Wisdom of the Sages

remain in your position and just add bhakti / we can get over our own issues by getting lost in service to others / is my harsh speech justified, or is it born from anger, greed, envy, and adharma? / our own harsh speech and anger should be red flags / we can replace lifetimes of negative programming by contemplating truth / don't be a supercar fail, you silly goose! / the shoebill stork is the creepiest creature of all time!

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SB 4.8.1-4

if you don't accept an insult it stays with the one who spoke it / don't accept an insult by granting it an emotional reaction/ Lord Vishnu is the root / nothing is independent of Krishna - that is oneness / food with love and devotion brings no karma / all of our thoughts and duties can be an offering to God / we're not interested in good or bad karma (we want akarma) / turn back to Krishna to break out of the system / hats off to Daksha

SB 4.7.55-61

every thing has a purpose & every person has their dharma / our unique, temporary dharma connects us to our shared, eternal dharma / we're perfect & pure, we are just covered / see everything in connection to Vishnu to see peace / you can't win the competition in the material world / Krishna isn't Judge Judy shaming us, he's the supreme benevolent friend / we all benefit when we offer to the root / pain and conflict are designed to turn us toward truth

SB 4.7.54 & BG 5.29

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Why and how are certain verses selected as invocations before classes in the Bhakti tradition? / The term "plenary portion" is used throughout the Bhagavad-gita and Srimad Bhagavatam commentaries. What exactly does this term mean? / Can you suggest a good book about Krishna's childhood days? / How important is the observance of Ekadashi in one's Bhakti-yoga practice?

Daksha's new beginnings / get off the Hate Express / don't cheat yourself out of growth and evolution by solidifying your partial truth / what do we do when we make a mistake? learn and accept full responsibility / we're here to evolve, not to extend our prison sentence

SB 4.7.45-53

What's more important, the precision of our ritual or our mood in performing it? In this episode Raghunath and Kaustubha discuss recent reports of how the Catholic Church deemed invalid twenty years of Baptisms preformed by a priest who unintentionally changed one word in administering the sacrament. In some Vedic paths the precision of ritual and mantra chanting is emphasized. But as the paths rise to the level of Bhakti it's the intention that is all important. The conversation spans important sources of wisdom including the Vedas, Bhagavad-gita, Srimad Bhagavatam and The Brady Bunch.

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hearing Bhagavad-gita & Srimad Bhagavatam is the easy way to get out of illusion / even the powerful & strong are vulnerable to suffering & fear / the 4 paths of yoga conclude with hearing (Bhagavad-gita 13.26) / hearing is the nectar which delivers one from death / sthāne sthitāḥ - (fixed in your position) we don't need to give up anything, just add bhakti / deep love is higher than peace

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SB 4.7.41-44

the materialistic dream has failed / we need an adult in the room / every object is radiating 1 of 3 influences / letting go of destructive habits / we've got a false sense of freedom / Bhakti is the formula for freedom from the modes of material nature / understanding the gunas is the first step to transcending them / get some shlokas in your head / what does it look like to be free from the gunas? / Divine love is where it all goes

SB 4.7.39-40

On the 31st anniversary of their initiation ceremony in Vrindavan, Raghunath and Kaustubha reminisce about the day, discuss the meaning of initiation into a Bhakti lineage, samskaras, and the power and purpose of Bhakti-yoga culture.

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In this special Q & A episode Raghunath & Kaustubha answer four questions from Karuna, an 8 year old girl, and daily Wisdom of the Sages listener from Lebanon. Why did Krishna show us an example of doing his duty when he could just tell us to do it? / When I was reading Srimad Bhagavatam I thought that was how many humans are on this Earth, but are there always more coming? / In Narada-Bhakti-Sutra it said that Krishna dislikes the proud but likes the humble - so does Krishna like everyone except the proud or does He like everyone? / Yesterday i was talking with my mom about what worship you do in each yuga, so she was telling me that in the Satya yuga they do austerity to please Krishna etc. So do they please Krishna, or Krishna is only pleased when we chant Hare Krishna Mahamantra?

