QA: Audio

In difficult relationships are tolerating mitigating and emigrating to be tried sequentially?

Why do we have a mind at all – wouldn’t we function better without it?

You said if we do whatever we like we end up disliking ourselves – isn’t varnashrama based on working according to our likings?

When pure devotees are beyond the modes where does their nature come from?

How can we act at the level that we are not our bodies – Hindi?

How can we constantly remember that we are different from our mind?

Yoga tells us to become observers of our attachment and aversion – what does bhakti tell?

Does being open-minded mean learning from everyone but not following anyone?

Is the higher taste of bhakti available only for those who practice bhakti exclusively while living in a temple?

Is ISKCON’s initial portrayal of the purificatory potency of bhakti unrealistic?

If a couple can’t have a child how can they serve Krishna?

Even when we accept a spiritual purpose spiritual practice remains difficult – what to do?

When fear comes likes a forceful river what to do?

If we feel Krishna has let us down in the past how can we depend on him?

How can we love others without becoming attached?

How can we differentiate between what to hold on to and what to let go?

When we feel excessive fear how can we correct the mind’s corrupted software?

How can we deal with past hurtful memories?

How are humility and honesty different – why are they needed in spirituality?

If I feel fearful because others keep reminding me of my past mistakes what to do?

Does greater ambition lead to greater fear?

I am afraid of darkness – what can I do?

Why does Krishna test devotees?

How can we make the right choice a habit instead of an austerity?

Does maintaining an institute make managers rigid and impersonal?

With what attitude should we go for inter-faith programs – how do they help our mission?

If a Muslim wants to study the Gita but can’t accept God’s personal form what to do?

Is God the cause of negativity in humans?

If everything is under karma are terrorists wrongdoers or simply instruments for punishing wrongdoers?

Why are there many religions – can we believe in more than one religion?

How can we avoid becoming discouraged on seeing that the modes are pulling us down?

If I want to come first in my class am I being attached to results?

What is spirituality?

If everyone is meant to be spiritual why are so few people attracted to spirituality?

What happens to a person who commits suicide while remembering Krishna?

How can we seek higher purpose when things are going right not just when things start going wrong?

What causes a midlife crisis – can devotees suffer from it?

Should evolution be taught in schools?

How can devotees learn to be satisfied with whatever services they can do?

Devotees who succeed in getting external results are looked up to in our movement – what to do?

What can brahmacharis do if they feel choked in their ashram?

How is our intelligence partly our friend and partly our enemy?

If we are too passionate to separate ourselves from our mind what to do?

Wasn’t Arjuna passionate about archery – can we be passionate about something and still be devotional?

We want appreciation for making our contribution – what to do about this wanting?

When we live in a competitive world how can we avoid comparing ourselves with others?

How can we avoid collateral damage while working in our offices?

When India is the land of spirituality why was it overrun by so many invaders – why does it still have a colonial mentality?

Why is Hinduism portrayed so negatively in the media and academia?

Is satisfaction a brahminical virtue that is impractical for kshastriyas and other varnas?

Can self-help techniques be used in Krishna’s service?

Why are some people attached to godly things and some to ungodly things?

Can harmonization with contemporary culture lead to dilution of tradition?

How can we get rid of unwanted thoughts?

How does hypnosis work?

How is the moon the mind’s predominating deity?

With artificial intelligence advancing rapidly, what will differentiate humans from future machines?

How can we communicate the need of regulation to people who are gung-ho about freedom and rights?

If we can do a service well and see others doing that service poorly, should we stay uninvolved to avoid becoming proud or critical?

I get dreams to act violently against Muslims – what should I do?

When our acharyas wanted an institution, how can we deal with people’s aversion to religious institutions?

If others do politics to sideline us from our service, should we also do politics to continue our service?

Why do devotees sometimes die in ghastly accidents?

How can we increase the quality in our existing devotional commitments?

When neither distress nor taste motivates us consistently in bhakti, how can we become consistent?

How can I overcome my attraction to watch every detail of my favorite actress?

How can we be materially successful while practicing bhakti?

Is disorder also a part of Krishna’s plan for creation?

Should we correct others when we don’t have the authority to do so and others aren’t receptive?

In the computer metaphor for explaining the self, comparing the soul with the user mixes the inanimate with the animate – isn’t it better to compare consciousness with electricity?

If the devotional ambience around us is unfavorable because devotees are rude, what should we do?

Why do the Vedas give all rights to men and no rights to women, who simply have to obey men?

When we have to choose between two ways of serving Krishna, what should we do?

Duryodhana felt no moral compunction while persecuting the Pandavas, but Dhirtrashtra did – why the difference?

The soul has knowledge that is presently covered – does this mean the soul knows exact scriptural verses?

When Abhimanyu was killed, how was Arjuna overcome by illusion?

If we use our extrovert nature to serve Krishna, are we functioning in the mode of passion?

If devotees use certain statements to demean other bhakti traditions, what to do?

Do we need only devotional principles to change our past’s influences – can other things help?

When we are frustrated, is it possible to think logically as explained in classes?

If past mental impressions stay despite a long practice of bhakti, what to do?

How do we deal with negative people who are not transformable?

When the mind becomes a mirror for the pure soul, does the soul perceive itself through the mind or without it too?

In Shikshashtakam, what is the difference between ceto darpanam and sarvatma snapanam?

In Damodarashtakam, what does not wanting any benediction other than Vaikuntha refer to?

In Damodarashtakam, what does duhka-jala abdhi magnam mean?

The driver controls the car, but the soul doesn’t directly control the body – can you explain?

When does determination turn into obstinacy?

By contemplating the consequences of sensuality, if we practice bhakti, is that bhakti at the level of fear?

Does Krishna know which choices we are going to make?

When things go wrong, how can keep faith and avoid feeling the pinch?

If bhakti doesn’t protect us from troubles, then what is the point of practicing it?

If we tend to over-expect from others and alienate them, what to do?

If the world is Maya, is it just like the world of Harry Potter?

How can we avoid impulsive reactions that make things worse?

When our filters distort our vision, how can we see things as they are?

Is it selfish to want others to change so that we can be more comfortable?

I am useless – Is this feeling in ignorance or in transcendence?

If our attitude is determined by our modes, then how much can we change our attitude?

How can we balance our limited controllership over our children with our responsibility to guide them?