Bhagavad Gita

Our past can sometimes seem like a prison, especially if some of our past indulgences have become compulsive. The way out of the prison of [...]

Suppose we have a garden with the potential for beautiful flowers and delicious fruits. Still, we need to grow them. If instead we keep craving [...]

Suppose the knowledge about road signs that we studied for getting a driving license has become inert within us. It has gone so much to [...]

We all want to be happy. However, where we seek that happiness determines whether we will become happy or not. Quite often we look for [...]

Amidst pain, if we obsess on it, we can’t learn from the pain and grow through it. By thus squandering the opportunity provided indirectly by [...]

Amidst our overscheduled and overworked lives, practicing bhakti may seem like another to-do that adds to our burden. However, devotion is not another to-do. Why? [...]

When driving, if we come to an intersection and don’t know which way to go, we need to wait till we get some guidance. In [...]

Suppose somebody who can lift a twenty-five-kg weight tries to lift a fifty-kg-weight – they will injure themselves. We too similarly hurt ourselves when we [...]

We usually seek God’s grace in material terms such as more money, a bigger house or a better job. However, for the spiritual soul, which [...]

We think of atheists as people who reject God’s existence. If we are religious, we would never count ourselves among the atheists. However, atheism is [...]

When we decide to do something right or give up something wrong, we need discernment. Why? Because the forces of illusion distort our perception. Illusion [...]

When we practice bhakti-yoga and cultivate devotion for Krishna, we may become very effusive in manifesting that devotion through our lips – we may speak [...]

Jumping can be dangerous if we jump too far and fall twisted, injuring ourselves, or fall on someone, injuring them. While physical jumping can be [...]

Suppose we are driving a car and find it steering off-course towards another lane. Alarmed, we move the steering wheel rapidly, and the car starts [...]

See ourselves as spiritual: When we face problems in life, we can respond more maturely and resiliently on understanding that at our core we are [...]

Those who cultivate crops need a protective fence to keep away predators. Similarly, when we aspire to cultivate virtues such as purity and spirituality, we [...]

We humans have an innate need to worship something bigger than ourselves. Thus, sports fans adore a sports-star, consciously or subconsciously equating their idol with [...]

When we are good at something, we can easily spot others’ weaknesses in that area. For example, if we are good at language, our attention [...]

The God we grasp refers to how we understand God: the conception of God we have acquired, be it by conscious contemplation or sub-conscious assimilation [...]