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September 2023
3693)
Radharani’s glories in Bhagavad-gita
3692)
Deepening our relationship with Krishna Monks Podcast 207 Sukhavaha Mataji
3691)
ISRO scientists in temples How science & spirituality go together
3690)
Raksha Bandhana A Bhagavad-gita perspective
3689)
How Bhagavad-gita demonstrates Krishna’s teaching expertise
3688)
3 Ts of Prabhupada’s historic outreach
3687)
Eradicate Sanatana-Dharma – Hindi
August 2023
3686)
When we feel left alone – Vritrasura pastime analysis – Hindi
3685)
India on the moon Chandrayaan-3 success – A Bhagavad-gita perspective
3684)
4 ways human consciousness went down – Darn acronym
3683)
Oppenheimer movie, atom bombs & sex scenes_ Western vs Indian visions of Bhagavad-gita- Discussion
July 2023
3682)
Does shabda make pratyaksha invalid? Part 2 The Monk’s Podcast 206 with Radhika Raman Prabhu
3681)
Does shabda make pratyaksha invalid? Part 1 The Monk’s Podcast 206 with Radhika Raman Prabhu
3680)
Hindi – Adipurusha movie: Ramayana: Modernized or minimized? Souless remake unmakes soulful epic
3679)
Adipurusha movie: Ramayana: Modernized or minimized? Souless remake unmakes soulful epic
May 2023
3678)
The Kerala story – A Bhagavad Gita perspective
April 2023
3677)
If we really have free will, how does God control everything? – Chaitanya Charan
3676)
When we feel that our problems arose because we were misguided – Yamaduta-Yamaraja discussion 1
3675)
Does love mean shielding our loved ones from their actions’ consequences? PEER acronym
3674)
Understanding the spiritual world: its relevance, rationale, resplendence
3673)
Study from different perspectives – HH SB Keshava Maharaj, HG Chaitanya Charan
3672)
Bhagavad-gita insights for holistic health
March 2023
3671)
Understanding Mayavada and dealing with Mayavadis: learning from Mahaprabhu?
3670)
Gaur Purnima class 2023 – What is Mahaprabhus mercy? How does it work?
3669)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 88 – 10.15.7-12 Krishna-Balarama make all living beings in Vrindavana fortunate
February 2023
3668)
Why Narada Muni gives spiritual wisdom through riddles; need for customized outreach
3667)
From outer happiness to inner happiness
3666)
Is Srimad Bhagavatam anti-householder? Why does it criticize householders so much?
3665)
Explaining cow care to the contemporary world
3664)
Prayers of Jiva in mothers womb – Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 3
3663)
Akrodha Paramananda song meaning, Nityananda Trayodashi 2023 class at Nashik, Hindi
November 2022
3662)
Cricket Mania A Bhagavad-gita perspective; Seeing Kishna everywhere as his vibhuti; Wellington 2022
3661)
Understanding dementia – A Bhagavad-gita perspective – Chaitanya Charan
3660)
Kantara movie – A Bhagavad-gita perspective – Chaitanya Charan
October 2022
3659)
202 Bhagavad-Gita’s multi-level progression of the human-divine relationship, The Monk’s Podcast with Garuda Prabhu
3658)
Prabhupada_’s message included and transcended the past, present and future – Disappearance day talk
3657)
Parallels between Damodara-lila and Bhagavad-gita – part 2
3656)
201 The letter of scripture and the spirit of scripture The Monk_’s Podcast with Yogeshvara Prabhu
3655)
Parallels between Damodara-lila and Bhagavad-gita – part 1
3654)
World Mental Health Day Special Bhagavad-gita Insights for a Healthy Mind
September 2022
3653)
Appreciating Radharani universal, Gaudiya and personal perspectives, Radhashtami 2022
3652)
How to make our Sunday talks relevant Chaitanya Charan with Caru P on the ISKCON Relevance Project podcast
3651)
3 conceptions of renunciation frustration, aversion, redirection – Chaitanya Charan
3650)
4 life-lessons from Lord Ganesh – Ganesh Chaturthi special – Chaitanya Charan
3649)
Developing our personal relationship with Bhagavad gita SB Keshava Maharaj and Chaitanya Charan Prabhu
3648)
200 Save Earth by sharing Srimad Bhagavatam – The Monk’s Podcast with Vaisesika Prabhu
3647)
Appreciating Radharani: universal, Gaudiya and personal perspectives, Radhashtami 2022
August 2022
3646)
Appreciating the Bhagavad Gita from Sanjaya’s perspective (Gita 18.74-78): GREAT acronym
3645)
Experiencing Krishna in various ways, even through fear, confusion & heartbreak: Janmashtami class
3644)
Karthikeya 2 Movie: A Bhagavad – Gita Perspective
3643)
How Balarama reveals Krishna’s heart in Vrindavana Mathura and Dwarka ? – Balarama appearance day
3642)
How dukhalayam Bhagavad gita 8.15 is a teaching of positivity not negativity?
3641)
Hearing with the ears, the head and the heart – Chaitanya Charan on Vedasara P’s Heartspace podcast
3640)
Why was Balarama kind to Duryodhana and harsh to Romharshana? – Balarama appearance day reflection
3639)
A Bhagavad Gita perspective on India’s 75th Independence Day celebrations
3638)
When God doesn’t seem to be equal to everyone – Bhagavad gita 09.34
July 2022
3637)
Brahminical culture what it was and how it was preserved through two kinds of brahmanas
3636)
Why wisdom sometimes enlightens and sometimes doesn’t
3635)
From lower taste to higher taste through higher vision
3634)
When seeking material things from God is spiritually unhealthy — & when it isn’t
3633)
Atmarama verse’s importance in understanding the Absolute Truth Bhagavatam discussion with Caru Prabhu
3632)
Are Jordan Peterson’s ideas relevant for Bhakti theology? QA with Chaitanya Charan
3631)
Three understandings of surrender in the Bhagavad Gita
June 2022
3630)
Roe V Wade reversed A Bhagavad-gita perspective on the US removal of women’s right to abortion
3629)
3 Difficulties in approaching Bhagavatam cosmology
3628)
How to disagree without disrespecting
3627)
199 Focusing on the practical in the scriptural – The Monk’s Podcast with Kaustubha Prabhu
3626)
198 Presenting Lord Chaitanya to today’s world via biography writing – The Monk’s Podcast Yogesvara P
3625)
196 Systematic outreach for sustainable community development – The Monk’s Podcast with Aniruddha P
3624)
195 Pursuing writing as an art in bhakti, The Monk’s podcast 195 with Urmila Mataji
3623)
194 Is the Gita religious or spiritual – The Monk’s Podcast with Garuda Prabhu
3622)
193 Thoughts on ISKCON’s future The Monk s Podcast with Govardhana Prabhu
May 2022
3621)
192 Empathic communication why it is important in bhakti-The Monk’s podcast with Bir Krishna Maharaja
3620)
Is the story of Narasimha real or mythological?
3619)
Comparing Narasimha-rupa with Krishna-rupa and Vishva-rupa (Narasimha Chaturdashi special)
3618)
Kali’s brutality & Krishna’s immorality Understanding Vedic conceptions of divinity
3617)
Chota Haridasa pastime: What it teaches & what it DOES NOT TEACH
April 2022
3616)
Was Rama’s killing of Vali unfair? Ramayana Ethics – Chaitanya Charan
3615)
How was Kamsa liberated when he was ill-motivated in his Krishna consciousness?
3614)
Is the RRR movie a contemporary retelling of Ramayana?
3613)
RAMA NAVAMI SPECIAL: Relishing Lord Rama’s remembrance & appreciating Ramayana retellings
3612)
RAMA NAVAMI SPECIAL: Indrajita’s snake attack & the attack of snake-like desires
March 2022
3611)
191 Wars: What can’t be prevented can be minimized, The Monk’s Podcast with Govinda Prabhu
3610)
The Kashmir files reminder: Denying truth for tolerance’s sake destroys both truth and tolerance
3609)
Rising beyond caste discrimination to effective equality, Chaitanya Charan on Kishori Jani M podcast
3608)
190 Sannyasa ashrama in the bhakti tradition: Overvalued or devalued? The Monk’s Podcast 190 with Yadunandana Maharaj
3607)
The power of humility & sensitivity – How Mahaprabhu transformed Prakashananda Saraswati
3606)
189 The Spiritual Advisors Bhagavata Assembly (SABHA) The Monks Podcast 189 with Nrsimhananda Prabhu
February 2022
3605)
188 Does beating our mind mean distrusting ourselves? The Monk’s Podcast with Mahatma P
3604)
187 Hijab controversy: Dharmic insights on state-religion interactions, The Monk’s Podcast with Govinda Prabhu
3603)
Religion vs Spirituality – Chaitanya Charan on Wisdom of the Sages podcast
3602)
Dowry System: See beyond specific rules to universal values
3601)
Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura app day: His 6 instructions for those going to the West to preach
3600)
Appreciating Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakur’s Bhagavatam commentary – The churning metaphor
3599)
Nityananda Trayodashi Special Discourse 2022
3598)
Four ways Nityananda Prabhu glorifies Mahaprabhu – PADA acronym
3597)
186 Expanding online outreach during Covid times The Monk’s Podcast with Amogha Lila Prabhu
3596)
Bhagavad gita summarized through Arjuna’s 17 questions
3595)
Karna: Wronged hero or wrong hero: Chaitanya Charan on Kishori Jani M’s podcast
3594)
Bhagavad-gita chapter ten – How to see Krishna’s vibhuti everywhere?
3593)
185 What are the modes? why is understanding them so important? – The Monk’s Podcast with Garuda Prabhu
January 2022
3592)
184 Creativity:how to see it devotionally and use it effectively – The Monk’s Podcast with Yogesvara Prabhu
3591)
183 Gita Political Philosophy series 2 Capitalism Communism Dharma The Monk’s Podcast with Govinda Prabhu
3590)
182 How to guide effectively – The Monk’s Podcast with Radha Gopinath P and Shyamananda Prabhu
3589)
181 Challenges in implementing varnashrama – The Monk’s Podcast 181 with Bhakti Vikas Maharaj
3588)
180 – 8 universal teachings of the Bhagavad-gita (Gita Jayanti Special), The Monk’s Podcast Garuda Prabhu
3587)
179 Varna and ashram roles of women: Impact of the Industrial Revolution The Monk’s Podcast Urmila Mataji
3586)
178 Gita & political philosophy series 1: Freedom & State Power, The Monk’s Podcast with Govinda Prabhu
3585)
Freeing ourselves from Karma
3584)
177 Ethics in epics: Decoding Bhishmas choices – The Monks Podcast with Shyamananda Prabhu
3583)
Is New Year celebration a scam A Bhagavad gita perspective talk
December 2021
3582)
Appreciating Radhanatha Maharajas holistic faithfulness to the Gaudiya tradition including to the flexibility of the tradition
3581)
Appreciating Radhanath Maharaja’s expertise in community building
3580)
The Omicron variant A Bhagavad Gita perspective
3579)
How Gaudiya Vaishnavism can inspire eco-friendly living, The Monk’s Podcast 176 with Radhika Raman Prabhu
3578)
Protecting dharma 2 Lessons from history guidelines for today – The Monks Podcast 175 with Govinda Prabhu
3577)
Radhanath Maharaja’s expertise in sharing devotional service
November 2021
3576)
Gopi Gita Appreciation part 7 The Monks Podcast 174 with Madhavananda Prabhu & Amarendra Prabhu
3575)
What is dharma and how can it be protected part 1 The Monks Podcast 173 with Govinda Prabhu
3574)
Gopi Gita Appreciation part 6 The Monks Podcast 172 with Madhavananda Prabhu and Amarendra Prabhu
3573)
What does depending on Krishna mean, practically, The Monk’s Podcast 171 with Radheshyam Prabhu
3572)
Gopi Gita Appreciation part 5, The Monk’s Podcast 170 – Madhavananda Prabhu & Amarendra Prabhu
3571)
Why our personal experiences matter in our spiritual journey, The Monk’s Podcast 169-Yogesvara Prabhu
3570)
Big projects in bhakti Reasons concerns and suggestions The Monk s Podcast 168 with Shyamananda Prabhu
3569)
Working with Hindu organizations for common causes, The Monk’s Podcast 167 with Mahaprabhu Prabhu
3568)
Gopi Gita Appreciation part 4, The Monk’s Podcast 166 with Madhavananda Prabhu and Amarendra Prabhu
3567)
Evolution Bhagavatam What are the issues for devotees The Monk s Podcast 165 with Akhandadhi Prabhu
3566)
Gopi Gita Appreciation part 3, The Monk’s Podcast 164 with Madhavananda Prabhu and Amarendra Prabhu
October 2021
3565)
How to understand scriptural promises part 2
3564)
How cow care represents universal ethical principles, The Monk’s Podcast 163 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaj
3563)
The Bhagavad gita’s great greater and greatest secret -The Monk s Podcast 162 with Garuda Prabhu
3562)
How to understand scriptural promises part 1
3561)
Continuity & change from Bhaktisiddhanta ST to Prabhupada The Monk s Podcast 161 with Bhakti Vikas Maharaj
3560)
How to respond to the Muslim attacks on devotees in Bangladesh
3559)
Gopi Gita Appreciation part 2, The Monk’s Podcast 160 – Madhavananda Prabhu and Amarendra Prabhu
3558)
Haridasa Thakura’s glories 1, Transcendence amid Intolerance, HARI acronym
3557)
Gopi Gita Appreciation part 1, The Monk’s Podcast 159 – Amarendra Prabhu and Madhavananda Prabhu
3556)
Finding guidance in Prabhupada’s books, The Monk’s Podcast 158 with Krishna Dharma P & Chintamani Dharma M
3555)
Is Prabhupada’s Gita bhakti biased The Monks Podcast 157 with Garuda Prabhu
September 2021
3554)
Exploring parallels between Carl Jung & Bhaktisiddhanta, The Monk’s Podcast 156 with Hanumat Preshaka Maharaj
3553)
Book Distribution As The Engine For Community Building,The Monk’s Podcast 155-Vaisesika Prabhu, @Bhadra Purnima special
3552)
How decentralized management can help the bhakti movement flourish, The Monk’s Podcast153 with Urmila M
3551)
Maslow’s theory of motivations – A Spiritual Perspective, The Monk’s Podcast 154 with Shyamananda P
3550)
Taliban’s conquest of Afghanistan A dharmic perspective. The Monk’s Podcast 152 with Hridayananda M part 2
3549)
Appreciating others’ individuality for redefining preaching, The Monk’s Podcast 151-Shaunaka Rishi Prabhu
3548)
Taliban’s conquest of Afghanistan A dharmic perspective-The Monk’s Podcast 150 with Hridayananda Maharaj part 1
3547)
Krishna Consciousness in Japan, China and South-East Asia-The Monk’s Podcast 149-Kavicandra Maharaj
3546)
Appreciating Prabhupada’s presentation of the Bhagavatam part 2
3545)
How Vedic wisdom can be empirically demonstrated. The Monk’s Podcast 148 with Lila Purushottam Prabhu
August 2021
3544)
Effective Bridge Preaching, The Monk’s Podcast 147 with Radheshyam Prabhu
3543)
The Bhagavatam’s relevance for a postmodern audience, The Monk’s Podcast 146 with Kaustubha Prabhu
3542)
Appreciating Krishna’s opulences, using his opulence of knowledge as an example – Hindi
3541)
Role of self-care in bhakti, The Monk’s Podcast 145 with Sacinandan Maharaja
3540)
Appreciating Prabhupada’s presentation of the Bhagavatam
3539)
Western perceptions of India & how they affect bhakti outreach, The Monk’s Podcast 144, Yogesvara Prabhu
3538)
Preserving Gaudiya culture by fostering a mood of inclusion, The Monk’s Podcast 143 Madhavananda Prabhu
3537)
Understanding Indian and western attitudes in approaching and practicing Krishna consciousness
3536)
Seeing scripture from different angles – The Monk’s Podcast 142 with Krishna Dharma Prabhu & Cintamani Dhama Mataji
3535)
Presenting bhakti to people with diverse natures and needs, The Monk’s Podcast 141 with Jayananda Prabhu
3534)
How modern education impacts people’s spirituality The Monk’s Podcast 140 with Krishna Kshetra M
3533)
Fear of Missing Out FOMO Why What to do The Monk’s Podcast 139 with Shyamananda Prabhu
3532)
What Maya is and what it isn’t, The Monk’s Podcast 138 with Gopal Hari Prabhu
3531)
Introduction to Gita leadership course, How the Bhagavad-gita is a guidebook for leaders
July 2021
3530)
From postural yoga to devotional yoga, The Monk’s Podcast 137 with Raghunath Prabhu
3529)
Developing an inclusive spiritual community, The Monk’s Podcast 136 with Shikshashtakam Prabhu
3528)
Why we need a Gaudiya Vaishnava eco-theology pt 1, The Monk’s Podcast 135 with Radhika Raman Prabhu
3527)
Glimpses into the beauty of the Rasa-lila, The Monk’s Podcast 134 with Garuda Prabhu
3526)
ISKCON & Ethics 3, The self as the basis of moral philosophy, Monk’s Podcast 133 with Rasamandala Prabhu
3525)
Challenges in sharing Krishna consciousness globally part 1, The Monk’s Podcast 132 with Shyamananda Prabhu
3524)
What difference is it going to make in my life? How is the Gita relevant today? – MAIL Acronym
3523)
ISKCON & Ethics 2, Why we need a moral philosophy, The Monk’s Podcast 131 with Rasamandala Prabhu
3522)
Analyzing Bhagavatams Retelling Of Ramayana Subjectivity and Objectivity In Scripture part 2
3521)
Analyzing Bhagavatams Retelling Of Ramayana Subjectivity and Objectivity In Scripture part 1
3520)
How We Devalue Scripture How We Devalue Science – Chaitanya Charan on Wisdom of the Sages podcast
3519)
Healing the mind – Chaitanya Charan on Wisdom of the Sages podcast
3518)
Speaking with sensitivity
3517)
How the Bhagavad-gita offers a world-unifying philosophy, The Monk’s Podcast 130 with Ishvara Krishna Prabhu
3516)
Why we should or should not study the Rasa-lila, The Monk’s Podcast 129 with Garuda Prabhu
3515)
Carl Jung & psychological insights for spiritual growth, The Monks Podcast 128 with Hanumat Preshaka Maharaj
3514)
Why ethics matter while practicing bhakti in today’s world, The Monk’s Podcast 127 with Rasamandala Prabhu
3513)
Shakespeare Revisited Universal Themes Spiritual Insight The Monks Podcast 126 with Hanumat Preshaka M
June 2021
3512)
How yoga culminates in bhakti, The Monk’s Podcast 125 with Garuda Prabhu
3511)
Yoga of writing for children
3510)
Mindfulness
3509)
Presenting Krishna’s message to a contemporary audience – 2
3508)
Journaling as a means of transforming the inner world from chaos to order
3507)
Presenting Krishna’s message to a contemporary audience – 1
3506)
From platform speaking to personal coaching – The Monk’s Podcast 124 with Sutapa Prabhu
3505)
Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 10 – Kalki – The Monk’s Podcast 123 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaj
3504)
Balancing obedience to authority & independent thoughtfulness, The Monk’s Podcast 122 with Radheshyam Prabhu
3503)
Growing through love and loss in relationships, The Monk’s Podcast 121 with Garuda Prabhu
3502)
Making bhakti spirituality relevant to today’s social concerns – The Monk’s Podcast 120 with Yogesvara Prabhu
May 2021
3501)
How to see our past in a Krishna conscious way 2 – Dhruva pastime analysis
3500)
How Lord Nṛsiṁhadevas words revealed his love for Prahlāda part 1 – Hindi
3499)
How to see our past in a Krishna conscious way 1 – Dhruva pastime analysis
3498)
Bhakti spirituality for the contemporary mind – The Monk’s Podcast 119 with Shyamananda Prabhu
3497)
Faith-based organizations, eco-friendly living & ISKCON, The Monk’s Podcast 118 with Gauranga Prabhu
3496)
Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 9 – Buddha – The Monk’s Podcast 117 with Krishna Kshetra M
3495)
Ambarisha M Pastime analysis 2 – How Krishna Consciousness helps with the three causes of suffering
3494)
Ambarisha M Pastime analysis 1 – Three causes of Suffering – Providence, Incompetence or Malevolence
3493)
Role of oral traditions in preserving spiritual culture, The Monk’s Podcast 116 with Bhakti Rasamrita Swami
3492)
Offering to Pankajanghri Prabhu – A pivotal leader, a personal guide
3491)
Journaling in bhakti – The Monk’s Podcast 115 with Candramauli Maharaj
April 2021
3490)
Understanding our relationship with Prabhupada’s words, The Monk’s Podcast 114 with Garuda Prabhu
3489)
Youth outreach for community-building & world-transformation, The Monk’s Podcast 113 with Radheshyam Prabhu
3488)
Crossing the Covid-19 ocean, Lessons from Hanuman’s flight to Lanka, Rama-Navmi Special
3487)
Earth Day Special, Vedic wisdom for eco-friendly living, The Monk’s Podcast 112 with Shyamananda Prabhu
3486)
When technological advances start playing God The Monks Podcast 111 with Yogesvara Prabhu
3485)
How Rama’s apparent humanity enhances his divinity
3484)
Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 8 – Balarama – The Monk’s Podcast 110 with Krishna Kshetra M
March 2021
3483)
Can scripture be understood in multiple ways? – The Monk’s Podcast 108 with Radhika Raman Prabhu
3482)
Spirituality and Democracy – The Monk’s Podcast 107 with Shyamananda Prabhu
3481)
Gita key verses course 51 – Appreciating the Gita’s three conversations Gita 18.76
3480)
Sanatana Goswami’s surrender to Lord Chaitanya Adversity, Adventure and Advancement
3479)
Gita key verses course 50 – Love is the ultimate reality Gita 18.65
3478)
Universal Dimensions of Chaitanya Ramananda Samvada
3477)
Understanding homosexuality, gender dysphoria & nonstandard sexuality – Sudyumna pastime analysi 2
3476)
Gita key verses course 49-The Quest for Oneness-Where it is right and where it goes wrong-Gita 18.55
3475)
The essence of offense and its best antidote – The Monk’s Podcast 106 with Garuda Prabhu
3474)
Gita key verses course 48 – Can I be spiritual and still be ambitious Can my work be my worship Gita 18.46
3473)
Gita key verses course 47 – Why some people are knowledgeably ignorant or intelligently foolish – Gita 18.35
3472)
How scripture comes alive – The Monk’s Podcast 105 with Shyamananda
3471)
The essence of offense and its best antidote – The Monk’s Podcast 106 with Garuda Prabhu
3470)
Churning the BhagavatamThe Monk’s Podcast 104 – Dashavatara 7 – Rama with Krishna Kshetra M
3469)
How scriptural stories reflect a more expansive form of rationality – Sudyumna pastime analysis 1
3468)
Gita key verses course 46 – If we are not the doers why are we held responsible – Gita 18.14
3467)
Gita key verses course 45 – Speak to give peace of mind, not a piece of your mind – Gita 17.15
3466)
Gita key verses course 44 – Isn’t spirituality a matter of the heart – Why so many rules – Gita 16.24
3465)
Don’t let Prabhupada’s difficult statements become difficulties – The Monk’s Podcast 103 with Yogeshvara Prabhu
3464)
Gita key verses course 43 – Are some people innately bad – Gita 16.06
3463)
Gita key verse course 42 – How to see God’s hand in our life Gita – 15.15
3462)
Gita key verses 41 – What is the upside-down tree metaphor Gita 15.01
3461)
Contemplating Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura Wisdom-Quotes — Appearance Day Talk 2021
February 2021
3460)
How Lord Nityananda Complements Lord Chaitanya – Part1
3459)
Appreciating HH Bhakti Rasamrita Maharaja on his appearance day celebrations
3458)
Is Bhagvad Gita Hindu ?
3457)
How we see it 1, We they mentality & other religious typicals, The Monk’s Podcast 102 with Shyamananda Prabhu
3456)
Role of self-care in bhakti – The Monk’s Podcast 101 with Sukhavaha Mataji and Gaur Kumar Prabhu
3455)
Examining mythology 4 – The Monk’s Podcast 100 with Shyamananda Prabhu
3454)
Examining mythology 3 – The Monk’s Podcast 99 with Shyamananda Prabhu
3453)
Gita key verses course 39 – What is education meant for – Gita 13.12
3452)
Examining mythology 2 – The Monk’s Podcast 98 with Shyamananda Prabhu
3451)
The Monk’s Podcast 97 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Examining mythology 1
3450)
Sustainable Living and Rural Outreach – The Monk’s Podcast 96 with Sanat Kumar Prabhu
3449)
Gita key versescourse 38 – Does religion make people better or worse? – Gita 12.13
3448)
The Monk’s Podcast 95 Krishna Kshetra Maharaj – Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 6 – Parashurama
3447)
Why are Prabhupada’s non-confrontational quotes so less known and his confrontational quotes so well-known?
3446)
The Monk’s Podcast 94 with Lokanath Maharaja – Gaudiya bhakti, Maharashtrian bhakti, universal bhakti
3445)
The Monk’s Podcast 93 with Radha Gopinatha Prabhu – Preserving a simple heart in a complex world
3444)
Gita key verses course 37 – Beyond black and white conceptions of spirituality – Gita 12.10
January 2021
3443)
Gita key verses course 36 – How can I forgive those who have hurt me – Gita 11.55
3442)
Gita key verses 35 – What is the universal form, why is it so scary – Gita 11.15
3441)
The Monk’s Podcast 92 with Garuda Prabhu – Relationship is the essential purpose of guru-tattva
3440)
Gita key courses verses 34 – Is nature sacred Does the Gita teach eco-friendly living – Gita 10.17
3439)
The Monk’s Podcast 91 with Giriraj Maharaj – End-of-life care and bhakti wisdom
3438)
Those eighteen days – Day 18
3437)
The Monk’s Podcast 90 with Garuda Prabhu – Please criticize me – I want to grow
3436)
Those eighteen days – Day 17
3435)
The Monk’s Podcast 89 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaja – Churning the Bhagavatam- Dashavatara 5 Vamana
3434)
Those eighteen days – Day 16
3433)
Those eighteen days – Day 15
3432)
Those eighteen days – Day 14
3431)
Those eighteen days – Day 13
3430)
Those eighteen days – Day 12
3429)
Those eighteen days – Day 11
3428)
Those eighteen days – Day 10
3427)
The Monk’s Podcast 88 with Kaustubha Prabhu – Kaustubha P Sharing bhakti in contemporary America
3426)
Those eighteen days – Day 9
3425)
Those eighteen days – Day 8
3424)
Those eighteen days – Day 7
3423)
Those eighteen days – Day 6
3422)
Those eighteen days – Day 5
3421)
Those eighteen days – Day 4
3420)
A New Year Is Here – Are We Here? – A poem with New Year wishes by Chaitanya Charan
3419)
Those eighteen days – Day 3
December 2020
3418)
The Monk’s Podcast 85 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaj – Dashavatara 4 – Narasimha
3417)
The Monk’s Podcast 84 with Madhavananda Prabhu – From Sentimentality to Spirituality
3416)
Those eighteen days – Day 1
3415)
Gita Jayanti special – part 1
3414)
The Monk’s Podcast 83 with Shyamananda – Social Justice and Spiritual Wisdom 2 – Caste System Analyzed
3413)
The Monk’s Podcast 82 with Shyamananda – Animals and their place in an eco-friendly world
3412)
The Monk’s Podcast 81 with Shyamananda – Social Justice and Spiritual wisdom 1
3411)
Bhishma And Gopis – Striking Similarities – Bhishma Panchaka Special 1
3410)
Ahalya cursed and blessed – How our consciousness shrinks and expands
3409)
Gita daily – Empower yourself with timeless wisdom
November 2020
3408)
The Monk’s Podcast 43 with Braja Bihari Prabhu – How to disagree without being disagreeable
3407)
The Monk’s Podcast 55 with Garuda Prabhu – Does love exist in the material world?
3406)
The Monk’s Podcast 51 with Bhanu Maharaj – Why science and scripture see reality differently
3405)
The Monk’s Podcast 62 with Madhavananda Prabhu – Conspiracy theories
3404)
The Monk’s Podcast 65 with Govinda Prabhu – Centralization, Decentralization and Dharma
3403)
The Monk’s Podcast 68 with Radhika Raman Prabhu – Harmonizing faith and reason in bhakti
3402)
The Monk’s Podcast 56 with Bhakti Vasudeva Maharaj – Taking bhakti wisdom into the management world
3401)
The Monk’s Podcast 77 with Govinda Prabhu – Racism – what it is, what it isn’t and how to deal with it?
3400)
The Monk’s Podcast 80 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaja – Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 3 – Varaha
3399)
The Monk’s Podcast 78 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaj – Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 2 – Kurma
3398)
Gopi-gita verse – 3 esoteric meanings
3397)
Light your heart this Diwali – LIGHT acronym
3396)
How the ritual and the spiritual interrelate
3395)
Self-Acceptance, Team Spirit and Success – Wisdom from Ramayana
3394)
Bhagavatam cosmology 3 – Eclipses, earth-sun distance, Vedic planetarium and other difficult issues
3393)
Bhagavatam cosmology 2 – Moon mission analysis
3392)
Journaling for Inner Growth
October 2020
3391)
How to work with detachment & divine attachment – Bhagavad-Gita chapter 18 overview
3390)
The Monk’s Podcast 79 with Hridayananda Goswami – American politics in the light the Bhagavad-gita
3389)
Mahabharata life lessons – Why Draupadi laughed when Duryodhana fell?
3388)
Mahabharata Life Lessons – Did the Pandavas fight to take revenge?
3387)
Mahabharata Life Lessons – How could Jarasandha do human sacrifices?
3386)
Why did Draupadi laugh at Duryodhana? – Hindi
3385)
Understanding Bhagavatam cosmology
3384)
The Monk’s Podcast 76 with Yogesvara Prabhu – Holocaust, karma and compassion
3383)
The Monk’s Podcast 75 with Shyamananda – How protests can point to a higher consciousness
September 2020
3382)
The Monk’s Podcast 74 with Gopal Hari Prabhu – Does karma address the problem of evil
3381)
The Monk’s Podcast 73 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Does higher education make you atheistic
3380)
The Monk’s Podcast 72 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaj – Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 1 – Matsya
3379)
The Monk’s Podcast 71 with Radha Gopinath Prabhu – Devotee care – Becoming materially well-situated and spiritually happy
3378)
The Monk’s Podcast 70 with Krishna Dharma – Contemporary retellings of Ramayana-Mahabharata-Bhagavatam
3377)
The Monk’s Podcast 69 with Braja Bihari Prabhu – Guidance or Independence – How to make responsible decisions
3376)
Reconciling science and scripture 2- QA
3375)
Reconciling science and scripture 1 – talk and QA
3374)
The Monk’s Podcast 67 with Gauranga Prabhu – Intellectuals in bhakti @ Bhaktivendanta Research Center
3373)
The Monk’s Podcast 66 with Devamrita Maharaja – Pandemic – Reimagining the human project
3372)
The Monk’s Podcast 64 with Krishna Abhishek Prabhu – How Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s political positioning maximized his outreach
3371)
The Monk’s Podcast 63 with Pyari Mohan Prabhu and Brahmatirtha Prabhu – Humor in Krishna consciousness
3370)
The Monk’s Podcast 61 with Yogesvara Prabhu – Is spirituality anti-science?
3369)
The Monk’s Podcast 60 with Anuttama Prabhu and Rambhoru Mataji – Emotional challenges on the devotional path
3368)
The Monk’s Podcast 59 with Govinda Prabhu – Preserving dharma while practicing bhakti
3367)
The Monk’s Podcast 58 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaj – Using our imagination in Krishna’s service
August 2020
3366)
The Monk’s Podcast 57 with Caru Prabhu – Building a seeker-friendly culture
3365)
The Monk’s Podcast 54 with Navina Nirada Prabhu – Harmony in a multi-guru movement
3364)
How Krishna’s sweetness surpasses his greatness
3363)
Janmastami Morning Bhagavatam Class ISKCON GEV
3362)
Sri Krishna Janmashtami Krishna Concept of God
3361)
Prabhupada: A timeless teacher for troubled times
3360)
The Monk’s Podcast 53 with Krishna Abishek Prabhu – Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s inclusive presentation of bhakti
3359)
The Monk’s Podcast 52 with Deva Madhava – How to share the Krishna conception of God in today’s world
3358)
The Monk’s Podcast 50 with Yogeshvara Prabhu – How to spiritualize our profession
3357)
The Monk’s Podcast 49 with Bhakti Vinoda Swami – Analyzing Indian outreach
3356)
Gita key verses course 33 – How does my association affect my spirituality – Gita 10.09
3355)
Gita key verses course 32 What does Gita say about the caste system Does the Gita support social justice – Gita 09.32
3354)
The Monk’s Podcast 48 with Bhakti Vinoda Swami – The Indian outreach landscape
3353)
The Monk’s Podcast 47 with Madhavananda Prabhu – Who exactly is an ISKCON member
3352)
The Monk’s Podcast 46 with Anuttama Prabhu – How we can outgrow our cultish image
3351)
The Monk’s Podcast 45 with Bhakti Rasamrita Swami Maharaj – Is bhakti pro-modern or anti-modern
3350)
The Monk’s Podcast 44 with Bhakti Purushottam Maharaj – ISKCON Tribal Care
3349)
The Monk’s Podcast 42 with Srinandanandan Prabhu – Protecting dharma – Threats and Opportunities
3348)
The Monk’s Podcast 41 with Garuda Prabhu – The Nectar of Writing for Krishna
3347)
The Monk’s Podcast 40 with Vedasara Prabhu – Sharing spirituality in American colleges
July 2020
3346)
The Monk’s Podcast 39 with Madhavananda Prabhu – Nourishing our individuality within a bhakti institution
3345)
The Monk’s Podcast 38 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Terrorism – Why, What to do?
3344)
The Monk’s Podcast 37 with Hari Parshad Prabhu – Intellectual diversity in scriptural understanding
3343)
The Monk’s Podcast 36 with Anuttama Prabhu – How to engage with the world?
3342)
Gita key verses course 31 What are mantras – Gita 09.14
3341)
The Monk’s Podcast 35 with Krishna Kshetra Swami – The dialogue between faith and doubt
3340)
Gita key verses course 30 If God controls everything, how do we have free will – Gita 09. 06
3339)
The Monk’s Podcast 34 with Shyamananda Prabhu – War – A Spiritual Perspective
3338)
The Monk’s Podcast 33 with Anuttama Prabhu – Going beyond the we-they mentality
3337)
Gita key verses course 29 What are the different forms of yoga, Do they all lead to the same goal – Gita 08.28
3336)
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
3335)
Gita key verses course 26 Does Isn’t one God enough Does the Gita teach polytheism – Gita 07.21
3334)
The Monk’s Podcast 32 with Bhakti Rasamrita Maharaj – Sensitivity in presenting spiritual wisdom
3333)
The Monk’s Podcast 31 with Shyamananda Prabhu – The Ugly Rainbow of Consumerism 2
3332)
The wealth of emotional health
June 2020
3331)
The Monk’s Podcast 30 with Hrdayananda Goswami – Appreciating Krishna consciousness in historical context
3330)
Gita key verses course 27 Is the ultimate reality personal or impersonal – Gita 07.24
3329)
The Monk’s Podcast 29 with Shyamananda Prabhu – The Ugly Rainbow of Consumerism 1
3328)
The Monk’s Podcast 28 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Emotional health and spiritual growth
3327)
The Monk’s Podcast 27 with Mahatma Prabhu – Do devotees need to take care of their emotional health?
