Wisdom of the Sages

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1821: Krishna Doesn't Need Your Zucchini Bread | But He Wants Your Love Sep 17, 2026

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The Bhagavad-gītā sings of Krishna as the Absolute Truth — complete in himself, independent and lacking nothing. He doesn't need anything we can offer him. And yet — he wants our love. Raghunath and Kaustubha explore that paradox through the narration of Krishna's entrance into Mathurā — and what two very different encounters reveal about the one thing that actually matters in our relationship with God. Srimad Bhagavatam 10.41.34-39

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1820: They Took Him Into Their Hearts Through Their Eyes | Krishna Enters Mathurā Sep 16, 2026

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When Krishna and Balarāma entered Mathurā, the women climbed to the rooftops and showered them with flowers. They took him into their hearts through their eyes — embraced him, the embodiment of all ecstasy — and their bodily hair stood on end. And in that way, unlimited distress disappeared from their lives. That is the experience that the path of bhakti leads to. In this episode Raghunath and Kaustubha explore that moment alongside a special guest — Malani Devi Dasi — who shares the story of this year's extraordinary Bhagavatam distribution campaign: 100,008 sets going out to souls around the world. Srimad Bhagavatm 10.41.0-32

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1819: Daring to Fly Higher | Jonathan Livingston Seagull and the Ascent to Bhakti Sep 15, 2026

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In the 1970s the book Jonathan Livingston Seagull became a bestseller. A parable about a gull who refuses to follow the flock and discovers that his true nature is limitless. It serves as an insightful description of the spiritual path. The masses mistake worldly objects for sources of happiness — and spend their lives chasing what can never deliver. And some brave few dare to fly higher, brushing aside the disapproval of the flock. In this episode Raghunath and Kaustubha explore that courage alongside Akrūra's extraordinary prayers — about chasing the mirage and missing the divine love in one's own heart. Srimad Bhagavatam 10.40.26-30

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1818: Why Nothing in This World Satisfies Us Sep 11, 2026

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Voltaire — the greatest writer of the French Enlightenment wrote that there is a dim flame burning in every heart — an intuition that somewhere there is a home, a happiness that is real and lasting. We spend our lives chasing it in bodies, children, homes, wealth, relationships. And it never quite delivers. In this episode Raghunath and Kaustubha explore that intuition, what covers that dim light, and how the sacred texts of the bhakti tradition say it can be uncovered. Srimad Bhagavatam 10.40.10-24

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1817: All Rivers Flow to the Sea | Beyond Exclusivism and Hyper-Inclusivism Sep 10, 2026

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Westerners who take interest in Eastern Spirituality may be reacting to elements of exclusivism found in Western religion (we're right and everyone else is wrong). The swing to the East may carry all the way to Hyper-Inclusivism (everybody's right). In this episode Raghunath and Kaustubha explore what it means to hold a vision of truth that is both inclusive enough to appreciate truth wherever it may come from, yet nuanced enough to recognize falsity, or gradations in truth. Srimad Bhagavatam 10.40.1-10

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1816: Krishna, Vishnu and the Mystery of the Avatars Sep 08, 2026

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Most Vedic literature speaks from a perspective within this universe. But some reveal that this universe is just a tiny bubble among countless others — and invite us to view our place in existence from outside. Depending on which angle we look from, either Vishnu or Krishna will appear to be the origin of the Avatars. Raghunath and Kaustubha explore that question alongside Akrūra's extraordinary vision in the Yamuna — seeing Vishnu in the water, coming out to find Krishna on the chariot, going back in and seeing Vishnu again. When I am seeing you, what have I not seen? Srimad Bhagavatam 10.39.40-57

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1815: Watch Until the Dust Settles | Krishna's Love Never Leaves Vrindavan Sep 03, 2026

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It is said that Krishna never takes one step out of Vrindavan. But it appears that he does leave, and breaks the hearts of the Gopis. In this episode Raghunath and Kaustubha explore that image the idea of how it is true that he never left, what A holy place is, how anywhere can become one, and the six lessons a bhakti-yogi can learn from dogs. Srimad Bhagavatam 10.39.32-39

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1814: We Crash | God's Opulences and Our Limitations Sep 02, 2026

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What happens when an individual soul thinks the gifts they have are their own? Why do we see so many celebrities struggle, even though they have achieved so much success? Raghunath and Kaustubha explore the source of all opulences — beauty, strength, wealth, fame, knowledge, renunciation — and how when we receive even a touch of them we tend to think they are ours. And then the truth arrives. Crash. Srimad Bhagavatam 10.39.25-31 Join Bhakti Recovery Retreat in Spain here: https://share.google/kShWGFuanwn4clArJ

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1813: The Philosopher vs the Mystic | Understanding the Passion of the Gopīs Sep 01, 2026

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To the philosopher, the weeping of Krishna's lovers looks like ordinary suffering. To the mystics it's the culmination of the highest knowledge. Evelyn Underhill — first woman to lecture in theology at Oxford — said the mystic speaks the disconcerting language of first-hand experience, something only really understood by another who has felt it. Raghunath and Kaustubha explore what it means to move from thinking to tasting — and why the passion of the gopīs is where all philosophy ends. Srimad Bhagavatam 10.39.8-26

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1812: The Love Sewed in Every Stitch | Dolly Parton and the Bhagavad Gīta Aug 27, 2026

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It's not the coat of many colors that mattered. It was the love her momma sewed into every stitch. Dolly Parton understood something the Bhagavad Gīta states plainly: offer me a leaf, a flower, a little water — but offered with love, that moves me. It's not the grandness of the offering. It's what's inside it. Raghunath and Kaustubha explore that truth alongside Akrūra in the home of Krishna — fed, honored, overwhelmed. "What is unattainable for one who has satisfied the Supreme?" And yet those who truly love Krishna want nothing. They are so full of love there is nothing more the heart can desire. Srimad Bhagavatam 10.38.40 - 10.39.7

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