The Truth Behind Change
Personal change requires a degree of sacrifice at some level. To get something new you have to give up something old.
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Timeless wisdom for a focused life.
Teachings on awareness, energy, and purpose — alongside the retreats, talks, and travels that fill the rest of the journey. Drawn from ten years as a Hindu monk and decades of teaching, written to be applied to your life today.
Conversations on the Spiritual Path
Dandapani responds to questions that were sent in from his email list subscribers in this blog post.
Love Drives Creation
Life is a manifestation of where you invest your energy. Let love drive the focus of where you invest your energy
Gratitude and Specificity
When we express gratitude or appreciation, it’s good to remember to be specific. Narrowing in on the “how” and “why” of your ...
The Missing Link to Mindfulness
Mindfulness and observation are states of being and not something that can be practiced. What you can practice is ...
Making the Case
In speaking at events around the world, I realized that I have not really made the case as to why we need to focus
An Extended Hiatus
It’s been 5-months since I sent my last blog post. I was not planning for such a long hiatus from this but moving my family to Costa Rica from the US during a pandemic has been quite all-consuming…
An Easy Target
Celebrate, don’t criticize. Timely constructive criticism shared with empathy and love with the sole intent to selflessly serve on the other hand.
America ... I love
Eleven years ago I made the most difficult decision of my life. The decision to not renew my monastic vows and hence to stop living a life as a Hindu monastic. I left my guru’s monastery in Hawaii…
Lesson Noted, Lesson Learnt
A couple of weeks back I was speaking with an entrepreneur who shared with me that she got involved in a personal issue with her client that she should have stayed out of. At that time she felt it…
Commit to a path
It’s only when you commit to a spiritual path can you truly make progress. In fact, this applies to any path leading to a clearly defined goal. But people are terrified of commitment. They would…
Push The Horizon
It is hard to care about anyone or anything when you only think of yourself or just today. But when you push the horizon further it is natural to start seeing the bigger picture and start caring.
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