3326)
The Monk’s Podcast 26 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Monasticism – Why and how
3325)
The Monk’s Podcast 25 with Bhakti Rasamrita Maharaj – Secularism and bhakti
3324)
The Monk’s Podcast 24 with Deva Madhava Prabhu – Racism, social justice and bhakti
3323)
The Monk’s Padcast 23 with Akhanda dhi Prabhu – What our tradition can offer to the science-spirituality discussion
3322)
The Monk’s Podcast 22 with Bhaktimarga Maharaj – How to make our outreach more relevant
3321)
The Monk’s Podcast 21 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Racism won’t die, racism must die
3320)
The Monk’s Podcast 20 with Shyamananda Prabhu – How to see failure positively
3319)
The Monk’s Podcast 19 with Deva Madhava Prabhu – Understanding the Western Mind
3318)
Gita key verses course 25 Does God hear our prayers – When our prayers aren’t answered, what can we do – Gita 7.19
3317)
The Monk’s Podcast 18 with Kalakantha Prabhu – Challenges in Western outreach
3316)
Gita key verses course 24 Can sex be spiritual – What is the difference between lust and love – Gita 07.11
3315)
Gita key verse course 23 Can we be spiritual and rational – How can science and spirituality go together – Gita 07.07
3314)
Learning prayerfulness based on Bhagavatam prayers
3313)
The Monk’s Podcast 17 with Brahmatirtha Prabhu – Intellectual outreach
3312)
The Monk’s Padcast 16 with Jayadvaita Swami – Writing for Krishna
3311)
The Monk’s Podcast -Social Justice and Spiritual wisdom
3310)
The Monk’s Podcast 15 with Shyamananda Prabhu – What is work meant for – part 2
3309)
The Monk’s Podcast 14 with Shyamananda Prabhu – What is work meant for – part 1
3308)
The Monk’s Podcast 13 with Bhakti Rasamrita Maharaj – Can we be spiritual but not religious
May 2020
3307)
The Monk’s Podcast 12 – Socialism, Capitalism and the Search for Identity Part 2
3306)
The Monks Podcast 12 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Capitalism Communism and Spirituality – part 2
3305)
The Monk’s Podcast 11 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Capitalism, Communism and Spirituality – Part 1
3304)
The Monk’s Podcast 10 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Where is God amid crisis
3303)
The Monk’s Podcast 9 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Is the world a stage
3302)
The Monk’s Podcast 8 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Rituals – what they are and why they matter
3301)
The Monk’s Podcast 7 with Bhakti Rasamrita Swami – Environmentalism and Bhakti
3300)
The Monk’s Podcast 6 with Shyamananda Prabhu and Hari Vamsa Prabhu – Finding inner anchor amid outer storms
3299)
The Monk’s Podcast 5 with Shyamananda Prabhu- Living in the present – The bhakti-yoga way
3298)
The Monk’s Podcast 4 with Bhakti Rasamrita Maharaj – Veganism and bhakti
3297)
The Monk’s Podcast 3 with Shyamananda Prabhu and Hari Vamsa Prabhu – Eco-Friendly and Anthropo-Friendly
3296)
The Monk’s Podcast 2 with Shyamananda Prabhu and Hari Vamsa Prabhu – Karma-and-Corona
3295)
The Monk’s Podcast 1 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Corona crisis and unnatural living
3294)
Gita key verses course 22 What happens if I am not spiritual enough at the time of death – Gita 06.40
3293)
QA with youth – Coping with corona crisis
3292)
Gita key verses course 21 Why are relationships so difficult – how can we improve them – Gita 06.32
3291)
Remembrance and guidance – the essence of devotion
3290)
The corona crisis What nature is telling us about human nature
3289)
Gita key verse course 20 What is meditation – What are spiritual experiences – Are they just hallucinations – Gita 06.22
3288)
Gita key verses course 19 What is yoga – Gita 06.11
3287)
Gita key verses course18 What is mind – What is mindfulness – Gita 06.05
3286)
Gita key verses course 17 Why are religious people so sectarian – Is it better to be spiritual but not religious – Gita 05.18
3285)
Naam Ramayana 4 – Rama charms the hearts of everyone
3284)
Naam Ramayana 3 – Rama exhibits his miraculous abilities
3283)
Understanding Prahlada’s provocative response to Hiranyakashipu’s angry question
3282)
How God protects – Lessons from Prahlada-Narasimha pastime
3281)
Gita key verses course 16 If God is good why does he allow evil to exist? – Gita 05.15
April 2020
3280)
Gita key verses course 15 Do I need guru – How can I find my guru – Gita 04.34
3279)
Gita key verses course 14 What is karma – Why do bad things happen to good people – Gita 04.16
3278)
Gita key verses course 13 Why are there so many religious paths – Do all paths lead to the same goal – Gita 04.11
3277)
Gita key verses course 12 Who is God – Does he care – Why should I care – Gita 04.08
3276)
Gita key verses course 11 What is revelation – Is it for real – Gita 04.01-02
3275)
Naam Ramayana 2 – The Lord brings joy to everyone
3274)
Gita key verses course 10 Do I have inner demons – How can I slay them – Gita 03.36
3273)
Gita key verses course 9 What is sacrifice – Is it a ritual – Are rituals needed – Gita 03.09
3272)
Naam Ramayana 1 – How the transcendental descends as the historical
3271)
Gita key verses course 8 What is happiness – Why is it so elusive – Gita 02.55
3270)
Rama Navmi class – Glory Revealed Amid Adversity
3269)
Seeking Karuna Amidst Corona seminar part 3
3268)
Seeking Karuna Amidst Corona seminar part 2
March 2020
3267)
Seeking Karuna Amidst Corona seminar part 1
3266)
Gita key verses course 7 Can I be detached without becoming irresponsible – Gita 02.47
3265)
How to see the current Corona Crisis from a spiritual perspective
3264)
Gita key verses course 6 Do animals have souls – Are humans just evolved animals – Gita 02.30
3263)
Where is Gods karuna in todays Corona
3262)
How to surrender to Krishna amid the corona virus crisis
January 2020
3261)
Gita key verses course 5 What is spirituality – Is it a state of mind – Why are so few people spiritually minded – Gita 02.29
3260)
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
3259)
Gita key verses course 3 What is death – what is reincarnation – do we have soul mates – Gita 02.22
December 2019
3258)
Gita key verses course 2 Who am I – Is there any scientific evidence for the existence of the soul – Gita 02.13
3257)
Gita key verses course 1 What is the Gita – How is the Gita relevant today – Gita 01.01
3256)
From Entangled to Enlightened – Lessons from Yayati story
November 2019
3255)
Uddhava’s significance in the tenth canto, in the Bhagavatam and in our life
3254)
How the Gita expresses Krishna’s love by directing us to balance this world and the next world
3253)
How to stop overthinking -Attribute, Analyze, Anchor, Act
3252)
Srila Prabhupada – The transcendentalist who embodied the best of traditionalist, existentialist and utopianist
3251)
Damodarashtakam 4 – Seeing God as the supreme desirable, not just as the source of all desirables
3250)
Diwali Meditation – The light that illumines and the light that doesn’t
3249)
Govardhan Puja – The rising of consciousness from anna-maya kosha to ananda-maya kosha
3248)
Gita lite 5 – Chps 12-15
3247)
A waste-free mind for a waste-free world
3246)
How to think effectively – ACTS acronym
3245)
When people betray us – Ramayana wisdom
3244)
How the Bhagavatam is the means of conquest in material existence – Meditation on narayanam namaskrtya verse
October 2019
3243)
The complex relationship between appearance and substance in spiritual life
3242)
Gita insights for managing the mind – Chapter Ten Analysis
3241)
Damodarashtakam Texts 5-8 – Hindi
3240)
Damodarashtakam Texts 1-4 – Hindi
3239)
How to become resilient
3238)
The Gita shares not just light but also warmth
3237)
Why the self is missing in the selfie
3236)
Damodarashtakam 3 – The unique loveliness of the Krishna conception of God
3235)
Gita’s key to happiness
3234)
Damodarashtakam 2 How Krishna is the God of love who fulfills our longing for love
3233)
Gita Lite 4 – Chps 9-11
3232)
Comparing Ramayana and Mahabharata 3 – How to see and seek God amid adversities
3231)
Comparing Ramayana and Mahabharata 2 – How to process adversities constructively
3230)
How the infinite manifests in the finite – Various religious conceptions
3229)
Comparing Ramayana and Mahabharata 1 – What caused the exiles
3228)
Rise above the ego’s need to be right by focusing on devotional purpose
3227)
Sharad Purnima Significance
3226)
Change your picture of the world and of God from low resolution to high resolution
3225)
How devotion transcends the caste system and other institutional hierarchies
3224)
Damodarashtam 1 – The vision of the divine from the generic to the stunningly specific
3223)
How our strength and our faith are integrated in bhakti
3222)
From your place, at your pace, access God’s grace
3221)
Gita lite 3 – Chps 6-8
3220)
Gita lite 2 – Chps 3-5
3219)
Gita lite 1 – Chps 1-2
3218)
How to stop overthinking – Attribute, Analyze, Anchor, Act
3217)
Mahabharata controversies – how life was unfair to both Karna and Arjuna
3216)
A grateful heart is a powerful heart Prabhupada’s Jaladuta prayer
3215)
The significance of Rama Vijayotsav – How goodness punishes wickedness and forgives weakness
3214)
How God helps those who help themselves – Bhakti Basics explained
3213)
Understanding the unborn’s understandings 5 – Why is the embryo’s prayer not answered
3212)
How character is deformed and reformed – Ramayana wisdom
3211)
Understanding the unborn’s understandings 4 – What the embryo’s desire to stay in the womb implies
3210)
Understanding the unborn’s understandings 3 – What is a human soul
3209)
Science and Spirituality – From the study of matter to the study of what matters
3208)
Understanding the unborn’s understandings 2 – How can the embryo know God
3207)
Mainstream media credibility crisis – A spiritual perspective
3206)
Understanding the unborn’s understandings 1 – How can the embryo with an undeveloped brain speak prayers?
3205)
How to understand Krishna’s blessings – Mukunda Mala Stotra 1 – BULL acronym
3204)
How to use our free will properly – QA with children
3203)
How hearing the Bhagavad-gita raised Sanjay’s standard of longing
3202)
The three modes and the search for happiness
September 2019
3201)
How devotion is like a good habit – and how it is more than a good habit
3200)
Facing our fears – 4 principles – IDEA acronym
3199)
Six limbs of surrender 4 – Offering ourselves by accepting ourselves
3198)
Six limbs of surrender 3 – Understanding how God protects
3197)
Six limbs of surrender 2 – Accept the favorable, avoid the unfavorable
3196)
Six limbs of surrender 1 – The Medical Metaphor
3195)
Presenting scripture for dummies
3194)
How to decide what to do
3193)
Comparing exiles in Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bhagavatam – How to face distress
3192)
How Jiva Goswami and Bhaktivinoda Thakura expertly expanded the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition
3191)
3 Metaphors for Effective Parenting
3190)
Gita 6.37-45 – How our spirituality continues beyond our present life
3189)
Vamana pastime analysis 2 – When the branch under us break, seek Krishna’s help to spread your wings
3188)
The Bhagavatam’s glory revealed in its concluding verse – PURE acronym
3187)
Mandodari’s lament 1 – How to be empowered in disempowering situations – Hindi
3186)
Mandodari’s lament 2 – How can we transform ourselves – Hindi
3185)
Prithu M’s humility – Be conscious of others’ position and disposition
3184)
Staying steadfast amid confusing situations
3183)
Vamana pastime analysis 1 – When good people do good things at a heavy cost
3182)
3 ways to engage our desires with Krishna 2 – Desiring Krishna and desiring for Krishna
3181)
3 ways to engage our desires with Krishna 1 – Desiring from Krishna
3180)
Is the Bhagavad-gita relevant in the age of science – MAIL acronym
3179)
Why do bad things happen to good people – QA
3178)
Radhashtami meditation 2 – Appreciating the two separations endured by Sita and Radharani
3177)
Radhashtami meditation 1 – Appreciating the sacrificing spirit of Sita and Radharani
3176)
From the mind to the heart – Practicing bhakti with our mind and without it too
3175)
How to see God’s presence in the world – in things, in events and in our actions
3174)
How to see old truths with new eyes
3173)
How to free our free will
3172)
Flavors of divine friendship – Krishna’s relationship with Madhumangala, Sudama and Arjuna
3171)
Bhagavad-gita chapter 2 overview – How to decide the right thing to do and stay undisturbed while doing it
3170)
Teamwork in Ramayana 2
3169)
Teamwork in Ramayana 1
August 2019
3168)
How devotion and dedication can transform our life into an adventure
3167)
Negative and positive thinking in spiritual life
3166)
Krishna demonstrates through his devotees how to respond to adversity wisely
3165)
Prabhupada demonstrates how to be both faithful and resourceful for expanding Krishna consciousness
3164)
Krishna descends to show the path to happiness – Sudama pastime analysis
3163)
Krishna descends to raise us from transactional love to transformational love
3162)
How Krishna made the two lives of the gopis one – and how he can make our two lives one too
3161)
Subduing Kaliya, subduing ego
3160)
Demons in Krishna lila 1 – Putana and the abuse of trust
3159)
Understanding human nature 1 – Two levels of innateness
3158)
Understanding the mind QA
3157)
Understanding human nature 2 – 4 types of people based on conscience and willpower
3156)
Understanding the mind – Unpacking the Puranjana allegory
3155)
Being mindful of public perception in bhakti practice and outreach
3154)
Harmonizing conservative and liberal approaches in bhakti
3153)
How Balarama’s causeless mercy on Duryodhana was still less for Duryodhana
3152)
How Balarama acts as Krishna’s best friend – Balarama Purnima class
3151)
Analyzing Brahma’s bewilderment 2 – How Brahma rose from testing Krishna to tasting Krishna
3150)
Analyzing Brahma’s bewilderment 1 – How and why Brahma tested Krishna
3149)
Analyzing Govardhan Lila 2 – How Indra is thwarted and reformed
3148)
Analyzing Govardhan Lila 1 – How Krishna is the best provoker
3147)
How to not be disturbed by disturbances – Brahmachari class with QA
3146)
Does bhakti make devotees just pray and not work?
3145)
Staying stable in unstable situations – Samarpan brahmachari class – Hindi
3144)
When imagination points away from reality and when it points to reality – Hindi
3143)
How association influences our choices – Three case studies from Ramayana
3142)
Self-acceptance – Comparing Vidura and Dhritarashtra
3141)
How our home in this world can take us to our home beyond this world
3140)
Does a scientific person need spirituality?
3139)
How Chaitanya Mahaprabhu demonstrates Vaishnava Siddhanta through Vaishnava Sadachara in Antya Lila
3138)
Greater than God’s greatness is his sweetness
3137)
Mandodari’s lament after Ravana’s death 1 – Can some people never change
3136)
What happens when society rejects God
3135)
Making difficult decisions – Hindi
3134)
What cricket can teach you about life – Hindi
July 2019
3133)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 94 – 10.16.7-15 – Kaliya bites and binds Krishna
3132)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 93 – 10.16.1-7 Krishna’s mode of entry into Kaliya’s lake reflects his playful confidence
3131)
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
3130)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 89 – 10.15.13-25- The gopas ask Balarama-Krishna to get fruits by eliminating Dhenuka
3129)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 88 – 10.15.7-12 Krishna-Balarama make all living beings in Vrindavana fortunate
3128)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 87 – 10.15.1-6 Krishna dedicates the beauty of Vrindavana is meant for Balarama
3127)
Develop the vision that nurtures devotion
3126)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 86 – 10.14.53-61 – Vrajavasis love their children as parts of Krishna and therefore love the Whole more
3125)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 85 – 10.14.43-52 – Unravelling the mystery of the Vrajavasis disproportionate love for Krishna
3124)
The search for meaning 1 – How science points to spirituality
3123)
Hanuman’s journey through the cave – Persevering through life’s obstacles – Hindi
3122)
Nara-Narayana Rishi – Twins who teach tapasya – Hindi
3121)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 84 – 10.14.37-42 – Brahma acknowledges his insignificance before Krishna’s magnificence and munificence
3120)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 83 – 10.14.31-36 – Brahma glorifies Vrajavasis and aspires for their dust
3119)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 82 – 10.14.25-30 Devotion is the doorway and pathway to a life beyond illusion and liberation
3118)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 81 – 10.14.19-24 Krishna’s pastimes are unknowable yet relishable
3117)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 80 – 10.14.13-18 – Brahma contextualizes his bewilderment in terms of his and others’ past bewilderment
3116)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 79 – 10.14.7-12 – Practicing devotion gratefully while accepting responsibility for our difficulties opens the door to liberation
3115)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 78 – 10.14.1-6 Krishna is known by devotional hearing, not by intellectual probing
3114)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 77 – 10.13.57-64 – Brahma realizes his folly in testing Krishna’s glory
3113)
Appreciating Rath Yatra – RATH acronym – Hindi
3112)
Significance of Ratha Yatra in Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition – Place, Purpose, Process – Hindi
3111)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 76 – 10.13.50-56 – Brahma sees all universal opulences sheltered in the Vishnus expanded from Krishna
3110)
Significance of Ratha Yatra in Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition – Place, Purpose, Process – Hindi
3109)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 75 – 10.13.39-49 – The content of metaphors may be opposing, but their intent is concurring
3108)
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
3107)
Bridging the gap between what we are and what we want to be
3106)
Going back to Godhead 3 – How to offer our consciousness to Krishna
3105)
Going back to godhead 2 – We are unqualified, but not disqualified
3104)
Going back to godhead 1 – Three ways to cultivate spiritual desire – RAP acronym
3103)
The significance of Baladeva Vidyabhushana’s Govinda Bhaiya – History, Strategy and Legacy
June 2019
3102)
Detachment doesn’t make us hard-hearted, attachment does – Learning from Kaikeyi
3101)
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
3100)
Do actions always speak louder than words?
3099)
Overcoming discouragement 3 – Tap your power by opening a new TAB
3098)
Overcoming discouragement 2 – Empower yourself with gratitude
3097)
Overcoming discouragement 1 – Why we feel discouraged
3096)
Go beyond comfortable happiness
3095)
Scripture without guru is deluding
3094)
Going back to godhead 1 – Three ways to cultivate spiritual desire – RAP acronym
3093)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 72 – 10.13.11-20 – Krishna makes even a big disturbance into a no disturbance
3092)
How strengths become weaknesses and weaknesses become strengths – Learning from Ravana and Vibhishana
3091)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 71 – 10.13.01-10 – Taste for absorption is the test of devotion
3090)
How the Bhagavatam reveals the conception of God
3089)
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
3088)
Politics, Social Organization and Bhagavad-gita
3087)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 69 – 10.12.29-36 – Krishna fulfilled the desire of the gopas to have Agha’s body as a plaything
3086)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 68 – 10.12.18-28 – Our perceptions are shaped by our conceptions
3085)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 67 – 10.12.12-17 The inability to tolerate others’ happiness defines the demonic
3084)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 66 – 10.12.1.12 That the extraordinary appears ordinary is extraordinary
3083)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 65 – 10.11.50-59 Huge demons become like moths on coming before the Krishna-fire
3082)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 64 – 10.11.41-49 For Krishna, killing demons is all in a day’s play, that too before breakfast
3081)
Understanding the mind of God
3080)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 63 – 10.11.30-40 The extraordinary Lord gave and got joy in ordinary play
3079)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 62 – 10.11.19-29 The Vrajavasis move to protect Krishna and Gokula both
3078)
How science and God go together as mechanical and personal explanations of reality
3077)
How to live at the junction of order and chaos – Learning from Dasharatha’s destiny
3076)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 61 – 10.11.1-9 Vrajavasis doubt Krishna’s supernatural power, but don’t disbelieve it
3075)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 60 – 10.11.10-18 By giving to Krishna, even if we appear to be losers, we are still gainers
3074)
How temptation attacks visibly and invisibly – Lessons from Indrajita’s attack on Rama-Lakshmana
3073)
Relationships flourish by sharing, not by dominating – Rama Lakshmana interactions
3072)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 59 – 10.10.36-43 The Lord grants not just physical mobility but also spiritual mobility
3071)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 58 – 10.10.28-35 Though God has a body, he is not limited by or to his body
3070)
Why spiritual life matters – Talk to teenagers
3069)
Head in the sky, feet on the ground – balancing our aspirations with our actions
3068)
From individualism to individuality – Are people innately good or innately bad?
3067)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 57 – 10.10.23-27 Krishna honors the promise of his devotees
3066)
Understanding the six stages of anartha nivrutti or inner purification – 2
3065)
Understanding the six stages of anartha nivrutti or inner purification – 1
3064)
Perfectionism is a serial killer in high heels
3063)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 56 – 10.10.15-22 Narada curses to cure the cause of the misbehavior, not just to punish the misbehavior
3062)
Bhagavad Gita Chapters 15-18 Overview
3061)
4 principles for improving relationships – Daksha-Sati pastime analysis
3060)
Relationships flourish by sharing, not by dominating – Rama Lakshmana interactions
3059)
7 purposes of ISKCON explained
3058)
Maintaining faith on the spiritual path 1 – Bhakti is not all-or-nothing
May 2019
3057)
The story of Vishvamitra – part 2 – Overcoming anger and arrogance
3056)
TRUST acronym for strengthening relationships
3055)
How the laws of nature work and what role Krishna plays in them
3054)
The story of Vishvamitra – Obstacles on the spiritual path – Part 1
3053)
Our worst enemy is inside us – and so is our best friend – Analyze, Confront, Empower
3052)
How strengths can become weaknesses and how weaknesses can become strengths
3051)
Why atheism requires more faith than theism – MORE acronym
3050)
Dealing with discouragement through 3 Es: Expansion, Elevation and Execution
3049)
How to become consistent – AIR acronym
3048)
3 understandings of humility for strengthening our relationships
3047)
How to avoid gossiping
3046)
Can we love ourselves? – HOPE acronym
3045)
Understanding papa, punya and bhakti – How the good obstructs and supports the best
3044)
Narasimha Chaturdashi – How Hiranyakashipu and Prahlada reside in our hearts
3043)
Hanuman in the cave – Persevering in bhakti through pleasure and trouble
3042)
Developing deeper relationships – CARE acronym
3041)
Curses and Choices – How to change our consciousness
3040)
Discussion – God is not dead 2
3039)
Discussion – God is not dead 1
3038)
How obstacles become opportunities – Hanuman’s burning tail
3037)
Tap your inner power – TAB acronym with Srila Prabhupada’s example
3036)
Think Choose Relish: 3-point essence of the first three verses of Srimad Bhagavatam
3035)
What goes around comes around – Ravana & Maya-Sita
3034)
Ravana -Ten Heads, Zero Brains – Keeping our desires in control
3033)
QA on mindfulness at South Illinois University 2019 Spring
April 2019
3032)
How our outer world and our inner world deludes – and how bhakti delivers
3031)
Ahalya cursed and blessed – 3 I’s for changing our consciousness
3030)
Hold your plans lightly, not tightly
3029)
Sentimentality Sensitivity Spirituality
3028)
Centering our life on Krishna – not on the intellectual, the psychological, the social or the cultural
3027)
Moving toward self-mastery through fear of dishonor and detachment – Gita 2.31.63
3026)
Nonviolence in speech – Be sensitive and sensible
3025)
How to deal with distress through devotion
3024)
Bhagavatam study – Pruthu Maharaja pastime analysis with HG Braja Bihari P
3023)
Hanuman Jayanti talk – Balance ability with maturity
3022)
Inner Change – 3 reasons why changing ourselves is tough and 6 ways to make it easier
3021)
Rama Navmi class – How Rama’s selflessness decreases others’ distress
3020)
The sweetly topsy-turvy world of Ramayana
3019)
QA with teenagers at ISKCON Silicon Valley 2019
3018)
Understanding our outer world, our inner world and how to direct them
3017)
The Convergence of Technology, Psychology and Spirituality
3016)
Confront how bad we can be to become how good we can be
3015)
“Do demons exist?” and lessons from Kabandha – Ramayana wisdom
3014)
Thinking about thinking – how our thoughts can harm us or help us
3013)
How to become more personal in our dealings
3012)
Gita applied Chapter 2 – The Gita separates the soul from the body and harmonizes both too
3011)
Self-discipline or self-discovery – Charting our inner journey
3010)
How to avoid jumping to conclusions – DAS acronym
3009)
Gita applied Chapter 1 – Duryodhana’s illusion is short-sighted, Arjuna’s illusion is far-sighted
March 2019
3008)
The karma confusion – are our problems due to our present actions or past actions?
3007)
Gita applied – Chapter 14 – The knowledge of the modes to balance self-discipline and self-discovery [Bhagavad-gita]
3006)
How to have loving exchanges 4 – Cultivating intimacy
3005)
How to have loving exchanges 3 – Cultivating sensitivity
3004)
How to have loving exchanges 2 – Cultivating non-judgmentality
3003)
How to have loving exchanges 1 – Understanding frame of reference
3002)
Some thoughts on guru tattva and discipleship
3001)
From Nomad to Pilgrim – Infusing our life with purpose and meaning
3000)
Rama at home in exile 2 – The power of diligence
2999)
Rama at home in exile 1 – The power of acceptance
2998)
Parallels in Krishna lila and Gaura lila
2997)
How Lord Chaitanya manifested, shared and savoured love for Krishna
2996)
How Lord Chaitanya thwarted Kali’s attacks – Based on Kavi Karnapura’s Chaitanya Chandrodya Nataka
2995)
Krishna consciousness is to feel the presence of Krishna in his absence
2994)
The Problem of Pain – Materialistic, Abrahamic and Dharmic explanations
2993)
How spiritual knowledge helps us see opportunity in adversity
2992)
Religion and parenting – A Hindu perspective
2991)
Controlling the mind through yoga and bhakti – similarities and differences Gita 06.21
2990)
God helps those who help themselves
2989)
How to be intelligent in dealing with people – Ramayana wisdom
2988)
QA session in Melbourne 2019
2987)
Krishna’s moods in the Bhagavad-gita 3 – Chp 13-18
2986)
Krishna’s moods in the Bhagavad-gita 2 – Chp 10-12
2985)
Krishna’s moods in the Bhagavad-gita 1 – Chp 1-9
2984)
When life doesn’t make sense – Karma, time and free will
2983)
When time becomes unfavorable, don’t become unfavorable to Krishna
2982)
From insecurity to inner security
2981)
Detachment is not absence of emotion, it is absence of emotional dependence
2980)
What is Spirituality – Questions and Answers
February 2019
2979)
How intelligence and devotion interact on the spiritual path – 3 reflections
2978)
Technology, Psychology, Spirituality
2977)
Understanding the Left, the Right and the Bhagavad-gita’s vision
2976)
The Gita’s transformational power explained through four special words in its last verse
2975)
Understanding what is contextual and what central in scripture
2974)
Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura’s three quotes on preaching – Purpose, perspective, process
2973)
Why changing ourselves is so difficult – and how to make it easier
2972)
From love of power to power of love
2971)
Humility, audacity and purity in bhakti
2970)
When our prayers are unanswered
2969)
How to deal with uncomfortable emotions – 5 Ds
2968)
How to stay spiritually strong amidst material difficulties
2967)
Seek not a stormless sea, seek an unsinkable ship
2966)
How to not feel dissatisfied because of our limitations
2965)
Why did Rama banish Sita?
2964)
Making sense of fantastic descriptions in scripture
2963)
Does seeking forgiveness for offending others free us from bad karma?
2962)
The mind is a monkey, don’t let it make you a donkey – Hindi
2961)
How to increase faith
2960)
History of bhakti tradition over 5000 years
2959)
How to channel the energy of anger – Hindi
2958)
How to glorify Krishna in all walks of our life – Hindi
2957)
BTG distribution marathon inauguration talk – SHARE acronym – Hindi
2956)
Determining our dharma in brahmachari life – Hindi
2955)
To become responsible, learn also when to not take responsibility
2954)
Stay focused on Krishna in scriptural study, relationships and outreach – Hindi
2953)
Ramayana wisdom – Sugriva-Rama meeting – Why doubts arise and how to overcome them – Hindi
2952)
4 significant words in the Gita’s last verse – Hindi
2951)
Three reflections on our mind-body mechanism Misidentification Utilization Purification – Hindi
2950)
Don’t give the mind power of attorney blindly – Hindi
2949)
In bhakti, we don’t just make an offering – we are ourselves the offering
January 2019
2948)
Resist the mind just as Sita resisted Ravana – Hindi
2947)
Mohini Murti pastime analysis 3 – When shame helps devotion and when it hurts devotion – Hindi
2946)
Mohini Murti pastime analysis 2 – Even sensual failure can be a spiritual success – Hindi
2945)
Mohini Murti pastime analysis 1 – Even the Lord’s cheating is all-good – Hindi
2944)
The sanctity of relationships
2943)
Strung by the tongue
2942)
Appreciating the nuances of words and communicating effectively
2941)
Intelligence means to place things in the most constructive context – Hindi
2940)
East or West, Krishna consciousness is the best
2939)
Love selflessly, not headlessly – Hindi
2938)
Ramayana wisdom – How devotion frees us from doubt and dissension – Hindi
2937)
Using Extraordinary Abilities in Devotional Service
December 2018
2936)
Gita Jayanti talk – The Gita provides Partha with paramartha
2935)
No problem is too big for God – or too small – Hindi
2934)
How to choose wisely – Learning from Karna
2933)
Appreciating Krishna’s attractiveness
2932)
When advice works and when vice works – 2
2931)
When advice works and when vice works – 1
2930)
Dealing with fear of rejection – Analyzing Karna’s character
2929)
How to immigrate to the spiritual world – Hindi
2928)
Wisdom from Ramayana – What inspired me to write this book
2927)
Do we make destiny or does destiny make us? – Marathi
2926)
Analyzing Postmodernism – Tough Questions, Real Answers
2925)
Demons in Krishna-lila 6 – Bakasura – From Appearance to Substance to Transcendence
2924)
Responsible Relationships 4 – Look up before you look around
2923)
GURUDEVA acronym – Vyasa-puja offering to HH Radhanath Maharaj
2922)
Responsible Relationships 3 – Focus on your values, not on others’ behaviour
2921)
Responsible Relationships 2 – Make judgments, but don’t be judgmental
2920)
Responsible relationships 1 – Hurt people hurt people
2919)
Emotionally healthy spirituality in the renounced order
2918)
Dealing with faultfinding mentality – 3 reflections
2917)
Understanding how God is equal even when he seems partial
2916)
How to present spiritual principles amidst changing times
2915)
Destiny – Do we make it or does it make us?
2914)
Gita 02.07 Seek first to understand the question to best understand the answer
November 2018
2913)
Gita 02.06 The decision that seems a no-brainer turns out to be a brain-exhauster
2912)
Gita 02.05 Deliberation is desirable, but depth of deliberation is decisive
2911)
Intelligence is seen not just through aptitude but also through activity
2910)
Gita 02.03 Identify behavior that is out of character with our character
2909)
Essence of the Gita – Identity, Activity, Destiny
2908)
How to keep our spiritual life fresh
2907)
Gita 02.02 Fight against lower emotions by fighting for higher emotions
2906)
Gita 02.01 The intensity of Arjuna’s emotion conveys the potency of Krishna’s solacing wisdom
2905)
The theatrical Krishna takes us to the transcendental Krishna
2904)
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
2903)
The Spiritual Significance of Thanksgiving – Occasion, Expression, Intention
2902)
Appreciating Sanjaya’s appreciation of the Gita
2901)
Who is a leader? – LEAD acronym
2900)
From Stress Management to Self Management
2899)
Gita 01.45 The war was not to gain a kingdom but to protect the rule of law
2898)
Gita 01.44 When our emotion rules our reason, we rationalize a one-sided view of reality
2897)
The heart of yoga is yoga of the heart
2896)
Gita 01.43 Hearing is important, but from whom we are hearing is even more important
2895)
Gita 01.42 Disruption of dharma leads to overpopulation of disruptive souls, causing total breakdown of dharma
2894)
ACE your life with gratitude
2893)
4 principles to get past our past – PAST – Positivity, Association, Spirituality and Time
2892)
3 principles for inner empowerment – Intelligence, Identification, Intention
2891)
Gita 01.41 When the family is disrupted, the faith of the children is also devastated
2890)
Gita 01.40 Dharma prevents human society from being ruled by the law of the jungle
2889)
The living bhakti tradition – a museum or a garden?
2888)
When spiritual life seems impractical – because of body, family, society and job
2887)
Gita 01.39 Our sense of honor coming from our lineage can raise us but can also stop us from rising to the highest
2886)
Avoiding verbal violence in bhakti
2885)
Gita 01.38 To restrain a violent madman, their restrainers may have to fight like the madman
2884)
Does the spiritual world really exist? – SPIRIT acronym
2883)
Demons in Krishna lila 5 – Aghasura – Cruelty and violence
2882)
Gita 01.37 Consciousness that is contaminated becomes conquered and covered
2881)
Gita 01.36 The ethical tension between kula-dharma and kshatriya-dharma leads to emotional over-reaction and physical inaction
2880)
Appreciating life’s ARC – Achievements, Relationships, Consciousness
2879)
Appreciating Prabhupada’s powerful practicality – PASS acronym
2878)
Ramayana series 4 – Sita’s faithfulness – The strength of devotional acceptance
2877)
Ramayana series 3 – Shurapanakha’s manipulativeness – Exploiting others’ weaknesses doesn’t make us strong
2876)
Ramayana series 2 – Ravana’s recklessness – Attachment makes us overvalue things
2875)
Ramayana series 1 – Comparing Dasharatha and Dhritarashtra – What we do is not as important as why we do it
2874)
Govardhana lila lessons – Krishna disempowers and empowers – and opens channels for reciprocating love
2873)
Gita 01.35 Our pleasure-pain calculation determines our decisions and is determined by our worldview
2872)
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
2871)
Gita 01.33 When various purposes pull us in different directions, we need to prioritize our purposes
2870)
Gita 01.32 Don’t let the means to an end become an end that diverts us from the actual ends
2869)
God in the bhakti tradition – How can we infer his existence and communicate with him?
2868)
Pride takes us on a perilous ride
2867)
Diwali meditation 6 – Naraka Chaturdashi – Call the Lord to free us from our hell
2866)
Diwali meditation 5 – Damodara-lila – May the love that conquers the Supreme conquer our heart
2865)
Diwali meditation 4 – Govardhana Puja – Celebrate the bounty of nature with bountiful offerings to nature and the Lord of nature
2864)
Diwali meditation 3 – Bali Pratipada – Surrendering everything fills our heart with the Lord of everything
2863)
Diwali meditation 2 – Dipotsava – Light the home with lamps and the heart with love
2862)
Diwali meditation 1 – Lakshmi Puja – Material fortune is a tool to spiritual fortune
2861)
Appreciating Krishna’s longing for love through Damodara-lila
2860)
Gita 01.31 What we think of as long-term may not be long-term enough
2859)
Gita 01.30 When we face challenges bigger than ourselves, we look for omens to sense the intentions of forces bigger than ourselves
2858)
Can prayer change our karma?
2857)
Practical application of the Gita – MAIL acronym
2856)
Even God can’t help those who don’t want to be helped – Dhritarashtra’s physical and metaphysical blindness
2855)
Does God know the future?
2854)
Gita 01.29 Know which emotion is mental and which spiritual not just by content, but also by context and consequence
2853)
What reality TV tells us about reality
2852)
Gita 01.28 Our thought-train’s journey from intentions to actions is diverted by our emotions
2851)
How Halloween celebration points to our longing for Krishna
2850)
Gita 01.27 The sequence of perception determines the consequence on our emotion
2849)
Life, Afterlife and the Search for Meaning
October 2018
2848)
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
2847)
Developing service attitude 2 – How to see reciprocation in our service
2846)
Developing service attitude 1 – Service attitude transforms knowledge into realization
2845)
How to develop self-confidence
2844)
Gita 01.25 What catches ouar attention is determined by what is prominent in our external situation and in our internal disposition
2843)
From sentimentalism to sentiment 2 – FEEL acronym – Expression and Learning
2842)
From sentimentalism to sentiment 1 – FEEL acronym – Firmness and Education
2841)
Immigrating to the spiritual world
2840)
Gita 01.24 The position of maximum visibility is also the position of maxiumum vulnerability
2839)
Gita 01.23 Virtue doesn’t count when determining the military count in a fight
2838)
Stop fighting battles that are already lost and start fighting the battle that is never lost – Vritrasura pastime analysis 3
2837)
Focus on potentials, not on problems
2836)
When the source of liberation becomes the source of illusion 2 – Mohini-murti pastime analysis
2835)
How to transform our heart 2 – Vritrasura’s dramatic transformation
2834)
Gita 01.21 The non-partisan position of the Gita’s revelation points to its universality
2833)
When the source of liberation becomes the source of illusion 1 – Mohini-murti pastime analysis
2832)
How to transform our heart 1 – Vritrasura’s dramatic transformation
2831)
Gita 01.20 Life is so unpredictable that it can unbalance the unflappably balanced
2830)
Transform your mind, transform your world
2829)
Gita 01.19 The Pandavas win the mental battle before the physical battle
2828)
Loneliness – Why, what to do?
