04.40 The liberating power of doubting our doubts (Dealing with doubts 2)
In some sports like judo, players use their opponents’ strength against them. When we are assaulted by doubts, we too can use a similar strategy. [...]
How doubt misleads (Dealing with doubt series 1)
Suppose we are living on some land and want to purchase some other land. Suppose further we have with us someone who insistently shows us [...]
The process of desiring seen fragmentally and holistically (Desire management series 14
To manage our desires effectively, consider the components of the process of desiring: the desirer, the desire and the desirable. We all are individual desirers; [...]
Can we order our desires ? (Desire management series 13)
The word ‘order’ can have two meanings: instruction (“You have to take medicine thrice a day — those are the doctor’s orders”) or arrangement (“The [...]
Gita 13.22 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Krishna will explain bhoktṛtve in [...]
How to deal with unending desire? – Desire management series 12
A major problem with desire is its endlessness. When indulged, desire doesn’t end — it subsides temporarily only to return soon with greater force and [...]
How is human desire connected with divine desire (Desire management series 11)
Desire is a formidable power that can both work for us and against us. To manage it effectively, we need to see it in relationship [...]
How to tap the power of desire (Desire management series 10)
Desire is a power like petrol; unlike petrol however, it is not mechanical, being associated with consciousness. While tapping petrol requires appropriate instruments, tapping desire [...]
Four stages in managing desires — Desire Management series 9
To understand how desire management can progress in our inner world, let’s compare it with how people management may progress in the outer world. Both [...]
How to know when desire becomes dangerous? — Desire management series 8
When we use something powerful like electricity, warning systems such as fuses alert us if electric power starts rising to dangerous levels. Like electricity, desire [...]
Gita 06.08 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya 1-9: From Arurukshato (beginning stage) To [...]
Educated about desires or educated for desires? — Desire management series 7
Suppose we come to know that a pulmonologist died due to chain smoking. Such not atypical news makes us ask: “When they were better educated [...]
What’s wrong with desirelessness? — Desire management series 6
Desires often make us do things we regret. On understanding how desires sabotage us, we may seek to become desireless. However, desirelessness is self-contradictory in [...]
Gita 06.06 explained
1-9: From Arurukshato (beginning stage) To Arudha stage (advance Stage) (Advancement in astang yoga)Bg 6.6bandhur ātmātmanas tasyayenātmaivātmanā jitaḥanātmanas tu śatrutvevartetātmaiva śatru-vatWord for word: bandhuḥ — [...]
How desire is both the lock and the key — Desire Management series 5
Suppose we are locked in a prison. Suppose further that the lock doubles as a key — say, it is touch locks that if operated [...]
Three ways sensual desires imprison us in misery — Desire management series 4
A prison is essentially a place of restriction — a prisoner’s movements are restricted by the prison walls. But if the restrictions are not as [...]
Why self-awareness matters more than self-discipline — Desire management series 3
Whenever a desire drives us into doing something regrettable, we may think that desire is the problem and self-discipline, the solution. However, the root problem [...]
How our desires shape us far more than we realize — Desire management series 2
Suppose we are driving a car through dark, difficult, dangerous terrain. To drive safely, we need the car’s engine and front lights both to function [...]
How desire takes control of our life — Desire management series 1
Suppose we get into a car and start it to go somewhere. Suppose further that next time when we get into that car, it starts [...]
How can we reach God?
When we start on our spiritual quest, we may feel that we are far away from God. How can we reach him? By seeking his [...]
We may have scars, but we don’t have to be scarred
To have scars means to have some physical marks. To be scarred means to feel insecure and inferior because we let those marks define us. [...]