Quotes About Devdutt

that which deludes you to be unhappy can be overpowered by another delusion that causes greater unhappiness

I write on sacred stories, symbols and rituals of all cultures - European, American and Chinese - but my audiences, typically, like me to focus on India.

The notions of creation, preservation and destruction in Hindu mythology thus deal with culture, not nature.

It is not about being a hermit in the forest. It is about overpowering lust and attachment wherever you are.

Five Containers of the Body These five containers create three realities: sensory reality that depends on the flesh (indriyas), emotional reality that depends on the heart (chitta) and conceptual reality that depends on imagination (manas) and intelligence (buddhi). Elements

from that of other Tapasvins. Many Asuras and Devas

The intellectual approach to Ganesha is called gyan yoga. The emotional approach to Ganesha is called bhakti yoga. And a mechanical, ritualistic, approach to Ganesha is called karma yoga. Different

For Krishna, there can be no dharma without the spirit of generosity. Without genuine love, laws and rules are worthless.

and outgrow hunger. One of the rishis I made fun of cursed me that since the

Laws by their very nature are arbitrary and depend on context.

It is ironical that for all the value we give to the rational, life is primarily governed by the irrational.

Robert Oppenheimer infamously equated the nuclear bomb with Krishna's cosmic form.

Unlike dakshina, where wealth is asked in exchange, and bhiksha, where power is asked in exchange, in daan only wisdom is sought in exchange.