Monthly Archives: December 2008
My Encounter With the Art of Perfection
This article originally appeared in Back to Godhead magazine in 1985. By the time I encountered the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. I was so eager to transcend material existence that I was willing to renounce practically everything for the sake of … Continue reading
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Sense Gratification: An Essay in Pathology Part 2
[pathology: patho- (from Greek pathos) suffering + -logy (from Greek logos) study, science.] “The pleasures that arise from contact between the senses and their objects are in truth the sources of all suffering.” So Krishna says in Bhagavad-gita (5.22). Why … Continue reading
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Greed
The End by Michael Lewis Bhagavad-gita 16.21 tri-vidham narakasyedam dvaram nashanam atmanah kamah krodhas tatha lobhas tasmad etat trayam tyajet This gateway of hell, this destroyer of the self, has three entrances: lust, anger, and greed. Therefore turn away … Continue reading
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