What are we focusing on: connection or contribution?
While practicing bhakti, we may sometimes become discouraged, thinking, “I can’t make any worthwhile contribution.” …
Whose place are we seeking in devotion: ours or someone else’s?
Suppose we see someone speaking Krishna’s message attractively and getting a lot of appreciation and glorification. …
How faith and doubt can both be used spiritually
A functional car needs to have both an accelerator and a brake. While driving, when we are on the right track, we can press …
When the tendency to doubt helps
In today’s educated circles, doubt is celebrated as an intellectual strength. Whenever thoughtful people encounter …
How pride can corrupt both faith and doubt …
We often equate pride with respect-demanding and self-congratulatory hubris. But it can appear much more subtly when …
What does it mean to know Krishna?
The Bhagavad-gita repeatedly talks about knowing Krishna — those who know him attain his abode (04.09). What does such …