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Bhagavatam study 101 1.18.31-36 Presuming that we know God’s will and are doing his work is presumptuous and dangerous
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With our current knowledge of the material world, what can we understand about the spiritual world?
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Gita 18.24 Disconnection from our Lord leads to the consumption of our consciousness by passion
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If a couple has to divorce, do they keep getting the other’s karma even after divorce?
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Bhagavatam study 100 1.18.24-30 An annoyed response to annoying non-responsiveness is not malevolent
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Bhagavatam study 99 1.18.18-23 The unlimited has unlimited potency to purify us of our unlimited sins
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How is atheism self-refuting?
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Gita 18.23 To gain knowledge, we need basic knowledge about where to seek knowledge
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Might we have been created by some higher civilization instead of God?
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Bhagavatam study 98 1.18.11-17 Relish the sweetness of Bhagavan through the Bhagavata
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How exactly is the bull dharma deluded as Prabhupada mentions in SB 1.17.23 purport?
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Gita 18.22 Knowledge in ignorance makes us obsessed with one fragment of reality and one kind of action
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Do Krishna’s personal attributes symbolize something higher?
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Understand the audience to make your speech understandable to them
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kiṁ kariṣyanti vaktāraḥ śrotā yatra na vidyate

nagna-kṣapaṇake deśe rajakaḥ kiṁ kariṣyati

kim — what; kariṣyanti — will achieve; vaktāraḥ — speakers; śrotā — audience; yatra — where; na — not; vidyate — is present; nagna-kṣapaṇake deśe — in a town of naked sādhus; rajakaḥ — a washerman; kim — what; kariṣyati — will do

“What can expert speakers do if there is no like-minded audience? What can an expert washer-man achieve in a town full of naked sadhus?”

— Subhāṣita-ratna-bhāṇḍāgāram, Sāmānya-nītiḥ, Verse 426.

In public speaking, speakers are often encouraged to prepare their content carefully and to deliver it clearly, confidently, charismatically. Working on content and delivery is certainly important, but it doesn’t guarantee that the speech will be well-received. If people are just not interested in a particular subject, then even a well-prepared, well-delivered talk on that subject may fall flat. This can happen especially when speakers speak on spiritual subjects because not many people are interested in spirituality.

To trigger people’s interest, spiritual speakers can and should try to present their message creatively. Still, there’s a limit to how much creativity can help – sometimes, people may just not be interested. As this verse states, a washer-man can’t find customers among those who have resolved not to wear clothes.

Having said that, interest is often a function of relevance. Education experts say that adult education is largely driven by relevance. Unlike school students who feel obliged to study for getting a degree, most adults don’t feel obliged to study. If they do study, that’s usually because the subject interests them or is relevant to their needs. And for spiritual talks, most of the audience comprises adults. So, spiritual teachers need to make their presentations relevant to their audience’s felt needs.

Why felt needs? Because, in the ultimate analysis, spiritual knowledge is an essential need for everyone; after all, every living being is essentially a spiritual being. But just as most people don’t realize that they are souls, so too most people don’t feel the need for spirituality. Of course, once they start understanding spiritual knowledge and appreciating that they are souls, they recognize that spiritual wisdom is their vital need. Till they come to that level of understanding, they need to be shown how spiritual knowledge serves some of their present needs. To do that, teachers need to take time to understand their audience’s felt needs.

Let’s consider two examples of relevant presentations of spiritual knowledge:

The rebranding of God as a cosmic therapist:

In the past, when people were unsure about getting their basic bodily needs, the portrayal of God as a provider of cosmic supplies such as food and water was relevant to the audience. Nowadays, when these needs are more or less steadily provided for, especially in the Western or Westernized world, people don’t feel the need for any cosmic provider. But with people facing ever-increasing mental health issues, they do feel the need for therapy. So, the portrayal of […]

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Bhagavatam study 97 1.18.4-10 Understanding Parikshit M’s treatment of Kali
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Gita 18.21 To equate others physical appearance with spiritual substance is vision in passion
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Does following all religions lead to the same goal?
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As devotees in Vaikuntha know the Lord’s position whereas those in Goloka don’t, is the influence of Yoga-Maya lesser in Vaikunta – Hindi?
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Movie metaphor to understand how we are entangled and how bhakti liberates us
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Bhagavatam study 96 1.17.43-18.3 The recent past is just like the present
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Gita 18.20 Seeing commonality alone is not vision in goodness – seeing spirituality as the foundation of commonality is
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Are all ungodly people vicious?
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Rationally choosing our life’s purpose and process
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Bring out the best within, not the beast within – Hindi
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Analyzing Karna – Going beyond black and white perspectives in understanding scripture + QA
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Three levels of purification – reaction, action and inclination – Hindi
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How to increase our faith – Hindi
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Bhagavatam study 95 1.17.37-42 Undestanding how restricting area of residence is a form of punishment
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Gita 18.19 The Gita’s flow verses make its question-directed discussion more accessible
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We can’t delete our memories, but we can choose what we remember
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Gita 18.18 Analysis of the components of action is meant to direct towards non-reactive action
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Bhagavatam study 94 1.17.31-36 Adharama-bandhu Kali can’t be allowed to live in the kingdom of Dharma-raja pautra
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Gita 18.17 When we act without false ego, we stay free of reactions
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Bhagavatam study 93 1.17.24-30 Avoid both extremes of taking everything in scripture only literally or only metaphorically
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