligence on a vacation
• 2786) Our addictions originate not in uncontrollable desires but in unmet needs
• 2785) Spiritualizing our relationships 4 – Accept yourself to relate better with others
• 2784) We are never alone – we are always with our thoughts
• 2783) When fantasy distracts us from reality, let reality distract us from fantasy
• 2782) Metaphorical holy name meditations 2 – 3 ways the holy name stimulates deeper thought
• 2781) Karma & Reincarnation radio show – English with Tamil translation
• 2780) Adulation, distortion and denigration differentiate scientism from science
• 2779) Spiritualizing our relationships 3 – Learning to separate people from their behavior
• 2778) We are never too far away from relapse Gita 02.60
• 2777) Understanding what is mental and what is spiritual
• 2776) Reincarnation – From Romance to Research
• 2775) Dealing with conflicts by dealing with the mind – Hindi
• 2774) When passion gains domination, it sends reason on vacation
• 2773) If we don’t direct contemplation, fascination and dedication to Krishna, wherever they get directed will become our addiction
• 2772) Authenticity, Superficiality, Purity – Understanding the difference
• 2771) For transmitting spiritual knowledge, cultivate fixity of purpose and flexibility of process
• 2770) Learn to fail or fail to learn
• 2769) Deflecting attention doesn’t decrease addiction – develop connection
• 2768) How to surrender amidst different and difficult situations – Hindi
• 2767) Appreciating India after traveling in America – Hindi
• 2766) See the positive, not the negative, as the primary active force in the cosmos
• 2765) Spiritualizing our relationships 2 – To improve relationships, decrease expectation and increase contribution
• 2764) Our intelligence is our security system – don’t let temptation disable it Gita 02.63
• 2763) Why crave for hours and years for pleasures that last for moments Gita 05.22
• 2762) To say that philosophy is dead is to be dead to philosophy Gita 18.22
• 2761) Whom are we giving our mind – Hindi
• 2760) To evaluate devotion by its material benefits is like evaluating dancing by the distance covered Gita 02.44

June 2017

• 2759) God refuses to be a co-dependent in our addiction
• 2758) Mental weight can’t be wished away, but it can be worked away Gita 06.35
• 2757) Be not judgmental but be not judgmentophobic either
• 2756) Spiritualizing our relationships 1 – The more despiritualized we are, the more desensitized we become
• 2755) Don’t let perfectionism come in the way of progress towards perfection Gita 02.14
• 2754) Demystifying Reincarnation 11 – Consciousness – Intuitions that point beyond the brain
• 2753) Demystifying Reincarnation 10 – Near Death Experiences – Conscious when unconscious?
• 2752) Demography and spirituality
• 2751) Understanding the five functions of intelligence
• 2750) Use goodness to practice bhakti and correct our disconnect with reality
• 2749) Ghosts, Spirits & Reincarnation – Understanding how the invisible affects the visible
• 2748) The inner war is unavoidable Gita 03.43
• 2747) Demystifying Reincarnation 9 – Near Death Experiences – Partial consciousness?
• 2746) Demystifying Reincarnation 8 – Near Death Experiences – Hallucinations or Guesses?
• 2745) Demystifying Reincarnation 7 – Past life memories – Fraud by investigators?
• 2744) Demystifying Reincarnation 6 – Past-life memories – Frauds by parents?
• 2743) Demystifying Reincarnation 5 – Astonishing birth marks and birth defects
• 2742) Demystifying Reincarnation 4 – Past life memories – Guesses or Hyperboles?
• 2741) Transformation is inevitable – positive transformation has to be intentional
• 2740) To traverse the path to self-improvement, balance aspiration with awareness
• 2739) Metaphorical Meditations on the Holy Name 1 – The Holy Name grounds consciousness in the source of its source
• 2738) Be aware of not just the destination but also the starting point
• 2737) Social Media Analysis 3 – Greater accessibility brings greater responsibility
• 2736) Demystifying Reincarnation 3 – Past life memories – Any normal explanation?
• 2735) Demystifying Reincarnation 2 – Hypnotically induced past life memories and Xenoglossy
• 2734) Demystifying Reincarnation 1 – Incredible delusion or credible vision?
• 2733) Analyzing Social Media 2 – How social is social media?
• 2732) Seek not just the self – seek the soul Gita 02.21
• 2731) Remembering Srila Prabhupada’s mood and sacrifice – Hindi
• 2730) Tamal Krishna Maharaj books appreciation
• 2729) Does beauty lie in the eye of the beholder – A Vedic Perspective
• 2728) We can’t replace the mind, but we can re-place it
• 2727) Analyzing various perceptions and conceptions of God
• 2726) Reincarnation Research – Science, Pseudo-Science & Scientism
• 2725) Reincarnation and the human quest for self-understanding
• 2724) How to see God in this world
• 2723) The possibility for self-improvement is reduced by materialism and expanded by spirituality Gita 18.60
• 2722) Study the Gita for understanding it, not undermining it
• 2721) Spiritualizing our relationships – Hindi
• 2720) Scripture is a torch to see the world, a mirror to see the self and a window to see God
• 2719) World Religions – From Bhakti Universal to Bhakti Confidential
• 2718) Understanding who is the doer – Analyzing instincts, impulses and intelligence
• 2717) Once we slip down a slope, we can’t control how far we slip down Gita 03.36
• 2716) The mind can make a soldier into a deserter or even a betrayer Gita 05.22
• 2715) Meta-thinking is vital for fruitful thinking Gita 14.23
• 2714) Light to see the world – Science, Spirituality and Life’s Big Questions
• 2713) Don’t waste your mental energy on people on whom you won’t waste your time Gita 11.55
• 2712) Address misery first by recognizing its fundamental cause then its circumstantial cause Gita 09.33
• 2711) Don’t give your enemies weapons to beat you with Gita 03.36
• 2710) Ask not how could he have done that – ask what is to be done next Gita 03.39
• 2709) World Religions 3 – Islam – Beyond the politically correct and the politically incorrect to the philosophically correct
• 2708) World Religions 2 – Christianity – Beyond authoritarian and humanitarian religion to transcendence
• 2707) World Religions 1 – Appreciating religious diversity amidst spiritual universality
• 2706) Analyzing Social Media 1 – What it does for us and what it does to us
• 2705) Devotion, renunciation and aversion are differentiated by the direction of emotion
• 2704) Dumbness is not inability to understand gibberish – it is inability to see gibberish for what it is Gita 18.63
• 2703) Gita 14.11 Don’t chase the objects in perception – clean the doors of perception
• 2702) Gita 16.08 Materialism strips not only the other world of reality but also this world of meaning
• 2701) Gita 08.20 Those who reject a world beyond this world sentence themselves to pointless business in this world
• 2700) How to cultivate positive thinking in bhakti
• 2699) Gita 18.58 Devotion brings the inner morale to combat outer problems
• 2698) Gita 16.11 Technology is not just the provider of facility – it is also the shaper of mentality
• 2697) Gita 14.04 Dialogue requires methodological humility
• 2696) Gita 14.11 Our mind can be a transmitter, distorter or reflector of our consciousness
• 2695) Gita 01.46 – When emotions block our consciousness, Gita wisdom removes the blockage
• 2694) Gita 16.24 Religious tolerance is better fostered by deeper religious adherence than by greater religious indifference

May 2017

• 2693) Gita 09.14 The claim – religion is an agreeable illusion – is atheists’ agreeable illusion
• 2692) Gita 16.09 Developing better HD streaming may be individually meaningful but consuming what is streamed is hardly ever so
• 2691) Gita 14.04 Social reform needs to be founded in spiritual reform
• 2690) Gita 18.63 The call to the heart complements the call to the head
• 2689) Gita 15.10 The scientific torchlight shows matter clearly, consciousness hazily and God not at all
• 2688) Gita 16.24 Absolute Knowledge doesn’t have to be dogmatic and open-mindedness doesn’t have to relativize everything
• 2687) Gita 18.37 Freedom without framework is paralyzing, not liberating
• 2686) Gita 18.38 Don’t be so caught in choosing the right seat as to fail to choose the right train
• 2685) Gita 17.01 Worldviews are meant to be vision-enhancers, not vision-diminishers
• 2684) Gita 17.16 Purity has to be cultivated as an austerity before it can be savored as a state
• 2683) To change vision, change intention by study and association
• 2682) Gita 14.11 Inner illumination helps us to separate observation from evaluation
• 2681) Gita 16.11 Use developed human consciousness to decrease material fears, not increase them
• 2680) Understanding Destiny 2 – Destiny determines the scope of our free will, not our free will
• 2679) Understanding Destiny 1 – What is pre-determined and what isn’t
• 2678) Kali Yuga predictions – Superficiality, Audacity, Anxiety, Spirituality
• 2677) Gita 18.22 – Rise from tunnel vision through funnel vision
• 2676) Krishna is our protector, even when he seems to be the afflictor
• 2675) Bhagavatam study 1.13.1-7 – The detachment that fosters attachment to Krishna
• 2674) Spiritual Perspectives on Material Beauty – 2 – Should we be disgusted with the body?
• 2673) Gita 13.13 Bhakti wisdom frames our knowledge and our need for knowledge within our aspiration for eternity
• 2672) Bhakti-yoga is the balancer of our emotional and rational sides
• 2671) Managing stress coming from disorganization, disposition, destiny and decision
• 2670) Spiritual Perspectives on Material Beauty 1 – Bring out each other’s higher side, not lower side
• 2669) Appreciating bhakti as a spiritual science
• 2668) Gita 13.08 – Disrespecting ourselves doesn’t make us humble – respecting something bigger than ourselves does
• 2667) From Maya to Lila 2 – The desired may be an illusion, the desirer isn’t
• 2666) From Maya to Lila 1 – Illusion originates not in the object, but in the subject
• 2665) How to develop our relationship with Krishna
• 2664) How hurt people hurt people 2 – Learning to process our emotions before acting on them
• 2663) How hurt people hurt people 1 – Karna Character Analysis
• 2662) From Grudging to Gratitude QA 2
• 2661) From Grudging to Gratitude QA 1
• 2660) From Grudging to Gratitude 4 – Forgiving internally and externally by focusing on Krishna
• 2659) From Grudging to Gratitude 3 – Learn to re-interpret reality devotionally
• 2658) From Grudging to Gratitude 2 – See beyond the immediate cause of suffering
• 2657) From Grudging to Gratitude 1 – Grudging is like driving with brakes pressed
• 2656) From will and power to willpower
• 2655) Gita 10.6 See genealogy as an arena for manifesting Krishna,s actions in this world
• 2654) SIMHA acronym – Glories of Prahlada and Narasimha
• 2653) Gita 18.38 Contact of senses and sense objects is not just physical but also visual
• 2652) Reincarnation – Myth or Reality with Spanish Translation
• 2651) The Karma Conundrum – Does our destiny make us or do we make it?
• 2650) Select emotions with intelligence – Hindi
• 2649) Cultivating the strength to let go
• 2648) Gita 02.08 Don’t let comforts lure you away from life’s purpose
• 2647) Gita Essence 3 – The transformational power of love – World-knowledge as the vehicle for love
• 2646) Attitude in outreach 2 – Explain the philosophy before the morality – Be respectfully compassionate
• 2645) Attitude in outreach 1 – Present the product before the process – Be a role model
• 2644) Gita Essence 2 – The transformational power of love – God-knowledge as the fuel for love
• 2643) Gita 18.78 Human excellence and divine omnipotence herald victory
• 2642) Gita 01.42 Today’s war against family increases self-centeredness and obstructs spiritual growth
• 2641) Gita 18.22 – A truncated representation of reality is not reality
• 2640) Gita Essence 1- The transformational power of love – Self-knowledge as the basis of love
• 2639) Baahubali – A Spiritual Perspective
• 2638) Gita 16.24 – The transition from description to prescription requires discretion
• 2637) How free is our free will?
• 2636) Meditation on Niagara Falls
• 2635) Science-Religion QA
• 2634) From mindless accumulation to mindful realization
• 2633) Being religiously spiritual in a multi-cultural world
• 2632) Gita 02.58 Inevitable exposure to sense objects is different from initiated or instigated exposure
• 2631) Gita 16.09 All truth-claims are power-claims – This is also a truth-claim and a power-claim
• 2630) 9 forms of devotional service part 2 – Pada Sevanam Archanam Vandanam Dasyam Sakhyam Atma-Nivedanam
• 2629) 9 forms of devotional service part 1 – Shravanam Kirtanam Smaranam
• 2628) Why spirituality matters – scientific, ethical and relational perspectives

April 2017

• 2627) Baahubali – A Spiritual Perspective
• 2626) Focus on life’s big why, not everyday’s small whys
• 2625) Gita 14.26 – Bhakti is both a state and a process
• 2624) Gita 18.63 – Don’t sway others – inspire them
• 2623) Gita 14.05 – The modes comprise objective reality and color subjective perception
• 2622) Understanding how Krishna is everything and controls everything even amidst worldly sufferings
• 2621) Cultivate aversion to faultfinding
• 2620) Seek not a pleasure-filled life; seek a purpose-filled life
• 2619) Seek not a problem-free life – seek a purpose-filled life
• 2618) Lessons in love from Krishna-gopis relationship
• 2617) Knowing when to endeavor and when to surrender
• 2616) Choosing our mental battles
• 2615) Reincarnation – Reality, Rationality, Opportunity
• 2614) Misunderstandings spread like cancer – beware
• 2613) To master the mind, become conscious of your consciousness
• 2612) Focus on the Bhagavatam’s universal purpose beyond its specific details – invest one’s emotions in Krishna, not the world
• 2611) Overcome anxiety by focusing on state of thoughts, not state of things
• 2610) Self-control Strategies – Contemporary analysis of Nectar of Instruction Text 1
• 2609) Don’t hear the mind’s story – hear Krishna’s story
• 2608) Let incidental dissatisfaction trigger existential dissatisfaction
• 2607) PURE acronym – 4 attitudes for progressing in spiritual life
• 2606) Romanticizing Reincarnation – The danger of divorcing knowledge from its purpose
• 2605) Reincarnation – what explains it and what it explains
• 2604) Focus on the best in the past, be present in the present and shape the future
• 2603) QA with children on Ramayana-Mahabharata
• 2602) Go beyond fight or flight to sight
• 2601) Overcoming resentment amidst difficult situations
• 2600) Managing the mind – we control, Krishna converts
• 2599) Maintaining standards while cultivating sensitivity
• 2598) Channeling our dissatisfaction constructively
• 2597) IDEA acronym – The Bhagavad-gita in essence
• 2596) Focus on conscious intention, not circumstantial emotion
• 2595) Anxiety Management
• 2594) ​Our material needs are like painkillers – necessary but not sufficient
• 2593) Understanding how karma provides justice and Krishna provides mercy
• 2592) “The Holy Name is everything” – how to appreciate and apply this
• 2591) Understanding how dharma culminates in prema
• 2590) Materialism makes material life joyless and pointless
• 2589) Inner power means to act intelligently, not impulsively
• 2588) Spirituality changes how we perceive, process and pursue
• 2587) QA with Central New Jersey devotees
• 2586) Ram Navmi class – Learn from Rama’s concern for others’ distress instead of his own distress (Ramayana)
• 2585) 5 reflections for reconciling science and scripture
• 2584) From misunderstanding to understanding – Rama katha 4
• 2583) QA on Living spiritually in today’s world
• 2582) From misunderstanding to understanding – Rama katha 3
• 2581) From misunderstanding to understanding – Rama katha 2
• 2580) From misunderstanding to understanding – Rama katha 1
• 2579) Two lives, one purpose

March 2017

• 2578) External miracles don’t change us – internal choices do
• 2577) Consciousness – our under-used inner power
• 2576) Chatur Shloki Bhagavatam
• 2575) QA with Boston-Seattle devotees
• 2574) Spirituality in the age of Science (Science – Modern)
• 2573) Are we forgetting the key downstairs?
• 2572) What your phone can teach you about your mind 4 – Let bhakti change your memory
• 2571) What your phone can teach you about your mind 3 – Check your energy drainers
• 2570) Cultivate aggressive gratitude
• 2569) What your phone can teach you about your mind 2 – Hardware improvement doesn’t solve software problems
• 2568) What your phone can teach you about your mind 1 – Deal with your default settings maturely
• 2567) Seek self-affirmation through what you do for others, not what others do for you
• 2566) Redefining freedom
• 2565) Taking responsibility for our spiritual advancement
• 2564) Go beyond testing Krishna to tasting Krishna
• 2563) Can we love someone whom we hate?
• 2562) Chances, Changes, Choices – Making Life’s Big Decisions
• 2561) The cause of fanaticism is not excessive devotion, but inadequate devotion
• 2560) Matters that matter more than matter
• 2559) Understanding what is our quota in material life – 2
• 2558) Resist the temptation to be discouraged
• 2557) Learn to see the material and the spiritual as cumulative, not competitive
• 2556) Understanding what is our quota in material life – 1
• 2555) Demystifying Reincarnation
• 2554) Changing the default settings of our mind
• 2553) MIND the MIND
• 2552) Redirecting our desires and our speech towards Krishna
• 2551) Do we make our destiny or are we made by our destiny?
• 2550) Lord Chaitanya demonstrates that the heart is higher than the head
• 2549) Can we be spiritual but not religious?
• 2548) Relishing Shikshashtakam – Appreciating how meditation on the holy name blossoms to meditation on Krishna
• 2547) Spirituality in the age of science – The hard problem of consciousness
• 2546) Balancing intensity and sensitivity in bhakti – Learning from HH Radhanath Maharaj’s example
• 2545) Overcoming our mental energy drainers
• 2544) Are we the makers of our destiny?
• 2543) QA session with Dallas congregation
• 2542) QA session with Dallas youth
• 2541) Devotion as sentiment, commitment and attainment
• 2540) Significance of Chatur-Shloki Gita – Location, Content & Import
• 2539) Be not fretful or fearful – be faithful
• 2538) Understanding attachment, detachment, commitment 3 – Devotion as emotion, disposition and cultivation
• 2537) Understanding attachment, detachment, commitment 2 – Detachment is not hardheartedness – it is levelheadedness
• 2536) Understanding attachment, detachment, commitment 1 – Frustration is not renunciation
• 2535) Analyzing Near Death Experiences – Has the white crow been spotted?
• 2534) Go beyond the painkiller of karma-kanda or modern science to the curative medicine of bhakti

February 2017

• 2533) Growing from grudges to gratitude – Bhagavatam 10.14.8
• 2532) Overcoming obstacles 8 – Focus less on detachment from the world and more on attachment to Krishna – part 2
• 2531) Overcoming obstacles 7 – Focus less on detachment from the world and more on attachment to Krishna – part 1
• 2530) Overcoming obstacles 6 – Focus not on how the world sees you, but on how you see the world – part 2
• 2529) Overcoming obstacles 5 – Focus not on how the world sees you, but on how you see the world – part 1
• 2528) Overcoming obstacles 4 – Let intelligence be your minister, not your master – part 2
• 2527) Overcoming obstacles 3 – Let intelligence be your minister, not your master – part 1
• 2526) Overcoming obstacles 2 – Focus not on rejecting desire, but on selecting desire – part 2
• 2525) Overcoming obstacles 1 – Focus not on rejecting desire, but on selecting desire – part 1
• 2524) The eye to see the I
• 2523) Tap your inner power by understanding your inner hierarchy – Gita 03.42
• 2522) Applying spiritual wisdom to persevere through senseless suffering
• 2521) Overcome resentment by asking how, not why – Hindi
• 2520) Love is in the air, but where is the air? 
• 2519) Learn from the Gita the temperament to transform talent into achievement
• 2518) Nityananda Trayodashi – NITAI acronym for appreciating Nityananda Prabhu’s glories – Hindi
• 2517) Nityananda Trayodashi – How Nityananda Prabhu glorifies Lord Chaitanya – Hindi
• 2516) Sensitivity means to balance enlightenment with encouragement – Gita 17.15 – Hindi
• 2515) Self-transformation comes by becoming conscious of the subconscious – Hindi?
• 2514) Bring out the best within, not the beast within
• 2513) Living with differences – Hindi

January 2017

• 2512) Dealing with provocative people
• 2511) The Gita’s five subjects analyzed as a guide to action
• 2510) Sattva-guna – A competitor to bhakti and a stepping stone to bhakti
• 2509) Changing the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves
• 2508) Strengthen relationships by tolerating others’ indiscretions
• 2507) 2016 in review – Seeing global political upheavals philosophically
• 2506) Dhoni’s stepping down and seeing the big picture
• 2505) Let life give new eyes to see old relationships – Wisdom on Wisdom 7
• 2504) No place in the world is pain-free – Wisdom on Wisdom 6
• 2503) Pain is new for the sufferer, old for the observer – Wisdom on Wisdom 5
• 2502) Pleasure is a smooth-talking lawyer – Wisdom on Wisdom 4
• 2501) The future is in the future, not the past – Wisdom on Wisdom 3
• 2500) What we are is God’s gift to us – what we become is our gift to God

