Wisdom of the Sages
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Wisdom of the Sages
Truths about life from the timeless wisdom of the Bhakti-yoga tradition - fun, relevant, and deep. Learn about dharma, yoga, bhakti, and how it relates to all the basic questions of life. This show is about how to live your best life, let go of the external distractions, and uncover the spiritual ha...
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1696: Racism, Rage and a Spiritual Way Forward / Q&A Vol. 291
Rage at a racist, a double middle-finger "protest," and a bhakti yogi wondering, "Did I actually help… or just lose it?" From there, this episode dive...
1695: Grand Theft Butter: Reincarnation, Gillian Anderson & the Gita
Depth and play intertwine as Raghunath and Kaustubha riff on Gillian Anderson's reincarnation quote, Krishna's "Grand Theft Butter" pastims in vrindav...
1694: Stunned by the Infinite: When the Ego Meets Its Match
Nature, humility, and spiritual vision can still the spinning of the mind and burn away the karmic illusion that we're the center of it all. From redw...
1693: Bhakti for Beginners: Doing It Right & Keeping It Real / Q&A Vol. 290
Recorded live in Jaipur, this Q&A episode dives into real beginner questions on the path of bhakti—with Raghunath and Kaustubha responding with both i...
1692: The Next Step in Bhakti: Finding Your Teacher / Q&A Vol. 289
From the sacred city of Jaipur, Raghunath and Kaustubha explore what it means to take the next step in Bhakti—moving from faith to steady practice and...
1691: Soft Heart, Steady Mind: Bhakti Yoga Wisdom / Q&A Vol. 288
From the banks of the Ganga in Rishikesh, this pilgrim Q&A with Raghunath and Kaustubha explores how to respond to visible suffering without emotional...
1690: Carrying the Holy Place in Your Heart / Q&A, Vol. 287
Live from Devprayag, Raghunath and Kaustubha explore how to perceive Paramātmā—the Supersoul within—and how Bhakti transforms the mind's shadows of re...
1689: A Living Universe, Not a Machine: The Cost of Denying Personhood
Much of modern science, as well as impersonalist Vedānta, drains the universe of relationship—one by reducing consciousness to brain chemistry, the ot...
1688: Einstein Meets the Bhagavad Gītā: Yogic Perception Beyond the Intellect
When cramming facts hits a ceiling, yogic practice opens the window. In this conversation, Raghunath and Kaustubha explore how Einstein's relativity a...
1687: Diwali & the Art of Outgrowing Desire
Diwali is the perfect moment to upgrade your relationship with desire. In this episode, we contrast the material formula—"if the world gives me what I...
1686: From Bypass to Bhakti: 12-Step Honesty with Jiva G
When devotion turns into performance, honesty becomes the new yoga. In this powerful conversation with Jiva G, Raghunath explores how 12-Step recovery...
1685: Do I Have Glowworms Living in My Heart? / Idols Stop Dazzling as Devotion Dawns
Do I Have Glowworms Living in My Heart? / Idols Stop Dazzling as Devotion Dawns
When the real sun of devotion rises, all the little stars we onc...
1684: Fooling Mother Nature? Why Material Solutions Backfire
When we try to "fix" life, sometimes it only breaks further. In this episode, Raghunath and Kaustubha examine how our material solutions—cars, technol...
1683: The Answer Is Always Love: Understanding Krishna’s Ways / Q&A Vol. 286
The Answer Is Always Love: Understanding Krishna's Ways / Q&A Vol. 286
Bhakti doesn't grow on demand—it unfolds like nature itself: slow...
1682: You Can’t Hurry Love: How Bhakti Matures / Q&A Volume 285
You Can't Hurry Love: How Bhakti Matures
It's easy to look spiritual — chant loud, dress the part, quote Sanskrit — but bhakti gets real when o...
1681: Is That God’s Voice, or Just My Mind Again? / Q&A Volume 284
Ever wonder if that "inner voice" you hear during prayer is God in your heart—or just your mind doing impressions again? In this live Q&A from Super S...
1680: I Came to Die, Learned to Live: A Bhakti Breakthrough
She boarded a flight to India to learn how to die—and found the wisdom to live. Laurel's journey—from childhood loss and addiction to a stage-4 cancer...
1679: Marcus Aurelius Meets Krishna Under the Autumn Full Moon
What happens when the Stoic emperor of self-control meets the divine cowherd of boundless love? From Brahmā's cosmic prank to the gopīs' fearless devo...
1678: Many Miles to Settle the Mind
It took 40, then 25, then 30 miles before the mind finally stopped screaming and started praying. Fresh off a solo bike ride through the Adirondacks,...
