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August 2022

• 318) Bhagavatam-daily 34 – 11.07.24 – Learning from the past is a shortcut to learning

September 2015

• 317) Bhagavatam-daily 315 – 11.14.9 – Spiritual universality accomodates material variety
• 316) Bhagavatam-daily 314 – 11.14.8 – We need the living tradition to protect us from deviation

August 2015

• 315) Bhagavatam-daily 313 – 11.14.5-7 – Vedic variety reflects universal demography
• 314) Bhagavatam-daily 312 – 11.14.4 – Sonic succession is more important than seminal succession
• 313) Bhagavatam-daily 311 – 11.14.3 – The knowledge beyond history manifests in history
• 312) Bhagavatam-daily 310 – 11.14.2 – Diversity of paths accommodates variety of desires
• 311) Bhagavatam-daily 309 – 11.14.1 – See the diversity of paths neither fanatically nor uncritically
• 310) Bhagavatam-daily 308 – 11.13.41 – Enlightenment is not just accepting the reality of the spiritual but also accepting its primacy
• 309) Bhagavatam-daily 307 – 11.13.40 – Purification is not the depriver of happiness – impurity is
• 308) Bhagavatam-daily 306 – 11.13.39 – Unity of purpose underlies diversity of processes
• 307) Bhagavatam-daily 305 – 11.13.38 – Krishna questions the question before answering the question
• 306) Bhagavatam-daily 304 – 11.13.37 – Austerity is meant not to torment the body but to transcend the body
• 305) Bhagavatam-daily 303 – 11.13.36 – Devotion is the ultimate intoxication
• 304) Bhagavatam-daily 302 – 11.13.35 – Don’t equate the temporarily real with the eternally real
• 303) Bhagavatam-daily 301 – 11.13.34 – Don’t equate continuity of form with continuity of substance
• 302) Bhagavatam-daily 300 – 11.13.33 – Faith in Krishna is similar to and different from other kinds of faith
• 301) Bhagavatam-daily 299 – 11.13.32 – The absence of memory is also a memory
• 300) Bhagavatam-daily 298 – 11.13.31 – Absorption in higher reality counters infatuation with lower reality
• 299) Bhagavatam-daily 297 – 11.13.30 – Wake up from the dream, not within the dream
• 298) Bhagavatam-daily 296 – 11.13.29 – Rejection of illusion brings release from anxiety
• 297) Bhagavatam-daily 295 – 11.13.28 – Spiritual is not just above goodness – it is way above
• 296) Bhagavatam-daily 294 – 11.13.27 – Contemplate one’s observer position to cultivate dispassion
• 295) Bhagavatam-daily 293 – 11.13.26 – Resist the lower natural by embracing the higher natural
• 294) Bhagavatam-daily 292 – 11.13.25 – Use your capacity to control to connect with the supreme controller
• 293) Bhagavatam-daily 291 – 11.13.24 – Agnosticism reduces God to irrelevance and non-existence
• 292) Bhagavatam-daily 290 – 11.13.23 – Both spiritual and material monism are fallacious
• 291) Bhagavatam-daily 289 – 11.13.22 – Impersonalim reduces all inquiry to incoherence
• 290) Bhagavatam-daily 287 – 11.13.20 – Devotees want to know the identity of not just God but also his specific manifestations
• 289) Bhagavatam-daily 286 – 11.13.19 – The essence-shower enlightens the essence-seeker
• 288) Bhagavatam-daily 285 – 11.13.18 – Spiritual safety comes not by position but by devotion

