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September 2023

• 1019) Radharani’s glories in Bhagavad-gita
• 1018) Deepening our relationship with Krishna Monks Podcast 207 Sukhavaha Mataji
• 1017) ISRO scientists in temples How science & spirituality go together
• 1016) Hindi – Raksha Bandhana A Bhagavad-gita perspective
• 1015) Raksha Bandhana A Bhagavad-gita perspective
• 1014) How Bhagavad-gita demonstrates Krishna’s teaching expertise
• 1013) 3 Ts of Prabhupada’s historic outreach
• 1012) Eradicate Sanatana-Dharma – Hindi

August 2023

• 1011) When we feel left alone – Vritrasura pastime analysis – Hindi
• 1010) Hindi – India on the moon Chandrayaan-3 success – A Bhagavad-gita perspective
• 1009) India on the moon Chandrayaan-3 success – A Bhagavad-gita perspective
• 1008) 4 ways human consciousness went down – Darn acronym
• 1007) Hindi QA_ Science, Spirituality, Oppenheimer movie, Bhagavad-Gita in daily life

July 2023

• 1006) Does shabda make pratyaksha invalid? Part 2 The Monk’s Podcast 206 with Radhika Raman Prabhu
• 1005) Does shabda make pratyaksha invalid? Part 1 The Monk’s Podcast 206 with Radhika Raman Prabhu

May 2023

• 1004) The Kerala story – A Bhagavad Gita perspective

April 2023

• 1003) If we really have free will, how does God control everything? – Chaitanya Charan
• 1002) When we feel that our problems arose because we were misguided – Yamaduta-Yamaraja discussion 1
• 1001) Does love mean shielding our loved ones from their actions’ consequences? PEER acronym
• 1000) Understanding the spiritual world: its relevance, rationale, resplendence
• 999) How the Bhagavad Gita is a message of love (Hindi)
• 998) Study from different perspectives – HH SB Keshava Maharaj, HG Chaitanya Charan
• 997) Bhagavad-gita insights for holistic health

March 2023

• 996) Understanding Mayavada and dealing with Mayavadis: learning from Mahaprabhu?
• 995) Gaur Purnima class 2023 – What is Mahaprabhus mercy? How does it work?

February 2023

• 994) From outer happiness to inner happiness
• 993) Is Srimad Bhagavatam anti-householder? Why does it criticize householders so much?
• 992) Explaining cow care to the contemporary world
• 991) Prayers of Jiva in mothers womb – Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 3
• 990) Akrodha Paramananda song meaning, Nityananda Trayodashi 2023 class at Nashik, Hindi

November 2022

• 989) Cricket Mania A Bhagavad-gita perspective; Seeing Kishna everywhere as his vibhuti; Wellington 2022
• 988) Kantara movie – A Bhagavad-gita perspective – Chaitanya Charan

October 2022

• 987) 202 Bhagavad-Gita’s multi-level progression of the human-divine relationship, The Monk’s Podcast with Garuda Prabhu
• 986) Prabhupada_’s message included and transcended the past, present and future – Disappearance day talk
• 985) Parallels between Damodara-lila and Bhagavad-gita – part 2
• 984) 201 The letter of scripture and the spirit of scripture The Monk_’s Podcast with Yogeshvara Prabhu
• 983) Parallels between Damodara-lila and Bhagavad-gita – part 1
• 982) World Mental Health Day Special Bhagavad-gita Insights for a Healthy Mind

September 2022

• 981) How can we make bhakti accessible without diluting it? – Chaitanya Charan
• 980) Appreciating Radharani universal, Gaudiya and personal perspectives, Radhashtami 2022
• 979) How to make our Sunday talks relevant Chaitanya Charan with Caru P on the ISKCON Relevance Project podcast
• 978) 3 conceptions of renunciation frustration, aversion, redirection – Chaitanya Charan
• 977) 4 life-lessons from Lord Ganesh – Ganesh Chaturthi special – Chaitanya Charan
• 976) Developing our personal relationship with Bhagavad gita SB Keshava Maharaj and Chaitanya Charan Prabhu
• 975) 200 Save Earth by sharing Srimad Bhagavatam – The Monk’s Podcast with Vaisesika Prabhu
• 974) Appreciating Radharani: universal, Gaudiya and personal perspectives, Radhashtami 2022

August 2022

• 973) Prostitutes in Krishna’s Dwarka: How to understand Bhagavatam 1.11.19? – Chaitanya Charan
• 972) Appreciating the Bhagavad Gita from Sanjaya’s perspective (Gita 18.74-78): GREAT acronym
• 971) Experiencing Krishna in various ways, even through fear, confusion & heartbreak: Janmashtami class
• 970) Karthikeya 2 Movie: A Bhagavad – Gita Perspective
• 969) How Balarama reveals Krishna’s heart in Vrindavana Mathura and Dwarka ? – Balarama appearance day
• 968) How dukhalayam Bhagavad gita 8.15 is a teaching of positivity not negativity?
• 967) Hearing with the ears, the head and the heart – Chaitanya Charan on Vedasara P’s Heartspace podcast
• 966) Why was Balarama kind to Duryodhana and harsh to Romharshana? – Balarama appearance day reflection
• 965) A Bhagavad Gita perspective on India’s 75th Independence Day celebrations
• 964) When God doesn’t seem to be equal to everyone – Bhagavad gita 09.34

July 2022

• 963) Brahminical culture what it was and how it was preserved through two kinds of brahmanas
• 962) Why wisdom sometimes enlightens and sometimes doesn’t
• 961) From lower taste to higher taste through higher vision
• 960) Why wisdom sometimes enlightens and sometimes doesn’t
• 959) When seeking material things from God is spiritually unhealthy — & when it isn’t
• 958) Atmarama verse’s importance in understanding the Absolute Truth Bhagavatam discussion with Caru Prabhu
• 957) Are Jordan Peterson’s ideas relevant for Bhakti theology? QA with Chaitanya Charan
• 956) Three understandings of surrender in the Bhagavad Gita

June 2022

• 955) 3 Difficulties in approaching Bhagavatam cosmology
• 954) How to disagree without disrespecting
• 953) 199 Focusing on the practical in the scriptural – The Monk’s Podcast with Kaustubha Prabhu
• 952) 198 Presenting Lord Chaitanya to today’s world via biography writing – The Monk’s Podcast Yogesvara P
• 951) 196 Systematic outreach for sustainable community development – The Monk’s Podcast with Aniruddha P
• 950) 195 Pursuing writing as an art in bhakti, The Monk’s podcast 195 with Urmila Mataji
• 949) 194 Is the Gita religious or spiritual – The Monk’s Podcast with Garuda Prabhu
• 948) 193 Thoughts on ISKCON’s future The Monk s Podcast with Govardhana Prabhu

May 2022

• 947) 192 Empathic communication why it is important in bhakti-The Monk’s podcast with Bir Krishna Maharaja
• 946) Comparing Narasimha-rupa with Krishna-rupa and Vishva-rupa (Narasimha Chaturdashi special)
• 945) Kali’s brutality & Krishna’s immorality Understanding Vedic conceptions of divinity
• 944) Chota Haridasa pastime: What it teaches & what it DOES NOT TEACH
• 943) Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover: A Bhagavad-gita Perspective – Chaitanya Charan
• 942) As many Hindu temples don’t allow non-Hindus to enter, is the Vedic tradition really inclusive?

April 2022

• 941) Was Rama’s killing of Vali unfair? Ramayana Ethics – Chaitanya Charan
• 940) How was Kamsa liberated when he was ill-motivated in his Krishna consciousness?
• 939) RAMA NAVAMI SPECIAL: Relishing Lord Rama’s remembrance & appreciating Ramayana retellings
• 938) RAMA NAVAMI SPECIAL: Indrajita’s snake attack & the attack of snake-like desires

March 2022

• 937) 191 Wars: What can’t be prevented can be minimized, The Monk’s Podcast with Govinda Prabhu
• 936) The Kashmir files reminder: Denying truth for tolerance’s sake destroys both truth and tolerance
• 935) Rising beyond caste discrimination to effective equality, Chaitanya Charan on Kishori Jani M podcast
• 934) 190 Sannyasa ashrama in the bhakti tradition: Overvalued or devalued? The Monk’s Podcast 190 with Yadunandana Maharaj
• 933) The power of humility & sensitivity – How Mahaprabhu transformed Prakashananda Saraswati

February 2022

• 932) 188 Does beating our mind mean distrusting ourselves? The Monk’s Podcast with Mahatma P
• 931) 187 Hijab controversy: Dharmic insights on state-religion interactions, The Monk’s Podcast with Govinda Prabhu
• 930) Religion vs Spirituality – Chaitanya Charan on Wisdom of the Sages podcast
• 929) Dowry System: See beyond specific rules to universal values
• 928) Nityananda Trayodashi Special Discourse 2022
• 927) How to guide our children during their teenager phase?
• 926) 186 Expanding online outreach during Covid times The Monk’s Podcast with Amogha Lila Prabhu
• 925) Bhagavad gita summarized through Arjuna’s 17 questions
• 924) Karna: Wronged hero or wrong hero: Chaitanya Charan on Kishori Jani M’s podcast
• 923) Bhagavad-gita chapter ten – How to see Krishna’s vibhuti everywhere?
• 922) 185 What are the modes? why is understanding them so important? – The Monk’s Podcast with Garuda Prabhu

January 2022

• 921) 184 Creativity:how to see it devotionally and use it effectively – The Monk’s Podcast with Yogesvara Prabhu
• 920) 183 Gita Political Philosophy series 2 Capitalism Communism Dharma The Monk’s Podcast with Govinda Prabhu
• 919) 182 How to guide effectively – The Monk’s Podcast with Radha Gopinath P and Shyamananda Prabhu
• 918) 181 Challenges in implementing varnashrama – The Monk’s Podcast 181 with Bhakti Vikas Maharaj
• 917) 180 – 8 universal teachings of the Bhagavad-gita (Gita Jayanti Special), The Monk’s Podcast Garuda Prabhu
• 916) 179 Varna and ashram roles of women: Impact of the Industrial Revolution The Monk’s Podcast Urmila Mataji
• 915) Is spiritual tourism to India dangerous for one’s mental health?
• 914) 178 Gita & political philosophy series 1: Freedom & State Power, The Monk’s Podcast with Govinda Prabhu
• 913) Freeing ourselves from Karma
• 912) 177 Ethics in epics: Decoding Bhishmas choices – The Monks Podcast with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 911) Is New Year celebration a scam A Bhagavad gita perspective talk

