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December 2016

• 71) If bhakti means to give up all designations then how do we see our duties to our country?

November 2016

• 70) ​What kind of mental pitch is favourable for bhakti?
• 69) How can we cultivate humility in our bhakti?
• 68) What are the duties of a modern woman who wants to practice bhakti?
• 67) ​How can we use in bhakti the qualities we don’t know we have?
• 66) ​Should we just depend on bhakti to purify us or cultivate introspectiveness to check and change our motives?
• 65) When bhakti provides higher pleasure than sensuality, why does the mind still crave for sense pleasure?
• 64) ​Does our enthusiasm in bhakti come from our sincerity or from Krishna’s mercy?
• 63) Where is the svabhava stored – is svabhava always unfavourable to bhakti?
• 62) ​How can we avoid getting sucked into local temple politics while practicing bhakti?
• 61) ​Is a goal-oriented approach in bhakti in the mode of passion?

October 2016

• 60) Is bhakti meant for setting things right in our life or for liberating our soul?
• 59) ​How does bhakti counter anxiety?
• 58) ​How to share bhakti with our relatives who are addicted to materialism?
• 57) ​Initially, bhakti doesn’t give as much happiness as sensuality – how to persevere then?
• 56) ​How does bhakti invert social hierarchy?
• 55) How can we introduce new people to bhakti?
• 54) ​Activate the grand rapid flow of bhakti by restructing your mental architecture
• 53) Does bhakti lead to brahman, as Gita 14.26 says or does brahman lead to bhakti, as Gita 18.54 says?
• 52) ​What does one get by doing sva-dharma without doing bhakti?
• 51) ​What to do when people exclude us from some social circles because of our bhakti practices?
• 50) ​Should we share bhakti wisdom only after we have understood it thoroughly?
• 49) ​Why does the Gita say that sva-dharma shouldn’t be given up whereas Bhagavatam says sea-dharma should be given up for bhakti?
• 48) Are bhakti activities transcendental to the modes or are we to engage activities in the modes in bhakti?
• 47) ​Why does the Gita give its essence of bhakti in its middle and not at its end?
• 46) ​Does developing our conscience and intelligence develop our bhakti?
• 45) ​If I can invest one hour daily for bhakti, which bhakti practices should I do?
• 44) ​How has the momentum of bhakti helped you to face problems in your own life?
• 43) In bhakti, how do we decide which aspects are matters of principle and which, matters of preference?
• 42) ​Does bhakti cause increase in our problems or does increase in problems intensify our bhakti?
• 41) ​While sharing bhakti, how can we overcome the tendency to be intellectually aggressive?
• 40) ​How can we encourage devotee-kids to explore bhakti and not worldly pleasures?
• 39) ​How can we share bhakti with atheists who are nature-conscious and are relatively in the mode of goodness?
• 38) ​When bad thoughts trouble us during our bhakti practice, how to respond?
• 37) ​​​​If we have terrible pain, how can bhakti help us tolerate that pain?
• 36) ​If we feel worried the same way as we felt before practicing bhakti, is something wrong with our bhakti practice?
• 35) ​Seek not moments of bhakti – seek momentum in bhakti

September 2016

• 34) Why do senior devotees sometimes divert from bhakti to fringe fields?
• 33) Is not being disturbed amidst problems indicative of apathy or of bhakti?
• 32) ​Why do people become sarcastic towards those practicing bhakti?
• 31) ​What are the most important things for practicing bhakti?
• 30) ​How can we balance our studies and our bhakti?
• 29) ​If bhakti is the art of becoming happy, why are we bhaktas not happy?
• 28) ​How can we increase our appreciation for bhakti?
• 27) If we are never disqualified in bhakti, why did Lord Chaitanya reject Kala Krishnadas for just one mistake?
• 26) How does guilt practically help increase our bhakti?
• 25) ​How can guilt manifest in a way favourable for bhakti?
• 24) ​While practicing bhakti, how can we avoid losing interest in our work?
• 23) If we are to be detached from results, how can we motivate ourselves for our work?
• 22) If we have to go against our family members to practice bhakti, is the inner bad feeling conscience or pseudo-conscience?
• 21) ​Is cessation of misery not stable without bhakti?
• 20) Shikshashtakam 9 Text 5 The subtle interplay of endeavor and grace in bhakti
• 19) Shikshashtakam 8 Text 4 Let your bhakti be Krishna-centered, not renunciation-centered

August 2016

• 18) ​Can hypnosis be used to help us better focus our mind in bhakti?
• 17) ​If the husband practices bhakti, does the wife automatically get the benefit even if she doesn’t practice?
• 16) ​How can an intellectual practice bhakti without becoming intellectually deviated?
• 15) How to respond to scholars who consider abstract principles more important than bhakti specifics?
• 14) How can we give bhakti to beggars and other poor people?
• 13) Does a culture of free mixing among genders make bhakti impossible to practice?
• 12) ​Can we use self-help books that give techniques that help us in our bhakti?
• 11) How do we see the joy of living in the present from the bhakti perspective?

July 2016

• 10) ​Bhagavatam canto 6 study 3 – 6.2.1-28 Bhakti’s potency is not a license for immorality
• 9) ​Don’t let astonishment over mystical or technological marvels distract from bhakti
• 8) ​Can we just take shelter of bhakti when nothing solves our problems?
• 7) ​Should we preach about the material benefits of bhakti given in scripture?
• 6) When children don’t have intention to practice bhakti, does giving them devotional samskaras help?
• 5) ​Do the Yamadutas know about bhakti?
• 4) Did Ajamila by caring for his son develop bhakti?
• 3) Bhagavatam canto 6 study 1 – 6.1.1-27 Nothing purifies as thoroughly as bhakti
• 2) ​Why do we feel enthusiastic initially in bhakti, but later that enthusiasm goes away?

November 2011

• 1) Why is it so difficult to know God?