Bhakti Yoga

Devotion as sentiment commitment and attainment

When a devotee does bhakti activities for someone else what actually happens?

If it doesn’t work get out – is such a utilitarian attitude in bhakti towards things like marriage justifiable?

When we face mental health issues how can we deal with them spiritually and what can we learn from it?

Significance of Chatur-Shloki Gita – Location Content & Import

Be not fretful or fearful – be faithful

How to deal with indulgences that we aren’t able to give up?

Did many devotees leave ISKCON because they couldn’t see suffering as Krishna’s mercy?

How to decide between tolerating a situation or changing it?

Understanding attachment detachment commitment 3 – Devotion as emotion disposition and cultivation

How can we appreciate good devotees who are offensive about some issues?

If our chanting is simply mechanical will that please Krishna?

Can the desire for subtle sex – pride adoration distinction – be dovetailed in bhakti?

Won’t neglecting our attachments and focusing on bhakti lead to rationalizing our wrong actions?

To get stimulated out of sleep can I visit Facebook first thing after waking up?

If we are following the principles to be initiated but have to wait for long in queue does Krishna see us as initiated or uninitiated?

If senior devotees behave unethically how can we maintain our inspiration?

Understanding attachment detachment commitment 2 – Detachment is not hardheartedness – it is levelheadedness

How to deal with the emotions and inclinations that take us away from Krishna?

If we have a vision to do something but the authorities are not supportive what to do?

Shouldn’t we expect to grow to the higher stages of bhakti?

Shouldn’t we take up challenging services to become humble & dependent on Krishna?

How can we find the service by which we can best contribute?

Suppose a talented dedicated devotee encounters failure repeatedly – how to respond?

How can we counter the mind’s tendency to see the negative even in devotee association?

Understanding attachment detachment commitment 1 – Frustration is not renunciation

Nityananda Trayodashi – How Nityananda Prabhu glorifies Lord Chaitanya – Hindi

When we are unable to practice devotional principles are we hypocritical – how to overcome it – Hindi?

How can we overcome the unhappiness felt on seeing others go away from bhakti – Hindi?

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

The life of devotional dynamism

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

​What kind of mental pitch is favourable for bhakti?

If someone says the sparks of Krishna’s splendor are enough for me how can we connect them with Krishna?

How can we cultivate humility in our bhakti?

When mantra meditation involves actions and changes, how does it take us from the unchanging to the changing?

Where is the svabhava stored – is svabhava always unfavourable to bhakti?

​Seek the synergy of siddhanta, sadhana and sadachara

​Is sadachara as a sign of spiritual advancement relative – eg. some serious devotees find anger difficult to control?

Will a person with vaishya nature transcend that nature by spiritual growth?

​If devotees don’t do a service because they don’t feel inspired, are they being offensive?

​In what mood can we recite the later Shikshashtakam verses that describe exalted devotion?

How is Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s example of practicing bhakti applicable today?

Flight wings give wings to the flight of realization

​When intellectual level is higher than sensual, why are intellectual devotees still attracted to sensual pleasure?

Can the guru take back to godhead even disciples who are still works in progress?

Does the Gita recommend different yogas for different people?