Evolve: 2 Minute Wisdom

by Radhanath Swami

“This 2 minute wisdom of ‘Evolve’ is like a incessant shower of rainfall on our hearts. Thus facilitating our desert like hearts to grow lotuses.”

Evolve is based on various talks given by H.H. Radhanath Swami. This is neither an exact transcription nor an overly corrected version.

Genres: Spirituality

139 pages, Paperback

First published February 4, 2014

Reviews

[Prathyusha Konda · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice book with very insightful and wise thoughts about us and everything around us. The author very obviously is a Krishna devotee, but what I like about this book is it does not focus on his own religion or spirituality. Where applicable, the author draws examples from different spiritualities or religions to explain the context. This definitely provides a more generalized perspective. Keeping the religion and devotion aside, the book is filled with snippets of wise words which I think can help everyone reflect on themselves as well as things around them. I also just want to mention that I am 100%, not a religious person, so if it was any more focused on religion and spirituality, I would have never gotten through the book. Check out my highlights to get a glimpse of what this book is really about.

There are a couple of occasions where the author comes across very male-biased, purely based on 1 or 2 sentences. If you are able to move past those, the book has several thought-provoking sayings. I will probably go back to this multiple times to get the full essence of the content.

[Sudarshan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just amazing to evolve with the author...

[Maher Razouk · Rating 5 out of 5]

الشخص ذو تقدير الذات المنخفض يكون متكبراً. يعتقد في قرارة نفسه: "لقد فعلت هذا، لقد جمعت هذه الملايين، لقد فزت بهذه البطولات وهكذا." مثل هؤلاء الأشخاص حريصون جداً على محاولة إقناع الآخرين بمدى روعتهم، نجاحهم، وما حققوه في هذا العالم. ومع ذلك، الشخص ذو الثقة بالنفس الحقيقية يكون متواضعاً. لماذا؟ لأنه ببساطة لا يحتاج إلى إبهار الناس بكلمات رخيصة من الغرور. إذا كنت ضعيفاً جداً داخلياً ، عليك أن تتفاخر بأي شيء كبيراً كان أم صغيراً قمت به لمحاولة الحصول على الموافقة، الاعتراف، والإعجاب من الآخرين. ولكن إذا كان لديك إشباع داخلي، إذا كنت تثق بنفسك، فأنت لا تحتاج إلى ذلك.

ذات مرة، قال لي حكيم في الهيمالايا أنه عندما تفعل شيئًا جيدًا وتخبر شخصًا ما بما فعلته، فإنك بذلك تستنفذ معظم الفضل من عملك. ومع ذلك، في عالم اليوم، نريد أن نأخذ الفضل عما لم نفعله حتى، ونريد أن نلقي اللوم على الآخرين عما فعلناه. هذه صفة أخرى للشخص ذي تقدير الذات المنخفض. يبرر لنفسه ويلوم الآخرين على نقائصهم الظاهرة، بينما الشخص ذو الثقة بالنفس لا يبرر، ولا يلوم الآخرين، ويتحمل المسؤولية عما فعله ويسعى دائمًا للتحسين.
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Swami, Radhanath
Evolve
Translated By #Maher_Razouk

[Advay Pathak · Rating 5 out of 5]

Daily I used to read one or two article, especially one in morning and one in evening before going home from work. It really changed my perspective of life and made me happy at home and at workplace. Its Instant wisdom ready to use and apply. Superb book.

[Utsav Mone · Rating 5 out of 5]

A friend of mine gifted me this small book.
Full of Small intriguing and inspiring stories. All most every story I read more than twice :)

[Vinay Pashan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book

[Virendra Patel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant quotes. Deep and full of wisdom as the title suggests.

Authors spiritual insight must be awesome to provide such depth of wisdom!

Read it and be inspired!

[Shashikumar Kasi · Rating 5 out of 5]

The different analogy and lessons explained in the book really would help someone to evolve in gradually to higher goals and principle.
Read Evolve to Evolve!

[Shashikumar Kasi · Rating 5 out of 5]

True Evolution

[Advay Pathak · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must read masterpiece.

[Sankararam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing book that gives short analogies for life

[Pandurang · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book on the way to Vrindavan dham, great thaughts by maharaj and this book guided me to make lot corrections in my day to day life.

[UMA SHANKAR · Rating 5 out of 5]

Extraordinary wisdom book...

[Anand Patil · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very handy guide for inspiration, day to day guidance, peace and stress relief. Takes you from lower stratum of consciousness to the highest level of consciousness of bliss.

[Anil Bhardwaj · Rating 5 out of 5]

a contemplative book for life

[Hemalan Nambier · Rating 5 out of 5]

quick and niffty wisdom truths

[Bhatta Raghunath · Rating 5 out of 5]

good wisdom

[SACHIN GARAG · Rating 5 out of 5]

very nice book

[Abhisar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book was very nice .I'll recommend everyone to read this .

[Harsheel Mehta · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful read!!

A must read for all. A simple and easy guide to become a better human being and evolve. Highly recommend.

[Prasun · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is the first book that I read of this writer. Well explained life - how should it be led actually.
But it is very diffuclt to come out of the modern lifestyle and follow the actual path.

[Bhamini Pande · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some people complain that when you take to spiritual life you are escaping the world, but that is the most ridiculous misconception. We do not want to escape, we want to face it for what it is.

Many people turning (or stating that they did) towards spirituality, compelled me to read this book. Coming directly from @Radhanath Swami I was confident about the content that it would be in its real sense and not modified to cater to the XYZ generations that we are.
An excellent read, sometimes would require a thorough concentration to understand the depth of each word/phrase/sentence. A re-read.

[Vishnu Chilamakuru · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one gem of a book . Following or implementing everything in the book is not actually possible in today's greedy world which can make yourself weaker compared to others. But this book clearly explains even if u have bad seeds in you as of today and if you start thinking and implementing good things will make your environment good one day in future.

[Vipin Tyagi · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best book on spirituality and higher aspects of life...

The best spiritual book i have ever read full of wisdom and real life examples to understand easily...must read if you are in search of higher aspects of life.

[Nehal Pandya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Talks about things we already know but don't think much about! A reminder for many things we tend to overlook! It talks a lot about God 🙈 wasn't expecting that! Never the less, it's a short book but so much to remember from it

[Stuti Prasad · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great insights towards mindfulness and spirituality.

[Drashti Trivedi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Must read. Deep and insightful words. Full of wisdom. I am a spiritual being but this book has changed my perspective into spirituality. This book inspires me to read Bhagwad Geeta.

[Dipak]

This 2 minute wisdom of ‘Evolve’ is like a incessant shower of rainfall on our hearts. Thus facilitating our desert like hearts to grow lotuses.

[Sumeet Singh]

Very inspiring and thought provoking

[Frank Chiefa]

Great