“I think his karma became to serve in nature and not to serve in the world, while I think my karma is to be in the world.” Quote by Karan Bajaj
“I think nothing, at an objective level, is either right or wrong.” ThinkingLevelsObjectives Author:Karan Bajaj
“I don't think of the ashram world as being any more spiritual than the corporate world.” ThinkingWorldSpiritualCorporateCorporate World Author:Karan Bajaj
“I don't know if there is really an objective truth about either. I liken this to what Buddhism says about the individual, that change starts with the individual. I think it is really about purifying your own actions, and I have seen that in my own life.” IfsThinkingKnowsActionIndividualMy OwnBuddhismObjectivesMy Own LifePurifyingObjective Truth Author:Karan Bajaj
“When I came to the U.S., Kraft sponsored my green card, so I was at Kraft foods and I owed them, I felt. But then as my life purified more and more, I felt that that corporation was not doing the right things for the world. That led me to a company that makes organic baby products. It is very pure in its actions and how it deals with others.” WorldActionFeltDealsCompanyProductsBabyPureGreenCardsCorporationsRight ThingDoing The Right ThingGreen Card Author:Karan Bajaj
“I think it is really a personal journey of purification, rather than whether something external is going to be good or bad. Anything external will always live in that polarity - a combination of good and bad.” ThinkingJourneyBe GoodCombinationGood And BadPurificationPolarityPersonal Journey Author:Karan Bajaj
“I have been meditating for many years now, but I think for quite a few years my relationship with meditation was very intellectual. I would do meditation for all the usual things that you would think about, to be more calm, be more productive, relieve stress.” ThinkingYearsHas BeensMeditationIntellectualStressCalmProductiveUsualMeditatingStress Relieving Author:Karan Bajaj
“I think meditation became truly a means to a deeper connection as I was searching for a deeper truth within myself. Meditation became almost more spiritual than material in nature over the last two or three years and it has deepened a lot as a result of that.” ThinkingYearsMeanTwoLastsSpiritualThreeResultsMeditationMaterialsConnectionsDeeperThree Years Author:Karan Bajaj
“At certain historic moments, grandparents took on childrearing responsibilities. In many cultures, they still do. Chinese grandparents who are able to retire at 55 are seen all over Beijing bouncing grandbabies. In the United States, we can't afford to retire at 55.” StillsStatesMomentsAbleCertainCultureUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesChineseRetiringGrandparentHistoricBeijing Author:Erica Jong
“My wife and I took a sabbatical and we went from Europe to India, where we lived in an ashram for six months and did meditation and yoga vigorously, like from 5:00 in the morning until 10:00 in the night in very austere circumstances. I think then my practice became less superficial, more like the traditional definition of what meditation was: to truly find oneness.” ThinkingNightPracticeMorningMeditationWifeMonthsCircumstancesSixYogaEuropeIndiaDefinitionsMy WifeTraditionalOnenessSuperficialSix MonthsMeditation And YogaSabbatical Author:Karan Bajaj
“Here are two dichotomies here. In the West it is a very physical practice, and even meditation is a practice to become productive and more at peace. In the East, you think of the deep spiritual practices as a journey of complete dissolution of the self, the ego.” ThinkingTwoSelfSpiritualPracticeMeditationJourneyEgoWestEastProductiveSpiritual PracticeDissolutionDichotomyDeep Spiritual Author:Karan Bajaj