Podcast Episodes

Walking Holy Places

Episode 717

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

Cigars, Prostitutes & an Old Lady Climbing on a Sannyasi

Episode 716

wedding excitement! / Kaustubha’s apology / my spiritual director said it’s ok if I pray while I smoke / spiritual regulations are prescribed differently to different people / renunciation isn’t the …

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

Echoes of the Upanishads in Modern Science

Episode 715

"we do not belong to the material world that science constructs for us” Schrodinger / quantum physics = science catching up to the past / modern science finds echoes of it’s theories in the Upanishad…

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

Q & A - Volume 104

Episode 714

How do you know when to take charge or when to let go? / How can we understand and appreciate Christ’s sacrifice on the cross from a Bhakti perspective? / What can we really do to stop the mind from …

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

Catching Up to the Past

Episode 713

what you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others / the depth of our spirituality is shown through our relationship with others / a sincere …

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

Our Common Connection to the Root

Episode 712

2 formulas - work for material prosperity vs cultivate spiritual principles / reluctantly, the sages enthrone Vena / arrogant Vena outlaws dharma / it’s our common connection to the root that connect…

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

Your Mind is a Pond, Your Feelings are the Fish

Episode 711

think of your mind like a pond and your feelings as fish / Bhagavad-gita begins with - you’re not your body, you’re not your mind / tolerating the feelings without being disturbed / Vedic genetics /y…

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

Seeing the Soul in the Beggar

Episode 710

“Those who crusade not for God in themselves, but against the devil in others, never succeed in making the world better” / first, seek to understand / work on getting rid of your personal hate / back…

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

Q & A - Volume 103

Episode 709

Did Sri Chaitanya have a favorite kirtan melody?  / When can one become a teacher? / I can’t stop feeing bodily ecstasies in relation to Bhakti - Is this some amazing mercy or is there something pote…

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

Stepping on the Head of Death

Episode 708

he who kisses the joy as it flies, lives in eternity's sunrise / one undisturbed by happiness & distress & who is steady in both is certainly eligible for liberation / the nature of spiritual happine…

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago