Entangling Web

The network of material illusion has been created with great sophistication. Every time we deviate from the principle of servitude, we become more and more entangled in the complexities of material bondage. It is a vicious cycle. Every thought, word and deed, performed in an…

Clouds and Moon

During the rainy season, we cannot see the moon because it is covered by the clouds. The clouds, however, are radiant with the glow of the moon’s rays. Similarly, in our material existence we cannot directly perceive the soul, because our consciousness is covered by the cloud-like false ego, the false identification…

Radhanath Swami on Purifying the mind and ego

Radhanath Swami on Purifying the mind and ego

The false ego, ahankara, is when we forget our real identity—the spirit soul—and we think, ‘I am this body, I am this mind, I am the enjoyer,’ and we dedicate our

The false ego, ahankara, is when we forget our real identity—the spirit soul—and we think, ‘I am this body, I am this mind, I am the enjoyer,’ and we dedicate our