December 2021

• 910) Appreciating Radhanatha Maharajas holistic faithfulness to the Gaudiya tradition including to the flexibility of the tradition
• 909) Appreciating Radhanath Maharaja’s expertise in community building
• 908) How Gaudiya Vaishnavism can inspire eco-friendly living, The Monk’s Podcast 176 with Radhika Raman Prabhu
• 907) Protecting dharma 2 Lessons from history guidelines for today – The Monks Podcast 175 with Govinda Prabhu

November 2021

• 906) Gopi Gita Appreciation part 7 The Monks Podcast 174 with Madhavananda Prabhu & Amarendra Prabhu
• 905) What is dharma and how can it be protected part 1 The Monks Podcast 173 with Govinda Prabhu
• 904) Gopi Gita Appreciation part 6 The Monks Podcast 172 with Madhavananda Prabhu and Amarendra Prabhu
• 903) What does depending on Krishna mean, practically, The Monk’s Podcast 171 with Radheshyam Prabhu
• 902) Gopi Gita Appreciation part 5, The Monk’s Podcast 170 – Madhavananda Prabhu & Amarendra Prabhu
• 901) Why our personal experiences matter in our spiritual journey, The Monk’s Podcast 169-Yogesvara Prabhu
• 900) Big projects in bhakti Reasons concerns and suggestions The Monk s Podcast 168 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 899) Working with Hindu organizations for common causes, The Monk’s Podcast 167 with Mahaprabhu Prabhu
• 898) Gopi Gita Appreciation part 4, The Monk’s Podcast 166 with Madhavananda Prabhu and Amarendra Prabhu
• 897) Evolution Bhagavatam What are the issues for devotees The Monk s Podcast 165 with Akhandadhi Prabhu

October 2021

• 896) How to understand scriptural promises part 2
• 895) How cow care represents universal ethical principles, The Monk’s Podcast 163 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaj
• 894) The Bhagavad gita’s great greater and greatest secret -The Monk s Podcast 162 with Garuda Prabhu
• 893) How to understand scriptural promises part 1
• 892) Continuity & change from Bhaktisiddhanta ST to Prabhupada The Monk s Podcast 161 with Bhakti Vikas Maharaj
• 891) How to respond to the Muslim attacks on devotees in Bangladesh
• 890) Gopi Gita Appreciation part 2, The Monk’s Podcast 160 – Madhavananda Prabhu and Amarendra Prabhu
• 889) Haridasa Thakura’s glories 1, Transcendence amid Intolerance, HARI acronym
• 888) Gopi Gita Appreciation part 1, The Monk’s Podcast 159 – Amarendra Prabhu and Madhavananda Prabhu
• 887) Finding guidance in Prabhupada’s books, The Monk’s Podcast 158 with Krishna Dharma P & Chintamani Dharma M
• 886) Is Prabhupada’s Gita bhakti biased The Monks Podcast 157 with Garuda Prabhu

September 2021

• 885) Exploring parallels between Carl Jung & Bhaktisiddhanta, The Monk’s Podcast 156 with Hanumat Preshaka Maharaj
• 884) Book Distribution As The Engine For Community Building,The Monk’s Podcast 155-Vaisesika Prabhu, @Bhadra Purnima special
• 883) How decentralized management can help the bhakti movement flourish, The Monk’s Podcast153 with Urmila M
• 882) Maslow’s theory of motivations – A Spiritual Perspective, The Monk’s Podcast 154 with Shyamananda P
• 881) Taliban’s conquest of Afghanistan A dharmic perspective. The Monk’s Podcast 152 with Hridayananda M part 2
• 880) Appreciating others’ individuality for redefining preaching, The Monk’s Podcast 151-Shaunaka Rishi Prabhu
• 879) Taliban’s conquest of Afghanistan A dharmic perspective-The Monk’s Podcast 150 with Hridayananda Maharaj part 1
• 878) Krishna Consciousness in Japan, China and South-East Asia-The Monk’s Podcast 149-Kavicandra Maharaj
• 877) Appreciating Prabhupada’s presentation of the Bhagavatam part 2
• 876) How Vedic wisdom can be empirically demonstrated. The Monk’s Podcast 148 with Lila Purushottam Prabhu

August 2021

• 875) Effective Bridge Preaching, The Monk’s Podcast 147 with Radheshyam Prabhu
• 874) The Bhagavatam’s relevance for a postmodern audience, The Monk’s Podcast 146 with Kaustubha Prabhu
• 873) Appreciating Krishna’s opulences, using his opulence of knowledge as an example – Hindi
• 872) Role of self-care in bhakti, The Monk’s Podcast 145 with Sacinandan Maharaja
• 871) Appreciating Prabhupada’s presentation of the Bhagavatam
• 870) Western perceptions of India & how they affect bhakti outreach, The Monk’s Podcast 144, Yogesvara Prabhu
• 869) Preserving Gaudiya culture by fostering a mood of inclusion, The Monk’s Podcast 143 Madhavananda Prabhu
• 868) Understanding Indian and western attitudes in approaching and practicing Krishna consciousness
• 867) Seeing scripture from different angles – The Monk’s Podcast 142 with Krishna Dharma Prabhu & Cintamani Dhama Mataji
• 866) Presenting bhakti to people with diverse natures and needs, The Monk’s Podcast 141 with Jayananda Prabhu
• 865) How modern education impacts people’s spirituality The Monk’s Podcast 140 with Krishna Kshetra M
• 864) Introduction to Gita leadership course, How the Bhagavad-gita is a guidebook for leaders

July 2021

• 863) Developing an inclusive spiritual community, The Monk’s Podcast 136 with Shikshashtakam Prabhu
• 862) Why we need a Gaudiya Vaishnava eco-theology pt 1, The Monk’s Podcast 135 with Radhika Raman Prabhu
• 861) Glimpses into the beauty of the Rasa-lila, The Monk’s Podcast 134 with Garuda Prabhu
• 860) ISKCON & Ethics 3, The self as the basis of moral philosophy, Monk’s Podcast 133 with Rasamandala Prabhu
• 859) Challenges in sharing Krishna consciousness globally part 1, The Monk’s Podcast 132 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 858) What difference is it going to make in my life? How is the Gita relevant today? – MAIL Acronym
• 857) ISKCON & Ethics 2, Why we need a moral philosophy, The Monk’s Podcast 131 with Rasamandala Prabhu
• 856) Analyzing Bhagavatams Retelling Of Ramayana Subjectivity and Objectivity In Scripture part 2
• 855) Analyzing Bhagavatams Retelling Of Ramayana Subjectivity and Objectivity In Scripture part 1
• 854) How We Devalue Scripture How We Devalue Science – Chaitanya Charan on Wisdom of the Sages podcast
• 853) Healing the mind – Chaitanya Charan on Wisdom of the Sages podcast
• 852) Speaking with sensitivity
• 851) How the Bhagavad-gita offers a world-unifying philosophy, The Monk’s Podcast 130 with Ishvara Krishna Prabhu
• 850) Why we should or should not study the Rasa-lila, The Monk’s Podcast 129 with Garuda Prabhu
• 849) Carl Jung & psychological insights for spiritual growth, The Monks Podcast 128 with Hanumat Preshaka Maharaj
• 848) Why ethics matter while practicing bhakti in today’s world, The Monk’s Podcast 127 with Rasamandala Prabhu
• 847) Shakespeare Revisited Universal Themes Spiritual Insight The Monks Podcast 126 with Hanumat Preshaka M

June 2021

• 846) How yoga culminates in bhakti, The Monk’s Podcast 125 with Garuda Prabhu
• 845) Yoga of writing for children
• 844) Mindfulness
• 843) Presenting Krishna’s message to a contemporary audience – 1
• 842) From platform speaking to personal coaching – The Monk’s Podcast 124 with Sutapa Prabhu
• 841) Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 10 – Kalki – The Monk’s Podcast 123 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaj
• 840) Balancing obedience to authority & independent thoughtfulness, The Monk’s Podcast 122 with Radheshyam Prabhu
• 839) Growing through love and loss in relationships, The Monk’s Podcast 121 with Garuda Prabhu
• 838) How Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva s words revealed his love for Prahlāda part 2 – Hindi

May 2021

• 837) How to see our past in a Krishna conscious way 2 – Dhruva pastime analysis
• 836) How Lord Nṛsiṁhadevas words revealed his love for Prahlāda part 1 – Hindi
• 835) How to see our past in a Krishna conscious way 1 – Dhruva pastime analysis
• 834) Bhakti spirituality for the contemporary mind – The Monk’s Podcast 119 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 833) Faith-based organizations, eco-friendly living & ISKCON, The Monk’s Podcast 118 with Gauranga Prabhu
• 832) Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 9 – Buddha – The Monk’s Podcast 117 with Krishna Kshetra M
• 831) Ambarisha M Pastime analysis 2 – How Krishna Consciousness helps with the three causes of suffering
• 830) Ambarisha M Pastime analysis 1 – Three causes of Suffering – Providence, Incompetence or Malevolence
• 829) Role of oral traditions in preserving spiritual culture, The Monk’s Podcast 116 with Bhakti Rasamrita Swami
• 828) Offering to Pankajanghri Prabhu – A pivotal leader, a personal guide
• 827) Journaling in bhakti – The Monk’s Podcast 115 with Candramauli Maharaj

April 2021

• 826) Understanding our relationship with Prabhupada’s words, The Monk’s Podcast 114 with Garuda Prabhu
• 825) Youth outreach for community-building & world-transformation, The Monk’s Podcast 113 with Radheshyam Prabhu
• 824) Crossing the Covid-19 ocean, Lessons from Hanuman’s flight to Lanka, Rama-Navmi Special
• 823) Earth Day Special, Vedic wisdom for eco-friendly living, The Monk’s Podcast 112 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 822) When technological advances start playing God The Monks Podcast 111 with Yogesvara Prabhu
• 821) How Rama’s apparent humanity enhances his divinity
• 820) Should devotees take vaccines. – A Bhagavad-gita perspective – The Monk’s Podcast 109 with Garuda Prabhu

