Tag Archives: happiness

How to dodge life’s ups and downs

Monday, December 28, 2009

Life oscillates. Today, you are the winner, the admired — tomorrow, you are the loser, the alone. Today, you have aced an exam, or enjoyed the company of a close friend — tomorrow, all that is forgotten, because of the stress of a problem set, or the impending essay deadline. Today’s sweet relationship ends in [...]

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The Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 5

Monday, October 12, 2009

I wanted to follow up this past week’s discussion on Action and Renunciation with a post on Chapter 5 of the Bhagavad Gita. After a basic introduction, I’ve skipped ahead to the relevant verses, hoping to give you a rough idea of the chapter.
(All my translations are from here!)
Krishna replies (in the words of Shri [...]

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Changing our minds

Monday, April 6, 2009

Bhagavad-Gita 6:6:
“For the being who has conquered the mind, that being’s mind is the best of friends; but for one whose mind is uncontrolled, that mind acts as the worst of enemies” (BG 6:6).
The mind is the source of our greatest joys and our greatest miseries. It is hard to stay motivated in controlling one’s [...]

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