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Effective Leadership of spiritual communities
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[Seminar to community leaders, Sydney, Australia]
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Debunking the mind’s fake news – 4 points
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[Sunday feast class at ISKCON, Sydney, Australia]

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Worry not whether your path is genuine – worry whether you are genuine
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[Bhagavatam class at ISKCON Sydney, Australia]

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Maturity in relationships – Four principles – QA
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Will all our anxieties take us towards Krishna?
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Should we fast on every acharya’s appearance and disappearance – how important is austerity in bhakti?
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Bhagavatam study 107 1.19.19-24 Knowledge comes alive thorugh those live that knowledge
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Gita 18.31 Confusing between long-term purposes and short-term pleasures characterizes intelligence in passion
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Maturity in relationships – Four principles – 3. Appreciate 4. Act
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[Seminar in Sydney, Australia]

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Maturity in relationships – Four principles – 2. Ascertain
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Maturity in relationships – Four principles – 1. Accept
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Three factors that determine what we see – Knowledge, Desire, Commitment
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[Congregation program at ISKCON, Sydney, Australia on Bhagavad-gita 15.10-11]

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Gita 18.30 Intelligence means to see beyond appearance to consequence
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How can we maintain our momentum in devotion?
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For seva if our svadhyaya and sadhana go down, then are we going into Maya?
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Bhagavatam study 106 1.19.13-18 Our personal deliberation and our mentor consultation can be complementary, not contradictory
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If temple management uses philosophy to explain away wrong actions of devotees, what should we do?
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Gita 18.29 To drive purposefully, we need to know the destination, the path and the vehicle
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Bhagavatam study 105 1.19.7-12 The universal sages come to see of the royal sage
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Can forgiveness be a negative attribute?
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Are some sections of the scriptures outdated? – Understanding the compassionate intent of the Vedas 2
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Bhagavatam study 104 1.19.1-6 If sinful reaction rectifies sinful mentality, then the reaction is auspicious, not inauspicious
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Should we correct devotees and become a bad guy in their eyes or just turn a blind eye to their wrongdoings?
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Gita 18.28 Doers in ignorance act destructively for others and even for themselves
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If demons are devotees descending for mausala-lila, will they go to brahmajyoti on being liberated?
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Understanding the compassionate intent of the Vedas 1 – Are the Vedas agnostic?
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[Bhagavatam class at ISKCON, Sydney, Australia]

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Krishna’s presence is more precious than his present
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[Seminar at ISKCON, Sydney, Australia]

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How devotion makes the insurmountable ocean of material desires insignificant
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[Brahmachari class at ISKCON, Sydney, Australia on Bhagavatam 10.3.30-33]
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Bhagavatam study 103 1.18.44-50 Abuse of power by those representing God makes people godless
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For building a big temple, should a community’s focus shift from preaching to fund-raising?
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Gita 18.27 Our actions reflect our self-conception and our world-conception
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Who is the source of all incarnations – Vishnu or Krishna?
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Is everything insentient in the universe deterministic?
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Gita 18.26 The doer is not a non-doer but is a component in doing
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Who is to be purified – mind or soul?
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Bhagavatam study 102 1.18.36-43 Avoid offenses carefully and avoid getting offended easily
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Gita 18.25 To see our actions disconnected from the past and the future is to see in illusion
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How can we explain UFOs?
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Should we not do good to others because to get the good reaction we will have to take birth again?
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