Bhakti Notes

Overnight Success

Burlingame, CA While transiting the Bangkok airport I saw an advertisement in front of a sporting good store featuring the following quote from famous Argentine footballer, Leo Messi: “I trained

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Khatvanga Moment

Burlingame, CA We humans have very short lives. Measured by geological time, our lifespans are not even a nanosecond. Nonetheless, the bhakti scriptures say that this brief period is enough

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Consequences

Burlingame, CA Sequence means a particular order in which related events, movements, or things follow each other. A consequence is a result of an action. All our actions have consequences.

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Cultivate Gratitude

Burlingame, CA While greed never appreciates what one gives it (its only mantra is, “more”) gratitude, which is a divine quality is marked by a readiness to show appreciation for

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Integrity

Burlingame, CA Integrity in Solitude By strictly maintaining one’s vows and doing the right thing – even when no one else is watching, one builds valuable self-confidence. What’s more, the

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Close the Gaps

Burlingame, CA While finishing my book, Our Family Business, I noted how meticulously the publishers looked for and closed unintended gaps within the text during their final edits. Most of

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Cessation of Material Existence

Denver, Colorado Bhakti yogis carefully control their senses and minds by engaging them in service to Krishna and Krishna’s devotees. “Thus practicing constant control of the body, mind and activities,

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More Data

Govardhana, India The rush is on to develop ways in which to transmit and read more data faster. Engineers are becoming increasingly expert at developing technologies that bring us facts,

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Perfect Service

Mumbai, India One can render perfect service to Krishna anywhere and at anytime by engaging one’s tongue in repeating the Hare Krishna mantra while activating one’s intelligence to keep one’s

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