December 2016

• 2499) What’s new about the New Atheists – and what isn’t
• 2498) Counter the cancer of workaholism
• 2497) Facebook live QA 4
• 2496) Facebook live QA 3
• 2495) Facebook live QA 2
• 2494) Paranormal phenomena and spirituality
• 2493) No place in the world is pain-free – Wisdom on Wisdom series
• 2492) Nietzsche’s Desirer of desire – Wisdom on Wisdom 2
• 2491) Emerson’s Thought-stealing Ancients – Wisdom on Wisdom 1
• 2490) Christmas – A meditation for raising human consciousness
• 2489) Appreciating Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura’s historic contributions in historical context
• 2488) Ramayana Reflection – Hanuman in Lanka 3 – Exceeding Expectations
• 2487) Ramayana Reflection – Hanuman in Lanka 2 – Discouraged yet determined
• 2486) Ramayana Reflection – Hanuman in Lanka 1 – Overcoming Obstacles
• 2485) Ramayana Reflection – Why Rama abandoned Sita

November 2016

• 2484) Hanuman manifests a combination of bhakti and shakti
• 2483) What cricket can teach us about life Series
• 2482) Understanding surrender – Hindi
• 2481) The world sees results, Krishna sees efforts
• 2480) What cricket can teach us about life 3
• 2479) What cricket can teach us about life 2
• 2478) ​Help your mind to learn using association and intelligence
• 2477) ​What cricket can teach us about life 1
• 2476) ​​Why Rama banished Sita – Hindi
• 2475) Counter the inner negative conversation of doubt and desire
• 2474) Bhakti yoga – cultural practice or spiritual science?
• 2473) Bhikshu Gita 6 – See the mind’s aversion to concentration as a trick of illusion (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.47)
• 2472) Bhikshu Gita Series
• 2471) Bhikshu Gita 5 – Happiness comes by raising the standard of longing (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.46)
• 2470) Learning from the guru named death
• 2469) QA on Practical application of bhakti
• 2468) Bhikshu Gita 4 – The mind distracts us from bhakti in the name of bhakti (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.45)
• 2467) Bhikshu Gita 3 – The mind makes the unreal seem real and the real seem unreal (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.44)
• 2466) Bhikshu Gita 2 – The mind makes it difficult for people to change – be understanding (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.43)
• 2465) Demystifying Gita 18.66 – Does surrender mean giving up dharma?
• 2464) Navigating the social and emotional turbulence of adolescence
• 2463) Bhikshu Gita 1 – Minimize misery by identifying the misery caused by the mind (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.42)
• 2462) ​Appreciating Srila Prabhupada’s transcendence in sharing bhakti
• 2461) Appreciating the devotional despair of Damodarashtakam
• 2460) Appreciating Tattva Sandarbha

October 2016

• 2459) ​Diwali meditation on Science and spirituality
• 2458) ​Pressing on when things don’t make sense
• 2457) ​Near death experiences demystified
• 2456) Spirituality for caregivers
• 2455) How Rama tests Bharata – and how we can pass the test of desires
• 2454) ​Learning to manage our desires – Gita 02.64-72
• 2453) Sumanta-Akrura parallels and ADD acronym for dealing with doubts
• 2452) ​Rasa Lila or rash lila 2- The historical misunderstanding
• 2451) ​Rasa Lila or rash lila 1- The philosophical misunderstanding
• 2450) ​Tap the triangularity of desires through good association
• 2449) ​Understanding why Rama banished Sita
• 2448) “Proactive Leadership” talk at UDELAS Universidad Especializada de las Américas
• 2447) ​Respond to adversity with dignity
• 2446) Your enemy is inside you – and so is your friend – with Spanish translation
• 2445) Tap the power of your mind​ – with Spanish translation
• 2444) ​Key to success – Go DEEP
• 2443) Proactive Leadership – with Spanish translation
• 2442) ​Discover your inner power – with Spanish translation
• 2441) ​What dogs, birds and elephants teach us about our habits – with Spanish translation
• 2440) ​​​​What happens after death
• 2439) What your phone can teach you about your mind
• 2438) ​Activate the grand rapid flow of bhakti by restructing your mental architecture
• 2437) ​A Bhagavad-gita view of religious diversity
• 2436) Tap the power of consciousness
• 2435) ​QA on Bhagavad-gita and bhakti philosophy
• 2434) ​Matters that matter more than matter – Origin, value & purpose
• 2433) Mahabharata 3 – Karna – Deciding based on intent, content or effect
• 2432) ​Look at the mind before you look with the mind
• 2431) ​Science vs Religion – Talk & QA
• 2430) ​What near death experiences mean for all of us
• 2429) ​Examining our definition of happiness
• 2428) Mahabharata 2 – Draupadi – Dishonored yet honorable
• 2427) ​Learning to change our rasa from the world to Krishna
• 2426) ​Mahabharata 1 – Bhishma – Misunderstood by the world, understood by Krishna
• 2425) ​Four animal metaphors for managing the mind – horse, wolf, dog and sheep
• 2424) Understand your machine to relish your self
• 2423) ​Consciousness, the subconscious and conscience – understanding and transforming our inner world
• 2422) Analyzing Nanda-Vasudeva conversation – Destiny is never an excuse for neglecting duty
• 2421) Understanding the Bhagavatam’s chronological and conceptual flow
• 2420) ​Seek not moments of bhakti – seek momentum in bhakti
• 2419) ​Don’t identify with the mind – identify the mind
• 2418) ​Seek the synergy of siddhanta, sadhana and sadachara
• 2417) ​Channeling our emotions on the path of yoga – Gita 06.20-23

September 2016

• 2416) ​Discover your inner power
• 2415) Chatur Shloki Bhagavatam 2 – Understanding inconceivability as an explanation for the world’s nature
• 2414) The search for happiness
• 2413) Chatur Shloki Bhagavatam 1 – Understanding God is all that exists
• 2412) Spirituality in an age of science – Maximizing human potential
• 2411) Spirituality in an age of science – Managing the messy mind
• 2410) ​Tragic Hero – Life Lessons from Karna – Princeton University
• 2409) ​The quest for happiness is frustrated materially and fulfilled spiritually
• 2408) ​God helps those who help themselves – Common understanding, misunderstanding and devotional understanding
• 2407) ​Holy Name seminar – Becoming conscious of our consciousnss, our distractions and our Lord
• 2406) Transform anxiety into intensity by spirituality
• 2405) Focus not on the cause – focus on the cure
• 2404) Near-death Experiences – The evidence and the implication
• 2403) ​Spirituality – A higher-dimensional science
• 2402) ​Take charge of your inner conversation
• 2401) ​Balancing renunciation with responsibility
• 2400) ​Growing in devotion through assimilation, application and appreciation
• 2399) Discover your inner power
• 2398) The Quest for Happiness
• 2397) Self-destruction Strategies Series
• 2396) Religious tolerance, intolerance and transcendence – Reflections on Haridasa Thakura pastimes
• 2395) Matters that matter more than matter
• 2394) When the mind cries wolf, don’t fall for its bluff
• 2393) Make Krishna the rest for the restless mind
• 2392) ​Responding maturely to unfair criticism
• 2391) ​What science can’t provide – and spirituality can
• 2390) ​Do we need spirituality in an age of science?
• 2389) ​Your worst enemy is inside you and so is your best friend
• 2388) Understanding how bhakti-rasa reclaims those who fall away
• 2387) Radhashtami class – Appreciating the transcendence of the Radha-Krishna relationship
• 2386) ​Radhashtami class – When Krishna leaves the gopis and Radharani during rasa lila
• 2385) Understanding the mind through tech metaphors
• 2384) Shikshashtakam – 12-part series at Alachua
• 2383) Understanding the practicality of karmany evadhikaraste (Gita 02.47)
• 2382) Shikshashtakam 12 Text 8 Radharani manifests the highest summit of love
• 2381) Shikshashtakam 11 Text 7 Treasure devotional memories to propel your devotion
• 2380) Shikshashtakam 10 Text 6 Curb sentimentality but cherish sentiments
• 2379) Shikshashtakam 9 Text 5 The subtle interplay of endeavor and grace in bhakti
• 2378) Shikshashtakam 8 Text 4 Let your bhakti be Krishna-centered, not renunciation-centered
• 2377) Shikshashtakam 7 Text 3 Tolerance means to call off our war with reality
• 2376) Shikshashtakam 6 Text 3 Humility means to not let our ego interfere with our purpose
• 2375) ​Shikshashtakam 5 Text 2 The mysterious non-difference of Krishna and his holy name
• 2374) ​Shikshashtakam 4 Text 1 From the partial nectar to the complete nectar
• 2373) ​Shikshashtakam 3 Text 1 The flower metaphor for the blossoming of consciousness
• 2372) Shikshashtakam 2 Text 1 The mind as a window, a TV screen and a mirror
• 2371) Shikshashtakam 1 Overview and flow of the ashtakam
• 2370) The point of this world is to point beyond this world

August 2016

• 2369) ​Gita Leadership Sutras 5-10
• 2368) ​Gita Leadership Sutras 2-4
• 2367) ​Gita Leadership Sutras Intro & Sutra 1
• 2366) Krishna is universal yet personal – Janmasthami meditation 3
• 2365) Krishna teaches “Prepare for the worst, strive for the best” – Janmasthami meditation 2
• 2364) Krishna teaches “Contribution without position” – Janmasthami meditation 1
• 2363) Krishna descends to elevate us to happiness – Janmashtami class (Hindi)
• 2362) Self-destruction Strategies 5 – See your work as Maya
• 2361) Self-destruction strategies 4 – Let guilt come between you and Krishna
• 2360) Self-destruction strategies 3 – Treat the peripheral as the essential
• 2359) Self-destruction strategies 2 – Be a perfectionist
• 2358) Self destruction Strategies 1 – Mistake self-pity to be humility
• 2357) QA on balancing the material and the spiritual
• 2356) When God fails – Krishna as shanti-duta
• 2355) Bhagavatam canto 6 study 6 6.4.1-34 The pure heart is the secret to know the pure Lord
• 2354) Aversion to commitment is not detachment
• 2353) Balaram Jayanti class – Balaram acts as the via media between Krishna and the Vrajavasis as well as the conditioned souls
• 2352) Understanding how to understand scripture – Ladder of abstraction and nature of attribution
• 2351) Bhagavatam canto 6 study 5 6.3.12-35 Yamaraja explains the position of Vishnu and his servants, and the nature and application of dharma
• 2350) Gita Insights on Terrorism
• 2349) Learning to live with the mind – 2
• 2348) ​Learning to live with the mind 1 – Gita 6.27-36
• 2347) Making our outreach relevant
• 2346) Practicing humility in a culture of promotion

July 2016

• 2345) ​Bhagavatam canto 6 study 4 – 2.32-3.11 Boost inner resolution with external facilitation
• 2344) ​Bhagavatam canto 6 study 3 – 6.2.1-28 Bhakti’s potency is not a license for immorality
• 2343) ​Bhagavatam canto 6 study 2 – 6.1.28-68 Lust is not gender-specific – it troubles everyone
• 2342) ​Stimulate desired emotions through right setting
• 2341) Bhagavatam canto 6 study 1 – 6.1.1-27 Nothing purifies as thoroughly as bhakti
• 2340) ​Bhagavatam study 65 1.13.19-23 Vidura’s words hit Dhritarashtra where it hurts the most
• 2339) ​Bhagavatam study 64 1.13.9-18 Fulfilling purpose is more important than just sharing information
• 2338) ​Bhagavatam study 63 1.13.1-8 Periods of distress can forge the deepest bonds
• 2337) Bhagavatam study 62 1.12.30-36 The Bhagavatam’s lens focuses on separation from Krishna
• 2336) ​Bhagavatam study 61 1.12.21-29 The prophecy of a glorious death is not inauspicious
• 2335) Shikshashtakam 7 – Go beyond sentimentality to spiritual sentiments
• 2334) Bhagavatam study 60 1.12.12-20 The carrier of the dynasty was to the glory of the dynasty
• 2333) Bhagavatam study 59 1.12.1-11 Parikshit had magnificent darshan even before birth
• 2332) Bhagavatam study 58 1.11.32-39 Krishna seemed attached but remained detached
• 2331) Bhagavatam study 57 1.11.25-32 Krishna’s beauty is exquisite and exquisitely described
• 2330) ​Bhagavatam study 56 1.11.14-24 The spiritual qualification of bhakti unites the materially​ ​qualified and unqualified
• 2329) ​Bhagavatam study 55 1.11.8-13 Prosperity without Krishna is like beautiful things for the blind
• 2328) ​Bhagavatam study 54 1.11.1-7 Krishna’s arrival brings ecstasy
• 2327) ​Bhagavatam study 53 1.10.28-36 Krishna’s departure and travel are celebrations of love
• 2326) ​Bhagavatam study 52 1.10.21-27 The Supreme appears human – and still remains Supreme
• 2325) Bhagavatam study 51 1.10.9-20 Imminent separation from Krishna triggers intense emotion
• 2324) Metaphorical understanding in bhakti philosophy and in Krishna’s killing of Putana
• 2323) Bhagavatam study 50 1.10.1-8 Yudhishtira’s dharmic reign harmonizes the natural order with the human order
• 2322) ​Bhagavatam study 49 1.9.43-48 Departure of great souls is a victory worthy of celebration
• 2321) ​Bhagavatam study 48 1.9.36-42 Bhishma’s memories go beyond the personal to the Krishna-centered

June 2016

• 2320) Bhagavatam study 47 1.9.31-35 Bhishma identifies and adores the ultimate cause of his death
• 2319) ​Prahlad sees his glory as bhakti’s glory
• 2318) Cultivating absorption through conviction
• 2317) In scriptural study, be not just faithful but also purposeful
• 2316) Shikshashtakam 6 – Calling for mercy elevates us from our fallen condition
• 2315) Self excellence principles from Bhagavad Gita
• 2314) ​Learning to lose our faith in illusion
• 2313) ​Three types of austerities – Gita 17.14-16 (Hindi)
• 2312) Surrender is not just exalted sentiment but also practical action – Gita 18.66
• 2311) ​Science and spirituality are harmonizable
• 2310) Shikshashtakam 5 – Channel the avalanche of desire
• 2309) ​Give people space to grow in their faith
• 2308) Austerity is meant to focus desire, not kill desire
• 2307) Devotion is a progression from our past, not a rejection of the past
• 2306) ​What exactly is the eternal treasure of bhakti (Hindi)
• 2305) Unravelling the Mystery of Karma with QA
• 2304) The spiritual is beyond the social, national cultural and traditional
• 2303) Anant Gita ke do anta – Gita 18.63-78
• 2302) ​Western philosophers and Bhagavad-gita 1 – Beyond Cartesian duality
• 2301) Parashurama avatar – Brahmana, kshatriya and post-kshatriya phases
• 2300) Self-determination and denial of destiny characterize modernity

May 2016

• 2299) Bhagavatam study 46 1.9.25-30 Bhishma’s departure is glorious in every way
• 2298) ​Bhagavatam study 45 1.9.17-24 By doing the Lord’s will, we understand his benevolence
• 2297) ​Bhagavatam study 44 1.9.11-16 Concern for others’ suffering decreases our own suffering
• 2296) Shikshashtakam 3 – Humility and tolerance empower us to focus on our purpose
• 2295) ​Bhagavatam study 43 1.9.1-10 The experts adjust contextual practices to fulfill essential purpose
• 2294) Bhagavatam study 42 1.8.45-52 Yudhisthira argues against his blamelessness
• 2293) ​Bhagavatam study 41 1.8.38-44 Devotional prayers take us towards pure devotion
• 2292) Bhagavatam study 40 1.8.32-37 The unborn takes birth to end our rebirth
• 2291) ​Bhagavatam study 39 1.8.26-31 Krishna-lila can be understood through love
• 2290) ​Prahlad Prayers 5 Those who cherish the spiritual can channel the material
• 2289) Prahlad Prayers 4 Upward mobility can’t save us from mortality
• 2288) Prahlad Prayers 3 Linking manisha with Hrshikesha makes us manisha
• 2287) Prahlad Prayers 2 The damsel in distress redefines distress
• 2286) Prahlad Prayers 1 Krishna’s glorification is for our purification, not our glorification
• 2285) The dual dimensions of artha
• 2284) ​Bhagavatam study 38 1.8.23-25 Material adversity makes spiritual opportunity a necessity
• 2283) Gita 15.20 Using the knowledge and devotion we presently have propels us symbiotically towards life’s perfection
• 2282) Bhagavatam study 37 1.8.17-22 The prayer progresses from philosophical to personal
• 2281) Gita 15.19 Bhakti is not non-intellectual or anti-intellectual – it is trans-intellectual
• 2280) Bhagavatam study 36 1.8.1-16 – What is materially impossible is possible for Krishna
• 2279) Gita 15.18 Fragmentation is not the cause of illusion, disharmonization is
• 2278) Make your own destiny 3
• 2277) ​Make your own destiny 2
• 2276) Make your own destiny 1
• 2275) Gita 15.17 Liberation is not just elevation out of illusion but also connection with the supreme reality
• 2274) Gita 15.16 Purification means to change our emotional center
• 2273) Gita 15.15 The purpose of perceiving the spiritual through the material is to perceive the spiritual in its own right
• 2272) Gita 15.14 The world’s origin and operation points requires something beyond the world
• 2271) Gita 15.13 The existence of multiple factors congenial to our existence points to transcendence
• 2270) Gita 15.12 We need the eyes to see what our eyes need to see
• 2269) PRAY acronym: Revisiting our conceptions about praying
• 2268) Gita 15.11 What we see depends on what we want to see
• 2267) Gita 15.10 We need knowledge to see our vulnerability in material existence
• 2266) Seek artha in both its senses – wealth and meaning
• 2265) Gita 15.09 The mind makes chasing mirages the soul’s tragic habit
• 2264) Gita 15.08 The essence of growth is evolution in our conception of life
• 2263) Gita 15.07 Even when the mind is directed by the senses, it still directs the senses
• 2262) Gita 15.06 The spiritual world is self-luminous and its luminosity is malleable to Krishna’s will
• 2261) The pointlessness of atheism
• 2260) Gita 15.05 Surrender means to give up everything for Krishna – even the feeling of hopelessness
• 2259) Gita 15.04 The Personal Absolute is not a way to transcendence – he is the summit of transcendence
• 2258) Gita 15.03 Detachment cuts not the world but our own attachment to the world
• 2257) Gita 15.02 We are bound by action and knowledge can guide us to action that leads to liberation
• 2256) Naam Ramayana – Pride induces and perpetuates misjudgment
• 2255) Gita 15.01 The metaphor of the upside-down tree points to the reality beyond the reflection

April 2016

• 2254) ​You came, you gave, you conquered – Appreciating Srila Prabhupada’s mercy
• 2253) ​Naam Ramayana – When the supreme appears to be deluded, that appearance is a delusion
• 2252) ​Naam Ramayana – Disciplining is not punishing
• 2251) Naam Ramayana – Devotion requires no qualification except the desire to serve
• 2250) ​Naam Ramayana – The supreme blesser blesses and is blessed
• 2249) ​Naam Ramayana – The all-pure purifies at multiple levels – tangible and intangible
• 2248) Naam Ramayana – Our worldview shapes our responses to the world’s ups and downs
• 2247) Gita 14.27 Brahman refers not just to the impersonal spiritual but also the generically spiritual
• 2246) Gita 14.26 Health is a product of medication but it is also a precondition for medication
• 2245) ​ Varahadeva – Bhakti theology goes far beyond zoomorphism
• 2244) Gita 14.25 As long as we are materially motivated, we will be materially agitated
• 2243) Gita 14.24 To be equipoised, be situated in the self, not in the world
• 2242) ​Shakespeare seen in the light of the bhakti tradition
• 2241) Gita 14.23 We are not our scars, be they physical or emotional
• 2240) ​The cause of temptation lies inside not outside
• 2239) Gita 14.22 Be a non-judgemental non-committal observer of your emotions
• 2238) Gita 14.21 When the disease is subtle, we need education to perceive the symptoms of sickness and health
• 2237) Improving our chanting – Hindi
• 2236) Gita 14.20 Those who transcend the modes transcend miseries
• 2235) Bhagavatam highlights devotion through recollection in separation
• 2234) QA in Nasik 2 April 2016
• 2233) QA in Nasik 1 April 2016
• 2232) Gita 14.19 Seeing that our actions are impelled by the modes inspires us to resist the desires induced by the modes
• 2231) Gita 14.18 Goodness leads to elevation, passion to stagnation, ignorance to degradation
• 2230) Gita 14.17 Different modes foster different emotions, dispositions and destinations
• 2229) ​Appreciating Rama’s appreciation of Lakshmana – Ramanavmi class
• 2228) ​Rama: Fact, not Fiction
• 2227) Gita 14.16 Piety purifies, craving torments and intoxication stupefies
• 2226) Gita 14.15 The modes are not just psychological constructs, they are also post-mortem destination shapers
• 2225) ​Don’t be attached to being detached
• 2224) Gita 14.14 A disposition of knowledge and purity elevates to the destination of the knowledgeable and the pure
• 2223) Gita 14.13 The mode of ignorance block us in both contemplation and action
• 2222) Gita 14.12 Desires that drive us with the lure of pleasure are insatiable
• 2221) How can we avoid feeling disheartened on hearing exalted levels of devotion?
• 2220) ​Don’t let your fears block you
• 2219) ​Abrahamic and impersonalist misconceptions about Krishna’s position
• 2218) Gita 14.11 Illumination of knowledge regulates the input and output through the doorways of the senses
• 2217) Gita 14.10 The modes are neither in segregation nor in integration but are in competition
• 2216) ​​Learning when and how to forgive
• 2215) Gita 14.09 The longer a pleasure lasts, the greater its lure
• 2214) ​Near Death Experiences – Where science points to spirituality
• 2213) Gita 14.08 The mode of ignorance begins with not knowing and leads to false knowing
• 2212) ​How can we neglect the mind when it obsesses on the very object we want to avoid?
• 2211) Angada’s journey – Unity within begets unity without
• 2210) ​Sugriva’s journey from doubt to faith
• 2209) Gita 14.07 Passion is composed of attachment, gives rise to craving and binds us to work
• 2208) The Gita is elevating and accommodating – Overview of chapters 1-12
• 2207) ​QA session at Perth
• 2206) ​The earth-bound are dearth-bound
• 2205) ​Appreciating Krishna’s love for us
• 2204) ​Disproportionate punishment can be atrocious – Ashwattama pastime analysis 2
• 2203) Understanding Krishna’s position and disposition from the Gita and the Mahabharata
• 2202) Is constantly thinking about death psychologically damaging?
• 2201) Gita 14.06 Anything that keeps us away from realizing our spirituality is binding, even if it is illuminating
• 2200) Gita 14.05 Modes are a combination of matter that trigger emotion which matter in isolation doesnt
• 2199) Gita 14.04 The seed-giving father is also the soul-attracting liberator
• 2198) Gita 14.03 We determine our bodies and our bodies determine us
• 2197) Gita 14.02 Death can’t be avoided, but affliction due to death can be
• 2196) Faith is essential in daily life, science – and spiritual life
• 2195) Different levels of seeing Krishna
• 2194) Beware of the temptation to punish 1- Ashwattama pastime analysis
• 2193) Gita 14.01 The Gita uses diverse frames of analysis to reiterate its consistent conclusion

