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by Raghunath Cappo & Kaustubha Das
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 happiness that lies within the heart as the true nature of the soul. Raghunath and Kaustubha's connection goes back to their teens in the New York Hardcore Punk Scene of the early 80s, through serving together as Bhakti-yogi monks in the 90's, to sharing their experiences in the world of yoga in the 21st century.
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- 4 days ago58 min
1827: The Emptiness of Peace and the Fullness of Love | Meditation Beyond Stillness
Most of us long for a quiet mind. But what fills it once the noise is gone? On a solo bike ride across upstate New York, Raghunath finds that solitude alone doesn't bring peace. Left to itself, the mind drifts to its default setting. Raghunath and Kaustubha explore why the path of bhakti points beyond stillness to something fuller. Amid the violence of Krishna's wrestling match in Mathura, the women in the crowd make a startling claim: the greatest yogis aren't hermits on mountaintops, but village women whose hearts are absorbed in love while churning butter and caring for their children. Srimad Bhagavatam 10.44.12–34 ******************************************************************** LOVE THE PODCAST? WE ARE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AND WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN! Go to https://www.wisdomofthesages.com WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/@WisdomoftheSages LISTEN ON ITUNES: https://podcasts/apple.com/us/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages/id1493055485 CONNECT ON FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/wisdomofthesages108 *********************************************************************
- 5 days ago51 min
1826: Why the Comment Thread Is Killing Your Soul | Speaking Truth to Power
When something is wrong and we say nothing, our own inner light begins to fade. But speaking up only heals when it comes from a place of love. Raghunath and Kaustubha draw on an old Quaker insight: love endures and overcomes, while hatred destroys, starting with the one who carries it. Online comment threads can drag out our lower nature and cloud our spiritual clarity, and posting is cheap. The more meaningful, illuminating path is not only to speak truth to power, but to live it. Srimad Bhagavatam 10.44.1–13 ******************************************************************** LOVE THE PODCAST? WE ARE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AND WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN! Go to https://www.wisdomofthesages.com WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/@WisdomoftheSages LISTEN ON ITUNES: https://podcasts/apple.com/us/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages/id1493055485 CONNECT ON FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/wisdomofthesages108 *********************************************************************
- 6 days ago1h 2m
1825: Our Labels Are Warping Our Vision | The Many Ways We Respond to Krishna
I'm a man. I'm a woman. I'm American. I'm this, I'm that. Every label we carry colors how we see the world, ourselves and God. Yoga starts from a bold premise: our perception is clouded, and it can be cleared. Bhakti goes further still. As the lens clears, a love unique to each of us awakens. Raghunath and Kaustubha explore that teaching through Krishna's entrance into Kamsa's wrestling arena, where the same boy stirs terror in one heart, wonder in another, and varieties of love in others. Srimad Bhagavatam 10.42.32 - 10.43.40 Nārada Pañcarātra, quoted in Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya 19.170 ******************************************************************** LOVE THE PODCAST? WE ARE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AND WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN! Go to https://www.wisdomofthesages.com WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/@WisdomoftheSages LISTEN ON ITUNES: https://podcasts/apple.com/us/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages/id1493055485 CONNECT ON FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/wisdomofthesages108 *********************************************************************
- 1 weeks ago1h 4m
1824: You're Not in Control | The Placebo Illusion and the Bhakti Reality
Our sense of security is based on illusion — confirmed by both modern science and the sages of the Bhakti Yoga tradition. A landmark psychiatric study reveals something startling about what actually determines whether we panic or stay calm. The Vedic sages were ahead of the curve, and put it plainly: we are living in two illusions — false terror and false security. The material energy is infinitely more powerful than us. True security comes only when we wake up from the dream and step into the spiritual truth, connecting with the power that is actually stable. In this episode Raghunath and Kaustubha explore what that looks like in practice. Srimad Bhagavatam 10.42.15-31 ******************************************************************** LOVE THE PODCAST? WE ARE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AND WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN! Go to https://www.wisdomofthesages.com WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/@WisdomoftheSages LISTEN ON ITUNES: https://podcasts/apple.com/us/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages/id1493055485 CONNECT ON FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/wisdomofthesages108 *********************************************************************
