Job dissatisfaction. Marital dissatisfaction. Monetary Dissatisfaction…. The malaise of dissatisfaction plagues millions. Of course, dissatisfaction is not always a malaise. It can point to a fundamental incompatibility that needs to be assertively addressed. Or it can spur us to better performance, thereby enabling us to do justice to our God-given abilities. Far more frequently however,…
Gita wisdom frequently surprises us by taking us beyond surface to the substance of things. Few things illustrate this as graphically as the Bhagavad-gita (17.19) declaration that an activity which seems so obviously religious – austerity – can be in the mode of ignorance, meaning thereby that it is far removed from real spirituality. Why…
When we share Gita wisdom with others, we sometimes find them arguing for the sake of arguing, holding on to positions that are illogical and indefensible. We may be tempted to dismiss such people as irrational, but humility will allow us to consider another possibility. They may not be irrational per se, but have become…
17.14 – Differences that make a real difference – and differences that don’t Suppose we desire a new cellphone. Being enamored by the various features of difference brands, we start worrying which to choose. Soon the worry consumes our mind. When we repeat this process for every material thing we choose, we soon get mentally…
The world is witnessing an upsurge of many diet-induced diseases. A prominent example is obesity, which is increasingly becoming one of the world’s biggest causes of avoidable death. Diseases can result from diet that is wrong in quantity or quality or both. For example, fast food that is being aggressively marketed all over the world…
When our room is in a mess and a respectable guest arrives, we hide the mess in the background. If we keep doing this repeatedly and never clean the mess, then over time it becomes too massive to be hidden. Cleaning up that accumulated mess turns out to be an exhausting burden that makes us…
Some people oppose value-judgments of any kind: “According to one person’s values, a particular act may be wrong. But why should that person’s values be imposed on others?” Such notions are good if they foster tolerance and open-mindedness. However, they can become bad if they themselves claim to be absolutes. After all, the idea that…
Words are indispensable tools for communicating our ideas and feelings with others. These verbal tools have become increasingly critical in our hi-tech age of phones and emails that don’t allow the non-verbal forms of communication possible in direct, personal conversations. Our words can act as windows or as walls: As windows, they give others’ clear…
The Bhagavad-gita (17.15) recommends regular recitation of scriptures as a means to discipline our power of speech. Regular recitation of scripture becomes easy when scripture is readily accessible to us. And the most accessible place for keeping scripture is our own memory. If we find the prospect of memorizing scripture daunting, that is probably because…
The Bhagavad-gita (17.15) explains that speaking the truth in a way that is beneficial, pleasing and non-agitating is the discipline of speech. Those who neglect this verbal discipline risk speaking harsh words that can break hearts and wreck relationships. The internal scars caused by such thoughtless words are often severe and sometimes incurable – especially…
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