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June 2022

• 445) Responding to attacks on devotees in Bangladesh

May 2022

• 444) The Kashmir Files Reflection: Tolerance at the cost of truth destroys both

December 2021

• 443) Prabhupada — the transcendentalist who embodied the best of the traditionalist, the existentialist and the utopianist

May 2021

• 442) How to overcome hypertension, anxiety and depression during the pandemic

November 2020

• 441) While the world slept …

June 2020

• 440) By using the lower case pronoun for Krishna, aren’t you minimizing his position?

April 2019

• 439) “Unplanned” movie exposes the planned denial of reality surrounding abortion

April 2018

• 438) From possessions that dispossess to the possession that delivers
• 437) Praising by criticizing – The paradoxical ways of expressing love

February 2018

• 436) Teaching evolution in schools: what science explains and what explains science

October 2017

• 435) Tolerating phases of bad fortune

September 2017

• 434) Seeing ourselves clearly through others’ eyes
• 433) Everything is a miracle
• 432) Be open-minded, not empty-minded
• 431) From the Blue Whale Challenge to the Blue Whole Challenge

August 2017

• 430) It is never too late
• 429) Meditation on Vrindavan – relishing Krishna-lila and sharing Krishna-shiksha
• 428) Meeting with HH Gopal Krishna Maharaj – Learning to sense the contemporary pulse
• 427) Balaram appearance day at the lotus feet of Lord Balarama
• 426) Activism is our rent for living on the earth
• 425) How my laptop was stolen and recovered – and what I recovered in between
• 424) Vyasa-puja offering to Srila Prabhupada: Appreciating the empowering breadth of your trust in Krishna
• 423) Gita daily appreciation
• 422) London visit
• 421) HH Radhanath Maharaj: Training through a Mock QA session
• 420) Sadhu-sanga
• 419) Science and Spirituality – From confrontation to reconciliation
• 418) The power of appreciation
• 417) Unusual experiences
• 416) Chaitanya Charan, author of best-seller Demystifying Reincarnation, on Facebook Live, Fri, Aug 11, 2-3 P.M
• 415) Learning from the audience
• 414) A Nigerian speaking Hindi at Denver Airport
• 413) Challenging Christian conceptions – Bhakti in Mormon heartland Utah?
• 412) Beyond Conversion to Conversation – Christian-Vaishnava inter-faith meet at Washington DC:
• 411) Beyond emotion to intention – Talk at Ohio State University
• 410) Temptation leans on the doorbell
• 409) Gratitude and originality in spiritual creativity
• 408) Spirituality in the age of science – Balancing science, spirituality and audience interest

July 2017

• 407) Talking on karma and appreciating the audience’s karma – Talk at Princeton University, Princeton
• 406) Caring for the minds of those who care for sick minds – Program at Carrier Clinic, Central New Jersey
• 405) Minding the Intel Mind
• 404) 2017 Spring tour of the West
• 403) Does God laugh at our plans?
• 402) When Krishna thrusts his mercy, inconceivably (Reflections on the departure of Vaishnava Seva Prabhu’s father)
• 401) The relief of turning away from the social mirror
• 400) The Abnormal Normal
• 399) Who is our worst enemy?

June 2017

• 398) Behind the book – Interview with Chaitanya Charan, author of “Demystifying Reincarnation”
• 397) Are past-life memories frauds? – Analysis with the case study of a Muslim-to-Hindu reincarnation 
• 396) Demystifying Reincarnation – Chaitanya Charan’s latest book is now available on amazon.com
• 395) Why religion seems dispensable

May 2017

• 394) Let go of the burden of hate
• 393) Don’t just stand – take a stand
• 392) Niagara falls & the flow of life – A meditation

April 2017

• 391) Interview with Asia Today (Arizona based newspaper)

March 2017

• 390) “Have you had a near-death experience?”
• 389) Constructive response to destructive criticism

February 2017

• 388) The Creator’s Cruelty and the Saints’ Selflessness

January 2017

• 387) Don’t let the drink take the drinker
• 386) The life of devotional dynamism

December 2016

• 385) The desirer of desire
• 384) Christmas gift for the Bhagavad-gita: 200,000 Facebook followers on Gitadaily
• 383) What I have learned from the Gita
• 382) Timeless insights, timely re-sights
• 381) Why did Rama abandon Sita?
• 380) The setting inspires talks on “What cricket can teach us about life”
• 379) Feasting on Krishna’s glories on Ekadashi
• 378) Modernization Without Westernization – Reflections on the Middle East’s spiritual potential

November 2016

• 377) Don’t identify with the mind – identify the mind
• 376) Opening minds while getting one’s own mind opened (Reflections on visit to Bahrain 2016)
• 375) “What’s your name?” & “What’s in a name?”
• 374) Moments of bhakti & momentum in bhakti
• 373) A Bhagavad-gita view of religious diversity
• 372) Spirituality for caregivers – Talk at psychiatric hospital in New Jersey
• 371) Science & Spirituality talk show at Cambridge University – Undoing an unfortunate divorce?
• 370) Appreciating Srila Prabhupada’s transcendence in sharing krishna-bhakti (Prabhupada disappearance day meditation)

October 2016

• 369) “What dogs, birds and elephants teach us about our habits” – talk at a Christian school in Panama
• 368) Remembering Srinathji Prabhu – an intellectual, non-patronizing patron of intellectuals
• 367) “Proactive Leadership” talk at UDELAS Universidad Especializada de las Américas
• 366) “The power of your mind” talk at Hotel El Panama
• 365) Science amidst bhakti – rasabhasa or rasa access?
• 364) Prabhupada pilgrimage places on America’s eastern and western coast
• 363) Association of ISKCON Los Angeles Temple President, H G Svavasa Prabhu

September 2016

• 362) Speaking on the Mahabharata outside Bharata – at Princeton
• 361) Shiksha from Shikshashtakam

August 2016

• 360) Flight wings give wings to the flight of realization
• 359) The Meaning of Vyasa Puja – “He came, he gave, he conquered”
• 358) “Don’t be so confidently pessimistic”
• 357) Fasting from water while holding water in the mouth
• 356) Does the Bhagavad-gita teach that everything that happens is good?
• 355) Get hope from the extraordinary, seek shelter in the ordinary
• 354) Exploring human nature near divine nature
• 353) Cow vigilantism: Fanaticism even for a good cause blinds people to the goodness of the cause 
• 352) Frustration and absorption in technological no man’s land 

July 2016

• 351) Avatar – Digital, Christian, monistic and bhakti conceptions

June 2016

• 350) “Make me dance” – Meditation on Srila Prabhupada’s prayer on beholding the American coastline
• 349) Near death experiences on the road (Part 02) (Reflections on 2016 Australia-Singapore trip)
• 348) Near death experiences on the road (Part 01) (Reflections on 2016 Australia-Singapore trip)

May 2016

• 347) The dual dimensions of artha (Guest Column in Financial Chronicle)

February 2016

• 346) A giant desire tree blesses ISKCON desire tree

January 2016

• 345) Sugriva: Comfort – Material and Transcendental
• 344) Did Draupadi love Karna?
• 343) See criticism with a critical eye
• 342) Draupadi – dishonored yet honorable

December 2015

• 341) Why did Dasharatha not follow Ram into his 14 year exile?

November 2015

• 340) Meditating on the Damodarashtakam: The supreme controller is controlled – and still remains in control (Part 2 – Verses 5 to 8)
• 339) Meditating on the Damodarashtakam: The supreme controller is controlled – and still remains in control (Part 1 – Verses 1 to 4)

October 2015

• 338) The highest study in the land of higher studies (Reflections on my US trip 2015) – Part 3
• 337) The highest study in the land of higher studies (Reflections on my US trip 2015) – Part 2
• 336) The highest study in the land of higher studies (Reflections on my US trip 2015) – Part 1
• 335) God Proposes, Man Accepts