March 2021

• 819) Can scripture be understood in multiple ways? – The Monk’s Podcast 108 with Radhika Raman Prabhu
• 818) Spirituality and Democracy – The Monk’s Podcast 107 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 817) Gita key verses course 51 – Appreciating the Gita’s three conversations Gita 18.76
• 816) Sanatana Goswami’s surrender to Lord Chaitanya Adversity, Adventure and Advancement
• 815) Gita key verses course 50 – Love is the ultimate reality Gita 18.65
• 814) Universal Dimensions of Chaitanya Ramananda Samvada
• 813) Understanding homosexuality, gender dysphoria & nonstandard sexuality – Sudyumna pastime analysi 2
• 812) The essence of offense and its best antidote – The Monk’s Podcast 106 with Garuda Prabhu
• 811) Gita key verses course 47 – Why some people are knowledgeably ignorant or intelligently foolish – Gita 18.35
• 810) How scripture comes alive – The Monk’s Podcast 105 with Shyamananda
• 809) The essence of offense and its best antidote – The Monk’s Podcast 106 with Garuda Prabhu
• 808) Churning the BhagavatamThe Monk’s Podcast 104 – Dashavatara 7 – Rama with Krishna Kshetra M
• 807) How scriptural stories reflect a more expansive form of rationality – Sudyumna pastime analysis 1
• 806) Gita key verses course 46 – If we are not the doers why are we held responsible – Gita 18.14
• 805) Gita key verses course 44 – Isn’t spirituality a matter of the heart – Why so many rules – Gita 16.24
• 804) Don’t let Prabhupada’s difficult statements become difficulties – The Monk’s Podcast 103 with Yogeshvara Prabhu
• 803) Gita key verses course 43 – Are some people innately bad – Gita 16.06
• 802) Gita key verse course 42 – How to see God’s hand in our life Gita – 15.15
• 801) Gita key verses 41 – What is the upside-down tree metaphor Gita 15.01
• 800) Contemplating Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura Wisdom-Quotes — Appearance Day Talk 2021
• 799) Gita key verses course 40 – What are the modes why do they matter – Gita 14.05
• 798) Nityananda Trayodashi Festival – Hindi
• 797) How Lord Nityananda Complements Lord Chaitanya – Part 2

February 2021

• 796) How Lord Nityananda Complements Lord Chaitanya – Part1
• 795) Appreciating HH Bhakti Rasamrita Maharaja on his appearance day celebrations
• 794) Is Bhagvad Gita Hindu ?
• 793) How we see it 1, We they mentality & other religious typicals, The Monk’s Podcast 102 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 792) Examining mythology 4 – The Monk’s Podcast 100 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 791) Gita key verses course 39 – What is education meant for – Gita 13.12
• 790) Examining mythology 2 – The Monk’s Podcast 98 with Shyamananda Prabhu
• 789) The Monk’s Podcast 97 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Examining mythology 1
• 788) Sustainable Living and Rural Outreach – The Monk’s Podcast 96 with Sanat Kumar Prabhu
• 787) Gita key versescourse 38 – Does religion make people better or worse? – Gita 12.13
• 786) The Monk’s Podcast 95 Krishna Kshetra Maharaj – Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 6 – Parashurama
• 785) Why are Prabhupada’s non-confrontational quotes so less known and his confrontational quotes so well-known?
• 784) The Monk’s Podcast 94 with Lokanath Maharaja – Gaudiya bhakti, Maharashtrian bhakti, universal bhakti
• 783) The Monk’s Podcast 93 with Radha Gopinatha Prabhu – Preserving a simple heart in a complex world

January 2021

• 782) Gita key verses course 36 – How can I forgive those who have hurt me – Gita 11.55
• 781) Gita key verses 35 – What is the universal form, why is it so scary – Gita 11.15
• 780) The Monk’s Podcast 92 with Garuda Prabhu – Relationship is the essential purpose of guru-tattva
• 779) Gita key courses verses 34 – Is nature sacred Does the Gita teach eco-friendly living – Gita 10.17
• 778) The Monk’s Podcast 91 with Giriraj Maharaj – End-of-life care and bhakti wisdom
• 777) Those eighteen days – Day 18
• 776) The Monk’s Podcast 90 with Garuda Prabhu – Please criticize me – I want to grow
• 775) Those eighteen days – Day 17
• 774) The Monk’s Podcast 89 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaja – Churning the Bhagavatam- Dashavatara 5 Vamana
• 773) Those eighteen days – Day 16
• 772) Those eighteen days – Day 15
• 771) Those eighteen days – Day 14
• 770) Those eighteen days – Day 13
• 769) Those eighteen days – Day 12
• 768) Those eighteen days – Day 11
• 767) Those eighteen days – Day 10
• 766) The Monk’s Podcast 88 with Kaustubha Prabhu – Kaustubha P Sharing bhakti in contemporary America
• 765) Those eighteen days – Day 9
• 764) Those eighteen days – Day 8
• 763) Those eighteen days – Day 7
• 762) Those eighteen days – Day 6
• 761) Those eighteen days – Day 5
• 760) Those eighteen days – Day 4
• 759) A New Year Is Here – Are We Here? – A poem with New Year wishes by Chaitanya Charan
• 758) Those eighteen days – Day 3

December 2020

• 757) The Monk’s Podcast 85 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaj – Dashavatara 4 – Narasimha
• 756) Those eighteen days – Day 2
• 755) The Monk’s Podcast 84 with Madhavananda Prabhu – From Sentimentality to Spirituality
• 754) Those eighteen days – Day 1
• 753) Gita Jayanti special – part 1
• 752) The Monk’s Podcast 83 with Shyamananda – Social Justice and Spiritual Wisdom 2 – Caste System Analyzed
• 751) The Monk’s Podcast 82 with Shyamananda – Animals and their place in an eco-friendly world
• 750) The Monk’s Podcast 81 with Shyamananda – Social Justice and Spiritual wisdom 1
• 749) Bhishma And Gopis – Striking Similarities – Bhishma Panchaka Special 1
• 748) Ahalya cursed and blessed – How our consciousness shrinks and expands
• 747) Gita daily – Empower yourself with timeless wisdom
• 746) History of ISKCON and HH Radhanath Maharaj contribution – Hindi

November 2020

• 745) The Monk’s Podcast 43 with Braja Bihari Prabhu – How to disagree without being disagreeable
• 744) The Monk’s Podcast 55 with Garuda Prabhu – Does love exist in the material world?
• 743) The Monk’s Podcast 51 with Bhanu Maharaj – Why science and scripture see reality differently
• 742) The Monk’s Podcast 62 with Madhavananda Prabhu – Conspiracy theories
• 741) The Monk’s Podcast 65 with Govinda Prabhu – Centralization, Decentralization and Dharma
• 740) The Monk’s Podcast 68 with Radhika Raman Prabhu – Harmonizing faith and reason in bhakti
• 739) The Monk’s Podcast 56 with Bhakti Vasudeva Maharaj – Taking bhakti wisdom into the management world
• 738) The Monk’s Podcast 80 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaja – Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 3 – Varaha
• 737) Gopi-gita verse – 3 esoteric meanings
• 736) Light your heart this Diwali – LIGHT acronym
• 735) How the ritual and the spiritual interrelate
• 734) Self-Acceptance, Team Spirit and Success – Wisdom from Ramayana
• 733) Bhagavatam cosmology 3 – Eclipses, earth-sun distance, Vedic planetarium and other difficult issues
• 732) Bhagavatam cosmology 2 – Moon mission analysis
• 731) Journaling for Inner Growth

October 2020

• 730) How to work with detachment & divine attachment – Bhagavad-Gita chapter 18 overview
• 729) The Monk’s Podcast 79 with Hridayananda Goswami – American politics in the light the Bhagavad-gita
• 728) Mahabharata life lessons – Why Draupadi laughed when Duryodhana fell?
• 727) Mahabharata Life Lessons – Did the Pandavas fight to take revenge?
• 726) Mahabharata Life Lessons – How could Jarasandha do human sacrifices?
• 725) Why did Draupadi laugh at Duryodhana? – Hindi
• 724) Understanding Bhagavatam cosmology
• 723) The Monk’s Podcast 76 with Yogesvara Prabhu – Holocaust, karma and compassion
• 722) The Monk’s Podcast 75 with Shyamananda – How protests can point to a higher consciousness

September 2020

• 721) The Monk’s Podcast 74 with Gopal Hari Prabhu – Does karma address the problem of evil
• 720) The Monk’s Podcast 73 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Does higher education make you atheistic
• 719) The Monk’s Podcast 72 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaj – Churning the Bhagavatam – Dashavatara 1 – Matsya
• 718) The Monk’s Podcast 71 with Radha Gopinath Prabhu – Devotee care – Becoming materially well-situated and spiritually happy
• 717) The Monk’s Podcast 70 with Krishna Dharma – Contemporary retellings of Ramayana-Mahabharata-Bhagavatam
• 716) The Monk’s Podcast 69 with Braja Bihari Prabhu – Guidance or Independence – How to make responsible decisions
• 715) Reconciling science and scripture 2- QA
• 714) Reconciling science and scripture 1 – talk and QA
• 713) The Monk’s Podcast 67 with Gauranga Prabhu – Intellectuals in bhakti @ Bhaktivendanta Research Center
• 712) The Monk’s Podcast 66 with Devamrita Maharaja – Pandemic – Reimagining the human project
• 711) The Monk’s Podcast 64 with Krishna Abhishek Prabhu – How Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s political positioning maximized his outreach
• 710) The Monk’s Podcast 63 with Pyari Mohan Prabhu and Brahmatirtha Prabhu – Humor in Krishna consciousness
• 709) The Monk’s Podcast 61 with Yogesvara Prabhu – Is spirituality anti-science?
• 708) The Monk’s Podcast 60 with Anuttama Prabhu and Rambhoru Mataji – Emotional challenges on the devotional path
• 707) The Monk’s Podcast 59 with Govinda Prabhu – Preserving dharma while practicing bhakti
• 706) The Monk’s Podcast 58 with Krishna Kshetra Maharaj – Using our imagination in Krishna’s service

August 2020

• 705) The Monk’s Podcast 57 with Caru Prabhu – Building a seeker-friendly culture
• 704) The Monk’s Podcast 54 with Navina Nirada Prabhu – Harmony in a multi-guru movement
• 703) How Krishna’s sweetness surpasses his greatness
• 702) Janmastami Morning Bhagavatam Class ISKCON GEV
• 701) Sri Krishna Janmashtami Krishna Concept of God
• 700) Prabhupada: A timeless teacher for troubled times
• 699) The Monk’s Podcast 53 with Krishna Abishek Prabhu – Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s inclusive presentation of bhakti
• 698) The Monk’s Podcast 52 with Deva Madhava – How to share the Krishna conception of God in today’s world
• 697) The Monk’s Podcast 50 with Yogeshvara Prabhu – How to spiritualize our profession
• 696) The Monk’s Podcast 49 with Bhakti Vinoda Swami – Analyzing Indian outreach
• 695) Gita key verses course 33 – How does my association affect my spirituality – Gita 10.09
• 694) Gita key verses course 32 What does Gita say about the caste system Does the Gita support social justice – Gita 09.32
• 693) The Monk’s Podcast 48 with Bhakti Vinoda Swami – The Indian outreach landscape
• 692) The Monk’s Podcast 47 with Madhavananda Prabhu – Who exactly is an ISKCON member
• 691) The Monk’s Podcast 46 with Anuttama Prabhu – How we can outgrow our cultish image
• 690) The Monk’s Podcast 45 with Bhakti Rasamrita Swami Maharaj – Is bhakti pro-modern or anti-modern
• 689) The Monk’s Podcast 44 with Bhakti Purushottam Maharaj – ISKCON Tribal Care
• 688) The Monk’s Podcast 42 with Srinandanandan Prabhu – Protecting dharma – Threats and Opportunities
• 687) The Monk’s Podcast 41 with Garuda Prabhu – The Nectar of Writing for Krishna
• 686) The Monk’s Podcast 40 with Vedasara Prabhu – Sharing spirituality in American colleges

