Comparing is unavoidable, but comparing mentality is undesirable
In our competitive world, comparing is almost universal. In schools with any kind of assessment, who gets higher grades and who lower will be inevitably [...]
Focus on the cause that brings us together, not on the conditions and conditionings that push us apart
We all are irreducibly individual. Naturally, we all have varying opinions on various issues. When these opinions differ strongly, conflicts occur. How can we deal [...]
Thinking about worldly things is not attachment, being unable to stop thinking of them is
Attachment is a state of mental bondage wherein our thoughts compulsively gravitate towards the object of our attachment. The Bhagavad-gita (01.01) begins with the words [...]
Whose words we hear matters, but whose words we hold dear matters even more
Suppose we are lost while driving and ask for directions. If some people give us right directions and others give us wrong directions, where we [...]
Cultivate a tender heart, but cover it with a thick skin
The process of bhakti is meant to purify and soften our heart, to make it receptive to relish the subtle and sweet love of Krishna. [...]