Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Improve Your Communication

    Communication is an important part of our lives and it really matters how we communicate. Unless you are planning for a solitary sanyasi life in the Himalayas, you would require interacting with fellow humans. Whatever you communicate and how you communicate will have an impact on your life. As a wise man, you must always…

  • Be Lazy or Be Successful

    Laziness is a state of mind and it evolves from two things. One is the lack of interest and other is the lack of responsibility. Before we move forward with this discussion let’s have a look on following line from chapter 13 of Chanakya Neeti. “The attitude of a person plays a very significant role…

  • Get Success: Start Praising People

    “स्तुता अपि देवतास्तुस्यन्ति | “is the motivational quote by Acharya Chanakya that we will be discussing today. The English and Hindi translations of this positive quote are as follows: Even gods feel satisfied when they are praised. स्तुति किये जाने पर देवता भी संतुस्ट होते हैं | People Admire the Admiration: My personal observation is…

  • Right decisions at Right Time

    It is very important that we take right decisions at right time. Anyone who can manage to do so will win for sure and nothing can be said about the person who fails to do so. Obviously! we all know this simple principle and why am I writing an article about it? Knowing something is one one…

  • Develop Habit of Learning

    Kautilya said, “Do not allow a single day of your life to pass away without learning something good and useful”. It will be accurate to say that all men are born equal as far as knowledge is concerned. An infant begins with nothing and with the passage of time he/she learns new things. Then comes…

  • Cure for Weakness?

    Who is Superstrong? Most of the people in this world are weak and a few are strong. Interestingly, for every strong man there exists something/someone stronger to tackle. This is true for me, you, and even for the Captain America. The omnipresent and omnipotent Almighty has created this world in a very interesting manner. He has created…

  • Do It Nicely Otherwise Don’t

    Everyone desires success in life and it is something that cannot be bought from the market. The recipe is simple and still most of us fail to cook it right. This article might help you in finding an answer. Acharya Chanakya was very practical in his approach and he emphasized a lot on “Why?”. He…

  • Your Soul Knows It All

    I am quite sure that you have heard something similar before in your life. If not, then you just did. Scientifically there exists a debate regarding the very existence of something referred as soul, but in the spiritual world, we have zero doubts about its existence. Let’s not waste time discussing “what it is?”. We…

  • Does Money Matters or the Authority ?

    We all know that there is no end of this discussion? Actually, life without either will not be that fulfilling. If we already knew this then why to waste our time? Now, before answering that question I would like to throw another question regarding the validity of the question itself? When we were not that…

  • Optimize Your Life

    In chapter 14 of Chanakya Neeti, it has been stated that “It will be good if you remain at a safe distance from the king, fire, and women. Also, don’t stay too far from them otherwise, you will get deprived of the rewards“. Let’s dig deeper. The inspirational quote mentioned above can be of great help…

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