krishna consciousness

If our chanting is simply mechanical will that please Krishna?

How can we cultivate more of a family atmosphere in our movement?

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?

Why were the Pandavas treated so badly by their elders – in similar circumstances are we meant to be submissive?

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 not our bodies, why do devotee marriage boards want to know the candidate’s caste – Hindi?

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

Why did Dhritarashtra stay silent when Duryodhana insulted Vidura (Hindi)?

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

Does presenting scripture as meant for moral instruction lead to the rejection of scripture’s transcendental teachings?

The life of devotional dynamism

Prabhupada’s legacy lives on

​How did Prabhupada provide sadhana-bhakti and raganuga bhakti together?

How can we know whether we are depending on our own endeavors or on Krishna?

Bhakti is not about attachment or detachment but about commitment – please explain.

How can we fix the mind on Krishna?

How can we cultivate humility in our bhakti?

​How can we avoid getting sucked into local temple politics while practicing bhakti?

​How can we know which situations are in our control and which out of control?

As exalted devotees don’t want liberation should we not desire to get out of this world?

​Is a goal-oriented approach in bhakti in the mode of passion?

​What is consciousness – can we attain consciousness without giving up family life?

​Is knowing our weaknesses one of the results of materialism?

​Krishna is the basis of all being not just the best of all beings – what does this mean?

Do we need to appreciate devotees before we can appreciate Krishna?

If some people are more tolerant by their nature does that tolerance mean they are advanced devotees?

Is bhakti the only way to higher taste – or are there other ways too?

What exactly is polymorphic monotheism?

Tap the power of consciousness

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?

If devotees repeatedly back out of services they have committed to, how to respond without becoming irritated?

Can some people be so scarred as to be incapable of practicing spiritual life?

If something makes us go away from Krishna, how can we return towards him?

​How can we balance our studies and our bhakti?

​Is our intelligence enough for making right choices or do we need Krishna’s mercy?

​How is the soul’s consciousness transmitted at the liberated stage?

​Should we share our devotional memories when such memories are considered Krishna’s private gifts to us?

If we are never disqualified in bhakti, why did Lord Chaitanya reject Kala Krishnadas for just one mistake?

Is Krishna partial because he responds only those who call out?

Shikshashtakam 11 Text 7 Treasure devotional memories to propel your devotion

Shikshashtakam 8 Text 4 Let your bhakti be Krishna-centered, not renunciation-centered

How do we know everything when we know Krishna?

Are the material problems of a devotee solved automatically?

Can wanting to know more about Krishna distract us from bhakti especially from chanting?

Is the goal of commitment to please Krishna or to penetrate through the initial poison?

Is bhakti centered on commitment to Krishna or on attachment to him?

In the conflict between the mind and the intelligence, who decides?

​Should devotees rigidly force people to take to Krishna consciousness?

Bhagavatam study 62 1.12.30-36 The Bhagavatam’s lens focuses on separation from Krishna

​Bhagavatam study 55 1.11.8-13 Prosperity without Krishna is like beautiful things for the blind

​Bhagavatam study 54 1.11.1-7 Krishna’s arrival brings ecstasy

​Bhagavatam study 53 1.10.28-36 Krishna’s departure and travel are celebrations of love

​If desires are rising while chanting, how can we say to Krishna?

Ask a Hare Krsna – Episode 06

​Bhagavatam study 45 1.9.17-24 By doing the Lord’s will, we understand his benevolence