“This is the nature of human ego: we become so filled with anxieties when we have expectations, because the nature of this world is that you always don’t get what you expect.” – Radhanath Swami If we expect good weather and it is bad weather, it’s very disturbing. If …
By performing pious karma, the limit that we can achieve is elevation to higher planets, where there is a longer life with less disease and less anxieties. But ultimately when the karma is exhausted, we are back in the same situation. And through various yoga processes we can have incredible supernatural powers…
Conflict is the very nature of this material world. Even the cells within our bodies are in conflict. The subtlest of all elements of creation is the false ego, and all other elements—earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind and intelligence are both evolving from and resting upon the false ego. But what is the false ego …
What is the meaning of yoga? Yoga means unity. What is the meaning of religion? Religion comes from the Greek word religio, which means “to bind back, to be in harmony, to be in unity.” Every living being has a body, a mind and a consciousness. The consciousness is the energy emanating from the …
The path of bhakti is supreme. When you love Krishna, Krishna agrees to be conquered by that love. Actually it is not that He just plays a game. He is actually conquered by the love of His devotees while simultaneously He is the Supreme conqueror of everything…
This is how the Absolute Truth is explained in our Vedic literatures: although He is full, complete and ever fully satisfied, the perfection of His love is He feels pain of separation to see any one of His children suffering in forgetfulness of Him…
Everything we have is coming from the earth. Our bodies, food, homes, even our computers and books are all coming from earth. A little boy gave me a beautiful lotus flower. What a beautiful
Everything we have is coming from the earth. Our bodies, food, homes, even our computers and books are all coming from earth. A little boy gave me a beautiful lotus flower. What a beautiful