July 2015

• 287) Bhagavatam-daily 284 – 11.13.17 – Beware of the sense objects to which you are attracted and those which are attracted to you
• 286) Bhagavatam-daily 283 – 11.13.16 – Inspiration can’t be extracted by law or blood
• 285) Bhagavatam-daily 282 – 11.13.15 – The Kumaras are exalted souls eminently qualified for enlightenment
• 284) Bhagavatam-daily 281 – 11.13.14 – The purpose of yoga is to help the mind find rest in Krishna
• 283) Bhagavatam-daily 280 – 11.13.13 – Connect regularly with transcendence to prevent sliding into ignorance
• 282) Bhagavatam-daily 279 – 11.13.12 – We may be contaminated by the modes, but we dont have to be controlled by them
• 281) Bhagavatam-daily 278 – 11.13.11 – Awareness of consequence without alteration of lifestyle is non-transformational
• 280) Bhagavatam-daily 277 – 11.13.10 – The mind’s oscillation keeps us in illusion
• 279) Bhagavatam-daily 276 – 11.13.9 – To think we are what we are not is our foundational illuson
• 278) Bhagavatam-daily 275 – 11.13.8 – Illusion makes us to stick to the source of suffering
• 277) Bhagavatam-daily 274 – 11.13.7 – Guided destruction facilitates regeneration
• 276) Bhagavatam-daily 273 – 11.13.6 – Cultivate goodness as a foundation for spiritual takeoff
• 275) Bhagavatam-daily 272 – 11.13.5 – The Vedic plan is not just inclusive but also progressive
• 274) Bhagavatam-daily 271 – 11.13.4 – Observe and alter the ten factors that determine the mode influencing us
• 273) Bhagavatam-daily 270 – 11.13.3 – Goodness helps us to best live in the ocean while bhakti takes us to the shore
• 272) Bhagavatam-daily 269 – 11.13.2 – Dont reject the material – connect with the material that takes us to the transcendental
• 271) Bhagavatam-daily 268 – 11.13.1 – We need to come to goodness before acting in pure goodness
• 270) Bhagavatam-daily 267 – 11.12.24 – Both Gitas teach using and transcending jnana
• 269) Bhagavatam-daily 266 – 11.12.23 – The godless are like reverse-swans
• 268) Bhagavatam-daily 265 – 11.12.22 – The Bhagavatam’s sophisticated analogies provide intellectual absorption in Krishna
• 267) Bhagavatam-daily 264 – 11.12.21 – Krishna is the source and the essence of the material manifestation
• 266) Bhagavatam-daily 263 – 11.12.20 – Let perception of variety enhance appreciation of its one source
• 265) Bhagavatam-daily 262 – 11.12.19 – Krishna manifests as the senses and the sense perception mechanism to ultimately spiritualize our consciousness
• 264) Bhagavatam-daily 261 – 11.12.18 – Sacred fire and sacred sound are manifestations of and means to Krishna.mp3
• 263) Bhagavatam-daily 260 – 11.12.17 – We depend on Krishna even if we deny that dependence
• 262) Bhagavatam-daily 259 – 11.12.16 – Deference doesn’t mean settling for ambiguity
• 261) Bhagavatam-daily 258 – 11.12.15 – Surrender is the path to fearlessness
• 260) Bhagavatam-daily 257 – 11.12.14 – Bhakti provides what other paths do and more
• 259) Bhagavatam-daily 256 – 11.12.13 – Devotion transcends mundane morality
• 258) Bhagavatam-daily 255 – 11.12.12 – Krishna uses impersonalist imagery to convey devotional glory
• 257) Bhagavatam-daily 254 – 11.12.11 – Relativity of the gopis’ perception of time demonstrates their intensity of love

June 2015

• 256) Bhagavatam-daily 253 – 11.12.10 – Radharani’s love is the summit of selflessness
• 255) Bhagavatam-daily 252 – 11.12.09 – Religious activities should increase our Krishna consciousness, not our self-consciousness
• 254) Bhagavatam-daily 251 – 11.12.08 – Even the unqualified become liberated by bhakti
• 253) Bhagavatam-daily 250 – 11.12.07 – Association of devotees is equivalent to the association of Krishna
• 252) Bhagavatam-daily 249 – 11.12.06 – Association benedicts not just the elevated but also the degraded
• 251) Bhagavatam-daily 248 – 11.12.05 – Association’s potency is not just declared but also demonstrated
• 250) Bhagavatam-daily 247 – 11.12.04 – Social division is not to be eternalized because social designation itself is not eternal
• 249) Bhagavatam-daily 246 – 11.12.03 – Association makes bhakti accessible to all humans – and nonhumans too.mp3
• 248) Bhagavatam-daily 245 – 11.12.02 – Association gives access to Krishna’s omnipotence internally and externally
• 247) Bhagavatam-daily 244 – 11.12.01 – The primacy of bhakti is not exclusive but is inclusive
• 246) Bhagavatam-daily 243 – 11.11.49 – Krishna teaches not as a pedant but as a friend
• 245) Bhagavatam-daily 242 – 11.11.48 – Association sustains devotion
• 244) Bhagavatam-daily 241 – 11.11.47 – Absorption comes from both attraction and determination
• 243) Bhagavatam-daily 240 – 11.11.46 – Specific details of Krishna’s forms are not to be transcended but to be treasured
• 242) Bhagavatam-daily 239 – 11.11.45 – See social service as a form of devotional service, not its replacement
• 241) Bhagavatam-daily 238 – 11.11.44 – Worship of Krishna is eminently accessible through his devotees
• 240) Bhagavatam-daily 237 – 11.11.43 – See various worshipable things as pathways to the supreme worshipable
• 239) Bhagavatam-daily 236 – 11.11.42 – Don’t see God as reduced to the world or as disconnected from the world
• 238) Bhagavatam-daily 235 – 11.11.41 – By giving our dearmost things to Krishna, we make Krishna our dearmost thing
• 237) Bhagavatam-daily 234 – 11.11.40 – Maintaining the sanctity of Deity worship protects our vision from sliding to the mundane
• 236) Bhagavatam-daily 233 – 11.11.39 – The counter for duplicity is not just honesty but also simplicity
• 235) Bhagavatam-daily 232 – 11.11.38 – The desire to become bigger keeps us a beggar
• 234) Bhagavatam-daily 231 – 11.11.37 – Don’t let technical minutiae blind you to transcendental purpose
• 233) Bhagavatam-daily 230 – 11.11.36 – Pass higher test to quickly gain higher taste
• 232) Bhagavatam-daily 229 – 11.11.35 – Let spiritual sound shape your inner and outer world
• 231) Bhagavatam-daily 228 – 11.11.34 – The infinite by his infinite mercy becomes accessible in a finite form to the finite
• 230) Bhagavatam-daily 227 – 11.11.33 – The glorification of devotion is not a denigration of reason
• 229) Bhagavatam-daily 226 – 11.11.32 – Give up whatever comes in the way of bhakti, even if it is dharma
• 228) Bhagavatam-daily 225 – 11.11.31 – Determination is more enriching than wealth
• 227) Bhagavatam-daily 224 – 11.11.30 – Even if desires dont get out, we can wait them out

