Wisdom of the Sages

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741: Study Like You'll Live Forever May 25, 2022

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it's never too late to learn Sanskrit or plant a fruit tree / be bound in friendship not guilt / redirect desires through divine friendship / study like you'll live forever, do sadhana as if you'll die tomorrow / we should always be learning / set aside some time every day exclusively for spiritual practice / working on the functional level, with the fundamental always running in the background / don't become a leader or parent if you can't deliver your dependents / we don't need forced religion, but we do need spiritual values

SB 4.20.12-14

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740: Uniting Duty with the Principle of Love May 24, 2022

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we're walking right past clues to the magic of the universe / the stars admonish us for our pettiness / the recipe for inner satisfaction - tying your functional dharma to your fundamental dharma / Bhagavatam ties all sorts of theistic worship into one excellent principle - Bhakti / knowledge of calculus doesn't diminish addition and subtraction / duty, performed for any reason but love, is a waste of time

SB 4.20.10-11

739: Our 2 Identities - Functional and Fundamental May 23, 2022

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"He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety" Ralph Waldo Emerson / we all have 2 identities - functional and fundamental / an advanced human being is never malicious / even the mental states are of the body / we're all victims of the three modes of material nature / there's no karma for devotees / the recipe for inner satisfaction - tying your functional dharma to your fundamental dharma

SB 4.20.1-9

738: The Relevance and Appeal of Bhagavad Gita -- Interview with Chaitanya Charan Das May 22, 2022

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the Gita's universal question - "what is the right thing to do?" / 3 stages of the Gita's popularity / it's not just action that entangles - it's motive / wisdom lying between the polarities, and on multiple levels / moral dilemma vs ethical dilemma / Krishna gives a philosophical world view with a moral framework for ethical dilemmas / the Gita's battlefield setting - violence is absent in terms of content, context and consequence / reading into a book / gaslighting & knowledge in the mode of ignorance / uncertainty as a symptom of humility

737: Q & A Volume 107 May 21, 2022

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How to deal with heartbreak? / How to understand the Demigods? / Can one have pride in Bhakti?

736: Gaslighting vs. the Genuine Call for Introspection May 20, 2022

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differences of opinion embittered by group hostility / Daniel Dennett's Four Steps to Arguing Intelligently / expressing respect by trying to understand the other / understanding morality requires more than citing the moral rules of scripture / sometimes good people perform bad deeds / Bhisma's progression to consequentialism / Prthu leaves it at 99 / the more we resist providence, the more we enter into the darkest region of materialistic thought / fate is the language of God / aligning one's heart with God's through full forgiveness SB 4.19.32-42

735: Ya Can't Reduce Dharma to a List of Rules May 19, 2022

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the gravity of Indra's transgression / all that glitters is not gold (there are plenty of phony holy men out there) / Prthu prepares to kill Indra / the Brahmanas prepare to kill Indra / Brahma overlooks Indra's behavior / deontological ethics vs consequentialism / the stories of Balaka, Kaushika and Mrigari the hunter / ya can't reduce dharma to a list of rules / sometimes it's better to speak a lie than to speak the truth

SB 4.19.13-32

734: Fake Sannyāsa vs Real Sannyāsa May 18, 2022

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we're not buying into the false dichotomy – that other-worldly thought is opposed to worldly good / feeling vitalized by plugging into Bhakti / use the thorn to remove the thorn / Bhagavavad-gita on fake sannyasa vs real sannyasa / cultivating internal renunciation while embracing one's external duties

SB 4.19.10-12

733: The Perennial Danger of 'Religion' May 17, 2022

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the reality of death can quickly deepen our spiritual insight / when it's bad it's good / ritual is meant to re-mind us / the perennial danger of 'religion' / seeing God in fire, the sun, water and other elements, in the heart of the guest, and in one's own heart / when Indra embarrasses himself it's in front of everyone! / real prosperity is accepting the gifts of the cows, earth, rivers, trees, and oceans

SB 4.19.3-9

732: Dharmic Reversals & I Love Lucy May 16, 2022

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C.S. Lewis week begins / when it's bad, it's good / prosperity can be an obstacle to approach Krishna with sincere feeling / how intellect can shape samskaras as they enter the subconscious mind / why is Lord Indra always being humiliated? / Bhagavatam is full of dharmic reversals / even the most successful materialist suffers from fear and envy / Indra steals the last horse / Indra send a seductress to break a yogi's determination / Bhagavatam shares the highest truth, which is understandable by the non envious / the litmus test of spirituality - happiness at another's good fortune / karma can cut the weeds in the heart, but Bhakti uproots them

SB 4.19.1-2

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