July 2020

• 685) The Monk’s Podcast 39 with Madhavananda Prabhu – Nourishing our individuality within a bhakti institution
• 684) The Monk’s Podcast 38 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Terrorism – Why, What to do?
• 683) The Monk’s Podcast 37 with Hari Parshad Prabhu – Intellectual diversity in scriptural understanding
• 682) The Monk’s Podcast 36 with Anuttama Prabhu – How to engage with the world?
• 681) Gita key verses course 31 What are mantras – Gita 09.14
• 680) The Monk’s Podcast 35 with Krishna Kshetra Swami – The dialogue between faith and doubt
• 679) Gita key verses course 30 If God controls everything, how do we have free will – Gita 09. 06
• 678) QA on humility 1 – How are the various points of Lord Chaitanya’s verse on humility inter-related?
• 677) The Monk’s Podcast 34 with Shyamananda Prabhu – War – A Spiritual Perspective
• 676) The Monk’s Podcast 33 with Anuttama Prabhu – Going beyond the we-they mentality
• 675) Gita key verses course 29 What are the different forms of yoga, Do they all lead to the same goal – Gita 08.28
• 674) Gita key verses course 28 Why is life so tough If God loves us, why doesn’t he make our life easier – Gita 08.15
• 673) Gita key verses course 26 Does Isn’t one God enough Does the Gita teach polytheism – Gita 07.21
• 672) The Monk’s Podcast 32 with Bhakti Rasamrita Maharaj – Sensitivity in presenting spiritual wisdom
• 671) The Monk’s Podcast 31 with Shyamananda Prabhu – The Ugly Rainbow of Consumerism 2
• 670) The wealth of emotional health

June 2020

• 669) The Monk’s Podcast 30 with Hrdayananda Goswami – Appreciating Krishna consciousness in historical context
• 668) Gita key verses course 27 Is the ultimate reality personal or impersonal – Gita 07.24
• 667) The Monk’s Podcast 29 with Shyamananda Prabhu – The Ugly Rainbow of Consumerism 1
• 666) The Monk’s Podcast 28 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Emotional health and spiritual growth
• 665) The Monk’s Podcast 27 with Mahatma Prabhu – Do devotees need to take care of their emotional health?
• 664) The Monk’s Podcast 26 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Monasticism – Why and how
• 663) The Monk’s Podcast 25 with Bhakti Rasamrita Maharaj – Secularism and bhakti
• 662) The Monk’s Podcast 24 with Deva Madhava Prabhu – Racism, social justice and bhakti
• 661) The Monk’s Padcast 23 with Akhanda dhi Prabhu – What our tradition can offer to the science-spirituality discussion
• 660) The Monk’s Podcast 22 with Bhaktimarga Maharaj – How to make our outreach more relevant
• 659) The Monk’s Podcast 21 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Racism won’t die, racism must die
• 658) The Monk’s Podcast 20 with Shyamananda Prabhu – How to see failure positively
• 657) The Monk’s Podcast 19 with Deva Madhava Prabhu – Understanding the Western Mind
• 656) Gita key verses course 25 Does God hear our prayers – When our prayers aren’t answered, what can we do – Gita 7.19
• 655) The Monk’s Podcast 18 with Kalakantha Prabhu – Challenges in Western outreach
• 654) Gita key verses course 24 Can sex be spiritual – What is the difference between lust and love – Gita 07.11
• 653) Gita key verse course 23 Can we be spiritual and rational – How can science and spirituality go together – Gita 07.07
• 652) The Monk’s Podcast 17 with Brahmatirtha Prabhu – Intellectual outreach
• 651) The Monk’s Padcast 16 with Jayadvaita Swami – Writing for Krishna
• 650) The Monk’s Podcast -Social Justice and Spiritual wisdom
• 649) The Monk’s Podcast 15 with Shyamananda Prabhu – What is work meant for – part 2
• 648) The Monk’s Podcast 14 with Shyamananda Prabhu – What is work meant for – part 1
• 647) The Monk’s Podcast 13 with Bhakti Rasamrita Maharaj – Can we be spiritual but not religious

May 2020

• 646) The Monks Podcast 12 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Capitalism Communism and Spirituality – part 2
• 645) The Monk’s Podcast 11 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Capitalism, Communism and Spirituality – Part 1
• 644) The Monk’s Podcast 10 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Where is God amid crisis
• 643) The Monk’s Podcast 9 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Is the world a stage
• 642) The Monk’s Podcast 8 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Rituals – what they are and why they matter
• 641) The Monk’s Podcast 7 with Bhakti Rasamrita Swami – Environmentalism and Bhakti
• 640) The Monk’s Podcast 6 with Shyamananda Prabhu and Hari Vamsa Prabhu – Finding inner anchor amid outer storms
• 639) The Monk’s Podcast 5 with Shyamananda Prabhu- Living in the present – The bhakti-yoga way
• 638) The Monk’s Podcast 4 with Bhakti Rasamrita Maharaj – Veganism and bhakti
• 637) The Monk’s Podcast 3 with Shyamananda Prabhu and Hari Vamsa Prabhu – Eco-Friendly and Anthropo-Friendly
• 636) The Monk’s Podcast 2 with Shyamananda Prabhu and Hari Vamsa Prabhu – Karma-and-Corona
• 635) The Monk’s Podcast 1 with Shyamananda Prabhu – Corona crisis and unnatural living
• 634) Gita key verses course 22 What happens if I am not spiritual enough at the time of death – Gita 06.40
• 633) QA with youth – Coping with corona crisis
• 632) Gita key verses course 21 Why are relationships so difficult – how can we improve them – Gita 06.32
• 631) Remembrance and guidance – the essence of devotion
• 630) Rama Navmi class – Glory Revealed Amid Adversity
• 629) The corona crisis What nature is telling us about human nature
• 628) Gita key verse course 20 What is meditation – What are spiritual experiences – Are they just hallucinations – Gita 06.22
• 627) Gita key verses course 19 What is yoga – Gita 06.11
• 626) Gita key verses course18 What is mind – What is mindfulness – Gita 06.05
• 625) Gita key verses course 17 Why are religious people so sectarian – Is it better to be spiritual but not religious – Gita 05.18
• 624) Naam Ramayana 4 – Rama charms the hearts of everyone
• 623) Naam Ramayana 3 – Rama exhibits his miraculous abilities
• 622) Understanding Prahlada’s provocative response to Hiranyakashipu’s angry question
• 621) How God protects – Lessons from Prahlada-Narasimha pastime
• 620) Gita key verses course 16 If God is good why does he allow evil to exist? – Gita 05.15

April 2020

• 619) Gita key verses course 15 Do I need guru – How can I find my guru – Gita 04.34
• 618) Gita key verses course 13 Why are there so many religious paths – Do all paths lead to the same goal – Gita 04.11
• 617) Gita key verses course 12 Who is God – Does he care – Why should I care – Gita 04.08
• 616) Gita key verses course 11 What is revelation – Is it for real – Gita 04.01-02
• 615) Naam Ramayana 2 – The Lord brings joy to everyone
• 614) Gita key verses course 10 Do I have inner demons – How can I slay them – Gita 03.36
• 613) Gita key verses course 9 What is sacrifice – Is it a ritual – Are rituals needed – Gita 03.09
• 612) Gita key verses course 8 What is happiness – Why is it so elusive – Gita 02.55
• 611) Rama Navmi class – Glory Revealed Amid Adversity
• 610) Seeking Karuna Amidst Corona seminar part 3
• 609) Seeking Karuna Amidst Corona seminar part 2

March 2020

• 608) Seeking Karuna Amidst Corona seminar part 1
• 607) Gita key verses course 7 Can I be detached without becoming irresponsible – Gita 02.47
• 606) How to see the current Corona Crisis from a spiritual perspective
• 605) Gita key verses course 6 Do animals have souls – Are humans just evolved animals – Gita 02.30
• 604) Where is Gods karuna in todays Corona
• 603) How to surrender to Krishna amid the corona virus crisis

January 2020

• 602) Gita key verses course 3 What is death – what is reincarnation – do we have soul mates – Gita 02.22

December 2019

• 601) Gita key verses course 2 Who am I – Is there any scientific evidence for the existence of the soul – Gita 02.13
• 600) From Entangled to Enlightened – Lessons from Yayati story

November 2019

• 599) Uddhava’s significance in the tenth canto, in the Bhagavatam and in our life
• 598) How the Gita expresses Krishna’s love by directing us to balance this world and the next world
• 597) How to stop overthinking -Attribute, Analyze, Anchor, Act
• 596) Srila Prabhupada – The transcendentalist who embodied the best of traditionalist, existentialist and utopianist
• 595) Damodarashtakam 4 – Seeing God as the supreme desirable, not just as the source of all desirables
• 594) Diwali Meditation – The light that illumines and the light that doesn’t
• 593) Govardhan Puja – The rising of consciousness from anna-maya kosha to ananda-maya kosha
• 592) Gita lite 5 – Chps 12-15
• 591) A waste-free mind for a waste-free world
• 590) How to think effectively – ACTS acronym
• 589) When people betray us – Ramayana wisdom

