As a part of the Boston Bhagavata Saptaham, a Q & A session was organized with teenagers and young adults. Here are some of the questions that were asked as a part of the session, not necessariliy in the same order. Please listen to the audio recording of the entire session.
1. What is the significance various thirukkai position of Perumal and Thayar
2. Why are there different kinds of markings on forehead for different sects of Hindus
3. Can women be priests in the temple ? If no, why?
4. Why are we obligated to memorizing many shlokas and prayers .Is not enough to just understand their meaning and follow accordingly.
5. If someone is suffering ,why does that person suffer more? Why does Perumal not help them
6. What is the purpose of an utsavam like theppotsavam or rahotsavam?
7. Why do we have to accept everything with the right hand
8. Is there any benefit in going to the temple versus spending time in my Pooja room?Going to the temple is not easy, so if god is god no matter where he is, why is it better to go to thetemple
9. What are the key take away points for students from Bhagawad Gita for now and when they go away to college from home
10. Do vegetables have atma ? if everything living and non living has atma, that means even a potato has an atma. If I cut a potato into 2 will each half have ½ atma ?
11. Everytime I hear story of Rama , it is a little different from what I heard the last time. What they teach in Chinmaya Bala vihar is different from what I saw in Ramayana cartoon. Where can I find the correct Ramayana story or is there even a correct one?
12. How should you hear/react when your friends talk about the god they worship and their religion. My parents say I should avoid those type of conversations
13. Did Ramanuja leave any advice for children? Does his story have any parts that he talked or played with kids
14. Why does Krishna have peacock feather in his crown
15. Why is the flute Krishna’s instrument of choice
16. Do we know exact dates when Ramayana and Mahabharatam happened
17. What is the significance of upanayanam
18. What is Brahmopadesham and why is it a secret
19. Did kaliyuga start when Parikshit was the king
20. Why did Narada warn Kamsa to kill the children born before Krishna
21. Ashwattama was an incarnation of Shiva –why did he do bad things and kill many people
22. Why does Krishna love butter
23. How did Hanuman lift sanjeevani mountain
24. How important is it for Hindus to keep India a Hindu country? How can we keep Hinduism alive through non violent means as Hinduism does not allow use of force unlike other religions like Islam
25. What are the core values to be followed by every Hindu
26. Why is there two stages of creation when Brahma is also a part of him
27. What is the difference between Brahma and Narayana
28. Since there are many universes, when a soul is reborn, is it always in the same universe
29. Are all Brahmas the same ? does the karma of a particular Brahma impact his role
30. Does prarabda karma determine life span? Or is the cup refilled till life span is over
31. What is the logic used to select karma for a given life .Is it random? Does god play dice?
