Thank you for that Tolstoy excerpt. His short stories, particularly the ones he wrote late in life in cooperation with the local peasants, are also marvelous.
Jnana, knowledge, is like agni, fire - like the agni hotra, the fire ceremony where articles are offered into the flames to be sanctified. When we offer our thoughts and deeds into the fire of spiritual knowledge they become sanctified. Prabhupad ...
Keeping part of my awareness in the above-mentioned place of stillness, peace, and silence is very important for me, especially during my hours on the job. But in specifically meditative times, I prefer to travel through the formless to the form o...
"Difficult to fathom" indeed. Herein lies danger for those pursuing akarma. If karma can be spiritualized by engagement in devotional service, then can vikarma also? If I cheat, lie, steal, even murder in the course of what I perceive to be my ser...
I visited the La Cienega Blvd. temple in LA in 1970 for a few days. Late one night, I happened to see Vishnujan sitting alone in the temple room reciting the Sikshastakam in English as you have it here. The intensity of feeling in his voice moved ...
Re: your bracketed comment - it seems to be an adaptation of the Shaivite concept that Shiva is passive and Shakti is active. The Vaishnavas see both the masculine and the feminine as active/passive, in their respective ways. And that paradox of a...
Bob Dylan, "Gotta Serve Somebody" -
You may be an ambassador to England or France,
You may like to gamble, you might like to dance,
You may be the heavyweight champion of the world,
You may be a socialite with a long string of pearls
But you're ...
Satchitananda, Easwaran, and Gandhi have similar readings of this verse. Satchitananda extols peace. Easwaran praises faith. Gandhi invokes unity in diversity. Prabhupad, however, is different. His standard is Krishna. Where Satchitananda declares...
This world we're now inhabiting is the material world, not the spiritual world. The distinction is a function of consciousness as much as regions on a map. Nevertheless, here we are. In this world, there is a balance of good and evil. They both pl...
This is quite enlightening for us who you may term as struggling souls. I also undergo different mental experiences. Sometimes there is agony, often there is a sense of helplessness as if everything is going out of control, and sometimes I feel a ...
Chapter 5, Verse 2
Krishna says,
"Action rightly renounced
Brings freedom.
Action rightly performed
Likewise brings freedom.
Of the two,
Karma Yoga is better.
[I don't resonate very well with the idea of one path being pronounced "better" than ...
Ekta Aol (Art of Living) wroteon May 14, 2009 at 7:02am
Question: Guruji, speaking truth is getting me to one problem or the other in my life. What should I do?
Guruji: Anger with truth covers the power of discrimination. Truth should be with non...
Namaste Supreetha ji,
Now if you say that you are unwell, that does not sound good..... the physical body is not well... :)
Do not worry you would be out of the pain very soon.... by 10th of this month you should be back to the best of your physi...
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