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Bhagavatam-daily 92 – 11.08.08 – The fashion and cosmetic industries make the fire more seductive for moth-like humans
Bhagavatam-daily 91 – 11.08.07 – Illusion makes the destructive seem attractive
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Gita 04.17 – Action-reaction correlation is incomprehensible, but right action is discernible
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New book – “10 Leadership Sutras from Bhagavad Gita”
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In today’s stress-filled environment, corporate leaders are increasingly turning towards the world’s time-honored traditions for relief and insight. While they usually seek relief through yoga practice, many go further, seeking insight about the nature of yoga and of life itself – and of how to make it all work in today’s world. “10 Leadership Sutras […]
Bhagavatam-daily 90 – 11.08.06 – When we experience oceanic Krishna within, river-like material ups and downs can’t disturb
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If a senior devotee asks me to take up a major service that he himself is not good at, should I follow him?
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Gita 04.16 – Don’t simplistically equate dictionary meaning with scriptural meaning
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Gita 04.15 – Follow the successful to be successful
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Gita 04.14 – Knowledge of Krishna’s position protects us from karmic subjugation
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Gita 04.13 – Krishna is the non-doer because he is non-discriminating
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As varna means color, is varnashrama based on bodily color?
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How can we help a dying relative attain emotional closure with an unforgiving relative?
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Gita 04.02 – The Gita lives through those who live the Gita
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Bhagavatam-daily 89 – 11.08.05 – Absorption in the unlimited keeps us unagitated
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Gita 04.01 – Yogic knowledge comes from transcendental source through extra-terrestrial route to terrestrial recipient
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Bhagavatam-daily 88 – 11.08.04 – Use bodily energy to unlock consciousness from the body
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Gita 02.49 – Take shelter of the intelligence to ultimately take shelter of the source of intelligence
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Gita 04.12 – Demigod worship is quick fix in the world of religion
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Gita 04.11 – Appreciate the profundity of Krishna’s reciprocity and universality
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Bhagavatam-daily 87 – 11.08.03 – Don’t spend more mental energy on the body than necessary
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Does fear take people towards God or away from him?
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The movie PK states that people go to temples because of fear, but Gita 4.10 states that fear obstructs people from Krishna’s shelter. How do we reconcile the two? Answer Podcast: Download by “right-click and save content”
Is speaking to new people about Krishna the ninth offense to the holy name?
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From Sajit P: Lord Chaitanya enjoins us to speak Krishna’s message to everyone, yet the ninth offense forbids us from speaking the glories of the holy name to faithless people. How do we reconcile? Answer Podcast: Download by “right-click and save content”
Gita 04.10 – Overcome 3 obstructive attitudes for taking shelter of Krishna
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Gita 07.26 – Seek reassurance in Krishna’s prescience and competence
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PK QA – article series
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1. Are rituals wrong numbers to God? (PK QA 1) 2. Can we reject as wrong numbers the rituals that don’t make sense? (PK QA 2) 3. Why do religious teachers stereotype people as when they pronounce all Pakistanis as cheaters? (PK QA 3) 4. Do people who are afraid go to temples? (PK QA 4) 5. Is it […]
Are there two gods: the god who created man and the god whom man created? (PK QA 6)
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Why only two? Why not thousands? Yes, it is true that man has concocted notions of God. But if we were to count such concoctions, then there would be not two gods but thousands of gods, because thousands of people have come up with their own myriad notions of god. PK says that we don’t […]
Is it cowardice to go to God out of fear? (PK QA 5)
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It is no more cowardice than is a small child’s going to parents out of fear. But just as the child is meant to outgrow the fear, so too are religious people meant to grow up spiritually and outgrow the fear motive for going to God. There are four broad levels at which people approach […]
Do people who are afraid go to temples? (PK QA 4)
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Could be, but then people who are afraid go to watch PK too. Many people who watch movies seek relief from worry, stress, and tension – all fear by other names. If an activity is to be stopped just because it is done out of fear, then watching PK should also be stopped. Just as […]
Why do religious teachers stereotype people as when they pronounce all Pakistanis as cheaters? (PK QA 3)
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Such stereotyping is definitely undesirable, but then why does PK stereotype all religious teachers by depicting them in just one color – black. If there are shades among Pakistanis, aren’t there shades among religious teachers? The popular media frequently portrays religious teachers as manipulators and mercenaries out to profit from people’s faith and fear. And […]
Bhagavatam-daily 86 – 11.08.02 – Apply python’s attitude by being an optimizer, not a maximizer
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Gita 04.09 – Attainment of Krishna is not rebirth, but release from rebirth
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Gita 04.08 – Let Krishna establish dharma within
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Gita 07.29 – Devotion prevents our head-on collision with misery
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Bhagavatam-daily 85 – SB 11.08.01 – Why struggle to increase the pleasure that is unchangeably finite?
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Don’t anoint everything as spiritual or denounce everything as material
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Gita 04.07 – Universality of opportunity defines and distinguishes dharma
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Gita 04.06 – Don’t presume familiarity with concepts due to familiarity with terms
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Gita 04.05 – Krishna spiritual position is not affected by his material location
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Bhagavatam-daily 84 – 11.07.74 – When the prison door is open don’t turn your back to it
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Gita 02.69 – The darkness will not end if we don’t end our dark desires
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