2827)
FEAR acronym – How to find inner security
2826)
Reflections on Western outreach
2825)
Understanding God’s role in our life
2824)
When life hurts 3 – When our good deeds causes problems – Prahlad pastime analysis
2823)
When life hurts 2 – When people attack us – Gajendra pastime analysis
2822)
Gita 01.18 The Pandavas lost Pandu but gained Drupada as a father figure
2821)
Gita 01.17 Don’t let minor grammatical disputes overshadow major narrational and philosophical thrust
2820)
When life hurts 1 – when a small mistake causes huge problems – Parikshit M pastime analysis
2819)
Finding security in insecurity
2818)
Gita 01.16 Yudhishthira doesn’t come first in the list of warriors but is still their undisputed leader
2817)
Gita 01.15 The devoted see God before they see the world, the undevoted see only the world
2816)
How our mind creates our reality – and how to change it
2815)
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
2814)
We need to forgive ourselves to give ourselves to Krishna
2813)
Krishna has faith in our potential – let’s have faith in his potency
2812)
Gita 01.13 Actions that throw caution to the winds are preceded by caution
2811)
Security in Insecurity – Learning to flourish amidst change
2810)
Demons in krishna-lila 4 – Vatsasura – Weakness is forgivable, wickedness isn’t
2809)
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
2808)
Gita 01.11 The protector too needs to be protected
2807)
Demons in krishna-lila 3 – Trinavarta – Giving up useless argumentation
2806)
Gita 01.10 Symmetry of structure stresses contrast in content
2805)
Cultivating the mood for studying Bhagavatam
2804)
Demons in krishna-lila 2 – Shaktasura – Overcoming Lethargy
2803)
Gita 01.09 Duryodhana’s slip of tongue leads to his speaking the truth unintentionally
2802)
Gita 01.08 We need to be calm-headed, not cold-blooded
2801)
Demons in krishna-lila 1 – How the metaphorical points to the transcendental and how Putana represents false guru
2800)
Gita 01.07 Be aware of how what we say to one person may be heard by others
2799)
How Gita wisdom helps us to deal with pain
2798)
Gita 01.06 Duryodhana diplomatically continues to incite Drona against the Pandava army
2797)
How to immigrate to the spiritual world
2796)
The MIND enigma – Mystical, Impressionable, Neutral, Directable – Insights for better mental health
2795)
Gita 01.05 Our mode of description reflects our intention
2794)
Gita 01.04 Duryodhana tries to change Drona’s emotion for the opposite side from affection to anger
2793)
The power of purpose
2792)
The way to Vrindavan is through Kurukshetra
2791)
Gita 01.03 Context can convert compliment into criticism
2790)
Gita 01.02 Sanjaya addresses not just the content of Dhritarashtra’s question but also its intent
2789)
Gita 01.01 The Gita’s first word dharma conveys its essential, universal theme
2788)
Overcoming discouragement in spiritual life
2787)
Our longing for love – comparing materialist, Abrahamic, impersonal and bhakti explanations
September 2018
2786)
The truth that warms the heart influences more than the truth that lights the way
2785)
The home as the decentralized transmitter of devotional culture
2784)
Rise from being full of thoughts to being thoughtful – 4 reflections
2783)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 55 -10.10.10-14 Narada curses not impulsively, but after deep reflection
2782)
Understanding “emotions”, “negative emotions” and “overcoming negative emotions”
2781)
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
2780)
The time to understand time is now
2779)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 53 – 10.9.18-23 The kingdom of God is the kingdom of love
2778)
Role of self-confidence in bhakti
2777)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 52 – 10.9.13-17 Krishna’s form appears finite but is infinite
2776)
Understanding, identifying and managing the mind
2775)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 51 – 10.9.7.12 Yashoda catches the Lord whom the yogis can’t catch
2774)
Bhagavatam transforms intensity of distress into velocity in devotion
2773)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 50 -10.9.1-6 Yashoda demonstrates the same bhakti perfection as does Arjuna
2772)
Overcoming negative emotions 2 – Acceptance, Aspiration, Analysis, Action
2771)
Overcoming negative emotions 1 – Explanation, Experimentation, Evaluation, Elevation
2770)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 49 – 10.8.46-52 Transcendental and contextual explanations for the fortune of Nanda and Yashoda
2769)
Is our definition of happiness depriving us of happiness – Having, Doing, Being
2768)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 48 – 10.8.42-45 Yashoda makes sense of the incomprehensible by taking shelter of the transcendental Lord
2767)
Understanding rasa-lila 8 – Appreciating Krishna’s mystifying reciprocation
2766)
How Gita wisdom addresses mental health problems
2765)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 47 – 10.8.32-41 Krishna shows the universe in his mouth once again
2764)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 46 – 10.8.26-31 Vraja ladies complain about Krishna’s pranks cheerfully
2763)
Understanding Rasa-lila 7 – Gopi-gita 3
2762)
Understanding Rasa-lila 6 – Gopi-gita 2
2761)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 45 – 10.8.20-25 Krishna’s childhood activities fill Vraja ladies with anxiety and ecstasy
2760)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 44 – 10.8.13.19 Garga conceals and reveals Krishna’s identity
2759)
Understanding Rasa-lila 5 – Gopi-gita 1
2758)
Radhashtami class – Radharani demonstrates selfless love and blesses us with selfless love
2757)
Understanding Rasa-lila 4 – Radharani’s apparent pride expresses her selfless love
2756)
How the Bhagavad-gita’s first and last words reflect its empowering message
2755)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 43 – 10.8.7-12 Religious celebration is meant for spiritual purification, not social congregation
2754)
Understanding rasa-lila 3 – Arrogance keeps us locked in ourselves, both apara-dharma and para-dharma get us out of ourselves
2753)
Seeing Krishna’s mercy amidst adversity – Bali M pastime analysis
2752)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 42 – 10.8.1-6 The saintly come to the worldly to expand the consciousness of the wordly
2751)
Understanding rasa-lila 2- How Bhagavatam establishes para-dharma without trivializing apara-dharma
2750)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 41 – 10.7.31-37 Krishna’s first revelation of the universe in his mouth
2749)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 40 – 10.7.27-30 Krishna silences Trinavarta to minimize anxiety for Vrajavasis
2748)
Understanding rasa-lila 1 – How the supreme Shelter (Ashraya) becomes sheltered (Ashrita)
2747)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 39 – 10.7.19-26 Krishna protects Yashoda before tackling Trinavarta
2746)
Gita 18.78 The Gita’s purpose is not just to proclaim God’s position but primarily to transform man’s disposition
2745)
Analyze, Accept, Act – 3 principles for dealing with negativity
2744)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 38 – 10.7.13-18 The potency of blessings increases with the purity of the blesser
2743)
Gita 18.77 Recollecting Krishnas universal form stimulates wonder in some and fear in others
2742)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 37 – 10.7.7-12 Vrajavasis try to protect the one who protects everyone
2741)
Gita 18.76 The Gita’s conversation is memorable and relishable
2740)
Share the spiritual treasure with the world – SHARE acronym
2739)
Bringing out the best within us
2738)
Making healthy choices
2737)
Gita 18.75 Sanjaya appreciates the content, the source and the channel of the Gita’s wisdom
2736)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 36 – 10.7.1-6 Krishna’s childhood pastimes are both entertaining and enlightening
2735)
Overcoming negative emotions
2734)
Growing through adversities
2733)
What is destiny?
2732)
Gita 18.74 The Gita describes a mahatama and makes its hearer into a mahatma
2731)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 35 – 10.6.35-44 Bhagavatam highlights the extraordinariness of the Vrajavasis
2730)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 34 – 10.6.24-34 Contact with Krishna is miraculously purifying
2729)
Gita 18.73 Harmony with the divine infuses our fleeting insignificant lives with lasting significance
2728)
Gita 18.72 A philosophical conversation amidst emotional tribulation testifies to Arjuna’s sincerity and Krishna’s potency
2727)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 33 – 10.6.15-23 The Vrajavasis invoke God for the protection of God
2726)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 32 – 10.6.7-14 Putana deceived the Vrajavasis, but Krishna deceived her
2725)
Gita 18.71 Krishna compassionately offers connections at decreasing levels of commitment
2724)
Appreciating Prabhupada’s sacrifice, wisdom and legacy
2723)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 31 – 10.6.1-6 Sukadeva G reveals the spoiler to relieve Parikshit M anxiety
2722)
Gita 18.70 See the sanctity of Gita study in terms of intent, content and result
2721)
Janmashtami Krishna-katha 4 – How Krishna appears in Vrindavan
2720)
Janmashtami Krishna-katha 3 – How Krishna appears in Mathura
2719)
Gita 18.69 See the superlative as an exhortation to devotional action
2718)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 30 – 10.5.26-32 Relationships are the foundational wealth that is essential for anything to be enjoyable
2717)
Janmashtami Krishna-katha 2 – How Krishna freed the princesses from Naraka
2716)
Janmashtami Krishna-katha 1 – How Krishna freed the kings from Jarasandha and how Krishna frees us
2715)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 29 – 10.5.21-25 See adversities as actions of destiny to stay composed
2714)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 28 – 10.5.15-20 When Krishna came to Vraja, so did the goddess of fortune
2713)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 27 – 10.5.7-14 Krishna’s birth floods Vraja with joy
August 2018
2712)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 26 – 10.5.1-6 Let celebration center on purification, not gratification
2711)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 25 – 10.4.38-46 Bad disposition with bad association is brutally bad
2710)
Gita 18.68 The bhakti cure cures more those who share the cure more
2709)
Gita 18.67 Though ultimately every heart longs for divine love, not every heart is presently ready for divine love
2708)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 24 – 10.4.25-37 Kamsa’s change of heart doesn’t last for long
2707)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 23 – 10.4.17.24 Others’ past bad karma doesn’t rationalize our present misdeeds towards them
2706)
Gita 18.66 The call to rise above dharma is not a call to slip below dharma
2705)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 22 – 10.4.10-16 Kamsa’s self-recrimination is self-serving
2704)
Gita 18.65 Promises in a close relationship reflect and affect the closeness of the relationship
2703)
Science, Spirituality and Wellness – Existence, Emotions and Ethics
2702)
Appreciating the divine Krishna-Balarama relationship
2701)
Do you need a break from our mind? Bhagavad-gita insights for inside-out change
2700)
What makes relationships unsteady – and how to make them steady
2699)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 21 – 10.4.1-10 Heartless Kamsa rejects Devaki’s heartfelt plea
2698)
Learning from Dhritarashtra – Does destiny make us or do we make it – 2?
2697)
Gita 18.64 Krishna’s tone rises from informational analysis to impassioned advocacy
2696)
Learning from Dhritarashtra – Does destiny make us or do we make it – 1?
2695)
Gita 18.63 Knowledge guides our free will by showing us the consequences of our actions
2694)
From exploration to realization to absorption – our devotional journey
2693)
Gita 18.62 The deepest peace comes by not an external serene situation but by an internal spiritual connection
2692)
Gita 18.61 Though we are controlled by material nature, we are still within the control of our Lord
2691)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 20 -10.3.47-53 Just as the ocean gave way to Rama, Yamuna gave way to Krishna
2690)
Faith in Krishna’s existence, relevance, benevolence, intelligence and remembrance
2689)
Don’t take others’ actions personally – they are dealing more with their mind than with you
2688)
Gita 18.60 How we act is determined by our material nature but for what purpose we act isnt
2687)
Understanding Krishna’s love 2 – Experience
2686)
Understanding Krishna’s love 1 – Knowledge
2685)
Gita 18.59 Ego means to think that we know better than God
2684)
Gita 18.58 The destructive voice can’t be tuned out unless we tune in to the divine voice
2683)
Is thinking too much unhealthy?
2682)
When spiritual life gives poison instead of nectar – PURE acronym – 2
2681)
Gita 18.57 Take shelter of the intelligence to convince yourself of the need to take Krishna’s shelter
2680)
When spiritual life gives poison instead of nectar – 1
2679)
How spirituality fosters unity in diversity and individuality in unity
2678)
Gita 18.56 The bhakti university takes seekers from any level to the summit of spiritual perfection
2677)
WITH acronym – We may have to live with pain, but we don’t have to live in pain
2676)
Devotion is not just emotion – it is conscious continuous cultivation
2675)
Gita 18.55 Don’t divorce the literal reading of one word from the overall context of the text
2674)
3 attitudes for becoming steady in life
2673)
Gita 18.54 Devotion doesn’t culminate in liberation, liberation culminates in devotion
2672)
No price is too high to possess ourselves – RECAP acronym
2671)
How the pre-modern, modern and post-modern ages respectively stressed the spiritual, physical and mental
2670)
Gita 18.53 Determined disconnection from the material paves the way to the spiritual
2669)
What is Krishna consciousness? – Talk to multi-faith group in Australia
2668)
Gita 18.52 Take shelter of renunciation to cultivate inner absorption
2667)
Karna character analysis – Are we doomed by destiny or by our own decisions?
2666)
Ashwatthama character analysis – Just because we are empowered doesn’t mean that we are right
2665)
Duryodhana character analysis 2 – If we don’t want help, even God can’t help
2664)
Duryodhana character analysis 1 – Are some people innately evil?
2663)
Gita 18.51 Use intelligence to counter the mind’s centrifugal force
2662)
Krishna is close to us, but we are far away from him
2661)
Dhritarashtra character analysis 2 – Do we need to lose everything before we lose our attachments?
2660)
Dhritarashtra character analysis 1 – Attachment makes us stone-hearted
2659)
Understanding the mind and how it makes us unconscious
2658)
The search for happiness – how bhakti pacifies, purifies and satisfies us
2657)
How to choose our thoughts wisely – Science, Spirituality and Wellness
2656)
Gita 18.50 The Gita’s purpose is not to describe spiritual paths but to analyze them for making an informed choice
2655)
Gita 18.49 Our spiritual evolution goes through multiple levels of perfection from engagement through disengagement to devotion
2654)
How to become peaceful and purposeful
2653)
Gita 18.48 See beyond the unpalatable to the essential to pursue the transcendental
2652)
What love is and what love isn’t
2651)
SELF acronym – The self that is missing in the selfie
2650)
Gita 18.47 Acknowledging our present diversity is essential for realizing our spiritual commanality
2649)
Our emotional wounds can’t be healed by technology – we need spiritualty
2648)
The world of science is not the world we live in
2647)
Gita 18.46 See work as an offering the divine’s gifts to the divine
2646)
Committing is not limiting – it is elevating
2645)
From ritual to spiritual 3 – Analysis of Krishna’s pastime with the ritualistic brahmanas – The brahmanis selfless devotion
2644)
Dhruva pastime analysis 3 – DHRUV acronym – Realization and reconciliation result from devotion
2643)
Dhruva pastime analysis 2 – DHRUV acronym – Humility and honesty leads to authentic bhakti
2642)
Increasing willpower – by increasing the distance between us and our feelings, and our feeling and our actions
2641)
Gita 18.45 Inclusive spirituality centers on rejection of work, but on its reconceptualization and redirection
2640)
3 principles for spiritual community building – Session 3 – Balance & Commitment
2639)
3 principles for spiritual community building – Session 2 – QA
2638)
3 principles for spiritual community building – Session 1 – Authenticity
2637)
From ritual to spiritual 2 – Analysis of Krishna’s pastime with the ritualistic brahmanas – Understanding the brahmans
2636)
Gita 18.44 Protecting cows protects the cow protectors from greed
2635)
Gita 18.43 Kshatriyas control in service of the supreme controller
2634)
Dhruva pastime analysis 1 – Everyone faces distress, the fortunate find the right direction – DHRUV acronym
2633)
From ritual to spiritual 1 – Analysis of Krishna’s pastime with the ritualistic brahmanas
2632)
Gita 18.42 Brahmanas cultivate material material regulation and spiritual redirection by intellectual conviction
2631)
Gita 18.41 Varnashrama provides customized spirituality for elevating people from where they are
2630)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 19 – 10.3.39-46 Omnipotent Krishna can act through transcendental or normal means
2629)
PAST acronym – 4 reflections to go past your past
2628)
Go beyond testing Krishna to tasting Krishna
2627)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 18 – 10.3.32-38 How past life connections make sense of present-life situations
2626)
Gita 18.40 To attain harmony with our spiritual nature, we need engagement that is in harmony with our psychophysical nature
July 2018
2625)
QA at Bhakti Lounge, Wellington, New Zealand
2624)
Gita 18.39 Pleasure in ignorance begins in ignorance and ends in increased ignorance
2623)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 17 – 10.3.26-31 Devaki acknowledges Krishna as the provider of the supreme safety and strives for his safety
2622)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 16 – 10.3.20-25 The divine’s complexion is sometimes a description and sometimes a signification
2621)
Gita 18.38 The pleasure of titillation leads to the agony of tribulation
2620)
To think or not to think – 4 reflections for a happy mind
2619)
3 ways to look for blessings amidst problems
2618)
3 roles of intelligence in bhakti
2617)
How Krishna can be seen – and how he can’t be seen
2616)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 15 – 10.3.11-19 Krishna’s appearance dissipates the darkness without and within
2615)
Gita 18.37 Spiritual knowledge gives us the purpose to persevere through the poison till the nectar
2614)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 14 – 10.3.1-10 The celestial, terrestrial and psychological characteristics that celebrate the Lord’s appearance
2613)
Don’t let your expectations of life come in the way of life
2612)
Gita 18.36 Some pleasures are the start of sorrow – and some the end of sorrow
2611)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 13 – 10.2.37-42 Why the unborn Lord is born is both inferable and inconceivable
2610)
Gita 18.35 To hold on to thought-patterns that hurt us is to abuse our determination
2609)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 12 – 10.2-31-36 Krishna’s lotus feet make the insurmountable material ocean insignificant
2608)
Selfie – Self = IE – Two things that technology provides and two things that spirituality provides
2607)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 11 – 10.2.25-30 The devatas glorify the true nature of the Absolute Truth
2606)
Gita 18.34 When one worldly desire trumps all other material desires, what results is determination in passion
2605)
Bhagavatam study 109 1.19.34-40 When God remains anonymous through coincidences devoteees identify and glorify him
2604)
Gita 18.33 What intelligence discerns, that determination sustains
2603)
Make a life, not just a living – LIFE acronym
2602)
Bhagavatam study 108 1.19.25-33 Devotee’s attractiveness attracts people to Krishna’s supreme attractiveness
2601)
Gita 18.32 Intelligence in ignorance mistakes the binding to be freeing
2600)
Effective Leadership of spiritual communities
2599)
Debunking the mind’s fake news – 4 points
2598)
Worry not whether your path is genuine – worry whether you are genuine
2597)
Maturity in relationships – Four principles – QA
2596)
Bhagavatam study 107 1.19.19-24 Knowledge comes alive thorugh those live that knowledge
2595)
Gita 18.31 Confusing between long-term purposes and short-term pleasures characterizes intelligence in passion
2594)
Maturity in relationships – Four principles – 3. Appreciate 4. Act
2593)
Maturity in relationships – Four principles – 2. Ascertain
2592)
Maturity in relationships – Four principles – 1. Accept
2591)
Three factors that determine what we see – Knowledge, Desire, Commitment
2590)
Gita 18.30 Intelligence means to see beyond appearance to consequence
2589)
Bhagavatam study 106 1.19.13-18 Our personal deliberation and our mentor consultation can be complementary, not contradictory
2588)
Gita 18.29 To drive purposefully, we need to know the destination, the path and the vehicle
2587)
Bhagavatam study 105 1.19.7-12 The universal sages come to see of the royal sage
2586)
Are some sections of the scriptures outdated? – Understanding the compassionate intent of the Vedas 2
2585)
Bhagavatam study 104 1.19.1-6 If sinful reaction rectifies sinful mentality, then the reaction is auspicious, not inauspicious
2584)
Gita 18.28 Doers in ignorance act destructively for others and even for themselves
2583)
Understanding the compassionate intent of the Vedas 1 – Are the Vedas agnostic?
2582)
Krishna’s presence is more precious than his presents
2581)
How devotion makes the insurmountable ocean of material desires insignificant
2580)
Bhagavatam study 103 1.18.44-50 Abuse of power by those representing God makes people godless
2579)
Gita 18.27 Our actions reflect our self-conception and our world-conception
2578)
Gita 18.26 The doer is not a non-doer but is a component in doing
2577)
Bhagavatam study 102 1.18.36-43 Avoid offenses carefully and avoid getting offended easily
2576)
Gita 18.25 To see our actions disconnected from the past and the future is to see in illusion
2575)
Bhagavatam study 101 1.18.31-36 Presuming that we know God’s will and are doing his work is presumptuous and dangerous
2574)
Gita 18.24 Disconnection from our Lord leads to the consumption of our consciousness by passion
2573)
Bhagavatam study 100 1.18.24-30 An annoyed response to annoying non-responsiveness is not malevolent
2572)
Bhagavatam study 99 1.18.18-23 The unlimited has unlimited potency to purify us of our unlimited sins
2571)
Gita 18.23 To gain knowledge, we need basic knowledge about where to seek knowledge
2570)
Bhagavatam study 98 1.18.11-17 Relish the sweetness of Bhagavan through the Bhagavata
2569)
Gita 18.22 Knowledge in ignorance makes us obsessed with one fragment of reality and one kind of action
2568)
Bhagavatam study 97 1.18.4-10 Understanding Parikshit M’s treatment of Kali
2567)
Gita 18.21 To equate others physical appearance with spiritual substance is vision in passion
2566)
Movie metaphor to understand how we are entangled and how bhakti liberates us
2565)
Bhagavatam study 96 1.17.43-18.3 The recent past is just like the present
2564)
Gita 18.20 Seeing commonality alone is not vision in goodness – seeing spirituality as the foundation of commonality is
2563)
Rationally choosing our life’s purpose and process
2562)
Bring out the best within, not the beast within – Hindi
2561)
QA session with Delhi youth
2560)
Analyzing Karna – Going beyond black and white perspectives in understanding scripture + QA
2559)
Three levels of purification – reaction, action and inclination – Hindi
2558)
How to increase our faith – Hindi
2557)
Bhagavatam study 95 1.17.37-42 Undestanding how restricting area of residence is a form of punishment
2556)
Gita 18.19 The Gita’s flow verses make its question-directed discussion more accessible
2555)
We can’t delete our memories, but we can choose what we remember
2554)
Gita 18.18 Analysis of the components of action is meant to direct towards non-reactive action
2553)
Bhagavatam study 94 1.17.31-36 Adharama-bandhu Kali can’t be allowed to live in the kingdom of Dharma-raja pautra
2552)
Gita 18.17 When we act without false ego, we stay free of reactions
2551)
Bhagavatam study 93 1.17.24-30 Avoid both extremes of taking everything in scripture only literally or only metaphorically
2550)
Bhagavatam study 92 1.17.18-23 The cause of suffering is sometimes incomprehensible
2549)
Gita 18.16 To think that we are the sole doers is to have deluded intelligence
2548)
Gita 18.15 Spiritual consciousness ensures that our actions give a favorable result
2547)
Bhagavatam study 91 1.17.13-17 Act honorably to protect the honor of those whom we represent
2546)
Daksha-Shiva conflict 3 – How our mind makes us sectarian – Hindi
2545)
Gita 18.14 God is the fifth factor as well as the foundation of all factors
2544)
Bhagavatam study 90 1.17.7-12 – When in a position of material responsibility, act responsibly
2543)
Awareness, Aspiration, Action – From standard of living to standard of loving
2542)
Bhagavatam study 89 1.17.1-6 Outrage on seeing atrocity is healthy
2541)
Gita 18.13 The journey from illusion to illumination requires philosophical education
2540)
Bhagavatam study 88 1.16.31-36 The earth and dharma’s devotion for Krishna
2539)
Gita 18.12 Intelligence sees consequence and fosters detachment
2538)
Daksha-Shiva conflict 2 – The proud consider others proud – Hindi
2537)
Parikshit M – Dharma discussion – Don’t blame 3 – How to deal with troubling people – Hindi
2536)
Parikshit M – Dharma discussion – Don’t blame 2 – If why has no answer focus on how – Hindi
2535)
Parikshit M – Dharma discussion – Don’t blame 1 – See beyond the immediate cause – Hindi
2534)
Role of determination and association in devotion – Hindi
2533)
Bhagavatam study 87 1.16.25-30 Krishna is the shelter of dharma and dharmic qualities
2532)
Gita 18.11 To pursue liberation, give up the idea of giving up action
2531)
Gita 18.10 Take the route that takes us to the destination, not the route that looks the easiest
2530)
Bhagavatam study 86 1.16.19-24 Understanding what all things cause distress to the earth
2529)
Daksha-Shiva conflict 1 – How misconceptions give rise to conflicts – Hindi
June 2018
2528)
Gita 18.09 Renunciation in goodness means to know that we as parts just need to do our parts
2527)
Bhagavatam study 85 1.17.13-18 Parikshit M delighted in his spiritual opulence, not his material opulence
2526)
Gita 18.08 Desire for bodily pleasure and fear of bodily trouble both keep us in the cage of bodily consciousness
2525)
Bhagavatam study 84 1.16.7-12 Choose carefully what we hear
2524)
Gita 18.07 Renunciation done in illusion can’t take us out of illusion
2523)
Bhagavatam study 83 1.16.1-6 How Parikshit Maharaj manifested his predicated qualities
2522)
Spiritual lessons from world history 1 – Reflections on the Christian Reformation
2521)
Gita 18.06 Karmic bondage is like emotional dependence – focus not just on the action but also on the motivation
2520)
Bhagavatam study 82 1.15.45-51 Our spirituality is our responsibility, not anyone else’s responsibility
2519)
Bhagavatam study 81 1.15.38-44 Responsibly hand over material responsibility to take up spiritual responsibility
2518)
Gita 18.05 To be mana-isha, we need not just a mana free from ishvara-bhava, but a mana fixed on ishvara
2517)
Bhagavatam study 80 1.15.31-37 Life is a relay race – know when to hand over the torch
2516)
Gita 18.04 Just as indulgence can be indiscriminate, so can renunciation
2515)
Bhagavatam study 79 1.15.25-30 Remember Krishna in his absence by remembering his message
2514)
Gita 18.03 Gita 18.03 Appreciate others thoughtfulness even if it doesn’t lead to the best conclusion
2513)
Gita 18.02 Devotional attachment is the best way to avoid worldly attachment
2512)
Bhagavatam study 78 1.15.19-24 Krishna takes away everything that covers us before him
2511)
Gita 18.01 What is used to refer is not as important as what is being referred to
2510)
Bhagavatam study 77 1.15.13-18 Arjuna treasures his memories of Krishna
2509)
Gita 17.28 Having no faith in anything higher makes performance of religious activities unfruitful
2508)
Bhagavatam study 76 1.15.7-12 Devotees see their achievements as Krishna’s mercy
2507)
Gita 17.27 Sat is not just a word for recitation – it is a conviction to cultivated and infused into action
2506)
Bhagavatam study 75 1.15.1-6 When we lose everything, we gain the Lord of everything
2505)
Bhagavatam study 74 1.14.34-44 Questions about causes of distress reveal conceptions of distress
2504)
Gita 17.26 Any inclination to seek elevation of consciousness is praiseworthy
2503)
Appreciating the potency of online outreach
2502)
Be creative in fixing the mind on Krishna – Hindi
2501)
Gita 17.25 Recitation of tad signifies and stimulates the pursuit of transcendence
2500)
Gita 17.24 The many meanings of the word “brahma” in the Gita
2499)
Gita 17.23 Everything is sustained by its connection with the Absolute
2498)
We may be hurt, but we don’t have to stay hurt
2497)
Can ambition and devotion go together 2 – How to channel ambition in devotion
2496)
Redirection of consciousness is Krishna’s miracle – Bali Maharaj pastime reflection
2495)
Seeing Krishna’s mercy amidst loss – Krishna’s instructions after Govardhana lila
2494)
Renunciation of false ego – Indra’s Prayers after Govardhana lila
2493)
How the mind troubles us – and how to protect ourselves – Hindi
2492)
Keep the mind on the spiritual track to keep it out of trouble
2491)
Why we need spirituaity in the age of technology
2490)
Can ambition and devotion go together 1 – How happiness-distress are fixed and how they aren’t
2489)
Analyzing different religions to find life’s purpose 2 – The problem of evil, original sin and karma
2488)
Analyzing different religions to find life’s purpose 1 – Seeking a purpose bigger than our problems
2487)
Is seeing believing 3 – Resolving science-spirituality conflicts
2486)
Is seeing believing 2 – What the map of science misses
2485)
Is seeing believing 1 – Even science explains the visible with the invisible
2484)
Understanding tradition and its conformers, deformers, reformers – and presenters
2483)
The power of gratitude 2 – How to cultivate gratitude
2482)
The power of gratitude 1 – How gratitude empowers us
May 2018
2481)
Varnashrama in bhakti – Focus on replicating the take-off, not recreating the take-off point
2480)
Nourishing the creeper of devotion 4 – Finding our spiritual stimuil
2479)
QA session in London
2478)
Nourishing our lives with the Bhagavad-gita
2477)
Nourishing the creeper of devotion 3 – Avoid attachment to renunciation
2476)
Strive first for devotion, then for pure devotion
2475)
Sensitivity in relationships 3 – Dealing with insensitive people
2474)
How to get realizations
2473)
Nourishing the creeper of devotion 2 – Regulate attachment even to things that help in devotion
2472)
Sensitivity in relationships 2 – From judgment to encouragement
2471)
Sensitivity in relationships 1 – Why we need to be sensitive and why we aren’t
2470)
Nourishing the creeper of devotion 1 – The danger of becoming religious but not spiritual
2469)
Healthy self-understanding 5 – Concluding QA session
2468)
Healthy self-understanding 4 – Reasons to be kind to ourselves
2467)
Healthy self-understanding 3 – Misunderstandings about humility and tolerance
2466)
Healthy self-understanding 2 – How the mind can hurt the self
2465)
Healthy self-understanding 1 – How the modes distort our self-understanding
2464)
Healthy and unhealthy emotions in the renounced order
2463)
Balancing forgiveness and justice 2 – What forgiveness isn’t and what it is
2462)
Balancing forgiveness and justice 1 – Why deterrence is essential
2461)
How to overcome dissatisfaction
2460)
Seek not moments of devotion – seek momentum in devotion
2459)
How to effectively study and apply the Gita
2458)
Free will and God’s will 3 – How God helps us free our free will
2457)
Free will and God’s will 2 – Understanding the trigger, cause and target of our weaknesses
2456)
Free will and God’s will 1 – God is the cause of all causes, not all effects
2455)
QA session in London 2018
2454)
How reincarnation makes sense of our existence and that of animals too
2453)
Seeker within, achiever without
2452)
Memorizing scriptural verses – Whys and hows -2
2451)
Memorizing scriptural verses – Whys and hows -1
2450)
Even if we have problems, we don’t have to be problems
2449)
How science and spirituality go together
2448)
How science points to spirituality
2447)
Mother’s day Meditation – Conception, Commercialization, Spiritualization
2446)
What is spirituality and why we need it
2445)
What science can provide – and what it can’t
2444)
Bhagavad-gita and Modern Psychology 3 – Changing our mind by changing our relationship with the mind
2443)
Bhagavad-gita and Modern Psychology – 2 – Where mindfulness works and where it falls short
2442)
Bhagavad-gita and Modern Psychology 1 – Is there anything beyond emotionality and rationality?
2441)
Why psychological distress amidst technological progress – 3 reasons
2440)
See pain as a protector and a pointer
2439)
Does spirituality come from without within or within without?
2438)
Destiny determines our situations and emotions, we determine our intentions and actions
2437)
When life doesn’t seem fair, three reflections for self-empowerment
2436)
Managing the voice inside the head 2 – Identification, Direction, Transformation
2435)
Evolve – Rising towards contribution and satisfaction
2434)
Ghosts and God – Understanding how the invisible affects the visible
2433)
Does God laugh at our plans? – part 2
2432)
Does God laugh at our plans? – part 1
2431)
Seek not just to get better things; seek to get better thoughts
2430)
Speaking according to time-place-circumstance to make outreach effective
2429)
Managing the voice inside the head – 1
2428)
How to become pacified, purified and satisfied
2427)
Be open-minded, not empty-minded
2426)
To deny destiny is to deny ourselves the chance of making our destiny
2425)
Self-pity, humility and maturity explained – Bhagavad-gita 18.35
April 2018
2424)
Understanding how Narasimhadeva delivers both Prahlada and Hiranyakashipu
2423)
God as the Supreme therapist 7 – Understanding how Narasimhadeva gave strength to Prahlada
2422)
Fulfilling our need for progress by becoming committed in bhakti
2421)
God as the supreme therapist 6 – Seek not the facility to do whatever we desire – seek the clarity to discern our deepest desire
2420)
The way I feel is the way I feel – Accepting our emotions and transcending our emotions
2419)
How the mind becomes unclear and how to clear it
2418)
God as the supreme therapist 5 – Cultivating qualities is integral to cultivating devotion
2417)
God as the supreme therapist 4 – How association works and how to make it work
2416)
Do you need to break up with your phone?
2415)
God as the supreme therapist 3 – Devotional detachment is not freedom from emotions but freedom of emotions
2414)
God as the supreme therapist 2 – To be others’ well wisher means to channel their emotions towards proper use of their free will
2413)
Intelligence means to know which thoughts to contemplate and which to neglect
2412)
Healing the earth by healing the heart
2411)
God as the supreme therapist 1 – Discerning the Prahlada and Hiranyakashipu mentalities within us
2410)
Appreciating Radhanatha Maharaj’s contributions towards helping devotees practice bhakti sustainably
2409)
Learning to be kind to ourselves
2408)
Bhakti in three modes 3 – Bhakti in goodness brings sustainability, purity and harmony
2407)
Making sense of life through karma and reincarnation
2406)
Bhakti in three modes 2 – Bhakti in passion equates material success with spiritual advancement
2405)
How to be detached without becoming irresponsible
2404)
Bhakti in three modes 1 – Bhakti in ignorance is self-righteous and hurtful
2403)
To blame is to be lame – stop seeking scapegoats
2402)
Focus on life, not on the mind’s commentary on life
2401)
Where does the power of mantras lie – in letters or meaning or somewhere else?
2400)
If everything is God’s will, how do we have free will?
2399)
Unity in diversity and diversity in unity – The Absolute’s relationship with us
2398)
Gratitude is not just an attitude but also an awareness
2397)
Resolutions in the three modes – and in transcendence
2396)
Are our mistakes part of Krishna’s plan? – 2
2395)
Science & Spirituality – Why psychiatry can’t replace spirituality
2394)
Are our mistakes part of Krishna’s plan? – 1
2393)
Our defining power is the power to choose our thoughts
2392)
4 reflections for overcoming fear of failure
2391)
Interrupting the mind’s train of thoughts 2
2390)
Three ways of perceiving Krishna’s love
2389)
Interrupting the mind’s train of thoughts 1
2388)
Gita 17.22 We need discrimination to ensure that doing good actually does good
2387)
Does religion cause war?
2386)
The mind may stray away, but don’t let it stay away
2385)
Gita 17.21 – Charity is passion is a competition of humiliation
2384)
Understanding how the mind acts as a mirror that distorts our self-conception
2383)
Gita 17.20 Give charity for purity, not popularity
2382)
Screen what appears on your inner screen – Learn to manage the mind
2381)
Gita 17.19 Slaving to get the whip that will lash us is stupidity
2380)
Science, Spirituality and The Search for Meaning
2379)
Gita 17.18 The show of austerity without the substance of spirituality points to superficiality or even hypocrisy
2378)
How understanding destiny empowers
2377)
Gita 17.17 The mode in which austerity is performed different from the mode with which austerity is performed
2376)
Cultivating Cooperation in Krishna consciousness
2375)
Why we are sometimes wise and sometimes otherwise
2374)
Gita 17.16 Austerity of mind transforms our inner disruptive enemy into a constructive friend
2373)
Net Surfing or Net Suffering?
