Wisdom for your stage of life
Wisdom for working professionals: burnout, anger, anxiety and purpose at work
The Gita is a conversation about doing hard work well, without losing yourself. These pages turn it into something you can use between meetings.
ClarityHow to stop overthinkingKrishna agreed the mind is restless — and gave two keys to calm it.Emotional balanceAnxiety about the futureYour power lies in today’s action, not tomorrow’s outcome.Self-masteryHow to control angerAnger is a chain, not a moment. Break it at the first link.ResilienceBurnout at workBalance isn’t a reward for finishing the work; it’s how good work gets done.CourageFear of failureEven a little of the right action protects you from great fear.Self-worthStop comparing yourself to othersYour own path, walked imperfectly, beats someone else’s walked perfectly.DisciplineHow to stop procrastinatingDo what must be done without delay. Start small, start now.MeaningHow to find your purposePurpose is where your nature, your skill and someone’s need meet.Gita quotesGita quotes on anxiety and stressEight verses to hold on to when worry takes over — in Sanskrit, with plain meaning.Gita quotesGita quotes on success and failureWhat Krishna says about winning, losing and the effort in between.Gita quotesGita quotes on angerHow anger begins, what it destroys, and the calm that replaces it.Key ideaWhat is karma, really?Not fate, not punishment — karma means action, and what action makes of you.Key ideaThe three gunas: sattva, rajas, tamasCalm, drive and inertia — the three forces behind every mood and choice.Key ideaStoicism and the Bhagavad GitaEpictetus and Krishna on control, calm and duty — where they meet and where they part.ShlokaGita 2.47 · Karmaṇy evādhikāras teYour right is to action, never to its results — the Gita’s most quoted verse.ShlokaGita 6.5 · Uddhared ātmanātmānamLift yourself by yourself — you are your own best friend, or your own worst enemy.MantraVakratuṇḍa MahākāyaThe Ganesha prayer said before every new beginning — for work free of obstacles.SatsangThe Mirror HolderA man who had everything, and never one peaceful night. On craving, and on enough.सत्संगव्यापारी का यज्ञतुम अपने व्यापार-यज्ञ के पुरोहित हो या आहुति? विदुर, धृतराष्ट्र और संतुलन की सीख।
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