From anartha-nivrtti to artha-pravrtti 1 – Understanding Anartha
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Free will and God’s will
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Free will and God’s will 1 – God is the cause of all causes, not all effects
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Free will and God’s will 2 – Understanding the trigger, cause and target of our weakn…
Emotionally intelligent spirituality
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Emotionally intelligent spirituality 1 – Don’t work for or against emotions – work with them for Krishna
Emotionally intelligent spirituality 2 – Let immediate and ultimate solutions work cooperatively, not competitively
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Duryodhana character analysis
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Duryodhana character analysis 1 – How the entitlement mentality degrades
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Duryodhana character analysis 2 – Ambition distorted by envy becomes cancerous
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To be nice is not to be naive it is to be free from the control of vice Gita 16 02
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Does God laugh at our plans?
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Does God laugh at our plans? – part 1
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Does God laugh at our plans? – part 2
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Diwali meditations
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Diwali meditation 1 – Lakshmi Puja – Material fortune is a tool to spiritual fortune Diwali meditation 2 – Dipotsava – Light the home with lamps and the heart with love Diwali meditation 3 – Bali Pratipada – Surrendering everything fills our heart with the Lord of everything Diwali meditation 4 – Govardhana Puja –…
Demystifying Reincarnation
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Demystifying Reincarnation 1 – Incredible delusion or credible vision? Demystifying Reincarnation 2 – Hypnotically induced past life memories and Xenoglossy Demystifying Reincarnation 3 – Past life memories – Any normal explanation? Demystifying Reincarnation 4 – Past life memories – Guesses or Hyperboles? Demystifying Reincarnation 5 – Astonishing birth marks and birth defects Demystifying Reincarnation 6…
Dhruva pastime analysis
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Dhruva pastime analysis 1 – Everyone faces distress, the fortunate find the right direction – DHRUV acronym
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Dhruva pastime analysis 2 – DHRUV acronym – Humility a…
Developing service attitude
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Developing service attitude 1 – Service attitude transforms knowledge into realization
Service attitude transforms knowlege into realization from Chaitanya Charan
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Demons in krishna-lila
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Demons in krishna-lila 1 – How the metaphorical points to the transcendental and how Putana represents false guru https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=175600176662935 Demons in krishna-lila 2 – Shaktasura – Overcoming Lethargy https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=239641910040467 Demons in krishna-lila 3 – Trinavarta – Giving up useless argumentation https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=290295878475520 Demons in krishna-lila 4 – Vatsasura – Weakness is forgivable, wickedness isn’t https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=embed_video&v=476781222842679 Demons…
Daksha-Shiva conflict
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Daksha-Shiva conflict 1 – How misconceptions give rise to conflicts – Hindi
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Daksha-Shiva conflict 2 – The proud consider others proud – Hindi
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Comparing Ramayana and Mahabharata
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Comparing Ramayana and Mahabharata 1 – What caused the exiles
Comparing Ramayana and Mahabharata 2 – How to process adversities constructively
Comparing Ramayana and Mahabharata 3 – How to see and seek God ami…
Can ambition and devotion go together?
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Can ambition and devotion go together 1 – How happiness-distress are fixed and how they aren’t
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Can ambition and devotion go together 2 – How to channel ambition i…
Bring out the best you
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Bring out your best 1 – Self-help
Bring out your best 1 – Self-help
Bring out the best you 2 – Social help
Bring out the best you 2 – Social help
Bring out the best you 3 – Spiritual help
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Bhikshu Gita Series
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Bhikshu Gita 1 – Minimize misery by identifying the misery caused by the mind (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.42) Bhikshu Gita 2 – The mind makes it difficult for people to change – be understanding (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.43) Bhikshu Gita 3 – The mind makes the unreal seem real and the real seem unreal (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.44)…
Bhagavata Dharma Series
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Bhagavata Dharma Series 1 – SB 01.02.06-10 – How bhakti is the supreme dharma
Bhagavata Dharma Series 2 – SB 01.02.11-16 – How bhakti brings realization of the Absolute Truth
Bhagavata Dharma Series 3 – SB 01.02.17-22 – Practice bhak…
Bhagavad-gita and Modern Psychology
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Bhagavad-gita and Modern Psychology 1 – Is there anything beyond emotionality and rationality?
