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Snana Yatra – Entry into the Lord’s circle of love through intimate service
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Special Day Meditation Podcast

Why do we have to give up material pleasures to experience spiritual pleasures?
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Asked in relationship with this Gita-daily article: Those who give up pleasure for principle gain life’s principal pleasure Answer Podcast

Did past people believe in miracles like Govardhana lila because they were unscientific and gullible?
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If Krishna is the cause of all causes, is he the cause of everything that we and others do?
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Gita 14.28 – The holy name takes us out of the shackle of the modes
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Holy Name Meditation Podcast

Maturity means to not let our emotionality interfere with our responsibility
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In our fast-paced, want-filled culture, it’s easy to get stressed out and suffer emotional breakdowns. Perhaps the emotion most likely to disrupt the lives of most people today is anxiety. The whole process of becoming mature centers on becoming effective in managing our emotions. Babies are governed by their emotions – if they feel pain […]

Mahabharata Characters 26 – Yudhisthira 04 – The Pandavas dishonoured and dispossessed
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Listen audio… This talk is a part of the “Fascinating Mahabharata Characters” series. To know more about this course, please visit: bhakticourses.com

If we concede that scripture doesn’t contain literal report of conversations then where will the erosion of scriptural authority end?
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Answer Podcast My thanks to Hari Parshad Prabhu for the following references: From Srila Sridhar Swami’s commentary on introduction to Bhagavad Gita: tam eva bhagavad-upadiṣṭam arthaṁ kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyanaḥ saptabhiḥ śloka-śatair upanibabandha | tatra ca prāyaśaḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-mukhād viniḥsṛtān eva ślokān alikhat | kāṁścit tat-saṅgataye svayaṁ ca vyaracayat Translation: Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasa composed 700 verses from that purport spoken […]

Are science and spirituality at war with each other?
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Lecture Podcast

Why are certain important verses quoted by acharyas not found in the scriptures?
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Answer Podcast Devotee-scholars’ research is uncovering the presence in scripture of many verses whose sources were earlier unknown or debated. One excellent sample of such scholarship is this document compiled by a devotee-scholar and friend Hari Parshad Prabhu: Prabhupada verses – sources found by Hari Parshad P Specific reference to verses about Mayavada: mayavadam asac […]

Are chanting praying and meditation the same?
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Answer Podcast

Why do some scriptures declare other gods to be Supreme?
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Are the Puranas unreliable because they have so many different versions?
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Prabhupada quotes largely from the Puranas so how can we show that our sampradaya is based on shruti?
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I was born in another sampradaya, but became introduced to seriously bhakti through ISKCON. Which sampradaya should I follow?
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Why do insubstantial religious groups spread extensively and pure saints remain unknown?
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How the Gita’s ninth chapter reveals its bhakti essence
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Lecture Podcast Lecture Highlights: 9.13-14: Inner disposition and outer action of devotees Concept of bhakti developed in the Gita: 2.61, 3.30, 4.9, 5.25, 6.14-15, 6.30, 6.47, 7.1, 8.14 Varying initial focuses of concentration in ashtanga-yoga: 5.27 and 6.13 Unvarying eventual and final focuses: 6.14, 6.30, 6.47, 7.1 Four ways Gita’s chp 9 glorifies bhakti: 1. […]