From survival value to value to survival
Our present life in material existence is characterized by struggle for survival. Naturally therefore we often evaluate everything based on its survival value: does it help me in my struggle for survival? Frequently such an evaluation motivates our initial practice of...Is that me?
In the Bhagavad-gita, when Arjuna asks Krishna about what his activity should be, Krishna's sequence of answers indicates that the question of identity takes priority over the question of activity; only when we understand correctly who we are can we figure out...Questioning our questions
The Bhagavad-gita begins in its first chapter with Arjuna asking a series of rhetorical questions meant to justify his views and choices. Lord Krishna responds to Arjuna by questioning those questions, by challenging the materialistic presumptions that gave birth to...Lack of devotional appetite is natural yet unnatural
As spiritual seekers, we may at times feel apathetic or averse to the spiritual practices like meditation or prayer that connect us with Krishna and nourish us spiritually. This absence of devotional appetite symptomizes that we are afflicted with spiritual anorexia....Krishna is realer than reality
In our times of trouble, we may doubt, “Does Krishna really exist?” Gita wisdom turns this doubt on the head by prompting the doubt, “Does the world around me with all its troubles really exist?” To the response, “The world obviously...Upcoming Events
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