16: It’s Not What You Got, It’s What You Do With What You Got!

4: Expanding the Space Between Stimulus & Response Through Yoga: Raghunath Cappo & Kaustubha Das discuss transcendental sound, true happiness as an internal experience, the material world as a warped reflection, expanding the space between stimulus and response through sattvic yoga lifestyle, and Raghu's fat... by Wisdom of the Sages

52 min listen

7: Scrubbing the Heart Through Bhakti Yoga: Discussion regarding curing abnormal tendencies towards Illusion through hearing truth, genuine radical responsibility, the real blessings on the yoga path, the Paramatama, the cleansing of the heart step by step thorough Bhakti Yoga beginning with... by Wisdom of the Sages

52 min listen

Happiness Through Externals is a Failed Strategy: Raghunath & Kaustubha discuss how true happiness is an internal experience, as the nature of the soul is spiritual happiness, and when we seek happiness through externals we enter into a disappointing competition for limited resources. by Wisdom of the Sages

41 min listen

10: The Yoga System is for Purifying Our Intention: as long as I’m complaining I’ll never be able to go within / what good is philosophy if it has no practical application? / tolerance is a key to meditation - big deal if you can do lotus / what is real surrender / #radicalresponsability / don’t... by Wisdom of the Sages

55 min listen

Yogis Stop Acting For Pleasure & Pain and Focus on What they're Meant to Contribute: Raghunath & Kaustubha discuss Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 24, and how our conception of attraction and repulsion exist entirely in the mind, and how yogis transcend the fluctuations of the mind. by Wisdom of the Sages

53 min listen

14: The Battle of the Good & Bad Within Us: Samkhya philosophy - braking down the world’s material ingredients / the churning of the milk ocean / faith comes in small increments / the good in bad within us - which will win? / All that there is within the universe to satisfy... by Wisdom of the Sages

37 min listen

6: Human Life is Meant For Inquiry Into the Absolute Truth: Raghunath & Kaustubha discuss the answer to the big question by the sages, "How can people find complete satisfaction of the self?" The answer is pure devotion. They also discuss that human life is meant for inquiry into the absolute truth, that... by Wisdom of the Sages

55 min listen

21: Earth, Animals & Humanity: a brief history of Gaura’s mother, Rukmini Devi / the cooperation of earth, animals and humanity / we’ve made the earth a ghetto / you can’t force bhakti / kindness is practical / the sages ask about Sukadeva Goswami - the naked... by Wisdom of the Sages

58 min listen

18: There's No Truth to the Programing in the Mind: yoga is not so much about moving beautifully, it’s about thinking beautifully / The mind is like a computer / the impulsive mind (manas) false ego (ahankara) and intellect (buddhi) / the nature of the self is sat (eternal) chit (fixed in... by Wisdom of the Sages

45 min listen

3: Defining the Word "Yoga": "Yoga is a practice which empowers one to overcome the obstacle of the mind, for the purpose of the self experiencing it's own true nature." The sages of the Srimad Bhagavatam place their questions to the learned and saintly Suta Goswami,... by Wisdom of the Sages

56 min listen

8: Loosening the Knot in the Heart: The material world is fools gold / willingly limiting oneself / knowledge is born of sattva / Loosening the knot in the heart which forces us to identify with the body / bring the unsteady mind back under the control of the self / the richness of... by Wisdom of the Sages

56 min listen

2: Our Life is a Dream – Wake Up!: The ancient texts of yoga wisdom share that, in one sense, The world we live in is an illusion or like a dream. When we are having a bad or fearful dream, there is no point in trying to correct our situation within the dream. Rather the solution is to... by Wisdom of the Sages

58 min listen

44: Our Body is an Airbnb: resurrecting our natural identity / Bhagavatam background - Suta, Sukadeva & King Pariksit / bhakti mitigates material miseries / cats & monkeys / Krishna’s energies - internal, external & marginal / we are like the beach, sometimes... by Wisdom of the Sages

54 min listen

26: Knowing I'm Eternal Makes Everything Meaningful: transforming attachments rather than breaking attachments / discontent should move us towards truth / knowing I'm eternal makes everything meaningful / cat in the basket - how rituals lose meaning / good teachers are rooted in the sacred text - not... by Wisdom of the Sages

55 min listen

5: Choose Your Addictions Carefully: Raghunath & Kaustubha discuss how the mind is going to get addicted to something - so choose the addictions that lead to getting grounded, connected, and liberated, through Bhakti Yoga. Plus the appearance of the young sage Sukadeva Goswami the... by Wisdom of the Sages

