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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.
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1818: Why Nothing in This World Satisfies Us (opens the original)
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Voltaire — the greatest writer of the French Enlightenment wrote that there is a dim flame burning in every heart — an intuition that somewhere there is a home, a happiness that is real and lasting. We spend our lives chasing it in bodies, children, homes, wealth, relationships. And it never quite delivers. In this episode Raghunath and Kaustubha explore that intuition, what covers that dim light, and how the sacred texts of the bhakti tradition say it can be uncovered. Srimad Bhagavatam 10.40.1
1817: All Rivers Flow to the Sea | Beyond Exclusivism and Hyper-Inclusivism (opens the original)
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Westerners who take interest in Eastern Spirituality may be reacting to elements of exclusivism found in Western religion (we're right and everyone else is wrong). The swing to the East may carry all the way to Hyper-Inclusivism (everybody's right). In this episode Raghunath and Kaustubha explore what it means to hold a vision of truth that is both inclusive enough to appreciate truth wherever it may come from, yet nuanced enough to recognize falsity, or gradations in truth. Srimad Bhagavatam 10
1816: Krishna, Vishnu and the Mystery of the Avatars (opens the original)
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Most Vedic literature speaks from a perspective within this universe. But some reveal that this universe is just a tiny bubble among countless others — and invite us to view our place in existence from outside. Depending on which angle we look from, either Vishnu or Krishna will appear to be the origin of the Avatars. Raghunath and Kaustubha explore that question alongside Akrūra's extraordinary vision in the Yamuna — seeing Vishnu in the water, coming out to find Krishna on the chariot, going b
1815: Watch Until the Dust Settles | Krishna's Love Never Leaves Vrindavan (opens the original)
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It is said that Krishna never takes one step out of Vrindavan. But it appears that he does leave, and breaks the hearts of the Gopis. In this episode Raghunath and Kaustubha explore that image the idea of how it is true that he never left, what A holy place is, how anywhere can become one, and the six lessons a bhakti-yogi can learn from dogs. Srimad Bhagavatam 10.39.32-39 ******************************************************************** LOVE THE PODCAST? WE ARE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AND WOULD
1814: We Crash | God's Opulences and Our Limitations (opens the original)
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What happens when an individual soul thinks the gifts they have are their own? Why do we see so many celebrities struggle, even though they have achieved so much success? Raghunath and Kaustubha explore the source of all opulences — beauty, strength, wealth, fame, knowledge, renunciation — and how when we receive even a touch of them we tend to think they are ours. And then the truth arrives. Crash. Srimad Bhagavatam 10.39.25-31 Join Bhakti Recovery Retreat in Spain here: https://share.google/kS
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