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June 2022

• 852) 199 Focusing on the practical in the scriptural – The Monk’s Podcast with Kaustubha Prabhu
• 851) 195 Pursuing writing as an art in bhakti, The Monk’s podcast 195 with Urmila Mataji
• 850) 194 Is the Gita religious or spiritual – The Monk’s Podcast with Garuda Prabhu

May 2022

• 849) 192 Empathic communication why it is important in bhakti-The Monk’s podcast with Bir Krishna Maharaja

March 2022

• 848) 191 Wars: What can’t be prevented can be minimized, The Monk’s Podcast with Govinda Prabhu
• 847) 190 Sannyasa ashrama in the bhakti tradition: Overvalued or devalued? The Monk’s Podcast 190 with Yadunandana Maharaj
• 846) 189 The Spiritual Advisors Bhagavata Assembly (SABHA) The Monks Podcast 189 with Nrsimhananda Prabhu

February 2022

• 845) 188 Does beating our mind mean distrusting ourselves? The Monk’s Podcast with Mahatma P
• 844) 187 Hijab controversy: Dharmic insights on state-religion interactions, The Monk’s Podcast with Govinda Prabhu
• 843) 186 Expanding online outreach during Covid times The Monk’s Podcast with Amogha Lila Prabhu
• 842) 185 What are the modes? why is understanding them so important? – The Monk’s Podcast with Garuda Prabhu

January 2022

• 841) 184 Creativity:how to see it devotionally and use it effectively – The Monk’s Podcast with Yogesvara Prabhu
• 840) 183 Gita Political Philosophy series 2 Capitalism Communism Dharma The Monk’s Podcast with Govinda Prabhu
• 839) 182 How to guide effectively – The Monk’s Podcast with Radha Gopinath P and Shyamananda Prabhu
• 838) 181 Challenges in implementing varnashrama – The Monk’s Podcast 181 with Bhakti Vikas Maharaj
• 837) 180 – 8 universal teachings of the Bhagavad-gita (Gita Jayanti Special), The Monk’s Podcast Garuda Prabhu
• 836) 178 Gita & political philosophy series 1: Freedom & State Power, The Monk’s Podcast with Govinda Prabhu
• 835) 177 Ethics in epics: Decoding Bhishmas choices – The Monks Podcast with Shyamananda Prabhu

December 2021

• 834) How Gaudiya Vaishnavism can inspire eco-friendly living, The Monk’s Podcast 176 with Radhika Raman Prabhu
• 833) Protecting dharma 2 Lessons from history guidelines for today – The Monks Podcast 175 with Govinda Prabhu

November 2021

• 832) Gopi Gita Appreciation part 7 The Monks Podcast 174 with Madhavananda Prabhu & Amarendra Prabhu
• 831) What is dharma and how can it be protected part 1 The Monks Podcast 173 with Govinda Prabhu
• 830) Gopi Gita Appreciation part 6 The Monks Podcast 172 with Madhavananda Prabhu and Amarendra Prabhu
• 829) What does depending on Krishna mean, practically, The Monk’s Podcast 171 with Radheshyam Prabhu
• 828) Gopi Gita Appreciation part 5, The Monk’s Podcast 170 – Madhavananda Prabhu & Amarendra Prabhu
• 827) Why our personal experiences matter in our spiritual journey, The Monk’s Podcast 169-Yogesvara Prabhu
• 826) Big projects in bhakti Reasons concerns and suggestions The Monk s Podcast 168 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 825) Working with Hindu organizations for common causes, The Monk’s Podcast 167 with Mahaprabhu Prabhu
• 824) Gopi Gita Appreciation part 4, The Monk’s Podcast 166 with Madhavananda Prabhu and Amarendra Prabhu
• 823) Evolution Bhagavatam What are the issues for devotees The Monk s Podcast 165 with Akhandadhi Prabhu
• 822) Gopi Gita Appreciation part 3, The Monk’s Podcast 164 with Madhavananda Prabhu and Amarendra Prabhu

October 2021

• 821) How cow care represents universal ethical principles, The Monk’s Podcast 163 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaj
• 820) The Bhagavad gita’s great greater and greatest secret -The Monk s Podcast 162 with Garuda Prabhu
• 819) Continuity & change from Bhaktisiddhanta ST to Prabhupada The Monk s Podcast 161 with Bhakti Vikas Maharaj
• 818) Gopi Gita Appreciation part 2, The Monk’s Podcast 160 – Madhavananda Prabhu and Amarendra Prabhu
• 817) Haridasa Thakura’s glories 1, Transcendence amid Intolerance, HARI acronym
• 816) Gopi Gita Appreciation part 1, The Monk’s Podcast 159 – Amarendra Prabhu and Madhavananda Prabhu
• 815) Finding guidance in Prabhupada’s books, The Monk’s Podcast 158 with Krishna Dharma P & Chintamani Dharma M
• 814) Is Prabhupada’s Gita bhakti biased The Monks Podcast 157 with Garuda Prabhu

September 2021

• 813) Exploring parallels between Carl Jung & Bhaktisiddhanta, The Monk’s Podcast 156 with Hanumat Preshaka Maharaj
• 812) Book Distribution As The Engine For Community Building,The Monk’s Podcast 155-Vaisesika Prabhu, @Bhadra Purnima special
• 811) How decentralized management can help the bhakti movement flourish, The Monk’s Podcast153 with Urmila M
• 810) Maslow’s theory of motivations – A Spiritual Perspective, The Monk’s Podcast 154 with Shyamananda P
• 809) Taliban’s conquest of Afghanistan A dharmic perspective. The Monk’s Podcast 152 with Hridayananda M part 2
• 808) Appreciating others’ individuality for redefining preaching, The Monk’s Podcast 151-Shaunaka Rishi Prabhu
• 807) Taliban’s conquest of Afghanistan A dharmic perspective-The Monk’s Podcast 150 with Hridayananda Maharaj part 1

August 2021

• 806) Effective Bridge Preaching, The Monk’s Podcast 147 with Radheshyam Prabhu
• 805) The Bhagavatam’s relevance for a postmodern audience, The Monk’s Podcast 146 with Kaustubha Prabhu
• 804) Western perceptions of India & how they affect bhakti outreach, The Monk’s Podcast 144, Yogesvara Prabhu
• 803) Preserving Gaudiya culture by fostering a mood of inclusion, The Monk’s Podcast 143 Madhavananda Prabhu
• 802) Seeing scripture from different angles – The Monk’s Podcast 142 with Krishna Dharma Prabhu & Cintamani Dhama Mataji
• 801) Presenting bhakti to people with diverse natures and needs, The Monk’s Podcast 141 with Jayananda Prabhu
• 800) How modern education impacts people’s spirituality The Monk’s Podcast 140 with Krishna Kshetra M
• 799) Fear of Missing Out FOMO Why What to do The Monk’s Podcast 139 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 798) What Maya is and what it isn’t, The Monk’s Podcast 138 with Gopal Hari Prabhu

July 2021

• 797) From postural yoga to devotional yoga, The Monk’s Podcast 137 with Raghunath Prabhu
• 796) Why we need a Gaudiya Vaishnava eco-theology pt 1, The Monk’s Podcast 135 with Radhika Raman Prabhu
• 795) Glimpses into the beauty of the Rasa-lila, The Monk’s Podcast 134 with Garuda Prabhu
• 794) ISKCON & Ethics 3, The self as the basis of moral philosophy, Monk’s Podcast 133 with Rasamandala Prabhu
• 793) Challenges in sharing Krishna consciousness globally part 1, The Monk’s Podcast 132 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 792) What difference is it going to make in my life? How is the Gita relevant today? – MAIL Acronym
• 791) ISKCON & Ethics 2, Why we need a moral philosophy, The Monk’s Podcast 131 with Rasamandala Prabhu
• 790) How the Bhagavad-gita offers a world-unifying philosophy, The Monk’s Podcast 130 with Ishvara Krishna Prabhu
• 789) Why we should or should not study the Rasa-lila, The Monk’s Podcast 129 with Garuda Prabhu
• 788) Carl Jung & psychological insights for spiritual growth, The Monks Podcast 128 with Hanumat Preshaka Maharaj
• 787) Why ethics matter while practicing bhakti in today’s world, The Monk’s Podcast 127 with Rasamandala Prabhu
• 786) Shakespeare Revisited Universal Themes Spiritual Insight The Monks Podcast 126 with Hanumat Preshaka M

