Pearls of Wisdom: When Your Thought Becomes the Master of Your Life
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON—Indian scriptures are amazing treasures of wisdom. I often wonder what was going on in the minds of those Indian sages thousands...
Pearls of Wisdom: How Do We Know We Are Happy?
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON—After staying alive, major goal of our life is to be happy. There are many states of happiness. First, we are genuinely...
Pearls of Wisdom: Pilgrimage to India-2: Stitching Together Scattered Pieces of Love
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON—We all have grown with fairy tale stories of romance, love and happily thereafter. I am sure it is true for some,...
Pearls of Wisdom: Excellence is a Habit and Chanakya’s Three Questions
BOSTON—Twenty years ago when we bought our home, I set up a small home office in the basement. Those days we needed huge space...
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: Spring in Purnachhapar and The Mishra Garden
By Upendra Mishra
WESTON, MA—The fresh smell of the ground, layers of varied colors, sweet-smelling flowers on apple and other trees, wildflowers coming to life,...
Pearls of Wisdom: Patanjali, Tom Brady and The Four Agreements
By Upendra Mishra
The words contain tremendous power. They are packed with energy. Every thought we think, every word we whisper even to ourselves, every...
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...
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: Your Five Best Friends
By Upendra Mishra
After writing my column on the five most potent enemies last week, it was a logical step to write about the five...
