Wisdom of the Sages

meeting a great soul on pilgrimage can change your life / when we chant with great care and attention, our spiritual life takes off / meeting Lord Shiva is very rare / Kali and Durga are serious women / the mind of a great soul is calm and quiet / our minds are always disturbed / the disciples of a great soul become very calm and quiet in mind / becoming pleased with whatever Krishna wants SB 4.24.1-20

Heal so that you can hear what is being said without the filter of your wounds." - Dr. Thema / truth is truth / another person's behavior towards oneself = a reflection of their relationship with themselves / the only answer - "take it to the soul" / truth gives us a framework for tragedy / the rarity of human birth / this is a tough world, but it is not our true home / would you enter the fire? SB 4.23.15-39

"God instructs the heart, not by ideas, but by pains and contradictions." –18th century French Mystic Jean Pierre De Caussade / It's gonna be so great when we finally see God in everyone's heart / when the mind is conquered, the Supersoul is already reached / Dr. Pain makes house calls for our growth / mysticism (yoga) & detachment (from Jnana) are meant to bring us to the lotus feet of Krishna / to the degree that we let go of resentment and anxiety and practice bhakti, it lightens the load / the point of Jnana & yoga is to remember Narayana at the end / we're the double dropped dented cans SB 4.23.13-14

Kaustubha speaks with Bhaktimarga Swami a monk who has crossed the continent of North America five times on foot. The Walking Monk shares why he does it, the joy of meeting people, the value of being alone, and of feeling small.

Why am I moved by simple kirtan and turned off by commercialized kirtan? / Can one attain Krishna Bhakti in just one lifetime, or does it take many? / Should a Bhakti-yogi refrain from wearing gold and jewels / Is the 'evil eye' real?

this place is a dream….you wake up laughing at what you thought was your grief / look at our suffering from different angles / we know too much to be able to enjoy the material world / Krishna 2.0 is accessible to everyone! / we need a release valve from the pressure cooker of the material world / transcendental sound is the power washer of Kali Yuga / add wisdom to your practice / this podcast will end your material life SB 4.23.6-12

You are not responsible for the programming you picked up in the "download years" of your childhood, but you are 100% responsible for installing the upgrades. - (source unknown) / the mind is a computer / don't forget to install the Buddhi app / take radical responsibility for upgrading your programming / examine if it's real pleasure or just your ego / who was Rupa Goswami? / the termites that eat away at our spiritual foundation

we're burning through time quick / it's not the what's that make a difference, it's the who's / Happy Birthday Mara! / our souls and minds are starving (for spiritual conversation) / beware the termites of spiritual life SB 4.23.1-5

Kaustubha & Jahnavi discuss her upcoming tour, her experience of bringing kirtan to the stage, her recent wedding, her father's influence and practicing Bhakti as a newly married woman. Find out more about her upcoming tour at https://jahnavimusic.com

How to process disappointing experiences in holy places? / How to view people from different faiths equally when there are long histories of violence and oppression? / How to respond to beggars from a Bhakti perspective?