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
825: Beauty & Love - Material vs Spiritual / Interview with Vaisesika Dasa
Vaisesika Dasa and Kaustubha discuss the Srimad Bhagavatam's presentation of beauty & love on the spiritual plane and how this world is a reflection of that.
824: Q & A - Volume 125
Radhastami Special: How to understand Radha’s suffering in separation from Krishna?
823: Thomas Merton's Introduction to Bhagavad Gita
the secret of human life lies in the surrender to and awareness of Krishna / the Gita fuses worship, action and contemplation in a fulfillment of daily duty that transcends all three through becoming…
822: Cosmic Player-Haters & the Big Flip Flop
Love is my true identity. Selflessness is my true self. Love is my true character. Love is my name.” - Thomas Merton / The Big Flip-flop = selfishness leads to suffering, selflessness leads to happin…
821: Past, Present & Future are Unnatural for the Soul
internal, external and marginal energies / we’re the marginal engird trying to enjoy the external energy / it’s reasonable to infer that someone is holding everything together / past, present and f…
820: Inner Dr. Evil, Meet My Inner Thomas Merton
“Reason is in fact the path to faith, and faith takes over when reason can say no more.” - Thomas Merton / atheism is a type of faith / spirituality is about respecting all other spirits / Raghu says…
819: You are That! (But Not Like That)
“to be a saint means to be myself” Thomas Merton / sainthood is within us - chip it away / if I’m not being a saint, I’m not being myself / Western salvation vs Eastern self-realization / tat tvam as…
818: Q & A - Volume 124
How do you navigate loneliness on the path of Bhakti? / How to keep Bhakti alive while living in the ordinary world? / How to share Bhakti with my kids? / How to describe Bhakti to someone new to it?
817: Q & A - Volume 123
Can we trust our intuition? / How to get through spiritual puberty? / What’s so special about me, that I found the path of Bhakti? / What to do if you feel your spiritual teacher’s advice is wrong?
816: Past & Future Exist Only in the Mind
"Neither the past nor the future exists.” - Yoda / A key for meditation – what distracts our mind most is thoughts of the past and thoughts of the future / the past is not for enjoying through remini…
815: Triggers - Both Good & Bad
drop the mysteries of the universe on someone’s lap / Bhagavatam makes your home sacred / Bhagavatam untangles all difficulty / one moment’s association with a devotee can shift your trajectory / we’…
814: Luminous Beings Are We, Not this Crude Matter
Yoda gets it - we’re not these bodies / hear the gong of God for a paradigm shift / we go through many bodies, even in this one life / the force of the false ego causes the eternal self to identify w…
813: My Dark Side You Are. Reject You I Do
Yoda speaks to the reflection of his own evil / rejecting our inner evil through patience and training / light up your life with transcendental practices / hearing and reflecting on truth provides ou…
812: Train Yourself to Let Go of Everything
“Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose.” — Yoda / Dig in and examine your fears to cultivate detachment / through reflection we fear less / though Bhakti we transfer attachment and…
811: Interview with Jiva G / Introduction to the Bhakti Recovery 12 Step Program
Raghunath and Kaustubha discuss the Bhakti Recovery Group with Jiva G and other participants about how principles from 12 step recovery can be applied in the context of Bhakti-yoga, and how it’s not …
810: Q & A - Volume 122
Where do you draw the line between a medicine and an intoxicant? / Is it ever ok for me to serve meat to an elderly, disabled relative? / Why does Krishna give us free will when we are so prone to mi…
809: Let Krishna Shine Within Our Hearts!
Krishna tags people to touch our lives / seek the spiritual essence, beyond the external stereotypes / humility is the conduit for Krishna’s mercy / sweet Krishna places liberation in the hands of th…
808: Shiva's Meditative Focus on the Form of Krishna
Jane Goodall on balancing the clever brain and the human heart / if we dare to look into those eyes, then we shall feel their suffering in our hearts / “If the factory farm does indeed unravel – and…
807: Generating Pure, Spiritual Energy
Bhakti culture develops the sentiments favorable for yoga transformation / prune the vestigial limbs that don’t serve us / Shiva appeals to Krishna to purify his body and mind / change our choices to…
806: Am I a Virus in the Universal Body of Lord Vishnu?
Jane Goodall’s unannounced moments of true awareness / don’t freak out, freak in / stepping out of the current of time to experience moments of true awareness / the Universe is the body of Vishnu - a…