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If the soul himself were the cause of happiness and distress, then we could not blame others, since happiness and …

And if we examine the hypothesis that the planets are the immediate cause of suffering and happiness, then also where …

If we assume that fruitive work is the cause of happiness and distress, we still are not dealing with the …

If we accept time as the cause of happiness and distress, that experience still cannot apply to the spirit soul, …

The false ego gives shape to illusory material existence and thus experiences material happiness and distress. The spirit soul, however, …

I shall cross over the insurmountable ocean of nescience by being firmly fixed in the service of the lotus feet …

Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Thus becoming detached upon the loss of his property, this sage gave up his moroseness. He …

No other force besides his own mental confusion makes the soul experience happiness and distress. His perception of friends, neutral …

My dear Uddhava, fixing your intelligence on Me, you should thus completely control the mind. This is the essence of …

Anyone who listens to or recites to others this song of the sannyāsī, which presents scientific knowledge of the Absolute, …

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Lord Mukunda, the chief of the Dāśārhas, having thus been respectfully requested by the best of His …

Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: O disciple of Bṛhaspati, there is virtually no saintly man in this world capable of resettling …

Sharp arrows which pierce one’s chest and reach the heart do not cause as much suffering as the arrows of …

My dear Uddhava, in this regard a most pious story is told, and I shall now describe it to you. …

Once a certain sannyāsī was insulted in many ways by impious men. However, with determination he remembered that he was …

In the country of Avantī there once lived a certain brāhmaṇa who was very rich and gifted with all opulences, …

In his home, devoid of religiosity and lawful sense gratification, the family members and guests were never properly respected, even …

Since he was so hardhearted and miserly, his sons, in-laws, wife, daughters and servants began to feel inimical toward him. …

In this way the presiding deities of the five family sacrifices became angry at the brāhmaṇa, who, being niggardly, guarded …

O magnanimous Uddhava, by his neglect of these demigods he depleted his stock of piety and all his wealth. The …