Wisdom of the Sages
Raghunath Cappo & Kaustubha Das
Truths about life from the timeless wisdom of the Bhakti-yoga tradition - fun, relevant, and deep. Learn about dharma, yoga, bhakti, and how it relates to all the basic questions of life. This show is about how to live your best life, let go of the external distractions, and uncover the spiritual happiness that lies within the heart as the true nature of the soul.
Raghunath and Kaustubha's connection goes back to their teens in the New York Hardcore Punk Scene of the early 80s, through serving together as Bhakti-yogi monks in the 90's, to sharing their experiences in the world of yoga in the 21st century.
Raghunath and Kaustubha's connection goes back to their teens in the New York Hardcore Punk Scene of the early 80s, through serving together as Bhakti-yogi monks in the 90's, to sharing their experiences in the world of yoga in the 21st century.
Episodes
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Apr 2, 2021 • 56min
401: Austerity of the Body & Yoga for Dented Cans
the gunas for children / if our capacity for austerity is meager, serve mahatmas / a human has to consider how they eat, sacrifice, perform austerity, give charity / once you take a picture of it, it's not yoga / austerity of the body - respecting great souls, cleanliness, simplicity, celibacy, nonviolence / it all boils down to kindness & simplicity SB 3.7.20 & BG 17.14
Apr 1, 2021 • 54min
400: Slaying My Doubts – Slaying My Ego
our value isn't based on the body / our disturbances have no other basis than the movement of the external energy / the fool is happy & one with transcendental intelligence is happy / when it's bad it's good & when it's good it's bad / service is the way out / Krishna is called Madhusudana because he slays our doubts and slays the false ego SB 3.7.15-19
Mar 31, 2021 • 59min
399: Self-realization not Sense Gratification
our miseries are due to a misconception of self-identity / the counterintuitive key - human life is not meant for sense gratification, it is meant for self-realization / we're chasing a mirage that draws us deeper & deeper into the desert / controlling our senses means freedom / Bhagavad-gītā (2.59) - the higher taste / consciousness is active by nature SB 3.7.12-14
Mar 30, 2021 • 57min
398: The Whole Problem – We Misidentify the Self with the Mind
Welcome back Mara! / a pandit is born / Raghu's son transcends misery through the wisdom of the Gita / if the soul is unchangeable, and if God is always in our heart, then why do our activities result in misfortune and misery? Or, how do we lose touch with our spiritual nature? / analogy 1 - seeing your own head cut off - the sense of loss is illusory / analogy 2 - the quivering reflection of the moon - the self is steady, the reflection of the self in the mind is unsteady / the 4 paths of yoga SB 3.7.10-11
Mar 27, 2021 • 55min
397: Questions & Answers – Volume 50
How do you go deal with direct hate against you for no apparent reason? / I'm struggling with depression and my bhakti practices can't seem to shake it. Is there something I'm missing? / How does goodness (sattva guna) have a grip on us? / Are the spiritual teaching I read about before coming to Bhakti relevant? Is there any "one true path" for spiritual guidance or do they all contain nuggets of wisdom that correlate? / How can I become more aloof to public opinion?
Mar 26, 2021 • 55min
396: This Book Keeps Answering All Our Questions!
miracles are everywhere / the cobbler & the brahmin / Bhagavatam is the magic 8 ball - always answering our questions / our disposition can either reveal or repeal knowledge / Raghu's relationship with geese / is my toothache God's lila (divine play)? / if God is situated in our hearts, then why do our activities result in misfortune and misery?
Mar 25, 2021 • 60min
395: What Must the Aliens Think of Us?
2 monks - "you've been carrying her in your mind all day" / Raghunath's country klatch / miracles are everywhere / lawless Krishna of Mathura is also the universal juggler / the miracle of the banyan tree / the miracle of the whistler thorn / the miracle of the neem tree / everything we need literally grows on trees! / humans always screw it up!
Mar 24, 2021 • 57min
394: If the Body is a Temple - How to Keep it Sacred?
Bhakta Louie practicing seeing God everywhere / find your service / engaging the speech & the ear / the body is a temple - how to keep it sacred / offer the senses to the master of the senses / engaging the body, words & mind / the chataka, which will drink only rain water / the chakora bird, which subsists of the moonbeams / simply by hearing the writings of the great sages one becomes perfectly self-realized SB 3.6.35-37
Mar 23, 2021 • 1h
393: Who Am I & Why Am I Here?
we all get tested / the senses & corresponding devas (equipment for our avatars) / the 3 planetary systems (3 levels of the video game) / the varnas (categories of the avataras we can choose from in the video game) / each varna has it's strengths and weaknesses / false mastership is the basic disease of the conditioned soul / who am I? the servant of the servant
Mar 22, 2021 • 58min
392: We've All Been Man, Woman, Plant, Animal, Saint, Sinner
save the flower for Krishna / we've got to recognize what's truly valuable / the same consciousness in different bodies / we've all been man, woman, plant, animal, saint, sinner / the ten airs that move our body / we become one with the supreme consciousness though dovetailing our desires with the supreme SB 3.6.1-7