June 2021

• 785) From platform speaking to personal coaching – The Monk’s Podcast 124 with Sutapa Prabhu
• 784) Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 10 – Kalki – The Monk’s Podcast 123 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaj
• 783) Balancing obedience to authority & independent thoughtfulness, The Monk’s Podcast 122 with Radheshyam Prabhu
• 782) Growing through love and loss in relationships, The Monk’s Podcast 121 with Garuda Prabhu
• 781) Making bhakti spirituality relevant to today’s social concerns – The Monk’s Podcast 120 with Yogesvara Prabhu

May 2021

• 780) Bhakti spirituality for the contemporary mind – The Monk’s Podcast 119 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 779) Faith-based organizations, eco-friendly living & ISKCON, The Monk’s Podcast 118 with Gauranga Prabhu
• 778) Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 9 – Buddha – The Monk’s Podcast 117 with Krishna Kshetra M
• 777) Role of oral traditions in preserving spiritual culture, The Monk’s Podcast 116 with Bhakti Rasamrita Swami
• 776) Journaling in bhakti – The Monk’s Podcast 115 with Candramauli Maharaj

April 2021

• 775) Understanding our relationship with Prabhupada’s words, The Monk’s Podcast 114 with Garuda Prabhu
• 774) Youth outreach for community-building & world-transformation, The Monk’s Podcast 113 with Radheshyam Prabhu
• 773) Earth Day Special, Vedic wisdom for eco-friendly living, The Monk’s Podcast 112 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 772) When technological advances start playing God The Monks Podcast 111 with Yogesvara Prabhu
• 771) Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 8 – Balarama – The Monk’s Podcast 110 with Krishna Kshetra M

March 2021

• 770) Can scripture be understood in multiple ways? – The Monk’s Podcast 108 with Radhika Raman Prabhu
• 769) Spirituality and Democracy – The Monk’s Podcast 107 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 768) Gita key verses course 51 – Appreciating the Gita’s three conversations Gita 18.76
• 767) Gita key verses course 50 – Love is the ultimate reality Gita 18.65
• 766) Gita key verses course 49-The Quest for Oneness-Where it is right and where it goes wrong-Gita 18.55
• 765) The essence of offense and its best antidote – The Monk’s Podcast 106 with Garuda Prabhu
• 764) Gita key verses course 48 – Can I be spiritual and still be ambitious Can my work be my worship Gita 18.46
• 763) Gita key verses course 47 – Why some people are knowledgeably ignorant or intelligently foolish – Gita 18.35
• 762) The essence of offense and its best antidote – The Monk’s Podcast 106 with Garuda Prabhu
• 761) Churning the BhagavatamThe Monk’s Podcast 104 – Dashavatara 7 – Rama with Krishna Kshetra M
• 760) Gita key verses course 45 – Speak to give peace of mind, not a piece of your mind – Gita 17.15
• 759) Gita key verses course 44 – Isn’t spirituality a matter of the heart – Why so many rules – Gita 16.24
• 758) Don’t let Prabhupada’s difficult statements become difficulties – The Monk’s Podcast 103 with Yogeshvara Prabhu
• 757) Gita key verses course 43 – Are some people innately bad – Gita 16.06
• 756) Gita key verse course 42 – How to see God’s hand in our life Gita – 15.15
• 755) Gita key verses 41 – What is the upside-down tree metaphor Gita 15.01
• 754) Gita key verses course 40 – What are the modes why do they matter – Gita 14.05

February 2021

• 753) How we see it 1, We they mentality & other religious typicals, The Monk’s Podcast 102 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 752) Role of self-care in bhakti – The Monk’s Podcast 101 with Sukhavaha Mataji and Gaur Kumar Prabhu
• 751) Sustainable Living and Rural Outreach – The Monk’s Podcast 96 with Sanat Kumar Prabhu
• 750) The Monk’s Podcast 95 Krishna Kshetra Maharaj – Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 6 – Parashurama
• 749) The Monk’s Podcast 94 with Lokanath Maharaja – Gaudiya bhakti, Maharashtrian bhakti, universal bhakti
• 748) The Monk’s Podcast 93 with Radha Gopinatha Prabhu – Preserving a simple heart in a complex world

January 2021

• 747) Gita key verses course 36 – How can I forgive those who have hurt me – Gita 11.55
• 746) The Monk’s Podcast 92 with Garuda Prabhu – Relationship is the essential purpose of guru-tattva
• 745) The Monk’s Podcast 90 with Garuda Prabhu – Please criticize me – I want to grow
• 744) The Monk’s Podcast 89 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaja – Churning the Bhagavatam- Dashavatara 5 Vamana

December 2020

• 743) The Monk’s Podcast 85 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaj – Dashavatara 4 – Narasimha
• 742) The Monk’s Podcast 84 with Madhavananda Prabhu – From Sentimentality to Spirituality
• 741) Gita Jayanti special – part 1

November 2020

• 740) The Monk’s Podcast 68 with Radhika Raman Prabhu – Harmonizing faith and reason in bhakti
• 739) The Monk’s Podcast 77 with Govinda Prabhu – Racism – what it is, what it isn’t and how to deal with it?
• 738) The Monk’s Podcast 78 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaj – Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 2 – Kurma
• 737) Journaling for Inner Growth

October 2020

• 736) Understanding Bhagavatam cosmology
• 735) The Monk’s Podcast 75 with Shyamananda – How protests can point to a higher consciousness

September 2020

• 734) The Monk’s Podcast 74 with Gopal Hari Prabhu – Does karma address the problem of evil
• 733) The Monk’s Podcast 72 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaj – Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 1 – Matsya
• 732) The Monk’s Podcast 71 with Radha Gopinath Prabhu – Devotee care – Becoming materially well-situated and spiritually happy
• 731) The Monk’s Podcast 69 with Braja Bihari Prabhu – Guidance or Independence – How to make responsible decisions
• 730) The Monk’s Podcast 61 with Yogesvara Prabhu – Is spirituality anti-science?

December 2019

• 729) From Entangled to Enlightened – Lessons from Yayati story

November 2019

• 728) Uddhava’s significance in the tenth canto, in the Bhagavatam and in our life
• 727) How the Gita expresses Krishna’s love by directing us to balance this world and the next world
• 726) How to stop overthinking -Attribute, Analyze, Anchor, Act
• 725) Srila Prabhupada – The transcendentalist who embodied the best of traditionalist, existentialist and utopianist
• 724) Damodarashtakam 4 – Seeing God as the supreme desirable, not just as the source of all desirables
• 723) Diwali Meditation – The light that illumines and the light that doesn’t
• 722) Govardhan Puja – The rising of consciousness from anna-maya kosha to ananda-maya kosha
• 721) Gita lite 5 – Chps 12-15
• 720) A waste-free mind for a waste-free world
• 719) How to think effectively – ACTS acronym
• 718) When people betray us – Ramayana wisdom
• 717) How the Bhagavatam is the means of conquest in material existence – Meditation on narayanam namaskrtya verse

October 2019

• 716) The complex relationship between appearance and substance in spiritual life
• 715) Gita insights for managing the mind – Chapter Ten Analysis
• 714) How to become resilient
• 713) The Gita shares not just light but also warmth
• 712) Why the self is missing in the selfie
• 711) Damodarashtakam 3 – The unique loveliness of the Krishna conception of God
• 710) Gita’s key to happiness
• 709) Damodarashtakam 2 How Krishna is the God of love who fulfills our longing for love
• 708) Gita Lite 4 – Chps 9-11
• 707) Comparing Ramayana and Mahabharata 3 – How to see and seek God amid adversities
• 706) Comparing Ramayana and Mahabharata 2 – How to process adversities constructively
• 705) How the infinite manifests in the finite – Various religious conceptions
• 704) Comparing Ramayana and Mahabharata 1 – What caused the exiles
• 703) Change your picture of the world and of God from low resolution to high resolution
• 702) How devotion transcends the caste system and other institutional hierarchies
• 701) Damodarashtam 1 – The vision of the divine from the generic to the stunningly specific
• 700) How our strength and our faith are integrated in bhakti
• 699) From your place, at your pace, access God’s grace
• 698) Gita lite 3 – Chps 6-8
• 697) Gita lite 2 – Chps 3-5
• 696) Gita lite 1 – Chps 1-2
• 695) How to stop overthinking – Attribute, Analyze, Anchor, Act
• 694) Mahabharata controversies – how life was unfair to both Karna and Arjuna
• 693) A grateful heart is a powerful heart Prabhupada’s Jaladuta prayer
• 692) The significance of Rama Vijayotsav – How goodness punishes wickedness and forgives weakness
• 691) How God helps those who help themselves – Bhakti Basics explained
• 690) How character is deformed and reformed – Ramayana wisdom
• 689) Understanding the unborn’s understandings 4 – What the embryo’s desire to stay in the womb implies
• 688) Understanding the unborn’s understandings 3 – What is a human soul
• 687) Understanding the unborn’s understandings 2 – How can the embryo know God
• 686) Understanding the unborn’s understandings 1 – How can the embryo with an undeveloped brain speak prayers?
• 685) How to understand Krishna’s blessings – Mukunda Mala Stotra 1 – BULL acronym

