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Beauty: Blessing or Curse? | Dostoevsky and the Heart of Man
Episode 1798
Studies show that beautiful people earn more, get hired faster, and receive lighter sentences in court. Beauty is power. But Dostoevsky saw the dange…
3 weeks ago
The Diametric Opposite of Lust | The Rāsa Līlā Completes
Episode 1797
How does meditating on Krishna's romantic pastimes conquer lust? Not through repression — through a higher meditation. In classical yoga, the very fi…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
Prabhupāda Made New York a Holy Place | ISKCON at 60
Episode 1796
Sixty years ago Śrīla Prabhupāda arrived in New York City — not by accident, but by design. He understood that what happens in New York radiates out …
3 weeks, 6 days ago
The Absurdity of Imitation on the Spiritual Path
Episode 1795
When we first find the spiritual path, we imitate. It's natural. We put on the costume before we've done the inner work. We adopt the style before we…
4 weeks ago
Jñāna & Bhakti: Both Bring Detachment, One Does It Beautifully
Episode 1794
"Love separates all things from the soul." Meister Eckhart — fourteenth century Christian mystic, so radical the Pope investigated him for heresy — a…
1 month ago
The Highest Transcendence Through Passionate Love | The Rāsa Dance Begins
Episode 1793
A first reading of the Rāsa Līlā might suggest the gopīs' love is selfish, irresponsible, even unethical. But looking closer one can find the highest…
1 month ago
How Do You Know What Krishna Wants Next? / Q&A Vol. 299
Episode 1792
Live from the Wisdom of the Sages annual Tuscany retreat, three questions that go to the heart of the practice. How do we deepen intimacy in bhakti w…
1 month, 1 week ago
Parents, Teenagers, Codependency and Mercy / Q&A Vol. 298
Episode 1791
Q&A Live from the Wisdom of the Sages annual Tuscany retreat. How does a bhakti practitioner maintain boundaries with a parent whose behavior has bee…
1 month, 1 week ago
How Do You Know You're Advancing? / Q&A Vol. 297
Episode 1790
Live from the Wisdom of the Sages annual Tuscany retreat, Raghunath and Kaustubha take questions from their live audience. Four questions: When Krish…
1 month, 1 week ago
The Debt Krishna Cannot Repay | Arthur Ashe and the Signature of Real Love
Episode 1789
That is the signature of real love — not what you get out of it, but how impossible it feels to ever pay it back. Arthur Ashe, dying, wrote to his yo…
1 month, 2 weeks ago