Seeking to understand our nature won’t box us in, it will reveal the box we are already in
Seeking to understand our nature won’t box us in it will reveal the box we are already in Some people resist any system of categorization [...]
To be responsible means to stop blaming the outer trigger for the inner trouble
To be responsible means to stop blaming the outer trigger for the inner trouble Suppose we feel tempted by someone who wears revealing clothes. Or [...]
Self-pity makes feel-bad seem feel-good
Self-pity makes feel-bad seem feel-good Suppose we are in physical pain. We will naturally do whatever we can to free ourselves from that pain as [...]
The mind is like ice to truth and fire to lies
The mind is like ice to truth and fire to lies The mind is meant to serve as a tool for us souls to perceive [...]
Ask not why bad things happen to good people, ask what good people do when bad things happen to them
Ask not why bad things happen to good people ask what good people do when bad things happen to them One of the oldest philosophical [...]
Equality that is imposed doesn’t raise everyone up, it brings everyone down
Equality that is imposed doesn’t raise everyone up it brings everyone down We live in an age where equality is celebrated. Any discrimination, based on [...]
Speak in a way that educates and engages not enrages and estranges
Speak in a way that educates and engages not enrages and estranges Suppose we have some knowledge that will be helpful or valuable for others. [...]
The mind often recasts antipathy as inability – what it doesn’t want to do, it presents as if it can’t do
The mind often recasts antipathy as inability - what it doesn’t want to do it presents as if it can’t do Suppose a child doesn’t [...]
The media is mostly the mind multiplied, magnified & magnetized
The media is mostly the mind multiplied magnified & magnetized Whenever some people hear of shocking instances of brutality or perversity, they hold the media [...]
Those who underestimate their mind undermine their intelligence
Those who underestimate their mind undermine their intelligence Suppose a country has a hostile neighbor. If they underestimate their neighbor, they will not pay attention [...]
For inner change, momentum matters more than movement
For inner change momentum matters more than movement Suppose we strive to improve ourselves in some area, but fail repeatedly. We may feel disheartened, “There [...]
As long as we don’t mine under the mind, the mind will undermine us
As long as we don’t mine under the mind the mind will undermine us Suppose someone is digging for buried gold. If they find iron [...]
If we justify our weaknesses by comparing ourselves with those who are weaker, we weaken our motivation to rectify ourselves
If we justify our weaknesses by comparing ourselves with those who are weaker we weaken our motivation to rectify ourselves Suppose we have a weakness, [...]
Gita 09.28 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan And Krishna will describe in [...]
Even if we fare well in life, we still have to say farewell to life
Even if we fare well in life we still have to say farewell to life We all wish to fare well in life; we seek [...]
Even if we are feeling miserable, that doesn’t give us the right to make others miserable Gita 17.16
Even if we are feeling miserable that doesn't give us the right to make others miserable Gita 17.16 When something goes wrong in our lives, [...]
Life becomes meaningless not when we tire of life’s problems, but when we tire of life’s pleasures Gita 03.16
Life becomes meaningless not when we tire of life's problems but when we tire of life's pleasures Gita 03.16 When we face many problems repeatedly, [...]
An impurity censor makes no sense to those who don’t have even an impurity sensor
An impurity censor makes no sense to those who don't have even an impurity sensor An impurity censor refers to some regulator that filters out [...]
Obscenity is objectionable not because it shows too much of a person, but because it shows too little and obsesses people with the too little
Obscenity is objectionable not because it shows too much of a person but because it shows too little and obsesses people with the too little [...]
If we are robbed repeatedly by the same suspect, it is our intelligence that is suspect
If we are robbed repeatedly by the same suspect it is our intelligence that is suspect Suppose we are robbed and the prime suspect is [...]
Resilience comes when we accept what is unchangeable, but don’t accept that everything is unchangeable
Resilience comes when we accept what is unchangeable but don't accept that everything is unchangeable What makes some people resilient and some people weak? It’s [...]