Category: Reflections

  • Failure: The Grace of Ending

    Failure: The Grace of Ending

    कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन। मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥ Shree Krishna’s words in the Bhagavad Gita are often translated as a lesson in detachment, but in translation they risk losing their quiet depth. “You have the right to action, not to its fruits” is not an instruction to abandon desire or effort. It is a reminder about where we place…