Dissatisfaction is more often caused by inner instability than by outer incompatibility
The nature of the mind is to always keep us dissatisfied, to make us feel that something is wrong out there. Under its influence, we [...]
God’s infinitude is not mathematical – it is transcendental
God is infinite. What does this mean? To understand how the elusive concept of infinity applies to God, let’s begin with a familiar application of [...]
To make a principle out of absence is to perpetuate the absence
Some religious groups argue, “Because God is infinite, we can never know him. The more any tradition claims to know specific features about him, the [...]
Gita 10.06 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Next Krishna describes how the [...]
Our sense of beauty points to our transcendence
We have an innate sense of beauty – beautiful things naturally attract our heart. But where does this sense come from? If we are just [...]
The available becomes valuable when it becomes accessible
Suppose we come to know of a powerful feature in our phone. That feature was always available, but to us it was just an icon [...]
Gita 10.04-05 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan 10 chapter 1st verse Krishna [...]
Don’t let the mind make you fight more battles than you need to
If soldiers while fighting a battle agonize about a reversal in yesterday’s battle or worry about the danger in tomorrow’s battle, they will undermine their [...]
Gita 10.03 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan So in 10.3 He describes [...]
Perceive the mind to better perceive Krishna
If we are walking through marshy land, the marsh can make us slip if we are not watchful. In our journey towards Krishna, our mind [...]
Place yourself in the gravity pull of Krishna, not of sense objects
If an asteroid comes within the gravity pull of a planet, it is dragged down to that planet. Similarly, during our life-journey, the gravity pull [...]
Don’t be like soldiers fighting a past war
In wars, a strategy successful in one war may not be necessarily successful in a later war. For example, World War I saw the use [...]
Gita 11.54 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan How this seeing with understanding [...]
Gita 11.53 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Now in 53 Krishna will [...]
To convert a prison into a kingdom is a fool’s errand
When criminals are sentenced to a jail, they may, especially if they are driven by megalomania, attempt to convert the jail into their kingdom, by [...]
Gita 11.51 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Bg 11.51 arjuna uvāca dṛṣṭvedaṁ [...]
Determination means to subordinate pleasure to purpose
We sometimes think of determination as a special gift that some people have and some don’t. And when the mind is faced with the prospect [...]
Gita 11.50 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Bg 11.50 sañjaya uvāca ity [...]
To reduce suffering to a spectator sport is to perpetuate our suffering
Many movies depict suffering, but in such a way that it seems to be something that happens to those people out there. And watching it [...]
Victory comes not just by courageously fighting our battles but also by cautiously choosing our battles
Often a machismo-filled notion of a hero is someone who fearlessly charges into some battle and single-handedly against overwhelming odds wrecks havoc in the enemy’s [...]
Gita 11.49 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Bg 11.49 mā te vyathā [...]