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: The Power of Vulnerability, Weakness and Imperfection
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON—A friend of mine had been insisting that I should watch a Bollywood movie "Kabir Singh" as she had observed some similarity...
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: How to Disregard Negativity and Develop a Habit of Positive Framework...
By Upendra Mishra
WESTON, MA—Like many of us take daily pills to fight allergy during the allergy season, we should also take a pill of...
Pearls of Wisdom: How We Become Our Own Slave and How We Can Free...
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON—In the opening paragraph of Ashtavakra Gita, King Janak asks sage Ashtavakra: “O Master, tell me how to find detachment, wisdom, and...
Pearls of Wisdom: Timeless African Wisdom, Wit, Sayings and Advice
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON—When it comes to ancient wisdom, we often turn to Greek mythology, Hindu scriptures, Chinese and Buddhist philosophy and many other traditional...
Pearls of Wisdom: Only Two or Eight Seasons?
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON--Close friends of mine who have known me well enough or have camped with me in the mountains or the nature wild...
Pearls of Wisdom: The Ego, Death and a Conversation With the God of Death
By Upendra Mishra
Three fears scare the hell out of us all: loss of wealth, loss of reputation and the mother of all fears—death. Wealth...
Pearls of Wisdom: The Meaning of Love
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON—For someone whose life got frozen at the age 20 and who never grew out of it, despite his body growing older,...
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...
