This is a motto that emphasizes the importance of self-initiative and agency. If we are determined enough to accomplish a certain Goal, even God will be on our side. Set a vision this New Year, give it your best shot, and leave the rest, at the will of God. Remember, you are only limited to action; succeeding or failing is not in your hands.<\/p>\n
2. Good thoughts, Good deeds<\/strong><\/h3>\nThis new year let’s limit ourselves to good thoughts, thoughts that make our mind serene; no envy on anyone, and no jealousy on others’ success. Remember, your time will come. Carry out good activities, quit all those bad habits like Drinking and Smoking. Go to the gym or take up a sport or engage yourself in reading good books or watch good movies. It\u2019s never bad to give a helping hand to the needy, too.<\/p>\n
3. Have faith in God<\/strong><\/h3>\nGod is not the one keeping accounts, seeking a chance to punish us. God is the one who forgives us, rectify us, teach us, and love us, so have faith in him. Recalling his name every day will give you all sorts of mental peace you are looking for.<\/p>\n
4. Visit God<\/strong><\/h3>\nTemple, Church or Mosque are all spiritual institutions, paying a frequent visit will certainly not cost us, anything. These places are made for our mental peace, to de-stress us, to give us clarity and to re-energize us, to carry on, with our lives.<\/p>\n
5. Make Offerings<\/strong><\/h3>\nYou may not be the richest, but just look around you and see those little homeless kids running around you, begging for food, you are certainly richer than them. It might not be possible for you to take time out of your busy schedule and feed them, but let me assure you,\u00a0ISKCON Bangalore<\/a><\/span>\u00a0does that for you, donate to our\u00a0Annadana Seva<\/a><\/span>, and by this, you will contribute toward the cause.<\/p>\n6. Read Bhagavad Gita, the spiritual ocean of life<\/strong><\/h3>\nThis New Year, make sure to add this in your most important resolution list- reading Bhagavad Gita<\/a><\/span>. Don\u2019t have one? Buy Now<\/span>.<\/a> Know the Glories of Reading Bhagavad Gita.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n7. Chant<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe easiest path of spiritual realization in Kali-Yuga is to chant the holy names of Lord Krishna as recommended in the Vedic scriptures. Chanting the Hare Krishna Mahamantra<\/a><\/span> purifies our heart, relieves us of all the miseries in our life and ultimately helps us attain spiritual perfection.<\/p>\nYou may initially start with any other mantra as per your convenience, and then shift yourself to the Hare Krishna Mahamantra.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n8. Yoga<\/strong><\/h3>\nYoga is one solution for all our mental and bodily issues. This New Year, make sure to add this in your New Year resolution list. You may also like to know about our Spiritual programmes.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n9. Be Charitable<\/strong><\/h3>\nCharitable activities can be performed out of compassion to the poor or for the spiritual upliftment of oneself. In the Bhagavad Gita<\/a>,<\/span> it is recommended that one should perform charity without expecting any returns, at any time and in a place of pilgrimage or in temples, and to a worthy person (a qualified Brahmana or a Vaishnava devotee).\u00a0 So, don\u2019t hesitate to donate in the name of the God<\/a>,<\/span> or donate to the temple<\/a>,<\/span> this will only spiritually uplift you.<\/p>\n10.\u00a0 Sow seeds of love in your heart\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\nHave compassion; be loving, wear a smile in your face, all these basics have been long forgotten by our youths. This New Year, make sure to bring back those basics and make a year more happening, spiritually enlivening and full of bliss.<\/p>\n
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Let\u2019s jump back, to sticking to the New Year resolutions part<\/strong><\/h3>\nGod helps those who work with a stronger determination. There goes an excellent tale of a Sparrow which teaches us, if we are determined in our actions, nothing can stop us.<\/p>\n
Once, a sparrow laid her eggs, on the shore of the ocean. The ocean carried away the eggs on its waves. The sparrow being upset, requested the ocean to return her eggs, but the ocean didn’t. So the sparrow decided to dry up the ocean. She began to draw out the water in her small beak.<\/p>\n
As the news of her activity spread, everyone laughed at her impossible determination, and at last Garuda, the bird carrier of Lord Vishnu heard about it. He became compassionate toward his small sister bird, and so he came to see the sparrow. Garuda was very pleased by the determination of the small sparrow, and he promised to help. Garuda at once asked the ocean to return her eggs, or he takes up the work of the sparrow. The ocean was frightened at this, and returned the eggs. Thus the sparrow became happy by the grace of Garuda.<\/p>\n
