Posts Tagged ‘Ego’

Don’t let success go to your head – Satsangh Takeaways

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This Saturday’s Satsangh was on verses 16 and 17 of Chapter 18. In these verses the importance of keeping a balanced head after achieving success is explained. It is also said that one should perform action without ego. Here’s a short summary of one of the key takeaways from my lecture today. I have also [...]

Bhagavad Gita in Decision Making – A Letter from a Father to a Son

This is a letter written to a son by his father in 1990 when he was undergoing treatment for cancer and the son was struggling to settle down in life. His father is no more, but his words, aptly quoted from the Bhagavad Gita will continue to inspire several people for a long time to [...]

Depression? – GitaaHelpline A-Z

In these troubled times, the severe stress has started leading to various mental problems including depression. This post draws from the wisdom from the Gita and provides some suggestions on dealing with depression.

Improving your Spiritual Quotient – The Gita way

In today’s world, we are ever looking to achieve happiness through material possessions. Would achieving these provide us with a successful and a happy life ? One way of finding out answers to this question could be to explore the Spiritual Quotient (SQ), relating to our ability to understand and comprehend the spiritual aspects of [...]

Gita and All round development

It is true that Life always challenges us with problems of varying magnitude. They are as incessant as the waves in a ocean. Not all problems can be solved. Some problems need to be dissolved. Bhagavad Gita helps an individual to  face the insurmountable problems in life with ease. Gita advises a person to fight [...]

An Instrument in the hands of God

One of my all time favorite verses from the Gita has been the one in Chapter 11 where the Lord tells Arjuna “Nimitta maatram bhava sabyasaachi” – what this means is “Arjuna, just be an instrument in my hands..” These words were said by Lord Krishna, after he had already left Arjuna pretty awestruck by [...]

Ch.16: Distinction between divine and demoniac types

Here is a short summary on Chapter 15