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Gita 17.09 Food in passion is is sensually stimulating but eventually distressing and disease-inducing.mp3
Is ISKCON’s initial portrayal of the purificatory potency of bhakti unrealistic?
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Gita 17.08 Food in goodness provides profusely both nutrition and satisfaction
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Gita 17.07 Food, sacrifice, charity and austerity represent broad patterns of the soul’s interaction with its encasing circles
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If a couple can’t have a child, how can they serve Krishna?
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Everyone’s mind tell them different stories – don’t be judgmental, be purposeful
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Even when we accept a spiritual purpose, spiritual practice remains difficult – what to do?
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Gita 17.06 Defying scripture, be it for pandering the body or tormenting the body, is demonic
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Gita 17.05 Our body is not ours to abuse by arbitrary austerity
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When fear comes likes a forceful river, what to do?
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Gita 17.04 Our level of consciousness determines who we feel is worshipable
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If we feel Krishna has let us down in the past, how can we depend on him?
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How can we love others without becoming attached?
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Gita 17.03 The relationship between our existence and our faith is causal, constitutional and consequential
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Gita 17.02 See not just people’s ideological faith – see also their functional faith
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How can we differentiate between what to hold on to and what to let go?
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Gita 17.01 The Gita universalizes and contextualizes the analytical framework of the three modes
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When we feel excessive fear, how can we correct the mind’s corrupted software?
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Gita 16.24 Knowing scripture is our responsibility and our opportunity
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How can we deal with past hurtful memories?
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How are humility and honesty different – why are they needed in spirituality?
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Gita 16.23 Those who reject scripture suffer both in this life and the next
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Gita 16.22 To pursue our self-interest, we need to purge out self-defeating desires
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If I feel fearful because others keep reminding me of my past mistakes, what to do?
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Analyzing the relationship between material progress and spiritual progress
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[Class at ISKCON, Kolkata, India]
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Does greater ambition lead to greater fear?
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Gita 16.21 The metaphorical usage stresses the reality and gravity of the demoniac forces of lust, anger and greed
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I am afraid of darkness – what can I do?
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Why does Krishna test devotees?
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Gita 16.20 Demoniac action and demoniac destination is perpetuated by demoniac disposition
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How can we make the right choice a habit instead of an austerity?
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Gita 16.19 Devilish delights doom the demonic to deadly destinations
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Gita 16.18 When bad situations make us take shelter of our bad side, we become bad people
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Does maintaining an institute make managers rigid and impersonal?
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With what attitude should we go for inter-faith programs – how do they help our mission?
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Gita 16.17 Self-complacence and impudence perpetuate ignorance
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Gita 16.16 Desires and fears cover our consciousness completely with illusion
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If a Muslim wants to study the Gita but can’t accept God’s personal form, what to do?
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Is God the cause of negativity in humans?
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Gita 16.15 The ungodly want to look good, not become good
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