October 2019

• 588) The complex relationship between appearance and substance in spiritual life
• 587) Gita insights for managing the mind – Chapter Ten Analysis
• 586) Damodarashtakam Texts 5-8 – Hindi
• 585) Damodarashtakam Texts 1-4 – Hindi
• 584) How to become resilient
• 583) The Gita shares not just light but also warmth
• 582) Why the self is missing in the selfie
• 581) Damodarashtakam 3 – The unique loveliness of the Krishna conception of God
• 580) Gita’s key to happiness
• 579) Damodarashtakam 2 How Krishna is the God of love who fulfills our longing for love
• 578) Gita Lite 4 – Chps 9-11
• 577) Comparing Ramayana and Mahabharata 3 – How to see and seek God amid adversities
• 576) Comparing Ramayana and Mahabharata 2 – How to process adversities constructively
• 575) How the infinite manifests in the finite – Various religious conceptions
• 574) Rise above the ego’s need to be right by focusing on devotional purpose
• 573) Sharad Purnima Significance
• 572) Change your picture of the world and of God from low resolution to high resolution
• 571) How devotion transcends the caste system and other institutional hierarchies
• 570) Damodarashtam 1 – The vision of the divine from the generic to the stunningly specific
• 569) How our strength and our faith are integrated in bhakti
• 568) How to stop overthinking – Attribute, Analyze, Anchor, Act
• 567) Mahabharata controversies – how life was unfair to both Karna and Arjuna
• 566) A grateful heart is a powerful heart Prabhupada’s Jaladuta prayer
• 565) The significance of Rama Vijayotsav – How goodness punishes wickedness and forgives weakness
• 564) How God helps those who help themselves – Bhakti Basics explained
• 563) Understanding the unborn’s understandings 5 – Why is the embryo’s prayer not answered
• 562) How character is deformed and reformed – Ramayana wisdom
• 561) Understanding the unborn’s understandings 4 – What the embryo’s desire to stay in the womb implies
• 560) Understanding the unborn’s understandings 3 – What is a human soul
• 559) Understanding the unborn’s understandings 2 – How can the embryo know God
• 558) Understanding the unborn’s understandings 1 – How can the embryo with an undeveloped brain speak prayers?
• 557) How to understand Krishna’s blessings – Mukunda Mala Stotra 1 – BULL acronym
• 556) How to use our free will properly – QA with children
• 555) How hearing the Bhagavad-gita raised Sanjay’s standard of longing
• 554) The three modes and the search for happiness

September 2019

• 553) How devotion is like a good habit – and how it is more than a good habit
• 552) Facing our fears – 4 principles – IDEA acronym
• 551) Six limbs of surrender 4 – Offering ourselves by accepting ourselves
• 550) Six limbs of surrender 3 – Understanding how God protects
• 549) Six limbs of surrender 2 – Accept the favorable, avoid the unfavorable
• 548) Six limbs of surrender 1 – The Medical Metaphor
• 547) Presenting scripture for dummies
• 546) How to decide what to do
• 545) Comparing exiles in Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bhagavatam – How to face distress
• 544) How Jiva Goswami and Bhaktivinoda Thakura expertly expanded the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition
• 543) 3 Metaphors for Effective Parenting
• 542) Gita 6.37-45 – How our spirituality continues beyond our present life
• 541) Vamana pastime analysis 2 – When the branch under us break, seek Krishna’s help to spread your wings
• 540) The Bhagavatam’s glory revealed in its concluding verse – PURE acronym
• 539) Mandodari’s lament 1 – How to be empowered in disempowering situations – Hindi
• 538) Mandodari’s lament 2 – How can we transform ourselves – Hindi
• 537) Prithu M’s humility – Be conscious of others’ position and disposition
• 536) Staying steadfast amid confusing situations
• 535) Vamana pastime analysis 1 – When good people do good things at a heavy cost
• 534) 3 ways to engage our desires with Krishna 2 – Desiring Krishna and desiring for Krishna
• 533) 3 ways to engage our desires with Krishna 1 – Desiring from Krishna
• 532) Is the Bhagavad-gita relevant in the age of science – MAIL acronym
• 531) Why do bad things happen to good people – QA
• 530) Radhashtami meditation 2 – Appreciating the two separations endured by Sita and Radharani
• 529) Radhashtami meditation 1 – Appreciating the sacrificing spirit of Sita and Radharani
• 528) From the mind to the heart – Practicing bhakti with our mind and without it too
• 527) How to see God’s presence in the world – in things, in events and in our actions
• 526) How to see old truths with new eyes
• 525) How to free our free will
• 524) Flavors of divine friendship – Krishna’s relationship with Madhumangala, Sudama and Arjuna
• 523) Bhagavad-gita chapter 2 overview – How to decide the right thing to do and stay undisturbed while doing it
• 522) Teamwork in Ramayana 2
• 521) Teamwork in Ramayana 1

August 2019

• 520) How devotion and dedication can transform our life into an adventure
• 519) Negative and positive thinking in spiritual life
• 518) Krishna demonstrates through his devotees how to respond to adversity wisely
• 517) Prabhupada demonstrates how to be both faithful and resourceful for expanding Krishna consciousness
• 516) Krishna descends to show the path to happiness – Sudama pastime analysis
• 515) Krishna descends to raise us from transactional love to transformational love
• 514) Subduing Kaliya, subduing ego
• 513) Demons in Krishna lila 1 – Putana and the abuse of trust
• 512) Understanding human nature 1 – Two levels of innateness
• 511) Understanding the mind QA
• 510) Understanding human nature 2 – 4 types of people based on conscience and willpower
• 509) Understanding the mind – Unpacking the Puranjana allegory
• 508) Being mindful of public perception in bhakti practice and outreach
• 507) Harmonizing conservative and liberal approaches in bhakti
• 506) How Balarama’s causeless mercy on Duryodhana was still less for Duryodhana
• 505) How Balarama acts as Krishna’s best friend – Balarama Purnima class
• 504) Analyzing Brahma’s bewilderment 2 – How Brahma rose from testing Krishna to tasting Krishna
• 503) Analyzing Brahma’s bewilderment 1 – How and why Brahma tested Krishna
• 502) Analyzing Govardhan Lila 2 – How Indra is thwarted and reformed
• 501) Analyzing Govardhan Lila 1 – How Krishna is the best provoker
• 500) Does bhakti make devotees just pray and not work?
• 499) Staying stable in unstable situations – Samarpan brahmachari class – Hindi
• 498) When imagination points away from reality and when it points to reality – Hindi
• 497) How association influences our choices – Three case studies from Ramayana
• 496) Self-acceptance – Comparing Vidura and Dhritarashtra
• 495) How our home in this world can take us to our home beyond this world
• 494) Does a scientific person need spirituality?
• 493) How Chaitanya Mahaprabhu demonstrates Vaishnava Siddhanta through Vaishnava Sadachara in Antya Lila
• 492) Greater than God’s greatness is his sweetness
• 491) What cricket can teach you about life – Hindi

April 2019

• 490) “Do demons exist?” and lessons from Kabandha – Ramayana wisdom
• 489) Thinking about thinking – how our thoughts can harm us or help us
• 488) How to become more personal in our dealings
• 487) Gita applied Chapter 2 – The Gita separates the soul from the body and harmonizes both too
• 486) Self-discipline or self-discovery – Charting our inner journey
• 485) How to avoid jumping to conclusions – DAS acronym
• 484) Gita applied Chapter 1 – Duryodhana’s illusion is short-sighted, Arjuna’s illusion is far-sighted

March 2019

• 483) The karma confusion – are our problems due to our present actions or past actions?
• 482) Gita applied – Chapter 14 – The knowledge of the modes to balance self-discipline and self-discovery [Bhagavad-gita]
• 481) How to have loving exchanges 4 – Cultivating intimacy
• 480) How to have loving exchanges 3 – Cultivating sensitivity
• 479) How to have loving exchanges 2 – Cultivating non-judgmentality
• 478) How to have loving exchanges 1 – Understanding frame of reference
• 477) Some thoughts on guru tattva and discipleship
• 476) From Nomad to Pilgrim – Infusing our life with purpose and meaning
• 475) Rama at home in exile 2 – The power of diligence
• 474) Rama at home in exile 1 – The power of acceptance
• 473) Parallels in Krishna lila and Gaura lila
• 472) How Lord Chaitanya manifested, shared and savoured love for Krishna
• 471) How Lord Chaitanya thwarted Kali’s attacks – Based on Kavi Karnapura’s Chaitanya Chandrodya Nataka
• 470) Krishna consciousness is to feel the presence of Krishna in his absence
• 469) The Problem of Pain – Materialistic, Abrahamic and Dharmic explanations
• 468) Controlling the mind through yoga and bhakti – similarities and differences Gita 06.21
• 467) God helps those who help themselves
• 466) How to be intelligent in dealing with people – Ramayana wisdom
• 465) QA session in Melbourne 2019
• 464) Krishna’s moods in the Bhagavad-gita 3 – Chp 13-18
• 463) Krishna’s moods in the Bhagavad-gita 1 – Chp 1-9
• 462) When life doesn’t make sense – Karma, time and free will
• 461) When time becomes unfavorable, don’t become unfavorable to Krishna
• 460) From insecurity to inner security
• 459) Detachment is not absence of emotion, it is absence of emotional dependence
• 458) What is Spirituality – Questions and Answers

February 2019

• 457) How intelligence and devotion interact on the spiritual path – 3 reflections
• 456) Technology, Psychology, Spirituality
• 455) The Gita’s transformational power explained through four special words in its last verse
• 454) Understanding what is contextual and what central in scripture
• 453) Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura’s three quotes on preaching – Purpose, perspective, process
• 452) Why changing ourselves is so difficult – and how to make it easier
• 451) From love of power to power of love
• 450) Humility, audacity and purity in bhakti
• 449) When our prayers are unanswered
• 448) How to deal with uncomfortable emotions – 5 Ds
• 447) Seek not a stormless sea, seek an unsinkable ship
• 446) How to not feel dissatisfied because of our limitations
• 445) Why did Rama banish Sita?
• 444) Making sense of fantastic descriptions in scripture
• 443) Does seeking forgiveness for offending others free us from bad karma?
• 442) The mind is a monkey, don’t let it make you a donkey – Hindi
• 441) How to increase faith
• 440) History of bhakti tradition over 5000 years
• 439) How to channel the energy of anger – Hindi
• 438) How to glorify Krishna in all walks of our life – Hindi
• 437) BTG distribution marathon inauguration talk – SHARE acronym – Hindi
• 436) Determining our dharma in brahmachari life – Hindi
• 435) To become responsible, learn also when to not take responsibility
• 434) Stay focused on Krishna in scriptural study, relationships and outreach – Hindi
• 433) Ramayana wisdom – Sugriva-Rama meeting – Why doubts arise and how to overcome them – Hindi
• 432) 4 significant words in the Gita’s last verse – Hindi
• 431) Three reflections on our mind-body mechanism Misidentification Utilization Purification – Hindi
• 430) Don’t give the mind power of attorney blindly – Hindi
• 429) In bhakti, we don’t just make an offering – we are ourselves the offering