2372)
Gita 17.15 Speech is meant not just for commnication but also for purification
2371)
QA session at Columbus 2018 Spring
2370)
From state of the art to state of the heart
2369)
Bhagavatam study 73 1.14.18.33 – When we apprehend the worst-case scenario, we look for alternatives
2368)
Gita 17.14 Austerity enables us to use our bodily vehicle constructively, not destructively
2367)
Is anxiety a disorder?
2366)
Bhagavatam study 72 1.14.12.17 – Inversion of natural order prophesies inauspiciousness
2365)
Gita 17.13 Yajna in ignorance expresses defiance externally and internally.mp3
2364)
Learning to live with emotional lows
March 2018
2363)
Bhagavatam study 71 1.14.1.11 – Departure of the order-sustaining Lord leads to disruption of that order
2362)
How Krishna steals our distresses
2361)
Spiritual but not religious – Analyzing four permutations
2360)
Bring out the Hanuman within, not the Ravana within
2359)
Lessons from Hanuman’s devotion to Rama 4 – How Hanuman provoked to deter Ravana from war
2358)
Lessons from Hanuman’s devotion to Rama 3 – Keeping our intention above our emotions
2357)
Lessons from Hanuman’s devotion to Rama 2 – Earning trust through emotional intelligence
2356)
Lessons from Hanuman’s devotion to Rama 1 – When we hide ourselves from the Lord, he hides himself from us
2355)
Ramayana series 3 – Rama-Lakshmana – Does destiny control everything?
2354)
Ramayana series2 – Vali-Sugriva – Don’t judge without understanding
2353)
Why to become spiritual now
2352)
Matters that matter more than matter – Origin, Value, Meaning
2351)
Ramayana series 1 – Manthara-Kaikeyi – How manipulators mislead
2350)
Is bhakti a conditioned attraction of the mind or the natural attraction of the soul?
2349)
How the mind tells its stories by inducing forgetfulness, faith and feelings
2348)
How philosophy and experience harmonize in bhakti
2347)
How chanting works on the mind – and how the mind works during chanting
2346)
Tap the mind, don’t be trapped by the mind 3 – From shakshi bhava to seva bhava
2345)
Winning with emotional intelliigence 2 – Social competence through relationship management
2344)
Tap the mind, don’t be trapped by the mind 2 – Why mind control backfires
2343)
Tap the mind, dont be trapped by the mind 1 – The pressure for pleasure
2342)
Winning with emotional intelliigence 1 – Personal competence through self management
2341)
Understanding how bhakti addresses anxiety
2340)
How we spend more time avoiding pain than seeking pleasure – and why we shouldn’t
2339)
Appreciating Radhanath Maharaj’s contributions in the light of ISKCON history
2338)
When the higher taste doesn’t seem higher
2337)
Choosing healthy emotions with intelligence, association and devotion
2336)
How to control the mind with the intelligence 3 – Conversion
2335)
How to control the mind with the intelligence 2 – Concentration
2334)
How to control the mind with the intelligence 1 – Conviction
2333)
When fear accelerates the imagination, let faith be the brake
2332)
The search for pleasure is often the source of the greatest trouble
2331)
What the self seeks beyond the selfie
2330)
Avoid distractions using intelligence directed towards transcendence
2329)
To transcend our emotions, we need to begin by accepting our emotions
2328)
Spiritualizing our relationships 4 – Changing our input in relationships
2327)
Spiritualizing our relationships 3 – Changing our vision of our role in relationships
2326)
Spiritualizing our relationships 2 – Changing our vision of others
2325)
Spiritualizing our relationships 1 – How the modes turn good intentions into not-so-good actions
2324)
Significance of Holi Bonfire and Color Festival
2323)
What the Bhagavatam conveys by narrating Krishna’s agonizing departure
2322)
Gaur Purnima class – How Lord Chaitanya defeated the attacks of Kali and how he empowers us to defeat those attacks
2321)
Gaur Purnima class – How Ratha Yatra fulfilled external and internal reasons for Lord Chaitanya’s appearance
2320)
How chanting helps us understand ourselves and our mind
2319)
What science can tell us about ourselves – and what it can’t
February 2018
2318)
How the mind distorts our vision of others and disrupts our relationships – Hindi
2317)
Gita 17.12 Yajna is like modern technology – can fuel the illusion that we are controllers and enjoyers.mp3
2316)
How the mind spoils our relationships – Hindi
2315)
Reflections on the last verse spoken by Krishna in the Gita – Hindi
2314)
Gita 17.11 Focus not on expectation from the world, focus on contribution from yourself.mp3
2313)
Animal Metaphors for understanding the mind – Hindi
2312)
Gita 17.10 Food in ignorance isn’t nourishing, satisfying or appealing.mp3
2311)
Acknowledging our emotions but not acting impulsively on them
2310)
Let samskaras takes us beyond our scars
2309)
Gita 17.09 Food in passion is is sensually stimulating but eventually distressing and disease-inducing.mp3
2308)
Gita 17.08 Food in goodness provides profusely both nutrition and satisfaction
2307)
Gita 17.07 Food, sacrifice, charity and austerity represent broad patterns of the soul’s interaction with its encasing circles
2306)
Everyone’s mind tell them different stories – don’t be judgmental, be purposeful
2305)
Gita 17.06 Defying scripture, be it for pandering the body or tormenting the body, is demonic
2304)
Gita 17.05 Our body is not ours to abuse by arbitrary austerity
2303)
Gita 17.04 Our level of consciousness determines who we feel is worshipable
2302)
Gita 17.03 The relationship between our existence and our faith is causal, constitutional and consequential
2301)
Gita 17.02 See not just people’s ideological faith – see also their functional faith
2300)
Gita 17.01 The Gita universalizes and contextualizes the analytical framework of the three modes
2299)
Gita 16.24 Knowing scripture is our responsibility and our opportunity
2298)
Gita 16.23 Those who reject scripture suffer both in this life and the next
2297)
Gita 16.22 To pursue our self-interest, we need to purge out self-defeating desires
2296)
Analyzing the relationship between material progress and spiritual progress
2295)
Gita 16.21 The metaphorical usage stresses the reality and gravity of the demoniac forces of lust, anger and greed
2294)
Gita 16.20 Demoniac action and demoniac destination is perpetuated by demoniac disposition
2293)
Gita 16.19 Devilish delights doom the demonic to deadly destinations
2292)
Gita 16.18 When bad situations make us take shelter of our bad side, we become bad people
2291)
Gita 16.17 Self-complacence and impudence perpetuate ignorance
2290)
Gita 16.16 Desires and fears cover our consciousness completely with illusion
2289)
Gita 16.15 The ungodly want to look good, not become good
2288)
Gita 16.14 Greed makes the covetous murderous
2287)
Mind It 3 – Choosing healthy response to problems
2286)
Happiness is found not in sensation but in absorption
2285)
Gita 16.13 Let the mind’s chariot take us where we want to go, not where it wants to go
2284)
Gita 16.12 Sensual desires are ropes of enslavement, not roads to enjoyment
2283)
Mind It 2 – How unrealistic expectations hamper our relationships
2282)
Mind It 1 – Understanding the modes, mind and emotions
2281)
Krishna is knowledge, object of knowledge and objective of knowledge
2280)
Gita 16.11 We make our beliefs and our beliefs make us
2279)
Gita 16.10 Taking shelter of lust amidst problems is like taking shelter of kidnappers when threatened by thieves
2278)
Gita 16.09 The ungodly are born for destructive action unless they do drastic course correction
January 2018
2277)
Gita 16.08 From atheism to hedonism is a natural slide
2276)
Gita 16.07 Observe others actions not to condemn, but to help
2275)
Appreciating Nityananda Prabhu’s mercy, devotional ambitiousness and humility
2274)
Spiritualizing our relationships – Hindi
2273)
Maintaining balance amidst disruptive emotions and situations
2272)
Gita 16.06 Knowing the inclination of the road where our car is is education, not condemnation
2271)
Gita 16.05 Acknowledging where a car’s wheels are pointing is not accusing the car driver
2270)
Gita 16.03 Giving appropriate honor promotes harmony, demanding excessive honor disrupts harmony
2269)
Gita 16.02 Our godliness needs to be seen in our harmonious interactions with others
2268)
Gita 16.01 Godliness is both a decision and a disposition
2267)
Is bhakti philosophy pessimistic – Hindi?
2266)
How our mind messes our relationships 2 – Focus on contribution, not expectation
2265)
Is Reincarnation for Real – Evaluating the Evidence
2264)
How our mind messes our relationships 1 – Understanding instincts and impulses
2263)
The Bhagavad-gita as a leadership guide
2262)
Changing ourselves by changing our situation, standpoint and self-identification
2261)
Ambition, Satisfaction & Devotion 2 – Hospital metaphor for harmonizing material and spiritual growth
2260)
Ambition, Satisfaction & Devotion 1 – Outside-in Ambition vs Inside-out Ambition
2259)
Managing the mind 4 – Training the mind by dividing and castigating
2258)
Managing the mind 3 – Understanding inclination, infatuation and intention
2257)
Managing the mind 2 – Understanding how the mind affects our free will
2256)
When things don’t make sense, look for a deeper sense
2255)
Managing the mind 1 – The many meanings of the word ‘mind’ and their correlation with the Gita’s understanding
2254)
Getting our emotions to work for, us, not against us
2253)
From Fear to Surrender 4 – FEAR acronym – 4 steps for overcoming fear
2252)
QA session at ISKCON Bahrain
December 2017
2251)
From Fear to Surrender 3 – FEAR acronym for analyzing fear 2 – Attachment and Redirection
2250)
From Fear to Surrender 2 – FEAR acronym for analyzing fear part 1 – Faith and Education
2249)
From Fear to Surrender 1 – Understanding how our fears originate
2248)
The most dangerous jumping is jumping to conclusions
2247)
How Gaudiya Vaishnavism used drama in bhakti
2246)
How is the Gita relevant today – Marathi
2245)
Bhagavatam study 70 1.13.51-60 Determination directed towards renunciation brings spiritual elevation
2244)
Bhagavatam study 69 1.13.46-50 When we can’t protect ourselves from kala, karma and guna, how can we protect others?
2243)
Technology, Spirituality and the Search for a Meaningful life
2242)
Bhagavatam study 68 1.13.39-45 Know when to exercise control in the service of the supreme controller and when to release control
2241)
Overcoming fear, desire and anger to take shelter of Krishna
2240)
Dealing with insecurities – Hindi
2239)
From fictional enjoyment to spiritual enjoyment through explanations, exponents and experiences – Hindi
2238)
Understanding various ways Krishna protects – Bhagavatam characters analysis
2237)
The mind is like a madhouse – 4 strategies for managing it – Hindi
2236)
For meditation, we need the right object and the right conception
2235)
Prabhupada life-story 16 – Establishing the foundation
2234)
Prabhupada life-story 15 – From spiritual shoppers to spiritual seekers
2233)
Prabhupada life-story 14 – Incorporating ISKCON – The seven visionary purposes
2232)
Duryodhana character analysis 3 – Envy perpetuates dissatisfaction and invites destruction
2231)
Duryodhana character analysis 2 – Ambition distorted by envy becomes cancerous
2230)
Gita Jayanti class – The Gita brings a message of fearlessness to a fear-filled world
November 2017
2229)
Gita Jayanti talk – Appreciating the Gita’s message by contemplating the starting and ending names of Arjuna and Krishna
2228)
Duryodhana character analysis 1 – How the entitlement mentality degrades
2227)
Appreciating the purpose of worship of the devatas
2226)
Why our moods keep changing – and what we can do about it
2225)
Let personal conception of God lead to personal dealings with God’s parts
2224)
Is God an invention or a discovery?
2223)
Go beyond rationality and imagination to revelation for relishing Krishna’s lotus feet
2222)
Facing our fears – FEAR acronym
2221)
Science, Spirituality and Self-empowerment
2220)
Understanding how our mind makes us misunderstand 4 – QA
2219)
Understanding how our mind makes us misunderstand 3 – Misunderstanding Krishna
2218)
Understanding how our mind makes us misunderstand 2 – Misunderstanding ourselves
2217)
Understanding how our mind makes us misunderstand 1 – Misunderstanding ourselves
2216)
Analyzing yoga and bhakti to keep practice in harmony with purpose
2215)
What makes relationships spiritual and sustainable – Marriage reception talk
2214)
Emotionally intelligent spirituality 2 – Let immediate and ultimate solutions work cooperatively, not competitively
2213)
Emotionally intelligent spirituality 1 – Don’t work for or against emotions – work with them for Krishna
2212)
How small conflicts become big – Daksha pastime analysis 4 – How impulses are shaped by technology, mentality and spirituality
2211)
How small conflicts become big – Daksha pastime analysis 3 – Understanding the filters people bring to a relationship
2210)
Pursuing our loudest desires is not freedom – pursuing our deepest desires is
2209)
3 As to bring out the best in you – Awareness Association Appreciation
2208)
Appreciating HH Radhanath Maharaj’s visionary outreach
2207)
How conscious intention raises bhakti to the level of a relationship
2206)
Strengthening the bonds that liberate
2205)
How small conflicts become big – Daksha Pastime analysis 2 – Ego causes desensitization
2204)
How small conflicts become big – Daksha pastime analysis 1 – Unprocessed resentment causes explosion
2203)
From bondage to bonding – Redefining our relationships
2202)
Understanding how bhakti-yoga and the holy name work
2201)
Shakuni Character Analysis 2 – Evaluate whether our relationships bring out our best or our worst
2200)
Shakuni Character Analysis 1 – The mind rationalizes selfishness as selflessness
2199)
Spiritualizing our work through IAC – intention, action and contribution
2198)
The Gita as a book of love – The significance of the first and last words spoken by Krishna and Arjuna
2197)
To rise from karma to bhakti, change your benchmark of reality from the world to Krishna
2196)
Prabhupada life-story 13 – Fearless amidst disturbed and disturbing audiences
2195)
Making sense of senseless suffering – Understanding why devotees face fatal accidents
2194)
PAST acronym – How to get past our past
2193)
The Gita’s two endings point to the same end
2192)
Connecting with ourselves to connect with others
2191)
How spiritual life relates to our material Life 2 – Work not for or against your nature, work with your nature for Krishna
2190)
How spiritual life relates to our material Life 1 – Rejection, Complementation, Redirection
2189)
From what science explains to what explains science
2188)
From Passion to Compassion 2 – From religion in passion to devotion in goodness
2187)
From Passion to Compassion 3 – Compassion needs to be felt as compassion
2186)
Using our functional identification to realize our transcendental identity
2185)
How bhakti helps us get past our past
2184)
From passion to compassion 1
2183)
The Bhagavad-gita’s message of love comforts and enlightens
2182)
How the mind harvests the bad within – and how to harvest the good within
2181)
How our intelligence acts as our enemy – and how to make it our friend
2180)
Why people do bad things – and how to stop it
2179)
From Damodara month to Damodar mood – From circumstantial devotion to transcendental devotion through intentional devotion
2178)
The art of work – Detachment directed by devotion maximizes contribution
2177)
How bhakti fulfills the aspirations of social justice
2176)
The mind makes the intelligence act unintelligently
2175)
Prabhupada life-story 12 – Through serious difficulties to serious seekers
2174)
In the treasure hunt for happiness, avoid the leads that mislead
2173)
Empower those who are protecting us, not those who are attacking us
2172)
Selfies and the human longing to feel special
2171)
Ramayana series 5 – Hanuman – There is a time and place for everything, don’t lose heart
2170)
From destructive competition to constructive competition – 2
2169)
From destructive competition to constructive competition – 1
2168)
Don’t use God to stay away from God
October 2017
2167)
Why crave for the pleasures that make you a slave
2166)
Ramayana series 4 – SEES acronym – 4 explanations why Rama abandoned Sita
2165)
Just because we have got the monkey off the back doesn’t mean the circus has left town
2164)
Ramayana series 3 – Shurapanakha’s slyness – Beware of those who manipulate us using our weakness
2163)
Ramayana series 2 – Maricha’s miscalculation – Our destination is not as important as our action
2162)
The mind keeps us enslaved
2161)
Ramayana Series 1 – Dasharatha’s dilemma
2160)
Thwart the desires that titillate initially but torment eventually
2159)
Inner healing through forgiveness
2158)
Love is the ultimate reality that unifies all reality
2157)
Prabhupada life-story 11 – On the bowery – A follower turns attacker
2156)
Stung by the tongue
2155)
Overcoming negative emotions 5 – Self-doubt
2154)
The greatest danger is the danger of forgetting the danger
2153)
Understanding how bhakti fulfills the purpose of scripture – and how we can help
2152)
Even if we can’t be on the same page as God, be at least in the same book
2151)
Focus on Krishna’s glories while studying Bhagavatam – don’t be distracted
2150)
Spiritual Lessons from Car Driving 4 – The destination is also our companion
2149)
Spiritual Lessons from Car Driving 3 – Our attitude is our steering wheel
2148)
Spiritual Lessons from Car Driving 2 – What we are driving matters, but where we are driving matters more
2147)
Spiritual Lessons from Car Driving 1 – The mind is the passenger, don’t let it become the driver
2146)
Freedom for what – our surface desires or our deepest desires
2145)
LIGHT acronym – 5 Meditations on Diwali
2144)
Prabhupada life-story 10 – How Krishna set the stage for Prabhupada
2143)
Equality beyond equality
2142)
GIRI acronym – 4 lessons from Govardhana lila
2141)
Overcoming negative emotions 4 – Overcoming anger through forgiveness
2140)
The need for appropriate adaptors when transmitting the current of bhakti
2139)
Advancing spiritually at our pace, from our place by understanding the power, principle and process of krishna-bhakti
2138)
Worldly intoxication and devotional intoxication differ in consciousness, content and consequence
2137)
Devotion doesn’t restrict us – it empowers us
2136)
The Spirit of Diwali – Light the inner lamp to see beyond the painkiller of entertainment to the cure of devotion
2135)
Understanding Gita Wisdom – Interview on People of Bhakti at Bhakti Radio Network
2134)
The missing self in the selfie
2133)
Gita 02.20-30 Go beyond lamentation by understanding the eternality of the soul and the multiplicity of its reincarnations
2132)
How the Universal Form makes Krishna accessible
2131)
Prabhupada life-story 09 – Alone and unaided in an alien land
2130)
Overcoming negative emotions 3 – Fear
2129)
Understanding religion and bhakti in the three modes
2128)
How the fictional points to the spiritual
2127)
Understanding Surrender – Meditation on Prabhupada’s prayer Markine Bhagavata Dharma – 6
2126)
QA on dealing with material desires, excessive workload, inattentiveness in chanting and other bhakti principles
2125)
Understanding the spiritual world, the power of bhakti and Narottama Das Thakura’s contribution to the bhakti tradition
2124)
Understanding Surrender – Meditation on Prabhupada’s prayer Markine Bhagavata Dharma – 5
2123)
Understanding Surrender – Meditation on Prabhupada’s prayer Markine Bhagavata Dharma – 4
2122)
Understanding Surrender – Meditation on Prabhupada’s prayer Markine Bhagavata Dharma – 3
2121)
Understanding Surrender – Meditation on Prabhupada’s prayer Markine Bhagavata Dharma – 2
2120)
Understanding Surrender – Meditation on Prabhupada’s prayer Markine Bhagavata Dharma – 1
2119)
Ramayana reflections – Maricha represents worship in fear
2118)
Damodara lila analysis – Going beyond cultural conceptions to spiritual revelation
2117)
How our vision alters our perception – Gita study 01.24-36
2116)
Overcoming negative emotions 2 – Depression
2115)
Is Krishna-bhakti universal when it is so specific?
2114)
Prabhupada life-story 08 – Journey on Jaladuta – Physically demanding, Divinely revealing
2113)
What we can learn from our dreams
2112)
Science, Spirituality & Self-improvement
2111)
Simplify, Clarify, Purify – Three principles for a fulfilling life
2110)
Live in the present, but not for the present
2109)
From material detachment to spiritual attachment – Ignorance, Tolerance, Transcendence, Immanence
September 2017
2108)
Prabhupada life-story 07 – Seeking to reach the Western mind
2107)
The essence of the spiritual world, and of spiritual life, is not location but disposition
2106)
Overcoming negative emotions 1 – Resentment
2105)
Developing Vaishnava qualities
2104)
Remembrance of Krishna cuts karmic bondage by providing intelligence, taste and love
2103)
Three principles for controlling the mind – Intelligence, Diligence and Dependence
2102)
Even if we can’t be grateful for all circumstances, we can be grateful in all circumstances
2101)
My journey from material science to spiritual science – QA session
2100)
From anartha-nivrtti to artha-pravrtti 4 – Understanding Pravrtti
2099)
From anartha-nivrtti to artha-pravrtti 3 – Understanding Artha
2098)
From anartha-nivrtti to artha-pravrtti 2 – Understanding Nivrtti
2097)
From anartha-nivrtti to artha-pravrtti 1 – Understanding Anartha
2096)
Prabhupada life-story 06 – Taking sannyasa & starting Bhagavatam commentary
2095)
Bhagavatam study 67 01.13.30-38 When it is time to renounce, embrace renunciation as a challenge and avoid discouragers
2094)
Sharpening our focus – going beyond piety to spirituality and the mental to the spiritual
2093)
Go beyond your inner critic & your inner daredevil
2092)
Love may be unscientific, but is it unreal?
2091)
Appreciating Srila Prabhupada’s presentation of devotion and of Ratha Yatra as a global festival of devotion
2090)
FEAR acronym – Learning to deal with our fears
2089)
Deal with desire not by indulgence or resistance but by intelligence and transcendence
2088)
Cultivate not just factual memories but also emotional memories
2087)
Gopi Gita 3 – “We cannot tolerate your feet being hurt by thorns – please return”
2086)
Gopi Gita 2 – “You alone can free us from contamination and tribulation – please return”
2085)
Prabhupada life-story 05 – Indian Partition – Transcendence amidst turbulence
2084)
Gopi Gita 1 – “Whoever you are – Lord or lover – please come back”
2083)
Desires exhaust us, but remain inexhaustible themselves
2082)
Understanding and fulfilling the Bhagavatam’s purpose by cultivating sensitivity
2081)
Bhagavatam study 66 01.13.24-29 Detachment emerges from education that changes our definition of success
2080)
The Bhagavad-gita is a yoga text for emotional empowerment
2079)
Change your inner world to change your outer world
2078)
Improving Japa 2 – Concentrate by cultivating interest and appreciating importance
2077)
Improving Japa 1 – Understand how and when we get distracted
2076)
Cultists, Fanatics and Spiritual Shoppers – Making sense of the world’s religious scenario
2075)
Temptation is caused not so much by perception as by provocation
2074)
Six loving exchanges – Opening the heart and reciprocating with the opened heart
2073)
We are defined by the questions we ask – in life, in science and in spirituality
2072)
Prabhupada life-story 04 – League of Devotees – A clique thwarts the promise
2071)
Irrational irritability results from indiscriminate sensuality
2070)
Go beyond the mind’s transitory feelings to the heart’s transcendental feelings
2069)
To be devoted means to look for devotional openings constantly
2068)
The Entertainment Industry – Giving the least valuable the most value reflects ignorance
2067)
Bring out the best you (03)
2066)
Bring out the best you 3 – Spiritual help
2065)
Bring out the best you 2 – Social help
2064)
Bring out your best 1 – Self-help
2063)
Can we logically prove God’s existence – Backward and forward reasoning
2062)
From Love Universal to Bhakti Confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism Glories 7 – Love in separation is the culmination of love
2061)
Prabhupada life-story 03 – The dedicated disciple takes up the mission
2060)
Renunciation doesn’t make devotion attractive – devotion makes renunciation attractive
August 2017
2059)
From Love Universal to Bhakti Confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism Glories 6 – Parakiya-rasa is not immoral, but trans-moral
2058)
From love universal to bhakti confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism glories 5 – Radha and Krishna are one soul in two bodies
2057)
Radharani is the epitome of pure selfless service
2056)
Learning to not go up and down with life’s ups and downs – Gita 02.54-57
2055)
From love universal to bhakti confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism glories 4 – Relishing the transformational legacy of God’s greatness and sweetness
2054)
Understanding consciousness and its four levels – Jagruti, Svapna, Sushupti and Turya
2053)
From Love Universal to Bhakti Confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism Glories 3 – PEAR acronym for becoming a rasika
2052)
From Love Universal to Bhakti Confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism Glories 2 – How Karma and Jnana Culminate in Bhakti
2051)
Reincarnation and the Search for Meaning – Evidence, Explanation & Evolution
2050)
Kusum Sarovar meditation – Cherishing the culture rich with spiritual stimuli
2049)
The mind is not the problem – the mindset is
2048)
From love universal to bhakti confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism glories 1 – Understanding how love culminates in bhakti
2047)
Self-help, social help and spiritual help – understanding how they work together
2046)
Prabhupada life-story 02 – From political activist to spiritual activist
2045)
Gajendra Moksha Katha 5 – Which comes first – giving up lower taste or getting higher taste – Hindi
2044)
Gajendra Moksha Katha 4 – How age helps us become renounced – and how it doesn’t – Hindi
2043)
Gajendra Moksha Katha 3 – Understanding when to wield control and when to yield control – Hindi
2042)
Gajendra Moksha Katha 2 – Deviated spiritualists may lose the human body, but not their spiritual attraction – Hindi
2041)
The Blue Whale Challenge and the desperate human need for self-validation
2040)
LEAD acronym – 4 Leadership Sutras from Bhagavad-gita
2039)
Those who believe that their mind is their friend become their own enemies
2038)
DEEP acronym – What our phone can teach us about our mind
2037)
OASIS – Five reflections for self-improvement
2036)
Discover the Baahubali within you
2035)
Gajendra Moksha Katha 1 – Understanding how our mental impressions shape us – Hindi
2034)
4 lessons about our mind from our phone – Distortion, Discretion, Determination, Devotion
2033)
Live from #FB Bandstand Q&A on reincarnation with Chaitanya Charan Das
2032)
Akrura Katha 3 – Understanding cultural bhakti, philosophical bhakti, spiritual bhakti and Vraja bhakti
2031)
Prabhupada life-story 01 – A devotionally vibrant childhood
2030)
Meditation on Kaliya lila – Devotion grants access to a rich panorama of divine emotions
2029)
Akrura Katha 2 – Devotional disposition in association deepens our devotion
2028)
Akrura Katha 1 – When no one understands us, Krishna understands
2027)
Understanding our unprecedented vulnerability to temptation
2026)
Addressing the fear of war breaking out
2025)
Appreciating Balarama’s two blessings – Bala and Rama
2024)
Understanding the mind through four animal metaphors 2 – Dog & Sheep – Hindi
2023)
Understanding the mind through four animal metaphors 1 – Horse & Wolf – Hindi
2022)
Increasing our willpower through restriction, redirection and reconstruction – Hindi
2021)
Appreciating Balarama’s position, pastime and blessing – Hindi
2020)
Tap the power of thoughts, don’t be trapped by them – Hindi
2019)
To always remember Krishna practically means to remember that he is the controller of things outside our control – Hindi
2018)
God is not present less in the hearts of the godless Gita 15.15
2017)
Krishna is the trans-personal shelter of all the things that shelter us
July 2017
2016)
Response to “My daughter wants to become Sunny Leone”
2015)
Morality may be relativized, but the consequences of immoral indulgence can’t be relativized Gita 03.17
2014)
Spiritualizing our relationships 5 – Focus more on our intentions than on others’ dispositions
2013)
Acknowledging and regulating our passions – Wisdom on Wisdom 8
2012)
Don’t let the mind send the intelligence on a vacation
2011)
Our addictions originate not in uncontrollable desires but in unmet needs
2010)
Spiritualizing our relationships 4 – Accept yourself to relate better with others
2009)
We are never alone – we are always with our thoughts
2008)
When fantasy distracts us from reality, let reality distract us from fantasy
2007)
Metaphorical holy name meditations 2 – 3 ways the holy name stimulates deeper thought
2006)
Karma & Reincarnation radio show – English with Tamil translation
2005)
Adulation, distortion and denigration differentiate scientism from science
2004)
Spiritualizing our relationships 3 – Learning to separate people from their behavior
2003)
We are never too far away from relapse Gita 02.60
2002)
Understanding what is mental and what is spiritual
2001)
Reincarnation – From Romance to Research
2000)
Dealing with conflicts by dealing with the mind – Hindi
1999)
When passion gains domination, it sends reason on vacation
1998)
If we don’t direct contemplation, fascination and dedication to Krishna, wherever they get directed will become our addiction
1997)
Authenticity, Superficiality, Purity – Understanding the difference
1996)
For transmitting spiritual knowledge, cultivate fixity of purpose and flexibility of process
1995)
Learn to fail or fail to learn
1994)
Deflecting attention doesn’t decrease addiction – develop connection
1993)
How to surrender amidst different and difficult situations – Hindi
1992)
Appreciating India after traveling in America – Hindi
1991)
See the positive, not the negative, as the primary active force in the cosmos
1990)
Spiritualizing our relationships 2 – To improve relationships, decrease expectation and increase contribution
1989)
Our intelligence is our security system – don’t let temptation disable it Gita 02.63
1988)
Why crave for hours and years for pleasures that last for moments Gita 05.22
1987)
To say that philosophy is dead is to be dead to philosophy Gita 18.22
1986)
Whom are we giving our mind – Hindi
1985)
To evaluate devotion by its material benefits is like evaluating dancing by the distance covered Gita 02.44
June 2017
1984)
God refuses to be a co-dependent in our addiction
1983)
Mental weight can’t be wished away, but it can be worked away Gita 06.35
1982)
Be not judgmental but be not judgmentophobic either
1981)
Spiritualizing our relationships 1 – The more despiritualized we are, the more desensitized we become
1980)
Don’t let perfectionism come in the way of progress towards perfection Gita 02.14
1979)
Demystifying Reincarnation 11 – Consciousness – Intuitions that point beyond the brain
1978)
Demystifying Reincarnation 10 – Near Death Experiences – Conscious when unconscious?
1977)
Demography and spirituality
1976)
Understanding the five functions of intelligence
1975)
Use goodness to practice bhakti and correct our disconnect with reality
1974)
Ghosts, Spirits & Reincarnation – Understanding how the invisible affects the visible
1973)
The inner war is unavoidable Gita 03.43
1972)
Demystifying Reincarnation 9 – Near Death Experiences – Partial consciousness?
1971)
Demystifying Reincarnation 8 – Near Death Experiences – Hallucinations or Guesses?
1970)
Demystifying Reincarnation 7 – Past life memories – Fraud by investigators?
1969)
Demystifying Reincarnation 6 – Past-life memories – Frauds by parents?
1968)
Demystifying Reincarnation 5 – Astonishing birth marks and birth defects
1967)
Demystifying Reincarnation 4 – Past life memories – Guesses or Hyperboles?
1966)
Transformation is inevitable – positive transformation has to be intentional
1965)
To traverse the path to self-improvement, balance aspiration with awareness
1964)
Metaphorical Meditations on the Holy Name 1 – The Holy Name grounds consciousness in the source of its source
1963)
Be aware of not just the destination but also the starting point
1962)
Social Media Analysis 3 – Greater accessibility brings greater responsibility
1961)
Demystifying Reincarnation 3 – Past life memories – Any normal explanation?
1960)
Demystifying Reincarnation 2 – Hypnotically induced past life memories and Xenoglossy
1959)
Demystifying Reincarnation 1 – Incredible delusion or credible vision?
1958)
Analyzing Social Media 2 – How social is social media?
1957)
Seek not just the self – seek the soul Gita 02.21
1956)
Remembering Srila Prabhupada’s mood and sacrifice – Hindi
1955)
Tamal Krishna Maharaj books appreciation
1954)
Does beauty lie in the eye of the beholder – A Vedic Perspective
1953)
We can’t replace the mind, but we can re-place it
1952)
Analyzing various perceptions and conceptions of God
1951)
Reincarnation Research – Science, Pseudo-Science & Scientism
1950)
Reincarnation and the human quest for self-understanding
1949)
How to see God in this world
1948)
The possibility for self-improvement is reduced by materialism and expanded by spirituality Gita 18.60
1947)
Study the Gita for understanding it, not undermining it
1946)
Spiritualizing our relationships – Hindi
1945)
Scripture is a torch to see the world, a mirror to see the self and a window to see God
1944)
World Religions – From Bhakti Universal to Bhakti Confidential
1943)
Understanding who is the doer – Analyzing instincts, impulses and intelligence
1942)
Once we slip down a slope, we can’t control how far we slip down Gita 03.36
1941)
The mind can make a soldier into a deserter or even a betrayer Gita 05.22
1940)
Meta-thinking is vital for fruitful thinking Gita 14.23
1939)
Light to see the world – Science, Spirituality and Life’s Big Questions
1938)
Don’t waste your mental energy on people on whom you won’t waste your time Gita 11.55
1937)
Address misery first by recognizing its fundamental cause then its circumstantial cause Gita 09.33
1936)
Don’t give your enemies weapons to beat you with Gita 03.36
1935)
Ask not how could he have done that – ask what is to be done next Gita 03.39
1934)
World Religions 3 – Islam – Beyond the politically correct and the politically incorrect to the philosophically correct
1933)
World Religions 2 – Christianity – Beyond authoritarian and humanitarian religion to transcendence
1932)
World Religions 1 – Appreciating religious diversity amidst spiritual universality
1931)
Analyzing Social Media 1 – What it does for us and what it does to us
1930)
Devotion, renunciation and aversion are differentiated by the direction of emotion
1929)
Dumbness is not inability to understand gibberish – it is inability to see gibberish for what it is Gita 18.63
1928)
Gita 14.11 Don’t chase the objects in perception – clean the doors of perception
1927)
Gita 16.08 Materialism strips not only the other world of reality but also this world of meaning
1926)
Gita 08.20 Those who reject a world beyond this world sentence themselves to pointless business in this world
1925)
How to cultivate positive thinking in bhakti
1924)
Gita 18.58 Devotion brings the inner morale to combat outer problems
1923)
Gita 16.11 Technology is not just the provider of facility – it is also the shaper of mentality
1922)
Gita 14.04 Dialogue requires methodological humility
1921)
Gita 14.11 Our mind can be a transmitter, distorter or reflector of our consciousness
1920)
Gita 01.46 – When emotions block our consciousness, Gita wisdom removes the blockage
1919)
Gita 16.24 Religious tolerance is better fostered by deeper religious adherence than by greater religious indifference
May 2017
1918)
Gita 09.14 The claim – religion is an agreeable illusion – is atheists’ agreeable illusion
1917)
Gita 16.09 Developing better HD streaming may be individually meaningful but consuming what is streamed is hardly ever so
1916)
Gita 14.04 Social reform needs to be founded in spiritual reform
1915)
Gita 18.63 The call to the heart complements the call to the head
1914)
Gita 15.10 The scientific torchlight shows matter clearly, consciousness hazily and God not at all
1913)
Gita 16.24 Absolute Knowledge doesn’t have to be dogmatic and open-mindedness doesn’t have to relativize everything
1912)
Gita 18.37 Freedom without framework is paralyzing, not liberating
1911)
Gita 18.38 Don’t be so caught in choosing the right seat as to fail to choose the right train
1910)
Gita 17.01 Worldviews are meant to be vision-enhancers, not vision-diminishers
1909)
Gita 17.16 Purity has to be cultivated as an austerity before it can be savored as a state
1908)
To change vision, change intention by study and association
1907)
Gita 14.11 Inner illumination helps us to separate observation from evaluation
1906)
Gita 16.11 Use developed human consciousness to decrease material fears, not increase them
1905)
Understanding Destiny 2 – Destiny determines the scope of our free will, not our free will
1904)
Understanding Destiny 1 – What is pre-determined and what isn’t
1903)
Kali Yuga predictions – Superficiality, Audacity, Anxiety, Spirituality
1902)
Gita 18.22 – Rise from tunnel vision through funnel vision
1901)
Krishna is our protector, even when he seems to be the afflictor
1900)
Bhagavatam study 1.13.1-7 – The detachment that fosters attachment to Krishna
1899)
Spiritual Perspectives on Material Beauty – 2 – Should we be disgusted with the body?