May 2015

• 226) Bhagavatam-daily 223 – 11.11.29 – Mercy is given from a superior position, but not with a superior disposition
• 225) Bhagavatam-daily 222 – 11.11.28 – God is not just the best in a category – he is beyond all categories
• 224) Bhagavatam-daily 221 – 11.11.27 – To take the bhakti treatment seriously, boost your faith in Krishnas healing expertise
• 223) Bhagavatam-daily 220 – 11.11.26 – Dont reduce bhakti to your conceptions – expand your conceptions
• 222) Bhagavatam-daily 219 – 11.11.24 – Have an integrated, not fragmented, understanding of bhakti
• 221) Bhagavatam-daily 218 – 11.11.23 – Devotion channelizes our active nature towards Krishna
• 220) Bhagavatam-daily 217 – 11.11.22 – Krishna is not a judging God but an accomodating God
• 219) Bhagavatam-daily 216 – 11.11.21 – Go beyond material variety by delighting in spiritual variety
• 218) Bhagavatam-daily 215 – 11.11.20 – Knowledge even if Vedic is barren without Krishna
• 217) Bhagavatam-daily 214 – 11.11.19 – Good without God is no good
• 216) Bhagavatam-daily 213 – 11.11.18 – Know not just the letter of the Vedas but their purpose too
• 215) Bhagavatam-daily 212 – 11.11.17 – The wise act as foolish to avoid being entangled with the foolish
• 214) Bhagavatam-daily 211 – 11.11.16 – The equal vision is principle-centered, not pleasure-centered
• 213) Bhagavatam-daily 210 – 11.11.15 – Transcend duality by being fixed in a reality higher than duality
• 212) Bhagavatam-daily 209 – 11.11.14 – Our mentality determines whether we are in the body or are beyond it
• 211) Bhagavatam-daily 208 – 11.11.13 – Dream to come out of the dream
• 210) Bhagavatam-daily 207 – 11.11.12 – Detachment enables us to be situated in matter but not bound by it
• 209) Bhagavatam-daily 206 – 11.11.11 – See the world with a clinical perspective like a viritual reality
• 208) Bhagavatam-daily 205 – 11.11.11 – Beware of the internal sabotage of our defense mechanism
• 207) Bhagavatam-daily 204 – 11.11.09 – Maximizing the contact of senses and sense objects is the expressway to entanglement
• 206) Bhagavatam-daily 203 – 11.11.08 – Embodied existence is not a dream – bodily misidentification is
• 205) Bhagavatam-daily 202 – 11.11.07 – Enlightenment means to realize not just our oneness with the Absolute but also our difference
• 204) Bhagavatam-daily 201 – 11.11.06 – Quench the thirst for happiness by diving into the Lord’s glories
• 203) Bhagavatam-daily 200 – 11.11.05 – Krishna is potent and benevolent
• 202) Bhagavatam-daily 199 – 11.11.04 – Accepting our smallness brings wisdom
• 201) Bhagavatam-daily 198 – 11.11.03 – Be not self-conscious or Maya-conscious – be Krishna conscious
• 200) Bhagavatam-daily 197 – 11.11.02 – Does material existence have no existence?
• 199) Bhagavatam-daily 196 – 11.11.01 – Our subjective perception is not the objective reality
• 198) Bhagavatam-daily 195 – 11.10.37 – Non-imitable observable attributes characteristize the advanced
• 197) Bhagavatam-daily 194 – 11.10.36 – The difference between the bound and the entangled eludes the eye
• 196) Bhagavatam-daily 193 – 11.10.35 – Desire drags us from the real world to the reel world

