Omm Namo Bhagavate Over-eager yogis sometimes have a tendency to blur the line between self-control and self-torture. This is a critical distinction. One must approach it like a scientist working with explosive chemicals, as Swamiji discusses in this December 2023 … Continue reading →
Omm Namo Bhagavate Verse 474 says that the hardships for those whose minds are fixed on the unmanifest are greater, because the goal to realize the unmanifest is difficult for the embodied beings. What type of hardship is referred to … Continue reading →
Omm Namo Bhagavate Bhagavad Gita verse 103: duhkheshvanudvigna-manäh sukheshu vigata-sprihah vïta-räga-bhaya-krodhah sthitadhïr munir uchyate. [2.56] Arjuna has asked how can one know who has attained the state of sthitaprajña. Sthitaprajña we have translated as the state of equanimity. One whose … Continue reading →