January 2019

• 428) Resist the mind just as Sita resisted Ravana – Hindi
• 427) Mohini Murti pastime analysis 3 – When shame helps devotion and when it hurts devotion – Hindi
• 426) Mohini Murti pastime analysis 2 – Even sensual failure can be a spiritual success – Hindi
• 425) Mohini Murti pastime analysis 1 – Even the Lord’s cheating is all-good – Hindi
• 424) The sanctity of relationships
• 423) Strung by the tongue
• 422) Appreciating the nuances of words and communicating effectively
• 421) Intelligence means to place things in the most constructive context – Hindi
• 420) East or West, Krishna consciousness is the best
• 419) Love selflessly, not headlessly – Hindi
• 418) Ramayana wisdom – How devotion frees us from doubt and dissension – Hindi

December 2018

• 417) Gita Jayanti talk – The Gita provides Partha with paramartha
• 416) How to choose wisely – Learning from Karna
• 415) Appreciating Krishna’s attractiveness
• 414) When advice works and when vice works – 1
• 413) Dealing with fear of rejection – Analyzing Karna’s character
• 412) How to immigrate to the spiritual world – Hindi
• 411) Do we make destiny or does destiny make us? – Marathi
• 410) How to improve our intelligence for managing our emotions and actions – Hindi
• 409) GURUDEVA acronym – Vyasa-puja offering to HH Radhanath Maharaj
• 408) Responsible Relationships 3 – Focus on your values, not on others’ behaviour
• 407) Responsible Relationships 2 – Make judgments, but don’t be judgmental
• 406) Emotionally healthy spirituality in the renounced order
• 405) Dealing with faultfinding mentality – 3 reflections
• 404) Understanding how God is equal even when he seems partial
• 403) How to present spiritual principles amidst changing times
• 402) Destiny – Do we make it or does it make us?

November 2018

• 401) Intelligence is seen not just through aptitude but also through activity
• 400) Essence of the Gita – Identity, Activity, Destiny
• 399) How to keep our spiritual life fresh
• 398) The theatrical Krishna takes us to the transcendental Krishna
• 397) The Spiritual Significance of Thanksgiving – Occasion, Expression, Intention
• 396) Appreciating Sanjaya’s appreciation of the Gita
• 395) Who is a leader? – LEAD acronym
• 394) ACE your life with gratitude
• 393) 4 principles to get past our past – PAST – Positivity, Association, Spirituality and Time
• 392) 3 principles for inner empowerment – Intelligence, Identification, Intention
• 391) The living bhakti tradition – a museum or a garden?
• 390) When spiritual life seems impractical – because of body, family, society and job
• 389) Avoiding verbal violence in bhakti
• 388) Does the spiritual world really exist? – SPIRIT acronym
• 387) Demons in Krishna lila 5 – Aghasura – Cruelty and violence
• 386) Appreciating Prabhupada’s powerful practicality – PASS acronym
• 385) Ramayana series 4 – Sita’s faithfulness – The strength of devotional acceptance
• 384) Ramayana series 3 – Shurapanakha’s manipulativeness – Exploiting others’ weaknesses doesn’t make us strong
• 383) Ramayana series 2 – Ravana’s recklessness – Attachment makes us overvalue things
• 382) Ramayana series 1 – Comparing Dasharatha and Dhritarashtra – What we do is not as important as why we do it
• 381) Govardhana lila lessons – Krishna disempowers and empowers – and opens channels for reciprocating love
• 380) Pride takes us on a perilous ride
• 379) Diwali meditation 6 – Naraka Chaturdashi – Call the Lord to free us from our hell
• 378) Diwali meditation 5 – Damodara-lila – May the love that conquers the Supreme conquer our heart
• 377) Diwali meditation 4 – Govardhana Puja – Celebrate the bounty of nature with bountiful offerings to nature and the Lord of nature
• 376) Diwali meditation 3 – Bali Pratipada – Surrendering everything fills our heart with the Lord of everything
• 375) Diwali meditation 2 – Dipotsava – Light the home with lamps and the heart with love
• 374) Diwali meditation 1 – Lakshmi Puja – Material fortune is a tool to spiritual fortune
• 373) Appreciating Krishna’s longing for love through Damodara-lila
• 372) Can prayer change our karma?
• 371) Practical application of the Gita – MAIL acronym
• 370) Even God can’t help those who don’t want to be helped – Dhritarashtra’s physical and metaphysical blindness
• 369) Does God know the future?
• 368) What reality TV tells us about reality
• 367) How Halloween celebration points to our longing for Krishna
• 366) Life, Afterlife and the Search for Meaning

October 2018

• 365) Developing service attitude 2 – How to see reciprocation in our service
• 364) Developing service attitude 1 – Service attitude transforms knowledge into realization
• 363) How to develop self-confidence
• 362) From sentimentalism to sentiment 2 – FEEL acronym – Expression and Learning
• 361) From sentimentalism to sentiment 1 – FEEL acronym – Firmness and Education
• 360) Immigrating to the spiritual world
• 359) Stop fighting battles that are already lost and start fighting the battle that is never lost – Vritrasura pastime analysis 3
• 358) Focus on potentials, not on problems
• 357) When the source of liberation becomes the source of illusion 2 – Mohini-murti pastime analysis
• 356) How to transform our heart 2 – Vritrasura’s dramatic transformation
• 355) When the source of liberation becomes the source of illusion 1 – Mohini-murti pastime analysis
• 354) How to transform our heart 1 – Vritrasura’s dramatic transformation
• 353) Transform your mind, transform your world
• 352) FEAR acronym – How to find inner security
• 351) Understanding God’s role in our life
• 350) When life hurts 3 – When our good deeds causes problems – Prahlad pastime analysis
• 349) When life hurts 2 – When people attack us – Gajendra pastime analysis
• 348) When life hurts 1 – when a small mistake causes huge problems – Parikshit M pastime analysis
• 347) Finding security in insecurity
• 346) How our mind creates our reality – and how to change it
• 345) We need to forgive ourselves to give ourselves to Krishna
• 344) Krishna has faith in our potential – let’s have faith in his potency
• 343) Security in Insecurity – Learning to flourish amidst change
• 342) Demons in krishna-lila 4 – Vatsasura – Weakness is forgivable, wickedness isn’t
• 341) Demons in krishna-lila 3 – Trinavarta – Giving up useless argumentation
• 340) Cultivating the mood for studying Bhagavatam
• 339) Demons in krishna-lila 2 – Shaktasura – Overcoming Lethargy
• 338) Demons in krishna-lila 1 – How the metaphorical points to the transcendental and how Putana represents false guru
• 337) How Gita wisdom helps us to deal with pain
• 336) How to immigrate to the spiritual world
• 335) The MIND enigma – Mystical, Impressionable, Neutral, Directable – Insights for better mental health
• 334) The power of purpose
• 333) The way to Vrindavan is through Kurukshetra
• 332) Overcoming discouragement in spiritual life
• 331) Our longing for love – comparing materialist, Abrahamic, impersonal and bhakti explanations

September 2018

• 330) The truth that warms the heart influences more than the truth that lights the way
• 329) The home as the decentralized transmitter of devotional culture
• 328) Rise from being full of thoughts to being thoughtful – 4 reflections
• 327) Understanding “emotions”, “negative emotions” and “overcoming negative emotions”
• 326) The time to understand time is now
• 325) Role of self-confidence in bhakti
• 324) Understanding, identifying and managing the mind
• 323) Bhagavatam transforms intensity of distress into velocity in devotion
• 322) Overcoming negative emotions 2 – Acceptance, Aspiration, Analysis, Action
• 321) Overcoming negative emotions 1 – Explanation, Experimentation, Evaluation, Elevation
• 320) Is our definition of happiness depriving us of happiness – Having, Doing, Being
• 319) Understanding rasa-lila 8 – Appreciating Krishna’s mystifying reciprocation
• 318) How Gita wisdom addresses mental health problems
• 317) Understanding Rasa-lila 7 – Gopi-gita 3
• 316) Understanding Rasa-lila 6 – Gopi-gita 2
• 315) Understanding Rasa-lila 5 – Gopi-gita 1
• 314) Radhashtami class – Radharani demonstrates selfless love and blesses us with selfless love
• 313) Understanding Rasa-lila 4 – Radharani’s apparent pride expresses her selfless love
• 312) How the Bhagavad-gita’s first and last words reflect its empowering message
• 311) Understanding rasa-lila 3 – Arrogance keeps us locked in ourselves, both apara-dharma and para-dharma get us out of ourselves
• 310) Seeing Krishna’s mercy amidst adversity – Bali M pastime analysis
• 309) Understanding rasa-lila 2- How Bhagavatam establishes para-dharma without trivializing apara-dharma
• 308) Understanding rasa-lila 1 – How the supreme Shelter (Ashraya) becomes sheltered (Ashrita)
• 307) Analyze, Accept, Act – 3 principles for dealing with negativity
• 306) Share the spiritual treasure with the world – SHARE acronym
• 305) Bringing out the best within us
• 304) Making healthy choices
• 303) Overcoming negative emotions
• 302) Growing through adversities
• 301) What is destiny?
• 300) Janmashtami Krishna-katha 4 – How Krishna appears in Vrindavan
• 299) Janmashtami Krishna-katha 3 – How Krishna appears in Mathura
• 298) Janmashtami Krishna-katha 2 – How Krishna freed the princesses from Naraka
• 297) Janmashtami Krishna-katha 1 – How Krishna freed the kings from Jarasandha and how Krishna frees us

