A place for deeper questions.

Sometimes an important task is right in front of us, yet the mind says we should wait a little longer. If this happens repeatedly, it is useful to exa

Change is necessary in life, but caring for the new life that follows change is just as necessary. The chapter on Agni and Soma in Madhavshiv presents

In the search for knowledge, right guidance matters as much as the right questions. Someone's words may attract us, but we also need to observe their

Sometimes it seems that putting work aside will end all our difficulties. Yet the body continues to function, the mind continues to think, and our dec

Arjuna’s questions to Krishna open a journey of humility, preparation, Radha’s welcome, and the care needed to hold an experience.

Across both parts of Cockroach, Maya’s question and Aryav’s training connect strength with restraint and concern for another life.

In Part Sixteen of the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita, arjava brings thought, speech, and action together. How can we practise honest, considerate simplicity while recognisin

Renunciation does not mean fleeing duty. Part Eighteen distinguishes action, desire, and attachment to results, showing how responsibility can be fulfilled with inwa

Food, rest, action, and remembrance of God connect spiritual practice with the whole of life. The Gita’s dialogue invites us to move beyond excess and bring moderati

The dignity of giving lies in its intention, proper use, and respect for the recipient. The Gita’s distinctions between sattvic, rajasic, and tamasic giving invite r

Speaking truthfully, preserving dignity, and seeking another’s welfare: four tests of speech invite us to examine our words, intentions, and inner dialogue.

Kanha’s closeness, Gopal’s compassion, Murlidhar’s sweetness, and Vasudev’s universal presence reveal the qualities and relationships held in Krishna’s names.

A reflection on questions of form, grace, discipline and karma in Shiva’s stories.

Garga asks the child Krishna for unwavering devotion, service, and lasting remembrance beyond wealth, powers, and pleasures.

What is the Gita? It is also a book of rules for every human being living in the world.

Returning home after the forest fire, Nanda’s giving and a shared meal reveal gratitude expressed through daily life.

Krishna’s welcome and Nanda’s understanding of Akrura invite us to see a person’s heart alongside their outward circumstances.

Yashoda’s question and Radha’s teaching illuminate how companionship, remembrance and awareness nurture the tender shoot of devotion.

An exploration of the five causes of action—its basis, the doer, the instruments, the various efforts and the divine—drawn from Part 18 of the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita.

Draupadi and Krishna’s relationship reveals protection of dignity, help in scarcity and companionship within grief.

Krishna’s image stands before Meera.

Only a few fortunate young people receive life after fifty.

Ghantakarna’s story explores readiness to listen, hostility attached to devotion and the meaning of inner change.

The Hesitation Before Meeting Friendship holds a tender question: when circumstances change, does our affection change with them? Why can we feel hesitant about stan

A reflection on using time well, patience for the fruits of action, study and service, and beginning good work today instead of postponing it until old age.

An article on the difference between knowledge and intellect, the role of experience, and the journey towards deeper understanding.

God's doors are open to everyone; no one is unworthy.

The soul is without beginning; it is neither born nor does it die.

Based on Shri Garga Samhita, Vrindavan Khanda, Chapter 24, this article reflects on the poetic scene of the Nidhivan lila—Yamuna bank, kadamba grove, music, dance, p

Arjuna asks Shri Krishna to explain separately the true meanings of renunciation and relinquishment. By now, many aspects of action, knowledge, devotion and self-res

Arjuna asks Shri Krishna about people who do not follow the scriptural method but still worship with faith. What kind of commitment do they have—sattvic, rajasic or

Shri Krishna explains to Arjuna two kinds of tendencies within a person: divine and demonic. They can be recognised through conduct, resolve and the direction of lif

Shri Krishna presents Arjuna with a profound image of the world. He describes it as an ashvattha tree whose roots are above and whose branches spread below. Its grow

Shri Krishna gives Arjuna knowledge by which a seeker can understand the bonds of nature and move beyond them. He says that sattva, rajas and tamas arise from nature

Shri Krishna explains to Arjuna the distinction between the body and the one who knows it. He calls the body the field and the one who knows this field the knower of

Arjuna asks Shri Krishna who is the greater yogi: those devotees who worship His personal form, or those who contemplate the unmanifest, imperishable Brahman. He wan

After hearing about Shri Krishna’s glory and the foundation of creation, a new question arises in Arjuna. He says that Shri Krishna’s grace has removed his delusion.