extract spiritual substance from the mundane / move straight like a bullet train with your service, detached from the results / we must go on struggling to be sadhus - recognize & resist the urge towards animosity & anger / the more we think that we are in control the less able we are at recognizing who is / Kaustubha's confession / mindfulness & peace with a purpose / the Hare Krishna's didn't make this stuff up, it's been around for millennia / Krishna is inclined to his devotees

SB 4.7.38

what will we shove in the hole of our loneliness? / secrets & duplicity in ashramas / it's ok to be vulnerable / Daksha's wife shares a joke! / pramanas - ways of gaining knowledge / this knowledge is descending / direct perception has it's limitations / Bhagavatam is giving us windows into another dimension / discipline of the senses expands our insights / those who see God in everyone are very, very dear to God

SB 4.7.36-39

SB 4.7.32-35

Was the goddess Sati in illusion when she took her own life? / How important is sangha --even if it is only online sangha? / How to set up an altar in one's home?

trade in expectations for appreciations / Ben Franklin nugget / saragrahi = essence seeker / spiritual reality lies beyond the scope of the material senses / we don't know what we don't know / who was Sankaracharya? / "just worship Govinda you fools" / reality is revealed through devotion - the problem is we want the purple pill / spiritual greed / the power of love is more powerful than God

SB 4.7.31

If your path of self-improvement is making you hate, you're doing something wrong / don't focus on religious rituals and throw away God / we're gonna trip up on our spiritual path - pick yourself up and keep going / time is a snake, the world is full of ditches & the fire of lamentation is blazing / our material happiness is in a very precarious position / Raghu is thinking like Lord Shiva again / our materialistic life is nothing but hankering for the future and lamenting the past / Bhakti is living in the eternal present / knowledge of what lies beyond the senses descends - you don't climb up to it

SB 4.7.28-30

a David Bowie birthday nugget for Kaustubha / aging brings either horror or wisdom / aging is working for our spiritual life, if we don't identify with body / the trauma of aging can make us humble / letting go of the facade / we are trying to be controllers of the material world- just be tolerant / the prison warden analogy / Raghu is thinking like Prabhupada again / it's not us - Krishna said all these things! / don't get stuck in Scranton

SB 4.7.25-27

what do we mean by spiritual not religious? / ritualism, intolerance & dogmatism / Krishna didn't demand Arjuna's obedience, he asked for his deep deliberation / focused on differences vs focused on commonality / regulation is success vs regulation is the means / motive of salvation vs motive of transformation / spirituality as a state of mind, spirituality as a state of reality, spirituality as a path / spiritual manifestations in nature / does my spiritual experience lead to the stage of spiritual reality? / is my aversion to religion genuine or based on my aversion to regulating myself? / Spirituality transcends religion in Bhagavad-gita & Srimad Bhagavatam / only spirituality leads to complete satisfaction of the soul

Marcus Aurelius zooms the hell out / cleaning out the spam folder of the mind / the Yoga system is meant to get the soul back on track / false ideas impressed within our minds are the cause of our losing touch with our true nature and seeking happiness externally / hitting the warning bumps in the material world / asking the "big why" in life / Daksha had the right lifestyle, but the wrong sentiments / niyamāgrahaḥ - following all the rules without knowing their purpose / the smile of Vishnu / yoga starts with controlling the tongue

SB 4.7.17-24

sing your death song & die like a hero going home / what will it take in our life to die nobly? / burning is learning / no longer blaming the world for your shortcomings is the dawn of liberation / my gluetraps are my blessings / does my speech pass the hot mic test? / honor every being (they could be a deva in disguise) / the stumbling blocks are tests of our sincerity / Bhagavad-gita is anti cancel culture / this book is alive!

SB 4.7.12-16

we all can be death doulas / Srimad Bhagavatam is one long death doula session / No Raghunath - you're not a death Doula / Who do I need to say "thank you", "I love you" and "I'm sorry" to today? / the brain is just hardware - consciousness is generated from the soul / Daksha's goat-headed remorse / Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam purifies the heart like autumnal rains upon pools of muddy water / God is perceived in the repentant heart / we've been battling the force of time & material energy - time to surrender and embrace God

SB 4.7.7-11

if equal affection cannot be, let the more loving one be me / selflessness doesn't deny the need for adherence to dharmic principles / Sri Chaitanya's unconditional love / there will never be enough validation from others to make me feel whole / Xenotransplantation - is it possible to transplant a goat's head to a human? / is it possible that past civilizations were more advanced? / we've got to throw out our material attachments to receive the more valuable treasures

