How can we reach God?
When we start on our spiritual quest, we may feel that we are far away from God. How can we reach him? By seeking his [...]
When we start on our spiritual quest, we may feel that we are far away from God. How can we reach him? By seeking his [...]
What intelligence can’t do: On the devotional path, the ultimate success and the immediate process both center on a personal loving relationship with the Lord. [...]
Superfoods provide multiple benefits, which fall into two broad categories: increasing our energy and decreasing our vulnerability to diseases. Let’s understand how remembrance of Krishna [...]
While practicing bhakti, suppose we feel attracted not to Krishna, but to the world’s allurements. Seeing our devotional weakness, we may lament: “I don’t love [...]
God loves us — this is the common teaching of the world’s theistic traditions. And this teaching is expanded in the bhakti tradition through the [...]
Krishna may be thought by some as as an image in a temple or as a historical figure. Gita wisdom reveals how he is actually [...]
How we conceive God determines how we relate with him. If we conceive of him as a being who exists far away, high in the [...]
Love is founded in freedom: Suppose a boy proposes to a girl saying, “I love you. Will you marry me?” Suppose she declines. And he [...]
The Bhagavad-gita’s conclusion contains a disarming declaration: Krishna is determined to love us (18.64: ishto ‘si drdham iti). This is no empty claim — he [...]
While practicing bhakti, we may sometimes become discouraged, thinking, “I can’t make any worthwhile contribution.” To avoid such discouragement, we need to get our priorities [...]
Suppose we see someone speaking Krishna’s message attractively and getting a lot of appreciation and glorification. Feeling inspired, we seek to do the same service. [...]
We live in an uncertain world where sudden and severe changes can fill us with fear, even panic. If we get our sense of confidence [...]
Suppose we walk on the streets of a giant metropolis, surrounded by huge skyscrapers, thousands of passers-by and hundreds of cars. We may feel small, [...]
Most people nowadays are functionally nontheistic; they may not be explicitly atheistic, but they live as if God doesn’t matter. We start bringing God into [...]
Suppose a coach takes the potential of a budding cricketer seriously. That means even if the player goes through a bad patch, the coach stands [...]
Suppose we are speaking with someone and we sense that they aren’t really hearing us, that they aren’t offering us either an attentive ear or [...]
Contemporary society has largely said no to God — not so much by denying his existence as by relegating him to irrelevance. Most people nowadays [...]
The world is becoming increasingly materialistic and opportunistic. Such people often have no purpose or value beyond the gratification of their sensual desires (Bhagavad-gita 16.07). [...]
Some people ask, “If God loves us, why does he interfere with our enjoyment?” God doesn’t interfere with our enjoyment; he helps us infer what [...]
Some people ask, “Is God impartial? If so, then why does Krishna take the Pandavas’ side in Mahabharata?” Yes, God is impartial. He is transcendental [...]
We usually approach God when we need something. If we get it by praying to him, we feel our faith vindicated. But suppose the opposite [...]