The Journey Within: Exploring the Path of Bhakti

The Bhagavad Gita (2.41) states, “Those who are on this path are resolute in purpose, and their aim is one. The intelligence of the irresolute is many-branched.”

we love people and use things. Unfortunately, in today’s world, people are prone to love things and use people.

Gratitude is heaven itself.”

We can live fulfilled without many things, but we cannot live well without healthy relationships or peace of mind. Often we find that those who excel only in pursuing money and power become lonely prisoners of their own success.

Anyone who inflicts pain on others will himself suffer that same pain.

Those who conquer the mind realize paramatma and know tranquility. To such souls, happiness and distress, heat and cold, honor and dishonor are all the same.

—BHAGAVAD GITA 6.7

Phobias are heightened responses to past sensory input that has left a strong, negative impression on the mind.

For those who have conquered the mind, it is the best of friends. But for those who have failed to do so, the mind remains the greatest of enemies.

If I treat others with compassion, I should expect the same in return—if not immediately, then in due course.

karma refers to the actions that we perform and the corresponding reactions that they attract.