Now, determination in bad activities or activities in harming others will, obviously, not fall under this. Good or spiritual activities are Akarma. It doesn\u2019t produce good or bad results, instead, it goes to our spiritual account (sukriti), so when the correct time comes, we can go back home, back to Godhead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Time flies rather quick. Yet another beautiful yearn has passed, leaving behind its sweet memories. Hope you too had some awesome memories of last year. It\u2019s high time now to indulge ourselves in some retrospection and revaluate some of our New Year resolutions that we have vowed on the last New Year. Did you fulfil […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5187","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5187"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7285,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5187\/revisions\/7285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
God is not the one keeping accounts, seeking a chance to punish us. God is the one who forgives us, rectify us, teach us, and love us, so have faith in him. Recalling his name every day will give you all sorts of mental peace you are looking for.<\/p>\n
4. Visit God<\/strong><\/h3>\nTemple, Church or Mosque are all spiritual institutions, paying a frequent visit will certainly not cost us, anything. These places are made for our mental peace, to de-stress us, to give us clarity and to re-energize us, to carry on, with our lives.<\/p>\n
5. Make Offerings<\/strong><\/h3>\nYou may not be the richest, but just look around you and see those little homeless kids running around you, begging for food, you are certainly richer than them. It might not be possible for you to take time out of your busy schedule and feed them, but let me assure you,\u00a0ISKCON Bangalore<\/a><\/span>\u00a0does that for you, donate to our\u00a0Annadana Seva<\/a><\/span>, and by this, you will contribute toward the cause.<\/p>\n6. Read Bhagavad Gita, the spiritual ocean of life<\/strong><\/h3>\nThis New Year, make sure to add this in your most important resolution list- reading Bhagavad Gita<\/a><\/span>. Don\u2019t have one? Buy Now<\/span>.<\/a> Know the Glories of Reading Bhagavad Gita.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n7. Chant<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe easiest path of spiritual realization in Kali-Yuga is to chant the holy names of Lord Krishna as recommended in the Vedic scriptures. Chanting the Hare Krishna Mahamantra<\/a><\/span> purifies our heart, relieves us of all the miseries in our life and ultimately helps us attain spiritual perfection.<\/p>\nYou may initially start with any other mantra as per your convenience, and then shift yourself to the Hare Krishna Mahamantra.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n8. Yoga<\/strong><\/h3>\nYoga is one solution for all our mental and bodily issues. This New Year, make sure to add this in your New Year resolution list. You may also like to know about our Spiritual programmes.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n9. Be Charitable<\/strong><\/h3>\nCharitable activities can be performed out of compassion to the poor or for the spiritual upliftment of oneself. In the Bhagavad Gita<\/a>,<\/span> it is recommended that one should perform charity without expecting any returns, at any time and in a place of pilgrimage or in temples, and to a worthy person (a qualified Brahmana or a Vaishnava devotee).\u00a0 So, don\u2019t hesitate to donate in the name of the God<\/a>,<\/span> or donate to the temple<\/a>,<\/span> this will only spiritually uplift you.<\/p>\n10.\u00a0 Sow seeds of love in your heart\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\nHave compassion; be loving, wear a smile in your face, all these basics have been long forgotten by our youths. This New Year, make sure to bring back those basics and make a year more happening, spiritually enlivening and full of bliss.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s jump back, to sticking to the New Year resolutions part<\/strong><\/h3>\nGod helps those who work with a stronger determination. There goes an excellent tale of a Sparrow which teaches us, if we are determined in our actions, nothing can stop us.<\/p>\n
Once, a sparrow laid her eggs, on the shore of the ocean. The ocean carried away the eggs on its waves. The sparrow being upset, requested the ocean to return her eggs, but the ocean didn’t. So the sparrow decided to dry up the ocean. She began to draw out the water in her small beak.<\/p>\n
As the news of her activity spread, everyone laughed at her impossible determination, and at last Garuda, the bird carrier of Lord Vishnu heard about it. He became compassionate toward his small sister bird, and so he came to see the sparrow. Garuda was very pleased by the determination of the small sparrow, and he promised to help. Garuda at once asked the ocean to return her eggs, or he takes up the work of the sparrow. The ocean was frightened at this, and returned the eggs. Thus the sparrow became happy by the grace of Garuda.<\/p>\n
