It’s tempting, when you don’t know what to do, when you don’t have an immediate answer, to try to force the issue. You try harder, think faster, attempt to figure things out, and struggle to come up with something. The most powerful and productive thing to do when you don’t have an immediate answer to […]
ISKCON Quotes
God is great
Many people claim, “God is great,” but this is a hackneyed phrase. One must know how He is great, and that can be known from authorized scripture. In the Bhagavad-gita God describes Himself. He says, “My appearance of taking birth just like an ordinary human being is actually transcendental.” God is so kind that He […]
Relationships are hard to handle & might even seem impossible at times
Relationships are hard to handle and might even seem impossible at times. There will be many fights and many quarrels, many disagreements and many tears….. The easiest thing would be to give up. But if we instead spend half the energy we use in fighting with each other, to keep the relationship strong, then that […]
Special reasoning power of the human being
The Bhagavad-gita says that out of many thousands of human beings, one may try to make perfection of his life. Man is an animal, but he has one special prerogative, rational thought. What is that rational thought? Reasoning power, argument. Now, reasoning power is there in dogs and cats as well. Suppose a dog comes […]
Avoid multi-tasking
Avoid multi-tasking – You’re on the phone with a supplier, while quietly typing up notes about your previous phone call. As soon as you hang up, a colleague sends you an instant message, which you read over while dialing your manager’s extension number. During your phone conversation, you start updating your week’s to-do list. To boost […]
Remember to appreciate and make everyone’s day a little brighter
One of the most consistent complaints of working people in virtually all industries is that either feel completely unappreciated, or at the very least under-appreciated. There seems to be unspoken assumption that workers are lucky to have jobs – and the fact that they have jobs is appreciation enough. The problem is, people need and […]
Forgive yourself if you commit a mistake
Do not be unforgiving of yourself if you commit a mistake or make an error. Life didn’t come with a fool-proof manual. Most of us are doing the best that we can. We’re not perfect. We learn from our mistakes and from stumbling. Like almost everyone else, I have a great number of responsibilities. In […]
Confidently walk into anything God brings our way
Two men went fishing. One man was an experienced fisherman, the other wasn’t. Every time the experienced fisherman caught a big fish, he put it in his ice chest to keep it fresh. Whenever the inexperienced fisherman caught a big fish, he threw it back. The experienced fisherman watched this go on all day and […]
Ask for what you want, but don’t insist on getting it
When you’re willing to ask for what you want but don’t insist on getting it, there are some potential hidden benefits as well. For example, you sometimes bring out the compassion and generosity in others. Several years ago I arrived in Mumbai very late one evening. Despite having a confirmed reservation, the hotel was overbooked […]
Nothing Comes Easy
It’s funny to keep watching people who want things to come easy to them in life. Many other people know of this tendency among human beings, so they keep selling them diet pills that let them eat whatever they want, job information that will make them rich with no effort, college “degrees” that require no […]
The Need of the Spirit Soul
The self is beyond the gross body and subtle mind. He is the potent active principle of the body and mind. Without knowing the need of the dormant soul, one cannot be happy simply with emolument of the body and mind. The body and the mind are but superfluous outer coverings of the spirit soul. […]
Do not get caught up in the imagined horrors of the future
Some planning, anticipating, and looking forward to future events and accomplishments are an important and necessary part of success. You need to know where you’d like to go in order to get there. However, most of us take this planning far too seriously and engage in futuristic thinking far too often. We sacrifice the actual […]
Being Optimistic…
Are you an optimist or a pessimist? Do you expect the best or the worst to happen? • Being an optimist does not mean that you are out of touch with reality, ignoring difficulties and obstacles and behaving in a naive way. • Being an optimist means that you hope and expect events and plans […]
Be willing to take Advice
Once upon a time, there were three people who went to watch drama together. One of them was far-sighted, another one had a hearing problem, and the other had a twisted head. After the show, they were judging the drama. “Today’s show had great singers, but the costume design was poor,” said the person who […]
The Supreme Intelligence
It is natural that a philosophical mind wants to know about the origin of the creation. At night he sees the stars in the sky, and he naturally speculates about their inhabitants. Such inquiries are natural for man because man has a developed consciousness which is higher than that of the animals. The author of […]
The 99 Club, a Moral Story from ISKCON Bangalore Newsletter
Once upon a time, there lived a King who, despite his luxurious lifestyle, was neither happy nor content. One day, the King came upon a servant who was singing happily while he worked. This fascinated the King; why was he, the Supreme Ruler of the Land, unhappy and gloomy, while a lowly servant had so […]
Thoughts of Sri Srila Prabhupada on Caste system in modern world
Here are the thoughts of Sri Srila Prabhupada swamy on Caste System in modern world. There are many classes of men in society—some men are engineers, some are medical practitioners, some are chemists, tradesmen, businessmen, and so on. These varieties of classes are not to be determined by birth, however, but by quality. No such […]
Our Real Life, Quotes on Self Realization
The Bhagavad-gita says that out of many thousands of human beings, one may try to make perfection of his life. Man is an animal, but he has one special prerogative, rational thought. What is that rational thought? Reasoning power, argument. Now, reasoning power is there in dogs and cats as well. Suppose a dog comes […]
Dare to be exceptional
There are two kinds of people on the surface of the earth today. Average people and Exceptional people. Average people merely exist Exceptional people actually live Average people are products of their environment Exceptional people are products of their choices Average people are drowned by adversity Exceptional people are elevated by difficulties Average people give […]