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The one true purpose of life: Taking shelter of God

India, Dec. 13 -- Human life appears complex, yet its true purpose is profoundly simple: to take shelter of God and advance ourselves spiritually. The Bhagavad Gita (15.7) states that we are souls, et... Read More


Why we fail at control: The Gita on surrender

India, Dec. 8 -- We all wish to be in control, yet we fail repeatedly - and often miserably. The simple reason is that control never truly rests in our hands. Lord Krishna explains this with crystal c... Read More


Choosing Divine Shelter: Trap of Self-Dependence

India, Dec. 1 -- Lord Krishna repeatedly emphasises in the Bhagavad Gita that we must take His shelter, yet most of us prefer to take our own shelter. What I mean is simple: we mostly depend on oursel... Read More


Tamoguna reveals darkness hidden within us

India, Nov. 20 -- Tamoguna is commonly translated into English as the mode of darkness. But what does this really mean in our day-to-day lives? We often classify actions as good or bad, yet we rarely ... Read More


The Bhagavad-Gita reveals God's active presence

India, Nov. 14 -- Most of us imagine God as a distant and detached being-watching us from afar but rarely intervening. Yet, Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad-Gita offers a very different understanding. He ... Read More


In liminal light grace speaks through unseen breath

India, Oct. 29 -- Lord Krishna, in the Bhagavad Gita (7.16), explains that four kinds of virtuous people turn to Him in devotion: "The distressed, the inquisitive, the seeker of wealth, and the wise."... Read More


Make good use of your good 'Karmaphalas'

India, Oct. 15 -- Our good karmaphalas - the fruits of our past deeds - manifest in this life as blessings such as good looks, fame, knowledge, power, renunciation, and wealth. Yet each of these gifts... Read More


Conscience: The forgotten language of divinity

India, Oct. 8 -- The words conscience and conscious are often confused because they sound similar, yet they signify two entirely different realms of human experience. Conscience refers to the inner se... Read More


The divine willpower beyond human strength

India, Oct. 3 -- In Hindi, the divine will is known as Iccha Shakti-the power of God's will. It is fundamentally different from what we ordinarily call "willpower." Human willpower is typically define... Read More


Free will exists within God's supreme will

India, Sept. 19 -- The Sanskrit word for controller is niyantrak, yet Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita never uses this term to describe Himself. Instead, He prefers words such as bharta (sustainer) a... Read More