April 2015

• 195) Bhagavatam-daily 192 – 11.10.34 – Good becomes bad when made into God
• 194) Bhagavatam-daily 191 – 11.10.33 – Defiance of God sentences us to fearful life
• 193) Bhagavatam-daily 190 – 11.10.32 – Dependence on Krishna makes us independent of illusion
• 192) Bhagavatam-daily 189 – 11.10.31 – The more we understand that we are controlled, the more we can break free
• 191) Bhagavatam-daily 188 – 11.10.30 – Krishna as time impels us to turn towards Krishna as Bhagavan
• 190) Bhagavatam-daily 187 – 11.10.29 – Enjoying by closing eyes doesn’t do away with consequences
• 189) Bhagavatam-daily 186 – 11.10.28 – Animal slaughter and fascination with vampires reflects tamo-guna
• 188) Bhagavatam-daily 185 – 11.10.27 – Obsession with pleasure causes degeneration of character
• 187) Bhagavatam-daily 187 – 11.10.29 – Enjoying by closing eyes doesn’t do away with consequences
• 186) Bhagavatam-daily 186 – 11.10.28 – Animal slaughter and fascination with vampires reflects tamo-guna
• 185) Bhagavatam-daily 185 – 11.10.27 – Obsession with pleasure causes degeneration of character
• 184) Bhagavatam-daily 184 – 11.10.26 – Seek to not forget the temporariness of reality, but to transcend it
• 183) Bhagavatam-daily 183 – 11.10.25 – Infatuation with gratification induces oblivion of impending tribulation
• 182) Bhagavatam-daily 182 – 11.10.24 – Seek change not in scale of pleasure, but in its nature
• 181) Bhagavatam-daily 181 – 11.10.23 – Heaven is a station – seeing it as a destination is illusion
• 180) Bhagavatam-daily 180 – 11.10.22 – Karma-kanda is a technique that can backfire at minor error
• 179) Bhagavatam-daily 179 – 11.10.21 – Extension of vision from this world to the next doesn’t help without extension of conception of self
• 178) Bhagavatam-daily 178 – 11.10.20 – Expose the tricks by which the mind denies our mortality
• 177) Bhagavatam-daily 177 – 11.10.19 – Death represents our ultimate failure to sustain relationships
• 176) Bhagavatam-daily 176 – 11.10.18 – Material expertise is no insurance from misery
• 175) Bhagavatam-daily 175 – 11.10.15 – See the frustration of our material plans as confirmation of our spiritual purpose
• 174) Bhagavatam-daily 174 – 11.10.16 – Holding that consciousness is eternal but not transcendental is misleading
• 173) Bhagavatam-daily 173 – 11.10.15 – Karma-mimamsa accepts the Vedas but defeats their purpose
• 172) Bhagavatam-daily 172 – 11.10.14 – Don’t let variety become the mother of illusion
• 171) Bhagavatam-daily 171 – 11.10.13 – The flame of purificatory knowledge incinerates all illusions
• 170) Bhagavatam-daily 170 – 11.10.12 – The guru’s flame of knowledge ignites the disciple’s flame through instruction
• 169) Bhagavatam-daily 169 – 11.10.11 – Spiritual curiosity changes the default object of our consiousness
• 168) Bhagavatam-daily 168 – 11.10.10 – See the Lord as the source of illusion – and illumination
• 167) Bhagavatam-daily 167 – 11.10.09 – Variety of levels of consciousness is due to variety of mediums, not of sources
• 166) Bhagavatam-daily 166 – 11.10.08 – See beyond visible object to invisible active principle

