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1317: Always Carrying That Higher Idea in the Heart
Wisdom of the Sages - May 16, 2024 12:34 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratings"Your future, your hard dangerous path is this: to mature and to find God in yourselves.” Herman Hesse / we’ve gone from letters, to emails, to written text messages, to emojis / we’ve gone from Shakespeare, to movies, to YouTube, to scrolling reels / focus on the higher call – let go of petty a...
1316: Giving Liberates the Soul of the Giver
Wisdom of the Sages - May 15, 2024 12:18 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsselfishness is the core of our bondage / the quality of your heart, while giving, makes a difference / world peace can’t be done? / why Bhakti is translated as devotional service / faith without works is dead / eternal love is a higher aspiration than eternal peace / Prahlad's prayer with a hear...
1315: How We Miss the Spiritual Essence
Wisdom of the Sages - May 14, 2024 12:44 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratings“In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, love.” - St. Augustine / in fighting over inessential details we miss the essence / Bhagavatam is sarva-vedānta-sāraṁ - the essence of all the Vedic literature / if the inessential details aren’t bringing us to the essence, we can...
1314: The Malware of the Mind
Wisdom of the Sages - May 13, 2024 12:38 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratings“We don’t see things as they are; we see them as we are.” – origin unknown / we each perceive the world through a uniquely programed mind / Religion = regulation for the purpose of checking sin, Yoga = regulation for purpose of clear perception / one must carefully choose and maintain the files...
1313: Q & A Volume 222
Wisdom of the Sages - May 12, 2024 12:25 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsWhere Does All the Darkness in the world come from? / How to deal with the struggle of re-integrating after returning from a spiritual pilgrimage? / Who were the 6 Goswami’s of Vrindavan and what was their role?
1312: Our Heaviest Burdens are the Thoughts in Our Heads
Wisdom of the Sages - May 10, 2024 12:44 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsthe burdens of hate and resentment / “Some of the worst things in my life never even happened” - Mark Twain / the attractiveness of the unburdened / Bhagavatam juxtaposes the burdened and the unburdened / Brahma expresses wonder / brahma gives credit for creation to Vishnu / Shiva gives credit f...
1311: Play Until You Can Play Like Yourself
Wisdom of the Sages - May 09, 2024 12:39 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratings“Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.” - Miles Davis / Krishna gets lost in his own play / first we follow the rules until we can play spontaneously / Lila is both playful and didactic / our divine love is warped by the element of selfishness / understanding t...
Bhakti’s Esoteric Feature - Lila & Rasa
Wisdom of the Sages - May 08, 2024 14:02 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsLila refers to Krishna's play, in the dramatic sense, as well as in the sense of child's play or ease / Rasa refers to the particular loving mood relished in the exchange of love with Krishna / it's not that Krishna's lila is modeled after the drama of this world, rather it's the other way aroun...
1309: From Each Little Thing We Draw Counsel for Spiritual Life
Wisdom of the Sages - May 07, 2024 12:07 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratings“Every one who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe.” - Albert Einstein / both the believer and the skeptic are investing faith / Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back int...
1308: Martin Luther King's Metaphysical Personalism
Wisdom of the Sages - May 06, 2024 12:35 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratings“The clue to the meaning of ultimate reality is found in personality.” Dr. Martin Luther King / our understanding of our shared connection to God dissolves our divisive mentalities / denial of the Personality behind the Universe removes the element of gratitude from our thinking / Ishvara in the...
1307: Q & A Volume 222
Wisdom of the Sages - May 04, 2024 13:27 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsHow do I find a Krishna a conscious way to prepare my family pet and the environment for his death? / I know we place significant importance on actually saying the mantra out loud, but is my method a legitimate way to chant? / How can one meet a guru if they live far from a temple? If you have...
1306: The Physicist Needs a Guru (Can Science Rule Out the Soul?)
Wisdom of the Sages - May 03, 2024 13:01 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsIs self-replication the measure of life? / is there a sufficient level of intelligence for matter to become conscious? / is there an “emergent property” that creates consciousness? / is Brian Cox really “damn sure” that consciousness is physical (our could it be that it is just very subtle)? / “...
1305: Bhagavad Gita Themes in Kipling's 'If'
Wisdom of the Sages - May 02, 2024 12:51 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsseeing life’s problems as tests, and rising to meet them / even-mindedness when all are losing their heads / all the great saints had to respond to persecution / the impostors of Triumph and Disaster / pretentiousness as the next level of the test / always responding with positive energy / passi...
1304: Beautiful Destitution
Wisdom of the Sages - May 01, 2024 13:15 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratings“Beware of over-concern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.” - Rudyard Kipling / the emptiness that drives us to seek fulfillment through externals / the treasure in the heart of the sadhu / affect...
1303: The Truth Blockers - Attachment, Fear & Resentment
Wisdom of the Sages - April 30, 2024 13:10 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratings“The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.” - Friedrich Nietzsche / don’t be afraid to turn it all upside down / “It makes no material sense” / The George Costanza Approach - do the opposite / these mant...
