Gita 5.25 explained
# BG 5.25 Last portion of the 5th Chapter! In the last section Sri Krishna told how a yogi can attain liberation by [...]
When helping others is compassion and when it isn’t …
Suppose someone is starving. We may help them by giving some money. If they are starving because a recession has left them jobless, they will [...]
Be not self-seeking, be seekers of the self
Self-seeking people care for their own pleasures, without caring for anyone else. Such people can’t be seekers of the self because what they seek is [...]
Social activism is the byproduct of spiritual activism, not its purpose
Many people nowadays evaluate spirituality in utilitarian terms – they value it only for its tangible social benefits. Undoubtedly, spirituality does promote social well-being. When [...]
The more we are responsible for others, the more we need to be responsible for ourselves
Suppose a surgeon is agitated, distracted or exhausted while doing surgery – a small wrong cut can be disastrous. Their responsibility for the lives of [...]
Are we like doctors who give medicines to everyone except themselves?
Doctors going to epidemic-struck areas are extremely careful to vaccinate themselves from the disease they intend to treat. Gita wisdom informs us that the entire [...]