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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…
3 months 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…
3 months 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…
3 months, 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…
3 months, 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…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Gopīs' Love | The Complete, Concentrated Form of Yogic Awareness
Episode 1788
The yogī sits for years, disciplining the mind, trying to bring scattered awareness to a single point of focus. In this episode Raghunath and Kaustub…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
What Are You Exchanging Your Life For? | Thoreau and the Gopī Gīta
Episode 1787
Henry David Thoreau wrote, "The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it." With every choice, we're trading the moments of our lif…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Our Love and Prayers for the People of Venezuela
Episode 1786
This episode begins with a sober heart. A dear member of the Wisdom of the Sages community was caught in the middle of the earthquake that struck Car…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Direction Will Come to You | Phil Jackson and the Heart of Bhakti
Episode 1785
Phil Jackson won eleven championship rings — the most of any coach in NBA history. His secret wasn't more effort. It was less noise. "If you have a c…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
"If Creation Is Play of Brahman, Why all the Suffering?" | Bhakti-Vedānta and Līlā
Episode 1784
If creation is God's play, why do we suffer? It's one of the oldest questions in philosophy — and the Srimad Bhagavatam answers it through the Rāsa L…
3 months, 3 weeks ago