Doesn’t Life Have Any Purpose Beyond Going Back to God?
"Doesn't Life Have Any Purpose Beyond Going Back to God?" The almost indignant directness of the question brought a smile to my face. The young [...]
Am I Bad Luck? Or Am I Just Bad?
“Am I bad luck? Or am I just bad?” In my thirty years as a monk and traveling speaker, I don't think I had ever [...]
Consciousness Outside the Body
A common assumption in modern science is that the physical brain generates consciousness. However, scientific evidence regarding near-death experiences (NDEs) poses a significant challenge to [...]
The Three Longings That Biology Cannot Explain
From a purely biological perspective, human beings are often identified simply as biological machines. Biology suggests that survival and reproduction are the primary drivers of [...]
Why We Must Not Reduce Ourselves to Our Roles
In life, we wear many hats and play many roles. We possess functional identities based on our gender, age, profession, nationality, and relationship status. While [...]
Question: What are the differences between the needs of the body and the needs of the soul?
Answer: They are two distinct levels of reality. Just as a car and a driver have different needs, the body and the soul also have [...]
Why has God created our mind to act as our enemy so frequently and forcefully?
God has provided us with the mind as a functional tool to link our spiritual selves with our physical bodies. However, the specific way the [...]
Let your love for me inform and transform my love for life
Bhagavad Gita 18.61 īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe ’rjuna tiṣṭhati bhrāmayan sarva-bhūtāni yantrārūḍhāni māyayā The Lord within all hearts resides, And there, O Arjuna, gently guides; All [...]
The under-explored relationship between morality and meaning
Morality often carries associations with religious moralizing, conjuring stereotypical images of outdated codes of conduct dictated long ago. These are frequently dismissed as being regressive [...]
Why study philosophy – 2?
Why we do something determines how we do it and how long we do it. Suppose we study a subject such as philosophy to impress [...]
Contemplating death — life-denying or life-affirming?
We, as a society, live largely in denial of death. Those who contemplate death are often deemed life-denying and hope-sapping pessimists. In marked contrast, the [...]
We aren’t merely physical being seeking sustenance, safety and sex – we are essentially spiritual beings seeking purpose and progress
We aren't merely physical being seeking sustenance safety and sex - we are essentially spiritual beings seeking purpose and progress Today’s materialistic worldview holds that [...]
Even if we fare well in life, we still have to say farewell to life
Even if we fare well in life we still have to say farewell to life We all wish to fare well in life; we seek [...]
Life becomes meaningless not when we tire of life’s problems, but when we tire of life’s pleasures Gita 03.16
Life becomes meaningless not when we tire of life's problems but when we tire of life's pleasures Gita 03.16 When we face many problems repeatedly, [...]