September 2015

• 334) “Can you keep a secret?”
• 333) Offering to Srila Prabhupada – Meditating on your life for dedicating my life
• 332) Appreciating Sankirtan Prabhu’s frontline literary outreach

August 2015

• 331) Prabhupada: The moments that made his movement – Part 3
• 330) Prabhupada: The moments that made his movement – Part 2
• 329) Prabhupada: The moments that made his movement – Part 1
• 328) Jaladuta 50th anniversary special – New book: “Prabhupada: The moments that made the movement”
• 327) Lust brings out our lower side; love, our higher side

July 2015

• 326) Artificial Life? Why Not Real Life?
• 325) Gita Metaphors 2 – Wind 1 – A Boat Amidst a Storm
• 324) Bhagavad Gita Metaphors 1 – Introduction
• 323) Focus on the universality of suffering, not its variety

June 2015

• 322) Accepted restriction facilitates elevation – resented restriction doesn’t
• 321) Prabhupada’s legacy lives on
• 320) World Yoga Day – Let’s Go Beyond Political and Physical Posturing
• 319) A spiritual wonder down under (Reflections on my outreach tour to Melbourne)
• 318) Krishna can bring good out of everything – even our mistakes

April 2015

• 317) Meaningless material existence becomes meaningful through the human form (Churning the Bhagavatam 1)

March 2015

• 316) Nāmarāmāyaṇam (The Ramayana conveyed in 108 names)
• 315) If God created everything, who created God?
• 314) Gaur Purnima Special – Lord Chaitanya makes the abominable age worshipable

February 2015

• 313) ISKCON’s Comeback Emperor: His Holiness Jayapataka Maharaja
• 312) Should we hate the mind?
• 311) Warmer hearts can cool warming planet
• 310) What a saint learned from a prostitute   

January 2015

• 309) Are there two gods: the god who created man and the god whom man created? (PK QA 6)
• 308) Is it cowardice to go to God out of fear? (PK QA 5)
• 307) Do people who are afraid go to temples? (PK QA 4)
• 306) Why do religious teachers stereotype people as when they pronounce all Pakistanis as cheaters? (PK QA 3)
• 305) Can we reject as wrong numbers the rituals that don’t make sense? (PK QA 2)
• 304) Are rituals wrong numbers to God? (PK QA 1)

December 2014

• 303) Don’t just sharpen the axe – reform the axe-holder
• 302) Hold on to Hari, not to worry
• 301) Don’t mistake the assumption to be the conclusion

November 2014

• 300) Thoughts on Thanksgiving
• 299) Devotion is the culmination of our aspiration for liberation
• 298) Words shape worlds – watch your words

October 2014

• 297) Why does the Bhagavad-gita immediately after rejecting bodily identity address Arjuna with names which reinforce that very identity?
• 296) Don’t reduce all thinking to logical thinking
• 295) The soul longs for meaning, but the body settles for pudding
• 294) Why do we sometimes act irrationally, doing things that we would normally never do?

September 2014

• 293) To seek love in food is to relapse into emotional babyhood
• 292) To know the meaning of challenge, know the challenge of meaning
• 291) Don’t let pseudo-hunger masquerade as hunger

August 2014

• 290) The weapon for waging the world’s most formidable spiritual war (Srila Prabhupada Vyasa-puja Offering 2014)
• 289) People pray to God; the Vrajavasis pray for God (Meditation on Nandotsava)
• 288) After the laughter? (Reflections on Robin Williams’ suicide)
• 287) How is the holy name different from ordinary sound?

July 2014

• 286) Scientism fosters not respect for science, but disrespect for humanity
• 285) Scientism makes it impossible for us to be scientific
• 284) Why did Bhima kill Duryodhana unfairly by hitting him below the waist during their final battle in the Mahabharata war?

