Attachment makes us blind – blind to everything other than the object of our attachment. The Bhagavad-gita (01.01) indicates this blinding power of attachment through its starting question, its only verse spoken by the blind Dhritarashtra. His biased enquiry about the fate of his forces reveals that his blindness went far deeper than the physical. […]
Monthly Archives: July 2020
Abdenasser’s suffered from a congenital heart condition when he was 6, but he could not receive proper treatment in his hometown. After several attempts to get good treatment, his family migrated to France hoping for better medical facilities. It was there he underwent a heart operation that saved his life. During the 1984 Paris Rathayatra, […]
After a long time, someone has come forward to help the tribals in their area. “Primitive, ignorant, jungle men, cannibals” – that’s what you call us. But you tend to forget that you and I live under the same sky, breathe the same air, and eat fruits from the trees that flourish on the same […]