Below are a select list of challenging topics we are planning to publish in a forthcoming book:

Varṇāśrama Dharma

• What is the place of varṇāśrama in Bhakti?
• Is the gṛhastha āśrama the lowest and slowest of the four?
• Is there any room for romance in the gṛhastha āśrama?
• Are Gauḍīya Vaishnavas truly Vedic?
• How does one find his or her own svadharma?
• Is democracy “demon-cracy”?
• What is the purpose of the varṇas?
• How do we raise children in Krishna Bhakti?

Four Regulative Principles

• Are there ethics beyond the four regulative principles?
• What is the place of sex and sexuality in Krishna Bhakti practice?
• Is homosexuality demoniac?
• How does veganism fit into Krishna Bhakti?
• Is there absolute morality? Does it lead to fanaticism?

Women

• Are women less intelligent?
• What is the significance of chastity in Bhakti?
• Should women be given independence?
• Are women, first and foremost, mothers?

Guru

• How is guru “as good as God?”
• What does it mean that “guru is one?”
• What is Guru Bhakti?
• Who is a pure devotee?
• What about when a guru falls?
• Who decides who goes back to Godhead?

Love

• Is there any love in the material world?
• Can our love be eternal?
• How does loving Krishna mean loving everyone?

Relationships

• What is the key to Vaishnava relationships?
• What is the anatomy of an offense: aparādha?
• What is higher, deity seva or devotee seva?
• Is criticizing devotees free speech?
• When does etiquette become artificial?
• Can we pray and fast for others?
• How do impersonalism and depersonalism creep in to Bhakti?
• How should we understand the passing away of a Vaishnava?

Science

• How do we reconcile science & Vaishnava spirituality?
• How do we share Bhakti with the scientifically-minded?
• Are the Vedas history or mythology?
• Is love a chemical reaction?

Prabhupāda

• What should be Śrīla Prabhupāda’s role in the life of the new generation of devotees?
• Is there a precedent for “translating Prabhupāda’s translations?”
• How do we show our love for Śrīla Prabhupāda?

Chanting 

• What’s in a number? Why 16 rounds?
• Are there any kirtan “standards?”
• Is “chant and be happy” a spiritual formula or a marketing mantra?

Big Questions 

• How can terrorism be born out of religion?
• Do you believe in God?
• What is the place of religion in a secular age?
• How can God be a person? 
• Can someone be spiritual but not religious?
• Is there such a thing as destiny?
• What is surrender?
• What is humility?
• Why is Krishna blue?
• How do we “control” the mind?

Fears & Fall-Downs

• What constitutes a fall-down?
• What is the place of guilt in Krishna Bhakti?
• Is life a test and death a final exam?
• Are devotees who aren’t fluent in Sanskrit missing out?
• How do we deal with the fear of being left behind in the material world?
• How do we face our “fall-downs?”
• What if one falls short of gopīhood?

ISKCON

• Are spiritual institutions a curse or benediction?
• What if Arjuna came to ISKCON?
• Are there too many Indians in ISKCON?
• Is the Hare Krishna Movement Hindu?
• How and why is there child abuse in ISKCON, a “spiritual” society?
• How should we understand the seven purposes of ISKCON?
• Who is qualified to lead the global Hare Krishna Movement?
• What gives devotees real authority?

”Preaching”

• Are we in the “business” of “making” devotees?
• How do we present Krishna Bhakti to the 21st century West?
• How do we lecture on Krishna Bhakti?

Perennial Doubts

• Do we fall from the spiritual world?
• Do Gauḍīya Vaishnavas have all the answers?
• Should we avoid reading the Rāsa Līlā?
• Is there a spiritual planet for Christians?

Deeper Dimensions

• Is it true that the more severe our austerities, the more mercy we receive?
• Is money lakṣmī or māyā?
• When does thinking turn into “mental speculation?”
• What is the role of miracles in Krishna Bhakti?
• Do devotees have any debts to society?
• What is the role of prophecies and predictions in Krishna Bhakti?