September 2019

• 684) How devotion is like a good habit – and how it is more than a good habit
• 683) Facing our fears – 4 principles – IDEA acronym
• 682) Six limbs of surrender 4 – Offering ourselves by accepting ourselves
• 681) Six limbs of surrender 3 – Understanding how God protects
• 680) Six limbs of surrender 2 – Accept the favorable, avoid the unfavorable
• 679) Six limbs of surrender 1 – The Medical Metaphor
• 678) Presenting scripture for dummies
• 677) How to decide what to do
• 676) Comparing exiles in Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bhagavatam – How to face distress
• 675) 3 Metaphors for Effective Parenting
• 674) Vamana pastime analysis 2 – When the branch under us break, seek Krishna’s help to spread your wings
• 673) The Bhagavatam’s glory revealed in its concluding verse – PURE acronym
• 672) Prithu M’s humility – Be conscious of others’ position and disposition
• 671) Vamana pastime analysis 1 – When good people do good things at a heavy cost
• 670) 3 ways to engage our desires with Krishna 1 – Desiring from Krishna
• 669) Radhashtami meditation 2 – Appreciating the two separations endured by Sita and Radharani
• 668) From the mind to the heart – Practicing bhakti with our mind and without it too
• 667) How to see God’s presence in the world – in things, in events and in our actions
• 666) How to see old truths with new eyes
• 665) How to free our free will
• 664) Flavors of divine friendship – Krishna’s relationship with Madhumangala, Sudama and Arjuna
• 663) Bhagavad-gita chapter 2 overview – How to decide the right thing to do and stay undisturbed while doing it

August 2019

• 662) How devotion and dedication can transform our life into an adventure
• 661) Negative and positive thinking in spiritual life
• 660) Krishna demonstrates through his devotees how to respond to adversity wisely
• 659) Prabhupada demonstrates how to be both faithful and resourceful for expanding Krishna consciousness
• 658) Krishna descends to show the path to happiness – Sudama pastime analysis
• 657) Krishna descends to raise us from transactional love to transformational love
• 656) How Krishna made the two lives of the gopis one – and how he can make our two lives one too
• 655) Subduing Kaliya, subduing ego
• 654) Understanding the mind – Unpacking the Puranjana allegory
• 653) Being mindful of public perception in bhakti practice and outreach
• 652) Harmonizing conservative and liberal approaches in bhakti
• 651) How Balarama’s causeless mercy on Duryodhana was still less for Duryodhana
• 650) How Balarama acts as Krishna’s best friend – Balarama Purnima class
• 649) Analyzing Brahma’s bewilderment 2 – How Brahma rose from testing Krishna to tasting Krishna
• 648) Analyzing Brahma’s bewilderment 1 – How and why Brahma tested Krishna
• 647) Analyzing Govardhan Lila 2 – How Indra is thwarted and reformed
• 646) Analyzing Govardhan Lila 1 – How Krishna is the best provoker

April 2019

• 645) Confront how bad we can be to become how good we can be
• 644) “Do demons exist?” and lessons from Kabandha – Ramayana wisdom
• 643) Thinking about thinking – how our thoughts can harm us or help us
• 642) How to become more personal in our dealings
• 641) Gita applied Chapter 2 – The Gita separates the soul from the body and harmonizes both too
• 640) Self-discipline or self-discovery – Charting our inner journey
• 639) How to avoid jumping to conclusions – DAS acronym
• 638) Gita applied Chapter 1 – Duryodhana’s illusion is short-sighted, Arjuna’s illusion is far-sighted

March 2019

• 637) Some thoughts on guru tattva and discipleship
• 636) From Nomad to Pilgrim – Infusing our life with purpose and meaning
• 635) Rama at home in exile 2 – The power of diligence
• 634) Rama at home in exile 1 – The power of acceptance
• 633) Parallels in Krishna lila and Gaura lila
• 632) Krishna consciousness is to feel the presence of Krishna in his absence
• 631) The Problem of Pain – Materialistic, Abrahamic and Dharmic explanations
• 630) How spiritual knowledge helps us see opportunity in adversity
• 629) Controlling the mind through yoga and bhakti – similarities and differences Gita 06.21
• 628) God helps those who help themselves
• 627) How to be intelligent in dealing with people – Ramayana wisdom
• 626) Krishna’s moods in the Bhagavad-gita 3 – Chp 13-18
• 625) Krishna’s moods in the Bhagavad-gita 2 – Chp 10-12
• 624) Krishna’s moods in the Bhagavad-gita 1 – Chp 1-9
• 623) When life doesn’t make sense – Karma, time and free will
• 622) When time becomes unfavorable, don’t become unfavorable to Krishna
• 621) From insecurity to inner security
• 620) Detachment is not absence of emotion, it is absence of emotional dependence

February 2019

• 619) How intelligence and devotion interact on the spiritual path – 3 reflections
• 618) Technology, Psychology, Spirituality
• 617) Understanding the Left, the Right and the Bhagavad-gita’s vision
• 616) The Gita’s transformational power explained through four special words in its last verse
• 615) Understanding what is contextual and what central in scripture
• 614) Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura’s three quotes on preaching – Purpose, perspective, process
• 613) Why changing ourselves is so difficult – and how to make it easier
• 612) From love of power to power of love
• 611) Humility, audacity and purity in bhakti
• 610) When our prayers are unanswered
• 609) How to deal with uncomfortable emotions – 5 Ds
• 608) How to stay spiritually strong amidst material difficulties
• 607) Seek not a stormless sea, seek an unsinkable ship
• 606) How to not feel dissatisfied because of our limitations
• 605) Why did Rama banish Sita?
• 604) Making sense of fantastic descriptions in scripture
• 603) Does seeking forgiveness for offending others free us from bad karma?
• 602) How to increase faith
• 601) History of bhakti tradition over 5000 years
• 600) How to channel the energy of anger – Hindi
• 599) How to glorify Krishna in all walks of our life – Hindi
• 598) BTG distribution marathon inauguration talk – SHARE acronym – Hindi
• 597) Determining our dharma in brahmachari life – Hindi
• 596) To become responsible, learn also when to not take responsibility
• 595) Stay focused on Krishna in scriptural study, relationships and outreach – Hindi
• 594) Ramayana wisdom – Sugriva-Rama meeting – Why doubts arise and how to overcome them – Hindi
• 593) 4 significant words in the Gita’s last verse – Hindi
• 592) Three reflections on our mind-body mechanism Misidentification Utilization Purification – Hindi
• 591) Don’t give the mind power of attorney blindly – Hindi
• 590) In bhakti, we don’t just make an offering – we are ourselves the offering

January 2019

• 589) Resist the mind just as Sita resisted Ravana – Hindi
• 588) Mohini Murti pastime analysis 3 – When shame helps devotion and when it hurts devotion – Hindi
• 587) Mohini Murti pastime analysis 2 – Even sensual failure can be a spiritual success – Hindi
• 586) Mohini Murti pastime analysis 1 – Even the Lord’s cheating is all-good – Hindi
• 585) The sanctity of relationships
• 584) Strung by the tongue
• 583) Appreciating the nuances of words and communicating effectively
• 582) Intelligence means to place things in the most constructive context – Hindi
• 581) East or West, Krishna consciousness is the best
• 580) Love selflessly, not headlessly – Hindi
• 579) Using Extraordinary Abilities in Devotional Service

December 2018

• 578) No problem is too big for God – or too small – Hindi
• 577) Do we make destiny or does destiny make us? – Marathi
• 576) Responsible Relationships 3 – Focus on your values, not on others’ behaviour
• 575) Responsible relationships 1 – Hurt people hurt people
• 574) Emotionally healthy spirituality in the renounced order
• 573) Dealing with faultfinding mentality – 3 reflections
• 572) Understanding how God is equal even when he seems partial
• 571) How to present spiritual principles amidst changing times
• 570) Destiny – Do we make it or does it make us?