1898)
Gita 13.13 Bhakti wisdom frames our knowledge and our need for knowledge within our aspiration for eternity
1897)
Bhakti-yoga is the balancer of our emotional and rational sides
1896)
Managing stress coming from disorganization, disposition, destiny and decision
1895)
Spiritual Perspectives on Material Beauty 1 – Bring out each other’s higher side, not lower side
1894)
Appreciating bhakti as a spiritual science
1893)
Gita 13.08 – Disrespecting ourselves doesn’t make us humble – respecting something bigger than ourselves does
1892)
From Maya to Lila 2 – The desired may be an illusion, the desirer isn’t
1891)
From Maya to Lila 1 – Illusion originates not in the object, but in the subject
1890)
How to develop our relationship with Krishna
1889)
How hurt people hurt people 2 – Learning to process our emotions before acting on them
1888)
How hurt people hurt people 1 – Karna Character Analysis
1887)
From Grudging to Gratitude QA 2
1886)
From Grudging to Gratitude QA 1
1885)
From Grudging to Gratitude 4 – Forgiving internally and externally by focusing on Krishna
1884)
From Grudging to Gratitude 3 – Learn to re-interpret reality devotionally
1883)
From Grudging to Gratitude 2 – See beyond the immediate cause of suffering
1882)
From Grudging to Gratitude 1 – Grudging is like driving with brakes pressed
1881)
From will and power to willpower
1880)
Gita 10.6 See genealogy as an arena for manifesting Krishna,s actions in this world
1879)
SIMHA acronym – Glories of Prahlada and Narasimha
1878)
Gita 18.38 Contact of senses and sense objects is not just physical but also visual
1877)
Reincarnation – Myth or Reality with Spanish Translation
1876)
The Karma Conundrum – Does our destiny make us or do we make it?
1875)
Select emotions with intelligence – Hindi
1874)
Cultivating the strength to let go
1873)
Gita 02.08 Don’t let comforts lure you away from life’s purpose
1872)
Gita Essence 3 – The transformational power of love – World-knowledge as the vehicle for love
1871)
Attitude in outreach 2 – Explain the philosophy before the morality – Be respectfully compassionate
1870)
Attitude in outreach 1 – Present the product before the process – Be a role model
1869)
Gita Essence 2 – The transformational power of love – God-knowledge as the fuel for love
1868)
Gita 18.78 Human excellence and divine omnipotence herald victory
1867)
Gita 01.42 Today’s war against family increases self-centeredness and obstructs spiritual growth
1866)
Gita 18.22 – A truncated representation of reality is not reality
1865)
Gita Essence 1- The transformational power of love – Self-knowledge as the basis of love
1864)
Baahubali – A Spiritual Perspective
1863)
Gita 16.24 – The transition from description to prescription requires discretion
1862)
How free is our free will?
1861)
Meditation on Niagara Falls
1860)
Science-Religion QA
1859)
From mindless accumulation to mindful realization
1858)
Being religiously spiritual in a multi-cultural world
1857)
Gita 02.58 Inevitable exposure to sense objects is different from initiated or instigated exposure
1856)
Gita 16.09 All truth-claims are power-claims – This is also a truth-claim and a power-claim
1855)
9 forms of devotional service part 2 – Pada Sevanam Archanam Vandanam Dasyam Sakhyam Atma-Nivedanam
1854)
9 forms of devotional service part 1 – Shravanam Kirtanam Smaranam
1853)
Why spirituality matters – scientific, ethical and relational perspectives
April 2017
1852)
Baahubali – A Spiritual Perspective
1851)
Focus on life’s big why, not everyday’s small whys
1850)
Gita 14.26 – Bhakti is both a state and a process
1849)
Gita 18.63 – Don’t sway others – inspire them
1848)
Gita 14.05 – The modes comprise objective reality and color subjective perception
1847)
Understanding how Krishna is everything and controls everything even amidst worldly sufferings
1846)
Cultivate aversion to faultfinding
1845)
Seek not a pleasure-filled life; seek a purpose-filled life
1844)
Seek not a problem-free life – seek a purpose-filled life
1843)
Lessons in love from Krishna-gopis relationship
1842)
Knowing when to endeavor and when to surrender
1841)
Choosing our mental battles
1840)
Reincarnation – Reality, Rationality, Opportunity
1839)
Misunderstandings spread like cancer – beware
1838)
To master the mind, become conscious of your consciousness
1837)
Focus on the Bhagavatam’s universal purpose beyond its specific details – invest one’s emotions in Krishna, not the world
1836)
Overcome anxiety by focusing on state of thoughts, not state of things
1835)
Self-control Strategies – Contemporary analysis of Nectar of Instruction Text 1
1834)
Don’t hear the mind’s story – hear Krishna’s story
1833)
Let incidental dissatisfaction trigger existential dissatisfaction
1832)
PURE acronym – 4 attitudes for progressing in spiritual life
1831)
Romanticizing Reincarnation – The danger of divorcing knowledge from its purpose
1830)
Reincarnation – what explains it and what it explains
1829)
Focus on the best in the past, be present in the present and shape the future
1828)
QA with children on Ramayana-Mahabharata
1827)
Go beyond fight or flight to sight
1826)
Overcoming resentment amidst difficult situations
1825)
Managing the mind – we control, Krishna converts
1824)
Maintaining standards while cultivating sensitivity
1823)
Channeling our dissatisfaction constructively
1822)
IDEA acronym – The Bhagavad-gita in essence
1821)
Focus on conscious intention, not circumstantial emotion
1820)
Anxiety Management
1819)
Our material needs are like painkillers – necessary but not sufficient
1818)
Understanding how karma provides justice and Krishna provides mercy
1817)
“The Holy Name is everything” – how to appreciate and apply this
1816)
Understanding how dharma culminates in prema
1815)
Materialism makes material life joyless and pointless
1814)
Inner power means to act intelligently, not impulsively
1813)
Spirituality changes how we perceive, process and pursue
1812)
QA with Central New Jersey devotees
1811)
Ram Navmi class – Learn from Rama’s concern for others’ distress instead of his own distress (Ramayana)
1810)
5 reflections for reconciling science and scripture
1809)
From misunderstanding to understanding – Rama katha 4
1808)
QA on Living spiritually in today’s world
1807)
From misunderstanding to understanding – Rama katha 3
1806)
From misunderstanding to understanding – Rama katha 2
1805)
From misunderstanding to understanding – Rama katha 1
1804)
Two lives, one purpose
March 2017
1803)
External miracles don’t change us – internal choices do
1802)
Consciousness – our under-used inner power
1801)
Chatur Shloki Bhagavatam
1800)
QA with Boston-Seattle devotees
1799)
Spirituality in the age of Science (Science – Modern)
1798)
Are we forgetting the key downstairs?
1797)
What your phone can teach you about your mind 4 – Let bhakti change your memory
1796)
What your phone can teach you about your mind 3 – Check your energy drainers
1795)
Cultivate aggressive gratitude
1794)
What your phone can teach you about your mind 2 – Hardware improvement doesn’t solve software problems
1793)
What your phone can teach you about your mind 1 – Deal with your default settings maturely
1792)
Seek self-affirmation through what you do for others, not what others do for you
1791)
Redefining freedom
1790)
Taking responsibility for our spiritual advancement
1789)
Go beyond testing Krishna to tasting Krishna
1788)
Can we love someone whom we hate?
1787)
Chances, Changes, Choices – Making Life’s Big Decisions
1786)
The cause of fanaticism is not excessive devotion, but inadequate devotion
1785)
Matters that matter more than matter
1784)
Understanding what is our quota in material life – 2
1783)
Resist the temptation to be discouraged
1782)
Learn to see the material and the spiritual as cumulative, not competitive
1781)
Understanding what is our quota in material life – 1
1780)
Demystifying Reincarnation
1779)
Changing the default settings of our mind
1778)
MIND the MIND
1777)
Redirecting our desires and our speech towards Krishna
1776)
Do we make our destiny or are we made by our destiny?
1775)
Lord Chaitanya demonstrates that the heart is higher than the head
1774)
Can we be spiritual but not religious?
1773)
Relishing Shikshashtakam – Appreciating how meditation on the holy name blossoms to meditation on Krishna
1772)
Spirituality in the age of science – The hard problem of consciousness
1771)
Balancing intensity and sensitivity in bhakti – Learning from HH Radhanath Maharaj’s example
1770)
Overcoming our mental energy drainers
1769)
Are we the makers of our destiny?
1768)
QA session with Dallas congregation
1767)
QA session with Dallas youth
1766)
Devotion as sentiment, commitment and attainment
1765)
Significance of Chatur-Shloki Gita – Location, Content & Import
1764)
Be not fretful or fearful – be faithful
1763)
Understanding attachment, detachment, commitment 3 – Devotion as emotion, disposition and cultivation
1762)
Understanding attachment, detachment, commitment 2 – Detachment is not hardheartedness – it is levelheadedness
1761)
Understanding attachment, detachment, commitment 1 – Frustration is not renunciation
1760)
Analyzing Near Death Experiences – Has the white crow been spotted?
1759)
Go beyond the painkiller of karma-kanda or modern science to the curative medicine of bhakti
February 2017
1758)
Growing from grudges to gratitude – Bhagavatam 10.14.8
1757)
Overcoming obstacles 8 – Focus less on detachment from the world and more on attachment to Krishna – part 2
1756)
Overcoming obstacles 7 – Focus less on detachment from the world and more on attachment to Krishna – part 1
1755)
Overcoming obstacles 6 – Focus not on how the world sees you, but on how you see the world – part 2
1754)
Overcoming obstacles 5 – Focus not on how the world sees you, but on how you see the world – part 1
1753)
Overcoming obstacles 4 – Let intelligence be your minister, not your master – part 2
1752)
Overcoming obstacles 3 – Let intelligence be your minister, not your master – part 1
1751)
Overcoming obstacles 2 – Focus not on rejecting desire, but on selecting desire – part 2
1750)
Overcoming obstacles 1 – Focus not on rejecting desire, but on selecting desire – part 1
1749)
The eye to see the I
1748)
Tap your inner power by understanding your inner hierarchy – Gita 03.42
1747)
Applying spiritual wisdom to persevere through senseless suffering
1746)
Bring out the best within, not the beast within
January 2017
1745)
Dealing with provocative people
1744)
Strengthen relationships by tolerating others’ indiscretions
1743)
2016 in review – Seeing global political upheavals philosophically
1742)
Dhoni’s stepping down and seeing the big picture
1741)
Let life give new eyes to see old relationships – Wisdom on Wisdom 7
1740)
No place in the world is pain-free – Wisdom on Wisdom 6
1739)
Pain is new for the sufferer, old for the observer – Wisdom on Wisdom 5
1738)
Pleasure is a smooth-talking lawyer – Wisdom on Wisdom 4
1737)
The future is in the future, not the past – Wisdom on Wisdom 3
1736)
What we are is God’s gift to us – what we become is our gift to God
December 2016
1735)
What’s new about the New Atheists – and what isn’t
1734)
Counter the cancer of workaholism
1733)
Facebook live QA 4
1732)
Facebook live QA 3
1731)
Facebook live QA 2
1730)
Paranormal phenomena and spirituality
1729)
No place in the world is pain-free – Wisdom on Wisdom series
1728)
Christmas – A meditation for raising human consciousness
1727)
Appreciating Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura’s historic contributions in historical context
November 2016
1726)
What cricket can teach us about life 3
1725)
What cricket can teach us about life 2
1724)
What cricket can teach us about life 1
1723)
Why Rama banished Sita – Hindi
1722)
Counter the inner negative conversation of doubt and desire
1721)
Appreciating Srila Prabhupada’s transcendence in sharing bhakti
1720)
Appreciating the devotional despair of Damodarashtakam
1719)
Appreciating Tattva Sandarbha
October 2016
1718)
Diwali meditation on Science and spirituality
1717)
Pressing on when things don’t make sense
1716)
Near death experiences demystified
1715)
Spirituality for caregivers
1714)
How Rama tests Bharata – and how we can pass the test of desires
1713)
Learning to manage our desires – Gita 02.64-72
1712)
Sumanta-Akrura parallels and ADD acronym for dealing with doubts
1711)
Rasa Lila or rash lila 2- The historical misunderstanding
1710)
Rasa Lila or rash lila 1- The philosophical misunderstanding
1709)
Tap the triangularity of desires through good association
1708)
Understanding why Rama banished Sita
1707)
“Proactive Leadership” talk at UDELAS Universidad Especializada de las Américas
1706)
Respond to adversity with dignity
1705)
Your enemy is inside you – and so is your friend – with Spanish translation
1704)
Tap the power of your mind – with Spanish translation
1703)
Key to success – Go DEEP
1702)
Proactive Leadership – with Spanish translation
1701)
Discover your inner power – with Spanish translation
1700)
What dogs, birds and elephants teach us about our habits – with Spanish translation
1699)
What happens after death
1698)
What your phone can teach you about your mind
1697)
Activate the grand rapid flow of bhakti by restructing your mental architecture
1696)
A Bhagavad-gita view of religious diversity
1695)
Tap the power of consciousness
1694)
QA on Bhagavad-gita and bhakti philosophy
1693)
Matters that matter more than matter – Origin, value & purpose
1692)
Mahabharata 3 – Karna – Deciding based on intent, content or effect
1691)
Look at the mind before you look with the mind
1690)
Science vs Religion – Talk & QA
1689)
What near death experiences mean for all of us
1688)
Examining our definition of happiness
1687)
Mahabharata 2 – Draupadi – Dishonored yet honorable
1686)
Learning to change our rasa from the world to Krishna
1685)
Mahabharata 1 – Bhishma – Misunderstood by the world, understood by Krishna
1684)
Four animal metaphors for managing the mind – horse, wolf, dog and sheep
1683)
Understand your machine to relish your self
1682)
Consciousness, the subconscious and conscience – understanding and transforming our inner world
1681)
Analyzing Nanda-Vasudeva conversation – Destiny is never an excuse for neglecting duty
1680)
Understanding the Bhagavatam’s chronological and conceptual flow
1679)
Seek not moments of bhakti – seek momentum in bhakti
1678)
Don’t identify with the mind – identify the mind
1677)
Seek the synergy of siddhanta, sadhana and sadachara
1676)
Channeling our emotions on the path of yoga – Gita 06.20-23
September 2016
1675)
Discover your inner power
1674)
Chatur Shloki Bhagavatam 2 – Understanding inconceivability as an explanation for the world’s nature
1673)
The search for happiness
1672)
Chatur Shloki Bhagavatam 1 – Understanding God is all that exists
1671)
Spirituality in an age of science – Maximizing human potential
1670)
Spirituality in an age of science – Managing the messy mind
1669)
Tragic Hero – Life Lessons from Karna – Princeton University
1668)
The quest for happiness is frustrated materially and fulfilled spiritually
1667)
God helps those who help themselves – Common understanding, misunderstanding and devotional understanding
1666)
Holy Name seminar – Becoming conscious of our consciousnss, our distractions and our Lord
1665)
Transform anxiety into intensity by spirituality
1664)
Focus not on the cause – focus on the cure
1663)
Near-death Experiences – The evidence and the implication
1662)
Spirituality – A higher-dimensional science
1661)
Take charge of your inner conversation
1660)
Balancing renunciation with responsibility
1659)
Growing in devotion through assimilation, application and appreciation
1658)
Discover your inner power
1657)
The Quest for Happiness
1656)
Self-destruction Strategies Series
1655)
Religious tolerance, intolerance and transcendence – Reflections on Haridasa Thakura pastimes
1654)
Matters that matter more than matter
1653)
When the mind cries wolf, don’t fall for its bluff
1652)
Make Krishna the rest for the restless mind
1651)
Responding maturely to unfair criticism
1650)
What science can’t provide – and spirituality can
1649)
Do we need spirituality in an age of science?
1648)
Your worst enemy is inside you and so is your best friend
1647)
Understanding how bhakti-rasa reclaims those who fall away
1646)
Radhashtami class – Appreciating the transcendence of the Radha-Krishna relationship
1645)
Radhashtami class – When Krishna leaves the gopis and Radharani during rasa lila
1644)
Understanding the mind through tech metaphors
1643)
Shikshashtakam – 12-part series at Alachua
1642)
Understanding the practicality of karmany evadhikaraste (Gita 02.47)
1641)
Shikshashtakam 12 Text 8 Radharani manifests the highest summit of love
1640)
Shikshashtakam 11 Text 7 Treasure devotional memories to propel your devotion
1639)
Shikshashtakam 10 Text 6 Curb sentimentality but cherish sentiments
1638)
Shikshashtakam 9 Text 5 The subtle interplay of endeavor and grace in bhakti
1637)
Shikshashtakam 8 Text 4 Let your bhakti be Krishna-centered, not renunciation-centered
1636)
Shikshashtakam 7 Text 3 Tolerance means to call off our war with reality
1635)
Shikshashtakam 6 Text 3 Humility means to not let our ego interfere with our purpose
1634)
Shikshashtakam 5 Text 2 The mysterious non-difference of Krishna and his holy name
1633)
Shikshashtakam 4 Text 1 From the partial nectar to the complete nectar
1632)
Shikshashtakam 3 Text 1 The flower metaphor for the blossoming of consciousness
1631)
Shikshashtakam 2 Text 1 The mind as a window, a TV screen and a mirror
1630)
Shikshashtakam 1 Overview and flow of the ashtakam
1629)
The point of this world is to point beyond this world
August 2016
1628)
Gita Leadership Sutras 5-10
1627)
Gita Leadership Sutras 2-4
1626)
Gita Leadership Sutras Intro & Sutra 1
1625)
Krishna is universal yet personal – Janmasthami meditation 3
1624)
Krishna teaches “Prepare for the worst, strive for the best” – Janmasthami meditation 2
1623)
Krishna teaches “Contribution without position” – Janmasthami meditation 1
1622)
Krishna descends to elevate us to happiness – Janmashtami class (Hindi)
1621)
Self-destruction Strategies 5 – See your work as Maya
1620)
Self-destruction strategies 4 – Let guilt come between you and Krishna
1619)
Self-destruction strategies 3 – Treat the peripheral as the essential
1618)
Self-destruction strategies 2 – Be a perfectionist
1617)
Self destruction Strategies 1 – Mistake self-pity to be humility
1616)
QA on balancing the material and the spiritual
1615)
When God fails – Krishna as shanti-duta
1614)
Bhagavatam canto 6 study 6 6.4.1-34 The pure heart is the secret to know the pure Lord
1613)
Aversion to commitment is not detachment
1612)
Balaram Jayanti class – Balaram acts as the via media between Krishna and the Vrajavasis as well as the conditioned souls
1611)
Understanding how to understand scripture – Ladder of abstraction and nature of attribution
1610)
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
1609)
Gita Insights on Terrorism
1608)
Learning to live with the mind – 2
1607)
Learning to live with the mind 1 – Gita 6.27-36
1606)
Making our outreach relevant
1605)
Practicing humility in a culture of promotion
July 2016
1604)
Bhagavatam canto 6 study 4 – 2.32-3.11 Boost inner resolution with external facilitation
1603)
Bhagavatam canto 6 study 3 – 6.2.1-28 Bhakti’s potency is not a license for immorality
1602)
Bhagavatam canto 6 study 2 – 6.1.28-68 Lust is not gender-specific – it troubles everyone
1601)
Stimulate desired emotions through right setting
1600)
Bhagavatam canto 6 study 1 – 6.1.1-27 Nothing purifies as thoroughly as bhakti
1599)
Bhagavatam study 65 1.13.19-23 Vidura’s words hit Dhritarashtra where it hurts the most
1598)
Bhagavatam study 64 1.13.9-18 Fulfilling purpose is more important than just sharing information
1597)
Bhagavatam study 63 1.13.1-8 Periods of distress can forge the deepest bonds
1596)
Bhagavatam study 62 1.12.30-36 The Bhagavatam’s lens focuses on separation from Krishna
1595)
Bhagavatam study 61 1.12.21-29 The prophecy of a glorious death is not inauspicious
1594)
Shikshashtakam 7 – Go beyond sentimentality to spiritual sentiments
1593)
Bhagavatam study 60 1.12.12-20 The carrier of the dynasty was to the glory of the dynasty
1592)
Bhagavatam study 59 1.12.1-11 Parikshit had magnificent darshan even before birth
1591)
Bhagavatam study 58 1.11.32-39 Krishna seemed attached but remained detached
1590)
Bhagavatam study 57 1.11.25-32 Krishna’s beauty is exquisite and exquisitely described
1589)
Bhagavatam study 56 1.11.14-24 The spiritual qualification of bhakti unites the materially qualified and unqualified
1588)
Bhagavatam study 55 1.11.8-13 Prosperity without Krishna is like beautiful things for the blind
1587)
Bhagavatam study 54 1.11.1-7 Krishna’s arrival brings ecstasy
1586)
Bhagavatam study 53 1.10.28-36 Krishna’s departure and travel are celebrations of love
1585)
Bhagavatam study 52 1.10.21-27 The Supreme appears human – and still remains Supreme
1584)
Bhagavatam study 51 1.10.9-20 Imminent separation from Krishna triggers intense emotion
1583)
Metaphorical understanding in bhakti philosophy and in Krishna’s killing of Putana
1582)
Bhagavatam study 50 1.10.1-8 Yudhishtira’s dharmic reign harmonizes the natural order with the human order
1581)
Bhagavatam study 49 1.9.43-48 Departure of great souls is a victory worthy of celebration
1580)
Bhagavatam study 48 1.9.36-42 Bhishma’s memories go beyond the personal to the Krishna-centered
June 2016
1579)
Bhagavatam study 47 1.9.31-35 Bhishma identifies and adores the ultimate cause of his death
1578)
Prahlad sees his glory as bhakti’s glory
1577)
Cultivating absorption through conviction
1576)
In scriptural study, be not just faithful but also purposeful
1575)
Shikshashtakam 6 – Calling for mercy elevates us from our fallen condition
1574)
Self excellence principles from Bhagavad Gita
1573)
Learning to lose our faith in illusion
1572)
Three types of austerities – Gita 17.14-16 (Hindi)
1571)
Surrender is not just exalted sentiment but also practical action – Gita 18.66
1570)
Science and spirituality are harmonizable
1569)
Shikshashtakam 5 – Channel the avalanche of desire
1568)
Give people space to grow in their faith
1567)
Austerity is meant to focus desire, not kill desire
1566)
Devotion is a progression from our past, not a rejection of the past
1565)
What exactly is the eternal treasure of bhakti (Hindi)
1564)
Unravelling the Mystery of Karma with QA
1563)
The spiritual is beyond the social, national cultural and traditional
1562)
Anant Gita ke do anta – Gita 18.63-78
1561)
Western philosophers and Bhagavad-gita 1 – Beyond Cartesian duality
1560)
Parashurama avatar – Brahmana, kshatriya and post-kshatriya phases
1559)
Self-determination and denial of destiny characterize modernity
May 2016
1558)
Bhagavatam study 46 1.9.25-30 Bhishma’s departure is glorious in every way
1557)
Bhagavatam study 45 1.9.17-24 By doing the Lord’s will, we understand his benevolence
1556)
Bhagavatam study 44 1.9.11-16 Concern for others’ suffering decreases our own suffering
1555)
Shikshashtakam 3 – Humility and tolerance empower us to focus on our purpose
1554)
Bhagavatam study 43 1.9.1-10 The experts adjust contextual practices to fulfill essential purpose
1553)
Bhagavatam study 42 1.8.45-52 Yudhisthira argues against his blamelessness
1552)
Bhagavatam study 41 1.8.38-44 Devotional prayers take us towards pure devotion
1551)
Bhagavatam study 40 1.8.32-37 The unborn takes birth to end our rebirth
1550)
Bhagavatam study 39 1.8.26-31 Krishna-lila can be understood through love
1549)
Prahlad Prayers 5 Those who cherish the spiritual can channel the material
1548)
Prahlad Prayers 4 Upward mobility can’t save us from mortality
1547)
Prahlad Prayers 3 Linking manisha with Hrshikesha makes us manisha
1546)
Prahlad Prayers 2 The damsel in distress redefines distress
1545)
Prahlad Prayers 1 Krishna’s glorification is for our purification, not our glorification
1544)
The dual dimensions of artha
1543)
Bhagavatam study 38 1.8.23-25 Material adversity makes spiritual opportunity a necessity
1542)
Gita 15.20 Using the knowledge and devotion we presently have propels us symbiotically towards life’s perfection
1541)
Bhagavatam study 37 1.8.17-22 The prayer progresses from philosophical to personal
1540)
Gita 15.19 Bhakti is not non-intellectual or anti-intellectual – it is trans-intellectual
1539)
Bhagavatam study 36 1.8.1-16 – What is materially impossible is possible for Krishna
1538)
Gita 15.18 Fragmentation is not the cause of illusion, disharmonization is
1537)
Make your own destiny 3
1536)
Make your own destiny 2
1535)
Make your own destiny 1
1534)
Gita 15.17 Liberation is not just elevation out of illusion but also connection with the supreme reality
1533)
Gita 15.16 Purification means to change our emotional center
1532)
Gita 15.15 The purpose of perceiving the spiritual through the material is to perceive the spiritual in its own right
1531)
Gita 15.14 The world’s origin and operation points requires something beyond the world
1530)
Gita 15.13 The existence of multiple factors congenial to our existence points to transcendence
1529)
Gita 15.12 We need the eyes to see what our eyes need to see
1528)
PRAY acronym: Revisiting our conceptions about praying
1527)
Gita 15.11 What we see depends on what we want to see
1526)
Gita 15.10 We need knowledge to see our vulnerability in material existence
1525)
Seek artha in both its senses – wealth and meaning
1524)
Gita 15.09 The mind makes chasing mirages the soul’s tragic habit
1523)
Gita 15.08 The essence of growth is evolution in our conception of life
1522)
Gita 15.07 Even when the mind is directed by the senses, it still directs the senses
1521)
Gita 15.06 The spiritual world is self-luminous and its luminosity is malleable to Krishna’s will
1520)
The pointlessness of atheism
1519)
Gita 15.05 Surrender means to give up everything for Krishna – even the feeling of hopelessness
1518)
Gita 15.04 The Personal Absolute is not a way to transcendence – he is the summit of transcendence
1517)
Gita 15.03 Detachment cuts not the world but our own attachment to the world
1516)
Gita 15.02 We are bound by action and knowledge can guide us to action that leads to liberation
1515)
Naam Ramayana – Pride induces and perpetuates misjudgment
1514)
Gita 15.01 The metaphor of the upside-down tree points to the reality beyond the reflection
April 2016
1513)
You came, you gave, you conquered – Appreciating Srila Prabhupada’s mercy
1512)
Naam Ramayana – When the supreme appears to be deluded, that appearance is a delusion
1511)
Naam Ramayana – Disciplining is not punishing
1510)
Naam Ramayana – Devotion requires no qualification except the desire to serve
1509)
Naam Ramayana – The supreme blesser blesses and is blessed
1508)
Naam Ramayana – The all-pure purifies at multiple levels – tangible and intangible
1507)
Naam Ramayana – Our worldview shapes our responses to the world’s ups and downs
1506)
Gita 14.27 Brahman refers not just to the impersonal spiritual but also the generically spiritual
1505)
Gita 14.26 Health is a product of medication but it is also a precondition for medication
1504)
Varahadeva – Bhakti theology goes far beyond zoomorphism
1503)
Gita 14.25 As long as we are materially motivated, we will be materially agitated
1502)
Gita 14.24 To be equipoised, be situated in the self, not in the world
1501)
Shakespeare seen in the light of the bhakti tradition
1500)
Gita 14.23 We are not our scars, be they physical or emotional
1499)
The cause of temptation lies inside not outside
1498)
Gita 14.22 Be a non-judgemental non-committal observer of your emotions
1497)
Gita 14.21 When the disease is subtle, we need education to perceive the symptoms of sickness and health
1496)
Improving our chanting – Hindi
1495)
Gita 14.20 Those who transcend the modes transcend miseries
1494)
Bhagavatam highlights devotion through recollection in separation
1493)
QA in Nasik 2 April 2016
1492)
QA in Nasik 1 April 2016
1491)
Gita 14.19 Seeing that our actions are impelled by the modes inspires us to resist the desires induced by the modes
1490)
Gita 14.18 Goodness leads to elevation, passion to stagnation, ignorance to degradation
1489)
Gita 14.17 Different modes foster different emotions, dispositions and destinations
1488)
Appreciating Rama’s appreciation of Lakshmana – Ramanavmi class
1487)
Rama: Fact, not Fiction
1486)
Gita 14.16 Piety purifies, craving torments and intoxication stupefies
1485)
Gita 14.15 The modes are not just psychological constructs, they are also post-mortem destination shapers
1484)
Don’t be attached to being detached
1483)
Gita 14.14 A disposition of knowledge and purity elevates to the destination of the knowledgeable and the pure
1482)
Gita 14.13 The mode of ignorance block us in both contemplation and action
1481)
Gita 14.12 Desires that drive us with the lure of pleasure are insatiable
1480)
How can we avoid feeling disheartened on hearing exalted levels of devotion?
1479)
Don’t let your fears block you
1478)
Abrahamic and impersonalist misconceptions about Krishna’s position
1477)
Gita 14.11 Illumination of knowledge regulates the input and output through the doorways of the senses
1476)
Gita 14.10 The modes are neither in segregation nor in integration but are in competition
1475)
Learning when and how to forgive
1474)
Gita 14.09 The longer a pleasure lasts, the greater its lure
1473)
Near Death Experiences – Where science points to spirituality
1472)
Gita 14.08 The mode of ignorance begins with not knowing and leads to false knowing
1471)
How can we neglect the mind when it obsesses on the very object we want to avoid?
1470)
Angada’s journey – Unity within begets unity without
1469)
Sugriva’s journey from doubt to faith
1468)
Gita 14.07 Passion is composed of attachment, gives rise to craving and binds us to work
1467)
The Gita is elevating and accommodating – Overview of chapters 1-12
1466)
QA session at Perth
1465)
The earth-bound are dearth-bound
1464)
Appreciating Krishna’s love for us
1463)
Disproportionate punishment can be atrocious – Ashwattama pastime analysis 2
1462)
Understanding Krishna’s position and disposition from the Gita and the Mahabharata
1461)
Is constantly thinking about death psychologically damaging?
1460)
Gita 14.06 Anything that keeps us away from realizing our spirituality is binding, even if it is illuminating
1459)
Gita 14.05 Modes are a combination of matter that trigger emotion which matter in isolation doesnt
1458)
Gita 14.04 The seed-giving father is also the soul-attracting liberator
1457)
Gita 14.03 We determine our bodies and our bodies determine us
1456)
Gita 14.02 Death can’t be avoided, but affliction due to death can be
1455)
Faith is essential in daily life, science – and spiritual life
1454)
Different levels of seeing Krishna
1453)
Beware of the temptation to punish 1- Ashwattama pastime analysis
1452)
Gita 14.01 The Gita uses diverse frames of analysis to reiterate its consistent conclusion
March 2016
1451)
Discover Your Inner Power
1450)
Understanding the purpose of explicit language in scripture
1449)
Two ways to realization: as sudden illumination and as gradual awakening
1448)
Vritrasura lila analysis 2 – The heroic leader and the hidden devotee
1447)
The mind is a monkey that makes us a donkey
1446)
Vritrasura lila analysis 1 – The setting for the stunning twist in the storyline
1445)
Krishna is realer than reality
1444)
Concluding QA session in Dharma to Prema Retreat
1443)
Overcoming discouragement in life
1442)
Understanding the many forms of surrender
1441)
Mapping our inner territory – Anartha nivritti explained from Madhuraya Kadambini
1440)
Understanding karma dharma and destiny
1439)
From dharma to prema
1438)
GAURA acronym – 5 glorious qualities of Lord Chaitanya
1437)
How faith contributes to harmony – Multi-faith meeting
1436)
Gaura Purnima lecture – Lord Chaitanya manifested the three internal reasons for his descent in his Ratha-yatra lila
1435)
Gita 13.35 Knowledge helps us perceive and achieve spiritual reality
1434)
Gita 13.34 Consciousness can be the channel to illumination – and to illusion too
1433)
Gita 13.33 The soul is not entangled, but the mind is
1432)
Bhakti is an experiential science
1431)
Pray not to get things done but to connect with Krishna
1430)
Cultivating non-judgmental attitude 3
1429)
Gita 13.32 The soul is situated in the body, but its consciousness doesn’t have to imprisoned in the body
1428)
Cultivating non-judgmental attitude 2
1427)
Beyond sentimentality to sentiments
1426)
Gita 13.31 See variety not as illusion above the unity but as emanation from the unity
1425)
Gita 13.30 The soul is not the doer of the activities impelled by the body
1424)
Gita 13.29 See beyond people’s particular actions to Krishna’s universal positive intention
1423)
You are bigger than your habits
1422)
Cultivating non-judgmental attitude 1
1421)
Gita 13.28 To see that which is critical to see is to really see
1420)
Devotion amidst persecution – Lord Chaitanya delivers Chand Kazi part 3
1419)
Gita 13.27 See beyond functional categorization to philosophical comprehension
1418)
Gita 13.26 Hearing directs us to destination immortality
1417)
Harmonizing our spiritual and material lives
1416)
Uddhava Gita nectar 4 – Understanding the different gopis’ varying understandings of Krishna
1415)
Appreciating Gaudiya Vaishnavism 3 – Srila Prabhupada made the transcendental practical
1414)
Chatur Shloki Bhagavatam 4 – Understanding human intelligence
1413)
How are scriptures relevant today
1412)
Uddhava Gita nectar 3 – The gopis’ ecstatic samadhi
1411)
Uddhava Gita nectar 2 – Love explained – Comparing materialist, Abrahamic, impersonalist and bhakti worldviews
1410)
Uddhava Gita nectar 1 – Krishna acknowledges the gopis’ heartbreak
1409)
Appreciating Gaudiya Vaishnavism 2 – Learn to relish bhakti rasa
1408)
Appreciating Gaudiya Vaishnavism 1 – Bhakti inverts social hierarchy
1407)
Yayati pastime analysis – From indulgence to transcendence
1406)
FREE – 4 ways spirituality makes us better achievers
1405)
Devotion amidst persecution – Lord Chaitanya delivers Chand Kazi – Part 2
1404)
Devotion amidst persecution – Lord Chaitanya delivers Chand Kazi Part 1
1403)
Go beyond get, beget, forget, regret
1402)
Chatur Shloki Bhagavatam 3 – Understanding material nature
1401)
Holy Name is Everything Part 2
1400)
Holy Name is Everything Part 1
1399)
Chatur Shloki Bhagavatam 2 – Understanding Maya
1398)
Chatur Shloki Bhagavatam 1 – Understanding the Absolute Truth
1397)
Bhagavatam study 35 01.7.52-58 Law codes alone aren’t enough for justice – an expert judge is needed
1396)
The living bhakti tradition is a garden, not a museum
1395)
Dasha Mula Tattva 13 – Study scripture with focus on the purpose of scripture
1394)
Dasha Mula Tattva 12 – Enter higher rasas by purification, not imitation
1393)
Spirituality in the Age of Science
1392)
Bhagavatam study 34 01.7.44-51 Differences in opinion arise from differences in focus of perception
February 2016
1391)
Dasha Mula Tattva 11 – Love is not just feeling but also doing
1390)
Dasha Mula Tattva 10 – Mayavada is the inversion, not contradiction, of Vaishnavism
1389)
Dasha Mula Tattva 9 – Association is the way to liberation
1388)
Bhagavatam study 33 01.7.38-43 Ashwatthama’s actions were inexcusable and punishable
1387)
Dining with a monkey
1386)
Bhagavatam study 32 01.7.30-37 The protector from provocation tests by provoking
1385)
Bhagavatam study 31 01.7.22-29 Krishna relieves from the dangerous fire – literal and metaphorical
1384)
Dasha Mula Tattva 8 – Maya binds us not as prisoners but as puppets
1383)
Dasha Mula Tattva 7 – Achintyabhedabheda is the most evolved understanding of Vedanta
1382)
Dasha Mula Tattva 6 – The Absolute Truth delights and shares delights through three internal energies
1381)
Dasha Mula Tattva 5 – The Absolute Truth and its energies are one in synthesis, different in analysis
1380)
PRAHLAD acronym – 7 glories qualities of Prahlad Maharaj
1379)
Reincarnation 3 – Five intuitive contemplations for self-discovery
1378)
Reincarnation 2 – Europe’s incredible delusion – we have only one life
1377)
Reincarnation 1 – Preview of scientific, historical and philosophical analysis
1376)
Gita 12.13 Devotion manifests as action, even aggression, without mundane passion
1375)
Advaita Acharya 1 – Compassionate call to the Lord
1374)
Gita 12.12 Serenity comes by rising from piety to spirituality
1373)
Gita 12.11 To be self-situated, begin with selflessness
1372)
Gita 12.10 Bhakti means dedicating our external to the eternal internal instead of the ephemeral internal
1371)
Gita 12.09 If absorption in Krishna is unattainable, seek attraction through connection
1370)
Gita 12.08 Bhakti changes not our outer location but the locus of our inner world
January 2016
1369)
Dasha Mula Tattva 4 – Hari is the Absolute Truth concealed and revealed in the Vedas
1368)
Dasha Mula Tattva 3 – Understanding the necessity and focus of Vedic knowledge
1367)
Narada Muni – Not kalah-priya, but krishna-priya
1366)
Dasha Mula Tattva 2 – Scripture is the only way to know inconceivable Absolute Truth
1365)
Gita 11.30 The all-devouring feature of the universal form reveals how the war is a yajna
1364)
Gita 11.29 To be enriched with speed on the path of self-destruction is tragic
1363)
Gita 11.28 The life and the death of the dharmic is auspicious
1362)
Bhagavatam study 30 – 1.7.15 -21 – Arjuna pacifies griefstruck Draupadi with fierce sweet words
1361)
Gita 11.27 The comprehensive vision of the universes includes its gruesome features
1360)
Bhagavatam study 29 – 1.7.8-14 – Krishna attracts those who are not attracted to anything
1359)
Gita 11.26 The event of death is virtue-neutral, but the destination after death isn’t
1358)
Bhagavatam study 28 – 1.7.1-7 – Vyasa offers bhakti as the remedy for the worlds malady
1357)
Positive Thinking 35 – Let the IDEA lead to ENERGY
1356)
Positive Thinking 34 – No time?