Wishing Arjuna well, Shri Krishna explains His nature more clearly. He says that He is unborn, without beginning and the supreme foundation of all worlds. One who kn

Shri Krishna tells Arjuna that He will now share profoundly subtle knowledge. It is connected with experience, purifies a person and points toward freedom from inaus

Arjuna asks Shri Krishna about Brahman, the self and action. He also wants to understand the material, divine and sacrificial dimensions of existence. An important p

Shri Krishna tells Arjuna that by practising yoga with the mind fixed on Him and by taking refuge in Him, Arjuna can know His true nature. He is now going to explain

Shri Krishna explains to Arjuna that the true yogi and renunciant is one who performs one’s duty without depending on the fruits of action. Simply stopping work does

A question still remains in Arjuna’s mind. At times Shri Krishna speaks of renouncing actions, and at other times praises the yoga of action. Arjuna asks which of th

Arjuna asks Shri Krishna: His own birth is recent, while the Sun is very ancient. How, then, could He have taught this yoga to the Sun at the beginning?

Arjuna says to Shri Krishna: if knowledge is superior to action, why is He urging him to undertake such a difficult action? Arjuna’s understanding is still unsettled

The book presents Radha’s manifestation in Goloka and her arrival at Vrishabhanu and Kalavati’s home on earth as distinct narrative layers. This article reads those

Arjuna tells Shri Krishna that he cannot understand what it would be right for him to do. On one side is his duty; on the other are relationships whose loss even in

We often imagine “hell” as a distant realm or a condition reached after death. This passage of the Gita turns our attention to life as it is lived now

Arjuna lays his compassion, attachment and uncertainty about duty before Shri Krishna. Arjuna Vishada Yoga reveals the need for the right direction even when one pos

Sattva, rajas, and tamas influence human experience and action. The closing question and answer in Chapter 14 describe transcendence as recognizing their movement wi

In Madhavshiv’s “Agni and Soma” chapter, fire represents transformation and radiance, while Soma represents coolness and nourishment. Their balance sustains the worl

A clear introduction to the Gita’s journey from Arjuna’s dilemma through the soul, action, the mind, devotion, God, human nature and liberation.

Ask someone how devotion can be recognized, and they may mention worship, chanting, fasting, or visiting a temple. These are important expressions of

How quickly we judge a living being by its past actions. It is easy to regard someone who was once violent as forever violent, and easier still to kee

A child sits in his mother’s lap, yet he is also the divine figure in whom the mystery of creation rests. In the chapter “Yashoda Prem” of Dr. Rajesh

A picture of someone dear can make us happy and, at the same time, sharpen our awareness that the person is absent. A picture gives the eyes a form to

Sometimes even the most beautiful scenes in life cannot comfort the heart. The river continues to flow, flowers bloom on the trees, and the moon scatt

Even after working hard, we sometimes feel that we are standing in the same place. The day has been busy and we are tired, yet the work that matters h

When we look at a necklace, we first notice its beads. The thread holding them together often remains unseen. In Part 7, Krishna uses this simple imag

As soon as we begin a task, we start imagining its outcome. Will we be praised or criticised? Will we succeed or fail? Sometimes these worries occupy

Some decisions are difficult to act on even when we think we know the answer. What stands before us is not merely a task, but people we love, old memo

We often approach a guru looking for an answer to an immediate difficulty. But a guru also opens our way of seeing, so that we can meet future questio

A reflection on Radha and Krishna’s love, caring for sacred places, and making devotion part of everyday service.

Twenty questions about reading the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita: action, decisions, anxiety, relationships, life’s purpose and applying its teachings in everyday life.

Krishna answers Arjuna’s question about unfinished spiritual practice, sincere action, devotion, and the journey of the soul across lives.

Who is a religious person, what does he do, why is he a religious person? A religious person is one whose soul is connected to religion, whose every action is based

God is not only the Supreme Being but can be experienced in all the forms of love. Human beings often think of God only as a great power or supreme being.