March 2016

• 2192) Discover Your Inner Power
• 2191) Understanding the purpose of explicit language in scripture
• 2190) Two ways to realization: as sudden illumination and as gradual awakening
• 2189) Vritrasura lila analysis 2 – The heroic leader and the hidden devotee
• 2188) The mind is a monkey that makes us a donkey
• 2187) Vritrasura lila analysis 1 – The setting for the stunning twist in the storyline
• 2186) Krishna is realer than reality
• 2185) Concluding QA session in Dharma to Prema Retreat
• 2184) Overcoming discouragement in life
• 2183) Understanding the many forms of surrender
• 2182) Mapping our inner territory – Anartha nivritti explained from Madhuraya Kadambini
• 2181) Understanding karma dharma and destiny
• 2180) From dharma to prema
• 2179) GAURA acronym – 5 glorious qualities of Lord Chaitanya
• 2178) How faith contributes to harmony – Multi-faith meeting
• 2177) Gaura Purnima lecture – Lord Chaitanya manifested the three internal reasons for his descent in his Ratha-yatra lila
• 2176) Gita 13.35 Knowledge helps us perceive and achieve spiritual reality
• 2175) Gita 13.34 Consciousness can be the channel to illumination – and to illusion too
• 2174) Gita 13.33 The soul is not entangled, but the mind is
• 2173) Bhakti is an experiential science
• 2172) Pray not to get things done but to connect with Krishna
• 2171) Cultivating non-judgmental attitude 3
• 2170) Gita 13.32 The soul is situated in the body, but its consciousness doesn’t have to imprisoned in the body
• 2169) Cultivating non-judgmental attitude 2
• 2168) Beyond sentimentality to sentiments
• 2167) Gita 13.31 See variety not as illusion above the unity but as emanation from the unity
• 2166) Gita 13.30 The soul is not the doer of the activities impelled by the body
• 2165) Gita 13.29 See beyond people’s particular actions to Krishna’s universal positive intention
• 2164) You are bigger than your habits
• 2163) Cultivating non-judgmental attitude 1
• 2162) Gita 13.28 To see that which is critical to see is to really see
• 2161) Devotion amidst persecution – Lord Chaitanya delivers Chand Kazi part 3
• 2160) Gita 13.27 See beyond functional categorization to philosophical comprehension
• 2159) Gita 13.26 Hearing directs us to destination immortality
• 2158) Harmonizing our spiritual and material lives
• 2157) Uddhava Gita nectar 4 – Understanding the different gopis’ varying understandings of Krishna
• 2156) Appreciating Gaudiya Vaishnavism 3 – Srila Prabhupada made the transcendental practical
• 2155) Chatur Shloki Bhagavatam 4 – Understanding human intelligence
• 2154) Gita 13.25 The many ways to see within are meant to show the same truth within
• 2153) How are scriptures relevant today
• 2152) Uddhava Gita nectar 3 – The gopis’ ecstatic samadhi
• 2151) Uddhava Gita nectar 2 – Love explained – Comparing materialist, Abrahamic, impersonalist and bhakti worldviews
• 2150) Uddhava Gita nectar 1 – Krishna acknowledges the gopis’ heartbreak
• 2149) Appreciating Gaudiya Vaishnavism 2 – Learn to relish bhakti rasa
• 2148) Appreciating Gaudiya Vaishnavism 1 – Bhakti inverts social hierarchy
• 2147) Yayati pastime analysis – From indulgence to transcendence
• 2146) FREE – 4 ways spirituality makes us better achievers
• 2145) Gita 13.24 Sankhya and bhakti are different in form, but similar in essential content and ultimate purpose
• 2144) Gita 13.23 One purusha is controlled by nature, the other is the controller of nature
• 2143) Gita 13.22 Our desire to enjoy matter subjects us to material distress
• 2142) Gita 13.21 Material causality is not complete causality
• 2141) Devotion amidst persecution – Lord Chaitanya delivers Chand Kazi – Part 2
• 2140) Devotion amidst persecution – Lord Chaitanya delivers Chand Kazi Part 1
• 2139) Gita 13.20 Matter is eternal, but material forms are temporary
• 2138) Gita 13.19 Subtle spiritual truths are comprehended through devotion, not intellection
• 2137) Gita 13.18 All objects of knowledge are meant to direct us to the objective of knowledge
• 2136) Go beyond get, beget, forget, regret
• 2135) Chatur Shloki Bhagavatam 3 – Understanding material nature
• 2134) Holy Name is Everything Part 2
• 2133) Holy Name is Everything Part 1
• 2132) Chatur Shloki Bhagavatam 2 – Understanding Maya
• 2131) Chatur Shloki Bhagavatam 1 – Understanding the Absolute Truth
• 2130) Gita 13.17 The all-round glory of the Absolute includes its glory as the destroyer
• 2129) Gita 13.16 The Gita’s Absolute reflects not naive anthropomorphism but profound sophistication
• 2128) Gita 13.15 The Absolute’s paradoxical attributes underscore its transcendental inconceivability
• 2127) Bhagavatam study 35 01.7.52-58 Law codes alone aren’t enough for justice – an expert judge is needed
• 2126) Gita 13.14 The knowable’s all-pervasiveness points to its transcendence of our capacity to know
• 2125) The living bhakti tradition is a garden, not a museum
• 2124) Gita 13.13 That which grants the immortal is the most vital knowable
• 2123) Dasha Mula Tattva 13 – Study scripture with focus on the purpose of scripture
• 2122) Dasha Mula Tattva 12 – Enter higher rasas by purification, not imitation
• 2121) Spirituality in the Age of Science
• 2120) Gita 13.12 Knowledge means to what is the most important to know
• 2119) Bhagavatam study 34 01.7.44-51 Differences in opinion arise from differences in focus of perception
• 2118) Gita 13.11 The way of devotion is different from the way of the masses

February 2016

• 2117) Gita 13.10 Detachment is not meant to make us hard-hearted
• 2116) Dasha Mula Tattva 11 – Love is not just feeling but also doing
• 2115) Dasha Mula Tattva 10 – Mayavada is the inversion, not contradiction, of Vaishnavism
• 2114) Dasha Mula Tattva 9 – Association is the way to liberation
• 2113) Gita 13.09 To cultivate detachment from matter, contemplate the distresses of material existence
• 2112) Bhagavatam study 33 01.7.38-43 Ashwatthama’s actions were inexcusable and punishable
• 2111) Dining with a monkey
• 2110) Gita 13.08 The Gita is not a glorification of war, but a delineation of dharma
• 2109) Gita 13.07 Consciousness is shaped, not sourced, by changes of matter
• 2108) Bhagavatam study 32 01.7.30-37 The protector from provocation tests by provoking
• 2107) Gita 13.06 The subtle points towards the spiritual
• 2106) Bhagavatam study 31 01.7.22-29 Krishna relieves from the dangerous fire – literal and metaphorical
• 2105) Dasha Mula Tattva 8 – Maya binds us not as prisoners but as puppets
• 2104) Dasha Mula Tattva 7 – Achintyabhedabheda is the most evolved understanding of Vedanta
• 2103) Gita 13.05 Study matter for functioning and transcending
• 2102) Gita 13.04 Use your sphere of influence for bringing about the ultimate change
• 2101) Gita 13.03 Knowledge means to know both matter and spirit
• 2100) Dasha Mula Tattva 6 – The Absolute Truth delights and shares delights through three internal energies
• 2099) Dasha Mula Tattva 5 – The Absolute Truth and its energies are one in synthesis, different in analysis
• 2098) PRAHLAD acronym – 7 glories qualities of Prahlad Maharaj
• 2097) Gita 13.02 Our field reflects our sphere of influence
• 2096) Gita 13.01 The meanings of words exist not just in dictionary but also in context
• 2095) Gita 12.20 The concluding verse reiterates and reinforces the starting verse
• 2094) Gita 12.19 Seek satisfaction not by horizontal improvement, but by vertical advancement
• 2093) Gita 12.17 Conserve your emotional energy by focus on service
• 2092) Gita 12.18 To rise above material dualities, break free from material association
• 2091) Reincarnation 3 – Five intuitive contemplations for self-discovery
• 2090) Reincarnation 2 – Europe’s incredible delusion – we have only one life
• 2089) Gita 12.16 Complement spiritual devotion with material dispassion
• 2088) Gita 12.15 Avoid agitation coming from the social and the mental
• 2087) Gita 12.14 To sustain satisfaction, seek absorption
• 2086) Reincarnation 1 – Preview of scientific, historical and philosophical analysis
• 2085) Gita 12.13 Devotion manifests as action, even aggression, without mundane passion
• 2084) Advaita Acharya 1 – Compassionate call to the Lord
• 2083) Gita 12.12 Serenity comes by rising from piety to spirituality
• 2082) Gita 12.11 To be self-situated, begin with selflessness
• 2081) Gita 12.10 Bhakti means dedicating our external to the eternal internal instead of the ephemeral internal
• 2080) Gita 12.09 If absorption in Krishna is unattainable, seek attraction through connection
• 2079) Gita 12.08 Bhakti changes not our outer location but the locus of our inner world
• 2078) Gita 12.07 Bhakti-yoga complements human agency with divine agency
• 2077) Gita 12.06 Devotional renunciation centers not on what we renounce but on for whom we renounce
• 2076) Gita 12.05 Attachment to oneness leaves us with nothingness to be attached to
• 2075) Gita 12.04 Don’t treat impersonalists impersonally – they are not all the same
• 2074) Gita 12.02 Closeness unites more than oneness
• 2073) Gita 12.01 Pantheism and impersonalism both conceive of the Absolute as diffused
• 2072) Gita 11.55 – Absorption comes by harmonizing action and intention
• 2071) Gita 11.55 The same chapter that calls for war also calls for giving up animosity
• 2070) Gita 11.54 Pure devotion grants the topmost spiritual vision
• 2069) Gita 11.53 Krishna can’t be known by the Vedas, although the Vedas are meant for knowing him
• 2068) Gita 11.52 Vision results not just from perception but also comprehension

January 2016

• 2067) Gita 11.51 Right emotion results from right perception
• 2066) Gita 11.50 The many-handed changes through the four-handed to the two-handed
• 2065) Gita 11.49 If we maintain a service disposition, Krishna will reveal a conducive vision
• 2064) Gita 11.48 Pious action doesn’t qualify us for devotional vision
• 2063) Gita 11.47 The vision of the universal form, even its destructive feature, is a rare favor
• 2062) Gita 11.46 Darshan of Vishva-rupa and Vishnu-rupa provide visual demonstration of verbal exposition
• 2061) Gita 11.45 The vishva-rupa causes jubilation, the kala-rupa causes trepidation
• 2060) Gita 11.44 Humility in the forgiveness-seeker and magnanimity in the forgiver uplifts both
• 2059) Gita 11.43 Our response on coming to know others’ greatness is shaped by our relationship with them
• 2058) Gita 11.42 Intimacy comes not by formality or informality but by affinity
• 2057) Dasha Mula Tattva 4 – Hari is the Absolute Truth concealed and revealed in the Vedas
• 2056) Dasha Mula Tattva 3 – Understanding the necessity and focus of Vedic knowledge
• 2055) Gita 11.41 Knowledge reveals the power asymmetry to be in the opposite direction
• 2054) Narada Muni – Not kalah-priya, but krishna-priya
• 2053) Gita 11.40 Acknowledge Krishna’s presence everywhere and appreciate it where it is specially manifest
• 2052) Gita 11.39 Appreciate the Absolute Truth in both bheda and abheda aspects
• 2051) Gita 11.38 Knowledge of the Absolute helps us see how the things we know manifest the one we need to ultimately know
• 2050) Gita 11.37 God in this world is like an author in a book – the cause outside the cause-effect chain
• 2049) Gita 11.36 What brings joy to the godly causes misery to the ungodly
• 2048) Gita 11.35 The kala rupa makes the fearless fearful
• 2047) Gita 11.34 Assurances are reassuring when they are not just generic but also specific
• 2046) Gita 11.33 Harmonizing with the divine will is the perfection of human expertise
• 2045) Gita 11.32 Question about the identity of the familiar refers to the unfamiliar within the familiar
• 2044) Dasha Mula Tattva 2 – Scripture is the only way to know inconceivable Absolute Truth
• 2043) Gita 11.31 Encountering the fearful kala rupa in the vishva-rupa is disconcerting
• 2042) Gita 1​1.30 The all-devouring feature of the universal form reveals how the war is a yajna
• 2041) Gita 11.29 – The natural is not always desirable
• 2040) ​Gita 1​1.29 To be enriched with speed on the path of self-destruction is tragic
• 2039) ​Gita 11.28 The life and the death of the dharmic is auspicious
• 2038) Bhagavatam study 30 – 1.7.15 -21 – Arjuna pacifies griefstruck Draupadi with fierce sweet words
• 2037) ​Gita 11.27 The comprehensive vision of the universes includes its gruesome features
• 2036) Bhagavatam study 29 – 1.7.8-14 – Krishna attracts those who are not attracted to anything
• 2035) Gita 11.26 The event of death is virtue-neutral, but the destination after death isn’t
• 2034) Bhagavatam study 28 – 1.7.1-7 – Vyasa offers bhakti as the remedy for the worlds malady
• 2033) Positive Thinking 35 – Let the IDEA lead to ENERGY
• 2032) Positive Thinking 34 – No time?
• 2031) Gita 11.25 The sight of the unfamiliar in the familiar is disorienting
• 2030) Bhagavatam study 27 – 1.6.32-38 – Krishnas glories fulfill our search for pleasure
• 2029) ​Gita 11.24 Repetition is not always rambling – it can be for stress or beauty
• 2028) Bhagavatam study 26 – 1.6.23-31 – Devotion offers the supreme liberation
• 2027) Positive Thinking 33 – Tap the power of meditation
• 2026) Gita 11.23 The universal form’s predatory features arouse fear even in Arjuna
• 2025) Bhagavatam study 25 – 1.6.16-22 – Spiritual desire cleanses material desire
• 2024) Positive Thinking 32 – PIES – 4 dimensions for all-round well-being
• 2023) Be an agent of positve change
• 2022) Positive Thinking 31 – Complement diagnosis with prescription
• 2021) ​Gita 11.22 The vibhutis are astounded by the virata rupa
• 2020) Bhagavatam study 24 – 1.6.8-15 – Spiritual vision makes the heart-breaking heart-freeing
• 2019) Bhagavatam study 23 – 1.6.1-7 – Even when our disposition changes, our position may not change
• 2018) ​Gita 11.21 The celestials are not just the universal form’s components but also its respondents

December 2015

• 2017) Gita 11.20 The universal form induces awe – both wonder and fear
• 2016) Gita 11.19 – The universal form is not just blinding but also burning
• 2015) Positive Thinking 30 – Faith reveals the integrated beyond the fragmented
• 2014) Gita 11.18 – The universal form is the eternal personal protector of dharma
• 2013) Bhagavatam study 22 – 1.5.33-40 – Action with devotional recollection leads to liberation
• 2012) Positive Thinking 29 – See the invisible, feel the intangible, achieve the impossible
• 2011) Gita 11.17 – The blinding brightness conveys the universal form’s glory
• 2010) Bhagavatam study 21 – 1.5.23-32 – Narada boy progresses towards enlightenment
• 2009) Using jnana in bhakti
• 2008) Positive Thinking 28 – Let gratitude energize you
• 2007) Gita 11.16 – Description of vision stimulates identification of the source of that vision
• 2006) Bhagavatam study 20 – 1.5.17-22 – Failure on the spiritual path is better than success on the material path
• 2005) Positive Thinking 27 – Avoid mental viruses
• 2004) Using English to glorify Krishna
• 2003) ​Gita 11.15 – Arjuna’s vision encompasses the whole universe from top to bottom
• 2002) Bhagavatam study 19 – 1.5.11-16 – Devotion alone brings lasting value to anything
• 2001) Positive Thinking 26 – Don’t let the world’s opinions determine your decisions
• 2000) Gita 11.14 – Arjuna’s mood changes from submissive discussion to prayerful veneration
• 1999) Positive Thinking 25 – See life as a marathon, not a sprint
• 1998) Bhagavatam study 18 – 1.5.1-10 – Offer spiritual instruction with empathy and respect
• 1997) Dasha Mula Tattva 1 – Understanding its historical and philosophical significance
• 1996) Sharing bhakti with a westernized audience
• 1995) Gita 11.13 – The universal form reconciles the one and the many
• 1994) Bhagavatam study 17 – 1.4.26-33 – Contemplation by the seeker makes consultation with the seer more effective
• 1993) Positive Thinking 24 – Don’t let a wrong definition of success defeat you
• 1992) Gita chp 13-18 overview – How jnana culminates in bhakti
• 1991) Positiive Thinking 23 – Cure the cancer of comparison
• 1990) Gita 11.12 – Human perception and description are inadequate before divine self-revelation
• 1989) Bhagavatam study 16 – 1.4.14-25 – The tradition makes itself accessible
• 1988) ​Gita 11.11 – The visual demonstration reinforces the philosophical exposition
• 1987) Bhagavatam study 15 – 1.4.1-13 – The questions reveal the questioners level
• 1986) ​Gita 11.10 The first impression of the universal form is astonishing
• 1985) Gita 11.09 The universal form is the ultimate mystical vision
• 1984) Bhagavatam study 14 – 1.3.35-44 – Bhagavatam is our light in this dark age
• 1983) Gita chp 13-18 overview – How jnana culminates in bhakti
• 1982) Bhagavatam study 13 – 1.3.25-34 – By realizing the Lords glory, we relish our glory
• 1981) ​Gita 11.08 Our vision is a function of our qualification
• 1980) Bhagavatam study 12 – 1.3.17-25 – The avataras deliver in diverse ways
• 1979) Gita 11.07 The universal form transcends limitations of space and time
• 1978) Bhagavatam study 11 – 1.3.9-16 – The many incarnations protect materially and spiritually
• 1977) Positive Thinking 22 – Cherish your uniqueness – avoid comparing with others
• 1976) ​Gita 11.05 – The many forms within the one form – variety manifests within divinity
• 1975) Positive Thinking 21 – Go DEEP – Desire Envision Endeavor Pray
• 1974) Bhagavatam study 10 – 1.3.1-8 – The Lord manifests as the Purusha and other avataras
• 1973) Gita 11.04 – Devotee desires to see Krishna but doesn’t demand
• 1972) Bhagavatam study 9 – 1.2.28-34 – Vasudeva is the be-all and end-all in everything
• 1971) Positive Thinking 20 – Smart expectations 1- Hotel or Hospital?
• 1970) ​Gita 11.03 – Arjuna’s desire to know Krishna’s glory comes not from doubt but from devotion
• 1969) Bhagavatam study 8 – 1.2.23-27 – Our worship reflects our mentality
• 1968) Positive Thinking 19 – The six-point ENERGY sutra
• 1967) Gita 11.02 – Freedom from delusion comes by understanding the ephemeral and the eternal beyond the ephemeral
• 1966) Bhagavatam study 7 – 1.2.16-22 – Practice the process of joy with joy
• 1965) Positive Thinking 18 – Bhakti alchemizes our inner world
• 1964) Gita 11.01 – Those enlightened by divine mercy desire similar enlightenment for others
• 1963) Positive Thinking 17 – Unearth the treasure within
• 1962) Gita 10.42 – Appreciate Krishna’s opulence by appreciating the potency of his fragment
• 1961) Gita 10.41 See the attractiveness of the attractive not as Maya but as sparks of Krishna
• 1960) Positive Thinking 16 – Understanding willpower 3 – Sharpen and strengthen the intelligence
• 1959) Gita 10.40 – Krishna’s infinitude brings not confusion, but jubilation
• 1958) Positive Thinking 15 – Understanding willpower 2 – Potential and actual
• 1957) Positive Thinking 14 – Understanding willpower 1 – Beyond genes, upbringing and association
• 1956) ​Gita 10.39 – God is the one without whose existence no existence is possible
• 1955) ​Gita 10.37 – Krishna’s manifestations encompass all the three worlds
• 1954) ​Gita 10.36 The thrill of victory and adventure is an experience of Krishna
• 1953) Gita 10.38 – Punishment may not stop wrong desiring, but it can stop wrong doing
• 1952) Positive Thinking 13 – IDEA at work 2 – Facing reversal after reversal positively
• 1951) Gita 11.06 – We see with the information that helps us makes sense of what we see
• 1950) Gita 10.35 – The beauty of music and nature manifest Krishna’s opulence
• 1949) Positive Thinking 12 – IDEA at work 1 – Facing untimely death positively
• 1948) Gita 10.34 – The comprehensiveness of death’s stealing represents Krishna
• 1947) Positive Thinking 11 – A of Activity – Spiritual vision inspires positive action
• 1946) ​Gita 10.33 – Re-envision attraction to language and words to become attracted to Krishna
• 1945) Positive Thinking 10 – E of IDEA – Eternal love provides inexhaustible positivity
• 1944) Gita 10.32 – Krishna manifests as all phases of action in material existence
• 1943) Positive Thinking 9 – D of IDEA – Divinity underlies the universes order
• 1942) Gita 10.31 – The power of powerful weapons and warriors points to Krishna
• 1941) Positive Thinking 8 – I of IDEA – Understanding our identity boosts our positivity
• 1940) Positive Thinking 7 Get the IDEA Identity, Divinity, Eternity, Activity
• 1939) Gita 10.30 – God manifests as the godly among the ungodly
• 1938) Gita 10.29 See the prominent powers in the Vedic cosmos as manifestations of the supreme power
• 1937) ​Gita 10.28 The life that emerges from love manifests the divine

