A Bottle of Water and a Stranger’s Kindness
During my Australian tour from April to June 2026, when I arrived in Melbourne from Wellington to take a connecting flight to Adelaide, I happened [...]
Question: Considering the case of Ketan Agarwal, is murder destined or is it because of poor judgment?
Answer: Such a question has no simple answer. As the Bhagavad Gita itself acknowledges, gahanā karmaṇo gatiḥ—the workings of karma are profound and difficult to [...]
Gratitude Is a Gift
At a recent youth retreat in Mayapur, a devotee asked me, "When you became a brahmachari, how did you deal with fear about the future [...]
The Same Words, Different Worlds
Today morning, on July 6, as I was leaving Delhi to catch a flight to Mumbai, I was in the car talking on the phone [...]
Dealing with problem people according to our position and disposition
Sometimes, we face situations where serious problems are caused by specific individuals around us. This could be an exploitative boss, a manipulative colleague, or an [...]
Why does Krishna tell Arjuna to be detached from the results when Krishna wants the result of establishing dharma?
Question: Why does Krishna tell Arjuna to be detached from the results when Krishna wants the result of establishing dharma and wants Arjuna to be [...]
Why did Krishna speak the Gita to Arjuna rather than to Yudhishthira?
As the Bhagavad Gita is a dharma-saṁvāda and Yudhishthira is known as Dharmaraja, why did Krishna speak the Gita to Arjuna rather than to Yudhishthira? [...]
Is burying the dead body more respectful than burning it?
Isn’t burning the dead body through cremation highly disrespectful as compared to the dignified burial of the body? The body is adequately respected during the [...]
Three reasons for burning the body after death instead of burying it
In the Vedic tradition, burning the body through cremation is the standard post-mortem ritual. The rationale for burning the body can be conveyed through the [...]
How faith empowers us to face life
Faith is the readiness to wait for the full picture that God is forever unveiling before us. We often use metaphors, consciously or unconsciously, to [...]
Two ways to know our attachments
To understand our attachments, we need to notice where our thoughts go when they have nowhere else to go. Our minds are always full of [...]
A hard look or a hard knock — what will we choose?
If we don’t take a hard look at ourselves, we will soon get a hard knock from ourselves. We often worry about people who are [...]
Diffidence, arrogance, and confidence
To constantly worry that we may be wrong is diffidence. To never consider the possibility that we may be wrong is arrogance. To calmly evaluate [...]
How Not to Let the Darkness of the Human Heart Become Activated
Whenever we start looking into the abyss, we need to even more urgently and regularly start looking into the mirror. The term abyss is often [...]
Focus not on the size of our faith, focus on the size of our Lord
When we strive to grow spiritually, we may worry that our faith is insufficient. Faith is undeniably important in our spiritual journey, but it is [...]
How faith centres on accepting responsibilities, not on expecting results
Faith in God's Protection Faith in God's protection inspires us to accept responsibility for serving Him without becoming excessively attached to expectations about the outcomes. [...]
Faith in God’s protection
Faith in God's protection means that we are not paralyzed by fear when called to act in His service, even when faced with significant challenges. [...]
Can destiny cause someone to fall down morally or spiritually?
Whenever we try to live a life of principles, we may often feel haunted by the possibility of fall downs. This concern becomes especially poignant [...]
Loss, guilt, and despair: the trio of emotions that can make our inner world toxic
Life often thrusts upon us difficult, dangerous, or distressing situations that can trigger negative emotions. While most such emotions decline and depart with time as [...]
What does being fearless in the Lord’s service mean?
Faith in God's protection means accepting that what he protects may be different from what we expect him to protect. One of the most celebrated [...]
Why has God created our mind to act as our enemy so frequently and forcefully?
God has provided us with the mind as a functional tool to link our spiritual selves with our physical bodies. However, the specific way the [...]