Wisdom of the Sages

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1151: Dismantling the Ego in the Land of Radha's Love Sep 22, 2023

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Conventional Vedanta vs Esoteric Vedanta / Vaishnava acharyas give us a glimpse of Esoteric Vedanta / centrifugal knowledge vs centripetal knowledge / Krishna works through multifarious energies / Radha is the personification of the pleasure potency - the embodiment of Divine Love / when our heart becomes softened it can receive the pleasure potency from the heart of another who has it / approaching the esoteric with reverence / dismantling the ego in the land of Radha's Love / when will Sri Radha cast Her merciful sidelong glance upon me?

http://www.harekrsna.de/Radha-kripa-kataksha-stava.htm

1150: We Carry Within Us a Divine Spark Sep 21, 2023

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"We carry within us a divine spark, and if we chose to recognize it, our lives have dignity, meaning, hope." - Dean Koontz / we aren't selfish by nature – selfishness is an artificial imposition / yoga is all about remembering who you are / Bhakti-yogis are already liberated / how is Krishna the God of love? / the peril of offense

SB 6.4.51-54

1149: There is No Austerity Equal to a Balanced Mind Sep 20, 2023

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there is no happiness equal to contentment / there is no disease like covetousness / there is no virtue like mercy / shastra calls us to be cool headed / if we purify our existence by tapasya we can do wonderful things by the grace of the Lord / austerities for the body, words, and mind / our speech should be truthful, pleasing, beneficial, non-agitating / we all come in the achyuta-gotra - the family of Krishna

SB 6.4.47-50

1148: 2 World Views - Richard Dawkins vs. Willie Nelson Sep 19, 2023

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"We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it." Willie Nelson / Woah! There's a purpose to suffering!?! / 2 world views – the world has no design or purpose or the everything in the world is designed with purpose / we can simultaneously hold 2 ideas - that we must be compassionate to all who suffer and that we cause our own suffering / the best way to deal with our own pain is to take responsibility / the bank robbery analogy / the evidence is everywhere - the question is how you interpret it / a formula for seeing God behind everything / WOTS - a simple fun way to Vedic epistemology / we can't remove every thorn in the world, but we can put on some shoes

SB 6.24.46

1147: Everywhere is a Holy Place Sep 18, 2023

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"It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of." - Jonathan Swift / the body and mind have faults but the self is pure gold / It's the people that come that make a place holy / see God everywhere and everywhere becomes holy / the inconceivable form of Vishnu / Daksha places the manifestations of the Divine in a hierarchy / harmony is only around Lord Vishnu, not apart from him / Vishnu is always smiling

SB 6.4.32-45

1146: Q & A Volume 186 Sep 16, 2023

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I feel unmotivated and depressed when it comes to my practice of devotion = any advice? / If our relationships in the material world are just temporary roles, what is the point of marriage?

1145: Let's Not Quibble Sep 15, 2023

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"Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of debate." - Nietzsche / just as fire is hidden in wood - the Paramatma is hidden in the material elements / yoga is a practice of seeing God in everything / Paramatma puts us under a spell - we forget our own identities and argue incessantly without ever reaching a conclusion / Nyaya's 3 types of debate / Daniel Dennett's 4 steps to arguing intelligently

SB 6.4.27-31

1144: Seeing Through Eyes Trained in Knowledge Sep 14, 2023

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"Unhappiness is not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to get it." - Don Herold / why am I waiting in line to buy these sneakers? / Is all our pleasure from our ego? / ultimately we are just looking for love / we are unaware of forces that engage us / there's a firewall preventing our perception of paramatma / every aspect of our experiences is designed for our growth / the dark worldview = this world is unreal, without foundation, without a controller, and risen without cause / most live under the spell of material nature / seeing through eyes trained in knowledge / endeavoring transcendentalists can see behind the firewall / cats vs monkeys

SB 6.4.25-26

1143: Paramatma Writes the Songs Sep 13, 2023

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we can't pay our spiritual debts back, but we can pay them forward / understanding our place in the levels of awareness / our experiences are being governed by unseen forces / the Supersoul is directing the workings of our senses / we own nothing / Paramatma writes the songs that make the whole world sing / If you were to find out how this entire universe works, would you expect that it all would be ordinary, or would you expect to hear things that would BLOW YOUR MIND!

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SB 6.4.24

1142: Love is the Highest Dharma! Sep 12, 2023

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Respect to those practicing Bhakti where it's illegal and dangerous / imagination is more important than knowledge / Mahabharata Super Squirrel – Abhimanyu's death, Arjuna's vow, and Krishna's cheating out of love / Krishna cheats out of love again when Karma is killed / love is the highest dharma!

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