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When we don’t know what past-life karma caused our present suffering how do we learn?
Bhagavatam-daily 22 – 11.07.12 – Devotional vision and benevolent intention protects us from fall
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Bhagavatam-daily 21 – 11.07.11 – When there’s no impurity, right action comes spontaneously, not intellectually
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Are only Indian breed cows go mata?
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From Anuj Agarwal P
As far as I know Srila Prabhupada readily accepted milk from all breeds of cows. But, some spiritual teachers say only indigenous indian cow breeds are go-mata. Foreign breeds are from Raksasas. Is this correct? If so should …
When God doesn’t conjure tricks can he be considered a magician?
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When God doesn’t need to do research, can he be considered a scientist?
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Gita 5.24 – The Holy Name is Krishna manifest outwards to take us inwards
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Gita 18.56 – Meditate on the accessibility of bhakti, not its difficulty
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Was Bhishma an impersonalist – he refers to Krishna in the third person not the second person?
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Though Krishna was present right in front of him, Bhishma’s final prayers are in the third person ‘tam’ not the second person ‘tvam’
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What is the difference between spiritual, transcendental and devotional?
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Where exactly is the pleasure of sex: in our mind, in our body’s hormonal secretion or in the other person’s body?
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Bhagavatam-daily 20 – 11.07.10 – Don’t let relative security distract from absolute security
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What leads to spirtual advancement – taking more responsibility in service or doing more chanting?
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Should we stop voting in elections because no political party stops sinful activities?
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Shikshashtakam 3 – Varnavada, sphotavada and the holy name’s potency
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Is God a scientist or a magician?
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What are phantom limbs – how do they prove the soul’s existence?
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Is the God of the Abrahamic traditions the same as the God of the Vedic tradition
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Bhagavatam-daily 19 – 11.07.09 – Seeing our connectedness with Krishna keeps us safe
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Will devotional service free us from a painful disorder?
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From: vignesh P if one is suffering from serious disorder ,which is very painful ,at that time will our chanting and devotional service help us reduce pain Answer Podcast
Does one lose wealth or gain wealth by worshiping Hari?
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From Keshava Kashmiri P Bhagavatam says “If I especially favor someone, I gradually deprive him of his wealth. Then the relatives and friends of such a poverty-stricken man abandon him. In this way he suffers one distress after another.” then why at other places ,in sastras ,like for eg In the Padma Purana, in the […]
Is controlling lust forcibly helpful or harmful?
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From: Vivek Kikaan P
I am new in KC, so asking this question. Please tell that if we try to control lust forcefully to be faithful to Krishna’s Love, then, is that a temporary Mental state, a rise in consciousness or a forceful harm to our shaking cons…
Bhagavatam-daily 18 – 11.07.08 – See beyond material good and bad to Krishna
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Does God create energy out of nothing?
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From: ABHIJIT SONWANE Law of conservation of energy states that energy can neither be created nor be destroyed. It can be transformed from one form to another form. And God transforms his marginal energy into souls. Can god create energy out of nothing ? What is the reference saying that energy can be created by […]
Why do devotees consult psychologists instead of chanting mahamantra?
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Doesn’t it mean that they don’t have faith in the holy name? Answer Podcast
Why do you call your site spiritualscientist when there’s not much scientific content?
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Aren’t you misappropriating the prestige of science to propagate your own philosophy?
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Does om purnam imply that we should be complete and so we should be Krishna?
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How can we share scriptural wisdom in today’s secular government?
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SC Judgement on implication of secularism
Why does Bhishma Panchaka have 4 days this year instead of 5?
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Bhagavatam-daily 17 – 11.07.07 – To accept the fleeting as lasting is illusion
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Retreat within to treat without
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Bhagavatam-daily 16 – 11.07.06 – The light of devotion illumines this dark age
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Value Education and Spirituality 13 – Mahabharata 8 – Draupadi – Ask not why this but how now
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Value Education and Spirituality 12 – Mahabharata 7 – Yudhisthira 1 – Gambling can fell even the great
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Value Education and Spirituality 11 – Mahabharata 6 – Karna 3 – Respond to adversity with integrity
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Value Education and Spirituality 10 – Mahabharata 5 – Karna 2 – Life of honor is more important than word of honor
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Value Education and Spirituality 9 – Mahabharata 4 – Karna 1 – Choose friends that bring out our best, not our worst
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Bhagavatam-daily 15 – 11.07.05 – Today’s culture aggravates, rationalizes and exploits people’s lower side
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Does papa-yonayah in Gita 9.32 refer to a fourth category?
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Answer Podcast Article by Hari Parshad Prabhu that compiles and analyzes a dozen acharyas commentaries on Gita 9.32 Prabhupada quotes using papa-yonayah as a fourth category, to refer to those outside varnashrama (compiled by Revati Vallabha P) Päpa-yoni means muci, less than the çüdras. If he takes to Kåñëa consciousness, te ‘pi yänti paräà gatim, they are also […]
Does Gita 18.56 refer to karma-yoga or bhakti-yoga?
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From Hari Parayana P
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