Monthly Archives: April 2020

Suppose we come to our home and are starving. We see some food in our fridge and devour it all, even though it is more [...]

Suppose we are looking at the ground level of a skyscraper building. If we look up, we may be either impressed or intimidated to see [...]

We often equate poverty with a lack of money. And that's true at one level. If we don't have food, if we don't have clothes [...]

In today's world, people grow up bereft of many of the supports that grounded and guided their formation of identity and the development of their [...]

Life can be a constant moral struggle. We are prone to hundreds and thousands of temptation that incite us to immoral indulgence. We may resolve [...]

The word identity politics can have two distinct meanings. One is that it is a politics based on asserting identity as contrasted with asserting class [...]

Suppose we're walking along a road through mountainous territory toward a beautiful resort on the top of a mountain. On both sides of the road [...]

Suppose we are driving a huge truck and a drunk person suddenly comes in the middle of the road. If an accident occurs, the law [...]

When we are placed in situations that distance us from others, we may naturally feel lonely. And that loneliness can drain and depress us. But [...]

During a pandemic, if temples are closed to avoid infection, does that indicate a lack of faith among the devoted? Not necessarily. The essence of [...]

For the last few centuries, we humans have used the power of technology to exploit nature indiscriminately and disrupt delicate ecological balances. Underlying our actions [...]

Now Sri Krishna will talk about on what basis a person will become bāhya-sparśeṣv asaktātmā. Why one should give up outer pleasures Sri Krishna says [...]

BG 5.8 Bg 5.8-9 naiva kiñcit karomīti yukto manyeta tattva-vit paśyañ śṛṇvan spṛśañ jighrann aśnan gacchan svapañ śvasan pralapan visṛjan gṛhṇann unmiṣan nimiṣann api indriyāṇīndriyārtheṣu [...]

During a pandemic, the medical care providers are the frontline warriors. By their courageous and competent actions, they can save people's lives. When the pandemic [...]

During pandemics, we protect ourselves from germs using a hand sanitizer. Simultaneously, we need to protect ourselves from unhealthy emotions such as panic; these emotions [...]

Some people think of prayer as a magic wand to solve all problems or as a mystical shield against all problems. For example, amid a [...]

Suppose a pandemic compels us to adopt social distancing. Instead of feeling lonely, we can repurpose that isolation for spiritual growth. In fact, that’s what [...]