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In this collection, spiritual teacher Swami BB Rasikananda Maharaja (affectionately called Rasik Maharaja) offers clear, compassionate answers to life’s deepest questions, drawing from the timeless well of Vedic wisdom and other philosophical traditions.
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Soul, Ego, and God (opens the original)
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Drawing lessons from the divine pastimes of Sita and Lord Ram, Rasikananda Swami (affectionately known as Rasik Maharaja) explores the inner relationship between the soul, the false ego, and God. Using Sita as a metaphor for the soul, Ravana for the ego, and Lord Ram for the Supreme, he describes the spiritual journey as an inward struggle between our eternal longing for divine love and the forces of illusion that draw our attention away from it. Through reflections on the golden deer, Ravana’s
Radha-Krishna and the Soul (opens the original)
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In this intimate and richly contemplative class, Rasikananda Swami (affectionately known as Rasik Maharaja) explores the nature of rasa—the divine experience of relationship, emotion, flavor, and bliss—as the very essence of the Supreme. Drawing from Vedanta, the Upanishads, and the teachings of the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition, he explains how the fullness of spiritual reality embraces both unity and extraordinary variety, culminating in the loving pastimes of Sri Radha and Krishna in Vrindavan.
Levels of Knowledge (opens the original)
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In this illuminating class, Rasikananda Swami (affectionately known as Rasik Maharaja) guides listeners through a sweeping progression of Vedic philosophy—from the five layers of illusion that bind the soul to material identity, through the four states of consciousness and the three manifestations of Lord Vishnu, ultimately arriving at the eternal divine pair, Sri Radha and Krishna, and Krishna as the Supreme Lord. Rasik Maharaja explains how false ego, bodily identification, possessiveness, and
The Purpose of the Universe (opens the original)
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In this profound class, Rasikananda Swami (affectionately known as Rasik Maharaja) invites us to consider a startling question: What if the purpose of the universe is you? Reflecting on the extraordinary rarity and opportunity of human life, he explains that the material world provides the individual soul with both the freedom to pursue separate desires and, ultimately, the opportunity to transcend saṁsāra and realize its eternal relationship with God. Drawing from the Bhagavad Gītā, the Upaniṣa
What Will You Do If You Find God? (opens the original)
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In this class, Rasikananda Swami (affectionately known as Rasik Maharaja) explores a profound question: What do we do when we actually find God? Moving beyond conceptions of God as distant, abstract, or approached only through reverential worship, he presents the bhakti understanding that the soul’s deepest fulfillment lies in an intimate and natural relationship of love with the Divine. Through vivid examples—including the president joyfully becoming a “horsey” for his grandson, the cleansing o
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