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Bhagavatam class at ISKCON, Soho Street, London, UK
Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/ccd%20classes/desiretree/2016%20classes/10-16%20classes/Pressing%20on%20when%20things%20don’t%20make%20sense.mp3
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Answer Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2016%20QA/10-16%20QA/Is%20bhakti%20meant%20for%20setting%20things%20right%20in%20our%20life%20or%20for%20liberating%20our%20soul.mp3
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Answer Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2016%20QA/10-16%20QA/Why%20was%20Arjuna%20Krishna’s%20favorite%20among%20the%20Pandavas.mp3
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Answer Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2016%20QA/10-16%20QA/How%20did%20Draupadi%20have%20so%20much%20devotion%20for%20Krishna,%20more%20than%20that%20of%20even%20the%20Pandavas.mp3
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The post How did Draupadi have so much devotion for Krishna, more than that of even the Pandavas? appeared first on The Spiritual Scientist.
Answer Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2016%20QA/10-16%20QA/Among%20the%20Gita’s%20four%20varnas,%20what%20is%20your%20varna.mp3
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The post Among the Gita’s four varnas, what is your varna? appeared first on The Spiritual Scientist.
Answer Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2016%20QA/10-16%20QA/Does%20Krishna%20tell%20Arjuna%20that%20you%20are%20a%20kshatriya%20at%20the%20level%20of%20a%20brahmana.mp3
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The post Does Krishna tell Arjuna that you are a kshatriya at the level of a brahmana? appeared first on The Spiritual Scientist.
Answer Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2016%20QA/10-16%20QA/If%20we%20don’t%20grieve%20at%20someone’s%20death,%20aren’t%20we%20devaluing%20them.mp3
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The post If we don’t grieve at someone’s death, aren’t we devaluing them? appeared first on The Spiritual Scientist.
Answer Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2016%20QA/10-16%20QA/Is%20our%20next%20body%20shaped%20by%20our%20desire%20or%20by%20our%20mind.mp3
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Answer Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2016%20QA/10-16%20QA/Does%20the%20Gita%20recommend%20doing%20yajna-dana-tapa%20or%20giving%20it%20up.mp3
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Talk at Mind Body Soul Forum, Bhaktivedanta Manor, London, UK
Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/ccd%20classes/desiretree/2016%20classes/10-16%20classes/Near%20death%20experiences%20demystified.mp3
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Answer Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2016%20QA/10-16%20QA/How%20does%20bhakti%20counter%20anxiety.mp3
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The post How does bhakti counter anxiety? appeared first on The Spiritual Scientist.
Answer Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2016%20QA/10-16%20QA/What%20role%20does%20time%20play%20in%20differentiating%20between%20wants%20and%20needs.mp3
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The post What role does time play in differentiating between wants and needs? appeared first on The Spiritual Scientist.
Answer Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2016%20QA/10-16%20QA/How%20can%20we%20regulate%20our%20material%20wants%20in%20our%20spiritual%20life.mp3
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Answer Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2016%20QA/10-16%20QA/Why%20was%20Bharat%20Maharaja%20punished%20with%20a%20deer%20body%20for%20his%20compassion.mp3
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The post Why was Bharat Maharaja punished with a deer body for his compassion? appeared first on The Spiritual Scientist.
Answer Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2016%20QA/10-16%20QA/Are%20all%20our%20material%20choices%20pre-determined%20by%20our%20past%20karma.mp3
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The post Are all our material choices pre-determined by our past karma? appeared first on The Spiritual Scientist.
Answer Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2016%20QA/10-16%20QA/When%20Krishna%20is%20in%20our%20heart%20and%20knows%20our%20desires,%20why%20do%20we%20need%20to%20pray%20to%20him.mp3
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The post When Krishna is in our heart and knows our desires, why do we need to pray to him? appeared first on The Spiritual Scientist.
Talk at Carrier Clinic, Belle Mead, New Jersey, USA
Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/ccd%20classes/desiretree/2016%20classes/10-16%20classes/Spirituality%20for%20caregivers.mp3
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Spirituality for caregivers from pustagopika26
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Answer Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2016%20QA/10-16%20QA/Can%20devotees%20ask%20Krishna%20for%20a%20material%20thing%20such%20as%20a%20child.mp3
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Bhagavatam class at the Bhaktivedanta Manor, London, UK
Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/ccd%20classes/desiretree/2016%20classes/10-16%20classes/How%20Rama%20tests%20Bharata%20-%20and%20how%20we%20can%20pass%20the%20test%20of%20desires.mp3
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Brahmachari class at the Bhaktivedanta Manor, London, UK
Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/ccd%20classes/desiretree/2016%20classes/10-16%20classes/Learning%20to%20manage%20our%20desires%20-%20Gita%2002.64-72%20.mp3
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Answer Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2016%20QA/10-16%20QA/Did%20Karna%20ever%20feel%20that%20he%20had%20made%20a%20wrong%20choice%20by%20fighting%20for%20Duryodhana.mp3
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The post Did Karna ever feel that he had made a wrong choice by fighting for Duryodhana? appeared first on The Spiritual Scientist.
Answer Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2016%20QA/10-16%20QA/When%20did%20Kunti%20reveal%20to%20Karna%20that%20he%20was%20her%20son%20-%20why.mp3
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The post When did Kunti reveal to Karna that he was her son – why? appeared first on The Spiritual Scientist.
Answer Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2016%20QA/10-16%20QA/When%20Krishna%20descends%20to%20destroy%20the%20miscreants,%20why%20does%20he%20try%20for%20peace%20with%20the%20miscreant%20Kauravas.mp3
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The post When Krishna descends to destroy the miscreants, why does he try for peace with the miscreant Kauravas? appeared first on The Spiritual Scientist.
