Know that all beautiful, glorious and mighty creations spring from but a spark of My splendor.[Bhagavad-gita 10:41] Many indigenous and first nations peoples who were once termed “primitive," observing the natural …
Devotion
This essay is on Developing Your Love for God Through the Process of Sadhana Bhakti. As I don’t yet have love for God, this is a bit like me giving …
In 1972 I was working as a psychiatric nurse at a big psychiatric hospital in Sydney. I was living with a bunch of hippies, but I was a …
One famous singer related that as a child in school he was once asked “What do you want to be when you grow up?” His reply was “Happy. I want …
What is night for all beings is the time of awakening for the self-controlled; and the time of awakening for all beings is night for the introspective sage.[Bhagavad-gita 2:69] When two …
In the early seventies, Janis Joplin had a big hit with the song “Mercedes Benz.” The song was a bit of a send-up of praying for material things. The first …
Our hard heartedness causes us to be insensitive and cruel to others. The more we are cruel, causing others pain, the harder our hearts become, and the further we move …
After attaining Me, the great souls, who are yogis in devotion, never return to this temporary world, which is full of miseries, because they have attained the highest perfection. From …
The Supreme Person, Krishna or Govinda, appeared in this world 5000 years ago and spoke the Bhagavad-gita to enlighten the souls trapped in the material world and show them the …
The Italians have a very apt expression for how our lives get screwed up when we least expect it: “lupus in fabula.” It means “the wolf in the fairy tale.” …