Art of Living

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Expectation is the cloth that covers ego/ arrogance. The larger your ego or affection for the body, the larger your expectations. Where there is expectation, there is frustration. When things do not go or happen according to your expectations, you get frustrated. Let me tell you one thing: everyone is important and perfect. You don’t…

I am very hot-tempered and become angry. How can I overcome anger?

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I start my advice to all couples. To all the wives, when your husband tells you off, laugh it off and vice versa. Initially, he will get angrier. At this time laugh even harder. Then, hold his hand, take him in front of a mirror and tell him, “Now get angry while watching yourself in…

Why am I stopped from breaking a law or doing something wrong yet I see others do this all the time?

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While coming to a Katha once, I was stuck in a traffic jam chaos in which people from both sides had blocked the road. People were therefore breaking the rules and driving on the wrong side of the road. I refused the young people driving the car I was in that you will not break…

How should one human behave towards other beings on this earth?

Shrimad Bhagavat replies, like a parent behaves towards their own child. A parent looks after and nurtures their child. A human should do the same to other creatures. One must protect and nurture other beings instead of hunting and killing them.

We want to see our daughters happy and settled in their married life. How is this possible in current times when many marriages are breaking? Also, How can a woman practice ascetism in life?

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A marriage is an asceticism of love for a woman. It is renunciation by a woman who courageously goes to an unknown town/city/country/house. She then slowly tries to adjust herself in this place. A woman does not need to take asceticism. Remember, she is the Tulsi of someone’s yard. We nurture the holy plant of…

What can we learn from Hanumanji? Why is He present in every temple that we have seen?

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Hanumanji leapt to the sun and swallowed it thinking it was a fruit. There are many deep symbolisms of this. One of them according to me is, when children go to school, they go to receive education. Education is symbolised by the sun. It is known that the sun is Hanumanji’s Guru. The Sun-God provided…

How can we implement speaking the truth in life when it seems to be so difficult to do so in this day and age?

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“Speak the Truth”, this is the first teaching in Upanishad. “Satyam vadah, dharmam cara, Mātrudevo bhava, Pitrudevo bhava, Ācārya devo bhava, Atithī devo bhava, Svādhyayamma pramādaḥa. Practice Dharma. One meaning of Dharma is to perform your duties with full dedication. Speak the truth. People say that it is very difficult to speak the truth. I…

What is suicide according to Shrimad Bhagavat?

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Suicide is not just simply harming oneself physically to die. Suicide is explained as follows in the Shrimad Bhagavat: We are very fortunate to have attained this precious human body which is difficult to attain even by the demi-gods. Shri Ram Charit Manas says: Bade bhāga mānuṣa tanu pāvā, sur durlabha sab graṃthani gāvā Ehi…

The majority of my friends are non-vegetarian so why should I remain a vegetarian?

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