Tag Archives: materialism

Detachment and College Life

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

When we go away to college, we necessarily become less attached to our families.  Since we are away from home, we are not able to interact with our families in the same way we did in high school.  In high school, we could ask our parents if we had questions, but at college, we no [...]

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Abandoning both renunciation and acquisition: King Janaka

Monday, January 19, 2009

Digested, popular spiritual texts — such as A.C. Prabhupada’s commentary on the Bhagavad-Gita – divide materialism and spirituality, external and internal, giving the impression that both are mutually exclusive, and excellence in only one is possible. To excel in the material sphere, one surrenders hope of liberation; to excel in the spiritual sphere, one must get far away [...]

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