Now, determination in bad activities or activities in harming others will, obviously, not fall under this. Good or spiritual activities are Akarma. It doesn\u2019t produce good or bad results, instead, it goes to our spiritual account (sukriti), so when the correct time comes, we can go back home, back to Godhead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Time flies rather quick. Yet another beautiful yearn has passed, leaving behind its sweet memories. Hope you too had some awesome memories of last year. It\u2019s high time now to indulge ourselves in some retrospection and revaluate some of our New Year resolutions that we have vowed on the last New Year. Did you fulfil […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5187","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5187"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7285,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5187\/revisions\/7285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
You may not be the richest, but just look around you and see those little homeless kids running around you, begging for food, you are certainly richer than them. It might not be possible for you to take time out of your busy schedule and feed them, but let me assure you,\u00a0ISKCON Bangalore<\/a><\/span>\u00a0does that for you, donate to our\u00a0Annadana Seva<\/a><\/span>, and by this, you will contribute toward the cause.<\/p>\n This New Year, make sure to add this in your most important resolution list- reading Bhagavad Gita<\/a><\/span>. Don\u2019t have one? Buy Now<\/span>.<\/a> Know the Glories of Reading Bhagavad Gita.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n The easiest path of spiritual realization in Kali-Yuga is to chant the holy names of Lord Krishna as recommended in the Vedic scriptures. Chanting the Hare Krishna Mahamantra<\/a><\/span> purifies our heart, relieves us of all the miseries in our life and ultimately helps us attain spiritual perfection.<\/p>\n You may initially start with any other mantra as per your convenience, and then shift yourself to the Hare Krishna Mahamantra.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Yoga is one solution for all our mental and bodily issues. This New Year, make sure to add this in your New Year resolution list. You may also like to know about our Spiritual programmes.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Charitable activities can be performed out of compassion to the poor or for the spiritual upliftment of oneself. In the Bhagavad Gita<\/a>,<\/span> it is recommended that one should perform charity without expecting any returns, at any time and in a place of pilgrimage or in temples, and to a worthy person (a qualified Brahmana or a Vaishnava devotee).\u00a0 So, don\u2019t hesitate to donate in the name of the God<\/a>,<\/span> or donate to the temple<\/a>,<\/span> this will only spiritually uplift you.<\/p>\n Have compassion; be loving, wear a smile in your face, all these basics have been long forgotten by our youths. This New Year, make sure to bring back those basics and make a year more happening, spiritually enlivening and full of bliss.<\/p>\n God helps those who work with a stronger determination. There goes an excellent tale of a Sparrow which teaches us, if we are determined in our actions, nothing can stop us.<\/p>\n Once, a sparrow laid her eggs, on the shore of the ocean. The ocean carried away the eggs on its waves. The sparrow being upset, requested the ocean to return her eggs, but the ocean didn’t. So the sparrow decided to dry up the ocean. She began to draw out the water in her small beak.<\/p>\n As the news of her activity spread, everyone laughed at her impossible determination, and at last Garuda, the bird carrier of Lord Vishnu heard about it. He became compassionate toward his small sister bird, and so he came to see the sparrow. Garuda was very pleased by the determination of the small sparrow, and he promised to help. Garuda at once asked the ocean to return her eggs, or he takes up the work of the sparrow. The ocean was frightened at this, and returned the eggs. Thus the sparrow became happy by the grace of Garuda.<\/p>\n Now, determination in bad activities or activities in harming others will, obviously, not fall under this. Good or spiritual activities are Akarma. It doesn\u2019t produce good or bad results, instead, it goes to our spiritual account (sukriti), so when the correct time comes, we can go back home, back to Godhead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Time flies rather quick. Yet another beautiful yearn has passed, leaving behind its sweet memories. Hope you too had some awesome memories of last year. It\u2019s high time now to indulge ourselves in some retrospection and revaluate some of our New Year resolutions that we have vowed on the last New Year. Did you fulfil […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5187","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5187"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7285,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5187\/revisions\/7285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}6. Read Bhagavad Gita, the spiritual ocean of life<\/strong><\/h3>\n
7. Chant<\/strong><\/h3>\n
8. Yoga<\/strong><\/h3>\n
9. Be Charitable<\/strong><\/h3>\n
10.\u00a0 Sow seeds of love in your heart\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n
<\/p>\nLet\u2019s jump back, to sticking to the New Year resolutions part<\/strong><\/h3>\n