Have you ever found yourself standing in front of a decision, where there are people on both sides and no path seems easy? The mind knows that something has to be do

ज्ञेयं यत तत् प्रवक्ष्यामी यज्ज्ञात्वम्रत्मशनुते। Anadimat Param Brahma Na Sattannasduchyate. 12 ॥ In this verse of Part Thirteen of the Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Lord K

Apne juhwati pranam praneepanam tathapare.pranapanagati rudhva pranayamparayana.॥ 29 ॥ This is verse number 29 of chapter four of Srimad Bhagavad Gita. In this, Lord

Many human beings say that it is not right to say that the soul does, but it is right to say that it does. Which is not appropriate. In the Vedas, Shastras and Upani

I am a writer and I love writing on spirituality. It is not that I am an analyst of this, but it is because whenever you think, read or write on spirituality, you ge

There is a big dilemma in the mind of the common man whether Mahabharata should not be read or it should not be kept at home. There is a verse in the first chapter o

Dharmakshetre Kurukshetre Samveta Yuyutsavah.Mamakah Pandavashchaiva Kimkurvat Sanjay॥ 1. Srimad Bhagavad Gita begins with Panchavinshodhyay of Bhishma Parva of the

Chapters 60 and 66 of Maheshwarkhand-Kumarikakhand [2] of Skandapuran describe Ghatotkacha marriage and his son Barbarik in great detail. There is no mention of Barb

Many human beings have a doubt as to where is God. Why doesn't science prove this?

It is told in the Kartikamas Mahatmya of Skandapuran that due to the vision of Maharishi Kardam, two sons named 'Jai' and 'Vijay' were born from the womb of Trinavin

The story of Lord Krishna receiving Sudarshan Chakra is an important and interesting incident in Hindu mythological stories. There are many stories about its attainm

Brahmapuranam has two parts, one named Purvabhag and the other named Uttarbhag. The origin of Ganga has been told in the story under chapter number 72 ‘Shivvivah’ of

Explore the fascinating journey of human birth. From conception to delivery, discover the miraculous process of how we come into this world.

Explore the profound truths of the Mahabharata and its timeless wisdom. Dive into the essence of this ancient epic and unravel its eternal relevance.

Explore the origin of love and its profound impact on our lives. Discover the mysteries of 'where does love come from' in this insightful blog post.

Discover the 32 types of sins and their atonement in this insightful blog post. Explore the spiritual journey towards redemption and self-discovery.

Explore the 32 types of atonement in Hindi (प्रयाश्चित्त) with our insightful blog. Discover the significance of each and delve into the world of redemption.

Discover the 32 types of crime and their impact on society. Explore the different categories and their implications in this insightful blog post.

Explore the significance of 'Guru, Sakha and Rakshak' in the world of computing-apps. Discover the roles they play and their impact on technological growth.

According to the Puranas, Lord Krishna descended from His celestial abode, Goloka, spanning 50 crore yojanas, to relieve the Earth of its suffering.

Discover the divine wisdom of Hindu scriptures as we explore the eternal love of Krishan and Radha, and the pursuit of Gyan in the Bhagavad Gita. Where is God?

He vanquished demons, protected His devotees, and ultimately delivered the Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, guiding the path of righteousne

I believe that our Vedas and Puranas should be introduced to us from childhood. If we do this, we will never feel lost in the darkness, wander aimlessly, or see anyt

In this world, there is nothing as pure as knowledge. Once one attains true knowledge, all desires fade, and there is no need for anything else. A yogi, through spir

A wise person should perform the ritual of Nyasa by placing the sacred syllables of the Gayatri mantra at twenty-four points of their body, from feet to head. This p

Adorned with a peacock feather, Krishna's playful and mischievous acts, like lifting Govardhan to humble Indra and engaging in divine pastimes with Radha, concealed

According to the Puranas, Lord Krishna descended from His celestial abode, Goloka, spanning 50 crore yojanas, to relieve the Earth of its suffering.

Born as a divine child to Devaki and raised in Nanda's village, He astonished all by revealing the entire universe within His mouth while playing in Yashoda's lap.

According to the Puranas, Lord Krishna descended from His celestial abode, Goloka, spanning 50 crore yojanas, to relieve the Earth of its suffering.