By Yasoda-dulal Das
“The Four Questions: A Pathway to Inner Peace” by Vaisesika Dasa is a remarkable, compact book that not only summarizes the wisdom of ancient Vedic texts into four multi-layered questions but also provides practical answers that are highly relevant to the complex dilemmas and frustrations we all face in today’s world.
The four questions that the book answers are:
1) What is my purpose?
2) How may I be of service?
3) What is the lesson?
4) Where am I investing my attention right now?
In the book, Vaisesika provides wise, nuanced, and multi-layered answers to these four questions. Interspersed with these answers are sub-questions and answers to those sub-questions, as if anticipating readers’ challenges and doubts.
Readers of ISKCON News likely already know him as a brilliant scholar of Vedic texts. His wisdom is practical, relevant, and highly applicable to devotional practice in today’s world. What lends added impact to the teachings in this book is that Vaisesika practices these teachings fully himself, in partnership with his saintly wife of several decades, Nirakula Devi Dasi.
Taken together, the answers provided in this book add to the growing body of literature on emotional intelligence, resilience, and happiness and are consistent with numerous studies done on these topics.
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