Pearls of Wisdom: To Forgive or Not to Forgive? Answers From Times Ancient to...
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON—First thing first: If you are not strong and wise enough to forgive someone who has hurt you, you will build a...
Pearls of Wisdom: See Yourself and Things as They Are
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON—When Pandavas are banished to forests for 13 years in the grand Hindu epic Mahabharata, many rishis and sages come and pay...
Pearls of Wisdom: Goal, Focus and the Process: A Few Lessons From Mahabharata
By Upendra Mishra
Once you set your goal, forget about the outcome and focus only on the process. That you can do, and in fact,...
Pearls of Wisdom: The Courage to Be Disliked and Four Other Books
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON—As late springs and early summers in New England force us to take our living and readings outdoors, the long winter nights...
Pearls of Wisdom: Freedom, Happiness and the Ashtavakra
By Upendra Mishra
WESTON, MA—Most of us are familiar with the Bhagavad Gita, often referred to simply as the Gita. It is a dialogue between...
Pearls of Wisdom: The Art of Fear—More Than 90 Percent of What We Dread...
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON—An innocent dream forced me to revisit my fears recently. A few weeks ago, I had a dream that I was in...
Pearls of Wisdom: Four Steps for Contentment and Peace From Yoga Vashishtha
By Upendra Mishra
What I like most about Yoga Vashishtha is that it teaches us to take responsibility for our actions, fortunes or misfortunes. The...
Pearls of Wisdom: Truth, Integrity, Honesty and Dharma
By Upendra Mishra
I have the memory of only three books from early childhood. The first one was Hindi alphabets, the second was Ramayana and...
Pearls of Wisdom: Lincoln, Melancholy, and the Self
By Upendra Mishra
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865, had his shares of miseries. At...
Pearls of Wisdom: God is Dead, Discover Yourself and Seek Good Habits for a...
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON—After the Age of Enlightenment dawned upon in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries, German philosopher, essayist and critic Friedrich Nietzsche...