November 2015

• 1936) ​Gita 10.27 – The ruler manifests God’s opulence, for good or for bad
• 1935) Positive Thinking 6 – Don’t just see reality positively – see the positive reality
• 1934) ​Gita 10.26 – ​The transcendental manifests among the celestial
• 1933) Positive Thinking 5 – Think positive – think spiritual
• 1932) ​Gita 10.25 – Japa is an opportunity to offer our most treasured possession – consciousness
• 1931) Positive Thinking 4 – Thoughts lead to things – and are things
• 1930) Dont let comfort cause complacency – Ramayana Reflection
• 1929) Gita 10.24 – Channel feelings of awe from giant things towards the source of all awe
• 1928) Positive Thinking – 3 Science and positive thinking
• 1927) ​Gita 10.23 – The heavenly treasurer’s treasure comes from the supreme
• 1926) Positive Thinking 2 – Understanding the four kinds of thoughts
• 1925) Positive Thinking 1 – Countering external and internal negativity
• 1924) ​Gita 10.22 – God’s opulence pervades and sustains all life everywhere
• 1923) Gita 10.21 – Celestial glory manifests transcendental glory
• 1922) ​Gita 10.20 – The transcendent divinity is pervasively immanent in space and time
• 1921) ​Gita 10.19 – Our eagerness to hear Krishna’s glories is auspicious for us and delightful for Krishna
• 1920) Gita 10.18 – Bhakti is joyful and fruitful
• 1919) ​Gita 10.17 – Recollection and participation are reconciled by understanding God’s immanence
• 1918) ​Gita 10.16 – Desire for details of a subject demonstrates deep devotion to that subject
• 1917) Gita 10.15 – Vedic theology is not polytheism, but multi-level monotheism
• 1916) Gita 10.14 – Accept Krishna’s position and message the way Arjuna accept it
• 1915) ​Gita 10.13 – The sages’ reiteration of Krishna’s words boosts our conviction and devotion
• 1914) ​Gita 10.12 – Krishna is transcendence beyond transcendence
• 1913) Appreciating Prabhupada’s resourcefulness and sharing his legacy – Prabhupada Disappearance day class
• 1912) Gita 10.11 – The way to drive out darkness is to turn on the light
• 1911) Gita 10.10 – Krishna gives us the intelligence to attain him
• 1910) Govardhan Dashakam Meditation – Ten appeals for residence at Govardhan
• 1909) Gita 10.09 – Devotion means to center our emotion, action and discussion on Krishna
• 1908) Gita 10.08 – Knowledge of Krishna’s position transforms our disposition
• 1907) Damodarashtakam explained – The Controller is controlled and still remains in control
• 1906) Gita 10.08 Blanking out questions about origins is like dealing in black money
• 1905) Damodara Lila – Scientific, Philosophical, Theological and Devotional Analysis
• 1904) Gita 10.07 – Appreciation of Krishna’s greatness guarantees absorption in him
• 1903) Gita 10.06 – Realize the greatness of our universal genealogy
• 1902) Gita 10.05 – Krishna asks Arjuna to fight, yet is the source of the qualities that engender peace
• 1901) Approach scripture as history described for spiritual elevation, not material precision
• 1900) Categorize the material and spiritual philosophically and harmonize them practically (Bhagavatam 10.70.27)
• 1899) Gita 10.04 – Krishna offers the good beyond the bad and the good
• 1898) Gita 10.03 – Understanding Krishna’s position frees us from sins
• 1897) Gita 10.02 – Appreciating the glory of the object of devotion enhances devotion
• 1896) Gita 10.01 – The Gita is an endearing combination of lofty exposition and intimate affection
• 1895) Gita 09.34 – Direct your cognition, emotion and action towards Krishna
• 1894) Gita 09.33 – Go beyond incompatible material existence to compatible spiritual existence
• 1893) Gita 09.32 – Bhakti brings universality to spirituality

October 2015

• 1892) Gita 9.31 – For devotees connected with Krishna, the happily ever after is guaranteed
• 1891) Gita 09.02 – Knowledge that gives the greatest power is the greatest knowledge
• 1890) Gita 09.30 – Krishna never abandons devotees even when they fall
• 1889) Avoiding the three misdirectons in the blame game (Bhagavatam 1.16.24)
• 1888) Gita 09.29 – Krishna is neither impartial nor partial – he is reciprocal
• 1887) Gita 09.28 – Bhakti accommodates even those for whom bhakti is an afterthought
• 1886) Gita 09.26 – Krishna is hungry for the reciprocation of affection
• 1885) Sensitively transforming others’ hearts – Analysis of Lord Chaitanya’s delivering Sarvabhauma
• 1884) Spirituality and Business
• 1883) Gita 09.25 – Different paths lead to different goals
• 1882) LOAD acronym – How work becomes workload
• 1881) Gita 09.24 – Education about reality is not discrimination against certain features of reality
• 1880) “Chant and be happy” is not just causal but also parallel (Bhagavatam 1.2.22)
• 1879) Gita 09.23 – The Gita’s multi-level monotheism is the balance between Abrahamic monotheism and Greco-Roman polytheism
• 1878) Understanding the scopes of science and spirituality
• 1877) Gita 09.22 – Seek spiritual security not just in the soul but in Krishna
• 1876) Gita 09.21 – Blindness to mortality, even if it be in heaven, is still blindness
• 1875) God and Science – The Gita perspective
• 1874) Gita 09.20 – Karma-kanda leads to elevation, but not liberation
• 1873) Gita 09.19 – In Krishna contradictions are transcended and reconciled
• 1872) Grihastha ashrama in bhakti – Shifting the focus from grihastha to ashrama
• 1871) Gita 09.18 – God is not a remote controller – he is the pervasive sustainer
• 1870) Gita 09.17 – Krishna is the sustainer of our sustainers
• 1869) Our longing for love is perfected in Krishna
• 1868) Go beyond Hurry Worry Sorry
• 1867) Gita 09.14 – See devotion not in ecstasy but in dedication
• 1866) To manage the mind, regulate the mind’s diet
• 1865) Preserving tradition means fulfilling the purpose of the tradition
• 1864) Cooperating among equals
• 1863) Gita 09.13 – Krishna’s attractiveness is original and inexhaustible
• 1862) Association reminds us of our spiritual glory
• 1861) GOD acronym – Reconciling human independence with divine omnipotence
• 1860) Appreciate the depth and length of our existence to appreciate Krishna’s love
• 1859) Gita 9.12 – Rejecting real currency as fake leaves one impoverished
• 1858) Gita 09.27 – Bhakti accommodates seekers at multiple levels
• 1857) Gita 09.16 – See beyond the technical to the transcendental
• 1856) Gita 09.11 – To claim the impersonal to be Krishna’s param bhava is contextually and grammatically indefensible
• 1855) Gita 09.10 – Nature is not causally complete without an ultimate cause
• 1854) God proposes, Man Disposes – Understanding Krishna’s failed peace mission
• 1853) The Quest for Happiness – Collecting the material or recollecting the spiritual?
• 1852) Gita 09.09 – Krishna is concerned but not sentimental
• 1851) Life’s 4 defining D’s: Desire, Decision, Destiny and Dharma
• 1850) Tread the path of the ears to the eyes and the heart
• 1849) Gita 09.08 – We are helpless before material natures inexorable cyclicity
• 1848) Gita 09.07 – Repetition of discussion is meant for elevation of vision
• 1847) RASA acronym for finding rasa in bhakti
• 1846) Prabhupada – dependent on Krishna yet dynamic in service – 50th anniversary address
• 1845) Gita 09.06 – Krishna limits not our freedom but the scope of our freedom
• 1844) IDEA – 4 insights for facing adversities
• 1843) Overcome discouragement through spiritual wisdom
• 1842) Gita 09.05 – God’s self-contradiction points to his inconceivable multi-level manifestations
• 1841) Three special results of loving Krishna – PSI: Purification Satisfaction Illumination (Bhagavatam 1.2.14)
• 1840) Intention in Tension? – Principles for Sustainable Relationships
• 1839) Gita 09.04 – God relates with the world through the impersonal, the immanent and the transcendent
• 1838) Bhakti is the inclusive summit of all spirituality (Bhagavatam 1.2.6-13)
• 1837) Gita 09.03 – Bhakti harmonizes the temporary with the eternal
• 1836) Practicing bhakti amidst todays fast-paced life
• 1835) QA tradition brings intellectual vibrancy to bhakti
• 1834) Manage the mind through introspection and meditation

September 2015

• 1833) Gita 09.01 – Krishna’s glory can be appreciated by the devoted, not the envious
• 1832) Judgmental attitude ruins relationships
• 1831) Gita 08.28 – Yogi gets what other paths offer and gets more too
• 1830) How spirituality increases our social contributions
• 1829) Gita 08.27 – Devotional consistency is more important than chronological accuracy
• 1828) Parenting Principles from Bhagavad-gita
• 1827) Gita 08.26 – Disinvest emotion from matter before it crashes
• 1826) Love is the highest reality
• 1825) Gita 08.25 – Yogi’s spiritual exit velocity needs to be greater than the world’s gravity pull
• 1824) Analyzing envy through Duryodhana’s history
• 1823) MIND acronym 3 – The mind neglects opportunity and denies reality
• 1822) Gita 08.24 – Astrological positions and psychological dispositions contribute to the soul’s liberation
• 1821) Appreciating scripture’s perennial relevance
• 1820) MIND acronym 2 – Mind imagines pleasure
• 1819) Gita 08.23 – The Gita unifies diverse Vedic concepts in a devotional framework
• 1818) Death and the search for meaning
• 1817) Gita 08.22 – Everything is in Krishna and Krishna is in everything
• 1816) Appreciating Radharani’s position and devotion – Radhashtami class
• 1815) Understanding the Marshmallow test from the three modes’ perspective
• 1814) Gita 08.21 – Our longing for home is our longing for the spiritual world
• 1813) Gita 08.20 – The spiritual is not just non-manifest but also nonmaterial
• 1812) MIND acronym 1 – Magnifies the problem
• 1811) Gita 08.19 – Recognizing our lack of control over the destructible material imples us to direct our consciousness to the eternal spiritual
• 1810) Deconstructing Shishupala’s character assassination of Krishna
• 1809) Gita 08.18 – Matter becomes unmanifest, but material form is destroyed
• 1808) Gita 08.17 – The immortal is not eternal
• 1807) Gita 08.16 – The world is like a jail or hospital – returning to it is undesirable
• 1806) Gita 08.15 – Attaining Krishna is the eternally inalienable attainment
• 1805) Gita 08.13 – External recitation and internal recollection propel us to spiritual liberation
• 1804) CC daily 211 – 7.59-63 – Our devotion is seen in our appreciation for others devotion
• 1803) Gita 08.12 – In yoga, the technical is a necessary preliminary to the transcendental
• 1802) Gita 08.11 – Liberation in yoga requires renunciation
• 1801) Gita 08.10 – Yoga restrains the negative, bhakti energizes the positive
• 1800) Gita 08.09 – Systematic contemplation begins with tangible information
• 1799) Relevance of Krishna’s descent – TEMPLE acronym – Janmashtami special
• 1798) Comparing appearances of Krishna and Rama – Janmashtami special
• 1797) Gita 08.08 – Practice to take consciousness beyond endlessly deceptive material reality to Krishna
• 1796) Gita 08.14 – What is difficult in one perspective is easy in another perspective
• 1795) Gita 08.07 – Devotion is not about rejecting the outer world but about offering the inner world
• 1794) Gita 08.06 – Our emotional disposition becomes our physical position
• 1793) Gita 08.05 – Our choice at the junction determines our destination
• 1792) Gita 08.04 – Everything is ultimately a manifesatation of Krishna
• 1791) Gita 08.03 – Spirituality is our nature
• 1790) Gita 08.02 – Death is not the termination of life but its testing ground
• 1789) Gita 08.01 – Terms have specific and generic meanings

August 2015

• 1788) From the Mahabharata Krishna to the Bhagavatam Krishna
• 1787) Appreciating Bhagavatam as rasa shastra
• 1786) Gita 07.30 – Teacher’s incomprehensible statements test student’s interest and attentiveness
• 1785) Balaram Jayanti – How Balaram helps Krishna remember Vrindavan outside Vrindavan
• 1784) Temptations may come, we don’t have to welcome
• 1783) Gita 07.29 – Detect misery to correct it
• 1782) Gita 07.28 – Dont expect immediate steady determination – use present determination, even if unsteady
• 1781) CC daily 210 – 7.54-58 – The Lord adjusts his plans to accomodate his devotees
• 1780) CC daily 209 – 7.50-53 – Serve according to capacity; don’t crave for services we cant do
• 1779) CC daily 208 – 7.46-49 – To lose a treasure we have just appreciated is devastating
• 1778) CC daily 207 – 7.42-45 – Appreciate the sweetness that underlies Vaishnava etiquette
• 1777) Gita 07.27 – Go beyond duality by spirituality
• 1776) Gita 07.26 – Krishnas omniscience harmonizes with his omnibenevolence
• 1775) Spiritual Insights for dealing with HIV
• 1774) Essence of Gita 5 – Choose God over the world
• 1773) Essence of Gita 4 – God helps those who let him help them
• 1772) Essence of Gita 3 – Devotion connects us vertically and horizontally
• 1771) Essence of Gita 2 – Direct love towards the ultimate object
• 1770) Essence of Gita 1 – Love is eternal
• 1769) Gita 07.25 – Yoga Maya is a profound oxymoron
• 1768) CC daily 206 – 7.39-41 – Understand the CV needed to be the Lord’s servant
• 1767) CC daily 205 – 7.36-38 – Ensure that the Lord’s service is done, even if we can’t do it ourselves
• 1766) Gita 07.24 – To deflect a clear critique of impersonalism is to violate both the meaning and the context
• 1765) Gita 07.23 – Accommodation is not recommendation
• 1764) CC daily 204 – 7.33-35 – More important than our desire for the Lord’s proximity is his pleasure
• 1763) Lord Chaitanya’s momentous victory in Puri – Chaitanya Charitamrita Madhya Chp 6
• 1762) Gita 07.22 – Krishna accomodates within the house of the Vedas even those who cant worship him
• 1761) CC daily 203 – 7.30-32 – The Lord’s seeming hard-heartedness is due to his soft-heartedness
• 1760) CC daily 202 – 7.27-29 – The Lord tastes the devotees affection while reproaching their action
• 1759) CC daily 201 – 7.25-27 – Neglect of etiquette can be due to disrespect – and due to love too
• 1758) CC daily 200 – 7.23-24 – Non-expression of emotion conveys depth of affection
• 1757) Gita 07.21 – Krishna is much more merciful than the God in the Prodigal Son metaphor
• 1756) Gita 07.20 – Don’t let desire steal your knowledge
• 1755) Gita 07.01 – Hearing paves our way to the summit of yoga
• 1754) Gita 07.01 – Focus not on evicting temptation – focus on inviting Krishna
• 1753) Gita 07.18 – Krishna is so hungry for love that he deems those who become his devotees charitable
• 1752) Gita 06.47 – The perfection of yoga is not disconnection from matter but connection with Krishna
• 1751) Gita 06.45 – Past-life attraction and present determination leads yogi to perfection
• 1750) Gita 07.17 – Jnana favorable to bhakti intensifies our connection with Krishna
• 1749) Gita 06.46 – Focus on transcendence is superior to any material attainment – gross or subtle
• 1748) CC daily 199 – 7.21-22 – Insistence is a sign of intimacy
• 1747) CC daily 198 – 7.18-20 – The Lord reproaches the disruption of his plans but appreciates the underlying devotion
• 1746) CC daily 197 – 7.15-17 – Love seeks proximity and safety of beloved
• 1745) Gita 06.44 – Past-life’s spiritual practice manifests as inexplicable irresistible attraction to transcendence
• 1744) Gita 07.16 – Approaching Krishna for any reason is auspicious
• 1743) Gita 06.43 – Spiritual inclination is the credit that carries over beyond the corpse
• 1742) Gita 07.15 – Scriptural categorization of non-devotees is living, not frozen
• 1741) Gita 06.42 – Having past spiritual impressions reinforced in a present life is extremely fortunate
• 1740) Independence Day Meditation – A Patriotism beyond Patriotism
• 1739) Gita 07.14 – Knowledge of Krishna’s position brings intellectual force to our call of devotion
• 1738) CC daily 196 – 7.10-14 – The Lord’s external reason for South India tour conceals his inner reason
• 1737) Gita 07.13 – The modes sabotage our prospects of coming out of material existence
• 1736) CC daily 195 – 7.9 – The bhakti movement is nourished not by inreach or outreach but by loving exchanges
• 1735) Gita 06.40 – Krishna reveals how an apparently lose-lose situation is actually win-win
• 1734) Gita 06.41 – The deviated yogi loses neither materially nor spiritually
• 1733) Prabhupada’s one step to enter Jaladuta – A giant leap in humanity’s spiritual evolution
• 1732) CC daily 194 – 7.7-8 – The call of duty is not a license for insensitivity
• 1731) Gita 06.38 – The problems we perceive reflect our level of consciousness
• 1730) Gita 06.39 – Doubts are natural due to our limitedness – seek the unlimited
• 1729) Gita 07.12 – The Gita’s vision of God is not pantheistic but panentheistic
• 1728) CC daily 193 – 7.4-6 – Cycilicity of time is a universal truth
• 1727) Gita 06.37 – Considering future problems is a sign of intelligence
• 1726) Gita 07.11 – Kama manifests the divine when harmonized with dharma
• 1725) Gita 06.36 – Mind control is essential – and possible by proper process
• 1724) CC daily 192 – 7.2-3 – The Lord doesnt rest on his laurels but desires to spread mercy further
• 1723) Gita 07.10 – All seeds are exhaustible, but Krishna is the inexhaustible seed
• 1722) CC daily 191 – 7.1 – The summary reflects the systematic structure of the book
• 1721) Gita 07.09 – Krishna underlies diverse manifestations as earth, fire, life and ascetic
• 1720) Gita 06.35 – The supreme teacher offers guidance – and confidence
• 1719) CC daily 189 – 6.278-80 – Sarvabhauma’s dramatic transformation points to the transformer’s divinity
• 1718) Gita 06.34 – The mind is dangerous like an unstoppable storm
• 1717) Gita 07.08 – Krishna is the essence that makes all taste accessible through water
• 1716) CC daily 188 – 6.277 – Training our emotions is the key to transforming them
• 1715) Gita 07.07 – Krishna is the substance underlying all appearance
• 1714) Gita 06.33 – Seeing equally is tough, but seeing devotionally is easier
• 1713) CC daily 188 – 6.277 – Training our emotions is the key to transforming them
• 1712) Gita 06.32 – The topmost yogi sees everyone with benevolence, not indifference
• 1711) Gita 07.06 – Nothing exists outside the purview of Krishna’s energies
• 1710) Gita 07.05 – The Absolute Truth is immutable, but its energies are mutable
• 1709) Gita 06.31 – See oneness in Krishna’s various manifestations – not Krishna and the soul
• 1708) CC daily 187 – 6.275-76 – The test of our devotion is our inner response to outer devotional stimulation
• 1707) Gita 07.04 – Sankhya when seen devotionally reveals Krishna’s glory
• 1706) Gita 06.30 – The perception of Krishna everywhere takes one beyond the reach of illusion
• 1705) CC daily 185 – 6.273 – Learn from the learned how to see Krishna in all shastric statements
• 1704) Vandanam – Understanding the dynamics of prayer
• 1703) Gita 07.03 – The rarity of knowing Krishna reveals the mercy we have the opportunity to relish
• 1702) Gita 06.29 – By seeing sameness in the material, yogi penetrates to the supreme spiritual substance
• 1701) CC daily 184 – 6.272 – See mukti not as separate from Krishna but as sheltered in Krishna
• 1700) Gita 07.02 – Understand the appearance and the substance of everything
• 1699) Gita 06.28 – To get the best happiness, connect with God, not sense objects
• 1698) CC daily 183 – 6.271 – Revelation needs to be understood through the living tradition
• 1697) Gita 06.27 – Joy is the natural fruity of purity

