//podcastplus.net/feed/podcast~8b4f1bb245392ed9a5454c5122d17dfea863945755b1223a5ad8a5dc4bfc539f Welcome to my show - Secrets of SuccessProfound knowledge for everyone who wants to achieve TRUE HAPPINESS! Mon, 19 Oct 2026 07:03:36 +0000 https://s3.castbox.fm/e6/bf/98/e840ff42daada2bff33425943b.mp3 To achieve anything challenging, we need determination. How can we develop this elusive thing called determination? To understand, let’s divide determination into its components. Essentially, determination is distilled desire directed decisively.  Desire:  The starting point of determination is desire. When we desire something, and desire it strongly, we pursue it and persevere in pursuing it even amidst obstacles. And such perseverance is determination. Distilled:  Just as a distilled liquid is purified of all extraneous elements, our desires need to be distilled so that all impurities external to our core self are purged out. Then the distilled desires for the things that matter most drive us. Otherwise, some of our many lower desires may make us hooked to unworthy things. Addicts could be said to be determined for their object of addiction. But their determination is destructive – it is obstinacy. Directed:  Desire can be compared to a flashlight tha... Mon, 12 Oct 2020 05:32:14 +0000 https://s3.castbox.fm/e6/bf/98/e840ff42daada2bff33425943b.mp3 https://s3.castbox.fm/e6/bf/98/e840ff42daada2bff33425943b.mp3 To achieve anything challenging, we need determination. How can we develop this elusive thing called determination? To understand, let’s divide determination into its components. Essentially, determination is distilled desire directed decisively.  Desire:  The starting point of determination is desire. When we desire something, and desire it strongly, we pursue it and persevere in pursuing it even amidst obstacles. And such perseverance is determination. Distilled:  Just as a distilled liquid is purified of all extraneous elements, our desires need to be distilled so that all impurities external to our core self are purged out. Then the distilled desires for the things that matter most drive us. Otherwise, some of our many lower desires may make us hooked to unworthy things. Addicts could be said to be determined for their object of addiction. But their determination is destructive – it is obstinacy. Directed:  Desire can be compared to a flashlight tha... Mon, 12 Oct 2020 05:32:14 +0000 https://s3.castbox.fm/e6/bf/98/e840ff42daada2bff33425943b.mp3 https://s3.castbox.fm/3f/71/13/e8100547c1a18aa21f7adc2a4f.mp3 In the Bhagavad Gita Krishna talks at length about the "three modes of material nature." These are subtle forces that influence our behavior as well as every aspect of our physical, mental, and emotional world. The Sanskrit term for these forces is  guna , "rope," and the Gita explains how they pull us to act in various ways, even against our better judgment. The effects of  sattva-guna , the mode of goodness, are seen when an atmosphere of peace, serenity, and harmony prevails in our environment and ourselves.  Rajo-guna , the mode of passion, is felt as insatiable desire for temporary things, striving for more and more of them, and perpetual dissatisfaction.  Tamo-guna , the mode of ignorance, is indicated when there's laziness, depression, intoxication, and insanity. The fourteenth chapter of the Bhagavad-gita contains elaborate descriptions of the modes, their symptoms, how they affect us, and ultimately how to become free from their infl... Mon, 14 Sep 2020 13:39:10 +0000 https://s3.castbox.fm/3f/71/13/e8100547c1a18aa21f7adc2a4f.mp3 https://s3.castbox.fm/3f/71/13/e8100547c1a18aa21f7adc2a4f.mp3 In the Bhagavad Gita Krishna talks at length about the "three modes of material nature." These are subtle forces that influence our behavior as well as every aspect of our physical, mental, and emotional world. The Sanskrit term for these forces is  guna , "rope," and the Gita explains how they pull us to act in various ways, even against our better judgment. The effects of  sattva-guna , the mode of goodness, are seen when an atmosphere of peace, serenity, and harmony prevails in our environment and ourselves.  Rajo-guna , the mode of passion, is felt as insatiable desire for temporary things, striving for more and more of them, and perpetual dissatisfaction.  Tamo-guna , the mode of ignorance, is indicated when there's laziness, depression, intoxication, and insanity. The fourteenth chapter of the Bhagavad-gita contains elaborate descriptions of the modes, their symptoms, how they affect us, and ultimately how to become free from their infl... Mon, 14 Sep 2020 13:39:10 +0000 https://s3.castbox.fm/3f/71/13/e8100547c1a18aa21f7adc2a4f.mp3 https://s3.castbox.fm/1b/26/d1/829499407fb2ca84c5a22eb9f6.mp3 There is a very simple and sure solution recommended to overcome fault-finding tendency -- deliberately cultivate the opposite habit! Search out and heartily appreciate the genuine good qualities in others, particularly in relation to how these qualities are the gift of spiritual master and God, to be used in their service. You can begin by making a very deliberate & conscious effort, as a daily exercise, of acknowledging and appreciating good qualities in people, and whenever circumstances allow, verbally expressing such appreciation and praise. Even better are opportunities to offer heartfelt service to people in a humble mood, and while offering such service doing so as a meditation and expression of appreciation of specific good qualities you find in them - such genuine service to people can soften the heart and purge all critical mentality. You can also seek out the association of those who themselves have such a quality of genuine appreciation for others and serve in their company. Ultimately,... Tue, 02 Jun 2020 10:16:37 +0000 