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1381: The Bee, the Python & the Power in Accepting One’s Fate

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1380: The Pursuit of the Unnecessary Consumes our Minds

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1379: Are You Ready for the Moment When it’s All Taken Away?

53:47

1378: The Nightmare of Materialism & the Awakening of the Soul

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1377: Q & A Volume 236

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1376: One Big Reincarnation Squirrel

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1382: Q & A Volume 237

How is Vishnu the same or different than Krishna? / How to understand self loathing and toxic shame in Kali Yuga, and how to take shelter of Radharani?
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1381: The Bee, the Python & the Power in Accepting One’s Fate

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1381: The Bee, the Python & the Power in Accepting One’s Fate

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Power portrayed as Changing fate vs Power portrayed as accepting fate / How much energy can by saved (and redirected towards life’s spiritual goal) through acceptance? / the industrious bee vs the python who accepts his fate / acceptance applied to food / acceptance applied to clothes / acceptance applied to shelter and vehicles / acceptance applied to one's feelings and reactions to other peop...

1380: The Pursuit of the Unnecessary Consumes our Minds

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1380: The Pursuit of the Unnecessary Consumes our Minds

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simplicity is essential for the yogi’s focused mind / the root of our problems is the desire for unnecessary prestige and money / The bee is super industrious - but so distracted that it doesn’t realize that everything it is working for is taken away / the python is accepting whatever comes SB 7.13.33-37 LOVE THE PODCAST? WE ARE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AND WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN! Go to www.wisd...

1379: Are You Ready for the Moment When it’s All Taken Away?

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1379: Are You Ready for the Moment When it’s All Taken Away?

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The American Psychological Association discovers that the more you endorse materialistic values, the more you suffer / big house means big problems / no matter how hard we work for prosperity, we are still living in an incredible vulnerable body / we are victimized by our material desires / Bhagavatam offers an access point of samsara cakra / are you ready for the moment when everything will be...

1378: The Nightmare of Materialism & the Awakening of the Soul

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1378: The Nightmare of Materialism & the Awakening of the Soul

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Wassily Kandinsky’s thoughts on materialism / materialism as a value and materialism as an ideology / prosperity gospel as the hucksters materialism in the guise of spirituality / prosperity gospel in the realm of Bhakti / Jesus, Krishna, Buddha and the saints are on the side of self control - on the other side are the hucksters / forgetfulness (of our spiritual nature) leads to misery / you th...

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1377: Q & A Volume 236

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When practicing Bhakti-yoga, is it normal to become increasingly disengaged in idle talk and uninterested or disturbed by gossip? And how can I control my thoughts and emotions when spending time with the people I love and care about, but who engage that way? / Does at least part of the subtle body travel with the soul to the next body? LOVE THE PODCAST? WE ARE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AND WOULD LOV...

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1376: One Big Reincarnation Squirrel

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the story of Shanti Devi, one of the most thoroughly documented and authenticated cases of reincarnation / a little girl in Delhi remembers her previous life in Mathura / Shanti meets her husband and son from the past life / Shanti returns to Mathura / Gandhi appoints a committee of 15 prominent parliamentarians, national leaders, and members from the media to study the case / Kaustubha isn’t r...

1375: Observe & Withdraw - A Sage's Response to Materialism

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1375: Observe & Withdraw - A Sage's Response to Materialism

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Observe the nature of material enjoyment to see its false promise / Expectations cause stress / attachments lead to anger / seeing the power of male/female connection beyond material enjoyment / happiness of the self is natural / the happiness born of the contact of the senses with objects is a mental concoction / Is there any happiness in a cigarette? SB 7.13.26-27 LOVE THE PODCAST? WE ARE COM...

1374: Desires are the Cause of Transmigration

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1374: Desires are the Cause of Transmigration

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Lao Tzu - “When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you” / sattva guna conditions one with a sense of happiness and knowledge - raja guna is born of unlimited desires and longings / we can’t snuff out our desires, we need to refine them / “When speaking in spiritual circles, one's statements must be upheld by the scriptures. One should at once quote from scriptural ...

1373: It's All One Path with Different Degrees of Success

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1373: It's All One Path with Different Degrees of Success

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Thoreau experiences the unearthly nature of the Vedas / Thoreau’s balance of contemplation and activism / The Vedas feel nonsectarian, because Vyasadeva isn’t trying to wrestle you into immediate submission to the highest truth - he nudges you to take the next step in your evolution / Prahlad was able to recognize the Python man as special, because Vishnu instructed him in the heart / Kaustubha...

1372: Interview with Madhava's Rock Band

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1372: Interview with Madhava's Rock Band

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Raghunath interviews the award winning (and his personal favorite) musical group Madhava’s Rock Band! Find out more about Madhavas Rock Band at czcams.com/users/madhavasrockband and support their girls' education initiative in Nandagao at www.projectkrish.com LOVE THE PODCAST? WE ARE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AND WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN! Go to www.wisdomofthesages.com WATCH ON CZcams: youtube.com/...

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1371: Q & A Volume 235

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How can I transition from a spiritual seeker into a deeper Bhakti practitioner, and quell my doubts when reading sacred texts? / How to stay even minded and not lose relationships during a divisive election season? / How to know where to put your spiritual focus / Why do bad things happen to good people? LOVE THE PODCAST? WE ARE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AND WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN! Go to www.wisd...

1370: Layers of the Mind & Layers of the Cosmos

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1370: Layers of the Mind & Layers of the Cosmos

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becoming aware of yourself as the witness of the mind / pause and ask yourself, “where is my mind right now?” / change your thoughts, change your life / when Narayana predominates one’s heart, then their transcendental eyes are revealed / make some room for Krishna in the heart / Krishna is simultaneously eager for us to turn to him, and accommodating to our will to choose not to / The journey ...

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1369: In Search Of The Hidden Saints

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"There are the saints of every day, the 'hidden' saints, to which we can all belong" - Pope Francis / Tolstoy's hidden saint Pashenka / our sincerity is soiled by desire for human praise / Pralahd goes in search of the hidden saints / we shouldn't attempt to understand the pas of a Vaisnava / a saintly person may not expose himself to the vision of human society / the most humble are the most g...

1368: How Not to Drain the Battery of Spiritual Focus

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1368: How Not to Drain the Battery of Spiritual Focus

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6 things a sannyasi should avoid / even non-sannyasis can take some essential teachings from the sannyasi regulations / we need some people, with both feet in the spiritual realm, wandering around the material realm / avoid literature without spiritual benefit / avoid making a living by making a living / avoid indulging in arguments and counterarguments / Daniel Dennett's the 4 steps to arguing...