Latest Kaustubhadas Podcast Episodes
1227: Expect Your World to Get Turned Upside Down
Wisdom of the Sages - January 02, 2024 13:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsYou can choose your destiny by who you hang out with / What can ya do when truth comes in an uncool package? / There’s magic to be had / Take advantage of spirituality and connection however you can (even in Catholic school) / Don’t be worried about world wars and corruption, acharyas are being ...
1226: Q & A Volume 205
Wisdom of the Sages - December 30, 2023 14:37 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsHow to deal with feelings of inauthenticity when social obligations seem to get in the way of spiritual commitment? / How does my job fit in with my spiritual practice?
1225: Shooting Straight to Acceptance
Wisdom of the Sages - December 29, 2023 12:52 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratings"The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance." - Nathaniel Branden / the 5 stages of grief - denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance / shooting straight to acceptance / the comedy of when we can’t accept / Just because you join the Bhakti club doesn’t...
1224: The Darkest Region of Materialistic Thought
Wisdom of the Sages - December 28, 2023 13:04 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratings“It isn’t that they can’t see the solution. It is that they can’t see the problem” - GK Chesterton / don’t just fix the symptoms, get to the root of the disease / our problem is that we see ourselves as disconnected from the root of all existence / Citraketu gracefully accepted his curse / Pari...
1223: Divine Love - Ask for Nothing More
Wisdom of the Sages - December 27, 2023 12:30 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratings“To love or to have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life.” - Victor Hugo / Our desires drive us to pursue pleasure - but we end up getting the opposite results / pride in one's material experience brings contradictory results /...
1222: The World Isn’t Our Paradise, it’s Our University
Wisdom of the Sages - December 26, 2023 15:03 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingswithout self knowledge we are slaves / don’t let our senses carjack us / yoga starts with understanding how our machines work / the world isn’t our paradise, it’s our university / I’m not the enjoyer, I’m the student / Vishnu to the soul “Um, both you, and the world, are produced, pervaded and s...
1221: Q & A Volume 204
Wisdom of the Sages - December 24, 2023 15:13 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsShould I be attached or detached as a parent? / Where do the gunas first get mentioned? / Are the different ages in life linked to the gunas? / How can we prepare to die in relation to the gunas? / How should we interact with people who are visibly affected by the lower gunas?
1220: Bhagavad Gita Gives Relief to the Burning Heart
Wisdom of the Sages - December 22, 2023 12:30 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsBhagavad-gita is common sensical and profound / books change the world / Krishna was the original thought leader-influencer / what the world needs now is love via BG / just hear carefully / consult the Gita in all critical times / the Bhagavad-gita is impregnated with instructions for relieving ...
1219: Albert Einstein on the Illusion of Separateness
Wisdom of the Sages - December 21, 2023 13:23 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratings"The quest for liberation from this bondage [or illusion] (of seeing ourselves as separate) is the only object of true religion." - Albert Einstein / our nature is intrinsically connected the whole / Krishna is the hub (holding everything together) and the root (nourishing everything) / “Persons...
1218: I Can't Save My Face & My Butt at the Same Time
Wisdom of the Sages - December 20, 2023 13:17 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsreaching out when struggling over the holidays / I can’t save my face and my butt at the same time / praying for more stuff within the prison cell / it’s not sectarianism, it’s orienting our minds to higher thinking in whatever tradition one is from / frying out the seeds of material desire / fr...
1217: If All is Matter, What Really Matters?
Wisdom of the Sages - December 19, 2023 14:31 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsresponse to a Stephen Hawking anti-nugget - we get it that computers don’t have an afterlife, but their users do / response to a Christopher Hitchens anti-nugget - we get it that germs cause disease, but where did the germs come from? / the forgotten past of microbiology from Sage Scientist Kanv...
1216: Digital Avatars Don’t Make You Immortal
Wisdom of the Sages - December 18, 2023 15:28 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsUm, sorry Kiss, but your digital avatars don’t make you immortal / centrifugal vs centripetal force / glowworms only appear bright in the dark / the truth is we are fallible, vulnerable and dependent / finding meaning and happiness in truth, not illusion / sometimes our tragedy is just a little ...
1215: Q & A Volume 203
Wisdom of the Sages - December 17, 2023 15:46 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsCan you please clarify the difference between imperfect senses and being illusioned as described in Vedic epistemology? / Can you share your thoughts about depression and the need for a guide to study Bhagavad-gita? / Is there any scriptural advice for a situation regarding the heart hardening t...
1214: Come Out of the River a Different Person
Wisdom of the Sages - December 15, 2023 15:43 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratings“You have something in you more powerful and miraculous than the things that affect you and make you dance like a puppet.” – Marcus Aurelius / We are all made of the superior energy of God. / We are far more effulgent than the sun! / we can be permeated and vitalized by God’s ever-blissful spiri...
1213: Excuse Me Indian Gentlemen in the Back, but This is Satyam
Wisdom of the Sages - December 14, 2023 15:06 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratings“It’s better to conquer grief than to deceive it.” —Seneca / Citraketu conquers grief / deluded by ignorance, the living entity wanders in the forest of this material world, enjoying the happiness and distress resulting from his past deeds / let grief open you up to truth / Excuse Me Indian Gent...
