Krsna's Teachings

Is there anyone out there who doesn't go through difficulties and obstructions? Or opposition and rejections, failures and postponement, losses and troubles? We all are so much prone to these bugs that we suffer from it constantly. To become germ free is tough. These viruses are dormant and then they suddenly show up.  Now we have to find the right kind of solution for these problematic issues. There are two things to note. One is a cure but it is not permanent for these and the other are precautionary measures to keep them at bay. So let's begin our treatment for these maladies.  The medicines will be prescribed but to take them with discipline is of primary importance.  So let's take discipline first. Discipline acts in multiple ways. We keep perfect time if we are disciplined. Everything should be performed at the right and perfect time. Any kind of laxity in keeping the discipline of timing will cause failures. Success arrives to only those who win over time and not t...

You have become stone deaf now. When you don't understand a word of what your child says and you get frustrated beyond measures. Sometimes, we all have to go through the ignominy of not understanding what the other person is talking about. This happens so often nowadays that you are giving up on yourself more than ever. Either you believe you have become deaf or the other person is speaking in a foreign language.  Everyone goes through this phase and no one can avoid it. You meet your to be wife and understand every finer nuances of what she says in the earlier part of life when you were wooing her. Her words sound like the sweetest words you have ever heard, dripping with honey. But as she grows on you after many years after marriage, you develop selective hearing. You can never hear the words when she tells you to get something immediately from the market, straighten up the living room since her parents are coming, take the dog out for a walk and her allowance is insufficient to ...

What is this world coming too? Movies, where they show overt sexuality and strangest relationships.  I heard someone say that when they had just seen the latest movie to hit the market called,"Blue Is The Warmest Color!" There are those who will condemn it and then there are those who will consider it pure porn. Some may like it since it talks of complex relationships and finding your leanings.  In our world too, there are cases which may be too hard to digest for a normal man. These existed since time immemorial but it is recently that they have been exposed to the world because of the proliferation of various media!  So just because there are some prudes who have closed their eyes, should we condemn it? When we look at any human being, they have an essence of both man and woman in them. Genetics has proved that both the hormones exist in either of these beings. So human being is more an androgynous being, so the dominance of a certain hormone defines the sexual orientat...

What is the fairy tale ending of the story today? Did the boy meet the girl and lived happily ever after? Or did they have many children and ruled over the kingdom? Was there Prince Charming who rode on his horse and rescued the Princess and rode away into the sunset? None of the above suits the age that we are in, so let's see what the endings are nowadays and in the future what is going to be!  If you look at the current generations of young boys in school or college, they look more like mamma's boy than a man. The masculinity that they are supposed to exhibit doesn't exist anymore. They are more weaker and the old type of girlish beings. When I say girlish, I am not pulling the women down here but saying that there has been a reversal of roles now. The women have become more like men and vice versa. The girls exude more daring and spunk than a boy today.  The sexual orientation has also undergone change. The need for the male to prime himself with various lotions, powder...

There is no laughter or joy anymore. Life has become a big pain in the rear. You wish the world would cease to exist. But long ago there was a time..... I am sure going to the market with your mother or grandmother was an activity you loved the most. They taught you things hands on there. Selecting veggies or fish, buying meat or just some salt! You enjoyed it every minute. You almost wanted to buy everything the first time she fell sick and told you to go alone instead.  Wide eyed you surveyed everything there, thinking of the list she had given. Then you went about selecting the greens the way she would. She had given you permission to buy one chocolate after the purchases were done. You took more time in the candy store to select that one candy.  Our life is filled with such wonderful stories and we have forgotten them today in our daily grind. No memories can be stirred since you have too many other things to think about. You gotta pay the bills, children's fees, insurance...

You can pay ten thousand and one to carry the palanquin of God when we take it around ceremonially. If you want special prayers for your father, then you pay us five thousand. You will have to give us three large bottles of rum and food for all the priests who come with me. If it is acceptable then let us know now, otherwise you see we have our diaries full.  These are real life situations which people like us face every single day. We are all at the mercy of these blood thirsty people who have no qualms to take out some money or gifts from us and take advantage of our helplessness. The living have to pay through their nose for the dead by performing such idiotic rituals. The Damocles sword hanging on top of these poor hapless folks are the sins that they might commit or anger the gods by not giving an offering to appease them, or their late fathers entry into heaven will be barred. What a ridiculous idea that is you may say. Is it or isn't it?  Rituals are just like entry tic...

A man has too many likes and dislikes. He loves something's so dearly and hates others with vengeance. He never seems to get to equanimity of mind. Always swinging from hates to likes.  Sometimes, he hates to see his nemesis in the Facebook and wishes there was a hate button there. He would love to put hates on the picture or post of his most hated person but alas, you cannot do that in public. Succumbing to hypocrisy, he smiles when that person appears in front of him, doing small talk and once the back is turned, indulging in the greatest slanging match of all. Bitching and foul mouthing every little thing that he hates about that one.  Praises are also the biggest swingers of moods. Imagine the same person with his beloved. After seeing her dressed in beautifully enticing clothes, he has never stopped eulogizing her from the moment he set eyes on her. His praises reach the zenith of glories, far beyond even the most fervent prayers to god.  Why do we all do this yoyo s...

Commitment of any kind has to be kept. Whether it is of returning a favor or just paying your monthly rentals. It may seem absolutely trivial and unworthy of commenting here but the truth is that it is actually a big ado about everything.  When you give your word to someone and you make concessions to keeping it, then you are making a grave error. Deadlines are for everyone in the material world but we don't honor them then you are going to be butchered. Every company works on tight schedules and when the timings are skewed then you are going to get the flak.  Think about it this way, if you don't get your salary in time what will happen to you? Your rent will get delayed and your landlord will have to delay his own payments, which in turn the further the money goes, you will be held responsible for it. Similarly, you need to be paid in time so that the whole equation gets balanced.  Let's now see, why does a person delay or procrastinate. Simply, it could be that you don...

"You should get married and so when  are you getting married?"  I am sure all you guys and girls who are not married and have crossed a certain age are asked this everyday. Your parents, friends, relatives or even complete strangers will ask you these questions!  So what are your reasons for not getting married? Let's get that first thing answered. Maybe the opportunity never arose, the right guy or girl never appeared, the affaire de la coeur took toll, you had a bad experience, you fear marriage, after seeing your friends breakup, you decided never to get into it, or whatever silly and stupid reasons that are available you would love to offer!  But the hard truth is simply, there were not many chances which you could take. In some places it is lack of funding, the charts didn't match, too much dowry, the elder sibling has yet to get married and yet some more reasons.  Now let's not say that you don't ever want to get married! Your friends will say a lot on t...