November 2018

• 569) Intelligence is seen not just through aptitude but also through activity
• 568) Essence of the Gita – Identity, Activity, Destiny
• 567) How to keep our spiritual life fresh
• 566) The theatrical Krishna takes us to the transcendental Krishna
• 565) The Spiritual Significance of Thanksgiving – Occasion, Expression, Intention
• 564) Appreciating Sanjaya’s appreciation of the Gita
• 563) Who is a leader? – LEAD acronym
• 562) From Stress Management to Self Management
• 561) ACE your life with gratitude
• 560) 4 principles to get past our past – PAST – Positivity, Association, Spirituality and Time
• 559) 3 principles for inner empowerment – Intelligence, Identification, Intention
• 558) When spiritual life seems impractical – because of body, family, society and job
• 557) Does the spiritual world really exist? – SPIRIT acronym
• 556) Demons in Krishna lila 5 – Aghasura – Cruelty and violence
• 555) Appreciating life’s ARC – Achievements, Relationships, Consciousness
• 554) Ramayana series 4 – Sita’s faithfulness – The strength of devotional acceptance
• 553) Ramayana series 3 – Shurapanakha’s manipulativeness – Exploiting others’ weaknesses doesn’t make us strong
• 552) Ramayana series 2 – Ravana’s recklessness – Attachment makes us overvalue things
• 551) Ramayana series 1 – Comparing Dasharatha and Dhritarashtra – What we do is not as important as why we do it
• 550) Appreciating Krishna’s longing for love through Damodara-lila
• 549) Practical application of the Gita – MAIL acronym
• 548) Even God can’t help those who don’t want to be helped – Dhritarashtra’s physical and metaphysical blindness
• 547) Does God know the future?
• 546) What reality TV tells us about reality
• 545) How Halloween celebration points to our longing for Krishna
• 544) Life, Afterlife and the Search for Meaning

October 2018

• 543) Developing service attitude 2 – How to see reciprocation in our service
• 542) Developing service attitude 1 – Service attitude transforms knowledge into realization
• 541) How to develop self-confidence
• 540) From sentimentalism to sentiment 2 – FEEL acronym – Expression and Learning
• 539) From sentimentalism to sentiment 1 – FEEL acronym – Firmness and Education
• 538) Immigrating to the spiritual world
• 537) Stop fighting battles that are already lost and start fighting the battle that is never lost – Vritrasura pastime analysis 3
• 536) Focus on potentials, not on problems
• 535) When the source of liberation becomes the source of illusion 2 – Mohini-murti pastime analysis
• 534) How to transform our heart 2 – Vritrasura’s dramatic transformation
• 533) When the source of liberation becomes the source of illusion 1 – Mohini-murti pastime analysis
• 532) How to transform our heart 1 – Vritrasura’s dramatic transformation
• 531) Transform your mind, transform your world
• 530) Loneliness – Why, what to do?
• 529) Understanding God’s role in our life
• 528) When life hurts 3 – When our good deeds causes problems – Prahlad pastime analysis
• 527) When life hurts 2 – When people attack us – Gajendra pastime analysis
• 526) When life hurts 1 – when a small mistake causes huge problems – Parikshit M pastime analysis
• 525) Finding security in insecurity
• 524) How our mind creates our reality – and how to change it
• 523) We need to forgive ourselves to give ourselves to Krishna
• 522) Krishna has faith in our potential – let’s have faith in his potency
• 521) Security in Insecurity – Learning to flourish amidst change
• 520) Demons in krishna-lila 4 – Vatsasura – Weakness is forgivable, wickedness isn’t
• 519) Cultivating the mood for studying Bhagavatam
• 518) Demons in krishna-lila 2 – Shaktasura – Overcoming Lethargy
• 517) Demons in krishna-lila 1 – How the metaphorical points to the transcendental and how Putana represents false guru
• 516) How Gita wisdom helps us to deal with pain
• 515) How to immigrate to the spiritual world
• 514) The MIND enigma – Mystical, Impressionable, Neutral, Directable – Insights for better mental health
• 513) The power of purpose
• 512) The way to Vrindavan is through Kurukshetra
• 511) Overcoming discouragement in spiritual life
• 510) Our longing for love – comparing materialist, Abrahamic, impersonal and bhakti explanations

September 2018

• 509) The truth that warms the heart influences more than the truth that lights the way
• 508) The home as the decentralized transmitter of devotional culture
• 507) Rise from being full of thoughts to being thoughtful – 4 reflections
• 506) Understanding “emotions”, “negative emotions” and “overcoming negative emotions”
• 505) The time to understand time is now
• 504) Role of self-confidence in bhakti
• 503) Understanding, identifying and managing the mind
• 502) Bhagavatam transforms intensity of distress into velocity in devotion
• 501) Overcoming negative emotions 2 – Acceptance, Aspiration, Analysis, Action
• 500) Overcoming negative emotions 1 – Explanation, Experimentation, Evaluation, Elevation
• 499) Is our definition of happiness depriving us of happiness – Having, Doing, Being
• 498) Understanding rasa-lila 8 – Appreciating Krishna’s mystifying reciprocation
• 497) How Gita wisdom addresses mental health problems
• 496) Understanding Rasa-lila 7 – Gopi-gita 3
• 495) Understanding Rasa-lila 6 – Gopi-gita 2
• 494) Understanding Rasa-lila 5 – Gopi-gita 1
• 493) Radhashtami class – Radharani demonstrates selfless love and blesses us with selfless love
• 492) Understanding Rasa-lila 4 – Radharani’s apparent pride expresses her selfless love
• 491) How the Bhagavad-gita’s first and last words reflect its empowering message
• 490) Understanding rasa-lila 3 – Arrogance keeps us locked in ourselves, both apara-dharma and para-dharma get us out of ourselves
• 489) Seeing Krishna’s mercy amidst adversity – Bali M pastime analysis
• 488) Understanding rasa-lila 2- How Bhagavatam establishes para-dharma without trivializing apara-dharma
• 487) Understanding rasa-lila 1 – How the supreme Shelter (Ashraya) becomes sheltered (Ashrita)
• 486) Analyze, Accept, Act – 3 principles for dealing with negativity
• 485) Share the spiritual treasure with the world – SHARE acronym
• 484) Bringing out the best within us
• 483) Making healthy choices
• 482) Overcoming negative emotions
• 481) Growing through adversities
• 480) What is destiny?