July 2015

• 1696) Gita 06.26 – Overcome discouragement with the inner light and the inner map
• 1695) CC daily 182 – 6.270 – Changing psychological orientation is more important than changing geographical location
• 1694) CC daily 181 – 6.269 – Wanting to merge in the personal absolute is a colossal self-deprivation
• 1693) Gita 06.25 – Don’t expect overnight change – determinedly make gradual changes
• 1692) Gita 13.26 – Hearing is foundational to the topmost yoga
• 1691) Lust brings out our lower side – love, our higher side
• 1690) CC daily 180 – 6.267-68 – Focus on internalizing conviction not parroting denunciation
• 1689) Gita 06.24 – Determination means rejection of dejection
• 1688) CC daily 177 – 6.263 – When compared to devotion, liberation is deprivation
• 1687) CC daily 176 – 6.262 – Action contrary to expectation provokes question of intention
• 1686) Gita 06.23 – Yoga brings disconnection from our infatuation with misery
• 1685) Brahma Samhita 5.44 – Cultivate a Krishna-centered, not self-centered, vision of nature
• 1684) Bhagavatam 1.8.21 – Kunti meditates on increasingly intimate manifestations of the Lord
• 1683) Gita 18.61 – Krishna doesn’t cause our worldly wandering – he frees us from the cause of that wandering
• 1682) Gita 09.02 – The most powerful knowledge brings about the most auspicious destruction
• 1681) Gita 02.52 – Take the intelligence beyond the illusion of knowledge
• 1680) Gita 03.41 – Alluring sense objects are the trigger, not the cause, of lust
• 1679) Gita 06.22 – Seek the achievement beyond hankering and lamentation
• 1678) CC daily 175 – 6.261 – Accepting responsibility for our misery opens our heart to mercy
• 1677) Gita 13.27 – Let sensory perception stimulate spiritual contemplation
• 1676) Gita 04.35 – Focus on the knowledge that fulfills the purpose of knowledge
• 1675) Gita 16.10 – Differentiate between kama as an enemy and kama as a purusha-artha
• 1674) Gita 18.73 – Harmony with the Supreme is the sure sign of enlightenment
• 1673) Gita 02.72 – Spiritual connectedness can provide peace even amidst violence
• 1672) CC daily 174 – 6.260 – The tradition had robust mechanisms for preserving accuracy in scriptural transmission
• 1671) Gita 06.20 – Stop outer obsession to begin inner perception
• 1670) Gita 16.17 – Devotion is a matter of inner intention, not outer ostentation
• 1669) Gita 14.01 – The Gita’s jnana section higlights its bhakti essence
• 1668) Gita 18.35 – Expecting the worst of everything is ignorant, not transcendent
• 1667) CC daily 173 – 6.259 – Diving deep into scripture is the life of transcendentalists
• 1666) Gita 06.19 – Minimize the wind of disturbing desires to maximize the flame of meditation
• 1665) CC daily 173 – 6.257 – To appreciate a devotional rags-to-riches story, understand what the rags and riches are
• 1664) Brahma Samhita meditation 2 – Krishna is not just the greatest in a hierarchy but the greatest beyond any hierarchy
• 1663) The quest for fame deconstructed and redirected
• 1662) Gita 06.18 – Self-control leads to real self-awareness
• 1661) CC daily 172 – 6.256 – The glorifier of the supremely glorious also becomes glorious
• 1660) Gita 06.21 – The intelligence opens the door to trans-sensory happiness
• 1659) Gita 06.17 – Material regulation cataylzes yogic liberation
• 1658) Gita 17.03 – Gita’s categorization goes deeper than just believers and nonbelievers
• 1657) Gita 14.18 – The modes present choices and propel us to choose
• 1656) Gita 14.02 – Take shelter of the knowledge that inspires us to take shelter of Krishna
• 1655) CC daily 171 – 6.255 – Sarvabhauma’s devotion manifests as aspiraton for total absorption
• 1654) Gita 06.16 – Take responsibility for determining bodily balance
• 1653) CC daily 170 – 6.254 – Sarvabhauma’s prayer expresses his philosophical insight and personal realization
• 1652) Gita 06.15 – Yoga brings mental regulation and spiritual liberation
• 1651) Gita 11.40 – Appreciate that the omnipresent is present in sacred sound
• 1650) Gita 16.09 – Our conception critically changes our contribution
• 1649) Gita 14.13 – Illumination and action make our life all-round productive
• 1648) CC daily 169 – 6.253 – Humility means to not delight in one’s glory
• 1647) Gita 06.14 – Use material dispassion to establish spiritual connection
• 1646) Let verses be intellectual templates for meditating on Krishna
• 1645) Meditation on prayer to Jagannatha
• 1644) Gita 02.66 – We need Krishna-connection to keep our intelligence and mind on track
• 1643) Three levels of manifestation of Jagannatha Rath Yatra
• 1642) Gita 06.13 – Physical position is meant to facilitate mental absorption
• 1641) Don’t let the mind drag you away from the tasty to the tasteless
• 1640) CC daily 168 – 6.246-252 – Devotees anticipate the Lord’s actions and serve him proactively
• 1639) CC daily 167 – 6.245 – Recognizing spiritual position as more important that material position reflects devotional realization
• 1638) Gita 18.35 – We don’t lack determination – we lack direction for our determination
• 1637) Brahma Samhita 5.30 – venum kvanantam – The creator adores his creator
• 1636) Gita 06.12 – Concentration is the foundation for purification
• 1635) Gita 14.11 – Is our acquistion of knowledge done with knowledge?
• 1634) Gita 14.16 – Goodness detoxifies our consciousness
• 1633) Gita 16.16 – The more we are spiritually deprived, the more become materialy depraved
• 1632) CC daily 166 – 6.243-44 – Association grants us entry into the symbiosis of endeavor and mercy
• 1631) Gita 18.57 – Don’t renounce work – offer work to Krishna
• 1630) Gita 06.11 – Seek a balance between externals and internals
• 1629) Gita 18.34 – Determination in devotion with material expectation makes devotion unsteady
• 1628) CC daily 165 – 6.242 – Ten intensifiers heighten the clarion call to chanting
• 1627) Gita 06.10 – Popular yoga is not spiritual yoga
• 1626) The success of calling Krishna is in the call itself – Govinda damodara stotra
• 1625) CC daily 164 – M 6.241 – Lord Chaitanya is the topmost propagator of the topmost limb of bhakti
• 1624) Gita 06.09 – Equal vision towards those who relate unequally is challenging
• 1623) Treasure the intelligence that enables us to value the treasure of devotion
• 1622) CC daily 163 – M 6.239-40 – Awareness of our insignificance before Krishna animates our devotion
• 1621) Gita 06.08 – Realization brings satisfaction and equal vision
• 1620) CC daily 162 – M 6.238 – Share Krishna not out of not ego but love
• 1619) Gita 06.07 – To attain peace, focus on conquering the inner enemy, not dealing with outer enemies
• 1618) Gita 06.07 – The controlled mind disregards dualities and discovers the Supersoul
• 1617) CC daily 161 – M 6.237 – Singular focus on Krishna reflects not fanaticism but intensity of devotion and compassion
• 1616) Gita 06.06 – Train the mind as a horse is trained
• 1615) CC daily 160 – M 6.236 – Minimization or rejection of devotion represents the ultimate pride
• 1614) Gita 06.05 – The responsibility for controlling the mind rests on us
• 1613) CC daily 159 – M 6.235 – Deathstyle represents the death of the intelligence at the hands of style
• 1612) Gita 06.04 – Rigorous renunciation characterizes the yogarudha stage
• 1611) Gita 06.03 – Different levels require different methods for progress
• 1610) CC daily 158 – M 6.234 – Bhakti is Vedic and trans-Vedic
• 1609) Bhagavatam 11.08.37 – Realizing that detachment is freedom, not deprivation, is blessing
• 1608) CC daily 157 – M 6.233 – Faith is not a treasure that we can hide in a locker
• 1607) The Lord is the destroyer of the distress of the distressed
• 1606) Gita 06.02 – Renunciation of matter and connection with spirit share the same purpose
• 1605) Animate meditation with the warmth of recognition – Govinda Damodara Stotra 15
• 1604) Cherish Krishna as our supreme spiritual master (krishnam vande jagad-guru)
• 1603) CC daily 156 – M 6.232 – Cultivate faith as a choice and await faith as mercy
• 1602) Pada-sevanam – Bhakti is a relationship of ecstatic inequality
• 1601) Gita 06.01 – Renunciation means to give up the shelter of work’s fruits
• 1600) CC daily 155 – M 6.229-231 – Lord Chaitanya’s definition of success is the conquest of the heart
• 1599) Gita 13.23 – Contemplate Krishnas proximity to bring intensity to devotion
• 1598) Focus on the universality of suffering, not its variety
• 1597) Gita 05.29 – Peace comes by devotion to the all-powerful, all-loving Lord
• 1596) CC daily 154 – M 6.226-228 – Appreciation of transcendence is often beyond material comprehension
• 1595) Gita.05.28 – Controlling the external and the internal brings liberation
• 1594) Venkatesh Stotra 5 – Krishna’s availability for others doesn’t make him unavailable to us
• 1593) CC daily 153 – M 6.225 – Urgency to honor prasad can be due to sense gratification or due to spontaneous devotion
• 1592) Gita 05.27 – Shut out the sense objects to seek inwards
• 1591) Gita 05.26 – Success on the spiritual path will come surely and soon
• 1590) CC daily 152 – M 6.220-224 – Devotion drives away the dullness that sees the rule but not its purpose
• 1589) CC daily 151 – M 6.215-219 – Sarvabhauma jubilantly accepts the triumph of the heart over the head
• 1588) Gita 05.25 – Removing impurities empowers us to rip apart the facade of dualities

June 2015

• 1587) CC daily 150 – M 6.214 – Logic is a way of thinking and a school of thought
• 1586) Gita 05.24 – The inner is the way to the spiritual
• 1585) Gita 05.23 – The war against lust is a war of attrition
• 1584) CC daily 149 – M 6.213 – Don’t mistake heartfelt erudite appreciation with self gratification
• 1583) Going beyond misconceptions about Deity Worship
• 1582) CC M 21.136 – Savor the sweetness that supersedes superlatives
• 1581) Gita 05.22 – The so-called pleasure is the source of trouble
• 1580) CC daily 148 – M 6.212 – Ecstasy and sobriety are both meant for service
• 1579) Gita 05.21 – Give up outer pleasure and seek inexhaustible inner happiness
• 1578) CC daily 147 – M 6.211 – Our achievements are due to not our greatness but devotees’ desires and Krishna’s mercy
• 1577) CC daily 146 – M 6.210 – Lord Chaitanya’s mercy makes the defeated delighted, not devastated
• 1576) CC daily 140 – M 6.204 – Sarvabhauma’s transformation is not just intellectual but all-encompassing
• 1575) Gita 05.20 – Equanimity is meant to make us not emotionless, but purposeful
• 1574) CC daily 145 – M 6.209 – Don’t laugh at others – laugh with others
• 1573) CC daily 144 – M 6.208 – Lord Chaitanya shares supremely the supreme ecstasy of the supreme devotee
• 1572) CC daily 143 – M 6.207 – Sarvabhauma’s ecstasy overload makes him swoon
• 1571) Gita 05.19 – Sameness of perception is the situation of liberation
• 1570) CC daily 142 – M 6.206 – Sarvabhauma’s scholarship supersedes that of Keshava Kashmiri in disposition and content
• 1569) Gita 05.18 – Spiritual realization grants equal vision towards all
• 1568) CC daily 141 – M 6.205 – Liberation in devotion is the zenith of liberation
• 1567) Gita 05.17 – Spiritualize all the channels of consciousness to gain liberating knowledge
• 1566) Gita 05.16 – Knowledge illumines our inner territory and reveals the indwelling Lord
• 1565) CC daily 139 – M 6.203 – Krishna’s defining depiction reflects his loving disposition
• 1564) Gita 05.15 – The judge is not responsible for the criminal’s conviction
• 1563) CC daily 138 – M 6.202 – The bhakti conception of the divine is polymorphic mono-theism
• 1562) Gita 05.13 – The bodily city metaphor conveys our difference from our sensory gates
• 1561) Gita 05.14 – The more we become detached, the more we master the body
• 1560) CC daily 137 – M 6.201 – Self-criticism is for our disposition not our composition
• 1559) Gita 05.12 – Action per se is not binding – attached action is
• 1558) CC daily 136 – M 6.200 – Pride alters our destination by distorting our vision
• 1557) Gita 05.10 – Live in the world but be not of the world
• 1556) Gita 05.11 – Change the motivation for action from gratification to purification
• 1555) Gita 05.09 – Contact of senses & sense objects is not the problem – infatuation with the contact is
• 1554) CC daily 135 – M 6.198-99 – What the Bhagavatam teaches in principle it demonstrates in practice
• 1553) CC daily 134 – M 6.196-97 – Krishna’s qualities pull our mind towards him – other spiritual goals don’t
• 1552) Gita 05.08 – Don’t take credit for actions done by bodily mechanisms
• 1551) CC daily 133 – M 6.187-95 – Sarvabhauma is outplayed at his own game
• 1550) Gita 05.07 – Inner purity ensures outer action without reaction
• 1549) Gita 05.06 – Renunciation without yogic connection is distressing
• 1548) Personal Management Mantra – Productivity in Activity through Spirituality
• 1547) CC daily 132 – M 6.185-86 – Attraction of the liberated to the Lord demonstrates the transcendence of his qualities
• 1546) Gita 05.05 – Sankhya and yoga aim for the same destination, yet they aren’t same
• 1545) CC daily 131 – M 6.183-84 – Lord Chaitanya defeats Sarvabhauma without dishonoring him
• 1544) Gita 05.04 – See beyond the diversity of process to the commonality of purpose
• 1543) CC daily 130 – M 6.182 – Impersonalism gives Vedic facade to voidism
• 1542) Scientific, Christian and Bhagavatam conceptions of God
• 1541) Gita 05.03 – Renunciation in action is lasting renunciation
• 1540) CC daily 129 – M 6.181 – Rationalization enables us to believe what we want to believe
• 1539) Gita 05.02 – The path that takes us away from bondage fastest is the best
• 1538) Gita 05.01 – Understand meanings of terms from context, not from preconception
• 1537) Conceptions of time in science, Christianity and Bhagavatam
• 1536) CC daily 128 – M 6.180 – Don’t make peoples emotion come in the way of their reason
• 1535) Counter anxiety by spirituality
• 1534) Managing the mind 2 – Catch the ventriloquist with intellectual and emotional energy
• 1533) Managing the mind 1 – The mind is the TV and the thief
• 1532) Importance of celibacy in the world’s spiritual traditions
• 1531) Gita 04.42 – Win the inner war with spiritual knowledge and fight the outer war
• 1530) CC daily 127 – M 6.179 – Understand scripture not by coming up with an original interpretation, but by coming to the original intention
• 1529) PK and the criteria for finding the right path
• 1528) Gita as a leadership guide
• 1527) Gita 04.41 – Knowledge and faith can be symbiotic
• 1526) CC daily 126 – M 6.178 – Use the three-fold typology to understand import of scripture
• 1525) Spiritual Advancement and Material Ambitiousness
• 1524) Gita 04.40 – Don’t let doubts deprive you of happiness
• 1523) CC daily 125 – M 6.177 – Sarvabhauma’s last-ditch strategies dont last
• 1522) Gita 04.39 – Faith is the pre-condition for knowledge
• 1521) CC daily 124 – M 6.176 – Sarvabhauma fights till the end
• 1520) Gita 04.38 – Don’t reduce jnana to jnana-yoga
• 1519) CC daily 123 – M 6.175 – tat tvam asi is a statement of direction not conclusion
• 1518) Emotion Commotion Devotion – Nourishing our emotions in a culture of emotional exploitation
• 1517) Gita 04.37 – The fire of knowledge reduces karma to ashes
• 1516) Karna’s tragic choice
• 1515) Extra-terrestrial life – Scientific and scriptural approaches to the subject
• 1514) Difference between humans and animals – Christian, scientific and Bhagavatam understandings
• 1513) CC daily 122 – M 6.174 – Lord Chaitanya turns the impersonalist strategy of maha-vakya on impersonalists
• 1512) Gita 04.36 – The subjunctive case underscores the redemptive power of spiritual knowledge
• 1511) CC daily 121 – M 6.173 – Impersonalist notion of illusion is itself an illusion
• 1510) The purpose of the world – atheistic, theistic and Bhagavatam understandings

May 2015

• 1509) Gita 04.35 – Knowledge takes us beyond illusion and reveals connection of everything with Krishna
• 1508) CC daily 120 – M 6.172 – Impersonalist interpretation for preserving Vyasas correctness ascribes bigger mistake to him
• 1507) Gita 04.34 – Learn from guru how to do karma as yajna and attain jnana
• 1506) CC daily 119 – M 6.171 – See the world not as a product of illusion but as an arena for purification
• 1505) Conceptual, conversational and chronological background of the Bhagavatam’s creation narrative
• 1504) CC daily 118 – M 6.170 – Parinama vada explains the nature of reality, whereas vivarta vada runs into stone-walls
• 1503) Love is in the SOUND
• 1502) CC daily 117 – M 6.163-69 – Mayavada deems the way out of prison as a way within the prison
• 1501) Gita 04.33 – Let action be permeated by knowledge and culminate in knowledge
• 1500) Gita 04.32 – Knowing the unity among various yajnas grants liberation
• 1499) CC daily 116 – M 6.161-62 – Krishnas form is not a product of illusion but the pathway out of illusion
• 1498) CC daily 115 – M 6.158-60 – All of Krishnas energies – even his illusory energy – serve him lovingly
• 1497) Gita 04.31 – Happiness in this world and the next don’t have to be mutually exclusive
• 1496) Gita 04.30 – The knowers of yajna attain purification, satisfaction and liberation
• 1495) CC daily 114 – M 6.157 – Krishna’s energies may get materially contaminated, he doesn’t
• 1494) Gita 04.29 – Infuse pranayama with the imagery of yajna
• 1493) CC daily 113 – M 6.152-56 – Impersonalism is not just non-scriptural, but also anti-scriptural
• 1492) Gita 04.28 – Apply the yajna priniciple to a broad spectrum of religious activities
• 1491) CC daily 112 – M 6.150-51 – Use arthapatti to reconcile all scripture, not lakshana to reject some scripture
• 1490) Gita 04.27 – Ceassation of all sensory and respiratory activity is a yajna
• 1489) CC daily 111 – M 6.145-49 – The eyes before creation are transcendental, not material
• 1488) Gita 04.26 – The mood of sacrifice spiritualizes both the householder and the renounced orders
• 1487) CC daily 110 – M 6.143 – The ablative, instrumental and locative point to the personal Absolute Truth
• 1486) CC daily 109 – M 6.142 – In the Upanishads the impersonal conception gives way to the personal
• 1485) Gita 04.25 – Re-envision both karma-kanda and jnana-kanda as yajna
• 1484) Krishna can bring good out of everything – even our mistakes
• 1483) Gita 04.24 – When our vision becomes spiritual, our action and destination also become spiritual
• 1482) CC daily 108 – M 6.140-141 – Harmonize the contradictory-seeming scriptural statements by proper comprehension
• 1481) Gita 04.23 – Sacrifice is not just an activity, but a mood that pervades all activity
• 1480) CC daily 107 – M 6.137-139 – Secondary meaning makes the self a higher authority than scripture
• 1479) Gita 04.22 – See scriptural principle in the light of its social context to find its practicability
• 1478) CC daily 106 – M 6.130-136 – Giving precendence to secondary meanings over primary subverts scripture’s intent
• 1477) Gita 04.21 – Nirasha is not disappointment in fulfilling desire, but detachment from the fever to fulfill desire
• 1476) CC daily 105 – M 6.123-129 – Wordlessness keeps our heart closed to others
• 1475) Gita 04.20 – The more we give up material shelters, the more we seek spiritual shelter
• 1474) CC daily 104 – M 6.118-122 – The double use of a pregnant compound word foreshadows the impending transformation
• 1473) Gita 04.19 – Discern the path of liberation with the vision of the enlightened, not the ignorant
• 1472) CC daily 103 – M 6.110-117 – The cultured dont let disagreements degenerate into disrespect
• 1471) Gita 04.18 – Comprehend inaction in action and action in inaction through contextualization
• 1470) CC daily 102 – M 6.109 – Dont mistake empowerment by Maya to be empowerment by Krishna
• 1469) Gita 04.17 – Action-reaction correlation is incomprehensible, but right action is discernible
• 1468) CC daily 101 – M 6.108 – Strive for a Krishna-centered, not self-centered, vision of argumentation
• 1467) CC daily 100 – M 6.105-107 – Mercy can make a barren heart fertile
• 1466) Gita 04.16 – Don’t simplistically equate dictionary meaning with scriptural meaning
• 1465) Information Satisfaction Purification Conviction – Four Benefits of Hearing
• 1464) CC daily 99 – M 6.104 – The Lord establishes peace without by demonstrating renunciation of that which disrupts peace within
• 1463) Gita 04.15 – Follow the successful to be successful
• 1462) CC daily 98 – M 6.103 – The Lord who chants and inspires chanting is the Kali-yuga avatara
• 1461) Accepted limitation facilitates elevation – resented limitation doesn’t
• 1460) CC daily 97 – M 6.98-102 – Every avatara performs lila but every avatara is not lila-avatara
• 1459) Gita 04.14 – Knowledge of Krishna’s position protects us from karmic subjugation
• 1458) CC daily 96 – M 6.93-97 – The name Tri-yugi has a import that goes beyond law to love
• 1457) Gita 04.13 – Krishna is the non-doer because he is non-discriminating
• 1456) Does God have favorites?
• 1455) Gita 04.12 – Demigod worship is quick fix in the world of religion
• 1454) Bhagavatam first canto study 6 – 1.2.9-1.2.15 – Bhakti leads to realization of the Absolute Truth
• 1453) Sensitivity in preaching amidst natural calamities
• 1452) CC daily 95 – M 6.88-92 – To see without seeing is illusion
• 1451) Gita 04.11 – Appreciate the profundity of Krishna’s reciprocity and universality
• 1450) Bhagavatam first canto study 5 – 1.2.1-1.2.8 – The Bhagavatam’s speaker and subject are radically exalted
• 1449) Lakshmi Narasmiha Karavalamba Stotra Meaning 1
• 1448) CC daily 94 – M 6.85-87 – Scholarship is not the qualification for knowing God
• 1447) CC daily 93 – M 6.79-84 – The Lord is beyond logic
• 1446) Gita 04.10 – Overcome 3 obstructive attitudes for taking shelter of Krishna
• 1445) Gita 04.09 – Attainment of Krishna is not rebirth, but release from rebirth
• 1444) Lord Narasimha – Half-man half-lion full-God
• 1443) CC daily 92 – M 6.73-78 – Sarvabhauma desires to facilitate the Lord’s Vedantic study by re-initiation
• 1442) Gita 04.08 – Let Krishna establish dharma within
• 1441) CC daily 91 – M 6.64-72 – Sarvabhauma takes responsibility for Lord Chaitanya
• 1440) CC daily 90 – M 6.58-63 – Lord Chaitanya entrusts himself to Sarvabhauma
• 1439) CC daily 89 – M 6.50-57 – Sarvabhauma’s affection for the Lord awakens
• 1438) CC daily 88 – M 6.41-49 – Sarvabhauma’s devotion overcomes Lord Chaitanya’s renunciation
• 1437) Gita 04.07 – Universality of opportunity defines and distinguishes dharma

