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
925: Be a Contributor, Not a Collector
wash your brain and think for yourself / joy is the default of the spirit soul / being is more fulfilling than having or doing the most / don’t blame God / we are not this earth suit / we’re all goin…
924: Look Deep Into Nature, Not Deep Into Dogma
" Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." - Albert Einstein / existential clues are found in nature / devotion makes up for all external shortcomings / lack of devoti…
923: A Sage Must Be Independent & Unbiased
All that counts in life is intention.” - Andrea Bocelli / evolved souls look past the externals and understand, sympathize, and appreciate the person underneath - and it’s palpable / our past doesn’t…
922: Q & A - Volume 146
Are there any Krishna consciousness nonprofits that work to provide food for the hungry, help children in need, or other charitable works? / Can we trust healing mediums?
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921: Virtue Over Comfort
“The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.” - Confucius / step out of your comfort zone for growth / real growth comes from taking responsibility and releasing resen…
920: Why We Should Marry the Trees
“I’ll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you’ll come to understand that you’re connected with everything.” — Alan Watts / forests are the lungs…
919: Trees Are People Too
you never know what Krishna is going to use to bring you back / don’t mistake the flute for the player of the flute / don’t get too comfortable- this isn’t your home / the whole material world is a s…
918: Our Little Mouths Can Create So Much Suffering
our little mouths can create so much suffering / our speaking apparatus is an amazing faculty - very effective in either binding us or releasing us / Yoga is a process of cleaning the window for th…
917: Blessed Are the Pure in Heart
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. - Matthew 5.8 / what does the heart need to be purified of? / "In monasteries, seminaries, retreats and synagogues, they fear hell and seek parad…
916: Society’s Norms Seemed Tortuously Senseless / Interview with Bhakti Poet & Contemplative Madan Mohan Das
Madan Mohan is an old friends of Raghunath & Kaustubha going back to their teens. A deep thinker and poet, he shares his thoughts and experiences as a youth that led him to the practice of Bhakti, wh…
915: Q & A - Volume 145
Spirituality or Spiritual Bypassing? / If Bhaktivedanta Swami were alive today do you believe he would restrict the internet? / Can y'all recommend some slokas (or mantras) that are good to memorize?
914: Love Makes Desire Itself Altruistic
that love should be transitory is intolerable / love leaps over the massive of our selfishness / love makes desire itself altruistic / love plants the interests of another in the center of our bein…
913: Lowercase Love Stinks!
“To find love I must enter into the sanctuary where it is hidden, which is the mystery of God.” - Thomas Merton / there’s a secret love with capital L / lowercase love stinks / the reflection appears…
912: Transforming Social Responsibility Into Yoga
when the intention is selfless, work becomes yoga / “one who restrains the senses of action but whose mind dwells on sense objects certainly deludes himself and is called a pretender” - Bhagavad-gita…
911: Ambition, Aggression, Competition & Our Desire to be Happy
am I a criminal or a victim? / Alexander the Great could have been content (right now) / satva guna = contentment, raja guna = discontentment / get off the treadmill / even the #1 materialist is in a…
910: The Need to Question Our Sacred Cows
“One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.” - Georg C. Lichtenberg / the need to question our sacred cows / the maturity needed to que…
909: Sage Groups - The Unit for Transformation
In today's show we hear from the participants of The Wisdom of the Sages Sage Groups, a way of connecting weekly online, in a small group setting, to learn, question and share, about practicing Bhakt…
908: Spiritual Life is a Festival - Interview with Krishna Murari Goswami
Raghunath speaks with Bhanu-Nandini about connecting with God as a child while escaping a war torn country, and with Krishna Murari Goswami about the origins of Holi and growing up as a 14th generati…
907: I Know But One Freedom, Freedom of the Mind
I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery / thank God I am not my mind! / if our body is forced to age, are we really free? / try a mantra mind experiment…
906: The Strength It Takes to Let Go
“There are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.” - Ann Landers / we are just playing our roles then we give them up / life will go on without us - they’ll be …