SB 4.7.1-6

no blame, no reasoning no argument, just understanding / rewire & recalibrate the vehicle by hearing wisdom daily / we're doing time in the material world & hopefully learning lessons / tread with care with everyone you meet / taking offense is the first domino / the beauty of a tapasvi is forgiveness / we're all strapped a time bomb that's about to blow / you can't use the energy unless you know how to handle the energy / do all of my activities please God? / There is no real happiness without connecting to the roots / saranagati!

SB 4.6.48-53

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SB 4.6.36-47

don't let the birds of sorrow build a nest in your mind / Louisa May Alcott sounds like a yogi / wisdom & austerity purify the senses / material desire leads to frustration and anger / material desire destroys knowledge & wisdom / regulate the senses to loosen the noose of addiction / austerity without devotion can harden the heart / if you identify with that which can be broken you will eventually feel broken / don't scratch the itch of material existence

SB 4.6.35

a good attitude goes a long way / you can't bring the 'me first and the gimmes gimmes' into your spiritual life / before you dismiss it glibly, you need to examine it / Lord Shiva is 48 miles tall? / we've lost our potency - we're domesticated dogs / space, as described in Bhagavatam, involves unlimited scales & dimensions / our experience is very tiny & limited / divine love is the highest pursuit / Srimad Bhagavatam clarifies everything

SB 4.6.31-35

The tubes of life float you down the river together just for a moment / Life is a series of repeating lessons designed to help us face the fact that there are forces more powerful than us / bow down mister / Apologize whole heartedly with complete conviction / Brahma didn't say "Not my circus, not my monkeys" / We think we're advanced…..not even close / the iPhone, the Giraffe & the Zebra all teach us to accept that unbelievable things are possible

SB 4.6.6-31

the unexamined life is not worth living / examining the mind's desires / Raghu slows down / what good is your religion if you're offending great souls? / Daksha loses his head / Lord Brahma - the adult in the room, the voice of reason / be quick to apologize / apologize without mental reservations

4.5.20- 4.6.6

Arjuna's focus / gaining insights though practicing austerities / combining introspection with austerities / the fasting of Maharaja Pariksit and the sages / how can people less adept apply practices of austerity? / Krishna is in the Earth, in the food & in the fire of digestion / 4 quadrants of desire - needs, cravings, aspirations & yearnings / Prabhupada gave us so many ways to focus on Krishna

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How can we bridge the gap between the truth that I am not the body & the practical reality that I need to take care of the body? / Are we karmically responsible for our thoughts & our dreams? / If I drink a glass of wine at dinner, would that make me less fit for Krishna consciousness? / How do I keep myself from feelings of envy & dejection when I hear of my peers out-achieving me? / Was Arjuna on psychedelics & was Krishna his guru in the use of psychedelics? / Can you please discuss how to interpret traditional yogic recommendations to sleep less in relation to modern recommendations for sleep?

Zuckerberg doublespeak / metaverse the next big thing that won't make us happy / the dream within the dream within the dream / all this technology is making us weak / there are no adults in the room / Prabhupada's vision of Bhakti in cooperation with earth & animals / persons who have lost their vision due to the dense darkness of ignorance shall get light from Srimad Bhagavatam / it's about internal devotion, not the externals / Daksa's chickens come home to roost / don't mess with Lord Shiva / all hell breaks loose

4.4.31-4.5.19

the wise waste neither men nor words / even four harnessed horses cannot bring imprudent words back into the mouth / pray for the blessing to lose interest in village talk / the path of enjoyment & the path of renunciation / there's nothing of this world that will satisfy my heart / all the rules are meant to lead to Bhakti / dharma - from brahmacarya to gṛhastha to vānaprastha to sannyāsa / Sati sets off the spontaneous human combustion

4.4.20-30

focus on progress not perfection / the message of the Bhagavatam is that love (not religion) is the highest pursuit / if one's not careful their religion can foster envy & animosity / the spiritualist sees beyond the surface / the great souls magnify the good in others / if someones shares gossip with me - then what is wrong with me? / hearing criticism of great souls kills spiritual life / great souls transcend religious rules

