How to direct our desires constructively?
Desire is our greatest power, yet it is a power that often works independent of us or even against us. We find ourselves desiring things [...]
Desire is our greatest power, yet it is a power that often works independent of us or even against us. We find ourselves desiring things [...]
Even if we want to feel grateful, that feeling is often elusive. Why? Because we may feel that what we have isn’t enough. And such [...]
Superman was among the first in the galaxy of super-heroes that populates the DC universe. The history of Superman’s evolution points to an important truth [...]
When we make plans and they don’t work, it’s easy to get frustrated. We may think that perhaps the best way to avoid such frustrations [...]
There are no free lunches. So goes a common saying that expresses a reality stated cynically. Some of us may not want to impute selfish [...]
We live in a society where knowledge is seen as the means to position, prestige and prosperity. While these can result from knowledge, if they [...]
In five minutes, we can access more obscenity than what our ancestors could access in fifty years. And all that temptation is just a few [...]
Our car runs on fuel, our phone runs on battery, our body runs on food. What do we run on? Our thoughts. When our thought-energy [...]
Suppose we find ourselves trapped in a dark dungeon. We struggle in vain to pry out the rocks from a place where we think there [...]
We may notice that our mood often gets spoiled when some small things go wrong. Why do we get so irritated by small negatives? Because [...]
When we grow in wisdom, we learn to live more consciously. We inspect our habitual actions and their consequences in an interconnected universe. By such [...]
paśyaitāṁ pāṇḍu-putrānāmācārya mahatīṁ camūmvyūḍhāṁ drupada-putreṇatava śiṣyeṇa dhīmatāWord for word: paśya — behold; etām — this; pāṇḍu-putrānām — of the sons of Pāṇḍu; ācārya — O [...]
When we speak with others to persuade them about something, how can we make our speaking more effective? By remembering that speaking is meant to [...]
Suppose a soldier feels inspired to fight fearlessly against a tyrannical invading army. But if he just charges single-handedly at that army, he will end [...]
The bhakti tradition features sterling examples of great saints who became so devoted to Krishna as to completely renounce the world. Simultaneously, bhakti-yoga is celebrated [...]
Suppose we fast strictly on sacred days, abstaining even from water. When we see others eating normally, we may look down at them, thinking, “These [...]
We may fear, “If we become too spiritually serious, that will undermine our material prospects. Conversely, if we become too materially ambitious, that will undermine [...]
Suppose we find ourselves in a place with fading light. Naturally, we will open our eyes wider to find our way. If instead we close [...]
Suppose a child goes dangerously close to the parapet of a skyscraper. When his mother warns him, “Move away or you will fall down,” he [...]
Suppose a child wants to sneak into the kitchen and eat all the cookies there, but doesn’t do so because his mother may discipline him. [...]
When we hear the descriptions of Krishna given in scripture — for example, his complexion is bluish-black — we may wonder: Are such descriptions literal? [...]