A piece of wisdom from
October 23, 2025 · Thursday
The quote
“Whenever there is decline of dharma and rise of adharma, then I manifest myself.”
— Krishna · The Bhagavad Gita
The concept
The 48 Laws of Power
A literacy of power, read it to recognise the game whether you want to play it or not.
Power is exchanged in every room you walk into, at work, in families, in friendships, and most people are illiterate in its grammar. Robert Greene's 1998 book gathers 48 patterns by which power has been won and lost for three thousand years…
A practice for today
Before bed tonight, name one thing where the lesson of The 48 Laws of Power. A literacy of power, read it to recognise the game whether you want to play it or not.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 9.26
पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति। तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मनः॥
“Whoever offers me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or water — that, the offering of the pure-hearted, I accept.”
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