Detachment is absence of emotional dependence not absence of emotion Some people fear, “If I become detached, will I become emotionless, uncaring, stone-hearted?” No, detachment [...]
What differentiates spiritualists from materialists is not absence of pain but presence of healing Some people ask spiritualists, “You go through the same problems as [...]
Focus on the cause that brings us together not on the conditions and conditionings that push us apart We all are irreducibly individual. Naturally, we [...]
What the moonlight of reason shows dimly the sunlight of revelation shows clearly Some people think, “Reason and revelation are contradictory. If I accept revelation, [...]
Sensual hope deludes spiritual hope delivers We all need hope. Without hope, life becomes unbearable, even unlivable. But we need to choose carefully where we [...]
Keep the mind on one track don’t keep a one track mind To keep the mind on one track means to keep our attention focused [...]
Fanatics don’t see how God is present everywhere; they see how God is absent everywhere Religious fanatics often attack those whom they deem heretics. They [...]
If we think we have no vices we are novices A novice housekeeping employee may think that a room that appears to be clean is [...]
Time can be a fire in which we burn or a teacher from whom we learn Time is a formidable, inexorable force that pushes us [...]
To believe whatever we see is to live like an animal Some people assert, “Seeing is believing.” Their intent in making this assertion may be [...]
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya 10-32: From practice to perfection in [...]
The test of success in bhakti is taste for bhakti When we practice bhakti, we may wonder, “How do I know if I am progressing [...]
Intelligence is meant to be the mind’s instructor not its instrument We all have within us something that is impulsive and something that is reflective. [...]
Ritualists see hierarchy above equality spiritualists see equality above hierarchy We cherish equality; we don’t want anyone to be discriminated against. Simultaneously, our hard-nosed side [...]
We may forget gravity but gravity won’t forget us Suppose an intoxicated person forgets about gravity and steps off a ten-story building. Gravity won’t forget [...]
Just because pain is circumstantially beneficial doesn’t mean it is intrinsically desirable Some people try to make sense of life’s difficulties by saying, “Pain helps [...]
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Bg 18.25 anubandhaṁ kṣayaṁ hiṁsām [...]
Be mindful of people's perceptions but don't make your mind full of their perceptions When we practice spiritual life, we go against the overall materialistic [...]
Thinking about worldly things is not attachment being unable to stop thinking of them is Attachment is a state of mental bondage wherein our thoughts [...]
Spirituality reveals that our destiny is bigger than the biggest adversity We all wish to have a better future. Using whatever talents we have, we [...]
Materialism reduces organism to mechanism Materialism is the ideology that matter is all that exists. Mechanism is a material system that works according to material [...]
