Lecture Series

The Monk’s Podcast 13 with Bhakti Rasamrita Maharaj – Can we be spiritual but not religious

The Monks Podcast 12 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Capitalism Communism and Spirituality – part 2

The Monk’s Podcast 11 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Capitalism, Communism and Spirituality – Part 1

The Monk’s Podcast 10 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Where is God amid crisis

The Monk’s Podcast 9 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Is the world a stage

The Monk’s Podcast 8 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Rituals – what they are and why they matter

The Monk’s Podcast 7 with Bhakti Rasamrita Swami – Environmentalism and Bhakti

The Monk’s Podcast 6 with Shyamananda Prabhu and Hari Vamsa Prabhu – Finding inner anchor amid outer storms

The Monk’s Podcast 5 with Shyamananda Prabhu- Living in the present – The bhakti-yoga way

The Monk’s Podcast 4 with Bhakti Rasamrita Maharaj – Veganism and bhakti

The Monk’s Podcast 3 with Shyamananda Prabhu and Hari Vamsa Prabhu – Eco-Friendly and Anthropo-Friendly

The Monk’s Podcast 2 with Shyamananda Prabhu and Hari Vamsa Prabhu – Karma-and-Corona

The Monk’s Podcast 1 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Corona crisis and unnatural living

Gita key verses course 22 What happens if I am not spiritual enough at the time of death – Gita 06.40

Gita key verses course 21 Why are relationships so difficult – how can we improve them – Gita 06.32

Gita key verse course 20 What is meditation – What are spiritual experiences – Are they just hallucinations – Gita 06.22

Gita key verses course 19 What is yoga – Gita 06.11

Gita key verses course18 What is mind – What is mindfulness – Gita 06.05

Gita key verses course 17 Why are religious people so sectarian – Is it better to be spiritual but not religious – Gita 05.18

Naam Ramayana 4 – Rama charms the hearts of everyone

Naam Ramayana 3 – Rama exhibits his miraculous abilities

Gita key verses course 16 If God is good why does he allow evil to exist? – Gita 05.15

Gita key verses course 15 Do I need guru – How can I find my guru – Gita 04.34

Gita key verses course 14 What is karma – Why do bad things happen to good people – Gita 04.16

Gita key verses course 13 Why are there so many religious paths – Do all paths lead to the same goal – Gita 04.11

Gita key verses course 12 Who is God – Does he care – Why should I care – Gita 04.08

Gita key verses course 11 What is revelation – Is it for real – Gita 04.01-02

Naam Ramayana 2 – The Lord brings joy to everyone

Gita key verses course 10 Do I have inner demons – How can I slay them – Gita 03.36

Gita key verses course 9 What is sacrifice – Is it a ritual – Are rituals needed – Gita 03.09

Naam Ramayana 1 – How the transcendental descends as the historical

Gita key verses course 8 What is happiness – Why is it so elusive – Gita 02.55

Seeking Karuna Amidst Corona seminar part 3

Seeking Karuna Amidst Corona seminar part 2

Seeking Karuna Amidst Corona seminar part 1

Gita key verses course 7 Can I be detached without becoming irresponsible – Gita 02.47

Gita key verses course 6 Do animals have souls – Are humans just evolved animals – Gita 02.30

Gita key verses course 5 What is spirituality – Is it a state of mind – Why are so few people spiritually minded – Gita 02.29

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

Is science atheistic – does it promote atheism?

God usually acts in this world through secondary causes – what does this mean?