April 2015

• 1436) Gita 04.06 – Don’t presume familiarity with concepts due to familiarity with terms
• 1435) Gita 04.05 – Krishna spiritual position is not affected by his material location
• 1434) Gita 04.04 – Accept responsibility for clear communication – don’t affix blame for unclear communication
• 1433) CC daily 87 – M 6.37-40 – The holy name brings the Lord’s consciousness from internal to external
• 1432) Gita 04.03 – Krishna reveals his glory to those who delight in that glory
• 1431) CC daily 86 – M 6.30-36 – Nityananda Prabhu’s ecstasy attracts Jagannatha’s mercy
• 1430) Gita 04.02 When time brings things down, let Krishna take things up
• 1429) Gita 04.02 – The Gita lives through those who live the Gita
• 1428) CC daily 85 – M 6.21-20 – Gopinatha Acharya’s deep devotion to Lord Chaitanya
• 1427) Gita 04.01 – Yogic knowledge comes from transcendental source through extra-terrestrial route to terrestrial recipient
• 1426) CC daily 84 – M 6.14-20 – A providential meeting between the Lord’s associates advances his pastime
• 1425) Gita 03.43 – Use intelligence to pursue transcendence and subdue lust
• 1424) CC daily 83 – M 6.8-13 – Lord Chaitanya manifest suddipta-sattvika vikara
• 1423) Material existence without the human form is pointless
• 1422) Gita 03.42 – In the line of fire from lust the soul is the last
• 1421) CC daily 82 – M 6.2-8 – Lord Chaitanya’s darshana of Jagannatha was dramatically devastating
• 1420) Gita 03.41 – Regulation is the foundation for purification
• 1419) Bhagavatam first canto study 4 – 1.1.4-1.1.23 – The sages’ questions
• 1418) CC daily 81 – M 6.1 – The expert Lord doesn’t just counter the head, but changes the heart
• 1417) Gita 03.40 – Lust has taken over our knowledge-acquiring mechanism
• 1416) CC daily 80 – M 5.153-161 – The pastimes of the two transcendental brothers are inconceivable yet relishable
• 1415) Gita 03.39 – The eternal enemy blinds, binds and burns
• 1414) CC daily 79 – M 5.144-152 – Love changes perception of not just time but also space
• 1413) Gita 03.38 – No one is exempt from lust’s delusion
• 1412) Gita 03.37 – Inner enemies are more dangerous than outer enemies
• 1411) CC daily 78 – M 5.139-143 – Danda-bhanga is Nityanada P’s esoteric glorification of Lord Chaitanya
• 1410) Gita 03.36 – Alien desires become our own and impel us to sin
• 1409) CC daily 77 – M 5.136-138 – Devotees relish the sight of the two forms of the one Lord
• 1408) Bhagavatam Overview – Canto 1 – Setting the Scene of Devotion in Separation
• 1407) Gita 03.35 – Credit lies in sticking to duty under duress, not in changing duty
• 1406) Terrorism – The Extreme Expression of a Culture of Ignorance
• 1405) CC daily 76 – M 5.133-135 – Gopal is not just a historical sakshi, but is the eternal sakshi
• 1404) Jaya Jaya Jagannatha meaning – The Lord’s many forms manifest his manifold mercy
• 1403) Gita 03.34 – Don’t let sensory urges steal dharmic credits
• 1402) CC daily 75 – M 5.127-132 – Gopal reciprocates with the desire of his royal maidservant
• 1401) Gita 03.33 – Our varna nature needs to be channelized, not repressed
• 1400) CC daily 74 – M 5.120-126 – The Supreme King moves to the kingdom of the victorious king
• 1399) CC daily 73 – M 5.114-119 – Devotees desire to broadcast the Lord’s mercy
• 1398) Gita 03.32 – Turning away from Krishna defeats the purpose of knowledge
• 1397) Gita 03.31 – Krishna’s words are eternal and faith-worthy
• 1396) CC daily 72 – CCM 5.103-113 – The Lord’s extraordinary mercy causes astonishment and delight
• 1395) Gita 03.30 – Focus not on detaching from the entangling but on attaching to the liberating
• 1394) Just delight in the Lord’s glories – he govinda he gopala song meaning
• 1393) CC daily 71 – CCM 5.97-102 – Bhakti makes the Lord follow his devotee
• 1392) Gita 03.29 – The wise should elevate, not agitate, the ignorant
• 1391) Surrender by service and meditation – Sarvasva tomara meaning
• 1390) CC daily 70 – CCM 5.91-96 – The Deity is not a representation, but the manifestation of the divine
• 1389) Gita 03.28 – To know the truth means to see how spirit can stay disentangled from matter during action
• 1388) Naam Ramayana 19 – Remember the experiences of the transcending potency of the Lord’s remembrance
• 1387) CC daily 69 – CCM 5.87-90 – Bhakti redefines material obligations as spiritual commitments
• 1386) Treasure the supreme realization – ekhona bujhinu prabhu meaning
• 1385) Naam Ramayana 18 – Purity of intention makes even an impure-seeming offering pure
• 1384) Gita 03.27 – Mistaking initiation of action with its execution is illusion
• 1383) Naam Ramayana 17 – Losing a battle within the world of illusion doesn’t matter if we win the battle against ilusion per se
• 1382) CC daily 68 – CCM 5.82-86 – See mercy as resulting not due to our devotion but the blessings of our mentors
• 1381) Rasa analysis of Krishna’s teasing of Rukmini
• 1380) CC daily 67 – CCM 5.76-81 – Put serious agreements into writing to avoid conflicts
• 1379) Gita 03.26 – Don’t exhibit your high level – attract people to one level higher
• 1378) Naam Ramayana 16 – Neither age nor species is a barrier for bhakti
• 1377) Gita 03.25 – The detached and the attached differ not in action but in intention
• 1376) Naam Ramayana 15 – Seek the blessings of the blessed
• 1375) CC daily 66 – CCM 5.67-75 – Counter falsehood by objective explanation of facts
• 1374) Gita 03.24 – Krishna turns on its head Arjuna’s argument about varna-sankara
• 1373) CC daily 65 – CCM 5.62-66 – Be not defensive or aggressive – be assertive
• 1372) CC daily 64 – CCM 5.51-61 – The strategy of the dishonest – To hang a dog, give it a bad name
• 1371) CC daily 63 – CCM 5.47-50 – Don’t backbite or bury resentment – seek clarification
• 1370) CC daily 62 – CCM 5.43-46 – Don’t use lack to memory to cover lack of integrity
• 1369) Hanuman – An endearing blend of bhakti and shakti
• 1368) Gita 03.23 – Walk your talk
• 1367) Gita 03.22 – Krishna’s supreme position redefines duty as lila
• 1366) Gita 03.21 – We learn from others’ examples and set examples for others
• 1365) Gita 03.20 – Examples make the conceptual tangible
• 1364) CC daily 61 – CCM 5.39-42 – Don’t let the cultural blind one to the spiritual
• 1363) Gita 03.19 – Detached dutifulness opens the door to perfection

March 2015

• 1362) Gita 03.18 – The independent are bound to neither action nor renunciation
• 1361) CC daily 60 – CCM 5.34-38 – A pilgrimage is akin to the final journey
• 1360) CC daily 59 – CCM 5.29-33 – A vow draws on our innermost values for honoring our words
• 1359) Naam Ramayana 14 – Respond to adversity with integrity
• 1358) Gita 06.26 – Expect and correct the mind’s restlessness
• 1357) Gita 03.17 – Only those who rejoice internally are released from external duty
• 1356) Naam Ramayana 13 – The Lord’s mercy doesn’t leave anyone out
• 1355) Naam Ramayana 12 – Devotion is the inner buffer to outer storms
• 1354) CC daily 58 – M 5.24-28 – Our decisions are shaped not just by our determination, but also others’ expectations
• 1353) Gita 03.16 – Those who don’t sacrifice waste their life
• 1352) Gita 03.15 – Yajna makes the transcendental accessible
• 1351) The Recipe for Ruining Relationships – Ramayana Wisdom 1
• 1350) Naam Ramayana 11 – Imbue devotion with desire to relish divine symbiosis
• 1349) CC daily 57 – M 5.21-23 – Discrimination happens due to not outer system, but inner self-centeredness
• 1348) Gita 03.14 – The principle of cosmic exchange is not pre-scientific but universal
• 1347) The Gita’s progression from third person references to first person references
• 1346) Yashomati Nandana meaning – Seek shelter in the spotless and delightful holy names
• 1345) Naam Ramayana 10 – The Lord destroys arrogance and bestows transcendence
• 1344) CC daily 56 – M 5.17-20 – Belonging in relationships is not dehumanizing but heart-warming
• 1343) Gita 03.13 – See God not just as the provider of food but also as its enjoyer.mp3 Gita 11.37 kasmac ca te nameran mahatman .mp3
• 1342) Naam Ramayana 9 – Offer the Lord the garland of our heart’s love
• 1341) CC daily 55 – M 5.12-16 – Let the Lord’s beauty steal our heart
• 1340) Shuddha bhakata charana renu meaning – Delight in devotional stimuli
• 1339) Krishna jinka naam hai – Relish the most endearing vision of God
• 1338) Gravity doesn’t make people fall in love
• 1337) Gita 03.12 – Secular humanism makes humans honest thieves
• 1336) Vraje prasiddham meaning – Invite the ultimate thief to plunder the heart
• 1335) An equation represents a thought of God
• 1334) Naam Ramayana 8 – Let the Lord enter and enchant our heart
• 1333) CC daily 54 – M 5.7-11 – Delight in keeping consciousness in spiritual sound vibration
• 1332) Value a great love more than you love a great value
• 1331) Gita 03.11 – We live not just in a universe but in a universal government
• 1330) Naam Ramayana 7 – Seek delight in not one’s own glory, but the Lord’s glory
• 1329) CC daily 53 – M 5.1-6 – The highlight of the Lord’s tour is his ecstatic routine
• 1328) Vidyara vilase meaning – Godless knowledge is the intellect’s monument to illusion
• 1327) Gita 03.10 – Don’t let familiarity take the mystery out of nature
• 1326) Naam Ramayana 6 – Let the Lord touch and transform our stone-like heart
• 1325) CC daily 52 – M 208-213 – Cherish the summit of divine compassion and human devotion
• 1324) Emona durmati meaning – Put good news to good use
• 1323) Gita 03.09 – Nature of action is determined by its intent, not its form
• 1322) Naam Ramayana 5 – Call the Lord to destroy the demons who disrupt the inner yajna
• 1321) CC daily 51 – M 202-207 – Devotional culture means loving reciprocation
• 1320) CC daily 50 – M 197-201 – Love in separation is the zenith of Krishna-prema
• 1319) Gita 03.08 – Material duty maintains material stability and facilitates spiritual focus
• 1318) Naam Ramayana 4 – Make the Lord your dearest treasure
• 1317) Ramayana’s enduring message – Rise from me to we
• 1316) Ramanujacharya – Pioneering systematizer of bhakti theology
• 1315) Value Education and Spirituality 35 – Ramayana 17 – Hanuman 2 – Never lose heart
• 1314) Gita 03.07 – Regulation is more conducive for advancement than renunciation
• 1313) CC daily 49 – M 192-196 – Treasure and seek shelter of divine verses
• 1312) Naam Ramayana 3 – The illuminator of the universe’s illuminator illuminates our heart
• 1311) Value Education 34 – Ramayana 16 – Hanuman 1 – Overcome distractions by determination
• 1310) Value Education 33 – Ramayana 15 – Jambavan – Help bring the best out of others
• 1309) Value Education 32 – Ramayana 14 – Angada – Overcome dissension by focus on common
• 1308) Value Education 31 – Ramayana 13 – Sugriva – Comforts breed ingratitude
• 1307) Gita 03.06 – Outer renunciation with inner sensual contemplation is self-delusion
• 1306) Naam Ramayana 2 – The transcendental becomes accessible as the name
• 1305) CC daily 48 – M 189-191 – See instruction as benediction, not intrusion
• 1304) Naam Ramayana 1 – Seek not be conquerors of the mind, but lovers of the Lord
• 1303) Gita 03.05 – Inaction is unnatural, materially and spiritually
• 1302) CC daily 47 – M 185-188 – Love is demonstrated through perseverance amidst problems
• 1301) Gita 03.04 – Don’t equate the external with the essential
• 1300) India’s Daughter and India’s culture
• 1299) CC daily 46 – M 4.181-184 – Be more Krishna-conscious than obstacle-conscious
• 1298) Gita 03.03 – Krishna’s instructions are not contradictory, but multi-level
• 1297) CC daily 45 – M 4.178-180 – Instruction is an expression of love and an opportunity to love
• 1296) Gita 03.02 – When scripture doesn’t fit into our mental framework, the framework needs change
• 1295) Gauranga Shata Nama 25 – Join the living tradition of divine glorification
• 1294) CC daily 44 – M 4.175-177 – Know that Krishna knows the challenges we face
• 1293) Bhuliya Tomare Meaning – Even success story is sorry story
• 1292) CC daily 43 – M 4.171-174 – See fortune in not worldly possessions but transcendental reciprocations
• 1291) CC daily 42 – M 4.167-170 – Make tasting Krishna’s glories is symbiotic with sharing those glories
• 1290) Gauranga Shata Nama 24 – The Lord is the life-treasure of his devotees
• 1289) Gita 03.01 – The Gita’s complex multi-level message is intellectually challenging and fulfilling
• 1288) Gita 02.72 – Nirvana may be extinction, but brahma-nirvana is not
• 1287) Gauranga Shata Nama 23 – The Lord blesses everyone across the varnashrama spectrum
• 1286) Gita 02.71 – Peace comes not by relocation, but by renunciation
• 1285) Gauranga Shata Nama 22 – Relish the dhama in recollection and association
• 1284) CC daily 41 – M 4.162-166 – Change service as directed – and change wholeheartedly
• 1283) Gita 02.70 – Be filled with higher purpose to transcend lower desires
• 1282) Gauranga Shata Nama 21 – The Lord forgives and engages everyone
• 1281) CC daily 40 – M 4.156-161 – Krishna manifests in devotee’s ishta-rupa
• 1280) Understanding acharaya’s controversial statements
• 1279) Krishna demonstrates prevailing definition of success – and transcends it
• 1278) CC daily 39 – M 4.149-155 – Purposefulness to serve brings other necessary fullness
• 1277) CC daily 38 – M 4.144-148 – Fame follows devotees to help them in their service
• 1276) CC daily 37 – M 4.141-143 – Be afraid of fame, not desperate for it
• 1275) Gita 02.69 – Be special above the ordinary, not among the ordinary
• 1274) Gauranga Shata Nama 20 – Relish the topmost devotion in the sublimest dance
• 1273) Gita 02.68 – Be a soul-deliverer, not a soul-killer
• 1272) Gauranga Shata Nama 19 – The Lord releases the voidists from the void
• 1271) Gita 02.67 – Be swept by the wind of spiritual desire, not material desire
• 1270) Gauranga Shata Nama 18 – The Lord reveals and raises to the zenith
• 1269) Gita 02.66 – Without inner connection, we end with agitation and frustration
• 1268) CC daily 36 – M 4.138-140 – Conscientiously cherish devotional memories
• 1267) Gauranga Shata Nama 17 – The Lord’s love-filled heart conquers a jnana-hardened heart
• 1266) Gita 02.65 – Purification makes external intelligence internal
• 1265) Gauranga Shata Nama 16 – The moving Lord meets the non-moving Lord
• 1264) CC daily 35 – M 4.134-137 – Bow to devotion wherever it manifests
• 1263) Holi – Let the fire burn the impurities within
• 1262) Gaur Purnima – Lord Chaitanya makes supremely fortunate the materially unfortunate and the materially fortunate
• 1261) Gita 02.64 – Material regulation is the launching pad for spiritual liberation
• 1260) Gauranga Shata Nama 15 – The Lord of devotion manifests the summit of renunciation
• 1259) CC daily 34 – M 4.129-133 – The extraordinary is not a license for neglecting the ordinary
• 1258) Gita 02.63 – Irritation, delusion, oblivion, stupefaction, destruction – Last 5 of 8 stages to falldown
• 1257) Gita 02.62 – Whatever catches our attention catches us
• 1256) Gauranga Shata Nama 14 – The world’s challenges are meant to strengthen our devotion
• 1255) CC daily 33 – M 4.125-128 – Even devotees’ mistakes are parts of Krishna’s plan
• 1254) Gita 02.61 – Control, concentration, conquest – three stages in dealing with the senses
• 1253) CC daily 32 – M 4.119-124 – Personal renunciation is not an excuse for devotional incompetence
• 1252) Gita 02.60 – Endeavoring and discerning are not enough for sense control
• 1251) CC daily 31 – M 4.114-118 – Devotees are not starry-eyed transcendentalists but are conscious of practical reality
• 1250) Gita 02.59 – Complement renunciation of the material with contemplation on the spiritual
• 1249) Gauranga Shata Nama 13 – The divine dancer becomes the fearsome lion
• 1248) CC daily 30 – M 4.110-113 – Change of perspective in story conveys depth of character