August 2018

• 479) Science, Spirituality and Wellness – Existence, Emotions and Ethics
• 478) Do you need a break from our mind? Bhagavad-gita insights for inside-out change
• 477) What makes relationships unsteady – and how to make them steady
• 476) Learning from Dhritarashtra – Does destiny make us or do we make it – 2?
• 475) Learning from Dhritarashtra – Does destiny make us or do we make it – 1?
• 474) From exploration to realization to absorption – our devotional journey
• 473) Faith in Krishna’s existence, relevance, benevolence, intelligence and remembrance
• 472) Don’t take others’ actions personally – they are dealing more with their mind than with you
• 471) Understanding Krishna’s love 2 – Experience
• 470) Understanding Krishna’s love 1 – Knowledge
• 469) Is thinking too much unhealthy?
• 468) When spiritual life gives poison instead of nectar – PURE acronym – 2
• 467) When spiritual life gives poison instead of nectar – 1
• 466) How spirituality fosters unity in diversity and individuality in unity
• 465) WITH acronym – We may have to live with pain, but we don’t have to live in pain
• 464) Devotion is not just emotion – it is conscious continuous cultivation
• 463) 3 attitudes for becoming steady in life
• 462) No price is too high to possess ourselves – RECAP acronym
• 461) How the pre-modern, modern and post-modern ages respectively stressed the spiritual, physical and mental
• 460) What is Krishna consciousness? – Talk to multi-faith group in Australia
• 459) Duryodhana character analysis 2 – If we don’t want help, even God can’t help
• 458) Duryodhana character analysis 1 – Are some people innately evil?
• 457) Krishna is close to us, but we are far away from him
• 456) Dhritarashtra character analysis 2 – Do we need to lose everything before we lose our attachments?
• 455) Dhritarashtra character analysis 1 – Attachment makes us stone-hearted
• 454) Understanding the mind and how it makes us unconscious
• 453) The search for happiness – how bhakti pacifies, purifies and satisfies us
• 452) How to choose our thoughts wisely – Science, Spirituality and Wellness
• 451) How to become peaceful and purposeful
• 450) What love is and what love isn’t
• 449) SELF acronym – The self that is missing in the selfie
• 448) Our emotional wounds can’t be healed by technology – we need spiritualty
• 447) The world of science is not the world we live in
• 446) Committing is not limiting – it is elevating
• 445) From ritual to spiritual 3 – Analysis of Krishna’s pastime with the ritualistic brahmanas – The brahmanis selfless devotion
• 444) Dhruva pastime analysis 3 – DHRUV acronym – Realization and reconciliation result from devotion
• 443) Dhruva pastime analysis 2 – DHRUV acronym – Humility and honesty leads to authentic bhakti
• 442) Increasing willpower – by increasing the distance between us and our feelings, and our feeling and our actions
• 441) 3 principles for spiritual community building – Session 3 – Balance & Commitment
• 440) From ritual to spiritual 2 – Analysis of Krishna’s pastime with the ritualistic brahmanas – Understanding the brahmans
• 439) Dhruva pastime analysis 1 – Everyone faces distress, the fortunate find the right direction – DHRUV acronym
• 438) From ritual to spiritual 1 – Analysis of Krishna’s pastime with the ritualistic brahmanas
• 437) PAST acronym – 4 reflections to go past your past
• 436) Go beyond testing Krishna to tasting Krishna

July 2018

• 435) To think or not to think – 4 reflections for a happy mind
• 434) 3 ways to look for blessings amidst problems
• 433) 3 roles of intelligence in bhakti
• 432) How Krishna can be seen – and how he can’t be seen
• 431) Don’t let your expectations of life come in the way of life
• 430) Selfie – Self = IE – Two things that technology provides and two things that spirituality provides
• 429) Make a life, not just a living – LIFE acronym
• 428) Effective Leadership of spiritual communities
• 427) Debunking the mind’s fake news – 4 points
• 426) Worry not whether your path is genuine – worry whether you are genuine
• 425) Maturity in relationships – Four principles – 3. Appreciate 4. Act
• 424) Maturity in relationships – Four principles – 2. Ascertain
• 423) Maturity in relationships – Four principles – 1. Accept
• 422) Three factors that determine what we see – Knowledge, Desire, Commitment
• 421) Are some sections of the scriptures outdated? – Understanding the compassionate intent of the Vedas 2
• 420) Understanding the compassionate intent of the Vedas 1 – Are the Vedas agnostic?
• 419) Krishna’s presence is more precious than his presents
• 418) How devotion makes the insurmountable ocean of material desires insignificant
• 417) Movie metaphor to understand how we are entangled and how bhakti liberates us
• 416) Bring out the best within, not the beast within – Hindi
• 415) Analyzing Karna – Going beyond black and white perspectives in understanding scripture + QA
• 414) Three levels of purification – reaction, action and inclination – Hindi
• 413) How to increase our faith – Hindi
• 412) We can’t delete our memories, but we can choose what we remember
• 411) Daksha-Shiva conflict 3 – How our mind makes us sectarian – Hindi
• 410) Awareness, Aspiration, Action – From standard of living to standard of loving
• 409) Daksha-Shiva conflict 2 – The proud consider others proud – Hindi
• 408) Parikshit M – Dharma discussion – Don’t blame 3 – How to deal with troubling people – Hindi
• 407) Parikshit M – Dharma discussion – Don’t blame 2 – If why has no answer focus on how – Hindi
• 406) Parikshit M – Dharma discussion – Don’t blame 1 – See beyond the immediate cause – Hindi
• 405) Role of determination and association in devotion – Hindi
• 404) Daksha-Shiva conflict 1 – How misconceptions give rise to conflicts – Hindi

June 2018

• 403) Snana-Yatra Meditation – Understanding how God can fall sick – Hindi
• 402) Be creative in fixing the mind on Krishna – Hindi
• 401) We may be hurt, but we don’t have to stay hurt
• 400) Can ambition and devotion go together 2 – How to channel ambition in devotion
• 399) Redirection of consciousness is Krishna’s miracle – Bali Maharaj pastime reflection
• 398) Seeing Krishna’s mercy amidst loss – Krishna’s instructions after Govardhana lila
• 397) Renunciation of false ego – Indra’s Prayers after Govardhana lila
• 396) How the mind troubles us – and how to protect ourselves – Hindi
• 395) Keep the mind on the spiritual track to keep it out of trouble
• 394) Why we need spirituaity in the age of technology
• 393) Can ambition and devotion go together 1 – How happiness-distress are fixed and how they aren’t
• 392) Analyzing different religions to find life’s purpose 2 – The problem of evil, original sin and karma
• 391) Analyzing different religions to find life’s purpose 1 – Seeking a purpose bigger than our problems
• 390) Is seeing believing 3 – Resolving science-spirituality conflicts
• 389) Is seeing believing 2 – What the map of science misses
• 388) Is seeing believing 1 – Even science explains the visible with the invisible
• 387) Understanding tradition and its conformers, deformers, reformers – and presenters
• 386) The power of gratitude 2 – How to cultivate gratitude
• 385) The power of gratitude 1 – How gratitude empowers us

May 2018

• 384) Nourishing the creeper of devotion 4 – Finding our spiritual stimuil
• 383) Nourishing our lives with the Bhagavad-gita
• 382) Nourishing the creeper of devotion 3 – Avoid attachment to renunciation
• 381) Strive first for devotion, then for pure devotion
• 380) Sensitivity in relationships 3 – Dealing with insensitive people
• 379) How to get realizations
• 378) Nourishing the creeper of devotion 2 – Regulate attachment even to things that help in devotion
• 377) Sensitivity in relationships 2 – From judgment to encouragement
• 376) Sensitivity in relationships 1 – Why we need to be sensitive and why we aren’t
• 375) Nourishing the creeper of devotion 1 – The danger of becoming religious but not spiritual
• 374) Healthy self-understanding 4 – Reasons to be kind to ourselves
• 373) Healthy self-understanding 3 – Misunderstandings about humility and tolerance
• 372) Healthy self-understanding 2 – How the mind can hurt the self
• 371) Healthy self-understanding 1 – How the modes distort our self-understanding
• 370) Healthy and unhealthy emotions in the renounced order
• 369) Balancing forgiveness and justice 2 – What forgiveness isn’t and what it is
• 368) Balancing forgiveness and justice 1 – Why deterrence is essential
• 367) How to overcome dissatisfaction
• 366) Seek not moments of devotion – seek momentum in devotion
• 365) How to effectively study and apply the Gita
• 364) Free will and God’s will 3 – How God helps us free our free will
• 363) Free will and God’s will 2 – Understanding the trigger, cause and target of our weaknesses
• 362) Free will and God’s will 1 – God is the cause of all causes, not all effects
• 361) How reincarnation makes sense of our existence and that of animals too
• 360) Seeker within, achiever without
• 359) Memorizing scriptural verses – Whys and hows -2
• 358) Memorizing scriptural verses – Whys and hows -1
• 357) Even if we have problems, we don’t have to be problems
• 356) How science and spirituality go together
• 355) How science points to spirituality
• 354) Mother’s day Meditation – Conception, Commercialization, Spiritualization
• 353) What is spirituality and why we need it
• 352) What science can provide – and what it can’t
• 351) Bhagavad-gita and Modern Psychology 3 – Changing our mind by changing our relationship with the mind
• 350) Bhagavad-gita and Modern Psychology – 2 – Where mindfulness works and where it falls short
• 349) Bhagavad-gita and Modern Psychology 1 – Is there anything beyond emotionality and rationality?
• 348) Why psychological distress amidst technological progress – 3 reasons
• 347) Does spirituality come from without within or within without?
• 346) Destiny determines our situations and emotions, we determine our intentions and actions
• 345) When life doesn’t seem fair, three reflections for self-empowerment
• 344) Managing the voice inside the head 2 – Identification, Direction, Transformation
• 343) Evolve – Rising towards contribution and satisfaction
• 342) Ghosts and God – Understanding how the invisible affects the visible
• 341) Does God laugh at our plans? – part 2
• 340) Does God laugh at our plans? – part 1
• 339) Seek not just to get better things; seek to get better thoughts
• 338) Speaking according to time-place-circumstance to make outreach effective
• 337) Managing the voice inside the head – 1
• 336) How to become pacified, purified and satisfied
• 335) Be open-minded, not empty-minded
• 334) To deny destiny is to deny ourselves the chance of making our destiny
• 333) Self-pity, humility and maturity explained – Bhagavad-gita 18.35

