Searching for the villain can’t help us in finding the hero
When things start going wrong in our life, our false ego goes into a default defensive, scheming to find a villain on whom to lay the blame for spoiling the dream plot of our life. However, this search for a villain puts us in a negative frame of mind, wherein we just...Krishna is everything, but everything is not Krishna
The Bhagavad-gita (7.19) states that the wise surrender to Krishna, understanding him to be everything (vasudevah sarvam iti). Does this verse describe a naïve pantheism that sentimentally worships everything to be God? The negative answer is evident in the verse...Are we desiring the worthy or the trendy?
Our capacity to desire is our most powerful resource, second only to our capacity to access Krishna’s grace. Our desires shape our life’s direction and destination; our past desires have molded us into what we presently are, and our present desires will...A game that we can’t win and can’t quit
We may get the question: “Why do we need to give up material desires like lust and greed?” Because of their two deadly characteristics: insatiability and irresistibility. To understand these characteristics, let’s compare engaging with material...Welcome Tune or Alarm Bell?
The Bhagavad-gita (03.41) urges us to recognize carnal temptation as a symbol of sin (papamanam) and curb it as soon as it rears its ugly head in our consciousness. This ability to see the true colors of temptation is a prime barometer of our intellectual health. When...Upcoming Events
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