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Gita 18.04 Just as indulgence can be indiscriminate, so can renunciation

Bhagavatam study 79 1.15.25-30 Remember Krishna in his absence by remembering his message

How can those in passion come to goodness to understand their nature?

Should we serve Krishna as we feel inspired or as we are instructed?

Gita 18.03 Gita 18.03 Appreciate others thoughtfulness even if it doesn’t lead to the best conclusion

Gita 18.02 Devotional attachment is the best way to avoid worldly attachment

Philosophically, are certain activities in certain modes – is fighting in passion or can it be in goodness?

Bhagavatam study 78 1.15.19-24 Krishna takes away everything that covers us before him

Should we serve according to our nature or try to transcend our nature?

If we keep whimsically repeating a mistake, what to do?

Gita 18.01 What is used to refer is not as important as what is being referred to

What are dynamic and static understandings of bhakti?

Bhagavatam study 77 1.15.13-18 Arjuna treasures his memories of Krishna

Gita 17.28 Having no faith in anything higher makes performance of religious activities unfruitful

Bhagavatam study 76 1.15.7-12 Devotees see their achievements as Krishna’s mercy

If our weaknesses make us lose perspective what can we do?

How do the soul mind intelligence and false ego interact with each other?

How do we know if we are doing a service for our ego or for Krishna?

We plan to do many services during vacations but end up in doing nothing – what to do?

Gita 17.27 Sat is not just a word for recitation – it is a conviction to cultivated and infused into action

Bhagavatam study 75 1.15.1-6 When we lose everything we gain the Lord of everything

How to balance between dependence on Krishna and diligence for Krishna?

If God could have stopped Hitler from killing innocent people why didn’t he do so?

Bhagavatam study 74 1.14.34-44 Questions about causes of distress reveal conceptions of distress

Gita 17.26 Any inclination to seek elevation of consciousness is praiseworthy

Appreciating the potency of online outreach

When terrorists kill people are those people killed because of their own karma?

How can we explain why bad things happen without seeming insensitive by bringing in karma?

Be creative in fixing the mind on Krishna – Hindi

Gita 17.25 Recitation of tad signifies and stimulates the pursuit of transcendence

Why do many people consider the soul and the Supersoul to be one?

Gita 17.24 The many meanings of the word “brahma” in the Gita

Gita 17.23 Everything is sustained by its connection with the Absolute

What is the role of the intelligence in the metaphor of the mind as the software?

What is the difference between the material mind and the spiritual mind?

Should we appreciate the good qualities in nondevotees?

How does bhakti wisdom help us to become more tolerant?

Scripture glorifies association between seer and seeker – is association of equals also uplifting?

Is aversion always bad – isn’t Yamunacharya averse to sensual pleasure? (Vedic wisdom)

We may be hurt but we don’t have to stay hurt

If we have a million options to choose from how to decide?

What is the happiness that comes from inside?

What is the causal body or karana-sharira?

What does akarma mean – does akarma free us from past karma?

In what context did you say that to err is divine and to forgive human?

Can we see everything that happens as Krishna’s mercy that he is giving us our own bad karma for making us take shelter of him?

Can ambition and devotion go together 2 – How to channel ambition in devotion

If our mind troubles us more than others’ mind troubles them what to do?

Amidst suffering should we see that Krishna has chosen us to go through this for some purpose?

How can we make difficult decisions responsibly?

Redirection of consciousness is Krishna’s miracle – Bali Maharaj pastime reflection

Seeing Krishna’s mercy amidst loss – Krishna’s instructions after Govardhana lila

Renunciation of false ego – Indra’s Prayers after Govardhana lila

Does Krishna interfere with the laws of material nature for a devotee?

How can we become more consistent?

How the mind troubles us – and how to protect ourselves – Hindi

Keep the mind on the spiritual track to keep it out of trouble

Why we need spirituaity in the age of technology

Does causeless mercy exist – are we qualified for it?

How can we practically understand humility and surrender?

Can ambition and devotion go together 1 – How happiness-distress are fixed and how they aren’t

Analyzing different religions to find life’s purpose 2 – The problem of evil original sin and karma

Analyzing different religions to find life’s purpose 1 – Seeking a purpose bigger than our problems

Is seeing believing 3 – Resolving science-spirituality conflicts

Is seeing believing 2 – What the map of science misses

Is seeing believing 1 – Even science explains the visible with the invisible

If circumstantially we can’t get initiation does that mean Krishna thinks we aren’t yet qualified?

Why does Bhishma say that he is bound by the Kauravas wealth?

What does Prabhupada want to convey by talking about the conflict of communists and capitalists?

Are Bhishma’s teachings of pure devotion at the end of his life contradicted by his life of service to the Kauravas?

Understanding tradition and its conformers, deformers reformers – and presenters

Does consciousness flow inside-out or outside-in?

Did Krishna create the universe through the big bang or without it?

In the metaphor of mind as inner screen how does purification occur? (Vedic wisdom)

When Indra commits so many mistakes why is he considered a great person?

The power of gratitude 2 – How to cultivate gratitude

The power of gratitude 1 – How gratitude empowers us

How can we avoid karmic entanglement while working in our office?

How is spiritual sound different from material sound?

In the metaphor of mind as inner screen how does spiritual sound lead to spiritual realization?

How can we change ourselves for the better as quickly as possible?

Varnashrama in bhakti – Focus on replicating the take-off not recreating the take-off point

If we make a strong resolution does the mind’s power ensure that we keep it?

Nourishing the creeper of devotion 4 – Finding our spiritual stimuil

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Nourishing our lives with the Bhagavad-gita

Nourishing the creeper of devotion 3 – Avoid attachment to renunciation

Strive first for devotion then for pure devotion

How do our beliefs and habits shape what pops up on our inner screen?

How can we get the impetus to chant seriously?

Does anxiety come by itself or do we choose it – what to do about it?

When we keep forgetting the good things we hear what is the benefit?

Sensitivity in relationships 3 – Dealing with insensitive people

How to get realizations

Which is the easier way to attain Krishna – bhakti or seva?

Nourishing the creeper of devotion 2 – Regulate attachment even to things that help in devotion

Sensitivity in relationships 2 – From judgment to encouragement

Does developing a devotional self-conception require a lot of preparation before it can be lived?

Sensitivity in relationships 1 – Why we need to be sensitive and why we aren’t

Nourishing the creeper of devotion 1 – The danger of becoming religious but not spiritual