- 1 weeks ago55 min
1823: Life Is Sacred and Life Is Everywhere | The Earth Personified in Krishna's Pastimes
In the form of a beautiful teenager God enters a new city, meets a hunchback girl in the street, transforms her body and enters a romance with her. On the surface it sounds bizarre. But read with the right eyes, it is rich in ecological and theological depth. The girl is an expansion of Mother Earth herself, bent low under the burden of wicked rulers. Krishna straightens her out, indicates the value in loving nature personified, and demonstrates how God can reciprocate with all varieties of love. Srimad Bhagavatam 10.42. 1-18 ******************************************************************** LOVE THE PODCAST? WE ARE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AND WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN! Go to https://www.wisdomofthesages.com WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/@WisdomoftheSages LISTEN ON ITUNES: https://podcasts/apple.com/us/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages/id1493055485 CONNECT ON FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/wisdomofthesages108 *********************************************************************
- 1 weeks ago56 min
1822: Grace in Your Face | Human Nature's Resistance to Unconditional Love
Are we all like wounded animals caught in a fence, biting the hand of the person trying to help? Is spiritual grace something exceptionally rare — and most of us the unfortunate ones who never win the lotto? Or is grace all around us, and we just need to put down what's in our arms to receive it? Raghunath and Kaustubha explore that alongside Krishna's entrance into Mathurā — where two encounters show exactly what it looks like to resist and receive grace. Srimad Bhagavatm 10.41.40-52 ******************************************************************** LOVE THE PODCAST? WE ARE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AND WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN! Go to https://www.wisdomofthesages.com WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/@WisdomoftheSages LISTEN ON ITUNES: https://podcasts/apple.com/us/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages/id1493055485 CONNECT ON FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/wisdomofthesages108 *********************************************************************
- 2 weeks ago55 min
1821: Krishna Doesn't Need Your Zucchini Bread | But He Wants Your Love
The Bhagavad-gītā sings of Krishna as the Absolute Truth — complete in himself, independent and lacking nothing. He doesn't need anything we can offer him. And yet — he wants our love. Raghunath and Kaustubha explore that paradox through the narration of Krishna's entrance into Mathurā — and what two very different encounters reveal about the one thing that actually matters in our relationship with God. Srimad Bhagavatam 10.41.34-39 ******************************************************************** LOVE THE PODCAST? WE ARE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AND WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN! Go to https://www.wisdomofthesages.com WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/@WisdomoftheSages LISTEN ON ITUNES: https://podcasts/apple.com/us/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages/id1493055485 CONNECT ON FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/wisdomofthesages108 *********************************************************************
- 2 weeks ago54 min
1820: They Took Him Into Their Hearts Through Their Eyes | Krishna Enters Mathurā
When Krishna and Balarāma entered Mathurā, the women climbed to the rooftops and showered them with flowers. They took him into their hearts through their eyes — embraced him, the embodiment of all ecstasy — and their bodily hair stood on end. And in that way, unlimited distress disappeared from their lives. That is the experience that the path of bhakti leads to. In this episode Raghunath and Kaustubha explore that moment alongside a special guest — Malani Devi Dasi — who shares the story of this year's extraordinary Bhagavatam distribution campaign: 100,008 sets going out to souls around the world. Srimad Bhagavatm 10.41.0-32 ******************************************************************** LOVE THE PODCAST? WE ARE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AND WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN! Go to https://www.wisdomofthesages.com WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/@WisdomoftheSages LISTEN ON ITUNES: https://podcasts/apple.com/us/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages/id1493055485 CONNECT ON FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/wisdomofthesages108 *********************************************************************
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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 happiness that lies within the heart as the true nature of the soul. Raghunath and Kaustubha's connection goes back to their teens in the New York Hardcore Punk Scene of the early 80s, through serving together as Bhakti-yogi monks in the 90's, to sharing their experiences in the world of yoga in the 21st century.
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