Please break the bond between my illusions and my ego
Bhagavad Gita 14.17 sattvāt sañjāyate jñānaṁ rajasaḥ lobha eva ca pramāda-mohau tamaso bhavato ’jñānam eva ca From goodness springs awakened sight, From passion grows [...]
Four ways people see religion
When people are in the mode of ignorance, they think of religion primarily in terms of grievance and vengeance: that, "Oh, I have been hurt [...]
Four ways people conceive God
When we are in the mode of ignorance, we see God primarily as a fearsome ruler and we try to stay on his good side [...]
Four ways people look at death
The Bhagavad-gītā explains the three modes of material nature and how they affect our vision of things. Let's see how the modes affect our vision [...]
Four ways people look at problems
Four ways people look at problems: When we are in the mode of ignorance, whenever we are faced with problems, we go into self-pity and [...]
Gita 14.17 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Now Krishna talked about the [...]
Is our knowledge making us prouder or wiser?
Is our knowledge making us prouder or wiser? We often think that if we gain enough information, we will become knowledgeable. Significantly however, the Bhagavad-gita [...]