When the good seems better than the best
When we strive to practice devotional service, the power of illusion is ever-waiting to thwart our efforts. If we are casual about our practice, this [...]
End your divorce from reality
Imagine a group of people who desire to play a virtual-reality video game. Their desire divorces them from the reality of their identity and propels [...]
Self-denial opens the door to self-fulfillment
Whenever Gita wisdom encourages us to perform any act of self-denial like fasting on certain holy days, the purpose is not self-torture, but self-fulfillment. Fulfilling [...]
Careless words can cause cureless wounds
The Bhagavad-gita (17.15) explains that speaking the truth in a way that is beneficial, pleasing and non-agitating is the discipline of speech. Neglecting this verbal [...]
Whatever catches our attention catches us
In contemporary culture, the advertising industry offers us visual confirmation of an important teaching of the Bhagavad-gita repeatedly, even constantly. The Gita (02.62)(02.63) describes how [...]
Devotion protects us from destruction by distraction
Just as weapons of mass destruction can destroy thousands of bodies, weapons of mass distraction – the mass media – can destroy thousands of minds. [...]