1212: Cold to the Illusion - Warm to the Spirit
Wisdom of the Sages - December 13, 2023 12:44 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsthe gift of the association of pure devotees / mantras change your vision / Has your lord ever manifested into a boar or a dwarf?! / to the degree you want to be closer to Krishna he comes closer to you / our children are our children for a moment / See past the temporary roles and love the soul...
1211: All That is Left is a List of Names
Wisdom of the Sages - December 12, 2023 13:09 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratings“You have no choice. You must leave your ego on the doorstep before you enter love.” ― Kamand Kojouri / Bhaktivedanta is the fullest expression of the self / To the degree there’s ego, there’s no room for intimacy / looking at our own pain with the discernment of a stone cold Vendantin and a sof...
1210: The Ego is a Clever Monkey
Wisdom of the Sages - December 11, 2023 12:25 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratings“Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.” - Colin Powell / I identify only as the servant of the servant of the servant of the lotus feet of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa / “The ego is like a clever monkey, which can co-opt anything, even the most s...
1209: Q & A Volume 202
Wisdom of the Sages - December 09, 2023 14:25 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsHow to come to the point where I do everything purely the love of Krishna? / Should I be putting my chanting first before any other aspects of my Sadhana/Seva? / I have lost most access to long term memory so have a hard time maintaining a steady practice. Can you help?
1208: The Message of the A-List Sages
Wisdom of the Sages - December 08, 2023 14:56 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 845 ratings“Your children are not your children. They come through you but not from you.” - Kahlil Gibran / Share what’s valuable but give them breathing room / the litmus test for what’s real - does it exist in all 3 phases in time? / We are not the body; we are spiritual beings trapped in the body / our ...
1207: Grief is the Crack Where Truth Can Enter
Wisdom of the Sages - December 07, 2023 12:56 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratings“If we climb high enough, we will reach a height from which tragedy ceases to look tragic.” - Irvin D. Yalom / without the spiritual lens, life’s tragedies (and it’s meaninglessness) become crushing / tragedy will come- nobody gets a pass / all our hopes for material happiness come with grief as...
1206: Spiritual Trajectories are Often Born of Tragedy
Wisdom of the Sages - December 06, 2023 13:42 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 845 ratings“Tragedy is like strong acid. It dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.” - D. H. Lawrence / tragedy can kickstart our spiritual evolution / if we could only see our spiritual trajectories over the course of lifetimes / there’s real hope and beauty in material collapse / the material worl...
1205: Good Karma Can Ruin Your Life
Wisdom of the Sages - December 05, 2023 13:17 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratings“People who sincerely search will find the same truth in every age and culture. The direction is always toward more love and union-in ever widening circles.” - Richard Rohr / Sanatana dharma is the ultimate in inclusivity / the soul is never warped / may our actions please lord Krishna / all the...
1204: When We Need Him Most, The Avatar Appears
Wisdom of the Sages - December 04, 2023 12:52 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsKirtan is magic / Krishna will crush your desire to be the center / We just gotta let go…and then it all comes / a devotee’s not interested in maintaining some position / Just when we need him most, the avatar appears / Indra recognizes that Vritrasura is a pure devotee SB 6.12.18-35
1203: Q & A Volume 201
Wisdom of the Sages - December 02, 2023 14:59 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsIs our path more about supporting others or should we be focused more on our own path? / In moments when doubts and hardships were overwhelming how are you able to turn it around?
1202: We're Back & Dreaming of the Future
Wisdom of the Sages - December 01, 2023 13:26 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsAfter both being sick for 5 days, Raghu and Kaustubha squirrel away for a show about their experiences and thoughts while under the weather. Topics include... • the glory of the devotees of Alachua Fl. • the soon to be released Mahabharata from HD Goswami • Jahnavi Harrisons music descending...
1201: Q & A Volume 200
Wisdom of the Sages - November 25, 2023 15:02 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsWhat does it mean to be an authentic person on a Bhakti path? / Could you share a little advice on raising a child in Bhakti? / Clicker counters vs tulsi beads for counting japa - is one method better than the other?
1200: You Cannot Change Your Cage, You Have to Change Yourself
Wisdom of the Sages - November 24, 2023 13:32 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratings“the Matrix can remain our cage or it can become our chrysalis, ... To be free, you cannot change your cage. You have to change yourself.” - Neo, The Matrix Screenplay / we lose our dignity and our focus chasing pleasures in the matrix / the world is a virtual reality designed to to train us to ...
1199: Tinder Swindlers and Crazy Joe Davolas
Wisdom of the Sages - November 23, 2023 13:35 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 845 ratings“What is life?… It is the breath of a buffalo in the winter time.” - Crowfoot / observe nature, reflect and journal / Vritrasura starts blowing Indra’s mind! / What is the fruit of devotion mixed with material desire? Enmity, anxiety, mental agitation, pride and belligerence. / we’ve all got a C...
1198: The Material World is Designed to Humiliate Us
Wisdom of the Sages - November 22, 2023 13:09 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 845 ratingsthoughts on kirtan / have faith the Maha-mantra will reveal everything / “Our bodies are just temporary vessels for our souls, which will go on forever. You really are an extension of the power that created the whole universe, no matter what drags you have on.” -RuPaul / we wear many drags / not...
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