Please shake and break the wall between you and me
Bhagavad Gita 14.13 aprakāśo ’pravṛttiś ca pramādo moha eva ca tamasy etāni jāyante vivṛddhe kuru-nandana When darkness veils the inner sight, No urge to [...]
Let me not feel helpless about feeling helpless
Bhagavad-gītā 14.13 aprakāśo ’pravṛttiś ca pramādo moha eva ca tamasy etāni jāyante vivṛddhe kurunandana No light of truth, no urge to act. Intoxication and [...]
Gita 14.13 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan After this Krishna describes mode [...]
What is mental sickness? (Mental health series 2)
What is mental sickness? - Mental sickness centers essentially on a significant misalignment between reality and our perception of reality. This understanding is echoed in [...]
Our activities may need to be spaced out, but we don’t need to be spaced out
The word “spaced out” can refer to our actions or to our consciousness. When we have a lot of things to do, especially demanding things, [...]
Goodness and ignorance may seem similar in action, but they are antipodal in disposition
The Bhagavad-gita outlines how everything in material existence can be analyzed in terms of the three modes of material nature: goodness, passion and ignorance. Those in goodness and those in ignorance may look similar when they are seated quietly on similar seats.
The lower our consciousness, the lesser is our contribution
When we live in a fast-paced activity-centered culture, we may wonder whether we are wasting our time by practicing spiritual life, wherein we don’t do [...]
We need to come at least slightly out of ignorance to realize that we are in ignorance
When people are a little drunk, they can understand that they are intoxicated and need to be careful – they shouldn’t drive, lest they meet [...]
Insanity is not compulsory
All of us have witnessed normal sane people suddenly behaving abnormally, even insanely. We may have seen this happening to ourselves. For some people, this [...]
Be not dulled and lulled by TV
Few consumer products shape the contemporary home as much as a television. Few images represent a contemporary family better than a group of people, physically [...]