March 2015

• 165) Bhagavatam-daily 165 – 11.10.07 – Be self-interested, but after knowing the true self
• 164) Bhagavatam-daily 164 – 11.10.06 – Let speech elevate, not downgrade, consciousness
• 163) Bhagavatam-daily 163 – 11.10.05 – The purpose of sadhana is the change of desires
• 162) Bhagavatam-daily 162 – 11.10.04 – For the best, give up not just the bad but also the good
• 161) Bhagavatam-daily 161 – 11.10.03 – Sense objects are insubstantial like dream objects
• 160) Bhagavatam-daily 160 – 11.10.02 – Understand the deceptiveness of material appearance of things
• 159) Bhagavatam-daily 159 – 11.10.01 – Take shelter of Krishna according to your nature
• 158) Bhagavatam-daily 158 – 11.09.33 – Don’t just learn – learn to learn
• 157) Bhagavatam-daily 157 – 11.09.32 – Sharing spiritual knowledge enriches both student and teacher
• 156) Bhagavatam-daily 156 – 11.09.31 – Take responsibilty of internalizing the guru’s teachings from different perspectives
• 155) Bhagavatam-daily 155 – 11.09.30 – Realization manifests as renunciation and humility
• 154) Bhagavatam-daily 154 – 11.09.29 – Tap immediately the rare potential of the human form
• 153) Bhagavatam-daily 153 – 11.09.28 – The human form makes pointless material existence purposeful
• 152) Bhagavatam-daily 152 – 11.09.27 – Don’t serve the body-guru – serve Krishna with the body
• 151) Bhagavatam-daily 151 – 11.09.26 – Be grateful not to the body but to Krishna who gives the body and the intelligence to use it well
• 150) Bhagavatam-daily 150 – 11.09.25 – The body is doomed – don’t doom yourself with it
• 149) Bhagavatam-daily 149 – 11.09.24 – Our learning depends on our thirst for learning
• 148) Bhagavatam-daily 148 – 11.09.23 – Don’t see the spiritual world merely as a geographical neighbor of the material world
• 147) Bhagavatam-daily 147 – 11.09.22 – Our destination is shaped by the intersection of psychology and reincarnation
• 146) Bhagavatam-daily 146 – 11.09.21 – Krishna emanates and transcends material existence
• 145) Bhagavatam-daily 145 – 11.09.20 – Free will requires existence of arena for its execution
• 144) Bhagavatam-daily 144 – 11.09.19 – Time predates space, doesn’t parallel it as another dimension in spacetime
• 143) Bhagavatam-daily 143 – 11.09.18 – God is beyond all designations, even religious designations
• 142) Bhagavatam-daily 142 – 11.09.17 – Avoid frenzy by meditating on the inactivity during annihilation
• 141) Bhagavatam-daily 141 – 11.09.16 – Remember the world’s hugeness to not be sucked in our own small world
• 140) Bhagavatam-daily 140 – 11.09.15 – Don’t reinvent the wheel – just use it for Krishna
• 139) Bhagavatam-daily 139 – 11.09.14 – Let nothing distract from spiritual purposefulness
• 138) Bhagavatam-daily 138 – 11.09.13 – Life’s small events can teach us more than the so-called big events
• 137) Bhagavatam-daily 137 – 11.09.12 – Exhaust the fuel of material desire by kindling spirtual desire
• 136) Bhagavatam-daily 136 – 11.09.11 – Strive for mind control while doing spiritual practices
• 135) Bhagavatam-daily 135 – 11.09.10 – Minimize the noise of conflict and gossip

February 2015

• 134) Bhagavatam-daily 134 – 11.09.09 – All lessons don’t have to be taught to be learned
• 133) Bhagavatam-daily 133 – 11.09.05-08 – Use presence of mind to deal effectively with practical problems
• 132) Bhagavatam-daily 132 – 11.09.04 – Even the ignorant can inspire seekers of the transcendent
• 131) Bhagavatam-daily 131 – 11.09.03 – Seek krida and rati in devotion, not possession
• 130) Bhagavatam-daily 130 – 11.09.02 – Courage is seen not just in fighting but in choosing one’s fights
• 129) Bhagavatam-daily 129 – 11.09.01 – Posssessiveness produces pain
• 128) Bhagavatam-daily 128 – 11.08.44 – Worldly desire is the cause of suffering and is itself suffering
• 127) Bhagavatam-daily 127 – 11.08.43 – Peacefulness amidst distress shows authentic detachment
• 126) Bhagavatam-daily 126 – 11.08.42 – We become our protectors by accepting Krishna’s protection
• 125) Bhagavatam-daily 125 – 11.08.41 – Recognize the danger to realize the need for a rescuer
• 124) Bhagavatam-daily 124 – 11.08.40 – Take shelter by being materially satisfied and spiritually dynamic
• 123) Bhagavatam-daily 123 – 11.08.39 – Use detachment for increasing devotion, not challenging temptation
• 122) Bhagavatam-daily 122 – 11.08.38 – Misery is not due to unfulfilled desire, but desire itself
• 121) Bhagavatam-daily 121 – 11.08.37 – See the disappearance of tormenting desires as Krishna’s mercy
• 120) Bhagavatam-daily 120 – 11.08.36 – Confront the tempting mind with the question – How much?
• 119) Bhagavatam-daily 119 – 11.08.35 – Bhakti makes the body the means to the Lord
• 118) Bhagavatam-daily 118 – 11.08.34 – Why desire anyone other than the infallible Lord who delivers eternal happiness
• 117) Bhagavatam-daily 117 – 11.08.33 – Contemplate the body’s nature to get a illusion-countering cerebral jolt
• 116) Bhagavatam-daily 116 – 11.08.32 – Making money by sexually provoking others is reprehensible
• 115) Bhagavatam-daily 115 – 11.08.31 – Giving up the proximate and potent Lord for anyone else is pathetic
• 114) Bhagavatam-daily 114 – 11.08.30 – Eureka moments help us see our own plight
• 113) Bhagavatam-daily 113 – 11.08.29 – Knowledge and renunciation are symbiotic – and corollary to bhakti
• 112) Bhagavatam-daily 112 – 11.08.28 – Let the imagery of war energize spiritual life
• 111) Bhagavatam-daily 111 – 11.08.27 – Pray for the leap from frustration to renunciation
• 110) Bhagavatam-daily 110 – 11.08.26 – Depending on anyone except Krishna makes us vulnerable to frustration
• 109) Bhagavatam-daily 109 – 11.08.25 – The best charity is different from our conceptions about charity
• 108) Bhagavatam-daily 108 – 11.08.24 – Don’t condemn sinner but don’t condone sin either
• 107) Bhagavatam-daily 107 – 11.08.23 – To equate love with love-making is to lose lasting love

