September 26, 2013
The word “immaterial” can refer to “that which is not made of matter” and “that which doesn’t matter.” The immaterial (the non-material) isimmaterial (unimportant)....
September 26, 2013
When external problems trouble us, we may feel that they need to be solved first, and so we can’t afford time for our inner...
September 26, 2013
The Bhagavad-gita (13.16) states that Krishna is situated far away from us – and is simultaneously very close to us. Paradoxical scriptural statements like...
September 26, 2013
The Bhagavad-gita (05.22) explains that wise people avoid sense pleasures because they know that such pleasures are the wombs of suffering. The Gita’s use...
September 26, 2013
“If I give up all my desires and just fulfill Krishna’s desires, won’t I be stripping myself of everything that makes me significant as...
September 26, 2013
The Bhagavad-gita (16.7-20) describes the mentality of the godless materialists who ruin themselves and those around them by their inordinate infatuation with temporary things....
September 26, 2013
When things go wrong and disrupt our lives, a doubt may trouble us: is Krishna really my well-wisher? While dealing with such doubts, we...
September 26, 2013
Whenever we see an ad promising a huge gain for a tiny price, we tend to become skeptical. Such skepticism is the understandable and...
September 26, 2013
The Bhagavad-gita (14.10) states how the subtle forces of nature known as the modes exert competing psychological influences on us. Their contrary influences cause...
September 26, 2013
The Bhagavad-gita (18.33)(18.34)(18.35) describes resolution or determination in the three modes of nature: goodness, passion and ignorance. The modes comprise subtle cosmological forces that...