Three kinds of blindness in the Gita’s first chapter
Dhritarashtra’s blindness — physical: His blindness, being physical, was the most self-evident. It prevented him from…
How we all can be dangerous, be we strong or weak
Suppose someone is strong, be it physically, economically, politically. We easily understand that they can be …
Attachment is the inability to say no, whatever the cost
Suppose we are buying something. Usually, we would compare its cost with its value: is what I have to pay commensurate with…
When we are attached to someone, we don’t care much for them; we care much more for what they think about us
Suppose a doctor needs to give an injection to a sick child. But the child starts crying and complaining about the doctor:…
Detachment is absence of emotional dependence, not absence of emotion
Some people fear, “If I become detached, will I become emotionless, uncaring, stone-hearted?” No, detachment empowers…
Just because something is not our fault doesn’t mean it is not our responsibility
Suppose a father who owns a firearm keeps it accessible to his teenage son. If the son injures someone with that gun, the son…
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