June 2014

• 283) Ratha-Yatra – When the Lord comes out, let’s invite him in
• 282) Autobiographical Writing in Vaishnavism
• 281) Is ISKCON an American organization that sends temple donations from India to America?
• 280) Maturity means to not let our emotionality interfere with our responsibility
• 279) Non-vegetarians healthier than vegetarians?
• 278) Is forgiveness practical?
• 277) Modi Swearing-in Ceremony – The Substance underlying the Form

May 2014

• 276) Demonizing the other doesn’t remove the demons hither
• 275) Scientism is self-contradictory
• 274) Revelation is the complement, not the replacement, of reason (Countering Scientism 1)
• 273) Was Arjuna’s killing Karna when he was chariot-less not unfair, being against the kshatriya codes?

April 2014

• 272) Voting in elections – Clarification in response to HH Bhakti Vikas Maharaj
• 271) ISKCON appreciations
• 270) To grow individually and socially, look for the weakness in yourself and the goodness in others
• 269) For him, Back to Godhead was both the means and the end
• 268) Why is the Bhagavad-gita so pessimistic? (expanded with four-point analysis)

March 2014

• 267) The Son of the Sun – part 4
• 266) What is the significance of lighting a bonfire on the festival of Holi?

February 2014

• 265) The Son of the Sun – Part 3
• 264) The Son of the Sun – Part 2
• 263) Special lecture on Valentine’s Day
• 262) Lord Nityananda’s mercy: The magnitude, the motivation and the magic
• 261) The Son of the Sun – Part 1

December 2013

• 260) The Ultimate Dance
• 259) Sexual Energy on the Riot (A spiritual perspective on the Tejpal scandal)
• 258) Conversion to What: Intolerance or Transcendence?

November 2013

• 257) The nonviolent violence of the Gita
• 256) Fear not that life may end; fear that life may never begin

October 2013

• 255) See within to seek without; seek without to see within
• 254) The Glory of Gita wisdom (Reflections on the second anniversary of Gita-daily)
• 253) Is the world a playground or a battleground?
• 252) Do women have the right to dress however they like? Is modest dressing old-fashioned?

September 2013

• 251) Peace, purity and pleasure – The benefits of mantra meditation (World Holy Name Week Special)
• 250) SHARE your story – Five reasons to share the story of how you came to Krishna

August 2013

• 249) Srila Prabhupada – the leader who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way (Vyasa Puja Offering 2013)
• 248) The God who conceals his godhood so that love can reign supreme (Janmashtami special)
• 247) Is the Gita’s message life-negating?

July 2013

• 246) When we fall in our devotional standards, we feel guilty and become discouraged. How should we go ahead at such times?
• 245) Is spiritual life a supplement or a complement to material life?
• 244) When so many people are facing real problems, why should we spend time in spiritual practices like meditation instead of doing something practical to help?

June 2013

• 243) How can we develop our determination?
• 242) Heredity, Destiny, Divinity – Channelizing the factors that shape us
• 241) What does the metaphor of river merging into the ocean actually imply? Does it support impersonalism?
• 240) Spot fixation – not spot fixing – is the real problem.

May 2013

• 239) Is religion the opium of the masses?

April 2013

• 238) Does religion make us helpless?
• 237) How should we deal with phases of inner emptiness in our spiritual life?
• 236) Is chanting a prayer or a meditation?

March 2013

• 235) When Krishna consciousness is supposed to be joyful, why does it seem so joyless?
• 234) How can we improve our concentration during meditation?
• 233) Gita Overview Mumbai 13.20-35 A coherent understanding of the 6 items taught in Chp 13-
• 232) The Pune temple inauguration – The inner and the outer miracle

February 2013

• 231) Can we be spiritual but not religious?
• 230) Why do we misidentify with the mind?
• 229) Fulfilling our longing for love

January 2013

• 228) Why does mantra meditation seem to be a burden?
• 227) Doesn’t blaming the culture for the Delhi gang-rape mean that we shift the blame away from the criminals?
• 226) Delhi Gang-Rape and the modern Shurapanakha
• 225) If dharma is our essential nature, then why does the Gita (18.66) ask us to abandon dharma?

December 2012

• 224) How can we succeed in leading a principle-centered life?
• 223) How can we control the mind when it pushes us towards harmful actions?
• 222) How does spiritual knowledge free us from misery, as the Bhagavad-gita promises?
• 221) Oh My God: Has religion become a business?

