Can devotion and ambition go together?
Some people feel, “Devotion involves pursuing God beyond this world, whereas ambition involves pursuing worldly gain. The two are therefore incompatible.” Not necessarily. It’s true [...]
Is God our problem-solver?
Most people turn toward God when they face problems. The Bhagavad-gita (07.16) appreciates as virtuous those who seek God as their problem-solver. Simultaneously, it (07.19) [...]
When we say no to God, it’s mostly because we don’t know God
Contemporary society has largely said no to God — not so much by denying his existence as by relegating him to irrelevance. Most people nowadays [...]
Evil has no independent power, yet it is incredibly powerful
When people do horrible things, we may wonder, “Where does such evil come from? Are some people innately evil? Or are they impelled to evil [...]
Our attachments are like a rented house that we don’t usually leave unless we are evicted
Our attachments are our mental home – that’s where our thoughts go by default when we have nothing to think about, just as we physically [...]
If Krishna takes away the things that can take us away from him don’t go away from him
We usually approach God when we need something. If we get it by praying to him, we feel our faith vindicated. But suppose the opposite [...]
Gita 07.21 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya So let us look at the [...]
Gita 07.06 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Bg 7.6 etad-yonīni bhūtāni sarvāṇīty upadhāraya [...]
Don’t reduce scripture to your conceptions of what scripture should be teaching, expand your conceptions to understand what scripture is actually teaching
Don’t reduce scripture to your conceptions of what scripture should be teaching expand your conceptions to understand what scripture is actually teaching When we study [...]
Reason can’t reach beyond reason, but it can give us reason to reach beyond reason
Reason can't reach beyond reason but it can give us reason to reach beyond reason Reason, or our rational faculty, is said to be the [...]
Devotion commences when God becomes our guide and culminates when he becomes our goal
Devotion commences when God becomes our guide and culminates when he becomes our goal To embark on any journey, we need to know the starting [...]
If we are grateful when ability manifests through us, we can be graceful when it doesn’t
If we are grateful when ability manifests through us we can be graceful when it doesn’t Amid life’s challenges, we all look for some ability [...]
To take sole credit for our abilities is to put too much burden on ourselves
To take sole credit for our abilities is to put too much burden on ourselves Amid life’s inevitable struggles, we all seek some abilities that [...]
To be dissatisfied with the material is ordinary, to be so dissatisfied as to look beyond the material is extraordinary
To be dissatisfied with the material is ordinary to be so dissatisfied as to look beyond the material is extraordinary During the course of life, [...]
Those who think they aren’t prone to evil are the most prone to evil
Those who think they aren't prone to evil are the most prone to evil When we see someone doing something horrible, we may feel revolted, [...]
We are in illusion but we are not an illusion
We are in illusion but we are not an illusion Suppose someone we trusted implicitly betrays us totally. Being devastated, we may ask ourselves: “What [...]
Gita 07.26 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Now here after Sri Krishna explained [...]
Gita 07.17 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya So the next verse describes how [...]
Gita 07.12 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Now Sri Krishna will give conclusion [...]
Gita 07.03 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Bg 7.3 manuṣyāṇāṁ sahasreṣu kaścid yatati [...]
To have ability is a gift to realize that we have ability is a greater gift to realize that our ability is a gift is the greatest gift
To have ability is a gift to realize that we have ability is a greater gift to realize that our ability is a gift is [...]