April 2018

• 332) God as the Supreme therapist 7 – Understanding how Narasimhadeva gave strength to Prahlada
• 331) Fulfilling our need for progress by becoming committed in bhakti
• 330) God as the supreme therapist 6 – Seek not the facility to do whatever we desire – seek the clarity to discern our deepest desire
• 329) The way I feel is the way I feel – Accepting our emotions and transcending our emotions
• 328) How the mind becomes unclear and how to clear it
• 327) God as the supreme therapist 5 – Cultivating qualities is integral to cultivating devotion
• 326) God as the supreme therapist 4 – How association works and how to make it work
• 325) Do you need to break up with your phone?
• 324) God as the supreme therapist 3 – Devotional detachment is not freedom from emotions but freedom of emotions
• 323) God as the supreme therapist 2 – To be others’ well wisher means to channel their emotions towards proper use of their free will
• 322) Intelligence means to know which thoughts to contemplate and which to neglect
• 321) Healing the earth by healing the heart
• 320) God as the supreme therapist 1 – Discerning the Prahlada and Hiranyakashipu mentalities within us
• 319) Appreciating Radhanatha Maharaj’s contributions towards helping devotees practice bhakti sustainably
• 318) Learning to be kind to ourselves
• 317) Bhakti in three modes 3 – Bhakti in goodness brings sustainability, purity and harmony
• 316) Making sense of life through karma and reincarnation
• 315) Bhakti in three modes 2 – Bhakti in passion equates material success with spiritual advancement
• 314) How to be detached without becoming irresponsible
• 313) Bhakti in three modes 1 – Bhakti in ignorance is self-righteous and hurtful
• 312) To blame is to be lame – stop seeking scapegoats
• 311) Focus on life, not on the mind’s commentary on life
• 310) Where does the power of mantras lie – in letters or meaning or somewhere else?
• 309) If everything is God’s will, how do we have free will?
• 308) Unity in diversity and diversity in unity – The Absolute’s relationship with us
• 307) Gratitude is not just an attitude but also an awareness
• 306) Resolutions in the three modes – and in transcendence
• 305) Are our mistakes part of Krishna’s plan? – 2
• 304) Science & Spirituality – Why psychiatry can’t replace spirituality
• 303) Are our mistakes part of Krishna’s plan? – 1
• 302) Our defining power is the power to choose our thoughts
• 301) Interrupting the mind’s train of thoughts 2
• 300) Three ways of perceiving Krishna’s love
• 299) Interrupting the mind’s train of thoughts 1
• 298) Does religion cause war?
• 297) The mind may stray away, but don’t let it stay away
• 296) Understanding how the mind acts as a mirror that distorts our self-conception
• 295) Screen what appears on your inner screen – Learn to manage the mind
• 294) Science, Spirituality and The Search for Meaning
• 293) How understanding destiny empowers
• 292) Cultivating Cooperation in Krishna consciousness
• 291) Why we are sometimes wise and sometimes otherwise
• 290) Net Surfing or Net Suffering?
• 289) From state of the art to state of the heart
• 288) Is anxiety a disorder?
• 287) Learning to live with emotional lows

March 2018

• 286) How Krishna steals our distresses
• 285) Spiritual but not religious – Analyzing four permutations
• 284) Bring out the Hanuman within, not the Ravana within
• 283) Lessons from Hanuman’s devotion to Rama 3 – Keeping our intention above our emotions
• 282) Lessons from Hanuman’s devotion to Rama 2 – Earning trust through emotional intelligence
• 281) Why to become spiritual now
• 280) Matters that matter more than matter – Origin, Value, Meaning
• 279) Is bhakti a conditioned attraction of the mind or the natural attraction of the soul?
• 278) How the mind tells its stories by inducing forgetfulness, faith and feelings
• 277) How philosophy and experience harmonize in bhakti
• 276) How chanting works on the mind – and how the mind works during chanting
• 275) Tap the mind, don’t be trapped by the mind 3 – From shakshi bhava to seva bhava
• 274) Winning with emotional intelliigence 2 – Social competence through relationship management
• 273) Tap the mind, don’t be trapped by the mind 2 – Why mind control backfires
• 272) Tap the mind, dont be trapped by the mind 1 – The pressure for pleasure
• 271) Understanding how bhakti addresses anxiety
• 270) How we spend more time avoiding pain than seeking pleasure – and why we shouldn’t
• 269) When the higher taste doesn’t seem higher
• 268) How to control the mind with the intelligence 3 – Conversion
• 267) How to control the mind with the intelligence 2 – Concentration
• 266) How to control the mind with the intelligence 1 – Conviction
• 265) When fear accelerates the imagination, let faith be the brake
• 264) The search for pleasure is often the source of the greatest trouble
• 263) What the self seeks beyond the selfie
• 262) Avoid distractions using intelligence directed towards transcendence
• 261) To transcend our emotions, we need to begin by accepting our emotions
• 260) Spiritualizing our relationships 4 – Changing our input in relationships
• 259) Spiritualizing our relationships 3 – Changing our vision of our role in relationships
• 258) Spiritualizing our relationships 2 – Changing our vision of others
• 257) Spiritualizing our relationships 1 – How the modes turn good intentions into not-so-good actions
• 256) What the Bhagavatam conveys by narrating Krishna’s agonizing departure
• 255) Gaur Purnima class – How Lord Chaitanya defeated the attacks of Kali and how he empowers us to defeat those attacks
• 254) Gaur Purnima class – How Ratha Yatra fulfilled external and internal reasons for Lord Chaitanya’s appearance
• 253) How chanting helps us understand ourselves and our mind
• 252) What science can tell us about ourselves – and what it can’t

February 2018

• 251) How the mind spoils our relationships – Hindi
• 250) Animal Metaphors for understanding the mind – Hindi
• 249) Acknowledging our emotions but not acting impulsively on them
• 248) Let samskaras takes us beyond our scars
• 247) Everyone’s mind tell them different stories – don’t be judgmental, be purposeful
• 246) Analyzing the relationship between material progress and spiritual progress
• 245) Mind It 3 – Choosing healthy response to problems
• 244) Happiness is found not in sensation but in absorption
• 243) Mind It 2 – How unrealistic expectations hamper our relationships
• 242) Mind It 1 – Understanding the modes, mind and emotions
• 241) Krishna is knowledge, object of knowledge and objective of knowledge

January 2018

• 240) Spiritualizing our relationships – Hindi
• 239) Maintaining balance amidst disruptive emotions and situations
• 238) Is bhakti philosophy pessimistic – Hindi?
• 237) How our mind messes our relationships 2 – Focus on contribution, not expectation
• 236) Is Reincarnation for Real – Evaluating the Evidence
• 235) The Bhagavad-gita as a leadership guide
• 234) Changing ourselves by changing our situation, standpoint and self-identification
• 233) Ambition, Satisfaction & Devotion 2 – Hospital metaphor for harmonizing material and spiritual growth
• 232) Ambition, Satisfaction & Devotion 1 – Outside-in Ambition vs Inside-out Ambition
• 231) Managing the mind 4 – Training the mind by dividing and castigating
• 230) Managing the mind 3 – Understanding inclination, infatuation and intention
• 229) Managing the mind 2 – Understanding how the mind affects our free will
• 228) Managing the mind 1 – The many meanings of the word ‘mind’ and their correlation with the Gita’s understanding
• 227) Getting our emotions to work for, us, not against us
• 226) From Fear to Surrender 4 – FEAR acronym – 4 steps for overcoming fear