November 2012

• 220) Question: If spiritual happiness is eternal, why is our experience of that happiness temporary?
• 219) Is Krishna’s love conditional or unconditional?
• 218) Is faith in Krishna a matter of human choice or divine grace?
• 217) Reflections on the first anniversary of Gita-daily

October 2012

• 216) Question: What is the difference between the past ages and the present age?
• 215) Why does devotion need to be exhibited publically?
• 214) No exception to the rule: “To every rule there is an exception”

September 2012

• 213) Writing for Krishna: The Price and the Prize
• 212) The encouraging, more encouraging and most encouraging messages of the Gita
• 211) The W.R.I.T.E. service: Five reasons to write in devotional service
• 210) Why does our consciousness change suddenly from devotional to sensual?

August 2012

• 209) Isn’t renunciation a sign of frustration?
• 208) The Expert Tightrope Dancer – 2012 Vyasapuja Offering to Srila Prabhupada
• 207) Janmashtami meditation: Krishna is committed to our freedom. Are we?
• 206) How can we say no to the mind when its force seems irresistible?

July 2012

• 205) Understanding the difference between science and scientism
• 204) From the god particle to the godly particle

June 2012

• 203) How can we protect India’s culture from rampant westernization?
• 202) Do devotional rules take away our freedom?
• 201) Can we develop spiritually through wholesale material indulgence?
• 200) Should we suppress or express our emotions of sorrow when our fellow-devotees pass away in sudden tragedies?
• 199) Caste system – Spiritual equality Amidst material diversity
• 198) Why do academic scholars of scripture miss its essential message?

May 2012

• 197) How are we to see Krishna’s hand amidst tragic, premature death of devotees?
• 196) How can we avoid rash impulsive behavior?
• 195) Why are Spiritualists Against Material Ambitions?
• 194) References to the Hare Krishna Mahamantra
• 193) How can we understand that we are different from our mind?
• 192) Why do karmic reactions not come in this life itself?

April 2012

• 191) Is there any way we can perceive the nature of the soul?
• 190) Srila Prabhupada’s visionary propagation of India’s spiritual culture: The Power of One Spiritual Indian
• 189) Srila Prabhupada’s Contributions to Society
• 188) Brief biography of Srila Prabhupada: The Ambassador of the Kingdom of God
• 187) How My Cancer Became a Blessing
• 186) Isn’t it more peaceful to appease temptation than to battle it?
• 185) The Save Yamuna Campaign: Where Environmental Activism and Devotional Service Unite
• 184) Is the Ramayana relevant today?

March 2012

• 183) Does spirituality kill our individuality?
• 182) How can we increase our mental energy?
• 181) “There is much I have to tell you”: Exploring the relationship between Christianity and Krishna consciousness
• 180) Doesn’t the institutionalization of spirituality kill its spirit?
• 179) Why is God not humble?

February 2012

• 178) Doesn’t faith in God express the rejection of our human intelligence?
• 177) Why does God use second-hand souls?
• 176) Is seeing believing?
• 175) The Song of God – A brief introduction to the Bhagavad-gita
• 174) Lets Stop Daydreaming
• 173) The Key To Religious Harmony
• 172) Make Your Family Divine
• 171) Faithful Heart, Joyful Heart
• 170) Is work Worship?
• 169) The best Investor?
• 168) The Sound beyond Silence
• 167) Reel Unreality
• 166) Science – “Two ” Short to Rope the Universe
• 165) Humanity – A Burden?
• 164) SQ – Your Ultimate Intelligence

