Steady amid success-failure
Success goes to the head of those people for whom failure goes to their heart. Some people take success and become so bloated that they [...]
Helpless but not hopeless
We may be helpless, but we don't have to be hopeless. Sometimes life puts us in situations where there is absolutely nothing we can do [...]
Why see traditions positively
Traditions are experiments that have been successful. To deny or decry their success just makes us a fool. When we look at traditions, especially traditions [...]
Why purification is NOT inhibition
Purification leads not to the inhibition of our desires, but to the integration of our desires within a higher purpose of service. When we try [...]
Why intentional wrongdoers shouldn’t be forgiven
People who do wrong intentionally don't regret the wrongs that they have done; they only regret that their wrongs did not lead to the results [...]
When NOT to express our views
Intelligence means to know when our views reflect our values and when our views deflect from our values. We all have certain values, things which [...]
When discipline feels like self-suppression
Discipline is not about driving away the things about us that make us who we are; it is about driving away the things about us [...]
To be helpful, be faithful
The most important faith required to help others is faith in the reformability of the human spirit enhanced by the grace of God. Whenever we [...]
In relationships avoid these two extremes
If we trust everyone, we will be headless. If we trust no one, we will be heartless. During the course of our interactions with others, [...]
How to not burn up or burn out
Today the world is on fire with dozens and dozens of problems including literal fires caused by prolonged wars. When we want to help a [...]
How to deal with fear
Even if we cannot get rid of fear, we don't have to take a ride on fear. Fear is just a natural and often unavoidable [...]
How to be authentic
Authenticity means to value in practice what we value in principle. When we try to be authentic, some people think that it means that they [...]
How our success can lead to others’ success
Success is not just about beating the odds individually, but also about changing the odds collectively. When we hear the story of someone who rose [...]
How NOT to respond to failure
Blaming others for their success is far easier than blaming ourselves for our failures. But it only makes our life worse and our world worse. [...]
Don’t be guilty bystanders
Let us not be guilty bystanders by standing on as people destroy themselves through their misled desires. Suppose we were standing on a road and [...]
Devotion for evacuation or for transformation?
Spiritual life is not meant to provide us only an evacuation plan from the world. It is also meant to provide us a transformation plan [...]
When progress becomes regress
What people consider as progress may well be a sign of regress if the progress takes them away from the things of value. Progress is [...]
Are we listening to our prayers?
The purpose of prayer is not just to get someone out there to listen, but also to get someone in here to listen. Whenever we [...]
Krishna’s concluding revelation: Secret or Private?
Krishna's revelation of the Bhagavad Gita in its conclusion is private, not secret. When Krishna at the end of the Gita states that this knowledge [...]
From impotent rage to patient resolve
Patient resolve is far more transformational than impotent rage. Whenever we see that something is wrong, in outside us or even inside us, we may [...]
How to make discipline easier
Just because discipline involves enduring poison, that doesn't mean we can't make the poison lesser. The Bhagavad Gita states that if we want to achieve [...]