1302: Doomscrolling & the Endeavor for Happiness
Wisdom of the Sages - April 29, 2024 14:23 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsall our conveniences are making our minds less patient / less patient minds are less happy / as soon as you endeavor for happiness it backfires / change your algorithms / you can’t be happy unless you’re satvic / break the doomscrolling cycles / a zoomed out perspective of history / a wise perso...
1301: Q & A Volume 221
Wisdom of the Sages - April 27, 2024 13:41 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsWhat is your Bhakti-yoga elevator pitch? / Did Sri Chaitanya know He was Krishna? / If we are not the body, why is it important that our ashes are thrown in the Ganges river after we die?
1300: 1300!
Wisdom of the Sages - April 23, 2024 13:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsCelebrate Episode 1300 with us as we hear testimonials from Wisdom of the Sages listeners about how the podcast, Bhakti & Srimad Bhagavatam have transformed their lives. Check out Timothy Todd's t shirts at https://www.etsy.com/shop/Timothytoddtshirts
1299: Cluttered Space = Cluttered Mind
Wisdom of the Sages - April 22, 2024 12:41 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsWe don’t realize the burden that’s weighing us down (resentment, anger, fear, etc.) like a dreadlocked, homeless dog / "It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men." - Jean de la Bruyere / Jatayu was a complete success / evolution of motive from Karma to Jnana to Bhakti / good ...
1298: Q & A Volume 220
Wisdom of the Sages - April 21, 2024 13:20 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsCan you kindly explain the “three principal energies?” -Internal, External and Marginal? / Can you speak on the dance between faith in guru vs. having a relationship that is overly dependent? / As a neophyte devotee, how do I get the taste for praying?
1297: Q & A Volume 219
Wisdom of the Sages - April 20, 2024 13:38 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsIs dancing in your home as powerful as dancing in the temple?
1296: Lexus Today, Gremlin Tomorrow – Take Care Not to Devalue Anyone
Wisdom of the Sages - April 19, 2024 12:52 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsRaghunath’s dream instruction / definitions of humility / Kaustubha’s dream instruction / time changes everything - take care not to devalue or hurt anyone / the material world prunes our self image / Lexus today, Gremlin tomorrow / the challenge to the ego of shaving the head / advanced spiritu...
1295: The Shame in the Game of the Critic
Wisdom of the Sages - April 18, 2024 14:37 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsdon’t just be a critic - plant a seed in the ground - do something, no matter how small! / the shame in the game of the critic / the tension, the waiting period, the resolution / focus on growth in the waiting period / Sri Caitanya’s visit to Varanasi / humility through understanding one’s bliss...
1294: Comparison is the Thief of Joy
Wisdom of the Sages - April 16, 2024 12:45 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsBhagvatam’s prescription - focus the mind on Krishna, see Krishna in everyone / Yoga Sutra’s prescription - focus the mind in general, relate to others with sattvic clarity / the disinterest of the referee / comparison is the thief of joy - the dangers of social media / friendship toward those w...
1293: Modern Psychology: Lack of Faith or Act of Faith?
Wisdom of the Sages - April 14, 2024 13:33 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsKaustubha explores questions about the application of modern mental health therapies in the context of the practice of Bhakti-yoga with Relationship Counselor, Dhanya Rico and Hospital Chaplain, Kula Pradipa Das. Find Dhanya's newest song at https://open.spotify.com/album/17HCyp59thGRtJPUh...
1292: Guru Education vs. Guru Indoctrination
Wisdom of the Sages - April 12, 2024 12:50 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsBhakti is the confidential teachings of Vedanta / the heart needs to be opened to understand Bhakti / compassion through not asking “what is their karma?”, but instead asking “what is my dharma?” / individuality should not be suppressed / Education not indoctrination - how to think, not what to ...
1291: I am the Never-Changing Perceiving the Ever-Changing
Wisdom of the Sages - April 11, 2024 12:35 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsthe self is a flashlight; wakefulness, dreaming and deep sleep are the layers that cover its illumination / are we any less helpless in the waking state, than we are in the dream? / just as the changing body is not me, the same is true for the changing mind / anchoring our awareness in something...
1290: The Theme of Hospitality in Devotional Yoga
Wisdom of the Sages - April 10, 2024 12:26 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsKaustubha Interviews Krishna Kshetra Swami (Dr Kenneth Valpey) on the specialty of the Srimad Bhagavatam and the importance of the reoccurring theme of hospitality found in its narratives. Find his upcoming course at https://ochsonline.org/course/bhagavata-purana-sacred-text-tradition/
1289: From PUNK to MONK!
Wisdom of the Sages - April 09, 2024 12:46 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsOn the day of its official release, Raghunath and Kaustubha read from and discuss Raghunath's memoir From Punk to Monk, available at https://a.co/d/bqccpnS
1288: Q & A Volume 217
Wisdom of the Sages - April 06, 2024 20:33 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsIs it primitive to believe that the eclipse is inauspicious? If you have questions, e-mail us at [email protected]
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