January 2012

• 163) God proposes, Man Accepts
• 162) God Answers Knee-mail
• 161) D – Anger
• 160) Too Busy to be Happy?
• 159) The Spiritual IIT Chance
• 158) Are You A Positive Thinker?
• 157) The power of Humility and Tolerance
• 156) Suicide – Why? What to do?
• 155) The secret of fearlessness
• 154) Are we the makers of our destiny?
• 153) Why are some people born wealthy and some poor?
• 152) Does the concept of karma have a logical basis?
• 151) Why me! What did I do to deserve this? – Understanding Karmic Justice
• 150) What’s wrong with sex?
• 149) Are there any logical reasons to choose vegetarianism?
• 148) Has science disproved the Bhagavad-gita – does consciousness come from the brain, not the soul?
• 147) Advanced Astronomy In the Shrimad-Bhagavatam
• 146) Why do people who follow a religion often claim that their path is the only way?
• 145) Why do people fight in the name of religion?
• 144) Does Religion Cause War? (short)
• 143) Does Religion Cause War? (long)
• 142) Is the Bhagavad-gita an extremist book?

December 2011

• 141) Is the metaphorical interpretation of the Gita’s battlefield setting authorized?
• 140) Bad habits – Causes and Cures
• 139) The Tea Quake
• 138) The One-Eyed Modern Guru
• 137) Smiling Faces, Crying Hearts
• 136) Why does the Bhagavad-gita call for violence?
• 135) Where Technology Falls Short
• 134) Foolososphy
• 133) Is Something Missing in Modern Education?
• 132) Bhagavad-gita for the Jet-age
• 131) Guided Missiles, Misguided Men
• 130) Happy New Year
• 129) The Gita’s Secret Message Of Love
• 128) How Everything Began
• 127) Artificial Rains – Imaginary Gains, Real Pains
• 126) When Monkeys Start Typing
• 125) Made Just For You
• 124) The Symbiotic Factory
• 123) The Science of Karma
• 122) Does Religion Cause War? (Article)
• 121) The Spiritual Dimension of Life
• 120) Your Cosmic Specialness
• 119) Why is the Bhagavad-gita so pessimistic?
• 118) Material Diversity, Spiritual Equality
• 117) Natural Calamities – Why? What to do?
• 116) When Science Points to Spirituality
• 115) Think Before You Eat
• 114) Sexuality and Spirituality
• 113) Why use material analogies to illustrate spiritual truths?
• 112) The Complete Social Service
• 111) Made For Each Other
• 110) From Adversity to Prosperity
• 109) How can the unlimited have a form?
• 108) Spirituality – The Foundation of Morality
• 107) The Untapped Glory of India
• 106) As we don’t remember our past lives, how do we learn anything from them?

November 2011

• 105) Atheism Refuted
• 104) The Respiritualization Of Science
• 103) Why does the Gita recommend working with detachment?
• 102) A Science Of Values
• 101) Does genetics disprove reincarnation?
• 100) Why is it so difficult to know God?
• 99) Is forgiveness practical?

October 2011

• 98) What is the significance of Diwali?
• 97) How is a holy place different from any other place?
• 96) Is God Omnipotent, Omniscient or both?
• 95) Is the mind a being or a thing or a nothing?
• 94) Doesn’t devotion make one weak and effeminate?
• 93) Can a person be both intellectual and emotional simultaneously?
• 92) Why does India need spirituality in this IT age?
• 91) Why do some religious teachers use death as a tool to scare people into taking up religious practice?
• 90) Why do some people commit horrible crimes without the slightest remorse as if they have no conscience?
• 89) Why does God demand faith?
• 88) What is the difference between lust and love?
• 87) How Do Saints Help Others?
• 86) Why Irrational Shopping?
• 85) Why does the Vedic tradition emphasize divine sound so much?
• 84) Isn’t Spirituality Impractical?
• 83) Can spirituality free one from stress?
• 82) What is the spiritual perspective on the serial Raaz Pichhle Janam Ka (The Secret of Previous Life)?
• 81) Is guilt harmful?
• 80) Can Spirituality solve World Problems?
• 79) Why Natural Calamities?
• 78) Is Karma practically relevant?
• 77) How to choose the Right Path?
• 76) Why to Approach God?
• 75) Synthesis of Science and Spirituality
• 74) Aren’t Yajnas a Waste of Money?
• 73) Can Science Discover Spirituality?
• 72) A fresh Worldview
• 71) Is factual not actual?
• 70) Isn’t That Unscientific ?
• 69) What is wrong with creating life?
• 68) What is the Vedic perspective on the creation of artificial life?
• 67) Isn’t the claim that the soul is the source of energy in the body disproved by the bodily need of food?
• 66) Is there any proof of reincarnation?
• 65) Is there any scientific proof for the soul’s existence?
• 64) Why is spiritual happiness considered superior to material happiness?
• 63) Is God a Crutch?
• 62) Did man make God?
• 61) If God exists, why can’t we see him?
• 60) Did man go to the moon?
• 59) Why rituals?
• 58) Is vegetarianism necessary for spiritual advancement?
• 57) Is The Law of Karma Scientific ?

