QA: Audio

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?

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

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?

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

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

How can we strive to overcome our anarthaas without becoming anartha-conscious?

What is the difference between varnashrama daivi varnashrama and pure devotion?

What is the scriptural basis for the idea that only desire and endeavor are in our hands?

Should we critically evaluate bhakti or just believe and practice it?

Does fixing the mind on Krishna require laborious mechanical repetition?

When Kripa participated in the murder of the Pandavas son why did they still accept him as their priest?

Can we pray to Krishna for removing obstacles in our material life?

If some devotees do great kirtan but don’t chant 16 rounds should we appreciate them?

If we are not the doers then are our mistakes actually our mistakes?

How can meat-eaters reincarnate in human bodies as past life memories cases suggest?

Should Gita 3.27 be we are not the only doers?

If someone’s religion allows meat-eating then is their eating meat a sin?

If someone is practicing bhakti but not chanting 16 rounds what is their destination?

Is the community responsible for fostering emotional maturity?

How to avoid sleepiness while chanting?

Do we need to master our emotions to be sensitive to others’ emotions – is being emotional bad?

Does living near the temple help in developing Krishna consciousness?

Can karmic reactions come at the mental level?

Should we pray that other devotees overcome their demonic qualities or not see any faults in devotees?

How can we distance ourselves from jealousy?

What is the difference between humble and meek?

By practicing spirituality how does our inner world change?

If our service is not giving results is that due to some deficiency in us?

When we can’t avoid anxiety what can we do?

What does vasudevah sarvam iti mean?

How do we tap our strengths and get rid of our weaknesses?

In Sanatana-dharma how did the divisions of Dvaita and Advaita occur?

Is staying away from alcoholic friends escapism?

How to ensure that our behavior with our juniors is the same as with our seniors?

If God is the cause of everything how do we have free will?

How can unspiritual people face life’s problems positively?

Does liberation mean understanding we have no free will?

When souls should be losing human bodies because of bad karma why is the population increasing?

How do we present bhakti wisdom to moral relativists?

Has God ordained the future trajectory of all living beings?

Does reincarnation continue infinitely?

When incubation is done externally where does the soul come in the picture?

How can we share Krishna’s message purely without the need for validation?

Are we meant to face our destiny or to fulfill our destiny?

Will God be understood by science in future?

How can we actually understand Krishna’s form?

How does bhakti correlate with raising our energy to higher chakras?

As our free will is finite should we just depend on Krishna always?

Is spirituality meant to eliminate worry and depression?

If a well-thought decision turns out to be a mistake then do we get the karma for it?

Krishna descends to establish dharma – what does that dharma refer to?

Where do intuitions come from – are they related with instincts or impulses?

Are the various paths up the mountain to spiritual consciousness equivalent?

Should we distance ourselves from positive emotions such as those coming from achievement?

When Krishna is the cause of all causes how do we have free will?

If some people are more emotional than others can they still manage their emotions?

Has neuroscience shown that there is no inner seer?

How does Hanuman embody humble ambitiousness?

When distancing ourselves from our desires isn’t enough what to do?

If our scriptural knowledge makes us proud what can we do?

Hanuman and Prabhupada were given a purpose – when we haven’t been given one how should we live?

Can spiritual growth and career growth go together?

Why did Bhima abandon Hidimibi – did he marry her simply to gain political power?

Did Krishna use Ghatothkacha as a sacrificial pawn?

If we like to read a lot and others don’t like our reading so much what to do?

How do we gain trust while interacting with unknown people?

How can we avoid labelling and judging others?

When different people consider different courses of action as right how to reconcile?

Amidst so many materialistic temptations today how can we stay devotional?

How can we alert others to future dangers without discouraging them?

Were Internet and wifi present at the time of the Mahabharata?

Why does Krishna make it so difficult for us to come to him?

Do intellectuals find it more difficult to love Krishna?

If peer pressure makes us do materialistic things what to do?

When the abducted Sita was not the real Sita why was Rama distressed by her abduction?

When the mind wants to change unchangeable circumstances what to do?

If we are to hate the sin aren’t we to be averse to sin?

How to decide how much to be satisfied with?

How are some people emotionally tough even when they don’t practice bhakti?

If we identify that we are feeling self-pity what do we do next?

If we are already connected with Krishna why do we need to chant?

Are rocks alive – can we become rocks in our future life?

If someone takes retirement and then feels unengaged and disoriented what should they do?

Does the mind look for change and the soul look for the unchanging?

Does our spiritual master know everything about us?

How can we explain morality to moral relativists?

Will anxiety be addressed in the long-term by bhakti or should we try to address it in the short-term too?

How can we remember Krishna while we are working in a materialistic environment?

If during a class some children are distracting everyone, why isn’t anything done about it?

How can we perceive Krishna’s love amidst our and others distresses and conditionings?

Is our attraction to Krishna a conditional attraction generated by devotional conditions?

During chanting, can we have aids to get the mind from the physical level to the spiritual level?

When science requires only working assumptions, why do you say that science requires faith?

Why is the population increasing?

How can we develop our relationship with the eternal using the temporary mind?

If I don’t have much work at my office, should I go and ask for more work?