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When hearing about Krishna from nondevotees can create interest in people and act as a stepping stone to devotional service, why is such hearing considered like milk touched by a snake?
Purification brings fearlessness
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Everyone can become a fearless and honest person if his very existence is purified by discharging the prescribed duty for each and every order of life. One can become fixed in one’s prescribed duty by faithful aural reception of Vedic instructions and assimilation of the essence of Vedic knowledge by devotional service to the Lord. […]
Knotty Verse Series 6 – 11.33 – Is the Gita’s call for violence literal or metaphorical?
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Knotty Gita Verses Series 5 – 03.35 – Does the Gita endorse the caste system?
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Why do devotees in demoniac bodies like Bali and Vritrasura act like other demons and attack the demigods?
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If the temple management organizes kirtan festivals with singers who do not follow high standards of sadhana, should we participate in such festivals?
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Is it right for devotees to use kirtan singing for earning their living?
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How are the lower planetary systems different from hell? What purpose do they serve?
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Is the Lanka in the south of India the same as Ravana’s Lanka?
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What is the relationship between the moon and Chandraloka?
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Did man go to the moon?
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What is the meaning of the higher dimensional perspective in understanding whether man went to the moon or not?
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Did man go to the moon?
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Why do some people during NDEs feel peace and don’t see Yamadutas? Doesn’t this prove that such experiences are just imaginations based on their subconscious conceptions?
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Why is it that in the reported cases of NDE’s in west and east differ, people in west report seeing things which are totally different from what we know from the Vedas……….most people claim to be seeing themselves dead and gradually rising above rising above in a realm of total peace (HG RSP’s book “Positive thinker” has one such […]
Why did Krishna ask Arjuna to worship Durga before the Mahabharata war?
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Srila Prabhupada recommended monarchy in his books, yet instituted democracy in managing ISKCON through the GBC. Why?
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Why did Lord Chaitanya not give the Hare Krishna mantra to Tukaram Maharaj?
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If lord Chaitanya is the spiritual master of Tukaram Maharaj then why is it that he was given a different Mantra than the Maha Mantra though the Upanishads claim the maha mantra to be the only remedy for removing the effects of Kali……………………………If it’s just because “Ram Krishna Hari” also is God’s name only, then one may say […]
Is the Absolute Truth like water that appears liquid to the impersonalists and solid to the personalists?
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Some spiritual teachers give the example that how we perceive the Absolute Truth depends on our consciousness. Just as the same water appears liquid at one temperature and solid at another temperature, so the Absolute Truth appears impersonal at one level of consciousness and personal at another level. Is this a correct understanding? Answer Podcast
What is the logical proof for the existence of the spiritual world?
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From Pancha Pandava P Answer Podcast Answer Summary as the acronym SPIRIT S – Soul’s origin P – Paranormal phenomena I – Innate longing for eternal shelter R – Revelation of scripture and realization of saints I – Inconceivable consistency of diverse traditions T – Transformational potency of spirituality
Does one have to accept everything in the philosophy of ISKCON to become a devotee-preacher?
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Can you explain the various characteristcs by which the essential meaning of a book can be ascertained?
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Bhakti-yoga is the only source of happiness
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Bhakti-yoga is not only easy, simple, natural and free from trouble, but is the only source of happiness for the human being.
– Srimad Bhagavatam 2.2.33 purport
How can we practice and share Krishna consciousness when the political leadership is uncooperative or even opposed?
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In what mood should we take darshan of Deities?
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When scriptures teach bhakti clearly, why do Mayavadis misinterpret scriptural teachings?
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Bhagavata Dharma Series 3 – 1.2.17-22 – Practice bhakti-yoga cheerfully
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The grossest type of anartha
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The grossest type of anartha which binds the conditioned soul in material existence is sex desire, and this sex desire gradually develops in the union of the male and female.
– Srimad Bhagavatam 2.2.12 purport
Should we chant and wait for feeling to come or chant with feeling?
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In Deity Worship why do we offer specific items and rotate them a specific number of times?
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How do we deal with people who become cold or hostile when we share Krishna consciousness with them?
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What exactly does the Gita say about ‘work is worship’?
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Why do religions have both commandments to not kill and sacrifices involving animal killing?
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How is hearing a service to Krishna?
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Is a shudra devotee better than a brahmana nondevotee? How?
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Do devotees realize Brahman first, then Paramatma and then Bhagavan?
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In today’s competitive society, how can we practice simple living & high thinking?
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Bhagavata Dharma Series 2 – SB 01.02.11-16 – How bhakti brings realization of the Absolute Truth
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How can we determine our varna?
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The Lord is the most affectionate mother
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The baby in the lap of his mother is naturally attached to the mother, and the mother is attached to the child. But when the child grows up and becomes overwhelmed by circumstances, he gradually becomes detached from the mother, although the mother always expects some sort of service from the grown-up child and is […]
Bhagavata Dharma Series 1 – SB 01.02.06-10 – How bhakti is the supreme dharma
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How can we avoid becoming lethargic in spiritual life?
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The nonviolent violence of the Gita
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The battlefield setting of the Gita often prompts people to ask the question: “How can God instruct a peace-seeking person to fight a deadly war that caused so much suffering?” The Gita (05.29) unequivocally declares that Krishna is the greatest well-wisher of all living beings. He never wants to cause anyone any suffering; in fact, […]