57 min listen

1: The Sages Are In the Pages: An introduction to the essential bhakti-yoga text Srimad Bhagavatam highlighting how to transform our lives through the hearing and contemplation of timeless yoga wisdom. by Wisdom of the Sages

57 min listen

Preview Recording #1 / Learning To Surf: Raghunath and Kaustubha discuss Srimad Bhagavatam 4th Canto Chapter 25 and the need to learn to surf (adapt to the constantly changing waves of life). by Wisdom of the Sages

60 min listen

16: It’s Not What You Got, It’s What You Do With What You Got!: Raghu's crash and how he reconnected with Radhanath Swami / further mystical stories from Raghu's life / It's all real! / Kaustaubha defeats mundane scholars with a Beatles analogy / in spiritual life it's not you got it's what you do with what you've... by Wisdom of the Sages

55 min listen

9: Passion Sandwich & the 3 Gunas: My kids should change! / harmonizing the ego with the self through karma-yoga / different types of liberation / every object is radiating the influence of one of the three gunas (modes of nature) / passion sandwich - keeping the mornings and... by Wisdom of the Sages

52 min listen

11: Spiritualists Seek the Essence - Not Religious Externals: purusha & prakriti / I’m a tiny speck but I have worth through dharma / the bad odor of religion / reading regularly chips away at our bad thinking / the arrogance of thinking there is nothing beyond us / seeing the divine though nature /... by Wisdom of the Sages

56 min listen

13: Seeing Saints & Devas in Disguise in the Streets: Raghunath & Kaustubha takes questions in this episode / Is Kaustubha a prepper? / drawing essential elements from yoga culture and applying them in the circumstances we live in now / Bhakti renaissances through history / Can you reach pure Bhakti... by Wisdom of the Sages

51 min listen

15: Churning the Heart with Radhanath Swami: Who is Radhanath Swami? / the process of yoga is to purity the heart - it’s not always easy - it takes determination and patience / as we churn our hearts, so many things will come out - don’t be afraid, attached or distracted / reversals open... by Wisdom of the Sages

65 min listen

12: Vishnu's Avatara's in the Material World: spiritual life means facing one’s own mortality / we don’t own nothin / cutting away false identities / if I start from the false premise that I am my body then all my ideas for happiness, groundedness, peace, fun and deep-rooted pleasure are... by Wisdom of the Sages

56 min listen

47: Transcendental Knowledge Melts Away Fear: shaming doesn’t work / hearts don’t change through humiliation / seek first to understand / don’t leave Raghu a voicemail / everything is fear-based these days / take shelter of the decoder / Bhagavad-Gita 7.14 / no time to tinker anymore /... by Wisdom of the Sages

56 min listen

20: Raghunath's Dating Advice for Yogis: It’s all one – but it’s different too / our objective and subjective faith / Krishna comes as Chaitanya to understand the love of the Gopis / Hunuman’s incarnation in Chaitanya’s pastimes / spiritual knowledge descends - you don’t climb up... by Wisdom of the Sages

55 min listen

27: Attachments Warp Truth Perception: we are not the mind / material pleasure is a hope to enjoy created in the mind / mystic siddhis / mindfulness is a platform for approaching divine love / / spiritual regulations are designed to break the attachments that warp truth perception / the... by Wisdom of the Sages

57 min listen

23: Speaking with Author Joshua Greene: Raghu meets his first Krishna guy who’s not a gang member (Yogeshvara / Joshua Green) / Yogeshvara meets & records with the Beatles / the relationships we yearn for in this world are a reflection of those in the spiritual world / Yogeshvara... by Wisdom of the Sages

58 min listen

42: Karma and Free Will: choose your addictions carefully / loving every living being - beyond externals / what is the duty of one about to die (all of us) / perspective - our senses are so limited / karma & free will / free will expands & contracts according to the... by Wisdom of the Sages

56 min listen

37: Life Isn't Happening to Me – It's Happening For Me: retraction: the Council of Nicea / gulab jamuns for increasing church attendance / we are made up of the mercy of other people’s love / spiritual form / sharing knowledge is the ultimate act of welfare / seeing all reversals as blessings / taking... by Wisdom of the Sages

55 min listen

25: Spiritual Knowledge is the Only Solution: spiritual ecstasy of Jaipur mornings / singing & dancing is the goal of the yoga system / unity through connecting the universal source / Srimad Bhagavatam lifts the mind above hankering & lamentation / there’s no equality on the bodily... by Wisdom of the Sages

56 min listen

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