1355)
Gita 11.25 The sight of the unfamiliar in the familiar is disorienting
1354)
Bhagavatam study 27 – 1.6.32-38 – Krishnas glories fulfill our search for pleasure
1353)
Gita 11.24 Repetition is not always rambling – it can be for stress or beauty
1352)
Bhagavatam study 26 – 1.6.23-31 – Devotion offers the supreme liberation
1351)
Positive Thinking 33 – Tap the power of meditation
1350)
Gita 11.23 The universal form’s predatory features arouse fear even in Arjuna
1349)
Bhagavatam study 25 – 1.6.16-22 – Spiritual desire cleanses material desire
1348)
Positive Thinking 32 – PIES – 4 dimensions for all-round well-being
1347)
Be an agent of positve change
1346)
Positive Thinking 31 – Complement diagnosis with prescription
1345)
Gita 11.22 The vibhutis are astounded by the virata rupa
1344)
Bhagavatam study 24 – 1.6.8-15 – Spiritual vision makes the heart-breaking heart-freeing
1343)
Bhagavatam study 23 – 1.6.1-7 – Even when our disposition changes, our position may not change
1342)
Gita 11.21 The celestials are not just the universal form’s components but also its respondents
December 2015
1341)
Gita 11.20 The universal form induces awe – both wonder and fear
1340)
Gita 11.19 – The universal form is not just blinding but also burning
1339)
Positive Thinking 30 – Faith reveals the integrated beyond the fragmented
1338)
Gita 11.18 – The universal form is the eternal personal protector of dharma
1337)
Bhagavatam study 22 – 1.5.33-40 – Action with devotional recollection leads to liberation
1336)
Positive Thinking 29 – See the invisible, feel the intangible, achieve the impossible
1335)
Gita 11.17 – The blinding brightness conveys the universal form’s glory
1334)
Bhagavatam study 21 – 1.5.23-32 – Narada boy progresses towards enlightenment
1333)
Using jnana in bhakti
1332)
Positive Thinking 28 – Let gratitude energize you
1331)
Gita 11.16 – Description of vision stimulates identification of the source of that vision
1330)
Bhagavatam study 20 – 1.5.17-22 – Failure on the spiritual path is better than success on the material path
1329)
Positive Thinking 27 – Avoid mental viruses
1328)
Using English to glorify Krishna
1327)
Gita 11.15 – Arjuna’s vision encompasses the whole universe from top to bottom
1326)
Bhagavatam study 19 – 1.5.11-16 – Devotion alone brings lasting value to anything
1325)
Positive Thinking 26 – Don’t let the world’s opinions determine your decisions
1324)
Gita 11.14 – Arjuna’s mood changes from submissive discussion to prayerful veneration
1323)
Positive Thinking 25 – See life as a marathon, not a sprint
1322)
Bhagavatam study 18 – 1.5.1-10 – Offer spiritual instruction with empathy and respect
1321)
Dasha Mula Tattva 1 – Understanding its historical and philosophical significance
1320)
Sharing bhakti with a westernized audience
1319)
Gita 11.13 – The universal form reconciles the one and the many
1318)
Bhagavatam study 17 – 1.4.26-33 – Contemplation by the seeker makes consultation with the seer more effective
1317)
Positive Thinking 24 – Don’t let a wrong definition of success defeat you
1316)
Gita chp 13-18 overview – How jnana culminates in bhakti
1315)
Positiive Thinking 23 – Cure the cancer of comparison
1314)
Gita 11.12 – Human perception and description are inadequate before divine self-revelation
1313)
Bhagavatam study 16 – 1.4.14-25 – The tradition makes itself accessible
1312)
Gita 11.11 – The visual demonstration reinforces the philosophical exposition
1311)
Bhagavatam study 15 – 1.4.1-13 – The questions reveal the questioners level
1310)
Gita 11.10 The first impression of the universal form is astonishing
1309)
Gita 11.09 The universal form is the ultimate mystical vision
1308)
Bhagavatam study 14 – 1.3.35-44 – Bhagavatam is our light in this dark age
1307)
Gita chp 13-18 overview – How jnana culminates in bhakti
1306)
Bhagavatam study 13 – 1.3.25-34 – By realizing the Lords glory, we relish our glory
1305)
Gita 11.08 Our vision is a function of our qualification
1304)
Bhagavatam study 12 – 1.3.17-25 – The avataras deliver in diverse ways
1303)
Gita 11.07 The universal form transcends limitations of space and time
1302)
Bhagavatam study 11 – 1.3.9-16 – The many incarnations protect materially and spiritually
1301)
Positive Thinking 22 – Cherish your uniqueness – avoid comparing with others
1300)
Gita 11.05 – The many forms within the one form – variety manifests within divinity
1299)
Positive Thinking 21 – Go DEEP – Desire Envision Endeavor Pray
1298)
Bhagavatam study 10 – 1.3.1-8 – The Lord manifests as the Purusha and other avataras
1297)
Gita 11.04 – Devotee desires to see Krishna but doesn’t demand
1296)
Bhagavatam study 9 – 1.2.28-34 – Vasudeva is the be-all and end-all in everything
1295)
Positive Thinking 20 – Smart expectations 1- Hotel or Hospital?
1294)
Gita 11.03 – Arjuna’s desire to know Krishna’s glory comes not from doubt but from devotion
1293)
Bhagavatam study 8 – 1.2.23-27 – Our worship reflects our mentality
1292)
Positive Thinking 19 – The six-point ENERGY sutra
1291)
Gita 11.02 – Freedom from delusion comes by understanding the ephemeral and the eternal beyond the ephemeral
1290)
Bhagavatam study 7 – 1.2.16-22 – Practice the process of joy with joy
1289)
Positive Thinking 18 – Bhakti alchemizes our inner world
1288)
Gita 11.01 – Those enlightened by divine mercy desire similar enlightenment for others
1287)
Positive Thinking 17 – Unearth the treasure within
1286)
Gita 10.42 – Appreciate Krishna’s opulence by appreciating the potency of his fragment
1285)
Gita 10.41 See the attractiveness of the attractive not as Maya but as sparks of Krishna
1284)
Positive Thinking 16 – Understanding willpower 3 – Sharpen and strengthen the intelligence
1283)
Gita 10.40 – Krishna’s infinitude brings not confusion, but jubilation
1282)
Positive Thinking 15 – Understanding willpower 2 – Potential and actual
1281)
Positive Thinking 14 – Understanding willpower 1 – Beyond genes, upbringing and association
1280)
Gita 10.39 – God is the one without whose existence no existence is possible
1279)
Gita 10.37 – Krishna’s manifestations encompass all the three worlds
1278)
Gita 10.36 The thrill of victory and adventure is an experience of Krishna
1277)
Gita 10.38 – Punishment may not stop wrong desiring, but it can stop wrong doing
1276)
Positive Thinking 13 – IDEA at work 2 – Facing reversal after reversal positively
1275)
Gita 11.06 – We see with the information that helps us makes sense of what we see
1274)
Gita 10.35 – The beauty of music and nature manifest Krishna’s opulence
1273)
Positive Thinking 12 – IDEA at work 1 – Facing untimely death positively
1272)
Gita 10.34 – The comprehensiveness of death’s stealing represents Krishna
1271)
Positive Thinking 11 – A of Activity – Spiritual vision inspires positive action
1270)
Gita 10.33 – Re-envision attraction to language and words to become attracted to Krishna
1269)
Positive Thinking 10 – E of IDEA – Eternal love provides inexhaustible positivity
1268)
Gita 10.32 – Krishna manifests as all phases of action in material existence
1267)
Positive Thinking 9 – D of IDEA – Divinity underlies the universes order
1266)
Gita 10.31 – The power of powerful weapons and warriors points to Krishna
1265)
Positive Thinking 8 – I of IDEA – Understanding our identity boosts our positivity
1264)
Positive Thinking 7 Get the IDEA Identity, Divinity, Eternity, Activity
1263)
Gita 10.30 – God manifests as the godly among the ungodly
1262)
Gita 10.29 See the prominent powers in the Vedic cosmos as manifestations of the supreme power
1261)
Gita 10.28 The life that emerges from love manifests the divine
November 2015
1260)
Gita 10.27 – The ruler manifests God’s opulence, for good or for bad
1259)
Positive Thinking 6 – Don’t just see reality positively – see the positive reality
1258)
Gita 10.26 – The transcendental manifests among the celestial
1257)
Positive Thinking 5 – Think positive – think spiritual
1256)
Gita 10.25 – Japa is an opportunity to offer our most treasured possession – consciousness
1255)
Positive Thinking 4 – Thoughts lead to things – and are things
1254)
Dont let comfort cause complacency – Ramayana Reflection
1253)
Gita 10.24 – Channel feelings of awe from giant things towards the source of all awe
1252)
Positive Thinking – 3 Science and positive thinking
1251)
Gita 10.23 – The heavenly treasurer’s treasure comes from the supreme
1250)
Positive Thinking 2 – Understanding the four kinds of thoughts
1249)
Positive Thinking 1 – Countering external and internal negativity
1248)
Gita 10.22 – God’s opulence pervades and sustains all life everywhere
1247)
Gita 10.21 – Celestial glory manifests transcendental glory
1246)
Gita 10.20 – The transcendent divinity is pervasively immanent in space and time
1245)
Gita 10.19 – Our eagerness to hear Krishna’s glories is auspicious for us and delightful for Krishna
1244)
Gita 10.18 – Bhakti is joyful and fruitful
1243)
Gita 10.17 – Recollection and participation are reconciled by understanding God’s immanence
1242)
Gita 10.16 – Desire for details of a subject demonstrates deep devotion to that subject
1241)
Gita 10.15 – Vedic theology is not polytheism, but multi-level monotheism
1240)
Gita 10.14 – Accept Krishna’s position and message the way Arjuna accept it
1239)
Gita 10.13 – The sages’ reiteration of Krishna’s words boosts our conviction and devotion
1238)
Gita 10.12 – Krishna is transcendence beyond transcendence
1237)
Appreciating Prabhupada’s resourcefulness and sharing his legacy – Prabhupada Disappearance day class
1236)
Gita 10.11 – The way to drive out darkness is to turn on the light
1235)
Gita 10.10 – Krishna gives us the intelligence to attain him
1234)
Govardhan Dashakam Meditation – Ten appeals for residence at Govardhan
1233)
Gita 10.09 – Devotion means to center our emotion, action and discussion on Krishna
1232)
Gita 10.08 – Knowledge of Krishna’s position transforms our disposition
1231)
Damodarashtakam explained – The Controller is controlled and still remains in control
1230)
Gita 10.08 Blanking out questions about origins is like dealing in black money
1229)
Damodara Lila – Scientific, Philosophical, Theological and Devotional Analysis
1228)
Gita 10.07 – Appreciation of Krishna’s greatness guarantees absorption in him
1227)
Gita 10.06 – Realize the greatness of our universal genealogy
1226)
Gita 10.05 – Krishna asks Arjuna to fight, yet is the source of the qualities that engender peace
1225)
Approach scripture as history described for spiritual elevation, not material precision
1224)
Categorize the material and spiritual philosophically and harmonize them practically (Bhagavatam 10.70.27)
1223)
Gita 10.04 – Krishna offers the good beyond the bad and the good
1222)
Gita 10.03 – Understanding Krishna’s position frees us from sins
1221)
Gita 10.02 – Appreciating the glory of the object of devotion enhances devotion
1220)
Gita 10.01 – The Gita is an endearing combination of lofty exposition and intimate affection
1219)
Gita 09.34 – Direct your cognition, emotion and action towards Krishna
1218)
Gita 09.33 – Go beyond incompatible material existence to compatible spiritual existence
1217)
Gita 09.32 – Bhakti brings universality to spirituality
October 2015
1216)
Gita 9.31 – For devotees connected with Krishna, the happily ever after is guaranteed
1215)
Gita 09.02 – Knowledge that gives the greatest power is the greatest knowledge
1214)
Gita 09.30 – Krishna never abandons devotees even when they fall
1213)
Avoiding the three misdirectons in the blame game (Bhagavatam 1.16.24)
1212)
Gita 09.29 – Krishna is neither impartial nor partial – he is reciprocal
1211)
Gita 09.28 – Bhakti accommodates even those for whom bhakti is an afterthought
1210)
Gita 09.26 – Krishna is hungry for the reciprocation of affection
1209)
Sensitively transforming others’ hearts – Analysis of Lord Chaitanya’s delivering Sarvabhauma
1208)
Spirituality and Business
1207)
Gita 09.25 – Different paths lead to different goals
1206)
LOAD acronym – How work becomes workload
1205)
Gita 09.24 – Education about reality is not discrimination against certain features of reality
1204)
“Chant and be happy” is not just causal but also parallel (Bhagavatam 1.2.22)
1203)
Gita 09.23 – The Gita’s multi-level monotheism is the balance between Abrahamic monotheism and Greco-Roman polytheism
1202)
Understanding the scopes of science and spirituality
1201)
Gita 09.22 – Seek spiritual security not just in the soul but in Krishna
1200)
Gita 09.21 – Blindness to mortality, even if it be in heaven, is still blindness
1199)
God and Science – The Gita perspective
1198)
Gita 09.20 – Karma-kanda leads to elevation, but not liberation
1197)
Gita 09.19 – In Krishna contradictions are transcended and reconciled
1196)
Grihastha ashrama in bhakti – Shifting the focus from grihastha to ashrama
1195)
Gita 09.18 – God is not a remote controller – he is the pervasive sustainer
1194)
Gita 09.17 – Krishna is the sustainer of our sustainers
1193)
Our longing for love is perfected in Krishna
1192)
Go beyond Hurry Worry Sorry
1191)
Gita 09.14 – See devotion not in ecstasy but in dedication
1190)
To manage the mind, regulate the mind’s diet
1189)
Preserving tradition means fulfilling the purpose of the tradition
1188)
Cooperating among equals
1187)
Gita 09.13 – Krishna’s attractiveness is original and inexhaustible
1186)
Association reminds us of our spiritual glory
1185)
GOD acronym – Reconciling human independence with divine omnipotence
1184)
Appreciate the depth and length of our existence to appreciate Krishna’s love
1183)
Gita 9.12 – Rejecting real currency as fake leaves one impoverished
1182)
Gita 09.27 – Bhakti accommodates seekers at multiple levels
1181)
Gita 09.16 – See beyond the technical to the transcendental
1180)
Gita 09.11 – To claim the impersonal to be Krishna’s param bhava is contextually and grammatically indefensible
1179)
Gita 09.10 – Nature is not causally complete without an ultimate cause
1178)
God proposes, Man Disposes – Understanding Krishna’s failed peace mission
1177)
The Quest for Happiness – Collecting the material or recollecting the spiritual?
1176)
Gita 09.09 – Krishna is concerned but not sentimental
1175)
Life’s 4 defining D’s: Desire, Decision, Destiny and Dharma
1174)
Tread the path of the ears to the eyes and the heart
1173)
Gita 09.08 – We are helpless before material natures inexorable cyclicity
1172)
Gita 09.07 – Repetition of discussion is meant for elevation of vision
1171)
RASA acronym for finding rasa in bhakti
1170)
Prabhupada – dependent on Krishna yet dynamic in service – 50th anniversary address
1169)
Gita 09.06 – Krishna limits not our freedom but the scope of our freedom
1168)
IDEA – 4 insights for facing adversities
1167)
Overcome discouragement through spiritual wisdom
1166)
Gita 09.05 – God’s self-contradiction points to his inconceivable multi-level manifestations
1165)
Three special results of loving Krishna – PSI: Purification Satisfaction Illumination (Bhagavatam 1.2.14)
1164)
Intention in Tension? – Principles for Sustainable Relationships
1163)
Gita 09.04 – God relates with the world through the impersonal, the immanent and the transcendent
1162)
Bhakti is the inclusive summit of all spirituality (Bhagavatam 1.2.6-13)
1161)
Gita 09.03 – Bhakti harmonizes the temporary with the eternal
1160)
Practicing bhakti amidst todays fast-paced life
1159)
QA tradition brings intellectual vibrancy to bhakti
1158)
Manage the mind through introspection and meditation
September 2015
1157)
Gita 09.01 – Krishna’s glory can be appreciated by the devoted, not the envious
1156)
Judgmental attitude ruins relationships
1155)
Gita 08.28 – Yogi gets what other paths offer and gets more too
1154)
How spirituality increases our social contributions
1153)
Gita 08.27 – Devotional consistency is more important than chronological accuracy
1152)
Parenting Principles from Bhagavad-gita
1151)
Gita 08.26 – Disinvest emotion from matter before it crashes
1150)
Love is the highest reality
1149)
Gita 08.25 – Yogi’s spiritual exit velocity needs to be greater than the world’s gravity pull
1148)
Analyzing envy through Duryodhana’s history
1147)
MIND acronym 3 – The mind neglects opportunity and denies reality
1146)
Gita 08.24 – Astrological positions and psychological dispositions contribute to the soul’s liberation
1145)
Appreciating scripture’s perennial relevance
1144)
MIND acronym 2 – Mind imagines pleasure
1143)
Gita 08.23 – The Gita unifies diverse Vedic concepts in a devotional framework
1142)
Death and the search for meaning
1141)
Gita 08.22 – Everything is in Krishna and Krishna is in everything
1140)
Appreciating Radharani’s position and devotion – Radhashtami class
1139)
Understanding the Marshmallow test from the three modes’ perspective
1138)
Gita 08.21 – Our longing for home is our longing for the spiritual world
1137)
Gita 08.20 – The spiritual is not just non-manifest but also nonmaterial
1136)
MIND acronym 1 – Magnifies the problem
1135)
Gita 08.19 – Recognizing our lack of control over the destructible material imples us to direct our consciousness to the eternal spiritual
1134)
Deconstructing Shishupala’s character assassination of Krishna
1133)
Gita 08.18 – Matter becomes unmanifest, but material form is destroyed
1132)
Gita 08.17 – The immortal is not eternal
1131)
Gita 08.16 – The world is like a jail or hospital – returning to it is undesirable
1130)
Gita 08.15 – Attaining Krishna is the eternally inalienable attainment
1129)
Gita 08.13 – External recitation and internal recollection propel us to spiritual liberation
1128)
Gita 08.12 – In yoga, the technical is a necessary preliminary to the transcendental
1127)
Gita 08.11 – Liberation in yoga requires renunciation
1126)
Gita 08.10 – Yoga restrains the negative, bhakti energizes the positive
1125)
Gita 08.09 – Systematic contemplation begins with tangible information
1124)
Relevance of Krishna’s descent – TEMPLE acronym – Janmashtami special
1123)
Comparing appearances of Krishna and Rama – Janmashtami special
1122)
Gita 08.08 – Practice to take consciousness beyond endlessly deceptive material reality to Krishna
1121)
Gita 08.14 – What is difficult in one perspective is easy in another perspective
1120)
Gita 08.07 – Devotion is not about rejecting the outer world but about offering the inner world
1119)
Gita 08.06 – Our emotional disposition becomes our physical position
1118)
Gita 08.05 – Our choice at the junction determines our destination
1117)
Gita 08.04 – Everything is ultimately a manifesatation of Krishna
1116)
Gita 08.03 – Spirituality is our nature
1115)
Gita 08.02 – Death is not the termination of life but its testing ground
1114)
Gita 08.01 – Terms have specific and generic meanings
August 2015
1113)
From the Mahabharata Krishna to the Bhagavatam Krishna
1112)
Appreciating Bhagavatam as rasa shastra
1111)
Gita 07.30 – Teacher’s incomprehensible statements test student’s interest and attentiveness
1110)
Balaram Jayanti – How Balaram helps Krishna remember Vrindavan outside Vrindavan
1109)
Temptations may come, we don’t have to welcome
1108)
Gita 07.29 – Detect misery to correct it
1107)
Gita 07.28 – Dont expect immediate steady determination – use present determination, even if unsteady
1106)
Gita 07.27 – Go beyond duality by spirituality
1105)
Gita 07.26 – Krishnas omniscience harmonizes with his omnibenevolence
1104)
Spiritual Insights for dealing with HIV
1103)
Essence of Gita 5 – Choose God over the world
1102)
Essence of Gita 4 – God helps those who let him help them
1101)
Essence of Gita 3 – Devotion connects us vertically and horizontally
1100)
Essence of Gita 2 – Direct love towards the ultimate object
1099)
Essence of Gita 1 – Love is eternal
1098)
Gita 07.25 – Yoga Maya is a profound oxymoron
1097)
Gita 07.24 – To deflect a clear critique of impersonalism is to violate both the meaning and the context
1096)
Gita 07.23 – Accommodation is not recommendation
1095)
Lord Chaitanya’s momentous victory in Puri – Chaitanya Charitamrita Madhya Chp 6
1094)
Gita 07.22 – Krishna accomodates within the house of the Vedas even those who cant worship him
1093)
Gita 07.21 – Krishna is much more merciful than the God in the Prodigal Son metaphor
1092)
Gita 07.20 – Don’t let desire steal your knowledge
1091)
Gita 07.01 – Hearing paves our way to the summit of yoga
1090)
Gita 07.18 – Krishna is so hungry for love that he deems those who become his devotees charitable
1089)
Gita 06.47 – The perfection of yoga is not disconnection from matter but connection with Krishna
1088)
Gita 06.45 – Past-life attraction and present determination leads yogi to perfection
1087)
Gita 07.17 – Jnana favorable to bhakti intensifies our connection with Krishna
1086)
Gita 06.46 – Focus on transcendence is superior to any material attainment – gross or subtle
1085)
Gita 06.44 – Past-life’s spiritual practice manifests as inexplicable irresistible attraction to transcendence
1084)
Gita 07.16 – Approaching Krishna for any reason is auspicious
1083)
Gita 06.43 – Spiritual inclination is the credit that carries over beyond the corpse
1082)
Gita 07.15 – Scriptural categorization of non-devotees is living, not frozen
1081)
Gita 06.42 – Having past spiritual impressions reinforced in a present life is extremely fortunate
1080)
Independence Day Meditation – A Patriotism beyond Patriotism
1079)
Gita 07.14 – Knowledge of Krishna’s position brings intellectual force to our call of devotion
1078)
Gita 07.13 – The modes sabotage our prospects of coming out of material existence
1077)
Gita 06.40 – Krishna reveals how an apparently lose-lose situation is actually win-win
1076)
Gita 06.41 – The deviated yogi loses neither materially nor spiritually
1075)
Prabhupada’s one step to enter Jaladuta – A giant leap in humanity’s spiritual evolution
1074)
Gita 06.38 – The problems we perceive reflect our level of consciousness
1073)
Gita 06.39 – Doubts are natural due to our limitedness – seek the unlimited
1072)
Gita 07.12 – The Gita’s vision of God is not pantheistic but panentheistic
1071)
Gita 06.37 – Considering future problems is a sign of intelligence
1070)
Gita 07.11 – Kama manifests the divine when harmonized with dharma
1069)
Gita 06.36 – Mind control is essential – and possible by proper process
1068)
Gita 07.10 – All seeds are exhaustible, but Krishna is the inexhaustible seed
1067)
Gita 07.09 – Krishna underlies diverse manifestations as earth, fire, life and ascetic
1066)
Gita 06.35 – The supreme teacher offers guidance – and confidence
1065)
Gita 06.34 – The mind is dangerous like an unstoppable storm
1064)
Gita 07.08 – Krishna is the essence that makes all taste accessible through water
1063)
Gita 07.07 – Krishna is the substance underlying all appearance
1062)
Gita 06.33 – Seeing equally is tough, but seeing devotionally is easier
1061)
Gita 06.32 – The topmost yogi sees everyone with benevolence, not indifference
1060)
Gita 07.06 – Nothing exists outside the purview of Krishna’s energies
1059)
Gita 07.05 – The Absolute Truth is immutable, but its energies are mutable
1058)
Gita 06.31 – See oneness in Krishna’s various manifestations – not Krishna and the soul
1057)
Gita 07.04 – Sankhya when seen devotionally reveals Krishna’s glory
1056)
Gita 06.30 – The perception of Krishna everywhere takes one beyond the reach of illusion
1055)
Vandanam – Understanding the dynamics of prayer
1054)
Gita 07.03 – The rarity of knowing Krishna reveals the mercy we have the opportunity to relish
1053)
Gita 06.29 – By seeing sameness in the material, yogi penetrates to the supreme spiritual substance
1052)
Gita 07.02 – Understand the appearance and the substance of everything
1051)
Gita 06.28 – To get the best happiness, connect with God, not sense objects
1050)
Gita 06.27 – Joy is the natural fruity of purity
July 2015
1049)
Gita 06.26 – Overcome discouragement with the inner light and the inner map
1048)
Gita 06.25 – Don’t expect overnight change – determinedly make gradual changes
1047)
Gita 13.26 – Hearing is foundational to the topmost yoga
1046)
Lust brings out our lower side – love, our higher side
1045)
Gita 06.24 – Determination means rejection of dejection
1044)
Gita 06.23 – Yoga brings disconnection from our infatuation with misery
1043)
Brahma Samhita 5.44 – Cultivate a Krishna-centered, not self-centered, vision of nature
1042)
Gita 18.61 – Krishna doesn’t cause our worldly wandering – he frees us from the cause of that wandering
1041)
Gita 09.02 – The most powerful knowledge brings about the most auspicious destruction
1040)
Gita 02.52 – Take the intelligence beyond the illusion of knowledge
1039)
Gita 03.41 – Alluring sense objects are the trigger, not the cause, of lust
1038)
Gita 06.22 – Seek the achievement beyond hankering and lamentation
1037)
Gita 13.27 – Let sensory perception stimulate spiritual contemplation
1036)
Gita 04.35 – Focus on the knowledge that fulfills the purpose of knowledge
1035)
Gita 16.10 – Differentiate between kama as an enemy and kama as a purusha-artha
1034)
Gita 18.73 – Harmony with the Supreme is the sure sign of enlightenment
1033)
Gita 02.72 – Spiritual connectedness can provide peace even amidst violence
1032)
Gita 06.20 – Stop outer obsession to begin inner perception
1031)
Gita 16.17 – Devotion is a matter of inner intention, not outer ostentation
1030)
Gita 14.01 – The Gita’s jnana section higlights its bhakti essence
1029)
Gita 18.35 – Expecting the worst of everything is ignorant, not transcendent
1028)
Gita 06.19 – Minimize the wind of disturbing desires to maximize the flame of meditation
1027)
Brahma Samhita meditation 2 – Krishna is not just the greatest in a hierarchy but the greatest beyond any hierarchy
1026)
The quest for fame deconstructed and redirected
1025)
Gita 06.18 – Self-control leads to real self-awareness
1024)
Gita 06.21 – The intelligence opens the door to trans-sensory happiness
1023)
Gita 06.17 – Material regulation cataylzes yogic liberation
1022)
Gita 17.03 – Gita’s categorization goes deeper than just believers and nonbelievers
1021)
Gita 14.18 – The modes present choices and propel us to choose
1020)
Gita 14.02 – Take shelter of the knowledge that inspires us to take shelter of Krishna
1019)
Gita 06.16 – Take responsibility for determining bodily balance
1018)
Gita 06.15 – Yoga brings mental regulation and spiritual liberation
1017)
Gita 16.09 – Our conception critically changes our contribution
1016)
Gita 14.13 – Illumination and action make our life all-round productive
1015)
Gita 06.14 – Use material dispassion to establish spiritual connection
1014)
Meditation on prayer to Jagannatha
1013)
Gita 02.66 – We need Krishna-connection to keep our intelligence and mind on track
1012)
Three levels of manifestation of Jagannatha Rath Yatra
1011)
Gita 06.13 – Physical position is meant to facilitate mental absorption
1010)
Gita 18.35 – We don’t lack determination – we lack direction for our determination
1009)
Brahma Samhita 5.30 – venum kvanantam – The creator adores his creator
1008)
Gita 06.12 – Concentration is the foundation for purification
1007)
Gita 14.11 – Is our acquistion of knowledge done with knowledge?
1006)
Gita 14.16 – Goodness detoxifies our consciousness
1005)
Gita 16.16 – The more we are spiritually deprived, the more become materialy depraved
1004)
Gita 18.57 – Don’t renounce work – offer work to Krishna
1003)
Gita 06.11 – Seek a balance between externals and internals
1002)
Gita 06.10 – Popular yoga is not spiritual yoga
1001)
Gita 06.09 – Equal vision towards those who relate unequally is challenging
1000)
Gita 06.08 – Realization brings satisfaction and equal vision
999)
Gita 06.07 – The controlled mind disregards dualities and discovers the Supersoul
998)
Gita 06.06 – Train the mind as a horse is trained
997)
Gita 06.05 – The responsibility for controlling the mind rests on us
996)
Gita 06.04 – Rigorous renunciation characterizes the yogarudha stage
995)
Gita 06.03 – Different levels require different methods for progress
994)
Gita 06.02 – Renunciation of matter and connection with spirit share the same purpose
993)
Pada-sevanam – Bhakti is a relationship of ecstatic inequality
992)
Gita 06.01 – Renunciation means to give up the shelter of work’s fruits
991)
Focus on the universality of suffering, not its variety
990)
Gita 05.29 – Peace comes by devotion to the all-powerful, all-loving Lord
989)
Gita.05.28 – Controlling the external and the internal brings liberation
988)
Gita 05.27 – Shut out the sense objects to seek inwards
987)
Gita 05.26 – Success on the spiritual path will come surely and soon
986)
Gita 05.25 – Removing impurities empowers us to rip apart the facade of dualities
June 2015
985)
Gita 05.24 – The inner is the way to the spiritual
984)
Gita 05.23 – The war against lust is a war of attrition
983)
Going beyond misconceptions about Deity Worship
982)
Gita 05.22 – The so-called pleasure is the source of trouble
981)
Gita 05.21 – Give up outer pleasure and seek inexhaustible inner happiness
980)
Gita 05.20 – Equanimity is meant to make us not emotionless, but purposeful
979)
Gita 05.19 – Sameness of perception is the situation of liberation
978)
Gita 05.18 – Spiritual realization grants equal vision towards all
977)
Gita 05.17 – Spiritualize all the channels of consciousness to gain liberating knowledge
976)
Gita 05.16 – Knowledge illumines our inner territory and reveals the indwelling Lord
975)
Gita 05.15 – The judge is not responsible for the criminal’s conviction
974)
Gita 05.13 – The bodily city metaphor conveys our difference from our sensory gates
973)
Gita 05.14 – The more we become detached, the more we master the body
972)
Gita 05.12 – Action per se is not binding – attached action is
971)
Gita 05.10 – Live in the world but be not of the world
970)
Gita 05.11 – Change the motivation for action from gratification to purification
969)
Gita 05.09 – Contact of senses & sense objects is not the problem – infatuation with the contact is
968)
Gita 05.08 – Don’t take credit for actions done by bodily mechanisms
967)
Gita 05.07 – Inner purity ensures outer action without reaction
966)
Gita 05.06 – Renunciation without yogic connection is distressing
965)
Personal Management Mantra – Productivity in Activity through Spirituality
964)
Gita 05.05 – Sankhya and yoga aim for the same destination, yet they aren’t same
963)
Gita 05.04 – See beyond the diversity of process to the commonality of purpose
962)
Scientific, Christian and Bhagavatam conceptions of God
961)
Gita 05.03 – Renunciation in action is lasting renunciation
960)
Gita 05.02 – The path that takes us away from bondage fastest is the best
959)
Gita 05.01 – Understand meanings of terms from context, not from preconception
958)
Conceptions of time in science, Christianity and Bhagavatam
957)
Counter anxiety by spirituality
956)
Managing the mind 2 – Catch the ventriloquist with intellectual and emotional energy
955)
Managing the mind 1 – The mind is the TV and the thief
954)
Importance of celibacy in the world’s spiritual traditions
953)
Gita 04.42 – Win the inner war with spiritual knowledge and fight the outer war
952)
PK and the criteria for finding the right path
951)
Gita as a leadership guide
950)
Gita 04.41 – Knowledge and faith can be symbiotic
949)
Spiritual Advancement and Material Ambitiousness
948)
Gita 04.40 – Don’t let doubts deprive you of happiness
947)
Gita 04.39 – Faith is the pre-condition for knowledge
946)
Gita 04.38 – Don’t reduce jnana to jnana-yoga
945)
Emotion Commotion Devotion – Nourishing our emotions in a culture of emotional exploitation
944)
Gita 04.37 – The fire of knowledge reduces karma to ashes
943)
Karna’s tragic choice
942)
Extra-terrestrial life – Scientific and scriptural approaches to the subject
941)
Difference between humans and animals – Christian, scientific and Bhagavatam understandings
940)
Gita 04.36 – The subjunctive case underscores the redemptive power of spiritual knowledge
939)
The purpose of the world – atheistic, theistic and Bhagavatam understandings
May 2015
938)
Gita 04.35 – Knowledge takes us beyond illusion and reveals connection of everything with Krishna
937)
Gita 04.34 – Learn from guru how to do karma as yajna and attain jnana
936)
Conceptual, conversational and chronological background of the Bhagavatam’s creation narrative
935)
Love is in the SOUND
934)
Gita 04.33 – Let action be permeated by knowledge and culminate in knowledge
933)
Gita 04.32 – Knowing the unity among various yajnas grants liberation
932)
Gita 04.31 – Happiness in this world and the next don’t have to be mutually exclusive
931)
Gita 04.30 – The knowers of yajna attain purification, satisfaction and liberation
930)
Gita 04.29 – Infuse pranayama with the imagery of yajna
929)
Gita 04.28 – Apply the yajna priniciple to a broad spectrum of religious activities
928)
Gita 04.27 – Ceassation of all sensory and respiratory activity is a yajna
927)
Gita 04.26 – The mood of sacrifice spiritualizes both the householder and the renounced orders
926)
Gita 04.25 – Re-envision both karma-kanda and jnana-kanda as yajna
925)
Krishna can bring good out of everything – even our mistakes
924)
Gita 04.24 – When our vision becomes spiritual, our action and destination also become spiritual
923)
Gita 04.23 – Sacrifice is not just an activity, but a mood that pervades all activity
922)
Gita 04.22 – See scriptural principle in the light of its social context to find its practicability
921)
Gita 04.21 – Nirasha is not disappointment in fulfilling desire, but detachment from the fever to fulfill desire
920)
Gita 04.20 – The more we give up material shelters, the more we seek spiritual shelter
919)
Gita 04.19 – Discern the path of liberation with the vision of the enlightened, not the ignorant
918)
Gita 04.18 – Comprehend inaction in action and action in inaction through contextualization
917)
Gita 04.17 – Action-reaction correlation is incomprehensible, but right action is discernible
916)
Gita 04.16 – Don’t simplistically equate dictionary meaning with scriptural meaning
915)
Information Satisfaction Purification Conviction – Four Benefits of Hearing
914)
Gita 04.15 – Follow the successful to be successful
913)
Accepted limitation facilitates elevation – resented limitation doesn’t
912)
Gita 04.14 – Knowledge of Krishna’s position protects us from karmic subjugation
911)
Gita 04.13 – Krishna is the non-doer because he is non-discriminating
910)
Does God have favorites?
