Adept to adopt and adapt

Many of us may have suspected that the Bhagavad-gita being an ancient book might not be practical in our times. Some of us may have been surprised to discover how practical and valuable it is when we encountered advanced devotees who had molded their lives according...

Is our intelligence building a wall or a bridge?

We human beings have an intelligence more advanced than our nonhuman fellow beings. This developed intelligence enables us to think beyond the immediate issues that occupy the animal world: eating, sleeping, mating and defending. We can think about the ultimate...

Glue the mind to meditation, not mediation

Many of our problems often seem to have an inbuilt mental glue. They stick to our minds constantly – and especially during our mantra meditation, when we frequently find our mind doing mediation about problem-solving, not meditation on Krishna. Gita wisdom helps...

Our heart deserves more than a consolation prize

Our heart is flooded with many desires for happiness. However, most of these desires are unfulfillable due to the limitations of time, financial resources, bodily capacity and other practical constraints. Still, desires are our primary driving agents without which our...