Wisdom of the Sages
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.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 57 minutes
- Episodes
- 1667
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
1187: The Eye of Devotion Tinged with the Salve of Love
“I prefer to their dogma my excursions into the natural gardens where the voice of the Great Spirit is heard in the twittering of birds, the rippling of mighty waters, and the sweet breathing of flow…
1186: Kaustubha Finally Loses It! (And Says It's All Real)
Kaustubha has a high bar for Krishna miracles / Miracles can shake us out of our skepticism / Figure out your offering and go full speed ahead / Krishna doesn’t want one song- he wants every note of …
1185: Q&A Volume 197
What is the objective of Karma? / Given the state of the world, the corruption, greed, and the pervasive evil that has shown itself increasingly over the past few years do you believe Krishna has ret…
1184: Q & A Volume 196
How to help a victim of abuse? / How to keep up with the modern world without getting entangled? / How to understand the Impersonal feature of the Absolute?
1183: Seeing the Soul in Everyone is the Only Answer
recommit to your Bhakti / everything is a distraction from the holy name / Life is short, war is everywhere -get serious about Bhagavatam // The more pain we see, the more determined we need to be to…
1182: Krishna's Not Power Hungry, He's Love Hungry
Indra’s karmic proclivity leads to his next big mistake / Pure devotional service doesn’t breed fear / Krishna accepts the mood, not our expertise / one who accepts Bhakti will never blunder on his p…
1181: Q & A Volume 195
What are some ways that we can benefit the most spiritually during the month of Kartik? / How to respond to temple priests who seem like the “money changers” rejected by Jesus? / Is praying for the w…
1180: 15 Generations of Devotion - Interview with Krishna Murari Goswami
Raghunath sits down with Krishna Murari Goswami and discusses the onset of the auspicious month of Kartik.
1179: Q&A Volume 194
Chronic illness – how to know when to try to fix it or when to accept it? / If we don’t forgive we will have similar difficult relationships with family members in our next life?” / What is the conne…
1178: The Gradual Path to Letting Go of Everything
“First things first … he’s got three heads.” / material existence is riddled with envy fear and worry / Indra blows it again! / freedom comes with a price / the gradual path of letting go / big opule…
1177: Adjust the World, or Adjust to the World
you surrender and then you transcend to body and are in a totally different space / don’t weaponize your opulences / anything we’re proud of will be removed / pride sets one up for competition, anxie…
1176: Mara Finally Loses It
there’s constant war everywhere / the jiva is at war with the time factor / now is the time to connect with spirit / Narayana kavacha is a comprehensive insurance policy / we are existing in God and …
1174: There but for the Grace of God Go I
we’re missing out on a map for dharma / Visvarupa is broad minded, Indra divides on party lines / all the yoga, rituals, austerities, etc. are meant to lead to pure love / pure devotees are happy to …
1173: The Heavy Luggage of Material Desire
too many possessions is like carrying a lot of luggage when you travel - it just creates anxiety / Siddhartha would be no greedy hawker of incantations / “A brāhmaṇa who desires to achieve happiness …
1172: Why Worry? Radha Knows Exactly What I Need
India’s timeless spiritual culture / our faces and wrinkles and abs are all about to burn / feel the presence of great souls in the holy places / add transcendental sound during downtime / “Why shoul…
1171: Q & A Volume 192
Can gratitude reinforce material attachments? / How do I surrender? / How to get the most out of a pilgrimage experience? / How do we know wether we’re sincere?
1170: Keep It Sacred!
“Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor”. - Emily Post / Can juniors bless seniors? / Bhagavatam is repeatedly encouraging us to see the divinity, digni…
1169: Raghunath Saves a Worm, Kaustubha Saves a Pigeon
“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.” – Martin Luther King Jr. / dismantling the …
1168: Enmity, Anxiety, Mental Agitation, Pride & Belligerence
Krishna is involved in every aspect of our life / how material opulence increases enmity, anxiety, mental agitation, pride and belligerence / we go through so much endeavor to increase and maintain o…
1167: Good Times Create Weak Men
“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.” ― G. Michael Hopf / Krishna kindly dismantles all of our false identities / …