August 2011

• 56) Why believe in spiritual promises about future happiness?
• 55) Why can’t we remember our past lives?
• 54) Does the chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra do any practical good for the world?
• 53) Are the words dharma and religion synonyms?
• 52) Isn’t chanting an act of blind faith?
• 51) Doesn’t spirituality demand blind faith?
• 50) What is the Vedic perspective on the current agitation against corruption?
• 49) Isn’t spirituality an escapeway for those who can’t take life’s sufferings?
• 48) How does the knowledge of reincarnation benefit us practically?

July 2011

• 47) Where Technology Falls Short…
• 46) If there is only one God, then why do different spiritualists have differing conceptions of the divine?
• 45) What’s wrong with sex?
• 44) If God is good, then why does he allow suffering?
• 43) Why do people feel peaceful while meditating?

June 2011

• 42) Why do you consider Krishna to be God?
• 41) When God is one, why does the Vedic tradition teach polytheism – the worship of many gods?
• 40) Is there any practical use of knowing about the soul?
• 39) Why waste time in uttering a mantra repeatedly?

May 2011

• 38) Religions are meant to bring peace; then why do they cause wars?
• 37) How can pizza be called prasad?
• 36) Are spiritual feelings imaginary or actual?
• 35) What is the role of logic on the spiritual path?

April 2011

• 34) If God is supreme, why does he need weapons?
• 33) Are Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) hallucinations?
• 32) If God has designed our world, then why is there so much suffering here?
• 31) Is doubting a virtue or a failing?

March 2011

• 30) Why do people fight in the name of religion?
• 29) Is there any scientific proof for the existence of the soul?
• 28) What is the source of consciousness: the brain or the soul?
• 27) Can robots be conscious?
• 26) Doesn’t population growth disprove reincarnation?

February 2011

• 25) Do animals have souls?
• 24) Are We Special? Understanding the difference humans and animals
• 23) Is Krishna mythological or historical?
• 22) Why is some food considered sacred?

January 2011

• 21) In temples, why is worship offered to cars instead of God?
• 20) Don’t neuronal correlates of consciousness disprove the soul theory?
• 19) If consciousness comes from the soul, then why do brain states affect consciousness?

December 2010

• 18) Can Vedic spirituality offer a solution to the current global eco-crisis?
• 17) Is Deity worship for less intelligent people?
• 16) What is the significance of the aarti performed in temples?

November 2010

• 15) Isn’t repeating the same mantra boring?
• 14) Why can’t all of us experience spiritual bliss?
• 13) What is the purpose of life?

October 2010

• 12) Is spirituality relevant for a globalizing India?
• 11) Why did Lord Rama banish Sita?

September 2010

• 10) Why is Vedic philosophy pessimistic?
• 9) Who is God?
• 8) Isn’t fasting self-torture?

August 2010

• 7) Isn’t spiritual life an attempt to escape from reality?
• 6) Can spirituality help us when we are sick?
• 5) Isn’t scientific knowledge preferable to spiritual knowledge because it doesn’t depend on faith?
• 4) Can science by its future progress discover spiritual truths?

July 2010

• 3) Why discuss unscientific things like God, soul and rebirth in this scientific age?
• 2) What is the relationship between yoga and bhakti?

June 2010

• 1) Can God make a square circle?