1677: Softening the Heart: Bhakti Yoga & the Power of Emotion
The Bhagavad-gītā is more than philosophy—it's full of feeling. Arjuna's grief and Krishna's compassion remind us that yoga is not about suppressing e...
1676: Everybody’s Looking for Krishna (Even If They Don’t Know It): George Harrison’s Bhakti Perspective
Everybody's Looking for Krishna (Even If They Don't Know It): George Harrison's Bhakti Perspective
George Harrison once wrote, "Everybody is loo...
1675: Truth + Discipline: Tuning In to the All-Pervading Divine
The Upaniṣads say the Divine is hidden like fire in wood, cream in milk, oil in sesame seed—revealed only through truth and discipline. Raghunath and...
1674: Saturday Night Fever Meets the Vedic Puruṣa
What does John Travolta strutting through Brooklyn with two slices of pizza have to do with the Ṛg Veda's yajña-puruṣa, the divine person behind the c...
1673: The Opposite of Love is Illusion: Bhakti, Dharma, & Mandalas as Reality
Rabindranath Tagore wrote that "Love is the only reality… the ultimate truth at the heart of creation." In this episode, Raghunath and Kaustubha explo...
1672: Rewiring the Inner World: Why Weren’t We Taught This in School?
Bhakti practices like chanting, kīrtan, rising early, study, and satsang aren't side notes—they're the training ground for reshaping the inner world s...
1671: We Become What We Behold: Choosing the Spiritual Tools That Shape Us
What you hold in your mind shapes you. In this episode, Raghunath and Kaustubha explore Marshall McLuhan's famous line—"We become what we behold"—and...
1670: Why We Can’t Stand Others’ Happiness: A Bhakti Perspective
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1669: Debate Without Hate: Some Thoughts After the Charlie Kirk Shooting
When debate turnsviolent, yogis reach for higher tools—not more gasoline. In this episode, Raghunath and Kaustubha reflect on the rising culture of ou...
1668: Small Acts, Infinite Meaning | The Pinnacle of Vedānta in Simple Love
Raghunath and Kaustubha explore how the pinnacle of Vedānta and yoga is revealed in the simplest exchange: Mother Yaśodā calling little Kṛṣṇa home for...
1667: Born to Give: How the Universe Trains the Soul
Anne Frank once wrote, "No one has ever become poor from giving." In this episode, Raghunath and Kaustubha explore how the universe itself is designed...
1666: Modern Minds Stuck in Outrage Cycles — The Bhakti Exit Strategy
Hate shrinks the soul, but devotion expands it. This episode weaves together Booker T. Washington's timeless wisdom with the Bhakti-yoga path of love...
1665: War & Peace & Bhakti: When Tolstoy’s Insight Meets Baby Krishna
Pierre Bezukhov's captivity in War and Peace leads him to a discovery straight out of yogic wisdom: happiness is within, suffering can transform into...
1664: The Price of Wealth and the Vision of the Yogi
The Sage Nārada's tough-love blueprint takes center stage as Raghunath and Kaustubha explore how losing comfort—or choosing austerity—acts like "ointm...
1663: Not Me, Not Mine: Walt Whitman & the Yogis Agree—Our Bodies Are On Loan
Walt Whitman's startling line—"every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you"—meets the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, where Nārada Muni confronts two proud s...
1662: Krishna: Unlimited Brahman or Adorable Baby? A Paradox at the Heart of Vedānta
This episode dives into one of Vedānta's deepest paradoxes: how the all-pervading, unlimited Brahman appears as a child and is bound by a rope. With r...
1661: Bhakti Means Love, and Love Overpowers All
The Supreme Truth—eternal, formless yet personal, beyond time and space—gets tied up with a rope. In this rich and revealing episode, Raghunath and Ka...
1660: Reclaim Your Inner World: The Meditation of the Bhakti Yogis
In a world that floods the mind with distraction and noise, Bhakti Yoga teaches a sacred alternative: reclaim the inner world through smarana—the prac...
1659: 4 Counterintuitive Secrets of Happiness — From Yale to Vedānta
What really makes us happy? In this episode, we draw from Yale professor Dr. Laurie Santos' research — featured on the Rich Roll Podcast — to uncover...
1658: Krishna, the God of the Vedas, as the Most Adorable Boy
The genius of the bhakti tradition's sacred texts is how they reveal the loftiest yogic and theological truths through the sweetest intimacy. The Cosm...
1657: Is Krishna Immoral? Rumi, Krishna, & the Field Beyond Right & Wrong
Rumi spoke of a field beyond right and wrong — and in Krishna's playful pastimes we discover how breaking the rules can reveal the highest good.
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