August 2018

• 296) Science, Spirituality and Wellness – Existence, Emotions and Ethics
• 295) Appreciating the divine Krishna-Balarama relationship
• 294) Do you need a break from our mind? Bhagavad-gita insights for inside-out change
• 293) What makes relationships unsteady – and how to make them steady
• 292) Learning from Dhritarashtra – Does destiny make us or do we make it – 2?
• 291) From exploration to realization to absorption – our devotional journey
• 290) Faith in Krishna’s existence, relevance, benevolence, intelligence and remembrance
• 289) Don’t take others’ actions personally – they are dealing more with their mind than with you
• 288) Understanding Krishna’s love 2 – Experience
• 287) Understanding Krishna’s love 1 – Knowledge
• 286) Is thinking too much unhealthy?
• 285) When spiritual life gives poison instead of nectar – PURE acronym – 2
• 284) When spiritual life gives poison instead of nectar – 1
• 283) How spirituality fosters unity in diversity and individuality in unity
• 282) WITH acronym – We may have to live with pain, but we don’t have to live in pain
• 281) Devotion is not just emotion – it is conscious continuous cultivation
• 280) 3 attitudes for becoming steady in life
• 279) No price is too high to possess ourselves – RECAP acronym
• 278) How the pre-modern, modern and post-modern ages respectively stressed the spiritual, physical and mental
• 277) What is Krishna consciousness? – Talk to multi-faith group in Australia
• 276) Karna character analysis – Are we doomed by destiny or by our own decisions?
• 275) Ashwatthama character analysis – Just because we are empowered doesn’t mean that we are right
• 274) Duryodhana character analysis 2 – If we don’t want help, even God can’t help
• 273) Duryodhana character analysis 1 – Are some people innately evil?
• 272) Krishna is close to us, but we are far away from him
• 271) Dhritarashtra character analysis 2 – Do we need to lose everything before we lose our attachments?
• 270) Dhritarashtra character analysis 1 – Attachment makes us stone-hearted
• 269) Understanding the mind and how it makes us unconscious
• 268) How to choose our thoughts wisely – Science, Spirituality and Wellness
• 267) How to become peaceful and purposeful
• 266) What love is and what love isn’t
• 265) SELF acronym – The self that is missing in the selfie
• 264) Our emotional wounds can’t be healed by technology – we need spiritualty
• 263) The world of science is not the world we live in
• 262) Committing is not limiting – it is elevating
• 261) From ritual to spiritual 3 – Analysis of Krishna’s pastime with the ritualistic brahmanas – The brahmanis selfless devotion
• 260) Dhruva pastime analysis 3 – DHRUV acronym – Realization and reconciliation result from devotion
• 259) Increasing willpower – by increasing the distance between us and our feelings, and our feeling and our actions
• 258) 3 principles for spiritual community building – Session 2 – QA
• 257) Dhruva pastime analysis 1 – Everyone faces distress, the fortunate find the right direction – DHRUV acronym
• 256) PAST acronym – 4 reflections to go past your past
• 255) Go beyond testing Krishna to tasting Krishna

July 2018

• 254) To think or not to think – 4 reflections for a happy mind
• 253) 3 ways to look for blessings amidst problems
• 252) 3 roles of intelligence in bhakti
• 251) How Krishna can be seen – and how he can’t be seen
• 250) Don’t let your expectations of life come in the way of life
• 249) Selfie – Self = IE – Two things that technology provides and two things that spirituality provides
• 248) Make a life, not just a living – LIFE acronym
• 247) Effective Leadership of spiritual communities
• 246) Debunking the mind’s fake news – 4 points
• 245) Worry not whether your path is genuine – worry whether you are genuine
• 244) Maturity in relationships – Four principles – QA
• 243) Maturity in relationships – Four principles – 3. Appreciate 4. Act
• 242) Maturity in relationships – Four principles – 2. Ascertain
• 241) Maturity in relationships – Four principles – 1. Accept
• 240) Three factors that determine what we see – Knowledge, Desire, Commitment
• 239) Are some sections of the scriptures outdated? – Understanding the compassionate intent of the Vedas 2
• 238) Understanding the compassionate intent of the Vedas 1 – Are the Vedas agnostic?
• 237) Krishna’s presence is more precious than his presents
• 236) How devotion makes the insurmountable ocean of material desires insignificant
• 235) Movie metaphor to understand how we are entangled and how bhakti liberates us
• 234) Rationally choosing our life’s purpose and process
• 233) Bring out the best within, not the beast within – Hindi
• 232) Analyzing Karna – Going beyond black and white perspectives in understanding scripture + QA
• 231) Three levels of purification – reaction, action and inclination – Hindi
• 230) How to increase our faith – Hindi
• 229) We can’t delete our memories, but we can choose what we remember
• 228) Daksha-Shiva conflict 3 – How our mind makes us sectarian – Hindi
• 227) Awareness, Aspiration, Action – From standard of living to standard of loving
• 226) Daksha-Shiva conflict 2 – The proud consider others proud – Hindi
• 225) Parikshit M – Dharma discussion – Don’t blame 3 – How to deal with troubling people – Hindi
• 224) Parikshit M – Dharma discussion – Don’t blame 2 – If why has no answer focus on how – Hindi
• 223) Parikshit M – Dharma discussion – Don’t blame 1 – See beyond the immediate cause – Hindi
• 222) Role of determination and association in devotion – Hindi
• 221) Daksha-Shiva conflict 1 – How misconceptions give rise to conflicts – Hindi

June 2018

• 220) Snana-Yatra Meditation – Understanding how God can fall sick – Hindi
• 219) Be creative in fixing the mind on Krishna – Hindi
• 218) We may be hurt, but we don’t have to stay hurt
• 217) Can ambition and devotion go together 2 – How to channel ambition in devotion
• 216) Redirection of consciousness is Krishna’s miracle – Bali Maharaj pastime reflection
• 215) Seeing Krishna’s mercy amidst loss – Krishna’s instructions after Govardhana lila
• 214) Renunciation of false ego – Indra’s Prayers after Govardhana lila
• 213) How the mind troubles us – and how to protect ourselves – Hindi
• 212) Keep the mind on the spiritual track to keep it out of trouble
• 211) Why we need spirituaity in the age of technology
• 210) Can ambition and devotion go together 1 – How happiness-distress are fixed and how they aren’t
• 209) Analyzing different religions to find life’s purpose 2 – The problem of evil, original sin and karma
• 208) Analyzing different religions to find life’s purpose 1 – Seeking a purpose bigger than our problems
• 207) Is seeing believing 3 – Resolving science-spirituality conflicts
• 206) Is seeing believing 2 – What the map of science misses
• 205) Is seeing believing 1 – Even science explains the visible with the invisible
• 204) Understanding tradition and its conformers, deformers, reformers – and presenters
• 203) The power of gratitude 2 – How to cultivate gratitude
• 202) The power of gratitude 1 – How gratitude empowers us

May 2018

• 201) Varnashrama in bhakti – Focus on replicating the take-off, not recreating the take-off point
• 200) Nourishing the creeper of devotion 4 – Finding our spiritual stimuil
• 199) QA session in London
• 198) Nourishing our lives with the Bhagavad-gita
• 197) Nourishing the creeper of devotion 3 – Avoid attachment to renunciation
• 196) Strive first for devotion, then for pure devotion
• 195) Sensitivity in relationships 3 – Dealing with insensitive people
• 194) How to get realizations
• 193) Nourishing the creeper of devotion 2 – Regulate attachment even to things that help in devotion
• 192) Sensitivity in relationships 2 – From judgment to encouragement
• 191) Sensitivity in relationships 1 – Why we need to be sensitive and why we aren’t
• 190) Healthy self-understanding 5 – Concluding QA session
• 189) Healthy self-understanding 4 – Reasons to be kind to ourselves
• 188) Healthy self-understanding 2 – How the mind can hurt the self
• 187) Healthy self-understanding 1 – How the modes distort our self-understanding
• 186) Balancing forgiveness and justice 2 – What forgiveness isn’t and what it is
• 185) Balancing forgiveness and justice 1 – Why deterrence is essential
• 184) How to overcome dissatisfaction
• 183) Seek not moments of devotion – seek momentum in devotion
• 182) How to effectively study and apply the Gita
• 181) Free will and God’s will 3 – How God helps us free our free will
• 180) Free will and God’s will 2 – Understanding the trigger, cause and target of our weaknesses
• 179) QA session in London 2018
• 178) How reincarnation makes sense of our existence and that of animals too
• 177) Seeker within, achiever without
• 176) Memorizing scriptural verses – Whys and hows -2
• 175) Memorizing scriptural verses – Whys and hows -1
• 174) Even if we have problems, we don’t have to be problems
• 173) How science and spirituality go together
• 172) How science points to spirituality
• 171) Mother’s day Meditation – Conception, Commercialization, Spiritualization
• 170) What is spirituality and why we need it
• 169) What science can provide – and what it can’t
• 168) Bhagavad-gita and Modern Psychology 1 – Is there anything beyond emotionality and rationality?
• 167) Why psychological distress amidst technological progress – 3 reasons
• 166) See pain as a protector and a pointer
• 165) Does spirituality come from without within or within without?
• 164) Destiny determines our situations and emotions, we determine our intentions and actions
• 163) When life doesn’t seem fair, three reflections for self-empowerment
• 162) Managing the voice inside the head 2 – Identification, Direction, Transformation
• 161) Evolve – Rising towards contribution and satisfaction
• 160) Ghosts and God – Understanding how the invisible affects the visible
• 159) Does God laugh at our plans? – part 2
• 158) Does God laugh at our plans? – part 1
• 157) Seek not just to get better things; seek to get better thoughts
• 156) Speaking according to time-place-circumstance to make outreach effective
• 155) Managing the voice inside the head – 1
• 154) How to become pacified, purified and satisfied
• 153) Be open-minded, not empty-minded
• 152) To deny destiny is to deny ourselves the chance of making our destiny
• 151) Self-pity, humility and maturity explained – Bhagavad-gita 18.35

April 2018

• 150) Understanding how Narasimhadeva delivers both Prahlada and Hiranyakashipu
• 149) God as the Supreme therapist 7 – Understanding how Narasimhadeva gave strength to Prahlada
• 148) Fulfilling our need for progress by becoming committed in bhakti
• 147) How the mind becomes unclear and how to clear it
• 146) God as the supreme therapist 5 – Cultivating qualities is integral to cultivating devotion
• 145) Do you need to break up with your phone?
• 144) God as the supreme therapist 3 – Devotional detachment is not freedom from emotions but freedom of emotions
• 143) God as the supreme therapist 2 – To be others’ well wisher means to channel their emotions towards proper use of their free will
• 142) Intelligence means to know which thoughts to contemplate and which to neglect
• 141) Healing the earth by healing the heart
• 140) God as the supreme therapist 1 – Discerning the Prahlada and Hiranyakashipu mentalities within us
• 139) Appreciating Radhanatha Maharaj’s contributions towards helping devotees practice bhakti sustainably
• 138) Learning to be kind to ourselves
• 137) Bhakti in three modes 3 – Bhakti in goodness brings sustainability, purity and harmony
• 136) Making sense of life through karma and reincarnation
• 135) Bhakti in three modes 2 – Bhakti in passion equates material success with spiritual advancement
• 134) How to be detached without becoming irresponsible
• 133) Bhakti in three modes 1 – Bhakti in ignorance is self-righteous and hurtful
• 132) To blame is to be lame – stop seeking scapegoats
• 131) Focus on life, not on the mind’s commentary on life
• 130) Where does the power of mantras lie – in letters or meaning or somewhere else?
• 129) If everything is God’s will, how do we have free will?
• 128) Unity in diversity and diversity in unity – The Absolute’s relationship with us
• 127) Gratitude is not just an attitude but also an awareness
• 126) Resolutions in the three modes – and in transcendence
• 125) Are our mistakes part of Krishna’s plan? – 2
• 124) Science & Spirituality – Why psychiatry can’t replace spirituality
• 123) Are our mistakes part of Krishna’s plan? – 1
• 122) Our defining power is the power to choose our thoughts
• 121) 4 reflections for overcoming fear of failure
• 120) Interrupting the mind’s train of thoughts 2
• 119) Three ways of perceiving Krishna’s love
• 118) Interrupting the mind’s train of thoughts 1
• 117) Does religion cause war?
• 116) The mind may stray away, but don’t let it stay away
• 115) Understanding how the mind acts as a mirror that distorts our self-conception
• 114) Screen what appears on your inner screen – Learn to manage the mind
• 113) How understanding destiny empowers
• 112) Cultivating Cooperation in Krishna consciousness
• 111) Why we are sometimes wise and sometimes otherwise
• 110) Net Surfing or Net Suffering?
• 109) QA session at Columbus 2018 Spring
• 108) From state of the art to state of the heart
• 107) Is anxiety a disorder?
• 106) Learning to live with emotional lows