January 2015

• 106) Bhagavatam-daily 106 – 11.08.22 – A saint’s learning from a prostitute demonstrates the world’s utilization even amidst the world’s renunciation
• 105) Bhagavatam-daily 105 – 11.08.21 – Learn to differentiate pseudo-hunger from hunger
• 104) Bhagavatam-daily 104 – 11.08.20 – Fasting is incomplete without focusing on Krishna
• 103) Bhagavatam-daily 103 – 11.08.19 – Don’t fall for the bait of glamorized unhealthy food
• 102) Bhagavatam-daily 102 – 11.08.18 – Don’t underestimate the danger of sonic temptation
• 101) Bhagavatam-daily 101 – 11.08.17 – Let the ear lead to truth, not to illusion
• 100) Bhagavatam-daily 100 – 11.08.16 – See analogy in the light of its purpose to avoid misunderstanding
• 99) Bhagavatam-daily 99 – 11.08.15 – Material accumulation by hi-tech means heightens anxiety
• 98) Bhagavatam-daily 98 – 11.08.14 – Desire divorced from dharma drives us to disaster
• 97) Bhagavatam-daily 97 – 11.08.13 – Sexual discipline is not fanatical but essential for the spiritually purposeful
• 96) Bhagavatam-daily 96 – 11.08.12 – Don’t let possessions possess you
• 95) Bhagavatam-daily 95 – 11.08.11 – Even when seeking Lakshmi for Narayana, don’t pursue Lakshmi more than pursuing Narayana
• 94) Bhagavatam-daily 94 – 11.08.10 – Focus on essence takes us beyond peripheral differences among scriptures
• 93) Bhagavatam-daily 93 – 11.08.09 – Madhukari-vrtti means to collect modestly and not from one place
• 92) Bhagavatam-daily 92 – 11.08.08 – The fashion and cosmetic industries make the fire more seductive for moth-like humans
• 91) Bhagavatam-daily 91 – 11.08.07 – Illusion makes the destructive seem attractive
• 90) Bhagavatam-daily 90 – 11.08.06 – When we experience oceanic Krishna within, river-like material ups and downs can’t disturb
• 89) Bhagavatam-daily 89 – 11.08.05 – Absorption in the unlimited keeps us unagitated
• 88) Bhagavatam-daily 88 – 11.08.04 – Use bodily energy to unlock consciousness from the body
• 87) Bhagavatam-daily 87 – 11.08.03 – Don’t spend more mental energy on the body than necessary
• 86) Bhagavatam-daily 86 – 11.08.02 – Apply python’s attitude by being an optimizer, not a maximizer
• 85) Bhagavatam-daily 85 – SB 11.08.01 – Why struggle to increase the pleasure that is unchangeably finite?
• 84) Bhagavatam-daily 84 – 11.07.74 – When the prison door is open don’t turn your back to it
• 83) Bhagavatam-daily 83 – 11.07.73 – Don’t delight in duality – delight in Krishna
• 82) Bhagavatam-daily 82 – 11.07.72 – Seek shelter from merciless hunters in the mercful Lord
• 81) Bhagavatam-daily 81 – 11.07.71 – Devotion protects us from the frustration and destruction of lamentation
• 80) Bhagavatam-daily 80 – 11.07.70 – Choose that purpose of life which will never leave us purposeless
• 79) Bhagavatam-daily 79 – 11.07.69 – What we lament about reflects our consciousness level
• 78) Bhagavatam-daily 78 – 11.07.68 – In scriptural study focus on practical application, not historical precision
• 77) Bhagavatam-daily 77 – 11.07.67 – A time for commiseration, a time for education
• 76) Bhagavatam-daily 76 – 11.07.66 – Attachment constricts our intelligence

