Tag Archives: college

Question of the Week: Why pray?

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Over the past few weeks, I have taken more interest in the thoughts and ideas behind karma yoga and, as a result, was unable to allot time for the practicing of bhakti yoga through prayer, bhajans, or meditation. My parents had brought me up to do prayers at least twice a day and before every [...]

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Cheating

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

From the time I was a toddler, I had been taught not to lie or cheat. Throughout my years in elementary school, middle school and even high school, it had seemed reasonably easy to not break those rules. But the moment I stepped into the college world, everything changed. No longer did I live a [...]

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What is Swadharma?

Saturday, January 17, 2009

In the Bhagavad-Gita, Krishna, the divine avatar of Vishnu, tells Arjuna:
śreyān svadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmāt svanuṣṭhitāt
svadharme nidhanaṃ śreyaḥ paradharmo bhayāvahaḥ (BG 3.35)
One’s own duty (swadharma), though it may be worthless, is better than someone else’s duty executed perfectly. Destruction in one’s own duty is good — someone else’s duty, on the other hand, is dangerous.
But this [...]

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