February 2015

• 1247) PURI acronym – 4 special qualities of Madhavendra Puri
• 1246) ISKCON’s Comeback Emperor – H H Jayapataka Swami Maharaj
• 1245) Gita 02.58 – Withdraw consciousness inwards as a basic defense mechanism
• 1244) Gauranga Shata Nama 12 – The omnipotent Lord reverses the river of desire
• 1243) CC daily 29 – M 4.106-109 – See service as an expression of trust
• 1242) Gita 02.57 – Stay unaffected by the material by being focussed on the spiritual
• 1241) Gauranga Shata Nama 11 – Offer the heart to our supreme pati
• 1240) CC daily 28 – M 4.102-105 – Delight in the expansion of the Lord’s glory, not one’s own glory
• 1239) Gita 02.56 – Emotional non-entanglement with the material characterizes the seer
• 1238) Gauranga Shata Nama 10 – The more we offer ourselves, the more the Lord reveals and charms us
• 1237) CC daily 27 – M 4.97-101 – Deity is the living community center
• 1236) Gita 02.55 – Rejection of mental desires and satisfaction in the self define the self-realized
• 1235) Gauranga Shata Nama 9 – The world of love is revealed through reciprocations with intimate associates
• 1234) CC daily 26 – M 95-96 – Where there is natural attraction to Krishna there manifests Vrindavana
• 1233) What is violence for the infectant is benevolence for the infected
• 1232) Gita 02.54 – Non-literal meaning illumines when literal meaning stumps
• 1231) Gauranga Shata Nama 8 – Let the ocean of devotion rescue us from the ocean of tribulation
• 1230) CC daily 25 – M 91-94 – Devotee embodies opulence for the Lord, simplicity for oneself
• 1229) The destructibility of the body is not a license for its wanton destruction
• 1228) Don’t just see the provision – see the provider
• 1227) The soul wears out the body and the body wears out the soul
• 1226) Don’t be so concerned about others’ future destination as to be cut off from their present emotion
• 1225) Gauranga Shata Nama 7 – The follower of dharma becomes the relisher of the para dharma
• 1224) Gita 02.53 – Persistent absorption comes by consistent rejection of distraction
• 1223) CC daily 24 – M 87-90 – The essence of initiation is not the ritual but the commitment to serve
• 1222) Gauranga Shata Nama 6 – Let him take away our pride or he will
• 1221) Gita 02.52 – Shastra without guru can be a deluding forest for the intelligence
• 1220) CC daily 23 – M 84-86 – The transcendental manifests repeatedly as the historical
• 1219) Gita 02.51 – Same action with higher motivation bestows higher destination
• 1218) CC daily 22 – M 80-83 – Improvisation is also an expression of devotion
• 1217) Gauranga Shata Nama 5 – The Lord is the blesser and the blessing
• 1216) Harinaam Sankirtan unites dance with meditation
• 1215) Music therapy and Harinaam Sankirtan
• 1214) Is the Gita relevant today?
• 1213) Gita 02.50 – Yoga facilitates individualized artistic infusion of work with devotion
• 1212) CC daily 21 – M 78-79 – See ability to do wonderful service as Krishna’s mercy
• 1211) Gita 02.49 – The good becomes bad when it becomes the enemy of the best
• 1210) CC daily 20 – M 72-77 – Appreciate Deity’s miraculous potency with devotion, not skepticism
• 1209) Gita 02.48 – Yoga requires material indifference to provide spiritual transcendence
• 1208) CC daily 19 – M 68-71 – Devotional service is vivid and concrete, not vague or amorphous
• 1207) Gita 02.47 – Make sense of four counterintuitive assertions by seeing the full picture
• 1206) CC daily 18 – M 61-67 – Abhisheka is an intimate service to the Lord
• 1205) Gita 02.46 – Understand multivalence of Veda to grasp how transcending the Vedas fulfills their purpose
• 1204) CC daily 17 – M 58-60 – Love invokes auspiciousness for the all-auspicious one
• 1203) Gita 02.45 – Gain possession of the soul by giving up obsession with matter
• 1202) Gauranga Shata Nama 4 – Those who delude the Lord get deluded by him
• 1201) CC daily 16 – M 54-56 – Devotion makes a stone a simhasana
• 1200) Valentine’s Day – Commercial exploitation of urban isolation sets up the heart for disappointment
• 1199) Gita 02.44 – Prevent attachment from abducting consciousness by intelligence and taste
• 1198) Gauranga Shata Nama 3 – His mischief charms his mother’s heart and our heart too
• 1197) CC daily 15 – M 47-53 – Serve the Lord with sound strategy
• 1196) Gauranga Shata Nama 2 – The supreme dancer comes to make our heart dance
• 1195) Gita 02.43 – The Vedic masterplan uses dharma to raise people from kama to prema
• 1194) Gauranga Shata Nama 1 – Relish the nectar shared by the moon of Mayapur
• 1193) CC daily 14 – M 43-46 – Our devotion is defined not by mystical vision but by practical dedication
• 1192) Should we hate the mind?
• 1191) Vaishnava Sadachara 4 – Managing harmoniously
• 1190) Vaishnava Sadachara 3 – Acting according to time place circumstance
• 1189) Vaishnava Sadachara 2 – Dealing appropriately with different people
• 1188) Vaishnava Sadachara 1 – Importance of Sadachara
• 1187) Gita 02.42 – Flowery words of Vedas distract from their ultimate wisdom
• 1186) CC daily 13 – M 4.41-42 – Focus on present loving reciprocation, not past wrongs
• 1185) Gita 02.41 – Intent shapes intelligence
• 1184) CC daily 12 – M 4.37-40 – Devotee’s love pulls Krishna out of concealment
• 1183) Are miracles compatible with science?
• 1182) Gita 02.40 – The spiritual path comes with a no-loss and a fear-relieving guarantee
• 1181) CC daily 11 – CCM 4.32-36 – In lofty bhakti, the Lord shares his plight with devotee
• 1180) Gita 02.39 – Use buddhi to transform theoretical sankhya into practical yoga
• 1179) CC daily 10 – CCM 4.26-31 Krishna takes pride in providing for all in his village
• 1178) Gita 02.38 – To reconcile the Gita’s contradictions, recognize the multi-level nature of its discussions
• 1177) CC daily 8 – CCM 4.18-19 – The Lord’s formal, pet and titular names reveal his personal nature
• 1176) CC daily 9 – CCM 4.21-25 – Devotee’s absorption attracts Krishna’s attention
• 1175) Gita 02.37 – Knowledge of atma and dharma redefines lose-lose situation as win-win
• 1174) CC daily 8 – CCM 4.18-19 – The Lord’s formal, pet and titular names reveal his personal nature
• 1173) CC daily 7 – CCM 4.16-17 – Lord Chaitanya’s prema-rupa-guna are captivating
• 1172) CC daily 6 – CCM 4.13-15 – Devotion grants entry into the world of loving reciprocation
• 1171) CC daily 5 – CCM 4.10-12 – Use ability to take responsibility on spiritual journey
• 1170) Gita 02.36 – Behave respectably to bring respectability to Krishna’s message
• 1169) Gita 02.35 – The variance between our intention and people’s perception causes mortifying misconception
• 1168) CC daily 4 – CCM 4.7-9 – Avoid conflicts by strategy, humility and prayer
• 1167) Gita 02.34 – Engage the power of honor to encourage honorable action
• 1166) CC daily 3 – CCM 4.5-5-6 – In bhakti humility is the greatest ability
• 1165) CC daily 2 – CCM 4.2-4 – See other devotees as partners, not competitors
• 1164) Gita 02.33 – Honorable position brings obligation of tangible contribution
• 1163) CCdaily 1- CCM 4.1 – The love that makes the Lord appear and steal is extraordinarily extraordinary
• 1162) Gita 02.32 – Dharma rewards success according to each varna’s definition of success

January 2015

• 1161) Gita 02.31 – Dharma is not a blanket injunction but an individualized customization
• 1160) Gita 02.30 – Knowlege of the soul is not a call for resignation but for action
• 1159) Gita 02.29 – Perception, verbalization, reception and incomprehension wrt soul are all amazing
• 1158) Gita 02.28 – The mutability of everything materially magnifies the futility of grief
• 1157) What a saint learned from a prostitute
• 1156) Gita 02.27 – See death not as a future event, but as an ongoing process
• 1155) Mukunda Mala Stotra 3 – Remembrance of Krishna is life’s greatest treasure
• 1154) Let intelligence take from the poison phase to the nectar phase
• 1153) Gita 02.26 – Materialism makes meaning meaningless and lamentation pointless
• 1152) How to present scriptural wisdom scientifically
• 1151) Gita 02.25 – Contemplate the inconceivable to relish the spiritual
• 1150) Gita 02.24 – The soul can’t be stopped from going anywhere nor forced to go anywhere
• 1149) Mukunda Mala Stotra 38 – Drinking poison when nectar is available is tragic
• 1148) Gita 02.23 – The utter indestrutibility of the soul underlies the path of difficult duty
• 1147) Gita 02.22 – The dress metaphor redefines death not as a miserable termination but as a welcome transition
• 1146) Gita 02.21 – Integrate knowledge of the soul with the purpose of that knowledge
• 1145) Gita 02.20 – The soul doesn’t undergo the six changes that matter does
• 1144) Gita 02.19 – The soul’s non-doership points to the complexity of matter-spirit interaction
• 1143) Gita 02.18 – The immeasurability of soul points to its non-literal non-metaphorical measure
• 1142) Gita 02.17 – Nothing can destroy the soul because it pervades everything
• 1141) Gita 02.16 – Matter has no existence in the sense of having no lasting consequence
• 1140) Gita 02.15 – Those unaffected by the temporary attain the eternal
• 1139) Gita 02.14 – The material is peripheral, unavoidable and ephemeral – so tolerate it
• 1138) Gita 02.13 – The body is changing, not just growing – so focus on the unchanging
• 1137) Gita 02.49 – Take shelter of the intelligence to ultimately take shelter of the source of intelligence
• 1136) Gita 02.12 – Spirit is not just eternal but also plural
• 1135) Gita 07.26 – Seek reassurance in Krishna’s prescience and competence
• 1134) Gita 02.11 – The ability to harmonize the walk with the talk characterizes the wise
• 1133) Gita 02.10 – Change in the seeker’s mood evokes change in the teacher’s mood
• 1132) Gita 07.29 – Devotion prevents our head-on collision with misery
• 1131) Don’t anoint everything as spiritual or denounce everything as material
• 1130) Gita 02.09 – The decision of inaction reflects desperation to learn
• 1129) Gita 02.69 – The darkness will not end if we don’t end our dark desires
• 1128) Gita 02.08 – Outer success can’t remove inner distress
• 1127) Gita 02.07 – Arjuna exhibits 3 characteristics of an ideal disciple
• 1126) Gita 02.06 – Find way through lose-lose problems by seeking emotional distance
• 1125) Gita 14.14 – Our mental condition is consequential, as is the meditation for improving it
• 1124) Gita 02.05 – Hard choices have to be made to avoid harder consequences
• 1123) Gita 14.10 – Don’t be captivated by the dramatics in the theater of embodied consciousness
• 1122) Gita 02.04 – Resolve conflicts among different roles by raising consciousness
• 1121) Gita 14.11 – Let knowledge illumine the door of the senses to welcome the holy name
• 1120) Gita 02.04 Fight not for or against some material cause – fight for Krishna
• 1119) Gita 02.03 – Fight degrading temptation by remembering honoroble position
• 1118) Gita 02.02 – Arya – Spiritual denotation, historical concoction and modern connotation
• 1117) Gita 05.12 – Choice of connection with Krishna is not casual but consequential
• 1116) Gita 02.01 – Arjuna’s analysis only aggravates his agony
• 1115) Gita 18.58 – Talents are usable but not essential for attaining Krishna’s shelter

December 2014

• 1114) Happy New Year – How bhakti-yoga fulfills the import of this sincere wish
• 1113) Gita 11.40 – Relish the symbiosis of Krishna’s omnipresence and his sonic presence
• 1112) Gita 11.39 – Access the all-pervading one through sacred sound
• 1111) Gita 11.38 – The source and the goal of all knowledge is known by devotion
• 1110) Vaishnava Meditations on Christmas
• 1109) Gita 11.37 – Contemplate the Lord’s glory to comprehend his amazing accessibility
• 1108) Gita 11.36 – Cherish the godly side within to relish God within
• 1107) Gita 03.08 – To engage the world, first engage the heart in Krishna
• 1106) Gita 07.13 – Let spiritual desire take us from the surface to the substance
• 1105) Gita 18.40 – The universality of the malady underscores the necessity of the remedy
• 1104) Daily-Bhagavatam 66 – 11.07.56 – Counter temptation by intelligence, vigilance and diligence
• 1103) Gita 18.62 – Let every mantra offer our heart’s surrender to Krishna
• 1102) Gita 07.27 – Don’t let inconsequential dualities become consequential
• 1101) Gita 14.05 – See the modes-induced feelings as alien, not our own
• 1100) Gita 18.36 – Practice provides pleasure
• 1099) Gita 05.29 – Knowing Krishna’s greatness and kindness grants profound peace
• 1098) Don’t sharpen the axe in the criminal’s hands; cure the criminal
• 1097) Hold on to Hari, not to worry
• 1096) Gita 18.35 – Use in meditation the capacity to separate contemplation from situation seen in worry
• 1095) Gita 10.01 – The tirelessly loving Lord mercifully manifests as the easily accessible holy name
• 1094) Gita 08.06 – Change your contempation during meditation to change your destination after destruction
• 1093) Gita 07.04 – Deconstruct the world to concentrate on Krishna
• 1092) Gita 01.46 – When the eye disheartens, let the ear hearten
• 1091) Gita 01.45 – Sound arguments from a fragmented perception are actually unsound
• 1090) Gita 01.44 – Arjuna’s reasoning is wrong, but his capacity for reasoning is laudable
• 1089) Gita 01.43 – Hell forever is a subjective feeling, not an objective fact
• 1088) Gita 07.05 – Devotion helps us fulfill the purpose the world
• 1087) Gita 01.42 – Three meanings of dharma
• 1086) Gita 01.41 – Unwanted progeny – what does unwanted mean?
• 1085) Gita 01.40 – Protecting women and ensuring good progeny are important social responsibilities
• 1084) Gita 01.39 – As soon as dharma weakens adharma attacks
• 1083) Gita 01.38 – Don’t let the anartha-maddened make us similarly mad
• 1082) Gita 01.37 – Greed gives us a tunnel vision of reality
• 1081) Gita 09.34 – Offering is the way of receiving
• 1080) Gita 01.36 – Contemplate contextual karmic considerations before acting
• 1079) Gita 01.35 – Arjuna’s profit-loss calculations miss the most important factor
• 1078) Gita 01.34 – Arjuna’s evolved emotion and reason ready to be raised to the summit by Gita wisdom
• 1077) Gita 01.33 – The contrasting words of Arjuna and Duryodhana reveal their consciousness’ levels
• 1076) Gita 01.32 – Whom we live for determines the quality of our life
• 1075) Gita 01.31 – Material long-term is not long-term enough
• 1074) Gita 01.30 – Where materialism shows a dead end spirituality shows the way ahead
• 1073) Gita 01.29 – The inner attack of emotions does what no outer attack of enemies could have done
• 1072) Gita 18.57 – The shelter of divine intelligence reveals bhakti’s freshness
• 1071) Gita 01.28 – To avoid being consumed by material emotions, cultivate spiritual emotions
• 1070) Gita 01.27 – Undiscerning visual perception erodes spiritual conviction
• 1069) Gita 01.26 – The brutality of the imminent fratricide sinks in
• 1068) Gita 01.25 – Over-reliance on visual perception ends in illusion
• 1067) Gita 01.24 – Conquer lethargy to attain excellence in service
• 1066) Gita 12.09 – Transform outer exposure to Krishna into inner experience of Krishna
• 1065) Gita 01.23 – How the evil got so many allies
• 1064) Gita 01.22 – A last sight of the battling brethren
• 1063) Gita 01.21 – The surprising request to see what is already known
• 1062) Gita 01.20 – The monkey standard is permeated with the divine monkey’s presence
• 1061) Gita 01.19 – Kauravas’ bravado battered and shattered by Pandavas’ bravery
• 1060) Gita 01.18 – The Pandavas’ illustrious sons gallantly serve their parents
• 1059) Gita 01.17 – Weapons are warrior’s ornaments
• 1058) Krishna’s moods in the Gita – Gita Jayanti class
• 1057) Dealing with old age – individual and social responsibility – 3.30.15
• 1056) The difference between sentimentality and sensitivity – SB 4.8.26
• 1055) Gita 12.08 – Let the holy name direct our inner world to Krishna
• 1054) Gita 18.61 – Give control to Krishna to gain control of the mind

November 2014

• 1053) Gita 14.27 – To maximize happiness, seek it in Krishna
• 1052) Gita 03.40 – Don’t mistake inner misleading propaganda with reality
• 1051) Gita 02.70 – Protect consciousness not by closedness but by fullness
• 1050) Gita 18.46 – Worship first to make work worship
• 1049) Gita 05.23 – Tolerance is not passive, but dynamic
• 1048) What will it take for us to lose faith in our mind?
• 1047) Gita 02.61 – Use existing mind control to give control to the supreme controller
• 1046) Gita 02.69 – Overcome inner resistance by choosing a higher definition of success
• 1045) Gita 02.15 – Nothing is worth being distracted from Krishna
• 1044) Devotion is the culmination of the aspiration for liberation
• 1043) Gita 02.55 – The holy name takes our quest for happiness beyond the mind to the soul
• 1042) Thoughts on Thanksgiving
• 1041) Gita 03.16 – Absorption in higher things that connects us with the highest reality brings the highest happiness
• 1040) Gita 6.28 – Let the consciousness rise towards Krishna by the staircase of divine sound
• 1039) Gita 6.36 – To conquer the mind, use existing mind control in chanting
• 1038) Claiming the assumption to be the conclusion is deception
• 1037) Gita 18.37 – Long-term commitment & short-term sacrifice guarantee succes
• 1036) Gita 5.24 – The Holy Name is Krishna manifest outwards to take us inwards
• 1035) Gita 18.56 – Meditate on the accessibility of bhakti, not its difficulty
• 1034) Shikshashtakam 3 – Varnavada, sphotavada and the holy name’s potency
• 1033) Retreat within to treat without
• 1032) Value Education 14 – Mahabharata 8 – Draupadi – Ask not why this but how now
• 1031) Value Education 13 – Mahabharata 7 – Yudhisthira 1 – Gambling
• 1030) Value Education 12 – Mahabharata 6 – Karna 3 – Respond to adversity with integrity
• 1029) Value Education 11 – Mahabharata 5 – Karna 2 – Life of honor is more important than
• 1028) Value Education and Spirituality 10 – Mahabharata 4 – Karna 1 – Choose friends that bring out our best, not our worst

October 2014

• 1027) Value Education 29 – Ramayana 11 – Vali 2 – Judging without understanding ruins relationships
• 1026) Value Education 30 – Ramayana 12 – Vali 3 – Real repentance is seen in rectification
• 1025) Value Education and Spirituality 28 – Ramayana 10 – Vali 1 – Judging without understanding ruins relationships
• 1024) Value Education and Spirituality 27 – Ramayana 9 – Shabari – See not the body’s caste – see the heart’s character
• 1023) Value Education and Spirituality 26 – Ramayana 8 – Jatayu – Fight atrocities against women
• 1022) Value Education and Spirituality 25 – Ramayana 7 – Lakshmana – Don’t ascribe intention to what is spoken in tension
• 1021) Value Education and Spirituality 24 – Ramayana 6 – The illusory dear – Use intelligence to see beyond appearance to substance
• 1020) Value Education and Spirituality 23 – Ramayana 5 – Shurapanakha – Don’t let the selfish exploit our sexual vulnerabiity
• 1019) Value Education and Spirituality 22 – Ramayana 4 – Bharata – Stick to integrity amidst opportunity for immorality
• 1018) Value Education and Spirituality 21 – Ramayana 3 – Dasharatha – Honor one’s word even at great personal cost
• 1017) Value Education and Spirituality 20 – Ramayana 2 – Rama – Go beyond fight or flight to choose the best response
• 1016) Value Education and Spirituality 19 – Ramayana 1 – Kaikeyi – Don’t be deluded by malicious misinformers
• 1015) Mind the mind
• 1014) Govardhana lila’s significance in establishing the Bhagavatam’s worldview
• 1013) Illuminate your heart this Diwali
• 1012) Never lose heart
• 1011) Redefine success
• 1010) We can’t wish away our bodily identity – we have to work our way through it
• 1009) Gita 01.16 – The individual conches manifest individual warrior’s virility
• 1008) Gita 01.15 – The top trio in the Pandava army start the action
• 1007) Gita 01.14 – The dramatically humble entry of the hero
• 1006) The soul longs for meaning, but the body settles for pudding
• 1005) Don’t reduce all thinking to logical thinking
• 1004) Shikshashtakam 2 – The life of knowledge, the ocean of happiness and the complete nectar and bath (Part 2)
• 1003) Be concerned not disturbed
• 1002) Gita 01.13 – Rituals of war express and stimulate the martial spirit
• 1001) Opportunity in Adversity
• 1000) Gita 01.12 – The valorous grandsire stops the politicking
• 999) Gita 01.11 – The manipulator misses the one who matters most
• 998) Spiritualizing our work
• 997) Gita 01.10 – Mulitiple meanings of same word reveal the possibilities of multiple interpretations
• 996) Gita 01.09 – Listing the warriors’ qualities for enlisting their commitment
• 995) What goes around comes around – assume accountability
• 994) Shikshashtakam 1 – Understanding the mind’s mirror, the forest fire and the white lotus
• 993) Words shape worlds – watch your words
• 992) Exploring various possible relationships between science and spirituality
• 991) How science and spirituality can be harmonized
• 990) How the Chaitanya Charitamrita unified and systematized Gaudiya Vaishnavism
• 989) Dussehra meditation – Differentiating between obstinacy and determination
• 988) Appreciating different definitions of success in devotional service
• 987) Different approaches to Gita study: historical, literary, philosophical, revelational, descriptive, prescriptive
• 986) Balance philosophy with sensitivity – Be dharma-centered, not karma-centered
• 985) Don’t be worn out by the mind – wear the mind out
• 984) Preaching sensitively

September 2014

• 983) Right and wrong definitions of success in grihastha life
• 982) Understanding Krishna’s love for us
• 981) Gita 01.08 – Attachment makes the absent present
• 980) Gita 01.07 – Repetition of known information conveys prioritization
• 979) Gita 01.06 – Their great warriors counterbalance our greater strength
• 978) Gita 01.05 – Affiliations were shaped by long-term affinity not short-term antipathy
• 977) Gita 01.04 – Our inner frame of reference shapes our outer focus of reference
• 976) Gita 01.03 – The politician seeks martial dedication by emotional manipulation
• 975) Gita 01.02 – Duryodhana’s choice of conversant reveals his political intent
• 974) Gita 01.01 – The transcendental manifests as the geographical
• 973) Boro kripa koile krishna song meditation
• 972) To seek love in food is to relapse into emotional babyhood
• 971) Don’t let pseudo-hunger masquerade as hunger
• 970) To know the meaning of challenge, know the challenge of meaning
• 969) Gopinath 1 song meditation
• 968) Bhajahu re mana song meditation
• 967) Gita 04.39 – Faith is the necessary but not sufficient condition for knowledge
• 966) Value Education and Spirituality 9 – Mahabharata 3 – Vidura – Be a forgiving not a forgetful friend