December 2017

• 225) From Fear to Surrender 3 – FEAR acronym for analyzing fear 2 – Attachment and Redirection
• 224) From Fear to Surrender 2 – FEAR acronym for analyzing fear part 1 – Faith and Education
• 223) From Fear to Surrender 1 – Understanding how our fears originate
• 222) The most dangerous jumping is jumping to conclusions
• 221) How is the Gita relevant today – Marathi
• 220) Technology, Spirituality and the Search for a Meaningful life
• 219) Overcoming fear, desire and anger to take shelter of Krishna
• 218) From fictional enjoyment to spiritual enjoyment through explanations, exponents and experiences – Hindi
• 217) Understanding various ways Krishna protects – Bhagavatam characters analysis
• 216) For meditation, we need the right object and the right conception
• 215) Duryodhana character analysis 3 – Envy perpetuates dissatisfaction and invites destruction
• 214) Duryodhana character analysis 2 – Ambition distorted by envy becomes cancerous
• 213) Gita Jayanti class – The Gita brings a message of fearlessness to a fear-filled world

November 2017

• 212) Gita Jayanti talk – Appreciating the Gita’s message by contemplating the starting and ending names of Arjuna and Krishna
• 211) Duryodhana character analysis 1 – How the entitlement mentality degrades
• 210) Appreciating the purpose of worship of the devatas
• 209) Why our moods keep changing – and what we can do about it
• 208) Let personal conception of God lead to personal dealings with God’s parts
• 207) Is God an invention or a discovery?
• 206) Go beyond rationality and imagination to revelation for relishing Krishna’s lotus feet
• 205) Facing our fears – FEAR acronym
• 204) Science, Spirituality and Self-empowerment
• 203) Understanding how our mind makes us misunderstand 3 – Misunderstanding Krishna
• 202) Understanding how our mind makes us misunderstand 2 – Misunderstanding ourselves
• 201) Understanding how our mind makes us misunderstand 1 – Misunderstanding ourselves
• 200) What makes relationships spiritual and sustainable – Marriage reception talk
• 199) Emotionally intelligent spirituality 2 – Let immediate and ultimate solutions work cooperatively, not competitively
• 198) Emotionally intelligent spirituality 1 – Don’t work for or against emotions – work with them for Krishna
• 197) How small conflicts become big – Daksha pastime analysis 4 – How impulses are shaped by technology, mentality and spirituality
• 196) How small conflicts become big – Daksha pastime analysis 3 – Understanding the filters people bring to a relationship
• 195) Pursuing our loudest desires is not freedom – pursuing our deepest desires is
• 194) 3 As to bring out the best in you – Awareness Association Appreciation
• 193) How conscious intention raises bhakti to the level of a relationship
• 192) Strengthening the bonds that liberate
• 191) How small conflicts become big – Daksha Pastime analysis 2 – Ego causes desensitization
• 190) How small conflicts become big – Daksha pastime analysis 1 – Unprocessed resentment causes explosion
• 189) From bondage to bonding – Redefining our relationships
• 188) Understanding how bhakti-yoga and the holy name work
• 187) Shakuni Character Analysis 2 – Evaluate whether our relationships bring out our best or our worst
• 186) Shakuni Character Analysis 1 – The mind rationalizes selfishness as selflessness
• 185) Spiritualizing our work through IAC – intention, action and contribution
• 184) The Gita as a book of love – The significance of the first and last words spoken by Krishna and Arjuna
• 183) To rise from karma to bhakti, change your benchmark of reality from the world to Krishna
• 182) Making sense of senseless suffering – Understanding why devotees face fatal accidents
• 181) PAST acronym – How to get past our past
• 180) The Gita’s two endings point to the same end
• 179) Connecting with ourselves to connect with others
• 178) How spiritual life relates to our material Life 2 – Work not for or against your nature, work with your nature for Krishna
• 177) How spiritual life relates to our material Life 1 – Rejection, Complementation, Redirection
• 176) From what science explains to what explains science
• 175) From Passion to Compassion 2 – From religion in passion to devotion in goodness
• 174) From Passion to Compassion 3 – Compassion needs to be felt as compassion
• 173) Using our functional identification to realize our transcendental identity
• 172) How bhakti helps us get past our past
• 171) From passion to compassion 1
• 170) The Bhagavad-gita’s message of love comforts and enlightens
• 169) How the mind harvests the bad within – and how to harvest the good within
• 168) How our intelligence acts as our enemy – and how to make it our friend
• 167) Why people do bad things – and how to stop it
• 166) From Damodara month to Damodar mood – From circumstantial devotion to transcendental devotion through intentional devotion
• 165) The art of work – Detachment directed by devotion maximizes contribution
• 164) How bhakti fulfills the aspirations of social justice
• 163) Selfies and the human longing to feel special
• 162) Ramayana series 5 – Hanuman – There is a time and place for everything, don’t lose heart
• 161) From destructive competition to constructive competition – 2
• 160) From destructive competition to constructive competition – 1

October 2017

• 159) Ramayana series 4 – SEES acronym – 4 explanations why Rama abandoned Sita
• 158) Ramayana series 3 – Shurapanakha’s slyness – Beware of those who manipulate us using our weakness
• 157) Ramayana series 2 – Maricha’s miscalculation – Our destination is not as important as our action
• 156) Ramayana Series 1 – Dasharatha’s dilemma
• 155) Inner healing through forgiveness
• 154) Love is the ultimate reality that unifies all reality
• 153) Overcoming negative emotions 5 – Self-doubt
• 152) Understanding how bhakti fulfills the purpose of scripture – and how we can help
• 151) Focus on Krishna’s glories while studying Bhagavatam – don’t be distracted
• 150) Spiritual Lessons from Car Driving 4 – The destination is also our companion
• 149) Spiritual Lessons from Car Driving 3 – Our attitude is our steering wheel
• 148) Spiritual Lessons from Car Driving 2 – What we are driving matters, but where we are driving matters more
• 147) Spiritual Lessons from Car Driving 1 – The mind is the passenger, don’t let it become the driver
• 146) LIGHT acronym – 5 Meditations on Diwali
• 145) Equality beyond equality
• 144) Overcoming negative emotions 4 – Overcoming anger through forgiveness
• 143) The need for appropriate adaptors when transmitting the current of bhakti
• 142) Advancing spiritually at our pace, from our place by understanding the power, principle and process of krishna-bhakti
• 141) Worldly intoxication and devotional intoxication differ in consciousness, content and consequence
• 140) Devotion doesn’t restrict us – it empowers us
• 139) The Spirit of Diwali – Light the inner lamp to see beyond the painkiller of entertainment to the cure of devotion
• 138) The missing self in the selfie
• 137) How the Universal Form makes Krishna accessible
• 136) Overcoming negative emotions 3 – Fear
• 135) Understanding religion and bhakti in the three modes
• 134) How the fictional points to the spiritual
• 133) Understanding the spiritual world, the power of bhakti and Narottama Das Thakura’s contribution to the bhakti tradition
• 132) Damodara lila analysis – Going beyond cultural conceptions to spiritual revelation
• 131) Overcoming negative emotions 2 – Depression
• 130) Is Krishna-bhakti universal when it is so specific?
• 129) What we can learn from our dreams
• 128) Science, Spirituality & Self-improvement
• 127) Simplify, Clarify, Purify – Three principles for a fulfilling life
• 126) Live in the present, but not for the present
• 125) From material detachment to spiritual attachment – Ignorance, Tolerance, Transcendence, Immanence

September 2017

• 124) The essence of the spiritual world, and of spiritual life, is not location but disposition
• 123) Overcoming negative emotions 1 – Resentment
• 122) Remembrance of Krishna cuts karmic bondage by providing intelligence, taste and love
• 121) Three principles for controlling the mind – Intelligence, Diligence and Dependence
• 120) From anartha-nivrtti to artha-pravrtti 4 – Understanding Pravrtti
• 119) From anartha-nivrtti to artha-pravrtti 3 – Understanding Artha
• 118) From anartha-nivrtti to artha-pravrtti 2 – Understanding Nivrtti
• 117) From anartha-nivrtti to artha-pravrtti 1 – Understanding Anartha
• 116) Love may be unscientific, but is it unreal?
• 115) Appreciating Srila Prabhupada’s presentation of devotion and of Ratha Yatra as a global festival of devotion
• 114) FEAR acronym – Learning to deal with our fears
• 113) Gopi Gita 3 – “We cannot tolerate your feet being hurt by thorns – please return”
• 112) Gopi Gita 2 – “You alone can free us from contamination and tribulation – please return”
• 111) Gopi Gita 1 – “Whoever you are – Lord or lover – please come back”
• 110) The Bhagavad-gita is a yoga text for emotional empowerment
• 109) Improving Japa 2 – Concentrate by cultivating interest and appreciating importance
• 108) Cultists, Fanatics and Spiritual Shoppers – Making sense of the world’s religious scenario
• 107) Six loving exchanges – Opening the heart and reciprocating with the opened heart
• 106) We are defined by the questions we ask – in life, in science and in spirituality
• 105) Bring out the best you 3 – Spiritual help
• 104) Bring out the best you 2 – Social help
• 103) Bring out your best 1 – Self-help
• 102) Can we logically prove God’s existence – Backward and forward reasoning
• 101) From Love Universal to Bhakti Confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism Glories 7 – Love in separation is the culmination of love

