Pearls of Wisdom: Does Our Essence Remain the Same Throughout Our Life?
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON—I have been fascinated by dialogues between King Janaka and sage Ashtavakra in Indian mythology, especially about Ashtavakra’s simple explanations of the...
Pearls of Wisdom: You Are That, Shwetaketu
By Upendra Mishra
Never underestimate your own power. You have an innate potential to become whatever you wish to become and accomplish anything in this...
Pearls of Wisdom: How to Succeed at Everything You Do
By Upendra Mishra
After many trials and errors of life, I try to finish everything I start—no matter how big or small it is. I...
Pearls of Wisdom: Summer Books: Forget the First Impression and Think of the Last...
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON—As usual this summer began with blooming flowers and vegetables in The Mishra Garden and my list of books to read. The...
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: 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 Virtue of Being Selfish Versus Self-Centered and Self-Obsessed
By Upendra Mishra
During my university days, I had fallen in love with the writings of Franz Kafka and Albert Camus. I remember I would...
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: 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: How to Attain Freedom and Why?
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON—If we compress the essence of life in one word, it probably comes down to: Freedom. Freedom to do things we want...