909)
Gita 04.12 – Demigod worship is quick fix in the world of religion
908)
Bhagavatam first canto study 6 – 1.2.9-1.2.15 – Bhakti leads to realization of the Absolute Truth
907)
Sensitivity in preaching amidst natural calamities
906)
Gita 04.11 – Appreciate the profundity of Krishna’s reciprocity and universality
905)
Bhagavatam first canto study 5 – 1.2.1-1.2.8 – The Bhagavatam’s speaker and subject are radically exalted
904)
Lakshmi Narasmiha Karavalamba Stotra Meaning 1
903)
Gita 04.10 – Overcome 3 obstructive attitudes for taking shelter of Krishna
902)
Gita 04.09 – Attainment of Krishna is not rebirth, but release from rebirth
901)
Lord Narasimha – Half-man half-lion full-God
900)
Gita 04.08 – Let Krishna establish dharma within
899)
Gita 04.07 – Universality of opportunity defines and distinguishes dharma
April 2015
898)
Gita 04.06 – Don’t presume familiarity with concepts due to familiarity with terms
897)
Gita 04.05 – Krishna spiritual position is not affected by his material location
896)
Gita 04.04 – Accept responsibility for clear communication – don’t affix blame for unclear communication
895)
Gita 04.03 – Krishna reveals his glory to those who delight in that glory
894)
Gita 04.02 When time brings things down, let Krishna take things up
893)
Gita 04.02 – The Gita lives through those who live the Gita
892)
Gita 04.01 – Yogic knowledge comes from transcendental source through extra-terrestrial route to terrestrial recipient
891)
Gita 03.43 – Use intelligence to pursue transcendence and subdue lust
890)
Material existence without the human form is pointless
889)
Gita 03.42 – In the line of fire from lust the soul is the last
888)
Gita 03.41 – Regulation is the foundation for purification
887)
Bhagavatam first canto study 4 – 1.1.4-1.1.23 – The sages’ questions
886)
Gita 03.40 – Lust has taken over our knowledge-acquiring mechanism
885)
Gita 03.39 – The eternal enemy blinds, binds and burns
884)
Gita 03.38 – No one is exempt from lust’s delusion
883)
Gita 03.37 – Inner enemies are more dangerous than outer enemies
882)
Gita 03.36 – Alien desires become our own and impel us to sin
881)
Bhagavatam Overview – Canto 1 – Setting the Scene of Devotion in Separation
880)
Gita 03.35 – Credit lies in sticking to duty under duress, not in changing duty
879)
Terrorism – The Extreme Expression of a Culture of Ignorance
878)
Jaya Jaya Jagannatha meaning – The Lord’s many forms manifest his manifold mercy
877)
Gita 03.34 – Don’t let sensory urges steal dharmic credits
876)
Gita 03.33 – Our varna nature needs to be channelized, not repressed
875)
Gita 03.32 – Turning away from Krishna defeats the purpose of knowledge
874)
Gita 03.31 – Krishna’s words are eternal and faith-worthy
873)
Gita 03.30 – Focus not on detaching from the entangling but on attaching to the liberating
872)
Just delight in the Lord’s glories – he govinda he gopala song meaning
871)
Gita 03.29 – The wise should elevate, not agitate, the ignorant
870)
Surrender by service and meditation – Sarvasva tomara meaning
869)
Gita 03.28 – To know the truth means to see how spirit can stay disentangled from matter during action
868)
Treasure the supreme realization – ekhona bujhinu prabhu meaning
867)
Gita 03.27 – Mistaking initiation of action with its execution is illusion
866)
Rasa analysis of Krishna’s teasing of Rukmini
865)
Gita 03.26 – Don’t exhibit your high level – attract people to one level higher
864)
Gita 03.25 – The detached and the attached differ not in action but in intention
863)
Gita 03.24 – Krishna turns on its head Arjuna’s argument about varna-sankara
862)
Hanuman – An endearing blend of bhakti and shakti
861)
Gita 03.23 – Walk your talk
860)
Gita 03.22 – Krishna’s supreme position redefines duty as lila
859)
Gita 03.21 – We learn from others’ examples and set examples for others
858)
Gita 03.20 – Examples make the conceptual tangible
857)
Gita 03.19 – Detached dutifulness opens the door to perfection
March 2015
856)
Gita 03.18 – The independent are bound to neither action nor renunciation
855)
Gita 06.26 – Expect and correct the mind’s restlessness
854)
Gita 03.17 – Only those who rejoice internally are released from external duty
853)
Gita 03.16 – Those who don’t sacrifice waste their life
852)
Gita 03.15 – Yajna makes the transcendental accessible
851)
The Recipe for Ruining Relationships – Ramayana Wisdom 1
850)
Gita 03.14 – The principle of cosmic exchange is not pre-scientific but universal
849)
The Gita’s progression from third person references to first person references
848)
Yashomati Nandana meaning – Seek shelter in the spotless and delightful holy names
847)
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
846)
Shuddha bhakata charana renu meaning – Delight in devotional stimuli
845)
Krishna jinka naam hai – Relish the most endearing vision of God
844)
Gravity doesn’t make people fall in love
843)
Gita 03.12 – Secular humanism makes humans honest thieves
842)
Vraje prasiddham meaning – Invite the ultimate thief to plunder the heart
841)
An equation represents a thought of God
840)
Value a great love more than you love a great value
839)
Gita 03.11 – We live not just in a universe but in a universal government
838)
Vidyara vilase meaning – Godless knowledge is the intellect’s monument to illusion
837)
Gita 03.10 – Don’t let familiarity take the mystery out of nature
836)
Emona durmati meaning – Put good news to good use
835)
Gita 03.09 – Nature of action is determined by its intent, not its form
834)
Gita 03.08 – Material duty maintains material stability and facilitates spiritual focus
833)
Ramayana’s enduring message – Rise from me to we
832)
Ramanujacharya – Pioneering systematizer of bhakti theology
831)
Value Education and Spirituality 35 – Ramayana 17 – Hanuman 2 – Never lose heart
830)
Gita 03.07 – Regulation is more conducive for advancement than renunciation
829)
Value Education 34 – Ramayana 16 – Hanuman 1 – Overcome distractions by determination
828)
Value Education 33 – Ramayana 15 – Jambavan – Help bring the best out of others
827)
Value Education 32 – Ramayana 14 – Angada – Overcome dissension by focus on common
826)
Value Education 31 – Ramayana 13 – Sugriva – Comforts breed ingratitude
825)
Gita 03.06 – Outer renunciation with inner sensual contemplation is self-delusion
824)
Gita 03.05 – Inaction is unnatural, materially and spiritually
823)
Gita 03.04 – Don’t equate the external with the essential
822)
India’s Daughter and India’s culture
821)
Gita 03.03 – Krishna’s instructions are not contradictory, but multi-level
820)
Gita 03.02 – When scripture doesn’t fit into our mental framework, the framework needs change
819)
Bhuliya Tomare Meaning – Even success story is sorry story
818)
Gita 03.01 – The Gita’s complex multi-level message is intellectually challenging and fulfilling
817)
Gita 02.72 – Nirvana may be extinction, but brahma-nirvana is not
816)
Gita 02.71 – Peace comes not by relocation, but by renunciation
815)
Gita 02.70 – Be filled with higher purpose to transcend lower desires
814)
Understanding acharaya’s controversial statements
813)
Krishna demonstrates prevailing definition of success – and transcends it
812)
Gita 02.69 – Be special above the ordinary, not among the ordinary
811)
Gita 02.68 – Be a soul-deliverer, not a soul-killer
810)
Gita 02.67 – Be swept by the wind of spiritual desire, not material desire
809)
Gita 02.66 – Without inner connection, we end with agitation and frustration
808)
Gita 02.65 – Purification makes external intelligence internal
807)
Holi – Let the fire burn the impurities within
806)
Gaur Purnima – Lord Chaitanya makes supremely fortunate the materially unfortunate and the materially fortunate
805)
Gita 02.64 – Material regulation is the launching pad for spiritual liberation
804)
Gita 02.63 – Irritation, delusion, oblivion, stupefaction, destruction – Last 5 of 8 stages to falldown
803)
Gita 02.62 – Whatever catches our attention catches us
802)
Gita 02.61 – Control, concentration, conquest – three stages in dealing with the senses
801)
Gita 02.60 – Endeavoring and discerning are not enough for sense control
800)
Gita 02.59 – Complement renunciation of the material with contemplation on the spiritual
February 2015
799)
PURI acronym – 4 special qualities of Madhavendra Puri
798)
ISKCON’s Comeback Emperor – H H Jayapataka Swami Maharaj
797)
Gita 02.58 – Withdraw consciousness inwards as a basic defense mechanism
796)
Gita 02.57 – Stay unaffected by the material by being focussed on the spiritual
795)
Gita 02.56 – Emotional non-entanglement with the material characterizes the seer
794)
Gita 02.55 – Rejection of mental desires and satisfaction in the self define the self-realized
793)
What is violence for the infectant is benevolence for the infected
792)
Gita 02.54 – Non-literal meaning illumines when literal meaning stumps
791)
The destructibility of the body is not a license for its wanton destruction
790)
Don’t just see the provision – see the provider
789)
The soul wears out the body and the body wears out the soul
788)
Don’t be so concerned about others’ future destination as to be cut off from their present emotion
787)
Gita 02.53 – Persistent absorption comes by consistent rejection of distraction
786)
Gita 02.52 – Shastra without guru can be a deluding forest for the intelligence
785)
Gita 02.51 – Same action with higher motivation bestows higher destination
784)
Harinaam Sankirtan unites dance with meditation
783)
Music therapy and Harinaam Sankirtan
782)
Is the Gita relevant today?
781)
Gita 02.50 – Yoga facilitates individualized artistic infusion of work with devotion
780)
Gita 02.49 – The good becomes bad when it becomes the enemy of the best
779)
Gita 02.48 – Yoga requires material indifference to provide spiritual transcendence
778)
Gita 02.47 – Make sense of four counterintuitive assertions by seeing the full picture
777)
Gita 02.46 – Understand multivalence of Veda to grasp how transcending the Vedas fulfills their purpose
776)
Gita 02.45 – Gain possession of the soul by giving up obsession with matter
775)
Valentine’s Day – Commercial exploitation of urban isolation sets up the heart for disappointment
774)
Gita 02.44 – Prevent attachment from abducting consciousness by intelligence and taste
773)
Gita 02.43 – The Vedic masterplan uses dharma to raise people from kama to prema
772)
Should we hate the mind?
771)
Vaishnava Sadachara 4 – Managing harmoniously
770)
Vaishnava Sadachara 3 – Acting according to time place circumstance
769)
Vaishnava Sadachara 2 – Dealing appropriately with different people
768)
Vaishnava Sadachara 1 – Importance of Sadachara
767)
Gita 02.42 – Flowery words of Vedas distract from their ultimate wisdom
766)
Gita 02.41 – Intent shapes intelligence
765)
Are miracles compatible with science?
764)
Gita 02.40 – The spiritual path comes with a no-loss and a fear-relieving guarantee
763)
Gita 02.39 – Use buddhi to transform theoretical sankhya into practical yoga
762)
Gita 02.38 – To reconcile the Gita’s contradictions, recognize the multi-level nature of its discussions
761)
Gita 02.37 – Knowledge of atma and dharma redefines lose-lose situation as win-win
760)
Gita 02.36 – Behave respectably to bring respectability to Krishna’s message
759)
Gita 02.35 – The variance between our intention and people’s perception causes mortifying misconception
758)
Gita 02.34 – Engage the power of honor to encourage honorable action
757)
Gita 02.33 – Honorable position brings obligation of tangible contribution
756)
Gita 02.32 – Dharma rewards success according to each varna’s definition of success
January 2015
755)
Gita 02.31 – Dharma is not a blanket injunction but an individualized customization
754)
Gita 02.30 – Knowlege of the soul is not a call for resignation but for action
753)
Gita 02.29 – Perception, verbalization, reception and incomprehension wrt soul are all amazing
752)
Gita 02.28 – The mutability of everything materially magnifies the futility of grief
751)
What a saint learned from a prostitute
750)
Gita 02.27 – See death not as a future event, but as an ongoing process
749)
Let intelligence take from the poison phase to the nectar phase
748)
Gita 02.26 – Materialism makes meaning meaningless and lamentation pointless
747)
How to present scriptural wisdom scientifically
746)
Gita 02.25 – Contemplate the inconceivable to relish the spiritual
745)
Gita 02.24 – The soul can’t be stopped from going anywhere nor forced to go anywhere
744)
Gita 02.23 – The utter indestrutibility of the soul underlies the path of difficult duty
743)
Gita 02.22 – The dress metaphor redefines death not as a miserable termination but as a welcome transition
742)
Gita 02.21 – Integrate knowledge of the soul with the purpose of that knowledge
741)
Gita 02.20 – The soul doesn’t undergo the six changes that matter does
740)
Gita 02.19 – The soul’s non-doership points to the complexity of matter-spirit interaction
739)
Gita 02.18 – The immeasurability of soul points to its non-literal non-metaphorical measure
738)
Gita 02.17 – Nothing can destroy the soul because it pervades everything
737)
Gita 02.16 – Matter has no existence in the sense of having no lasting consequence
736)
Gita 02.15 – Those unaffected by the temporary attain the eternal
735)
Gita 02.14 – The material is peripheral, unavoidable and ephemeral – so tolerate it
734)
Gita 02.13 – The body is changing, not just growing – so focus on the unchanging
733)
Gita 02.12 – Spirit is not just eternal but also plural
732)
Gita 02.11 – The ability to harmonize the walk with the talk characterizes the wise
731)
Gita 02.10 – Change in the seeker’s mood evokes change in the teacher’s mood
730)
Don’t anoint everything as spiritual or denounce everything as material
729)
Gita 02.09 – The decision of inaction reflects desperation to learn
728)
Gita 02.08 – Outer success can’t remove inner distress
727)
Gita 02.07 – Arjuna exhibits 3 characteristics of an ideal disciple
726)
Gita 02.06 – Find way through lose-lose problems by seeking emotional distance
725)
Gita 02.05 – Hard choices have to be made to avoid harder consequences
724)
Gita 02.04 – Resolve conflicts among different roles by raising consciousness
723)
Gita 02.04 Fight not for or against some material cause – fight for Krishna
722)
Gita 02.03 – Fight degrading temptation by remembering honoroble position
721)
Gita 02.02 – Arya – Spiritual denotation, historical concoction and modern connotation
720)
Gita 02.01 – Arjuna’s analysis only aggravates his agony
December 2014
719)
Happy New Year – How bhakti-yoga fulfills the import of this sincere wish
718)
Vaishnava Meditations on Christmas
717)
Daily-Bhagavatam 66 – 11.07.56 – Counter temptation by intelligence, vigilance and diligence
716)
Don’t sharpen the axe in the criminal’s hands; cure the criminal
715)
Hold on to Hari, not to worry
714)
Gita 01.46 – When the eye disheartens, let the ear hearten
713)
Gita 01.45 – Sound arguments from a fragmented perception are actually unsound
712)
Gita 01.44 – Arjuna’s reasoning is wrong, but his capacity for reasoning is laudable
711)
Gita 01.43 – Hell forever is a subjective feeling, not an objective fact
710)
Gita 01.42 – Three meanings of dharma
709)
Gita 01.41 – Unwanted progeny – what does unwanted mean?
708)
Gita 01.40 – Protecting women and ensuring good progeny are important social responsibilities
707)
Gita 01.39 – As soon as dharma weakens adharma attacks
706)
Gita 01.38 – Don’t let the anartha-maddened make us similarly mad
705)
Gita 01.37 – Greed gives us a tunnel vision of reality
704)
Gita 01.36 – Contemplate contextual karmic considerations before acting
703)
Gita 01.35 – Arjuna’s profit-loss calculations miss the most important factor
702)
Gita 01.34 – Arjuna’s evolved emotion and reason ready to be raised to the summit by Gita wisdom
701)
Gita 01.33 – The contrasting words of Arjuna and Duryodhana reveal their consciousness’ levels
700)
Gita 01.32 – Whom we live for determines the quality of our life
699)
Gita 01.31 – Material long-term is not long-term enough
698)
Gita 01.30 – Where materialism shows a dead end spirituality shows the way ahead
697)
Gita 01.29 – The inner attack of emotions does what no outer attack of enemies could have done
696)
Gita 01.28 – To avoid being consumed by material emotions, cultivate spiritual emotions
695)
Gita 01.27 – Undiscerning visual perception erodes spiritual conviction
694)
Gita 01.26 – The brutality of the imminent fratricide sinks in
693)
Gita 01.25 – Over-reliance on visual perception ends in illusion
692)
Gita 01.24 – Conquer lethargy to attain excellence in service
691)
Gita 01.23 – How the evil got so many allies
690)
Gita 01.22 – A last sight of the battling brethren
689)
Gita 01.21 – The surprising request to see what is already known
688)
Gita 01.20 – The monkey standard is permeated with the divine monkey’s presence
687)
Gita 01.19 – Kauravas’ bravado battered and shattered by Pandavas’ bravery
686)
Gita 01.18 – The Pandavas’ illustrious sons gallantly serve their parents
685)
Gita 01.17 – Weapons are warrior’s ornaments
684)
Krishna’s moods in the Gita – Gita Jayanti class
683)
Dealing with old age – individual and social responsibility – 3.30.15
682)
The difference between sentimentality and sensitivity – SB 4.8.26
November 2014
681)
What will it take for us to lose faith in our mind?
680)
Devotion is the culmination of the aspiration for liberation
679)
Thoughts on Thanksgiving
678)
Claiming the assumption to be the conclusion is deception
677)
Shikshashtakam 3 – Varnavada, sphotavada and the holy name’s potency
676)
Retreat within to treat without
675)
Value Education 14 – Mahabharata 8 – Draupadi – Ask not why this but how now
674)
Value Education 13 – Mahabharata 7 – Yudhisthira 1 – Gambling
673)
Value Education 12 – Mahabharata 6 – Karna 3 – Respond to adversity with integrity
672)
Value Education 11 – Mahabharata 5 – Karna 2 – Life of honor is more important than
671)
Value Education and Spirituality 10 – Mahabharata 4 – Karna 1 – Choose friends that bring out our best, not our worst
October 2014
670)
Value Education 29 – Ramayana 11 – Vali 2 – Judging without understanding ruins relationships
669)
Value Education 30 – Ramayana 12 – Vali 3 – Real repentance is seen in rectification
668)
Value Education and Spirituality 28 – Ramayana 10 – Vali 1 – Judging without understanding ruins relationships
667)
Value Education and Spirituality 27 – Ramayana 9 – Shabari – See not the body’s caste – see the heart’s character
666)
Value Education and Spirituality 26 – Ramayana 8 – Jatayu – Fight atrocities against women
665)
Value Education and Spirituality 25 – Ramayana 7 – Lakshmana – Don’t ascribe intention to what is spoken in tension
664)
Value Education and Spirituality 24 – Ramayana 6 – The illusory dear – Use intelligence to see beyond appearance to substance
663)
Value Education and Spirituality 23 – Ramayana 5 – Shurapanakha – Don’t let the selfish exploit our sexual vulnerabiity
662)
Value Education and Spirituality 22 – Ramayana 4 – Bharata – Stick to integrity amidst opportunity for immorality
661)
Value Education and Spirituality 21 – Ramayana 3 – Dasharatha – Honor one’s word even at great personal cost
660)
Value Education and Spirituality 20 – Ramayana 2 – Rama – Go beyond fight or flight to choose the best response
659)
Value Education and Spirituality 19 – Ramayana 1 – Kaikeyi – Don’t be deluded by malicious misinformers
658)
Mind the mind
657)
Govardhana lila’s significance in establishing the Bhagavatam’s worldview
656)
Illuminate your heart this Diwali
655)
Never lose heart
654)
Redefine success
653)
We can’t wish away our bodily identity – we have to work our way through it
652)
Gita 01.16 – The individual conches manifest individual warrior’s virility
651)
Gita 01.15 – The top trio in the Pandava army start the action
650)
Gita 01.14 – The dramatically humble entry of the hero
649)
The soul longs for meaning, but the body settles for pudding
648)
Don’t reduce all thinking to logical thinking
647)
Shikshashtakam 2 – The life of knowledge, the ocean of happiness and the complete nectar and bath (Part 2)
646)
Be concerned not disturbed
645)
Gita 01.13 – Rituals of war express and stimulate the martial spirit
644)
Opportunity in Adversity
643)
Gita 01.12 – The valorous grandsire stops the politicking
642)
Gita 01.11 – The manipulator misses the one who matters most
641)
Spiritualizing our work
640)
Gita 01.10 – Mulitiple meanings of same word reveal the possibilities of multiple interpretations
639)
Gita 01.09 – Listing the warriors’ qualities for enlisting their commitment
638)
What goes around comes around – assume accountability
637)
Shikshashtakam 1 – Understanding the mind’s mirror, the forest fire and the white lotus
636)
Words shape worlds – watch your words
635)
Exploring various possible relationships between science and spirituality
634)
How science and spirituality can be harmonized
633)
How the Chaitanya Charitamrita unified and systematized Gaudiya Vaishnavism
632)
Dussehra meditation – Differentiating between obstinacy and determination
631)
Appreciating different definitions of success in devotional service
630)
Different approaches to Gita study: historical, literary, philosophical, revelational, descriptive, prescriptive
629)
Balance philosophy with sensitivity – Be dharma-centered, not karma-centered
628)
Don’t be worn out by the mind – wear the mind out
627)
Preaching sensitively
September 2014
626)
Right and wrong definitions of success in grihastha life
625)
Understanding Krishna’s love for us
624)
Gita 01.08 – Attachment makes the absent present
623)
Gita 01.07 – Repetition of known information conveys prioritization
622)
Gita 01.06 – Their great warriors counterbalance our greater strength
621)
Gita 01.05 – Affiliations were shaped by long-term affinity not short-term antipathy
620)
Gita 01.04 – Our inner frame of reference shapes our outer focus of reference
619)
Gita 01.03 – The politician seeks martial dedication by emotional manipulation
618)
Gita 01.02 – Duryodhana’s choice of conversant reveals his political intent
617)
Gita 01.01 – The transcendental manifests as the geographical
616)
Boro kripa koile krishna song meditation
615)
To seek love in food is to relapse into emotional babyhood
614)
Don’t let pseudo-hunger masquerade as hunger
613)
To know the meaning of challenge, know the challenge of meaning
612)
Gopinath 1 song meditation
611)
Bhajahu re mana song meditation
610)
Gita 04.39 – Faith is the necessary but not sufficient condition for knowledge
609)
Value Education and Spirituality 9 – Mahabharata 3 – Vidura – Be a forgiving not a forgetful friend
August 2014
608)
Accepting our limitations helps us see the light beyond limitations – SB 10.49.19
607)
Prabhupada Vyasapuja offering at Radha Gopinath temple
606)
After the laughter? – Reflections on Robbin Williams’ suicide
605)
The God who conceals his divinity so that love can reign supreme (Janmashtami Meditation)
604)
Meditation on the only prayers to Balaram in the Bhagavatam
603)
Bhagavatam first canto study 3 – 1.1.3 – Relish the rasa in association
602)
Bhagavatam first canto study 2 – 1.1.2 – The pure intention bestows the perfect destination
601)
Spirituality and Medicine – An Integrated Approach
July 2014
600)
Mahabharata characters 73 Abhimanyu 2 Confronting conspiracy with courage
599)
Mahabharata characters 72 Abhimanyu 1 Penetrating the impenetrable phalanx
598)
Arjuna’s virtuous victory – Don’t challenge God’s wisdom; let God’s wisdom challenge you – 2
597)
Arjuna’s virtuous victory – Don’t challenge God’s wisdom; let God’s wisdom challenge you – 1
596)
Mahabharata characters 71 Ashwatthama The dangerous temptation to punish
595)
Mahabharata characters 70 Karna 5 The tragic end of heroic misdirection
594)
Draupadi’s courageous devotion amidst the disrobing – Ask not “why this?” but “how now?”
593)
Mahabharata characters 69 Karna 3 Is word of honor greater than life of honor
592)
Duryodhana’s blame game 2 – Attribution error and alien abduction
591)
Duryodhana’s blame game 1 – The unjustified sense of entitlement led to unnecessary envy
590)
Mahabharata characters 68 Karna 2 Status insecurity leads to shocking immorality
589)
Mahabharata characters 67 – Karna 1 – Did life give him a raw deal?
588)
Mahabharata characters 66 Duryodhana 5 Baffled in words, battles and spirits
587)
Mahabharata characters 65 Duryodhana 4 Incompetence and fault finding personified
586)
Mahabharata characters 64 Duryodhana 3 Foolishly adding fuel to fire
585)
Mahabharata characters 63 Duryodhana 2 Krishna’s magnanimity vs Duryodhna’s obstinacy
584)
Mahabharata characters 62 Duryodhana 1 The humiliator is humiliated
583)
Mahabharata characters 61 Draupadi 2 Exemplary devotion amidst tribulation
582)
Mahabharata characters 60 Draupadi 1 Responding to vice with virtue
581)
Mahabharata characters 59 – Sahadeva – Using intelligence in the service of dharma
580)
Mahabharata characters 58 – Nakula – Sustaining unity amidst individuality
579)
Mahabharata characters 57 – Arjun 20 – World conquest for Ashwamedha-yajna
578)
Mahabharata characters 56 – Arjuna 19 – The difficult disciplining of Ashvatthama
577)
Mahabharata characters 55 – Arjuna 18 – The final battle with Karna
576)
Mahabharata characters 54 – Arjun 17 – Devotional surrender amidst mixed feelings at Drona’s death M
575)
Does ISKCON have a phobia for the tenth canto? (Bhagavatam 10.47.28)
574)
Mahabharata characters 53 – Arjuna 16 – Racing against time with the Lord of time
573)
Mahabharata characters 52 – Arjuna 15 – Breaking through the wall of the Kaurava forces
572)
Mahabharata characters 51 – Arjuna 14 – Besting the fearsome elephant and the formidable elephant wa
571)
Bhagavatam first canto study 1 – 1.1.1 – The Attributes of the Absolute Truth
570)
Mahabharata characters 50 – Arjuna 13 – Battling and serving the beloved grandsire
569)
Do the scriptures treat women as the property of men?
568)
Mahabharata characters 49 – Arjuna 12 – The Gita goes far beyond violence to transcendence
567)
Mahabharata characters 48 – Arjuna 11 – The divine heart calls the human heart to the path of love
566)
Mahabharata Characters 47 – Arjuna 10 – Arguments against and for fighting in the Gita
565)
Mahabharata Characters 46 – Arjuna 09 – Choose Krishna over the world
564)
Mahabharata Characters 45 – Arjuna 08 – The stunning victory at Virata
563)
Mahabharata Characters 44 – Arjuna 07 – Singlehanded triumph over the Nivatkavachas and Kalakanyas
562)
Mahabharata Characters 43 – Arjuna 05 – Heaven hath no fury like a woman scorned
June 2014
561)
Mahabharata Characters 42 – Arjuna 05 – Austerity and audacity for the pleasure of Lord Shiva
560)
Mahabharata Characters 41 – Arjuna 04 – All the gods bested at Khandava
559)
Mahabharata Characters 40 – Arjuna 03 – The match made with Krishna as the matchmaker
558)
Meditation on Bhaktivinoda Thakura pranama mantra
557)
Mahabharata Characters 39 – Arjuna 02 – Accepting exile to honour virtue
556)
Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s contributions 4 – The Eastern Savior offers the zenith of religious experience among all the world’s religions
555)
Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s contributions 3 – The sara-grahi redefinition of Panchopasana as progressive modes of comprehending the divine
554)
Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s contributions 2 – See the unity of purpose underlying the diversity of religions
553)
Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s contributions 1 – Let faith and reason remove the mosses of illusion
552)
Mahabharata Characters 38 – Arjuna 01 – Diligence is essential for attaining excellence
551)
Jagannatha Ashtakam 8 – The end of all desires except the desire to serve is the end of material existence
550)
Jagannatha Ashtakam 7 – A glimpse of the supreme indestructible rasa removes all taste for destructible things
549)
Jagannatha Ashtakam 6 – The rasanandi Lord relishes the highest ananda through the highest rasa reciprocated with his highest devotee
548)
Jagannatha Ashtakam 5 – The Ratha Yatra festival offers affectionate service in the association of those with intense devotion
547)
Mahabharata Characters 37 – Bhima 07 – Draupadi’s dishonorers destroyed
546)
Selecting our association without being judgmental or offensive
545)
Mahabharata Characters 36 – Bhima 06 – Bhima decimates the Kauravas in the war’s first sixteen days
544)
Jagannatha Ashtakam 4 – The Lord of the Universe is glorified by the whole universe
543)
Jagannatha Ashtakam 3 – The difference in the sequences of designation and depiction of the Deities
542)
Jagannatha Ashtakam 2 – Spiritual vision goes beyond abstraction to transcendental specification
541)
Jagannatha Ashtakam 1 – The supreme love transcends worldly concerns and genders
540)
Mahabharata Characters 35 – Bhima 05 – Bhima’s heroics during incognito exile
539)
Mahabharata Characters 34 – Bhima 04 – Meting punishment while giving forgiveness
538)
Mahabharata Characters 33 – Bhima 03 – An attack on the gods that fulfilled a godly purpose
537)
Mahabharata Characters 32 – Bhima 02 – No demon is a match to this human
536)
Mahabharata Characters 31 – Bhima 01 – Growing stronger through danger and disaster
535)
Mahabharata Characters 30 – Yudhisthira 08 – Dharmaraja’s moments of infamy and glory in the war
534)
Mahabharata Characters 29 – Yudhisthira 07 – Steadiness through wisdom amidst the war’s worries
533)
Mahabharata Characters 28 – Yudhisthira 06 – Wisdom wins where strength fails (Nahusha & Yaksha)
532)
Shrivas Thakura – The summit of selfless service in offering everything for the Lord’s pleasure
531)
Vakreshvara Pandit – The wing of devotion for the Lord to fly into the sky of love
530)
Mahabharata Characters 27 – Yudhisthira 05 – Words of wisdom vs words of anger in the forest
529)
Kolavecha Shridhar – The wealth of devotion makes all other wealth irrelevant
528)
Mukunda Datta – Exemplar of humble determined faith
527)
Snana Yatra – Entry into the Lord’s circle of love through intimate service
526)
Mahabharata Characters 26 – Yudhisthira 04 – The Pandavas dishonoured and dispossessed
525)
Are science and spirituality at war with each other?
524)
How the Gita’s ninth chapter reveals its bhakti essence
523)
Mahabharata Characters 25 – Yudhisthira 03 – The virtuous victimized in the vicious gambling match
522)
Meditation minimizes inner friction and maximizes outer contribution
521)
Mahabharata Characters 24 – Yudhisthira 02 – The world’s king glorifies the supreme king
520)
Mahabharata Characters 23 – Yudhisthira 01 – Sticking to integrity amidst injustice
519)
Confrontation or Penetration – Two approaches to sharing Krishna consciousness
518)
Mahabharata Characters 22 – Kunti 03 – Successful amidst misery after misery
517)
Mahabharata Characters 21 – Kunti 02 – The glorious mother sees the glory of her sons and her Lord
516)
Safe, Danger and Relapse Zones in the War against temptation
515)
The nine tensions in the Bhagavatam
514)
Mahabharata Characters 20 – Kunti 01 – The blessing that made a nightmare and a dream come true
513)
Mahabharata Characters 19 – Vidura 01 – A true friend, affectionate but not attached
512)
Mahabharata Characters 18 – Dhritarashtra 04 – Losing Everything Before Losing Blindiness
511)
Mahabharata Characters 17 – Dhritarashtra 03 – Blaming destiny for irresponsibility
510)
Mahabharata Characters 16 – Dhritarashtra 02 – How the attached get manipulated
509)
Mahabharata Characters 15 – Dhritarashtra 01 – The blindness of attachment begins
508)
Is forgiveness practical?
507)
Mahabharata Characters 14 – Drona 04 – Repaying deceit with deceit
506)
Mahabharata Characters 13 – Drona 03 – The Blunder Under Pressure
May 2014
505)
Mahabharata Characters 12 – Drona 02 – The Teacher’s Tests
504)
Mahabharata Characters 16 – Dhritarashtra 02 – How the attached get manipulated
503)
Mahabharata Characters 11 – Drona 01 – From poverty to power
502)
Mahabharata Characters 10 – Bhishma 09 – The Ideal Departure
501)
Don’t romanticize the past or demonize the present – utilize whatever is available
500)
Mahabharata Characters 09 – Bhishma 08 – The Grandsire on the arrow bed
499)
Mahabharata Characters 08 – Bhishma 07 – Transcendental devotion amidst violent confrontation
498)
Mahabharata Characters 07 – Bhishma 06 – The heartbreaking conflict among loved ones
497)
Mahabharata Characters 06 – Bhishma 05 – The sacrifice of reputation for devotion
496)
Can we be spiritual in an age of science?
495)
Mahabharata Characters 05 – Bhishma 04 – The celibate becomes the match-maker
494)
Mahabharata Characters 04 – Bhishma 03 – A test of faith
493)
Short introduction to “Fascinating Mahabharata Characters” Course
492)
Mahabharata Characters 03 – Bhishma 02 – The fatal complication
491)
Kunti’s Prayers 6 (SB 01.08.39-43) – The selflessness of pure devotion
490)
Mahabharata Characters 02 – Bhishma 01 – The fierce vow
489)
Mahabharata Characters 01 – Three understandings of the timeless classic
488)
How to make our work into worship (Gita 18.44-45) (Hindi)
487)
Narasimha Katha Hindi 3 – SB 07.08.14-30 – Love underlies the various dangerous forms of the Lord
486)
Narasimha Katha Hindi 2 – SB 07.08.09-13 – Repressive and reprehensible Hiranyakashipu
485)
Narasimhadeva’s instructions (SB 07.10.01-23) – Balancing the aspiration for pure devotion with practical action
484)
Narasimha Katha Hindi 1 – SB 07.08.01-08 – Arrogant Hiranyakashipu confronts gentle but firm Prahlada
483)
Arjuna’s memories of Krishna 1 (SB 01.15.04-09) – Make your memory your treasury
482)
Narasimha Kavacha 3 – Verses 21-31 – The reciprocal Lord blesses us according to how we approach him
481)
Narasimha Kavacha 2 – Verses 9-20 – Remember the Lord for protection of all bodily limbs and from all directions
480)
Narasimha Kavacha 1 – Verses 1-8 – Meditate on the Lord without and within to invoke his protection
479)
Sita Devi – Determined devotion refuses to choose the easy way out no matter what the justification
478)
Madhu Pandit Goswami – Single-minded focus to the Deity that defined the devotee
477)
Jahnava Devi – Carrying on the legacy amidst adversity
476)
Value Education and Spirituality 6 – The Spiritual Foundation of Values 4 – Let secularism protect us from narrow-mindedness, not restrict us in empty-mindedness
475)
Value Education and Spirituality 5 – The Spiritual Foundation of Values 3 – Three non-sectarian arguments for the existence of God
474)
Value Education and Spirituality 4 – The Spiritual Foundation of Values 2 – Karma shows the sense in life’s seeming senselessness
473)
Value Education and Spirituality 3 – The Spiritual Foundation of Values 1 – The end is not the end
472)
Value Education and Spirituality 8 – Mahabharata 2 – Duryodhana – Envy leads to destructive competition that is dissatisfying and degrading
471)
Value Education and Spirituality 7 – Mahabharata 1 – Shakuni – Imaginary expectation leads to real destruction
470)
Kunti’s Prayers 5 – (1.8.35-37) – Don’t deny human emotions in the name of transcendence
469)
Can we be spiritual without being religious? – Prerana festival talk
468)
Karna’s critical choice – Word of honor or life of honor?
