Changing emotions, unchanging actions
Even if we can't stop our feelings from changing, we can stop our feelings from changing our actions. Whenever we resolve to do something good, [...]
Gita 07.05 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Now Sri Krishna will talk about [...]
How change happens — and how it doesn’t
We sometimes wish to change for the better by cultivating some good habits: for example, exercising, meditating, reading wisdom-books. For making such change, what do [...]
We are in illusion, but we are not an illusion
Suppose someone we trusted implicitly betrays us totally. Being devastated, we may ask ourselves: “What is real? How do I differentiate reality from illusion?” Faced [...]
We are the world’s purpose, but the world is not our purpose
The Bhagavad-gita (07.05) makes the intriguing statement that the living entities sustain the world. If the relevant root-word ‘dhr’ is taken to mean ‘to utilize,’ [...]