The distinction here is between validity and fidelity. Something can be accepted as valid without being the particular practice to which we commit ourselves when [...]
To understand our attachments, we need to notice where our thoughts go when they have nowhere else to go. Our minds are always full of [...]
If we don’t take a hard look at ourselves, we will soon get a hard knock from ourselves. We often worry about people who are [...]
Whenever we start looking into the abyss, we need to even more urgently and regularly start looking into the mirror. The term abyss is often [...]
Faith in God's protection means that we are not paralyzed by fear when called to act in His service, even when faced with significant challenges. [...]
Whenever we try to live a life of principles, we may often feel haunted by the possibility of fall downs. This concern becomes especially poignant [...]
Life often thrusts upon us difficult, dangerous, or distressing situations that can trigger negative emotions. While most such emotions decline and depart with time as [...]
Faith in God's protection means accepting that what he protects may be different from what we expect him to protect. One of the most celebrated [...]
uddhared ātmanātmānaṁ nātmānam avasādayet ātmaiva hyātmano bandhur ātmaiva ripur ātmanaḥ When others hurt me and my mind rushes to judgment, Help me meet its [...]
svādhyāyābhyasanaṁ caiva May speaking your words be my training, Knowing their sounds are potent and purifying. Let sacred recitation be my ladder, Drawing my heart [...]
Suppose we travel extensively and come across a place that is exquisitely beautiful, naturally rich with resources, and yet feels desolate and desperate. This could [...]
satyaṁ priya-hitaṁ ca yat Let me speak to illuminate and appreciate, Never use the truth as a tool to dominate. May kind words become my [...]
Bhagavad Gita 18.58 mac-cittaḥ sarva-durgāṇi mat-prasādāt tariṣyasi atha cet tvam ahaṅkārān na śroṣyasi vinaṅkṣyasi "Focus on me, and all duality you will transcend, By [...]
Bhagavad Gita 18.78 yatra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇo yatra pārtho dhanur-dharaḥ tatra śrīr vijayo bhūtir dhruvā nītir matir mama Where Kṛṣṇa, the Lord of mystic perfection, [...]
Bhagavad Gita 18.66 sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ Give up all confusion about what is to be [...]
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Bg 17.16 manaḥ-prasādaḥ saumyatvaṁ maunam [...]