Answer Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2016%20QA/10-16%20QA/Does%20Krishna%20ask%20Karna%20for%20his%20punya%20when%20Karna%20is%20about%20to%20die.mp3
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The post Does Krishna ask Karna for his punya when Karna is about to die? appeared first on The Spiritual Scientist.
Answer Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2016%20QA/10-16%20QA/How%20to%20share%20bhakti%20with%20our%20relatives%20who%20are%20addicted%20to%20materialism.mp3
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The post How to share bhakti with our relatives who are addicted to materialism? appeared first on The Spiritual Scientist.
Answer Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2016%20QA/10-16%20QA/How%20to%20deal%20with%20the%20conflict%20of%20feeling%20like%20giving%20charity%20and%20fearing%20that%20it%20may%20be%20misused.mp3
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The post How to deal with the conflict of feeling like giving charity and fearing that it may be misused? appeared first on The Spiritual Scientist.
Answer Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2016%20QA/10-16%20QA/What%20to%20do%20if%20the%20association%20of%20some%20devotees%20makes%20us%20negative%20and%20agitated.mp3
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The post What to do if the association of some devotees makes us negative and agitated? appeared first on The Spiritual Scientist.
Answer Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2016%20QA/10-16%20QA/How%20can%20we%20use%20our%20intellectual%20faculty%20to%20elevate%20ourselves%20and%20others%20spiritually.mp3
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The post How can we use our intellectual faculty to elevate ourselves and others spiritually? appeared first on The Spiritual Scientist.
Talk show at Queens College, Cambridge University, UK
Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/ccd%20classes/desiretree/2016%20classes/10-16%20classes/QA%20on%20Science%20&%20Religion%20at%20Cambridge%20University.mp3
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The post QA on Science & Religion at Cambridge University appeared first on The Spiritual Scientist.
Answer Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2016%20QA/10-16%20QA/Devotionally,%20we%20need%20to%20be%20humble.%20Professionally,%20we%20need%20to%20promote%20ourselves.%20How%20to%20reconcile.mp3
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The post Devotionally, we need to be humble. Professionally, we need to promote ourselves. How to reconcile? appeared first on The Spiritual Scientist.
Answer Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2016%20QA/10-16%20QA/How%20can%20we%20reduce%20the%20time%20we%20spend%20on%20devices.mp3
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The post How can we reduce the time we spend on devices? appeared first on The Spiritual Scientist.
Answer Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2016%20QA/10-16%20QA/How%20does%20the%20mind%20make%20decisions.mp3
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The post How does the mind make decisions? appeared first on The Spiritual Scientist.
Answer Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2016%20QA/10-16%20QA/How%20to%20deal%20with%20the%20mind%20if%20it%20traps%20us%20in%20the%20same%20behaviour%20repeatedly.mp3
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The post How to deal with the mind if it traps us in the same behaviour repeatedly? appeared first on The Spiritual Scientist.
Answer Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2016%20QA/10-16%20QA/How%20can%20we%20expand%20our%20resolutions%20from%20time-bound%20to%20lifelong.mp3
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The post How can we expand our resolutions from time-bound to lifelong? appeared first on The Spiritual Scientist.
Answer Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2016%20QA/10-16%20QA/What%20to%20do%20if%20the%20mind%20acts%20on%20us%20even%20before%20we%20realize%20what%20is%20happening.mp3
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The post What to do if the mind acts on us even before we realize what is happening? appeared first on The Spiritual Scientist.
Answer Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2016%20QA/10-16%20QA/Why%20are%20academic%20scholars%20of%20a%20tradition%20often%20derided%20by%20the%20tradition?.mp3
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Answer Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2016%20QA/10-16%20QA/How%20does%20scripture%20explain%20evolution.mp3
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The post How does scripture explain evolution? appeared first on The Spiritual Scientist.
Answer Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/CCD%20QA/2016%20QA/10-16%20QA/Are%20scientific%20claims%20of%20journey%20to%20other%20planets%20compatible%20with%20scripture.mp3
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One of my programs in Panama was at a Christian school, San Miguel Arcangel School, Panama. This school is in what is called Zona Roja (Red Zone) area, where drugs, crimes and the like are rampant.
My audience was mostly teenage kids who are particularly vulnerable to delinquency and worse in such areas. I had been asked to speak on “Power of the mind” – the same topic that I had spoken the previous day in the big hotel program. But seeing that this audience required a considerably simpler presentation, I decided to use a theme that kids can easily relate to – animals. I used three examples to illustrate different aspects of habits:
Dogs, specifically the dogs in the well-known experiments by Alexander Pavlov that salivated on hearing a ringing bell, to illustrate how our habits make us believe that some things are enjoyable even after they cease to be enjoyable.
Birds, specifically how birds need to go through the painful process of breaking their shells to have wings strong enough to fly, to illustrate how breaking our shell-like habits is worth the effort.
Elephants, specifically how a shackle that bound a baby elephant continues to bind an adult elephant because it stopped trying to break the shackle, to illustrate how we should never give up and shouldn’t under-estimate our power when we connect ourselves to God with meditation and prayer.
As the room had limited seats, the teachers asked the boys to be gentlemen and let the girls sit – the “gentlemen” agreed, though not too gently.
The talk audio is here: http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/2016/10/%E2%80%8Bwhat-dogs-birds-elephants-teach-us-habits-spanish-translation/
The post “What dogs, birds and elephants teach us about our habits” – talk at a Christian school in Panama appeared first on The Spiritual Scientist.
Bhagavatam class at Bhaktivedanta Manor, London, UK
Podcast
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/audio/ccd%20classes/desiretree/2016%20classes/10-16%20classes/Sumanta-Akrura%20parallels%20and%20ADD%20acronym%20for%20dealing%20with%20doubts.mp3
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