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Why is it hard to forgive others? Usually because we believe that they are 90% to blame for the problem, that I am not as bad as they are. So I start to carry the load of other people’s actions. If my ego is too hurt, I will have the sense of correction, of justice:Continue reading “Thought for the day – Forgiveness”

SB 10.63.40 — Their intelligence bewildered by Your māyā, fully attached to children, wife, home and so on, persons immersed in the ocean of material misery sometimes rise to the surface and sometimes sink down. SB 10.63.41 — One who has attained this human form of life as a gift from God, yet who fails to control his sensesContinue reading “Teaching for the day – Maya”

Breathe more deeply. Be patient.

SB 10.51.36 — The Supreme Lord said: My dear friend, I have taken thousands of births, lived thousands of lives and accepted thousands of names. In fact My births, activities and names are limitless, and thus even I cannot count them. SB 10.51.37 — After many lifetimes someone might count the dust particles on the earth, but no oneContinue reading “Teaching for the day – the lord’s many births”

Suta Goswami said, “O learned brahmanas, long ago Lord Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, explained the auspicious glories of Sri Ekadasi and the rules and regulations governing each observance of fasting on that holy day. O best of the brahmins, whosoever hears about the origins and glories of these sacred fasts on theContinue reading “Utpanna Ekadasi”

Utpanna Ekadasi, or Uttpatti Ekadashi, is observed during the waning phase of the moon in the month of November – December.  In 2015, the date of Utpanna Ekadasi is December 7. The importance of this Ekadasi was explained to Arjuna by Lord Krishna and is found in Bhavishyottara Purana. For those devotees who like to beginContinue reading “Uttpatti Ekadasi”

Make courage your companion and you will continue to succeed in everything you do.

Before trying to master others, be sure you are the master of yourself.

SB 10.48.18 — You both are the original Supreme Person, the cause of the universe and its very substance. Not the slightest subtle cause or manifest product of creation exists apart from You. SB 10.48.19 — O Supreme Absolute Truth, with Your personal energies You create this universe and then enter into it. Thus one can perceive You inContinue reading “Teaching for the day – the lord”

Humility puts a hand out to nothing extra, but simply takes what’s there. Whether that be food or clothing or understanding. Sometimes there is a lot available and sometimes only little. It doesn’t matter. Even when you understand nothing, there is no worry, for in humility there is the trust that everything will come anyway,Continue reading “Thought for the day – Humility”