Gita key verses course 3 What is death – what is reincarnation – do we have soul mates – Gita 02.22

Gita key verses course 2 Who am I – Is there any scientific evidence for the existence of the soul – Gita 02.13

Gita key verses course 1 What is the Gita – How is the Gita relevant today – Gita 01.01

Srila Prabhupada – The transcendentalist who embodied the best of traditionalist, existentialist and utopianist

Damodarashtakam 4 – Seeing God as the supreme desirable, not just as the source of all desirables

Govardhan Puja – The rising of consciousness from anna-maya kosha to ananda-maya kosha

Gita lite 5 – Chps 12-15

Damodarashtakam Texts 5-8 – Hindi

Damodarashtakam Texts 1-4 – Hindi

Damodarashtakam 3 – The unique loveliness of the Krishna conception of God

Damodarashtakam 2 How Krishna is the God of love who fulfills our longing for love

Gita Lite 4 – Chps 9-11

Comparing Ramayana and Mahabharata 3 – How to see and seek God amid adversities

Comparing Ramayana and Mahabharata 2 – How to process adversities constructively

Comparing Ramayana and Mahabharata 1 – What caused the exiles

Damodarashtam 1 – The vision of the divine from the generic to the stunningly specific

Gita lite 3 – Chps 6-8

Gita lite 2 – Chps 3-5

Gita lite 1 – Chps 1-2

A grateful heart is a powerful heart Prabhupada’s Jaladuta prayer

Understanding the unborn’s understandings 5 – Why is the embryo’s prayer not answered

Understanding the unborn’s understandings 4 – What the embryo’s desire to stay in the womb implies

Understanding the unborn’s understandings 3 – What is a human soul

Science and Spirituality – From the study of matter to the study of what matters

Understanding the unborn’s understandings 2 – How can the embryo know God

Understanding the unborn’s understandings 1 – How can the embryo with ana undeveloped brain speak prayers?

How to understand Krishna’s blessings – Mukunda Mala Stotra 1 – BULL acronym

Six limbs of surrender 4 – Offering ourselves by accepting ourselves

Six limbs of surrender 3 – Understanding how God protects

Six limbs of surrender 2 – Accept the favorable, avoid the unfavorable

How can we know which spiritual path to follow?

Six limbs of surrender 1 – The Medical Metaphor

3 Metaphors for Effective Parenting

Vamana pastime analysis 2 – When the branch under us break, seek Krishna’s help to spread your wings

Vamana pastime analysis 1 – When good people do good things at a heavy cost

Radhashtami meditation 2 – Appreciating the two separations endured by Sita and Radharani

Radhashtami meditation 1 – Appreciating the sacrificing spirit of Sita and Radharani

Flavors of divine friendship – Krishna’s relationship with Madhumangala, Sudama and Arjuna

Krishna descends to show the path to happiness – Sudama pastime analysis

How Krishna made the two lives of the gopis one – and how he can make our two lives one too

Subduing Kaliya, subduing ego

Demons in Krishna lila 1 – Putana and the abuse of trust

How can we attract scientifically minded people to scripture?

How Balarama acts as Krishna’s best friend – Balarama Purnima class

Analyzing Brahma’s bewilderment 2 – How Brahma rose from testing Krishna to tasting Krishna

Analyzing Brahma’s bewilderment 1 – How and why Brahma tested Krishna

Analyzing Govardhan Lila 2 – How Indra is thwarted and reformed

Analyzing Govardhan Lila 1 – How Krishna is the best provoker

Does a scientific person need spirituality?

Greater than God’s greatness is his sweetness

Bhagavatam tenth canto study 94 – 10.16.7-15 – Kaliya bites and binds Krishna

Bhagavatam tenth canto study 93 – 10.16.1-7 Krishna’s mode of entry into Kaliya’s lake reflects his playful confidence

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

Bhagavatam tenth canto study 89 – 10.15.13-25- The gopas ask Balarama-Krishna to get fruits by eliminating Dhenuka

Bhagavatam tenth canto study 87 – 10.15.1-6 Krishna dedicates the beauty of Vrindavana is meant for Balarama

Bhagavatam tenth canto study 86 – 10.14.53-61 – Vrajavasis love their children as parts of Krishna and therefore love the Whole more

Bhagavatam tenth canto study 85 – 10.14.43-52 – Unravelling the mystery of the Vrajavasis disproportionate love for Krishna

Bhagavatam tenth canto study 84 – 10.14.37-42 – Brahma acknowledges his insignificance before Krishna’s magnificence and munificence

Bhagavatam tenth canto study 83 – 10.14.31-36 – Brahma glorifies Vrajavasis and aspires for their dust