March 2018

• 105) How Krishna steals our distresses
• 104) Spiritual but not religious – Analyzing four permutations
• 103) Bring out the Hanuman within, not the Ravana within
• 102) Lessons from Hanuman’s devotion to Rama 4 – How Hanuman provoked to deter Ravana from war
• 101) Lessons from Hanuman’s devotion to Rama 3 – Keeping our intention above our emotions
• 100) Lessons from Hanuman’s devotion to Rama 2 – Earning trust through emotional intelligence
• 99) Lessons from Hanuman’s devotion to Rama 1 – When we hide ourselves from the Lord, he hides himself from us
• 98) Ramayana series 3 – Rama-Lakshmana – Does destiny control everything?
• 97) Ramayana series2 – Vali-Sugriva – Don’t judge without understanding
• 96) Matters that matter more than matter – Origin, Value, Meaning
• 95) Is bhakti a conditioned attraction of the mind or the natural attraction of the soul?
• 94) How the mind tells its stories by inducing forgetfulness, faith and feelings
• 93) How philosophy and experience harmonize in bhakti
• 92) How chanting works on the mind – and how the mind works during chanting
• 91) Tap the mind, don’t be trapped by the mind 3 – From shakshi bhava to seva bhava
• 90) Winning with emotional intelliigence 2 – Social competence through relationship management
• 89) Tap the mind, don’t be trapped by the mind 2 – Why mind control backfires
• 88) Tap the mind, dont be trapped by the mind 1 – The pressure for pleasure
• 87) Winning with emotional intelliigence 1 – Personal competence through self management
• 86) Understanding how bhakti addresses anxiety
• 85) How we spend more time avoiding pain than seeking pleasure – and why we shouldn’t
• 84) Appreciating Radhanath Maharaj’s contributions in the light of ISKCON history

October 2017

• 83) Spiritual Lessons from Car Driving 4 – The destination is also our companion
• 82) Spiritual Lessons from Car Driving 3 – Our attitude is our steering wheel
• 81) Spiritual Lessons from Car Driving 2 – What we are driving matters, but where we are driving matters more
• 80) Spiritual Lessons from Car Driving 1 – The mind is the passenger, don’t let it become the driver
• 79) Demystifying Reincarnation 20 – The Freedoms of the Reincarnation Worldview
• 78) Demystifying Reincarnation 19 – Reincarnation reveals justice amidst injustice
• 77) Demystifying Reincarnation 18 – Common Questions about Reincarnation
• 76) Demystifying Reincarnation 17 – The Mechanism of Reincarnation
• 75) Demystifying Reincarnation 16 – The soul’s defining characteristics and levels of consciousness
• 74) Demystifying Reincarnation 15 – The Gita’s model of the self and its explanatory potential
• 73) Demystifying Reincarnation 14 – Reincarnation in Christianity, Islam and Buddhism
• 72) Demystifying Reincarnation 13 – Reincarnation accepted across history and geography

September 2017

• 71) Demystifying Reincarnation 12 – Where is the programmer of the brain

August 2017

• 70) Learning to not go up and down with life’s ups and downs – Gita 02.54-57
• 69) From Love Universal to Bhakti Confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism Glories 3 – PEAR acronym for becoming a rasika
• 68) From Love Universal to Bhakti Confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism Glories 2 – How Karma and Jnana Culminate in Bhakti
• 67) Reincarnation and the Search for Meaning – Evidence, Explanation & Evolution
• 66) Kusum Sarovar meditation – Cherishing the culture rich with spiritual stimuli
• 65) From love universal to bhakti confidential – Gaudiya Vaishnavism glories 1 – Understanding how love culminates in bhakti

July 2017

• 64) Does God laugh at our plans?
• 63) Acknowledging and regulating our passions – Wisdom on Wisdom 8
• 62) The relief of turning away from the social mirror
• 61) The Abnormal Normal
• 60) Understanding what is mental and what is spiritual
• 59) Who is our worst enemy?

June 2017

• 58) Demystifying Reincarnation 11 – Consciousness – Intuitions that point beyond the brain
• 57) Demystifying Reincarnation 10 – Near Death Experiences – Conscious when unconscious?
• 56) Demystifying Reincarnation 9 – Near Death Experiences – Partial consciousness?
• 55) Demystifying Reincarnation 8 – Near Death Experiences – Hallucinations or Guesses?
• 54) Demystifying Reincarnation 7 – Past life memories – Fraud by investigators?
• 53) Demystifying Reincarnation 6 – Past-life memories – Frauds by parents?
• 52) Demystifying Reincarnation 5 – Astonishing birth marks and birth defects
• 51) Demystifying Reincarnation 4 – Past life memories – Guesses or Hyperboles?
• 50) Demystifying Reincarnation 3 – Past life memories – Any normal explanation?
• 49) Demystifying Reincarnation 2 – Hypnotically induced past life memories and Xenoglossy
• 48) Demystifying Reincarnation 1 – Incredible delusion or credible vision?
• 47) World Religions 3 – Islam – Beyond the politically correct and the politically incorrect to the philosophically correct
• 46) World Religions 2 – Christianity – Beyond authoritarian and humanitarian religion to transcendence
• 45) World Religions 1 – Appreciating religious diversity amidst spiritual universality
• 44) Devotion, renunciation and aversion are differentiated by the direction of emotion

May 2017

• 43) To change vision, change intention by study and association
• 42) SIMHA acronym – Glories of Prahlada and Narasimha

April 2017

• 41) Channeling our dissatisfaction constructively
• 40) IDEA acronym – The Bhagavad-gita in essence

January 2017

• 39) Strengthen relationships by tolerating others’ indiscretions
• 38) Let life give new eyes to see old relationships – Wisdom on Wisdom 7

September 2016

• 37) ​Tragic Hero – Life Lessons from Karna – Princeton University

August 2016

• 36) Making our outreach relevant

June 2016

• 35) Self-determination and denial of destiny characterize modernity

May 2016

• 34) Make your own destiny 3
• 33) ​Make your own destiny 2
• 32) Make your own destiny 1

April 2016

• 31) ​Don’t be attached to being detached

March 2015

• 30) Value Education and Spirituality 35 – Ramayana 17 – Hanuman 2 – Never lose heart
• 29) Value Education 34 – Ramayana 16 – Hanuman 1 – Overcome distractions by determination
• 28) Value Education 33 – Ramayana 15 – Jambavan – Help bring the best out of others
• 27) Value Education 32 – Ramayana 14 – Angada – Overcome dissension by focus on common
• 26) Value Education 31 – Ramayana 13 – Sugriva – Comforts breed ingratitude

November 2014

• 25) Value Education 14 – Mahabharata 8 – Draupadi – Ask not why this but how now
• 24) Value Education 13 – Mahabharata 7 – Yudhisthira 1 – Gambling
• 23) Value Education 11 – Mahabharata 5 – Karna 2 – Life of honor is more important than
• 22) Value Education and Spirituality 10 – Mahabharata 4 – Karna 1 – Choose friends that bring out our best, not our worst

October 2014

• 21) Value Education 29 – Ramayana 11 – Vali 2 – Judging without understanding ruins relationships
• 20) Value Education 30 – Ramayana 12 – Vali 3 – Real repentance is seen in rectification
• 19) Value Education and Spirituality 28 – Ramayana 10 – Vali 1 – Judging without understanding ruins relationships
• 18) Value Education and Spirituality 27 – Ramayana 9 – Shabari – See not the body’s caste – see the heart’s character
• 17) Value Education and Spirituality 26 – Ramayana 8 – Jatayu – Fight atrocities against women
• 16) Value Education and Spirituality 25 – Ramayana 7 – Lakshmana – Don’t ascribe intention to what is spoken in tension
• 15) Value Education and Spirituality 24 – Ramayana 6 – The illusory dear – Use intelligence to see beyond appearance to substance
• 14) Value Education and Spirituality 23 – Ramayana 5 – Shurapanakha – Don’t let the selfish exploit our sexual vulnerabiity
• 13) Value Education and Spirituality 22 – Ramayana 4 – Bharata – Stick to integrity amidst opportunity for immorality
• 12) Value Education and Spirituality 21 – Ramayana 3 – Dasharatha – Honor one’s word even at great personal cost
• 11) Value Education and Spirituality 20 – Ramayana 2 – Rama – Go beyond fight or flight to choose the best response
• 10) Value Education and Spirituality 19 – Ramayana 1 – Kaikeyi – Don’t be deluded by malicious misinformers

September 2014

• 9) Value Education and Spirituality 9 – Mahabharata 3 – Vidura – Be a forgiving not a forgetful friend

May 2014

• 8) Value Education and Spirituality 6 – The Spiritual Foundation of Values 4 – Let secularism protect us from narrow-mindedness, not restrict us in empty-mindedness
• 7) Value Education and Spirituality 5 – The Spiritual Foundation of Values 3 – Three non-sectarian arguments for the existence of God
• 6) Value Education and Spirituality 4 – The Spiritual Foundation of Values 2 – Karma shows the sense in life’s seeming senselessness
• 5) Value Education and Spirituality 3 – The Spiritual Foundation of Values 1 – The end is not the end
• 4) Value Education and Spirituality 8 – Mahabharata 2 – Duryodhana – Envy leads to destructive competition that is dissatisfying and degrading
• 3) Value Education and Spirituality 7 – Mahabharata 1 – Shakuni – Imaginary expectation leads to real destruction

April 2014

• 2) Value Education and Spirituality 2 – Our values serve as protecting fences and as focusing default settings
• 1) Value Education and Spirituality 1 – What we value determines our values – and our values determine our value