December 2014

• 75) Bhagavatam-daily 75 – 11.07.65 – Don’t let emotion rule action amidst tribulation
• 74) Daily-Bhagavatam 74 – 11.07.64 – Direct affection where it will bring satisfaction, not affliction
• 73) Daily-Bhagavatam 73 – 11.07.63 – Temporary shelter is a danger if it distracts from eternal shelter
• 72) Daily-Bhagavatam 72 – 11.07.62 – See food as the grace of God
• 71) Daily-Bhagavatam 71 – 11.07.61 – Don’t let love stop with this world
• 70) Daily-Bhagavatam 70 – 11.07.60 – Parent in the service of the supreme parent
• 69) Daily-Bhagavatam 69 – 11.07.59 – As the infant needs parent, the soul needs Krishna
• 68) Daily-Bhagavatam 68 – 11.07.58 – Appreciate the inconceivable even in the material
• 67) Daily-Bhagavatam 67 – 11.07.57 – Let horizontal love remind us of vertical love
• 66) Daily-Bhagavatam 66 – 11.07.56 – Counter temptation by intelligence, vigilance and diligence
• 65) Daily-Bhagavatam 65 – 11.07.55 – Don’t expect the future to be a continuation of the comfortable present
• 64) Daily-Bhagavatam 64 – 11.07.54 – Focus on Krishna to harmonize other relationships
• 63) Daily-Bhagavatam 63 – 11.07.53 – Don’t settle down into psuedo-security
• 62) Daily-Bhagavatam 62 – 11.07.52 – Don’t let worldly relationships consume all our emotions
• 61) Daily-Bhagavatam 61 – 11.07.51 – Live beyond the world, as does the sun
• 60) Daily-Bhagavatam 60 – 11.07.50 – Focus more on reciprocation than renunciation
• 59) Daily-Bhagavatam 59 – 11.07.49 – Intelligently see the invisible but inexorable bodily change
• 58) Daily-Bhagavatam 58 – 11.07.48 – Unchanging substance below changing appearance brings security
• 57) Daily-Bhagavatam 57 – 11.07.47 – Don’t let limitation of expression become limitation of intention
• 56) Bhagavatam-daily 56 – 11.07.46 – Take shelter of Krishna however that manifests to us
• 55) Bhagavatam-daily 55 – 11.07.45 – Light within the purifying flame of devotion
• 54) Bhagavatam-daily 54 – 11.07.44 – Bathe in the purifying river of saintly association
• 53) Bhagavatam-daily 53 – 11.07.43 – To transcend worldly ups and downs open yourself to higher reality
• 52) Bhagavatam-daily 52 – 11.07.42 – We stay disentangled by staying devoted
• 51) Bhagavatam-daily 51 – 11.07.41 – Detachment coming from analysis is reinforced by experience coming from bhakti
• 50) Bhagavatam-daily 50 – 11.07.40 – Sense of purpose and urgency will keep us undistracted by circumstances
• 49) Bhagavatam-daily 49 – 11.07.39 – Focus is not fanatical – it is logical choice for great achievement
• 48) Bhagavatam-daily 48 – 11.07.38 – Practice selflessnes by focusing on the ultimate object of service
• 47) Bhagavatam-daily 47 – 11.07.37 – Real strength means to be strong enough to let small things pass
• 46) Bhagavatam-daily 46 – 11.07.36 – Respecting people opens their heart to Krishna’s message
• 45) Bhagavatam-daily 45 – 11.07.35 – Shelter comes not by ritual formalization but by learning disposition

