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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