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Vairāgya — Decoded
Vairāgya gets translated as dispassion, non-attachment, and indifference. Those are three different instructions. The sutra's own word is vaśīkāra — mastery. You build that....
The four o’clock feeling has a Sanskrit name — and it...
The four o'clock slump has a Sanskrit name, and it isn't laziness. Gītā 14.8 calls tamas a state you pass through. 14.10 says the...
Śraddhā is not belief — Gītā 17.3
You didn't choose that — your hand was already moving. The Gītā's word for that leaning is śraddhā: not a belief you sign up...
Rajas: the restlessness you keep calling drive
Rajas is usually translated as activity. Bhagavad Gītā 14.7 calls it the nature of passion, the source of thirst and attachment, binding you by...
Gita 6.16 — Moderation as Entry Price
Yoga isn't a pose. Krishna's own test is moderation — eat right, sleep right. The verse never gives you a number. That part's yours....
Karma is the deed, not the ledger
Karma means action. The deed. Bhagavad Gītā 3.5: none can ever remain for even a moment without performing action. The consequence comes back in...
Brahmacarya — the word names a stage, not a vow
Everyone glosses brahmacarya as celibacy. Manusmṛti 3.1 keeps the student's vow for thirty-six years, or half, or a quarter — a stage that begins...