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Bhagavad-gita and Modern Psychology – 2 – Where mindfulness works a…
Attitude in outreach
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Attitude in outreach 1 – Present the product before the process – Be a role model
Attitude in outreach 2 – Explain the philosophy before the morality – Be respectfully compassionate
Are our mistakes part of Krishna’s plan?
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Are our mistakes part of Krishna’s plan? – 1
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Are our mistakes part of Krishna’s plan? – 2
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Balancing forgiveness and justice
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Balancing forgiveness and justice 1 – Why deterrence is essential
Balancing forgiveness and justice 2 – What forgiveness isn’t and what it is
Analyzing Govardhan Lila
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Analyzing Govardhan Lila 1 – How Krishna is the best provoker
Analyzing Govardhan Lila 2 – How Indra is thwarted and reformed
Gopi Gita Appreciation
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Gopi Gita Appreciation part 1, The Monk’s Podcast 159 – Amarendra Prabhu and Madhavananda Prabhu Gopi Gita Appreciation part 2, The Monk’s Podcast 160 – Madhavananda Prabhu and Amarendra Prabhu Gopi Gita Appreciation part 3, The Monk’s Podcast 164 with Madhavananda Prabhu and Amarendra Prabhu Gopi Gita Appreciation part 4, The Monk’s Podcast 166 with…
Gita Verses
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Gita Verses 1 The Context – Gita 1.1 Arjuna Asks About The Mystery Of Self Destruction Gita 3.36 Krishna Identifies The Source Of Self – Destructive Desire Gita 3.37 How Lust Covers Everyone Gita 3.38 The Eternal Enemy In The Form Of Lust Gita 3.39 3 Hideouts Of Lust Gita 3.40 Inner Hierarchy Gita 3.42…
Nourishing the creeper of devotion
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Nourishing the creeper of devotion 1 – The danger of becoming religious but not spiritual
Nourishing the creeper of devotion 2 – Regulate attachment even to things that help in devotion
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Bhakti in three modes
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Bhakti in three modes 1 – Bhakti in ignorance is self-righteous and hurtful
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Bhakti in three modes 2 – Bhakti in passion equates material success with spiritual ad…
Gaudiya Vaishnava History
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Gaudiya Vaishnava History 1- The Goswamis as pioneers
Gaudiya Vaishnava history 2 – Vishvanath C & Baldeva V as protectors
Gaudiya Vaishnavism 3 – Bhaktivinoda Thaktura & modernity
Gaudiya Vaish…
Hindi Krishna Charitra Series
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Hindi Krishna Charitra 1 | Krishna in Vrindavan 1 | Vatsalya rasa lila
Hindi Krishna Charitra 2 | Krishna in Vrindavan 2 | Sakhya-rasa lila
Hindi Krishna Charitra 3 | Krishna in Vrindavan 3 | Madhurya-rasa lila
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Damodarashtakam verse 2
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Damodarashtakam verse 2 line 1_ Prayer for better chanting
Damodarashtakam verse 2 line 2_ Prayer for better chanting
Damodarashtakam verse 2 line 3_ Prayer for better chanting
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Damodarashtakam verse 1
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Damodarashtakam verse 1 line 1_ Prayer for better chanting Transcription: Hare KrsnaMeditating on the Damodarastakam as a prayer for improving our remembrance of Krsna and our chanting. So, in this meditation, we can take one line from each verse and meditate on that.namāmīśvaraṁ sac-cid-ānanda-rūpaṁīśvara refers to the controller. Oh Krsna, You who are the Supreme…
Bhagavad Gita: Chapter Overviews
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Bhagavad Gita Overview Chapter 1
Bhagavad Gita Overview Chapter 2
Bhagavad Gita Overview Chapter 3
Bhagavad Gita Overview Chapter 4
Bhagavad Gita Overview, Chapter 5
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Desire Management || Series
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Desire Management 1
Desire Management 2