Answer Podcast Transcribed by: Raji Nachiappan Question: What is the bhakti perspective on feminism – not the man-bashing extreme feminism, but the equal opportunity for women feminism? Answer: Bhakti wisdom is inclusive. It gives everyone an opportunity to grow. We understand that we are souls, every soul is equally a part of God and…
Answer Podcast Transcription : Transcription by: Suresh Gupta Question: Is spirituality the only way to overcome bad habits? Answer: Definitely there are people who are non-devotees and who have given up bad habits. Basically, the mind is like a programable device. It is running a particular program and we need to re-program it. It…
Podcast Transcription : Transcriber: Suresh Gupta Question: Did God help Gajendra only when he stopped helping himself? Answer: It is important to note that even surrender requires trying. Gajendra did not give up sinking in self-pity but instead looked up to call out to the Lord which also requires endeavour. In bhakti, there is…
Answer Podcast Transcription : Transcriber: Sharan Shetty Edited by: Keshavgopal Das Question: Even when we know that worldly pleasures are temporary, why do we still crave for them? Answer: There are two ways of looking at this. One is that this world is a place of illusion and like a trap. Gita 8.15 says,…
Answer Podcast Transcription : Transcriber: Sharan Shetty Question: When we are far away from the standards needed to attain the spiritual world, what is our hope? Answer: There is a digital and an analogue conception of bhakti. Digital concept is zero or one. This means either we are a devotee or a non-devotee, either…
Answer Podcast Transcription : Transcriber: Sharan Shetty Edited by: Keshavgopal Das Question: How can we know if we are sincere? Answer: There are different levels of sincerity in our practice of bhakti. It does not necessarily be either zero or one. In Gita 12.8-12, Lord Krishna explains a progression. First, he says, be spontaneously…
Answer Podcast Transcription : Transcriber: Sharan Shetty Edited by: Keshavgopal Das Question: If our faith is attacked internally or externally, what should we do? Answer: The approaches are different for both. Internal doubts can be dealt by going to devotees who know that subject. We have to learn which kind of devotee can address…
Answer Podcast Transcription : Transcriber: Sharan Shetty Edited by: Keshavgopal Das Question: How can we balance body, mind and consciousness? Answer: The working of body, mind and consciousness can be understood with the example of a computer system where the body is like the hardware, the mind is like the software and the consciousness…
Answer Podcast: Download by “right-click and save content” Transcriber: Dr Suresh Gupta Edited by: Sharan Shetty Question: Where do we get our individuality from – matter or spirit? Answer: The spirit soul is said to be sac-cid-ananda (sat means eternal, cit means knowledge and ananda means bliss). The principle of sac-cid-ananda is very lofty because…
Answer Podcast: Download by “right-click and save content” Transcriber: Dr Suresh Gupta Edited by: Sharan Shetty Question: Why does India have such a lofty philosophy and filthy living conditions? Answer: There are two main reasons for the decline of India’s prosperity – (i) Fall of the kshatriyas. (ii) brahmanas becoming too self-righteous. Repeated attacks on…
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