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3 Ferraris, Zero Peace: The Higher Taste Effect (Bhakti & Spiritual Psychology)
Episode 1718
A higher spiritual taste doesn't negotiate with desire—it demotes it. From Govardhan Ecovillage in Maharashtra, Raghunath and Kaustubha riff on Willi…
7 months, 1 week ago
Where Ego Breaks and Bhakti Begins
Episode 1717
A modern seeker walks away from a high-pressure career and an ancient Sanskrit text tells a story about giving up one's egoistic false strength. Reco…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Bhakti Changed My Life: The 6-Year Anniversary Show
Episode 1716
Six years ago we hit "record" with shaky internet and big dreams—then a lucky break, and a global lockdown helped turn Wisdom of the Sages into a dai…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Is Self-Care Making Us Less Happy?
Episode 1715
Self-care culture tells us to treat ourselves, embrace our flaws, and obsess over our inner world—but the research on happiness points in the opposit…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Karma Doesn't Chase You—It Waits
Episode 1714
A French poet once observed that we often meet our destiny on the very road we take to avoid it—and history seems to agree. Using Napoleon's failed a…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Can the Angels Lift Raghunath's Spirits on Christmas Eve?
Episode 1713
Christmas Eve hits different when life feels fractured: broken family emotions, grief, longing, and that uneasy feeling that the world keeps taking w…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
The Look of Love: Seeing Reality Through Bhakti
Episode 1712
Bhakti-yoga doesn't ask us to escape the world—it shows us how to set it right by placing love at the center. This episode begins with a "zoomed-out"…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Why Vrindavan Bhakti Feels So Alive / Discussing Love & Lineage
Episode 1711
In this episode, Kaustubha shares deeply moving stories from his recent Vaishnava Scholars' retreat in Vṛndāvana—revealing why Vrindavan bhakti feels…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
Amazon Prime Spirituality
Episode 1710
When devotion becomes a transaction, spiritual life starts to thin out. In this episode of Wisdom of the Sages, Raghunath and special co-host Pranapr…
8 months ago
Knowing the Price, Missing the Point
Episode 1709
Netflix has a price, but what's the cost of what it does to you? Raghunath and Kaustubha riff on Oscar Wilde's brutal truth—people know the price of …
8 months ago