November 2014

• 44) Bhagavatam-daily 44 – 11.07.34 – Learning attitude ensures that we learn not just occasionally but constantly
• 43) Bhagavatam-daily 43 – 11.07.33 – Learning is not for earning or controlling, but for harmonizing
• 42) Bhagavatam-daily 42 – 11.07.32 – Constant learning mood heralds adventures in wisdom and devotion
• 41) Bhagavatam-daily 41 – 11.07.31 – The intelligence for spiritual enquiry is a great fortune
• 40) Bhagavatam-daily 40 – 11.07.30 – Saintly association impels us to question our definition of happiness
• 39) Bhagavatam-daily 39 – 11.07.29 – Burning oneself to feel the relief of coming out of fire is not pleasure
• 38) Bhagavatam-daily 38 – 11.07.28 – Ability present, activity absent is astonishing
• 37) Bhagavatam-daily 37 – 11.07.27 – Go beyond the maya of papa – and punya
• 36) Bhagavatam-daily 36 – 11.07.26 – Presence of knowledge begs questions about its source and use
• 35) Bhagavatam-daily 35 – 11.07.25 – Renunciation comes not from frustration but from illumination
• 34) Bhagavatam-daily 34 – 11.07.24 – Learning from the past is a shortcut to learning
• 33) Bhagavatam-daily 33 – 11.07.23 – Perceiving the difficult to perceive defines human intelligence
• 32) Bhagavatam-daily 32 – 11.07.22 – The father loves the path by which the lost child returns home
• 31) Bhagavatam-daily 31 – 11.07.21 – Bhakti enables us to best tap our human speciality
• 30) Bhagavatam-daily 30 – 11.07.20 – To become your own guru, observe and infer in harmony with guru
• 29) Bhagavatam-daily 29 – 11.07.19 – Use intelligence to take the initiative for delivering oneself
• 28) Bhagavatam-daily 28 – 11.07.18 – Meditate on Krishna’s benevolence to terminate ambivalence
• 27) Bhagavatam-daily 27 – 11.07.17 – Even the gods are illusioned; Krishna alone isn’t
• 26) Bhagavatam-daily 26 – 11.07.16 – Material improvement can’t replace spiritual advancement
• 25) Bhagavatam-daily 25 – 11.07.15 – Bhakti makes the dushkara sulabha and su-sukham
• 24) Bhagavatam-daily 24 – 11.07.14 – Yoga is not mechnical, but personal
• 23) Bhagavatam-daily 23 – 11.07.13 – Philosophy deepens our intellectual absorption in Krishna
• 22) Bhagavatam-daily 22 – 11.07.12 – Devotional vision and benevolent intention protects us from fall
• 21) Bhagavatam-daily 21 – 11.07.11 – When there’s no impurity, right action comes spontaneously, not intellectually
• 20) Bhagavatam-daily 20 – 11.07.10 – Don’t let relative security distract from absolute security
• 19) Bhagavatam-daily 19 – 11.07.09 – Seeing our connectedness with Krishna keeps us safe
• 18) Bhagavatam-daily 18 – 11.07.08 – See beyond material good and bad to Krishna
• 17) Bhagavatam-daily 17 – 11.07.07 – To accept the fleeting as lasting is illusion
• 16) Bhagavatam-daily 16 – 11.07.06 – The light of devotion illumines this dark age
• 15) Bhagavatam-daily 15 – 11.07.05 – Today’s culture aggravates, rationalizes and exploits people’s lower side

October 2014

• 14) Bhagavatam-daily 14 – 11.07.04 – The departure of Krishna’s outer manifestation impels us to take shelter of his ever-accesssible manifestations
• 13) Bhagavatam-daily 13 – 11.07.03 – Our choice of faith attracts the gift of faith
• 12) Bhagavatam-daily 12 – 11.07.02 – Krishna is the object of prayers for everyone – even those who are the object of prayers
• 11) Bhagavatam-daily 11 – 11.07.01 – Krishna appreciates our faith in him amidst adversity
• 10) Bhagavatam-daily 10 – 11.06.49 – Don’t project suspicion induced by the imitation on the original
• 9) Bhagavatam-daily 9 – 11.06.48 – Krishna manifested through his pastimes acts as a sword and a magnet
• 8) Bhagavatam-daily 8 – 11.06.47 – What the impersonalists attain with difficulty devotees attain that and more with ease
• 7) Bhagavatam-daily 7 – 11.06.46 – Krishna’s remnants make the lower taste unappealing
• 6) Bhagavatam-daily 6 – 11.06.45 – How devotion rises from unsteady to spontaneous
• 5) Bhagavatam-daily 5 – 11.06.44 – Hearing about Krishna is auspicious and delicious
• 4) Bhagavatam-daily 4 – 11.06.43 – We can’t tolerate separation from Krishna, but the mind misleads us
• 3) Bhagavatam-daily 3 – 11.06.42 – Trust not just Krishna’s power, but also his intelligence
• 2) Bhagavatam-daily 2 – 11.06.41 – Submission is the way out of confusion
• 1) Bhagavatam-daily 1 – 11.06.40 – Philosophy offers shelter when the world’s shelters fail