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Do we seek only an operational knowledge of scripture and not actual knowledge?
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Learning to live with emotional lows
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[Talk at ISKCON, Laguna Beach, California, USA]
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Bhagavatam study 71 1.14.1.11 – Departure of the order-sustaining Lord leads to disruption of that order
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How Krishna steals our distresses
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[Congregation program at Laguna Beach, USA]
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Does repeated practice improve our instincts?
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Does anyone who die in a dhama on a holy day go back to Godhead?
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If a desire is irresistible, what to do?
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Should we take other devotees plates for washing if they don’t want to give?
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Should we have expectations while practicing bhakti?
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Shouldn’t we speak strongly to get everyone on the fast track to Krishna?
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Are we the sum of our thoughts?
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What is the destination of good non-spiritual people such as Stephen Hawking?
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Spiritual but not religious – Analyzing four permutations
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[Talk at ISKCON, Las Vegas, USA]

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Can we say that intelligence comprises of knowledge processing, discrimination, analysis and determination?
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How should we deal with people involved in non-devotional dharmic causes?
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Is determination situated in the intelligence or in the mind?
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How can we practically make the intelligence the counsellor of the mind?
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How can we encourage a devotee to do service with someone they don’t like?
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Lessons from Hanuman’s devotion to Rama (4)
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Bring out the Hanuman within, not the Ravana within
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[Rama Navmi Class at ISKCON, Phoenix, USA]
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Lessons from Hanuman’s devotion to Rama 4 – How Hanuman provoked to deter Ravana from war
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[Congregation program at Phoenix, USA]

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Does the soul in an animal body learn anything spiritual?
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What is the relationship between soul, consciousness and heart?
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Lessons from Hanuman’s devotion to Rama 3 – Keeping our intention above our emotions
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[Congregation program at Phoenix, USA]

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Lessons from Hanuman’s devotion to Rama 2 – Earning trust through emotional intelligence
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[Congregation program at Phoenix, USA]

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Lessons from Hanuman’s devotion to Rama 1 – When we hide ourselves from the Lord, he hides himself from us
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[Congregation program at Phoenix, USA]

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When Garuda is a pure devotee, why does he eat fish?
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Ramayana series 3 – Rama-Lakshmana – Does destiny control everything?
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In Kali-yuga, thoughts don’t incur reactions – what does that mean practically?
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How can we help materially entrapped people to become spiritual?
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Ajamila knew scripture – yet he fell down. Why?
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How can we balance between bhakti and studies?
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Are our mistakes Krishna’s mercy?
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If our spouse is sentimentally following a different spiritual path, how should we deal with it?
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If our speaking about Krishna doesn’t transform others, does that mean we lack the purity that empowers senior devotees’ words to be transformational?
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Is wanting to go back after death to Krishna selfish and wanting to go to Prabhupada selfless?
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Ramayana series2 – Vali-Sugriva – Don’t judge without understanding
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If we have free will, how does Krishna know the future?
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How do we understand scriptural stories in which mountains are conscious?
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Are pleasures such as traveling to see new places considered addictive?
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