Repeatedly saying the same thing, nagging, is to be avoided. Make the children respond to words and suggestions given once. Tell them not to make it necessary to speak to them on the same point several times. Keep quiet, and take to mauna (silence). More than repeated exhortations, mauna will be heeded.
Read MoreAny earnest seeker will not have a question on the need for having a Guru to lead him safely and fast to his goal. You want to reach somewhere. You do not clearly know the destination. If someone knows and is ready to help you, why think further about it at all?
Read MoreBring the message of Bhagavad Gita into your lives. One should not just study Bhagavad Gita; one must live it.
Read MoreFor gaining courage in increasing and resourceful measures, you have to look, however, to your own within. Break through the mortal sheaths of your body. Rise above the mind-sheath. Penetrate the intellectual one also.
Read MoreApply intelligence and also be thoughtful and introspective. Assess your own thoughts, views, speech and action. Never be selfish.
Read MoreSuppose you have a little depression or disinterestedness today – what of that? Let it remain. Be at home even with that. Know that as it has come in so also will it pass off. If you keep this elevated attitude, soon you will find that the depressive moods will become less frequent.
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