Reduce my many complex choices to one essential choice
Bhagavad Gita 8.16 ābrahma-bhuvanāl lokāḥ punar āvartino ‘rjuna mām upetya tu kaunteya punar janma na vidyate From the topmost domain down to the lowest [...]
Let me see the world’s misery and, beyond it, your mercy
Bhagavad Gita 8.15 mām upetya punar janma duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam nāpnuvanti mahātmānaḥ saṁsiddhiṁ paramāṁ gatāḥ Having attained me, the supreme destination, The great souls with [...]
You value availability more than ability or austerity
Bhagavad Gita 8.14 ananya-cetāḥ satataṁ yo māṁ smarati nityaśaḥ tasyāhaṁ sulabhaḥ pārtha nitya-yuktasya yoginaḥ Remembering me with undivided attention, Those who reach constant absorption, [...]
Navigating IVF through the Lens of Vedic Wisdom
The Gita as a Compass, not a Catalogue The Bhagavad Gita offers us timeless principles, but not exhaustive prescriptions for every modern situation. It functions [...]
The impossible becomes possible in You and through You (8.09)
Bhagavad Gita 8.9 kaviṁ purāṇam anuśāsitāram aṇor aṇīyāṁsam anusmared yaḥ sarvasya dhātāram acintya-rūpam āditya-varṇaṁ tamasaḥ parastāt The ancient sage, the supreme controller, Smaller than [...]
Say no to the mind to know the mind
There is no getting to know the mind without getting to say no to the mind We all wish to understand our minds better so [...]
Do we know who we are dealing with?
Do we know who we are dealing with? "You don’t know who you’re dealing with" is a common line delivered by villains in movies [...]
Treating our mind like an inherited property
Treating our mind like an inherited property Treat our mind like an inherited property that we can't sell: take what is usable and stay away [...]
You are the transcendent shelter beneath and beyond all practical shelters (8.07)
You are the transcendent shelter beneath and beyond all practical shelters (8.07) Bhagavad Gita 8.7 tasmāt sarveṣu kāleṣu mām anusmara yudhya ca mayy arpita-mano-buddhir mām [...]
May you, as the supreme destination, be my mind’s final manifestation (8.06)
May you, as the supreme destination, be my mind's final manifestation (8.06) Bhagavad Gita 8.6 yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran bhāvaṁ tyajaty ante kalevaram taṁ tam [...]
At death, let me come home, not leave home (8.05)
Bhagavad Gita 8.5 anta-kāle ca mām eva smaran muktvā kalevaram yaḥ prayāti sa mad-bhāvaṁ yāti nāsty atra saṁśayaḥ Those who remember me at life’s [...]
Your form is not limiting for you but is liberating for me (7.24)
Your form is not limiting for you but is liberating for me (7.24) Bhagavad Gita 7.24 avyaktaṁ vyaktim āpannaṁ manyante mām abuddhayaḥ paraṁ bhāvam ajānanto [...]
Whatever my desires, may they take me toward you, never away from you. (7.20)
Whatever my desires, may they take me toward you, never away from you. (7.20) Bhagavad Gita 7.20 kāmais tais tair hṛta-jñānāḥ prapadyante 'nya-devatāḥ taṁ taṁ [...]
How to deal with our past constructively
How to deal with our past constructively Boasting about how good our past was can be as childish and pointless as complaining about how bad [...]
Whatever my driving desire, let it drive me toward you (7.16)
Whatever my driving desire, let it drive me toward you (7.16) Bhagavad Gita 7.16 chatur-vidhā bhajante māṁ janāḥ sukṛtino 'rjuna ārto jijñāsur arthārthī jñānī ca [...]
Free me from the four anti-devotional mentalities (7.15)
Free me from the four anti-devotional mentalities (7.15) Bhagavad Gita 7.15 na māṁ duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ prapadyante narādhamāḥ māyayāpahṛta-jñānā āsuraṁ bhāvam āśritāḥ Fools of destructive [...]
Let me cast far away the illusion that you are far away (7.07)
Let me cast far away the illusion that you are far away (7.07) Bhagavad Gita 7.7 mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat kiñcid asti dhanañjaya mayi sarvam idaṁ [...]
Free me from the illusion that you are not free (7.12)
Bhagavad Gita 7.12 ye caiva sāttvikā bhāvā rājasās tāmasāś ca ye matta eveti tān viddhi na tv ahaṁ teṣu te mayi Whatever conditions arise [...]
How remembering Krishna is different from remembering anything else
Remembering Krishna is not like locking him into our memory bank When we try to remember something, we often imagine it as locking that fact [...]
Let me seek the support that draws me to you, not away from you (9.18)
Bhagavad Gita 9.18 gatir bhartā prabhuḥ sākṣī nivāsaḥ śaraṇaṁ suhṛt prabhavaḥ pralayaḥ sthānaṁ nidhānaṁ bījam avyayam I am the goal, the sustainer, the master, [...]
4 ways the mind is like a child (RUST acronym)
The mind often behaves like a child, and our responsibility is to act as a vigilant parent. Just as parents must care for children who [...]