467)
Jahnu Saptami – The Lord’s blessings are more than worth whatever austerity is required to get them
466)
Shankaracharya – Reconcile apparent differences by focusing on unifying deeper purpose
465)
Aryan Invasion Theory – Origins, Problems and Consequences
April 2014
464)
Kunti’s prayers 4 – (1.8.32-1.8.35) – Four reasons for the Lord’s appearance
463)
Voting in elections is the social responsibility of devotees (Hindi)
462)
Gadadhar Pandit – The devotee gives up everything for the Lord; the Lord gives up everything for the devotee
461)
Vrindavana Dasa Thakura – The writings of Vaishanvas offer us their best legacy
460)
ISKCON’s contributions to India 6 – Appreciation of India’s spiritual culture among Indian youth
459)
ISKCON’s contributions to India 5 – Infrastructure provision for spiritual practice in modern times
458)
ISKCON’s contributions to India 4 – Development
457)
ISKCON’s contributions to India 3 – Non-discrimination in sharing spirituality
456)
ISKCON’s contributions to India 2 – Internationalization of India’s spiritual culture
455)
ISKCON’s contributions to India 1 – Overview acronym INDIA
454)
Abhirama Thakura – Spiritual empowerment manifests through extraordinary material actions
453)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 10 – 10.02.15-24 – The mysterious appearances of Balarama and Krishna
452)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 9 – 10.02.01-14 – The previous lives of Kamsa
451)
Value Education and Spirituality 2 – Our values serve as protecting fences and as focusing default settings
450)
Value Education and Spirituality 1 – What we value determines our values – and our values determine our value
449)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 8 – 10.01.56-69 – Kamsa brutally persecutes his own family members
448)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 7 – 10.01.46-55 – Vasudeva’s plan B to put off catastrophe
447)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 6 10.01.36-44 – Vasudeva expertly uses sama, dama and bheda to pacify Kamsa
446)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 5 10.01.26-35 – Events leading to Kamsa’s barbarism
445)
Prayer to Hanumanji – Welcome the Rama-duta in the heart with eagerness
444)
Shaligram Tulsi Jal Daan – Tap every opportunity to increase service
443)
Krishna Vasanta Rasa – An invitation to rise from reflection to reality
442)
Balarama Rasa Yatra – Balaramji serves as the enjoyer in his service to the Supreme Enjoyer
441)
Shyamananda Pandit – The Lord blesses mysteriously and wonderfully those who serve diligently
440)
Vamshivadan Thakura – Serving those who are serving in separation
439)
Hanuman Appearance – Blend submission and aggression in devotion
438)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 4 – 10.01.21-25 – The Lord’s majestic universal rescue operation
437)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 3 – 10.01.14-20 – The glory of the speakers and hearers of the Bhagavatam
436)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 2 – 10.05.01-13 – Krishna is everyone’s benefactor – I long to hear about him
435)
Bhagavatam tenth canto study 1 – 10.01.01-04 – Please speak Krishna-katha for benefitting everyone
434)
Ramayana and Gaudiya Vaishnavism
433)
How Lord Rama is maryada-purushottama
432)
Voting in elections is the social responsibility of devotees
March 2014
431)
Karna’s colossal blunder
430)
Reviving Love 1 – Para dharma contrasted with apara dharmas like patriotism, be-good and service to parents
429)
The four P’s of effective chanting – Posture, Pronunciation, Purity and Prayerfulness
428)
Three ways to understand the maha-vadanyaya nature of Lord Chaitanya – the magnitude of the charity, the unworthiness of the recipients and the self-sacrifice of the giver
427)
Let go of all ties (conditions, conditionings and competition) and live life wise and nice
426)
Rekindling Wisdom 3 – How God is the supreme enjoyer and what that means for our enjoyment
425)
Rekindling Wisdom 2 – How is God the supreme controller and what does it imply
424)
Rekindling Wisdom 1 – Understanding how God is the supreme proprietor
423)
Expanding the intersection of our emotional circle and Krishna’s emotional circle
422)
NoI 17 Texts 10-11 – The glory of pure devotion in parakiya bhava
421)
NoI 16 Text 9 – The glory of the topmost of all dhamas
420)
NOI 13 Text 6 – Don’t be misled by material perception of devotees
419)
Tapping our irreducible individuality in bhakti-yoga
418)
NoI 16 Text 8 Living in Vraja in spirit
417)
NoI 14 Text 7 – The science of chanting
416)
NoI 13 Text 5 – Interacting with devotees at different levels
415)
Prabhupada’s contributions to the world
414)
NoI 12 Text 5 – Interacting with devotees at different levels
413)
NoI 11 Text 4 – How the six exchanges nourish devotion
412)
Vedic dharma series – Universal and contextual aspects of dharma
411)
Gita 18.64-78 – The Gita culminates in a call for pure love (Hindi)
410)
Gita 18.40-63 – Bhakti is the spiritual summit that also extends down to wherever we may be (Hindi)
409)
Gita 18.29-39 Choose the intelligence, determination and happiness for attaining auspiciousness (Hindi)
408)
Gita 18.13-18.28 – The five factors and the three components of action (Hindi)
407)
Gita 18.01-12 – Don’t garb irresponsibility as renunciation (Hindi)
February 2014
406)
Gita 17.17-17.28 – Various religions are pathways towards the same sat moutain-peak (Hindi)
405)
Gita 17.07-16 – Understanding food, sacrifice and austerity from material and transcendental perspectives (Hindi)
404)
Gita 16.13-17.06 – Demoniac mentality in today’s society (Hindi)
403)
Gita 15.15-16.12 – Purushottama – the highest reality and the qualities that define our natures (Hindi)
402)
Gita 15.01-14 – Understanding material existence metaphorically and philosophically (Hindi)
401)
Gita 14.06-27 – Understanding and transcending the modes (Hindi)
400)
Gita 13.30-14.05 – Jnana Chakshu and the reality of dreams (Hindi)
399)
The Amish and the practicality of varnashrama in today’s world
398)
Bhaktisiddhanta S T appearance – Faithfulness to tradition includes faithfulness to the tradition’s flexibility
397)
Gita 13.18-29 – How the purusha gets bound by prakriti (Hindi)
396)
Gita 13.08-17 – Understanding jnana and jneya (Hindi)
395)
Mahabharata Wisdom 2 – Karna 1 – Past life karma comes as this life’s problems (Hindi)
394)
Gita 13.01-07 – Overview of chps 1-12 and understanding Kshetrajna & Kshetra – Hindi
393)
Special lecture on Valentine’s Day
392)
Mahabharata wisdom 1 – Ashwatthama – Beware of the temptation to punish (Hindi)
391)
Advaita Acarya – Relish the nectar of Gaura-kirtan that he inagurated
390)
Pundarika Vidyanidhi – Go beyond appearance to appreciate the substance of devotion in Vaishnavas
389)
Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura – Devotion enriched with erudition leaves a rich legacy to attract innumerable hearts to Krishna
388)
Raghunandan Thakura – Devotion inverts the father-son relationship
387)
Vishnupriya Devi – The pinnacle of selfless devotion
386)
Vasanta Panchami – Contribute to nature’s contributing for enhancing the rasa in Krishna’s pastimes
January 2014
385)
Churning the ocean, the Bhagavatam and the heart – 3
384)
Churing the ocean, the Bhagavatam and the heart – 2
383)
Churing the ocean, the Bhagavatam and the heart – 1
382)
Vedic Conception of God is beyond polytheism, monotheism and henotheism ( SB 06 03 05 at ISKCON Juhu)
381)
Pushya Abhishek – The festival of sensory spirituality demonstrates the beauty of Krishna and the glory of bhakti
380)
Ganga Sagara Mela – Cherish austerity done for a noble cause
379)
Makara Sankranti – Harmonize with the cosmic movements to move from darkness towards light
378)
Role of religious leaders in taking India forward
377)
Jiva Goswami – Scholarship perfected in the service of pure devotion
376)
Jagadish Pandita – The Lord reciprocates wonderfully with the desire to serve
375)
Happy New Year – Karmi, Jnani and Bhakti attitudes towards the celebration
December 2013
374)
Sankirtan – Where dance and meditation intersect for spiritual therapy
373)
Sankirtan churns feelings of separation and union to increase attraction to Krishna
372)
Lord Chaitanya – The Divine Alchemist
371)
Mahesh Pandit – The Lord and his associates elevate everyone by their grace
370)
Uddharana D T – Bhakti can deliver anyone and even use anyone for delivering bhakti to others
369)
Devanand Pandit – Devotion is the key to unlock the nectar in the Bhagavatam
368)
SB 7.9.29 – Lust is the fire that seems like a nectar
367)
Six steps to spiritual perfection – Bhagavad Gita 07.01
366)
When God Fails – The Bhakti Message in Krishna’s Peace Messenger Pastime
365)
How to be your own spiritual master
364)
3 measures to prevent falling down and falling away (SB-10-27-22-23)
November 2013
363)
Knotty Verse Series 6 – 11.33 – Is the Gita’s call for violence literal or metaphorical?
362)
Knotty Gita Verses Series 5 – 03.35 – Does the Gita endorse the caste system?
361)
Bhagavata Dharma Series 3 – SB 01.02.17-22 – Practice bhakti-yoga cheerfully
360)
Bhagavata Dharma Series 2 – SB 01.02.11-16 – How bhakti brings realization of the Absolute Truth
359)
Bhagavata Dharma Series 1 – SB 01.02.06-10 – How bhakti is the supreme dharma
358)
Kunti’s prayers (1.8.23-1.8.27) – Krishna’s inconceivable protection contradicts our material preconceptions
357)
Kunti’s prayers (1.8.18-1.8.22) – Krishna’s inconceivable position can be understood by simple devotion
356)
Kunti’s prayers (1.8.28-1.8.31) – Krishna gives up his supremacy so that love can reign supreme (Hindi)
355)
Bhishma Stuti SB 1.09.32-38 (Hindi)
354)
SB 11.23.61 – The way to freedom from misery is not by ending misery, but by rising beyond duality
October 2013
353)
The Multiples Conflicts within the Gita
352)
Four empowerments from hearing
September 2013
351)
How Krishna-katha extinguishes the blazing fire of material existence (tava kathamritam explanation) – Hindi
350)
11 glories of Bhaktivinoda Thakur based on the acronym BHAKTIVINODA
349)
How Radharani cooked the first time for Krishna – Radhashtami 2013 class at Nasik
348)
Timeless insights on today’s issues – Prerna-Nasik 2013 Sept
347)
Tranform adversity into an opportunity for realization and spiritual growth – Avanti brahmana pastime analysis
346)
Bhramara Gita – Radharani’s song to the messenger bee (Radhashtami 2013 Bhagavatam class)
345)
Can science be spiritual? Can spirituality be scientific?
August 2013
344)
RRR – Reprobate Rescued and Reformed – Lessons from Ajamila Pastime
343)
Gopi Gita Part 3 SB 10.31.9-19 “Your remembrances doesn’t decrease but increases our agony – Please appear.” (Janmashtami class)
342)
Gopi Gita Part 2 – SB 10.33.5-8: “Krishna, please bless us with with your hands, your face, your feet and your lips” (Janmashtami class)
341)
Gopi Gita Part 1 – SB 10.33.1-4: “Krishna, please appear before us” (Janmashtami class)
340)
KRISHNA acronym – How Krishna shares his opulences with his devotees
339)
Gita Study Pune 2013 – 10.8-18 How the Chatur Shloki is the essence of the Gita
338)
How Balarama helps Krishna remember Vrindavana outside of Vrindavana (Hindi) – Balaram Jayanti Class
337)
18.56-78 – Krishna reveals his heart of love Gita Study Pune 2013
336)
18.36-55 Bhakti in karma yoga and jnana yoga Gita Study Pune 2013
335)
18.29-35 The link between Knowledge, Intelligence & Determination Gita Study Pune 2013
334)
18.20-28 Cultivating repentence and avoiding lamentation in Sadhana Bhakti Gita Study Pune 2013
333)
18.13-19 Understanding Sankhya in Bhagavad-Gita Gita Study Pune 2013
332)
18.1-12 Frustration is not the qualification for renunciation Gita Study Pune 2013
331)
17.20-28 How Om Tat Sat spiritualizes Yajna, Dana and Tapa Gita Study Mumbai 2013
330)
17.11-19 Applying the principles of austerity in our life Gita Study Pune 2013
329)
17.1-10 Understanding faith in the three modes Gita Study Pune 2013
328)
16.9-24 Demoniac direction of modern society Gita Study Pune 2013
July 2013
327)
Leadership Sutras based on the Bhagavad-gita
326)
Four levels of loving exchanges during Rath Yatra
325)
How Krishna’s stealing the garments of the gopis is not immoral but trans-moral
324)
Look at the mind before you look with the mind
June 2013
323)
Gita Study Pune 2013 – The Yoga Ladder Explained
322)
Gita Study Pune 2013 15.16-16.8 Importance of Tri Shloki Bhagavad-Gita
321)
Gita Study Pune 2013 15.6-15 Two ways to attain Jnana Cakshu
320)
Gita Study Pune 2013 15.1-5 How the material world is comprehensible as well as incomprehensible
319)
Gita Study Pune 2013 – 14.16-24 How the analysis of the modes leads to Bhakti
318)
Gita Study Pune 2013 – 14.10-15 Examining the modes in today’s society
317)
Gita Study Pune 2013 – 14.1-9 The background for the Gita’s discussion of the modes
316)
Gita Study Pune 2013 – 13.20-35 The Bija Vakya of the Gitas last six chapters
315)
Gita Study Pune 2013 – 13.8-19 Achintyabhedabheda in the Gita
314)
How does destiny leave room for free will OMG Series 3 Mumbai
313)
Miracles – Does God appear in paranormal visions? – OMG Series 2 Mumbai
312)
Are natural calamities acts of God? – OMG Series 1 Mumbai
311)
Understanding the Spiritual Reality and Parakiya Rasa
310)
How a devotee transcends worldly miseries through absorption SB 3.22.37
309)
Directing the four lanes of our consciousness – intellectual emotional devotional and motivational – towards Krishna Gita 5.17
308)
The antiquity accessibility and glory of the Vedic spiritual path SB 3.22.33
307)
Let logic be our minister not our master
306)
3 considerations in reconciling Science and Scripture
305)
The Password for Happiness – Utkarsh Camp 2013 Pune
304)
Spiritual World – The World of Mirth and Merry
303)
Why do we put faith in the spiritual world?
302)
Balancing faith and questioning spirit on the spiritual path
301)
Self-Control – The Key to Happiness Gita 5.21-24
300)
OMG 2 – Acts of God, Karma and Destiny
May 2013
299)
How devotees’ suffering is different from that of nondevotees
298)
Bhuliya tomare meaning (Meditations on Vaishnava songs)
297)
Implementing Varnashrama in todays society SB 5.19.19
296)
Is Manava seva not Madhava Seva? (With over 25 QA)
295)
Prayers that differentiate pure devotion from mixed devotion – Prahlad’s prayers SB 7.10.2-7
294)
Understanding Krishnas first-person and third-person referencs in the Gita – part 2
293)
Happiness is a byproduct ofabsorption in Krishna SB 10.20.20
292)
Understanding Krishna first-person and third-person references in the Gita – part 1
291)
The special place of Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu among the Vedic scriptures – Hindi
290)
Meditating on the Sanskrit and Bengali prasadam prayers – Hindi
289)
SB 1.7.4-7 – Vyasa’s mystic vision as the seed of the Bhagavatam
288)
NoI 10 Text 3 – Three directions we may go on deviating from bhakti
287)
NoI 9 Text 3 How neglect of regulative principles destroys bhakti
286)
NoI 8 Text 2-3 – Devotional service is not sentimental speculation or imaginative ecstasy
285)
Gita 13.21-22 Material existence as a virtual reality
284)
NoI 7 Text 2 – Three levels of contamination due to asat-sanga
283)
NoI 6 Text 2 – Identifying over-endeavor in spiritual life
282)
NoI 5 Text 2 – Sociological and philosophical reasons to avoid atyahara
281)
NoI 4 Text 1 – The exalted level of the “sharira avidya jala” prayer
280)
The process of bhakti yoga in a nutshell SB 1.2.12
279)
NoI 3 Text 1 – How to spiritualize anger in devotional service – Mumbai 2013
278)
NoI 2 Text 1- The need and the means for authentic atonement – Mumbai 2013
277)
NoI 1 Preface – Understanding the right attitude for a sadhaka – Mumbai 2013
276)
Gita Study Pune 2013 – 12.12-20 – The last rung in the Gita’s downward ladder of love
275)
Gita Study Pune 2013 – 12.1-11 Arjuna’s question refers to Brahmavada not Mayavada
274)
Gita Study Pune 2013 – 11.47-55 – How Virat Rupa revelation ends in glorification of bhakti
273)
Gita Study Pune 2013 – 11.28-46 The Frightening Virat Rupa – Kala Rupa
272)
Gita Study Pune 2013 – 11.1-27 The Magnificent Virat Rupa
271)
Gita Study Pune 2013 – 10.19-42 How the Vibhutis manifest Krishna’s glory
270)
Gita Study Pune 2013 – 10.1-7 – Review of the first nine chapters of the Gita
269)
Chronological and Conceptual flow of the Bhagavatam (SB 3.22.8)
April 2013
268)
Ram Jinka Nama Hai song explanation – Rama Navmi 2013 Hindi
267)
Rama Katha – 4 lessons from the abduction of Sita Hindi
266)
Difference between glorification and flattery (Hindi)
265)
Ramayana characters 2 – Kaikeyi 2
264)
Ramayana characters 1 – Kaikeyi (Trapped by Blind Belief and Baseless Doubt) – 1
263)
Do nondevotees have no good qualities
262)
OMG – Point-by-point response to the movie TV talk show Hindi
261)
Mahajanas 5 – Lord Kapila
March 2013
260)
Oh My God – Point-by-point response to the movie TV talk show
259)
Lord Chaitanya Sannyasa lila – Chaitanya Chandrodaya Nataka 4 Hindi
258)
Dana Keli Lila enacted by Lord Chaitanya – Chaitanya Chandrodaya Nataka 3 Hindi
257)
Vairagya and Bhakti in Kali Yuga – Chaitanya Chandrodaya Nataka 2 Hindi
256)
Explanation of Sacisuta Ashtakam – Gaur Purnima 2013 Hindi
255)
How Kali’s weapons failed against Lord Chaitanya – Chaitanya Chandrodaya Nataka 1 Hindi
254)
Gita Overview Mumbai 18.73-78 Concluding messages from the Gita
253)
Gita Overview Mumbai 18.65-72 – Comprehending dharman parityajya and vraja in 18.66
252)
Gita Overview Mumbai 18.62-64 Why bhakti is the conclusive message of the Gita
251)
Gita Overview Mumbai 18.54-62 Bhakti is the summit of spirituality but also reaches down to wherever we are
250)
Gita Overview Mumbai 18.40-53 Rising to the brahman platform through devotionalized karma yoga within varnashrama
249)
Gita Overview Mumbai 18.36-39 Choose happiness based on intelligence
248)
18.35 Sustaining our determination is our responsibility
247)
18.29-34 Intelligence in the three modes and its difference from knowledge in the three modes
246)
Gita Overview Mumbai18.22-28 How the modes shape the doer and the deed
245)
Gita Overview Mumbai 18.18-21 The motivations and components of action
244)
Gita Overview Mumbai 18.12-17 Five factors of action
243)
Gita Overview Mumbai 18.1-9 When renunciation does and doesn’t bear fruit
242)
Gita Overview Mumbai 17.23-28 How om tat sat sanctifies and spiritualizes
241)
17.15-22 Being soft-spoken and satisfied are matters of choice not just of nature
240)
Gita Overview Mumbai 17.11-14 Understanding svabhava svakarma and svadharma
239)
Gita Overview Mumbai 17.5-10 When austerities become demoniac
238)
Gita Overview Mumbai 17.3-4 Panchopasana and religions in various modes
237)
Gita Overview Mumbai 16.21-17.2 – Scripture takes us beyond nature nurture and culture
236)
16.13-20 The demoniac treat religion as a social cosmetic
235)
Gita Overview Mumbai 16.8-12 Atheists abuse science for demoniac purposes
234)
Gita Overview Mumbai 16.1-7 Understanding pravrtti and nivrtti
233)
Gita Overview Mumbai 15.15-20 Trishloki Gita refutes Mayavada unambiguously
232)
Gita Overview Mumbai 15.9-14 Krishna arranges for even our material enjoyment
231)
Gita Overview Mumbai 15.1-8 Analysis of the upside-down tree metaphor
230)
Gita Overview Mumbai 14.22-27 Become an observer of the consciousness
229)
Gita Overview Mumbai 14.17-21 Knowledge arises from sattva not abhyasa
228)
Gita Overview Mumbai 14.11-16 How knowledge became redefined as the quest for power not truth
227)
Gita Overview Mumbai 14.1-10 Characteristics of the three modes
226)
Gita Overview Mumbai 13.20-35 A coherent understanding of the 6 items taught in Chp 13-
225)
Gita Overview Mumbai 13.13-19 Understanding five koshas and achintyabhedabheda in the Gita
224)
Gita Overview Mumbai 13.8-12 Role of bhakti in jnana and of jnana in bhakti
223)
Gita Overview Mumbai 13.1-7 Vyashti and Samashti approaches to understanding reality
222)
Five aspects of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura’s outreach
221)
Gita Overview 12.12-20 Unraveling the mysterious hierarchy of 12.12
220)
Gita Overview Mumbai 12.1-11 Progression from Virata Rupa to Impersonal Brahman
219)
Gita Overview Mumbai 11.41-55 Pure devotion reveals all visions
February 2013
218)
Gita Overview Mumbai 11.24-40 Material destruction paves the way for spiritual ressurection
217)
Gita Overview Mumbai 11.1-23 The background to understand Vishva-rupa – Yoga aishvarya to rupa aishvarya
216)
Gita Overview 10.34-42 – Krishna as victory adventure and other opulent manifestations
215)
Gita Overview Mumbai10.25-33 – Metaphors for understanding Krishna’s glories
214)
How KC is the solution of all problems 7 – Religious Problems
January 2013
213)
How Krishna left and returned to Vrindavan – Hindi
212)
Srila Prabhupada expert presentation of the Bhagavatam – Hindi
211)
How KC is the solution of all problems 6 – Medical Problems
210)
Mahajanas 4 – Kumaras
209)
How KC is the solution to all problems 5 – Economic problems
208)
How KC is the solution to all problems 4 – Ecological problems
207)
Mahajanas 3 – Lord Shiva
206)
How KC is the solution to all problems 3 – Psychological problems
205)
How KC is the solution to all problems 2 – Cultural Problems – Sexual Assaults
204)
Winning the Race Against Time – New Year Eve class (Hindi)
December 2012
203)
Chatur Shloki Gita 10.8-11 – Gita Jayanti (2012) – Hindi
202)
Number Magic in the Bhagavad-gita
201)
How KC is the solution to all problems I – Polticial problems – Corruption
200)
Mahajanas 2 – Narada Muni (Hindi)
199)
Mahajanas 1 – Brahma (Hindi)
198)
Feeling our feelings
November 2012
197)
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 10.12-10.25 Understanding the concept of Vibhuti
196)
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 10.1-10.11 Knowledge about Krishna – the rarity the speciality and the methodology
195)
Gita Study 2012 9.26-9.34 Why is a sinful devotee considered saintly?
194)
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 Gita 9.16-9.25 The Krishna factor in worship of the Universal Form and demigods
193)
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 9.10-9.15 The four kinds of causes and the three kinds of jnana-yajna
192)
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 9.1-9.9 The glory of knowledge about Krishna
191)
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 8.23-8.28 Bhakti is superior to the paths of devayana and pitrayana
190)
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 8.10-8.13 Understanding yoga-mishra bhakti
189)
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 8.5-8.9 How to think of Krishna constantly
October 2012
188)
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 8.1-8.5 Understanding the link between objects words and concepts
187)
Mahabharata Characters 4 – Duryodhana
186)
Overcoming obstacles at the level of mind, intelligence and faith
185)
Realization comes by moving up and down the ladder of abstraction – Pururava song analysis
184)
Practicing bhakti yoga in grihastha ashrama
183)
Prajalpa II (with HG Radheshyam P)
182)
Prajalpa I (with HG Radheshyam P)
181)
QA on Ramayana Comparative Religion and miscellaneous topics
180)
The Obstinacy of Ravana – Dussehra class
179)
Prithu Maharaj pastime – III
178)
Prithu Maharaj pastime – II
177)
Prithu Maharaj pastime – I
176)
Vedic Prosperity vs Modern Scarcity
175)
Rising from material enjoyment to spiritual fulfillment with QA – Bhag 7.9.25
174)
Has technology made life better? How should we use technology in devotional service?
173)
How Krishna’s glory is revealed in the tenth canto of the Bhagavatam…
172)
What are the symptoms of spiritual advancement?
171)
GLASS acronym – Five tangible aspects of mercy
170)
Role of Vedic cosmology in the Bhagavatam, Gaudiya Tradition and ISKCON
169)
Prabhupada’s expert presentation of Gaudiya Vaishnavism
168)
Mahabharata Characters 3 – Karna 2 (Hindi)
167)
Mahabharata Characters 2 – Karna 1 (Hindi)
166)
Mahabharata Characters 1 – Bheeshma (Hindi)
165)
Applying duhkalayam ashashvatam to social administration
164)
The Wisdom and Devotion of Queen Kunti (Hindi)
163)
How Krishna arranged for Prabhupada to dance (Hindi)
162)
The Prayers of the Prachetas
161)
Anxiety Epidemic – Youth meeting at Juhu with QA.mp3
September 2012
160)
PROTECT – Seven ways Krishna protects (Hindi)
159)
A Lament of Misdirected Love – Avatara Sara song explanation
158)
A Hero’s Prayers at the moment of Death – Vritrasura – Bhagavatam 6.11.18-27
157)
Morality and Immorality in the Mahabharata – Hindi
156)
How the Lord tests his devotees – Hindi
August 2012
155)
The Realizations of Pingala – How Frustration leads to Renunciation
154)
Dovetailing our propensities in Krishna’s service – SB 1.5.32
153)
Utilizing fame in Krishna_s service_SB 1_12_5
152)
Team work in the Ramayana
151)
User Friendly spirituality and Krishna consciousness
150)
Relishing the glories of the Holy Name
149)
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 07.24-30: Are Mayavadi interpretations of Gita justified?
148)
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 07.15-23: Those who don’t surrender, surrender, and surrender to Krishnetara
147)
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 07.04-14: How Krishna pervades the material world as its essence
146)
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 07.01-03 – Understanding phenomenon and noumenon
145)
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 – 06.42-47: The Glory of Bhakti
144)
Science of Transforming the Modes
143)
Goal of a devotee is to know Krishna
142)
From knowledge to realization
141)
Rituals and Essence – Understanding why we do what we do
140)
Art of Becoming Happy – Seminar given at Tech Mahindra
139)
Preaching with emotional sensitivity
138)
Liquid beauty – Going beyond false beauty to real beauty
137)
Glorious Vedic culture is being destroyed
136)
Get_Beget_Forget_Regret 08-08-30 _SB 2_1_3
135)
BHISHMA acronym: Parallels between Bhishman and Srila Prabhupada
134)
Heroism – Real vs Virtual
133)
KAILASH acronym – 7 insights from the Kailash story
132)
Krishna’s childhood boyhood pastimes
131)
Anand Vrindavana Champu – Childhood pastimes of Krishna SB 10.23.22
130)
Krishna lila from Gopal Champu
129)
War Against Maya – Mahabharata Days 12 and 13
128)
Lord Balarama – Tattva and Lila
127)
Understanding the Universal Form
126)
How to study scriptures – Purposes, Principles and Practices
125)
Democracy and Impersonalism
124)
How the Bhagavad-gita is special among all books in the world – Gita Jayanti class
123)
What is real dharma?
122)
From emotional turbulence to spiritual enlightenment
121)
Empowerment through Austerity
July 2012
120)
The Spiritual Origin of Sex Desire
119)
Hurry, Worry, Sorry
118)
Blossoming of Consciousness
117)
ENERGY: Your sutra for positive thinking
116)
Technocentric World – Paradise or Hell?
115)
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 6.35-41: Understanding the Gita flow from dhyana-yoga to bhakti-yoga.mp3
114)
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 6.29-34 Krishna’s position in the path of dhyana-yoga
113)
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 06.22-28 Transforming emotions from obstacles to pathways towards samadhi
112)
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 06.15-21 Taking the mind through the five stages of mind control
111)
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 – 06.08-14 Going from knowledge to realization
110)
Why is Krishna considered as Supreme?
109)
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 06.01-07 Understanding how the mind deludes
108)
Conceiving the Inconceivable
107)
TEMPLE: How Krishna consciousnes contributes to the world practically
106)
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 05.24-29: How knowing Krishna brings peace
105)
Gita Study Mumbai 2012: 05.17-23 The four investments for gaining knowledge of Krishna.mp3
104)
Gita Study Mumbai 2012: 05.09-16 Understanding who is the actual doer
103)
Gita Study Mumbai 2012 05.01-08: How Krishna subtly but surely changes Arjuna’s conceptions about the hierarchy of karma yoga and jnana yoga
102)
Importance of doubting – and danger of blind faith
101)
5 TESTS for evaluating a spiritual path
100)
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 04.34-42 Glories of transcendental knowledge
99)
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 04.26-33 Different kinds of yajnas and their underlying principles
98)
Gita study Mumbai – 2012 04.18-25 How the internal consciousness prevents bondage
97)
Priyavrata pastimes analysis 2- Where material life and spiritual intersect
96)
Priyavrata pastimes analysis 1 – Don’t confuse means and ends
95)
Gita study Mumbai 2012 – Different approaches for scriptural study
94)
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 04.10-17 Understanding Krishna’s nature
93)
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 04.07-09 The three obstacles to knowing Krishna
92)
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 04.01-06 How the parampara is continued or lost
91)
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 03.37-43 Lust is not just dangerous but also treacherous
90)
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 03.31-36 The middle way between total supression and unrestricated expression
89)
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 03.25-30 Four differences between karma kandi and karma yogi
88)
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 3.21-24 Are Krishna’s action are immoral
87)
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 3.14-20 Playing our part in the cycle of sacrifice
86)
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 3.9-13 Understanding the principles and mechanism of yajna
85)
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 3.1-8 The principles and purposes underlying renunciation
84)
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 2.67-72 Going beyond sense control to mind control
83)
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 2.62-66 Avoiding undesirable contemplation
82)
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 2.55-61 Becoming a sthita prajna
81)
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 2.48-54 Understanding and living the three definitions of yoga
80)
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 2.46-47 Understanding 4 parts of karmanya va dhikaraste
79)
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 2.26-38 Refuting materialism
78)
Gita study mumbai 2012 – 2.39-45 How karma yoga is superior to karma kanda
77)
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 2.17-25 Characteristics of the soul
76)
Gita study mumbai 2012- 2.1-16 Gita begins by refuting mayavada
75)
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 1.27-46 Giving up horizontal relationship for vertical relationship
74)
Gita study Mumbai 2012- 1.1-1.25 Introducing Mahabharat character
73)
Scriptures act as Map, Model and Muscle
72)
Role of Jnana in Bhakti
71)
Love is the Ultimate Reality – Prerana Class at Radha Gopinath Temple
70)
Does too much seriousness in spiritual life makes one irresponsible and unambitious
69)
The Power of Habits
68)
Reductionism and Pantheism refuted
67)
How pain protects us
66)
KC- The real help to society
65)
Five levels of Vedic Knowledge
64)
God’s relationship with matter
63)
Damodarashtakam- Sanatan Goswami Tikka 2
62)
Damodarashtakam- Sanatan Goswami Tikka 1
61)
BALI acronym of Bali Maharaj glories- 3
60)
BALI acronym of Bali Maharaj Glories -2
59)
BALI acronym of Bali maharaj glories
58)
How hearing does wonders BG 7.1
57)
KC pleasure higher than sensual and intellectual
56)
Understanding Krishna Tattva
55)
How is Bhagavan higher than Brahman? Ishopanishad 15-16
54)
Do all paths lead to the same goal? – Ishopanishad 13
June 2012
53)
Prahlad M prayers 4 – Krishna is more than a desire tree
52)
Prahlad M prayers 1 – Comprehending the Mystery of Humility
51)
Prahlad M prayers 3 – Making Misery an incentive for bhakti
50)
Prahlad M prayers 2 – Steadying and purifying our bhakti
49)
Understanding Vedic Cosmology
48)
6 Opulences of Krishna
47)
KC and World Religions 6 – Sikhism
May 2012
46)
The Romance and the Resistance in Fasting
45)
KC and World Religions 5 – Buddhism
44)
KC and World Religions 4 – Islam
43)
KC and World Religions 3 – Christianity 2
42)
KC and World Religions 2 – Christianity 1
41)
Narasimha Lila – Festival Class (Hindi)
40)
Prayers of Prahlada Maharaj (Narasimha Chaturdashi Bhagavatam)
39)
Introduction to Philosophy 2: Overview of Western Intellectual History
38)
Ishopanishad Systematic Overview Pune 2012 – 15 classes
37)
KC and World Religions 1 – Judaism
April 2012
36)
Introduction to Philosophy 1: 6 Systems of Indian Philosophy
35)
Systematic overview of all Bhagavad-gita verses in 50 hours
34)
History of Gaudiya Vaishnavism – Post-Prabhupada ISKCON
33)
Rama-Lila lectures in Hindi
32)
History of Gaudiya Vaishnavism IV – Prabhupada’s unprecedented success
March 2012
31)
Gita Overview Hindi
30)
The History of Gaudiya Vaishnavism III – Transcendence Amidst Independence
29)
Unravelling the mystery of karma
28)
Bhishma Stuti 1.9.32-42
27)
History of Gaudiya Vaishnavism III – The Beginnings of Modernity
26)
The Mystery of Reincarnation
25)
Queen Kunti’s Prayers – 1 (1.8.18-24)
24)
History of Gaudiya Vaishnavism – II (Post Chaitanya phase)
23)
History of Gaudiya Vaishnavism I – Pre-Chaitanya Vaishnavism
22)
Six Opulences of Lord Chaitanya (5): Strength Wealth Fame part 1
21)
Six Opulences of Lord Chaitanya (6): Strength Wealth Fame part 2
20)
Six Opulences of Lord Chaitanya (4): Renunciation
19)
Six Opulences of Lord Chaitanya (3): Knowledge
18)
Six Opulences of Lord Chaitanya (2): Beauty part 2
17)
Six Opulences of Lord Chaitanya (1): Beauty
16)
Gita Overview 2 (2.1-2.30)
15)
Gita Overview 5 (2.54-3.8)
14)
Gita Overview 1 (1.1-1.47)
February 2012
13)
Why is Krishna considered Supreme among all gods?
12)
Managing Our Emotions – The Spiritual Way
January 2012
11)
Can Animals Perceive God? – Discover Yourself Session 3 Explanation
10)
Unraveling the Mystery of Karma
9)
Science and Spirituality
8)
Tap the Power of Faith
7)
The difference between material and spiritual emotions
6)
Idol Worship or Ideal Worship?
5)
Comparison of Bhagavata worldview with scientific materialism, Christianity and impersonalism
4)
How Krishna is revealed in the Bhagavatam
3)
MBW 1 (Mahabharata Wisdom 1): The Unity of the Pandavas – Yudhisthira’s Mistake
December 2011
2)
How Lord Chaitanya’s glory is established in the Chaitanya Charitamrita
1)
Emotional Exchanges between Krishna and Arjuna in the Gita