August 2017

• 100) From Love Universal to Bhakti Confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism Glories 6 – Parakiya-rasa is not immoral, but trans-moral
• 99) From love universal to bhakti confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism glories 5 – Radha and Krishna are one soul in two bodies
• 98) From love universal to bhakti confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism glories 4 – Relishing the transformational legacy of God’s greatness and sweetness
• 97) Understanding consciousness and its four levels – Jagruti, Svapna, Sushupti and Turya
• 96) From Love Universal to Bhakti Confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism Glories 3 – PEAR acronym for becoming a rasika
• 95) From Love Universal to Bhakti Confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism Glories 2 – How Karma and Jnana Culminate in Bhakti
• 94) Reincarnation and the Search for Meaning – Evidence, Explanation & Evolution
• 93) The mind is not the problem – the mindset is
• 92) From love universal to bhakti confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism glories 1 – Understanding how love culminates in bhakti
• 91) Gajendra Moksha Katha 4 – How age helps us become renounced – and how it doesn’t – Hindi
• 90) Gajendra Moksha Katha 3 – Understanding when to wield control and when to yield control – Hindi
• 89) Gajendra Moksha Katha 2 – Deviated spiritualists may lose the human body, but not their spiritual attraction – Hindi
• 88) LEAD acronym – 4 Leadership Sutras from Bhagavad-gita
• 87) DEEP acronym – What our phone can teach us about our mind
• 86) OASIS – Five reflections for self-improvement
• 85) Discover the Baahubali within you
• 84) 4 lessons about our mind from our phone – Distortion, Discretion, Determination, Devotion
• 83) Akrura Katha 3 – Understanding cultural bhakti, philosophical bhakti, spiritual bhakti and Vraja bhakti
• 82) Akrura Katha 2 – Devotional disposition in association deepens our devotion
• 81) Akrura Katha 1 – When no one understands us, Krishna understands
• 80) Appreciating Balarama’s two blessings – Bala and Rama
• 79) Understanding the mind through four animal metaphors 2 – Dog & Sheep – Hindi
• 78) Understanding the mind through four animal metaphors 1 – Horse & Wolf – Hindi
• 77) Appreciating Balarama’s position, pastime and blessing – Hindi
• 76) To always remember Krishna practically means to remember that he is the controller of things outside our control – Hindi
• 75) Krishna is the trans-personal shelter of all the things that shelter us

July 2017

• 74) Spiritualizing our relationships 5 – Focus more on our intentions than on others’ dispositions
• 73) Spiritualizing our relationships 4 – Accept yourself to relate better with others
• 72) Spiritualizing our relationships 3 – Learning to separate people from their behavior
• 71) Understanding what is mental and what is spiritual
• 70) Reincarnation – From Romance to Research
• 69) Learn to fail or fail to learn
• 68) How to surrender amidst different and difficult situations – Hindi
• 67) Spiritualizing our relationships 2 – To improve relationships, decrease expectation and increase contribution
• 66) Whom are we giving our mind – Hindi

June 2017

• 65) Spiritualizing our relationships 1 – The more despiritualized we are, the more desensitized we become
• 64) Understanding the five functions of intelligence
• 63) Use goodness to practice bhakti and correct our disconnect with reality
• 62) Ghosts, Spirits & Reincarnation – Understanding how the invisible affects the visible
• 61) Social Media Analysis 3 – Greater accessibility brings greater responsibility
• 60) Analyzing Social Media 2 – How social is social media?
• 59) Remembering Srila Prabhupada’s mood and sacrifice – Hindi
• 58) Does beauty lie in the eye of the beholder – A Vedic Perspective
• 57) We can’t replace the mind, but we can re-place it
• 56) Analyzing various perceptions and conceptions of God
• 55) Reincarnation Research – Science, Pseudo-Science & Scientism
• 54) Reincarnation and the human quest for self-understanding
• 53) How to see God in this world
• 52) Scripture is a torch to see the world, a mirror to see the self and a window to see God
• 51) World Religions – From Bhakti Universal to Bhakti Confidential
• 50) Understanding who is the doer – Analyzing instincts, impulses and intelligence
• 49) Analyzing Social Media 1 – What it does for us and what it does to us
• 48) How to cultivate positive thinking in bhakti

May 2017

• 47) To change vision, change intention by study and association
• 46) Krishna is our protector, even when he seems to be the afflictor
• 45) From Maya to Lila 2 – The desired may be an illusion, the desirer isn’t
• 44) From Maya to Lila 1 – Illusion originates not in the object, but in the subject
• 43) How to develop our relationship with Krishna
• 42) How hurt people hurt people 2 – Learning to process our emotions before acting on them
• 41) How hurt people hurt people 1 – Karna Character Analysis
• 40) From Grudging to Gratitude QA 2
• 39) From Grudging to Gratitude 4 – Forgiving internally and externally by focusing on Krishna
• 38) From Grudging to Gratitude 3 – Learn to re-interpret reality devotionally
• 37) From Grudging to Gratitude 2 – See beyond the immediate cause of suffering
• 36) From Grudging to Gratitude 1 – Grudging is like driving with brakes pressed
• 35) Cultivating the strength to let go
• 34) Gita Essence 3 – The transformational power of love – World-knowledge as the vehicle for love
• 33) Attitude in outreach 2 – Explain the philosophy before the morality – Be respectfully compassionate
• 32) Attitude in outreach 1 – Present the product before the process – Be a role model
• 31) Gita Essence 2 – The transformational power of love – God-knowledge as the fuel for love
• 30) Gita Essence 1- The transformational power of love – Self-knowledge as the basis of love
• 29) How free is our free will?
• 28) From mindless accumulation to mindful realization
• 27) 9 forms of devotional service part 2 – Pada Sevanam Archanam Vandanam Dasyam Sakhyam Atma-Nivedanam
• 26) Why spirituality matters – scientific, ethical and relational perspectives

April 2017

• 25) Understanding how Krishna is everything and controls everything even amidst worldly sufferings
• 24) Cultivate aversion to faultfinding
• 23) Seek not a pleasure-filled life; seek a purpose-filled life
• 22) Seek not a problem-free life – seek a purpose-filled life
• 21) Reincarnation – Reality, Rationality, Opportunity
• 20) Misunderstandings spread like cancer – beware
• 19) To master the mind, become conscious of your consciousness
• 18) Overcome anxiety by focusing on state of thoughts, not state of things
• 17) Self-control Strategies – Contemporary analysis of Nectar of Instruction Text 1
• 16) Don’t hear the mind’s story – hear Krishna’s story
• 15) Let incidental dissatisfaction trigger existential dissatisfaction
• 14) PURE acronym – 4 attitudes for progressing in spiritual life
• 13) Focus on the best in the past, be present in the present and shape the future
• 12) Overcoming resentment amidst difficult situations

March 2017

• 11) What your phone can teach you about your mind 4 – Let bhakti change your memory
• 10) What your phone can teach you about your mind 3 – Check your energy drainers
• 9) What your phone can teach you about your mind 2 – Hardware improvement doesn’t solve software problems
• 8) What your phone can teach you about your mind 1 – Deal with your default settings maturely
• 7) Taking responsibility for our spiritual advancement
• 6) Chances, Changes, Choices – Making Life’s Big Decisions
• 5) The cause of fanaticism is not excessive devotion, but inadequate devotion
• 4) Resist the temptation to be discouraged

November 2016

• 3) What cricket can teach us about life 3
• 2) What cricket can teach us about life 2
• 1) ​What cricket can teach us about life 1