What Krishna’s analysis of divine and demonic natures means for Arjuna
What Krishna’s analysis of divine and demonic natures means for Arjuna-Throughout the Bhagavad-gita, when Krishna makes any point, Arjuna thinks how that point applies [...]
What Krishna never mentions to Arjuna in the Gita
Some people think that Krishna spoke the Bhagavad-gita just to get Arjuna to fight. If that were so, Krishna chose a laboriously long-cut method for [...]
How can spirituality protect our mental health? (Mental health series 6)
How can spirituality protect our mental health? - Mental health problems can have many specifics, yet they share a fundamental feature: a distortion in our [...]
Gita 16.08 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Bg 16.8 asatyam apratiṣṭhaṁ te [...]
Why anger should be used sparingly … (Anger management series 7)
Why anger should be used sparingly - A great power like nuclear power can be used for deterrence and defence, but it can also be [...]
How to use anger without being used by anger (Anger management series 6)
How to use anger without being used by anger - Suppose someone we are responsible for does something self-destructive, even after we have repeatedly warned [...]
How to use anger constructively (Anger management series 5)
We are often exhorted to avoid anger as it can make us act in ways that make our life hellish (Bhagavad-gita 16.21). Yet spiritual wisdom [...]
Pointing the finger or pointing the way? (Anger management series 4)
Pointing the finger or pointing the way? - When people point a finger, it is often to show others who is at fault. Sometimes, they [...]
Choosing our battles in dealing with anger (Anger management 3)
Choosing our battles in dealing with anger - Anger can make our life hellish (Bhagavad-gita 16.21). When dealing with anger, we often think in polar [...]
Angry about being angry? (Anger management series 2)
Angry about being angry? - We all have probably experienced that anger can make our life hellish, as warned by the Bhagavad-gita (16.21). We may [...]
Why absence of anger may not be good … (Anger management series 1)
Why absence of anger may not be good - Anger can short-circuit our intelligence and impel us to do regrettable things. Pointing to the dangerousness [...]
How doubt can’t live without faith (Dealing with doubt 7)
How doubt can’t live without faith- Parasites can’t exist without the host organisms they prey on. Doubt is such a parasite that can’t live without [...]
Can we order our desires ? (Desire management series 13)
Can we order our desires ? - The word ‘order’ can have two meanings: instruction (“You have to take medicine thrice a day — those [...]
Three ways sensual desires imprison us in misery — Desire management series 4
Three ways sensual desires imprison us in misery — Desire management series 4 - A prison is essentially a place of restriction — a prisoner’s [...]
How desire takes control of our life — Desire management series 1
How desire takes control of our life — Desire management series 1 - Suppose we get into a car and start it to go somewhere. [...]
Avoid hell in the mind avoid hell in the world
Avoid hell in the mind avoid hell in the world - Some people think of hell as merely a belief of some religious groups. Others [...]
How being courageous is different from being fearless
How being courageous is different from being fearless - Suppose someone shows no fear even in the presence of great danger. We may appreciate that [...]
Why two similar wrongdoings may be entirely different
Why two similar wrongdoings may be entirely different - Suppose someone we trust as a good person does something wrong, say become severely abusive or [...]
Gita 16.04 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Bg 16.4 dambho darpo ’bhimānaś [...]
The scapegoating tendency
The scapegoating tendency - Scapegoating is one of the most universal of human tendencies. When we face difficulties, especially difficulties that seem unfair to us, [...]
If we lack freedom or willpower what can we do?
If we lack freedom or willpower what can we do? - When we try to do something worthwhile, if external situations hamper us, we may [...]