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Suppose a person is driving a car, but the car doesn’t move at all. Then whether what they are doing is driving is open to [...]

While driving through a fork, we have to choose one of the two roads. We often superimpose this materially useful either-or attitude on spiritual understanding. [...]

The greed that is present in all human hearts makes us covet for more and more things, way beyond what we need. Such greed, though [...]

Affection can be conveyed by both a long, tight hug as well as by a quick, gentle squeeze of the shoulder. To appreciate the affection [...]

Today’s culture indoctrinates us into believing that satisfaction lies in the possessions we don’t have. Indeed, the craving for such possessions is the fuel that [...]

If a charioteer is inattentive, the horses will take the chariot where they want instead of going where the charioteer needs to go. The Bhagavad-gita [...]

Today’s sensual culture fills our mind with agitation, dissatisfaction and frustration. When we start living by the Gita’s spiritual wisdom, we become significantly free from [...]

Suppose we are tormented by thirst in a desert. If someone gives us water, they would appear to be doing us a great favor. But [...]

When children get a new video game, they deem it awesome. But when they can’t win it the way they want, they deem it awful. [...]

Our possessions such as properties and positions give us power to do things. Losing any such possession is disempowering. However, among all such losses, the [...]

In an area infested with insurgents, suppose the government indiscriminately bombs everyone. Consequently, even peace-loving people feel unfairly targeted and rise in rebellion. By failing [...]

Today’s culture propagates that we can solve our problems by getting more – more money, more possessions, more comforts. But does getting more make us [...]

Suppose we are being chased by thieves. While fleeing from them, those who we take shelter of turn out to be kidnappers. The thieves would [...]

Some spiritualists conceive of liberation as a state of oneness or integration with the Absolute. The Bhagavad-gita acknowledges this conception, but also nuances our understanding [...]

Whenever a ball is hit anywhere, it moves. But when it is hit in the center, it moves the furthest. Similarly, when worldly upheavals hit [...]

Some people ask, “Why do we need to go to a temple? God is there in our hearts; we can just remember and worship him [...]

We all have certain unhealthy habits that we resolve to give up. Yet, we frequently find ourselves relapsing. Why does this happen? Because negative resolutions [...]

While watching a video, if we press the pause button, the action stops. Regularly operating such digital switches, we tend to think of pause as [...]

If we approach spiritual life with material calculations, we frequently end up miscalculating things. For example, if we want to become wealthy, we accumulate wealth; [...]