Facing losses but not feeling lost — the reorienting power of gratitude
Suppose we are driving through a remote area guided by GPS and suddenly the GPS connectivity gets lost due to a heavy storm. Not knowing [...]
Is gratitude a state or a trait?
Gratitude can be both, and it is best when manifested as both. Let’s see how. State: Gratitude as a state refers to the emotions of [...]
What we do with our blessings
In our life, we all have both blessings and problems. Unfortunately, we often tend to fixate on our problems, which may arise due to our [...]
How to work with our mind
Even a little introspection can demonstrate to us how distracting and distractible our mind is — it gets captivated by trivial things and then makes [...]
Our mind’s attention vs our attention
Our mind is by nature fickle (Bhagavad-gita 06.34). It gets attracted to almost any and every shiny object that comes within its attention, be it [...]
Gita 18.61 – Explanation from Bhakti Shastri Class
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Bg 18.61 Now Krishna explains [...]
Gita 02.27 – Explanation from Bhakti Shastri Class
BG 2.27 jatasya hi dhruvo mrityur dhruvam janma mritasya ca tasmad apariharye 'rthe na tvam socitum arhasi SYNONYMS jatasya -- of one who has [...]
Is a long life a good life?
When somebody dies in old age, people often say about them: “They had a good life.” But does the length of a life determine its [...]
Bhagavad-gita Chapter 9 summary — part 4
[How can you be worshiped?] Very simply; those who offer me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water – that offering of [...]
Bhagavad-gita Chapter 9 summary — part 3
[What’s lacking if those who perform sacrifices end up conceiving the Divine as the multiplicity of deities?] They don’t know that it is me whom [...]
Bhagavad-gita Chapter 9 summary — part 2
[When you are the overseer of material nature, why doesn’t everyone understand your divine position?] Because some people are deluded; they despise and deride me [...]
Bhagavad-gita chapter 9 summary — part 1
[For attaining the supreme result that you just mentioned, what is the easiest process?] Krishna said: This most confidential knowledge, in both its intellectual and [...]
Gita 18.70 – Explanation from Bhakti Shastri Class
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Someone may say O this [...]
Bhagavad-gita chapter 8 summary — part 3
[If even Brahma’s world is destructible, is there any world that is indestructible?] Higher than this entire material world, in both its manifest and unmanifest [...]
Bhagavad-gita chapter 8 summary — part 2
[While meditating on the attributes of the Supreme, do seekers themselves need to develop any attributes?] They know the Vedas well enough to recognize that [...]
Bhagavad-gita chapter 8 summary — part 1
[Can you explain the terms mentioned at the end of the last chapter (07.29-30)?] Arjuna: Krishna, what is brahman? What is adhyatma? What is karma? [...]
Bhagavad-gita Chapter 7 summary — part 2
[If you sustain everything, why doesn’t everyone know about you?] Everyone in material existence is deluded by nature made up of the three modes – [...]
Bhagavad-gita Chapter 7 summary — part 1
[For attaining the level of the highest yogis (06.47), is there an alternative, easier way?] Hear, Arjuna, the knowledge that will free you from doubt [...]
Bhagavad-gita Chapter 6 summary — part 5
[How can this feeling of discouragement be addressed?] Krishna: O Partha, neither in this world nor in the next will they meet with destruction; O [...]
Bhagavad-gita Chapter 6 summary — part 4
[How is it possible to keep the mind equally disposed when dealing with people of opposite qualities — such as the virtuous Yudhishthira and the [...]
Bhagavad-gita Chapter 6 summary — part 3
[What happens when the consciousness is steadily fixed on the self?] By the sustained practice of yoga, all material movements of consciousness stop; and the [...]