4.4.11-19

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practice charity, austerity & sacrifice (on your birthday) / the Shiva -Shakti element of Shiva & Sati's dialog / Bhagavatam is meant to end our cycles of bad karma / getting over the triggers to hear the real message / deluded by the feminine nature - deluded by the masculine nature / Sati's posse go to the event / the women receive Sati warmly & the men cold / when anger becomes justified / Sati speaks truth to power / don't take offense, don't make offense / great souls overlook the faults in others and magnify what good they see

SB 4.3.23-4.4.12

what's in your cup will spill out when you're rattled / the wise let go of opportunities for enjoyment & embrace opportunities for service / false ego leads to distress leads to envy / the real namaste is to see the presence of God in everyone / Raghu is thinking like Prabhupada again! / when you see the soul & Supersoul in everyone the mind never becomes degraded / if the body is a temple, then who is the deity in the temple? / the guru is a postal peon

4.3.18-22

Sadhaka Leela Vilasini discusses moving from Kazakhstan to Vrindavan, the potency of Vrindavan and of the Brijbasis. She dives into Govardhan Lila, where the heart of Vrindavan is uncovered, ordinary talks are not ordinary and Krishna is in the center. Can you handle committing to Krishna?

How to avoid the post death results of bad karma? / How can we think of karma in an individual way when we are so interrelated and affected by the effects of karma? / What do the scriptures say about the mantra Sri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram as compared to the maha mantra and is it ok to focus my mediation on both Rama & Krishna? / How to understand the Bhagavad-gita's instruction that worship of the demigods is less intelligent?

to be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it (and other wisdom by Confucius / resentment is a distraction from spiritual progress / pride makes your third eye blind / all of our good qualities are ruined by a little bit of arrogance / material exhaustion advantageous / put the supreme One in front of your zeros

SB 4.3.11-17

what will I be holding on to when everything falls apart? / Krishna is controlled by the power of love / Krishna is not Judge Judy / evolved people are morally diverse / Shiva de-escalates the conflict / Daksha's pride / utsaha-mayi - puffed up with enthusiasm / Raghu loses it in the Delhi Airport / Sati's ominous desire to attend Daksha's ceremony

SB 4.2.33-4.3.10

Todays Walk-On Wednesday segment spontaneously turned into a full hour interview because we had to hear the whole story of Ana's near death experience. Ana Syro is a 29 year old mother in Cali, Colombia who listens to Wisdom of the Sages every day. In the past year she has dealt with the premature birth of her daughter, the collapse of her business, her husband leaving her, leukemia and a bone marrow transplant, hospitalization due to covid, and a mysterious lung ailment that brought her to the precipice of death. At the very moment that her heart stopped her connection to Bhakti came to the forefront in an amazing way.

the secret of change / a mere denouncer is the enemy of progress & Nature / criticism and complaining exhaust us / Ned Flanders (neophyte brahmanas) vs Sideshow Bob (neophyte Shaivites) / the material field is so unsteady that even great personalities become infected by the atmosphere of anger / the curse on the brahmanas is still alive today / the curse on the Shaivites is still alive today / who is Brghu?

SB 4.2.27-32

the mind is always searching for a network to join / the good qualities of Lord Shiva / the deep need for prestige / when our mental turbo scenarios are spoken out loud / self importance is the biggest trip line / am I Shiva or am I Daksha? / spiritual life requires introspection

4.1.1-4.2.26

Radhikesh Sharma shares form his own unique life challenges how knowledge from Srimad Bhagavatam & Vedic Astrology can help one understand, face and grow through life's greatest tests.

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Is it ok to kill garden pests? / How to be a good father, husband and still render service and be detached? / How do Bhakti-yogis get over feelings of distrust of the "outside" world? / Is Paramatma in my heart, or is Krishna in my heart?

Devahuti's prayers to her son Kapiladeva / spiritual status is based on merit not birth / the Vedic teachings conclude in the chanting of the Holy Name & one who chants the Name is glorious / Kapiladeva's final instructions / Devahuti achives samadhi / the conclusion of Canto 3 - one who speaks or hears this achieves devotion to Bhagavan

3.33.1-37