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Feeling low or overwhelmed? These Bhagavad Gita quotes offer clarity, hope, and inner strength to face life’s toughest moments. “It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an ...

In a time where connections are instant but often superficial, misunderstandings, emotional exhaustion, and unmet expectations have become part of our daily experience. Most modern advice focuses on ...

The Gita teaches that desires unchanneled are the origin of distraction and misery. When the mind only pursues pleasure or escapes pain, it gets restless. Discipline starts from learning to regulate ...

The Bhagavad Gita is a sacred Hindu text that teaches one how to live life through self-awareness, detachment, and doing one's duty. Spread in 18 chapters and 700 verses, this is one of the most ...

The National Endowment for the Humanities will sponsor a three-week seminar for college and university teachers that will be devoted to an intensive study of the “Bhagavad Gita.” Written in the early ...

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