https://s3.castbox.fm/1b/26/d1/829499407fb2ca84c5a22eb9f6.mp3 https://s3.castbox.fm/1b/26/d1/829499407fb2ca84c5a22eb9f6.mp3 There is a very simple and sure solution recommended to overcome fault-finding tendency -- deliberately cultivate the opposite habit! Search out and heartily appreciate the genuine good qualities in others, particularly in relation to how these qualities are the gift of spiritual master and God, to be used in their service. You can begin by making a very deliberate & conscious effort, as a daily exercise, of acknowledging and appreciating good qualities in people, and whenever circumstances allow, verbally expressing such appreciation and praise. Even better are opportunities to offer heartfelt service to people in a humble mood, and while offering such service doing so as a meditation and expression of appreciation of specific good qualities you find in them - such genuine service to people can soften the heart and purge all critical mentality. You can also seek out the association of those who themselves have such a quality of genuine appreciation for others and serve in their company. Ultimately,... Tue, 02 Jun 2020 10:16:37 +0000 https://s3.castbox.fm/1b/26/d1/829499407fb2ca84c5a22eb9f6.mp3 https://s3.castbox.fm/ca/96/7a/e366124bc384f37f30dfeffe84.mp3 This is a thought-provoking article which talks about the four regulative principles that can provide real freedom for people. When I saw this picture, portraying people aspiring for freedom moving from one cage to another cage, I just wanted to share my views. How many of you remember this? Good old days… isn’t it? Today rarely people use this, once famous model… we are not constrained… we have SMART phones… really SMART… The latest technology is available for us… with more features… more operational freedom. Do you remember the day you switched over from the old model mobile phone to a SMART phone? Did you feel happy about it? Of course, you would have. The technology will not stop here… this too will pass… and the scientists will strive to invent technology that will help us cross the boundaries… to experience a freedom better than what was experienced by our fathers and grandfathers. But are they not just pushing the boundaries… are we getting absolute freedom? We... Fri, 29 May 2020 07:11:57 +0000 https://s3.castbox.fm/ca/96/7a/e366124bc384f37f30dfeffe84.mp3 https://s3.castbox.fm/ca/96/7a/e366124bc384f37f30dfeffe84.mp3 This is a thought-provoking article which talks about the four regulative principles that can provide real freedom for people. When I saw this picture, portraying people aspiring for freedom moving from one cage to another cage, I just wanted to share my views. How many of you remember this? Good old days… isn’t it? Today rarely people use this, once famous model… we are not constrained… we have SMART phones… really SMART… The latest technology is available for us… with more features… more operational freedom. Do you remember the day you switched over from the old model mobile phone to a SMART phone? Did you feel happy about it? Of course, you would have. The technology will not stop here… this too will pass… and the scientists will strive to invent technology that will help us cross the boundaries… to experience a freedom better than what was experienced by our fathers and grandfathers. But are they not just pushing the boundaries… are we getting absolute freedom? We... Fri, 29 May 2020 07:11:57 +0000 https://s3.castbox.fm/ca/96/7a/e366124bc384f37f30dfeffe84.mp3 https://s3.castbox.fm/de/48/d1/a46b6043af81bac1df06a9f52b.mp3 The main purpose of this session is to distinguish the Vedic method of knowledge from other methods. Humanity has different methods of knowledge available to it. I hold that only through Vedic knowledge can we grade the validity of these methods. This session examines four such methods: empiricism, skepticism, rationalism and authoritative testimony. I hold that Western science isn't capable of comparing and contrasting the validity of one method of knowledge against others. Why? Because its own basis is too narrow. That basis was summed up by Albert Einstein in Out of My Late Years (1936): Out of the multitude of our sense experiences we take, mentally and arbitrarily, certain repeatedly occuring complexes of sense impression ... and we attribute to them a meaning the meaning of bodily objects. Einstein admitted that this method cannot even prove the existence of the external world. So how can we be sure that the bodily objects scientists study are real things? Aren't such objects just mental interpret... Fri, 22 May 2020 08:04:26 +0000 https://s3.castbox.fm/de/48/d1/a46b6043af81bac1df06a9f52b.mp3 https://s3.castbox.fm/de/48/d1/a46b6043af81bac1df06a9f52b.mp3 The main purpose of this session is to distinguish the Vedic method of knowledge from other methods. Humanity has different methods of knowledge available to it. I hold that only through Vedic knowledge can we grade the validity of these methods. This session examines four such methods: empiricism, skepticism, rationalism and authoritative testimony. I hold that Western science isn't capable of comparing and contrasting the validity of one method of knowledge against others. Why? Because its own basis is too narrow. That basis was summed up by Albert Einstein in Out of My Late Years (1936): Out of the multitude of our sense experiences we take, mentally and arbitrarily, certain repeatedly occuring complexes of sense impression ... and we attribute to them a meaning the meaning of bodily objects. Einstein admitted that this method cannot even prove the existence of the external world. So how can we be sure that the bodily objects scientists study are real things? Aren't such objects just mental interpret... Fri, 22 May 2020 08:04:26 +0000 https://s3.castbox.fm/de/48/d1/a46b6043af81bac1df06a9f52b.mp3