The Difficulty of Being Good: On the Subtle Art of Dharma

by Gurcharan Das

The four sides of the dice also symbolize the four Ages.

Why four? Dice has six faces.

The great divide in ethical thinking is between those who judge an act based on its consequences versus those who judge it based on duty or some rule.

‘A man will not sell his life to you, but will give it to you for a piece of ribbon.’ Good managers are aware of this human desire for recognition, and they are able to motivate their employees by praising them liberally, thus getting the best out of them.

‘You’ll waste a lot less time worrying about what others think of you if only you realized how seldom they do.’

‘To be happy one must not be too concerned with the opinion of others. One should pursue one’s goals single-mindedly, with a quiet confidence, without thinking of others.’

Who is Krishna, man or God?

One should never do to another what one regards as injurious to oneself.

a man is only as good as his deeds.

if envy is a sin of socialism, greed is the failing of capitalism

The Pandavas are warned that Draupadi was born out of a powerful sacrifice in order to wipe out their Kuru race, but they go ahead and marry her anyway.

bhaktivedanta’s rendition is a dull, sectarian, Sunday school textbook, reflecting the Vaishnavite values of Chaitanya.