Sep 28, 2013 | Articles
We may get the question, “To practice the Gita, do we need to turn back the clock to the time thousands of years ago when it was first spoken?” Not necessary, answers Gita wisdom, because its message is not merely historical, dating back to thousands of...
Sep 28, 2013 | Articles
The Bhagavad-gita (15.15) states that Krishna personally resides in the hearts of all of us so as to guide us to our ultimate good. From this strategic vantage point, he observes our misadventures in material existence and strives to bring them to an adventurous,...
Sep 28, 2013 | Articles
The Bhagavad-gita (15.10) reproaches as deluded (vimudha) those materialists who are blind to the soul due to their overdependence on their undependable senses. “Seeing is believing” is the credo that such people use self-righteously to justify their...
Sep 28, 2013 | Articles
The Bhagavad-gita (10.33) identifies time as a manifestation of Krishna. Time is one of the most forceful teachers about the temporary nature of worldly existence. All of us can learn about the fragility and the perishability of all things material by everyday...
Sep 28, 2013 | Articles
Many people, especially intellectuals, use knowledge, even scriptural knowledge, as a play-toy for their intellect. Playing with the intellect involves memorizing, analyzing, synthesizing and verbalizing information. Often, such intellectual play is motivated by the...
Sep 27, 2013 | Articles
“I would like to make spiritual advancement, but giving up worldly pleasures is too much of a price to pay for it.” Such thoughts may dissuade us from following the regulative principles that urge us to eschew the anti-scriptural worldly pleasures of...