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Lessons from Hanuman’s devotion to Rama 1 – When we hide ourselves from the Lord he hides himself from us

In Kali-yuga thoughts don’t incur reactions – what does that mean practically?

How can we help materially entrapped people to become spiritual?

Ajamila knew scripture – yet he fell down. Why?

How can we balance between bhakti and studies?

If our spouse is sentimentally following a different spiritual path how should we deal with it?

How do we understand scriptural stories in which mountains are conscious?

Six loving exchanges – Opening the heart and reciprocating with the opened heart

We are defined by the questions we ask – in life in science and in spirituality

Bring out your best 1 – Self-help

Can we logically prove God’s existence – Backward and forward reasoning

From Love Universal to Bhakti Confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism Glories 7 – Love in separation is the culmination of love

From love universal to bhakti confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism glories 5 – Radha and Krishna are one soul in two bodies

From love universal to bhakti confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism glories 4 – Relishing the transformational legacy of God’s greatness and sweetness

Understanding consciousness and its four levels – Jagruti Svapna Sushupti and Turya

From Love Universal to Bhakti Confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism Glories 3 – PEAR acronym for becoming a rasika

Reincarnation and the Search for Meaning – Evidence Explanation & Evolution

Discover the Baahubali within you

Akrura Katha 3 – Understanding cultural bhakti philosophical bhakti spiritual bhakti and Vraja bhakti

Appreciating Balarama’s two blessings – Bala and Rama

Krishna is the trans-personal shelter of all the things that shelter us

Spiritualizing our relationships 5 – Focus more on our intentions than on others’ dispositions

Spiritualizing our relationships 4 – Accept yourself to relate better with others

Spiritualizing our relationships 3 – Learning to separate people from their behavior

Spiritualizing our relationships 2 – To improve relationships decrease expectation and increase contribution

Spiritualizing our relationships 1 – The more despiritualized we are the more desensitized we become

How to cultivate positive thinking in bhakti

Does chanting automatically make us kinder or do we have to strive to become kinder?

From Grudging to Gratitude 4 – Forgiving internally and externally by focusing on Krishna

From Grudging to Gratitude 3 – Learn to re-interpret reality devotionally

From Grudging to Gratitude 2 – See beyond the immediate cause of suffering

From Grudging to Gratitude 1 – Grudging is like driving with brakes pressed

From will and power to willpower

Gita Essence 3 – The transformational power of love – World-knowledge as the vehicle for love

Gita Essence 2 – The transformational power of love – God-knowledge as the fuel for love

Is there a scientific explanation of the benefits of eating prasad?

Gita Essence 1- The transformational power of love – Self-knowledge as the basis of love

Overcoming resentment amidst difficult situations

Understanding how dharma culminates in prema

Spirituality changes how we perceive process and pursue

5 reflections for reconciling science and scripture

What your phone can teach you about your mind 4 – Let bhakti change your memory

What your phone can teach you about your mind 3 – Check your energy drainers

What your phone can teach you about your mind 2 – Hardware improvement doesn’t solve software problems

What your phone can teach you about your mind 1 – Deal with your default settings maturely

When our thoughts start becoming negative how can we flip them to positive?

How can we insulate ourselves from negative people?

When we are troubled by controversies in Krishna’s movement should we try to tackle them or just focus on our service?

How can we assess our service when we are not pure-hearted?

How can we avoid over-controlling the things that are in our control?

In the practical-philosophical categorization where does the emotional fit in?

When we face problems we need practical solutions not philosophical solutions – how can scripture help?

What is the best way to monitor our mental habits?

If someone rationalizes their wrongdoing by saying that Krishna loves us unconditionally how do we respond?

Doesn’t Krishna feel bad when we do something wrong – doesn’t that make him unwilling to shelter us?

Is a woman’s unchaste dressing responsible for a man’s misbehaviour?

Isn’t ISKCON sectarian that it stops devotees from hearing from other Vaishnava groups?

How can we spiritualize our material attachments?

If we are working wholeheartedly in our material life but can’t work similarly in our spiritual life what can we do – Hindi?

Why do leaders of religious organisations sometimes form sects and fight with each other – Hindi?

If people treat us based on their past negative impressions about us even after we have improved what can we do – Hindi?

If we don’t see others’ faults how can we guide them to improve – Hindi?

Can someone say that my nature is to talk insensitively – Hindi?

How can we intelligently neglect some people’s criticism of us?

When we can’t overcome our bad habits, what to do – Hindi?

Why did Krishna allow the desecration of Deities by foreign invaders in medieval times?

When the mind is like software then how can pills for treating the hardware – the brain – cure mental problems?

I was initiated earlier by a priest – how do I see it when seeking initation from a Vaishnava guru?

As sadhus should we focus on internal change through sadhana or social change through activism?

When a close relative troubles us, do we need to tolerate infinitely?

When God knows everything why doesn’t he stop bad things from happening?

When we have to choose between two good options how do we choose?

When we face real problems can we spiritually raise ourselves above those problems?

How can we make our presentation more crisp and condensed?

​How can we avoid fear after taking big decisions thoughtfully?

​How can I control anger when I am continuously provoked?

​How can we develop taste for chanting?

​When our material obligations make us too busy to practice sadhana strictly what can we do?

Should we preach when we are not feeling devotionally?

How can we cope with enduring sadness?

Why does corruption exist in religious organisations – can it be minimized?

Are the sense and mind different – which of them drives us?

What cricket can teach us about life 3

What cricket can teach us about life 2

​When chanting doesn’t feel blissful how can we make it always blissful?

​What kind of mental pitch is favourable for bhakti?

​What cricket can teach us about life 1

Bhikshu Gita 6 – See the mind’s aversion to concentration as a trick of illusion (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.47)

Bhikshu Gita 5 – Happiness comes by raising the standard of longing (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.46)

Bhikshu Gita 4 – The mind distracts us from bhakti in the name of bhakti (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.45)

Bhikshu Gita 3 – The mind makes the unreal seem real and the real seem unreal (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.44)

Bhikshu Gita 2 – The mind makes it difficult for people to change – be understanding (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.43)

Bhikshu Gita 1 – Minimize misery by identifying the misery caused by the mind (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.42)

​How can we guide our children in their teenage years?

​How is Hinduism different from other religions?

How can we improve our focus?

When management affects our sadhana adversely, what can we do?

Why do children of devotees sometimes not become devotees?

​If I can invest one hour daily for bhakti, which bhakti practices should I do?

How do we balance between respecting followers of all religions and acknowledging the violence that some of them do?