August 2014

• 965) Accepting our limitations helps us see the light beyond limitations – SB 10.49.19
• 964) Prabhupada Vyasapuja offering at Radha Gopinath temple
• 963) After the laughter? – Reflections on Robbin Williams’ suicide
• 962) The God who conceals his divinity so that love can reign supreme (Janmashtami Meditation)
• 961) Gita 08.13 – Cherish remembrance of Krishna to relish the fruit of meditation
• 960) Gita 09.19 – Krishna manifests all around us to give us the chance to choose him
• 959) Meditation on the only prayers to Balaram in the Bhagavatam
• 958) Gita 15.12 – Let the holy name illumine the heart with wisdom and devotion
• 957) Gita 10.17 – The nectar of Krishna consciousness awaits those who persevere with faith and intelligence
• 956) Gita 16.16 – See through materialism’s facade to focus on the supreme non-material reality
• 955) Bhagavatam first canto study 3 – 1.1.3 – Relish the rasa in association
• 954) Bhagavatam first canto study 2 – 1.1.2 – The pure intention bestows the perfect destination
• 953) Spirituality and Medicine – An Integrated Approach

July 2014

• 952) Mahabharata characters 73 Abhimanyu 2 Confronting conspiracy with courage
• 951) Mahabharata characters 72 Abhimanyu 1 Penetrating the impenetrable phalanx
• 950) Arjuna’s virtuous victory – Don’t challenge God’s wisdom; let God’s wisdom challenge you – 2
• 949) Arjuna’s virtuous victory – Don’t challenge God’s wisdom; let God’s wisdom challenge you – 1
• 948) Mahabharata characters 71 Ashwatthama The dangerous temptation to punish
• 947) Mahabharata characters 70 Karna 5 The tragic end of heroic misdirection
• 946) Draupadi’s courageous devotion amidst the disrobing – Ask not “why this?” but “how now?”
• 945) Mahabharata characters 69 Karna 3 Is word of honor greater than life of honor
• 944) Duryodhana’s blame game 2 – Attribution error and alien abduction
• 943) Duryodhana’s blame game 1 – The unjustified sense of entitlement led to unnecessary envy
• 942) Mahabharata characters 68 Karna 2 Status insecurity leads to shocking immorality
• 941) Mahabharata characters 67 – Karna 1 – Did life give him a raw deal?
• 940) Mahabharata characters 66 Duryodhana 5 Baffled in words, battles and spirits
• 939) Gita 18.21 – Go beyond immediate perceptions to relish the holy name
• 938) Mahabharata characters 65 Duryodhana 4 Incompetence and fault finding personified
• 937) Gita 03.12 – Consciousness is our contribution to the cosmic cycle and satisfaction will be our return
• 936) Gita 18.62 – Transcend problems by surrender to attain the supreme peace
• 935) Mahabharata characters 64 Duryodhana 3 Foolishly adding fuel to fire
• 934) Mahabharata characters 63 Duryodhana 2 Krishna’s magnanimity vs Duryodhna’s obstinacy
• 933) Mahabharata characters 62 Duryodhana 1 The humiliator is humiliated
• 932) Mahabharata characters 61 Draupadi 2 Exemplary devotion amidst tribulation
• 931) Mahabharata characters 60 Draupadi 1 Responding to vice with virtue
• 930) Mahabharata characters 59 – Sahadeva – Using intelligence in the service of dharma
• 929) Mahabharata characters 58 – Nakula – Sustaining unity amidst individuality
• 928) Mahabharata characters 57 – Arjun 20 – World conquest for Ashwamedha-yajna
• 927) Mahabharata characters 56 – Arjuna 19 – The difficult disciplining of Ashvatthama
• 926) Mahabharata characters 55 – Arjuna 18 – The final battle with Karna
• 925) Mahabharata characters 54 – Arjun 17 – Devotional surrender amidst mixed feelings at Drona’s death M
• 924) Does ISKCON have a phobia for the tenth canto? (Bhagavatam 10.47.28)
• 923) Mahabharata characters 53 – Arjuna 16 – Racing against time with the Lord of time
• 922) Mahabharata characters 52 – Arjuna 15 – Breaking through the wall of the Kaurava forces
• 921) SB 10.47.28 – The holy name is the essence of Krishna’s confidential message of love
• 920) Mahabharata characters 51 – Arjuna 14 – Besting the fearsome elephant and the formidable elephant wa
• 919) Bhagavatam first canto study 1 – 1.1.1 – The Attributes of the Absolute Truth
• 918) Mahabharata characters 50 – Arjuna 13 – Battling and serving the beloved grandsire
• 917) Do the scriptures treat women as the property of men?
• 916) Mahabharata characters 49 – Arjuna 12 – The Gita goes far beyond violence to transcendence
• 915) Mahabharata characters 48 – Arjuna 11 – The divine heart calls the human heart to the path of love
• 914) Mahabharata Characters 47 – Arjuna 10 – Arguments against and for fighting in the Gita
• 913) Mahabharata Characters 46 – Arjuna 09 – Choose Krishna over the world
• 912) Mahabharata Characters 45 – Arjuna 08 – The stunning victory at Virata
• 911) Mahabharata Characters 44 – Arjuna 07 – Singlehanded triumph over the Nivatkavachas and Kalakanyas
• 910) Mahabharata Characters 43 – Arjuna 05 – Heaven hath no fury like a woman scorned

June 2014

• 909) Mahabharata Characters 42 – Arjuna 05 – Austerity and audacity for the pleasure of Lord Shiva
• 908) Mahabharata Characters 41 – Arjuna 04 – All the gods bested at Khandava
• 907) Mahabharata Characters 40 – Arjuna 03 – The match made with Krishna as the matchmaker
• 906) Meditation on Bhaktivinoda Thakura pranama mantra
• 905) Mahabharata Characters 39 – Arjuna 02 – Accepting exile to honour virtue
• 904) Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s contributions 4 – The Eastern Savior offers the zenith of religious experience among all the world’s religions
• 903) Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s contributions 3 – The sara-grahi redefinition of Panchopasana as progressive modes of comprehending the divine
• 902) Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s contributions 2 – See the unity of purpose underlying the diversity of religions
• 901) Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s contributions 1 – Let faith and reason remove the mosses of illusion
• 900) Mahabharata Characters 38 – Arjuna 01 – Diligence is essential for attaining excellence
• 899) Jagannatha Ashtakam 8 – The end of all desires except the desire to serve is the end of material existence
• 898) Jagannatha Ashtakam 7 – A glimpse of the supreme indestructible rasa removes all taste for destructible things
• 897) Jagannatha Ashtakam 6 – The rasanandi Lord relishes the highest ananda through the highest rasa reciprocated with his highest devotee
• 896) Jagannatha Ashtakam 5 – The Ratha Yatra festival offers affectionate service in the association of those with intense devotion
• 895) Mahabharata Characters 37 – Bhima 07 – Draupadi’s dishonorers destroyed
• 894) Selecting our association without being judgmental or offensive
• 893) Mahabharata Characters 36 – Bhima 06 – Bhima decimates the Kauravas in the war’s first sixteen days
• 892) Jagannatha Ashtakam 4 – The Lord of the Universe is glorified by the whole universe
• 891) Jagannatha Ashtakam 3 – The difference in the sequences of designation and depiction of the Deities
• 890) Jagannatha Ashtakam 2 – Spiritual vision goes beyond abstraction to transcendental specification
• 889) Jagannatha Ashtakam 1 – The supreme love transcends worldly concerns and genders
• 888) Mahabharata Characters 35 – Bhima 05 – Bhima’s heroics during incognito exile
• 887) Mahabharata Characters 34 – Bhima 04 – Meting punishment while giving forgiveness
• 886) Mahabharata Characters 33 – Bhima 03 – An attack on the gods that fulfilled a godly purpose
• 885) Mahabharata Characters 32 – Bhima 02 – No demon is a match to this human
• 884) Mahabharata Characters 31 – Bhima 01 – Growing stronger through danger and disaster
• 883) Mahabharata Characters 30 – Yudhisthira 08 – Dharmaraja’s moments of infamy and glory in the war
• 882) Mahabharata Characters 29 – Yudhisthira 07 – Steadiness through wisdom amidst the war’s worries
• 881) Mahabharata Characters 28 – Yudhisthira 06 – Wisdom wins where strength fails (Nahusha & Yaksha)
• 880) Vishnu Sahasra Nama 16 – Krishna knows the field and can expertly guide us through it
• 879) Shrivas Thakura – The summit of selfless service in offering everything for the Lord’s pleasure
• 878) Vakreshvara Pandit – The wing of devotion for the Lord to fly into the sky of love
• 877) Mahabharata Characters 27 – Yudhisthira 05 – Words of wisdom vs words of anger in the forest
• 876) Kolavecha Shridhar – The wealth of devotion makes all other wealth irrelevant
• 875) Mukunda Datta – Exemplar of humble determined faith
• 874) Snana Yatra – Entry into the Lord’s circle of love through intimate service
• 873) Gita 14.18 – The holy name takes us out of the shackle of the modes
• 872) Mahabharata Characters 26 – Yudhisthira 04 – The Pandavas dishonoured and dispossessed
• 871) Are science and spirituality at war with each other?
• 870) How the Gita’s ninth chapter reveals its bhakti essence
• 869) Mahabharata Characters 25 – Yudhisthira 03 – The virtuous victimized in the vicious gambling match
• 868) Meditation minimizes inner friction and maximizes outer contribution
• 867) Mahabharata Characters 24 – Yudhisthira 02 – The world’s king glorifies the supreme king
• 866) Mahabharata Characters 23 – Yudhisthira 01 – Sticking to integrity amidst injustice
• 865) Confrontation or Penetration – Two approaches to sharing Krishna consciousness
• 864) Mahabharata Characters 22 – Kunti 03 – Successful amidst misery after misery
• 863) Mahabharata Characters 21 – Kunti 02 – The glorious mother sees the glory of her sons and her Lord
• 862) Safe, Danger and Relapse Zones in the War against temptation
• 861) The nine tensions in the Bhagavatam
• 860) Mahabharata Characters 20 – Kunti 01 – The blessing that made a nightmare and a dream come true
• 859) Mahabharata Characters 19 – Vidura 01 – A true friend, affectionate but not attached
• 858) Mahabharata Characters 18 – Dhritarashtra 04 – Losing Everything Before Losing Blindiness
• 857) Mahabharata Characters 17 – Dhritarashtra 03 – Blaming destiny for irresponsibility
• 856) Mahabharata Characters 16 – Dhritarashtra 02 – How the attached get manipulated
• 855) Mahabharata Characters 15 – Dhritarashtra 01 – The blindness of attachment begins
• 854) Is forgiveness practical?
• 853) Mahabharata Characters 14 – Drona 04 – Repaying deceit with deceit
• 852) Mahabharata Characters 13 – Drona 03 – The Blunder Under Pressure

May 2014

• 851) Mahabharata Characters 12 – Drona 02 – The Teacher’s Tests
• 850) Mahabharata Characters 16 – Dhritarashtra 02 – How the attached get manipulated
• 849) Mahabharata Characters 11 – Drona 01 – From poverty to power
• 848) Vishnu Sahasra Nama 15 – Krishna is ever-watching and ever-willing to help
• 847) Mahabharata Characters 10 – Bhishma 09 – The Ideal Departure
• 846) Vishnu Sahasra Nama 14 – Krishna brings completeness to our existence and our longing for happiness
• 845) Don’t romanticize the past or demonize the present – utilize whatever is available
• 844) Mahabharata Characters 09 – Bhishma 08 – The Grandsire on the arrow bed
• 843) Govinda Damodara Stotra 1 – When all other shelters fall, Krishna’s shelter remains tall
• 842) Vishnu Sahasra Nama 12 – Our goal cannot liberate us as long as our desires are bound
• 841) Mahabharata Characters 08 – Bhishma 07 – Transcendental devotion amidst violent confrontation
• 840) Vishnu Sahasra Nama 13 – The Lord’s shelter never dwindles
• 839) Mahabharata Characters 07 – Bhishma 06 – The heartbreaking conflict among loved ones
• 838) Vishnu Sahasra Nama Names 10-11 – The holy name links us to the Supersoul’s purity and guidance
• 837) Vishnu Sahasra Nama Names 8-9 Krishna is the essence of material existence
• 836) Mahabharata Characters 06 – Bhishma 05 – The sacrifice of reputation for devotion
• 835) Can we be spiritual in an age of science?
• 834) Mahabharata Characters 05 – Bhishma 04 – The celibate becomes the match-maker
• 833) Mahabharata Characters 04 – Bhishma 03 – A test of faith
• 832) Short introduction to “Fascinating Mahabharata Characters” Course
• 831) Mahabharata Characters 03 – Bhishma 02 – The fatal complication
• 830) Vishnu Sahasra Nama Name 5-7 Chanting helps us realize that Krishna is never far away from us
• 829) Kunti’s Prayers 6 (SB 01.08.39-43) – The selflessness of pure devotion
• 828) Mahabharata Characters 02 – Bhishma 01 – The fierce vow
• 827) Mahabharata Characters 01 – Three understandings of the timeless classic
• 826) How to make our work into worship (Gita 18.44-45) (Hindi)
• 825) Vishnu Sahasra Nama Name 4 Connecting with the controller of time brings life back in control amidst times of chaos
• 824) Vishnu Sahasra Nama Names 1-3 Realize how the Lord is never far away from us by chanting
• 823) Narasimha Katha Hindi 3 – SB 07.08.14-30 – Love underlies the various dangerous forms of the Lord
• 822) Narasimha Katha Hindi 2 – SB 07.08.09-13 – Repressive and reprehensible Hiranyakashipu
• 821) Narasimhadeva’s instructions (SB 07.10.01-23) – Balancing the aspiration for pure devotion with practical action
• 820) Narasimha Katha Hindi 1 – SB 07.08.01-08 – Arrogant Hiranyakashipu confronts gentle but firm Prahlada
• 819) Arjuna’s memories of Krishna 1 (SB 01.15.04-09) – Make your memory your treasury
• 818) Narasimha Kavacha 3 – Verses 21-31 – The reciprocal Lord blesses us according to how we approach him
• 817) Narasimha Kavacha 2 – Verses 9-20 – Remember the Lord for protection of all bodily limbs and from all directions
• 816) Narasimha Kavacha 1 – Verses 1-8 – Meditate on the Lord without and within to invoke his protection
• 815) Sita Devi – Determined devotion refuses to choose the easy way out no matter what the justification
• 814) Madhu Pandit Goswami – Single-minded focus to the Deity that defined the devotee
• 813) Jahnava Devi – Carrying on the legacy amidst adversity
• 812) Value Education and Spirituality 6 – The Spiritual Foundation of Values 4 – Let secularism protect us from narrow-mindedness, not restrict us in empty-mindedness
• 811) Value Education and Spirituality 5 – The Spiritual Foundation of Values 3 – Three non-sectarian arguments for the existence of God
• 810) Value Education and Spirituality 4 – The Spiritual Foundation of Values 2 – Karma shows the sense in life’s seeming senselessness
• 809) Value Education and Spirituality 3 – The Spiritual Foundation of Values 1 – The end is not the end
• 808) Value Education and Spirituality 8 – Mahabharata 2 – Duryodhana – Envy leads to destructive competition that is dissatisfying and degrading
• 807) Value Education and Spirituality 7 – Mahabharata 1 – Shakuni – Imaginary expectation leads to real destruction
• 806) Kunti’s Prayers 5 – (1.8.35-37) – Don’t deny human emotions in the name of transcendence
• 805) Can we be spiritual without being religious? – Prerana festival talk
• 804) Karna’s critical choice – Word of honor or life of honor?
• 803) SB 01.07.05 – Chanting frees us from the illusion that makes unnecessities seem necessities
• 802) Gita 03.16 – Without the sacrifice of chanting, our life becomes worthless and joyless
• 801) Jahnu Saptami – The Lord’s blessings are more than worth whatever austerity is required to get them
• 800) Shankaracharya – Reconcile apparent differences by focusing on unifying deeper purpose
• 799) Aryan Invasion Theory – Origins, Problems and Consequences

April 2014

• 798) Kunti’s prayers 4 – (1.8.32-1.8.35) – Four reasons for the Lord’s appearance
• 797) Gita 05.23 – The disease of material attachments can’t be cured just by knowing the disease or knowing even the cure – we need to take the medicine of the holy name
• 796) Gita 15.09 – To avoid the mind’s slavery, beg for Krishna’s service through chanting
• 795) Gita 06.27 – The pacification of the mind comes by the purification of the passion
• 794) Vedanta Sutra 04.04.23 – The liberation of the soul (anavrttih) happens through the uncovering (anavrttih) of its consciousness
• 793) Gita 02.52 – To decrease distraction, increase conviction through education
• 792) SB 10.01.07 – Let there be a symbiosis between the outer call of the tongue and the inner call of the heart
• 791) Voting in elections is the social responsibility of devotees (Hindi)
• 790) Gadadhar Pandit – The devotee gives up everything for the Lord; the Lord gives up everything for the devotee
• 789) Vrindavana Dasa Thakura – The writings of Vaishanvas offer us their best legacy
• 788) ISKCON’s contributions to India 6 – Appreciation of India’s spiritual culture among Indian youth
• 787) ISKCON’s contributions to India 5 – Infrastructure provision for spiritual practice in modern times
• 786) ISKCON’s contributions to India 4 – Development
• 785) ISKCON’s contributions to India 3 – Non-discrimination in sharing spirituality
• 784) ISKCON’s contributions to India 2 – Internationalization of India’s spiritual culture
• 783) ISKCON’s contributions to India 1 – Overview acronym INDIA
• 782) SB 10.02.26 – Krishna is the supreme reality – let not temporary realities distract us from him
• 781) Lakshmi Narasimha Karuna Rasa Stotra 8 – Beware of the fruit that promises happiness but delivers misery
• 780) Abhirama Thakura – Spiritual empowerment manifests through extraordinary material actions
• 779) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 10 – 10.02.15-24 – The mysterious appearances of Balarama and Krishna
• 778) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 9 – 10.02.01-14 – The previous lives of Kamsa
• 777) Lakshmi-Narasimha Karuna-rasa-stotra 7: Counter the poison coming from the fangs of the sense objects with the nectar of devotion
• 776) Value Education and Spirituality 2 – Our values serve as protecting fences and as focusing default settings
• 775) Value Education and Spirituality 1 – What we value determines our values – and our values determine our value
• 774) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 8 – 10.01.56-69 – Kamsa brutally persecutes his own family members
• 773) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 7 – 10.01.46-55 – Vasudeva’s plan B to put off catastrophe
• 772) Gita 10.25 – Chanting involves sacrficing that which is most dear to us for the one who is the most dear to us
• 771) Chitrakavitvani 2 – Chanting doesn’t make us give up what we naturally like to do – it enables us to do it better and do it for the best purpose
• 770) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 6 10.01.36-44 – Vasudeva expertly uses sama, dama and bheda to pacify Kamsa
• 769) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 5 10.01.26-35 – Events leading to Kamsa’s barbarism
• 768) Prayer to Hanumanji – Welcome the Rama-duta in the heart with eagerness
• 767) Shaligram Tulsi Jal Daan – Tap every opportunity to increase service
• 766) Gita 05.21 – Shut off the outer world to go deep into the inner world and relish happiness unending
• 765) Krishna Vasanta Rasa – An invitation to rise from reflection to reality
• 764) Balarama Rasa Yatra – Balaramji serves as the enjoyer in his service to the Supreme Enjoyer
• 763) Shyamananda Pandit – The Lord blesses mysteriously and wonderfully those who serve diligently
• 762) Vamshivadan Thakura – Serving those who are serving in separation
• 761) Hanuman Appearance – Blend submission and aggression in devotion
• 760) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 4 – 10.01.21-25 – The Lord’s majestic universal rescue operation
• 759) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 3 – 10.01.14-20 – The glory of the speakers and hearers of the Bhagavatam
• 758) Bhagavatam 11.08.37 – The holy name offers a pathway to find good fortune within misfortune
• 757) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 2 – 10.05.01-13 – Krishna is everyone’s benefactor – I long to hear about him
• 756) Bhagavatam tenth canto study 1 – 10.01.01-04 – Please speak Krishna-katha for benefitting everyone
• 755) Ramayana and Gaudiya Vaishnavism
• 754) How Lord Rama is maryada-purushottama
• 753) Voting in elections is the social responsibility of devotees
• 752) Gita 16.14 – Chanting infuses even the ishvara-bhava with dasya-bhava, thus dovetailing the controlling mentality
• 751) SB 07.09.39 – The mind’s madness can be controlled by seeking Krishna’s help through the readymade template of the holy name
• 750) Venkatesh Stotram 5 – Contemplate Krishna’s personal and reciprocal nature to bring depth and devotion into the mantra meditation