Senseless shameless soulless
Actions that start as senseless can lead us down a slippery slope, where we may end up not just shameless but even soulless. One of [...]
How to make the best of the things that are significant but impermanent
Whatever feels important and seems permanent today will eventually become little more than a memory. Experience it fully while it endures, so that it becomes [...]
How to pass life’s tests
If we don't protest against the mind's pretexts, we will never pass life's tests. When faced with life's difficulties, especially those requiring us to persevere [...]
How we lose credibility and how to prevent it
If we don't realize that our mind has low credibility, it is we who will end up with low credibility. Credibility is crucial for anyone [...]
Be simple, not naive
Simplicity is often lauded as a virtue in spiritual traditions worldwide. Yet, simplicity is sometimes conflated with naivety, leading people to become uncritical, gullible, and [...]
How to see our pain positively
See whatever is lacking within us or whatever is hurting within us to be not so much broken as unfinished. During the course of life, [...]
What humility is and what it isn’t
Humility is meant to facilitate absorption in a higher reality, not abuse by a higher authority. Humility is a vital virtue, recommended by spiritual traditions [...]
Raise my love to you, O Lord most lovable
Bhagavad Gita 9.3 aśraddadhānāḥ puruṣā dharmasyāsya parantapa aprāpya māṁ nivartante mṛtyu-saṁsāra-vartmani Those who lack faith in this sacred way, Fail to reach me and [...]
The secrecy that feels like mockery is truly your mercy
Bhagavad Gita 9.2 rāja-vidyā rāja-guhyaṁ pavitram idam uttamam pratyakṣāvagamaṁ dharmyaṁ su-sukhaṁ kartum avyayam This is the king of knowledge, the secret supreme, Purer than [...]
You are supremely lovable; to love you, make me able
Bhagavad Gita 9.1 śrī-bhagavān uvāca idaṁ tu te guhyatamaṁ pravakṣyāmy anasūyave jñānaṁ vijñāna-sahitaṁ yaj jñātvā mokṣyase ’śubhāt The Supreme Lord said: I now declare [...]
More important than staying in touch with the world is staying in touch with you
Bhagavad Gita 13.11 mayi cānanya-yogena bhaktir avyabhicāriṇī vivikta-deśa-sevitvam aratir jana-saṁsadi Below quartet is based on aratir jana-saṁsadi: disinterest in worldly gatherings When crowds gather [...]
Let me not be overfed on the world and underfed on your word
Bhagavad Gita 15.10 utkrāmantaṁ sthitaṁ vāpi bhuñjānaṁ vā guṇānvitam vimūḍhā nānupaśyanti paśyanti jñāna-cakṣuṣaḥ How the soul departs, resides, or enjoys the modes’ play, Those [...]
Let material technicals not divert me from spiritual essentials
Bhagavad Gita 8.27 naite sṛtī pārtha jānan yogī muhyati kaścana tasmāt sarveṣu kāleṣu yogayukto bhavārjuna The yogi who knows of these paths, dark and [...]
Bring your light into my life and my life into your light
Bhagavad Gita 8.28 vedeṣu yajñeṣu tapaḥsu caiva dāneṣu yat puṇya-phalaṁ pradiṣṭam atyeti tat sarvam idaṁ viditvā yogī paraṁ sthānam upaiti cādyam Whatever fruits from [...]
You are with me right now, let me be with you right now
Bhagavad Gita 8.22 puruṣaḥ sa paraḥ pārtha bhaktyā labhyas tv ananyayā yasyāntaḥsthāni bhūtāni yena sarvam idaṁ tatam That supreme person, beyond all sight, Is [...]
Let me seek alignment of hearts, not just agreement of heads
Bhagavad Gita 18.70 adhyeṣyate ca ya imaṁ dharmyaṁ saṁvādam āvayoḥ jñāna-yajñena tenāham iṣṭaḥ syām iti me matiḥ Whoever studies this, our dialogue of truth [...]
Let me focus more on your purpose for me than your promise to me
Bhagavad Gita 11.33 tasmāt tvam uttiṣṭha yaśo labhasva jitvā śatrūn bhuṅkṣva rājyaṁ samṛddham mayaivaite nihatāḥ pūrvam eva nimitta-mātraṁ bhava savya-sācin Therefore arise; gain glory [...]
Let me see and seek beyond physical palaces and mental mansions
Bhagavad Gita 8.20 paras tasmāt tu bhāvo ‘nyo ‘vyakto ‘vyaktāt sanātanaḥ yaḥ sa sarveṣu bhūteṣu naśyatsu na vinaśyati Beyond this changing world of rise [...]
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, [...]