Suppose we have to do something difficult, be it physical such as push-ups or intellectual such as complicated assignments or spiritual such as mantra meditation. [...]
Death is one of life’s most sobering realities, being the irreversible closing of curtains on our present lifetime. Before that terminal encounter, we frequently encounter [...]
Life sometimes assaults us with devastating adversities that cripple us materially and spiritually. Unable to understand why God is letting such things happen to us, [...]
Whenever some self-destructive urge attacks, we tend to think: “This urge is becoming stronger and stronger. Soon, it will become irresistible. When I will have [...]
Suppose we see a person who constantly agitates us. Not wanting to interact with them, we turn away. Are we being cowardly? Not necessarily. If [...]
Suppose someone who is in a disaster-hit area knows the path to a safe, prosperous area. Naturally, they will be respected for their knowledge by [...]
Suppose someone writes abusive graffiti on our house wall. We will be annoyed. If the graffiti is written with indelible ink, we will be more [...]
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Bg 15.9 śrotraṁ cakṣuḥ sparśanaṁ [...]
Suppose we wanted to walk somewhere, but somehow took several wrong turns and ended up far away from our destination. To get there, we will [...]
Suppose a thief is trying to barge into our house by breaking the door. Suppose further that the door has a loose bolt that we [...]
Some people avoid thinking about life’s big questions such as: “What is life meant for? What happens after death? What really counts?” They deem such [...]
Suppose an animal trainer is domesticating a wild tiger by starving it till it becomes compliant. Like all other living beings that are kept hungry, [...]
Suppose a person who runs a ferryboat gets caught in a storm because they don’t know that the sea tends to be stormy in that [...]
Life sometimes puts us in situations where we don’t get what we want or even need. If we are deprived of material resources while practicing [...]
When the weather is bad, say, too cold, we all are inconvenienced. But some people start complaining repeatedly, “It’s so cold, it’s so cold, it’s [...]
Whenever we encounter some especially insightful people, we may wonder, “How do they get such insights?” Insightfulness may be an inborn gift in some, but [...]
When someone we care for does something stupid, they often try to hide it from us, either denying it entirely or concealing it under various [...]
We all have had to sometimes bite our words. On seeing or hearing something, we made a snap judgment and spoke words that we later [...]
Suppose a river tends to overflow unpredictably, flooding the nearby areas. To protect those areas, a barrier would be constructed on the riverbank. Similarly, in [...]
The world around us is filled with innumerable sensual stimuli. And most such stimuli assault us through our eyes. When our eyes become captivated with [...]
Suppose a doctor needs to give an injection to a sick child. But the child starts crying and complaining about the doctor: “You are so [...]
