Worldly intoxication and devotional intoxication differ in consciousness, content and consequence
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Gita 14.25 As long as we are materially motivated, we will be materially agitated
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Demystifying Reincarnation 15 – The Gita’s model of the self and its explanatory potential
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How can we avoid judging ourselves?

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How can we deal with self-doubt?

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What does it mean to be consistently content with the self?
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If we see patterns similar to a failed relationship in a new relationship, how can we avoid becoming pessimistic?
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Devotion doesn’t restrict us – it empowers us
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The Spirit of Diwali – Light the inner lamp to see beyond the painkiller of entertainment to the cure of devotion
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[Sunday feast talk at Austin Vedic Cultural Center, Austin, USA]

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Gita 14.24 To be equipoised, be situated in the self, not in the world

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Demystifying Reincarnation 14 – Reincarnation in Christianity, Islam and Buddhism
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Understanding Gita Wisdom – Interview on People of Bhakti at Bhakti Radio Network
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If a relative of mine is getting influenced by Christian missionary propaganda, what should I do?
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How can we develop our relationship with Krishna without minimizing the position of the guru?
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If a child becomes orphaned because the parents commit suicide, is that because of the child’s destiny or the parents’ misuse of free will?
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Where can I get mantra diksha?
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Do we need to know God before we can have faith in him?
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What does it mean to serve the Lord?
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How does one find a spiritual path?
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Gita 14.23 We are not our scars, be they physical or emotional
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Demystifying Reincarnation 13 – Reincarnation accepted across history and geography
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What is the role of religion in today’s world?

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Is hypnotic regression to past lives for real?
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The missing self in the selfie
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Gita 14.22 Be a non-judgemental non-committal observer of your emotions
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How do we explain the non-physical is differentiated as the mind and the soul?
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How do we help people who hold that nature is their god?
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Gita 02.20-30 Go beyond lamentation by understanding the eternality of the soul and the multiplicity of its reincarnations
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How the Universal Form makes Krishna accessible
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Gita 14.21 When the disease is subtle, we need education to perceive the symptoms of sickness and health
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Prabhupada life-story 09 – Alone and unaided in an alien land

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Overcoming negative emotions 3 – Fear
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Overcoming negative emotions 3 fear from Chaitanya Charan

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Understanding religion and bhakti in the three modes
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Just as Nalakuvera-Manigriva were given remembrance their past lives, why can’t we be given remembrance of our past lives?
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When is violence justified – how is the Gita’s war different from modern World Wars?
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If our intelligence can never supersede Krishna’s intelligence, how can our will supersede his will – how can we act independent of him?
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If we don’t have gratitude, how does it matter in bhakti?
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Just as Krishna gives conviction to different people to worship different devatas, does he give different devotees conviction to serve him in different ways?
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How to overcome lust or material desire
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Gita 14.20 Those who transcend the modes transcend miseries
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