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Do we learn shastra by studying more or serving more?
If we dont understand something in the Gita should we re-read it till we understand before going ahead?
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What is the joking referred to in Gita 1.25 purport?
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Bhagavatam-daily 45 – 11.07.35 – Shelter comes not by ritual formalization but by learning disposition
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How can we use gadgets in bhakti without becoming attached?
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If six systems of philosophy are progressive why are they contradictory?
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If the Gita is contextual, why is it considered such an important scripture?
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Is death alone away from loved ones successful death?
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Srila Prabhupada says this in a purport. Isn’t dying in association actually the best way to die?
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Gita 14.27 – To maximize happiness, seek it in Krishna
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Bhagavatam-daily 44 – 11.07.34 – Learning attitude ensures that we learn not just occasionally but constantly
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Gita 03.40 – Don’t mistake inner misleading propaganda with reality
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Bhagavatam-daily 43 – 11.07.33 – Learning is not for earning or controlling, but for harmonizing
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Gita 02.70 – Protect consciousness not by closedness but by fullness
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Bhagavatam-daily 42 – 11.07.32 – Constant learning mood heralds adventures in wisdom and devotion
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Gita 18.46 – Worship first to make work worship
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Bhagavatam-daily 41 – 11.07.31 – The intelligence for spiritual enquiry is a great fortune
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Bhagavatam-daily 40 – 11.07.30 – Saintly association impels us to question our definition of happiness
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Bhagavatam-daily 39 – 11.07.29 – Burning oneself to feel the relief of coming out of fire is not pleasure
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Gita 05.23 – Tolerance is not passive, but dynamic
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What will it take for us to lose faith in our mind?
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Thoughts on Thanksgiving
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I write a journal daily (well, almost daily) and sometimes when I can’t think of anything to write, I just type “Thank you, Krishna …” and let my fingers move on the keyboard. I thank Krishna for whatever good things have happened in my life. I thank him for whatever good ideas I have got […]
Isn’t forcing ourselves to thank God for bad things self-repression?
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Does bhakti make us unambitious?
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Gita 02.61 – Use existing mind control to give control to the supreme controller
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Bhagavatam-daily 38 – 11.07.28 – Ability present, activity absent is astonishing
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Gita 02.69 – Overcome inner resistance by choosing a higher definition of success
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Bhagavatam-daily 37 – 11.07.27 – Go beyond the maya of papa – and punya
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Gita 02.15 – Nothing is worth being distracted from Krishna
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Devotion is the culmination of our aspiration for liberation
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We all aspire to be free, to be liberated from external limitations to our pursuit of happiness. The Statue of Liberty appeals to many because it symbolizes this human aspiration for freedom. This same aspiration makes many countries celebrate the achievement of independence as a defining moment in their national history. Such forms of liberation, […]
Devotion is the culmination of the aspiration for liberation
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Was Mirabai greater than Jiva Goswami because she saw beyond bodily gender?
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Is Modi anti-secular in giving the Gita to other heads of state?
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Is the Gita a religious book or a secular book?
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Is secularism against the Vedic tradition?
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Bhagavatam-daily 36 – 11.07.26 – Presence of knowledge begs questions about its source and use
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Gita 02.55 – The holy name takes our quest for happiness beyond the mind to the soul
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Thoughts on Thanksgiving
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Why does Gita 7.25 use yoga-maya instead of maha-maya?
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From Keshava Kashmiri P Srila prabhupada have many times stated the difference between mahamaya and yogamaya in his purports . but this specific verse of bhagavad gita talks about ,how lord krishna covers his identity from the people who are not devotees (as stated “fools and unintelligent ” ) then why krishna uses a word […]
Does the Gita ask Arjuna to choose job over family?
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The Gita asks Arjuna to choose his kshatriya-dharma (his job) over his kula-dharma (his family duty). So isn’t it anti-family?
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Should prostitution be legalized in India?
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The National Woman’s Commission and the Indian Government are considering this. What is the Vedic perspective on it?
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