We may have a great vehicle, but we won’t get anywhere unless we get into it
Suppose we want to go to a particular destination and have an efficient vehicle for getting there. Still, we need to get into it and [...]
If the truth makes us flee, it can’t make us free
Suppose we are diabetic, eat too many sweets and face a major health crisis. To be cured, we need to understand and accept the unpalatable [...]
Seeking satisfaction through accumulation increases accumulation, not satisfaction
We all want to be happy. However, where we seek happiness determines whether we will become happy or not. Frequently, we look for happiness through [...]
Gita 12.02 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Bg 12.2 śrī-bhagavān uvāca mayy [...]
If we don’t ask “What am I doing?” we will end up asking “What have I done?”
While driving, if we don’t conscientiously keep the car on track, it will by default go off track. And we may find ourselves in a [...]
Go beyond the shelter of the intelligence to the shelter of Krishna with your intelligence
Intelligence is vital for our spiritual growth. The Gita’s flow reveals how the role of the intelligence evolves with the evolution of our spiritual understanding. [...]
The Gita’s setting reflects not logical absurdity but metaphysical urgency
Some people ask, “In the Mahabharata, when both armies were about to fight a war, how could they all have waited for so long while [...]
Piety when boosted by purity paves the way to spirituality
Many people do some pious activities regularly, thinking that it will provide them both material happiness in this world and better material happiness in the [...]
To know people’s backgrounds means to know what’s on their back and what’s under their ground
If we see someone walking with drooped shoulders, we might judge them as lethargic – till we notice that they are carrying a huge burden [...]
Contemplation on Krishna provides purification, elevation and satisfaction
People often ask, “What do you get by thinking about Krishna, as the Bhagavad-gita repeatedly recommends?” Let’s discuss three of the fruits of thinking about [...]
Be in Krishna consciousness, not around it
To be in Krishna consciousness means to be aware of Krishna’s supreme position as the source of everything and to devote ourselves wholeheartedly to him. [...]
Be vigilant to know when the mind becomes incoherent
Suppose while we are doing some important work, an acquaintance approaches us and starts mumbling and gesticulating wildly. We try to understand what they are [...]