The Parable of the Three Unmarried Men and the King

A well-known spiritual parable appears in different forms in Indian bhakti, Sufi, and folk teaching traditions. It doesn’t belong to … More

Job Loss From AI? There’s More To Fear!

My dear friend and once my roommate at University of Florida, Gainesville, where we both were in the grad school, … More

On the Question of Self-Interest

It is a logical truism that everything we do, we do it for the sake of “our own” happiness (despite … More

We Are Not The Doers

These lines are a devotional reflection of surrender and grace, spoken from the voice of a devotee addressing Krishna (Kanhaiya). … More

No More Preaching

In understanding others, we understand ourselvesIn understanding ourselves, we understand othersHidden in these lines is a deeper truth than at … More

Muslims

“Every time your BP rises when you remember the Muslims, just think about Sahir Ludhianvi.”

“Leisure is the mother of philosophy”

The phrase “Leisure is the mother of philosophy” means that deep thought, wisdom, and profound questions arise not from constant … More

Living for Others

I am pretty much self-sufficient unto myself, physically (for the most part, unless I am struck with some debilitating illness), … More

We Are Not The Doers, So No Regret and No Blame

A relative wrote: The answer to all the regrets is to live in the present moment which is the only … More

Practicing Gita in Kurukshetra

Understand that “the cause of suffering is desire”. This understanding will quieten the mind 24/7, which is what meditation is … More