2.67 Why Do Good People Do Terrible Things?
We all have probably heard of or even seen good people who end up doing shocking things. If we are brutally honest, we ourselves sometimes [...]
The oldest lie in existence
The oldest lie in existence is the idea that we can become God. We are constantly targeted by lies, some spread intentionally by those who [...]
Understanding ourselves: The utility of categorization the necessity of self-observation
Understanding ourselves: The utility of categorization the necessity of self-observation We all occasionally act in ways that surprise us, either positively or negatively. At times, [...]
Don’t just condemn the demonic; contemplate how they became demonic
Greedy people often do things for the sake of money that most decent people hesitate to do. Greed can lead people to become not just [...]
How people are equal — and how they aren’t
We live in a world that cherishes equality. Affirming our innate aspiration, Gita wisdom explains that people themselves are equal in that everybody has a [...]
Materialism reduces organism to mechanism
Materialism reduces organism to mechanism Materialism is the ideology that matter is all that exists. Mechanism is a material system that works according to material [...]
The Gita is not a spatial martial narration, but is a universal spiritual revelation
The Bhagavad-gita begins and ends with references to places. In its first verse, Dhritarashtra asks his assistant Sanjaya about the events that transpired at the [...]
The natural is not necessarily desirable
The Bhagavad-gita (11.29) while describing how the warriors on the Kurukshetra battlefield were doomed compares some of them to moths rushing towards fire. Commentators explain [...]
Material bondage is a restriction not in location, but in conception
The word ‘bondage’ often evokes an image of someone bound to a particular location, say, a hostage tied to a chair. Our bondage in material [...]
Our happiness depends far more on the thoughts within than on the things without
Our culture makes us believe that we will become happy by improving the things around us – clothes, cellphones and cars, for example. Will we? [...]
Gita wisdom frees humanity from speciesism
Speciesism refers to discrimination against living beings based on their species. Belief in speciesism is implicit in today’s world. For evidence, we need to look [...]
Is it human nature to want to transcend human nature?
We humans exist as divided beings: divided between what we are and what we want to be. This quest for improvement comprises the essence of [...]