by TempleOfCompassion | Dec 18, 2020 | General News and Updates
Dattatreya, the Supreme Teacher. Raja Ravi Varma, Wikimedia Commons. “As long as we live our lives with a sense of acceptance, as long as we do our duty without any sense of attachment to the results, why do we need to consciously offer our work to God? Why do we...
by TempleOfCompassion | Dec 11, 2020 | General News and Updates
Image: Ravi Varma courtesy Wikimedia Commons If the people we love won’t change for our sake, does that mean that we are not loved enough?” How do we get those around us to behave the way we want them to? It simply isn’t going to happen. At least not because we wish...
by TempleOfCompassion | Dec 4, 2020 | General News and Updates
When Arjuna announces that he would rather beg for a living than destroy his enemies, Lord Krishna scolds him for his weakness. He reminds Arjuna that he is a warrior by nature and warriors are meant to fight. To assume the role of a beggar, however simple and passive...
by TempleOfCompassion | Nov 27, 2020 | General News and Updates
Image: Raja Ravi Varma, via Wikimedia Commons Do you have to be born as a man to attain self-realization? Are women by their very gender still at least an entire incarnation away from achieving the ultimate goal?A disturbing thought if you are a woman, but one that...
by TempleOfCompassion | Nov 20, 2020 | General News and Updates
Image: Courtesy Raja Ravi Varma via Wikimedia Commons “How much is too much when it comes to giving to others? What boundaries should we draw and what should we be willing to put up with?” This is a very important question, one that is especially relevant to...
