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
725: Q & A - Volume 106
How to handle negative energy in the workplace? / Can I just choose a mantra? / Can I practice Krishna Bhakti and still believe in Jesus too? / Why are there so many paths, philosophies and religions…
724: Austerity is the Wealth of the Brahmanas
everything is right / Bhaktivedantins see this world as a reflection of the spiritual world / am I a toiler? / for money, for little pleasures, for being slightly honored, we scold & insult each othe…
723: Siddhartha, the Inner Buddha & Universal Completeness
don’t starve your inner Buddha / all sin already carries the divine forgiveness in itself / perceived danger when spirituality is seen through the lens of social justice / a deeper, more genuine comp…
722: Aligning Your Heart with the Great Souls
“my goal is this: always to put myself in the place in which I am best able to serve, wherever my gifts and qualities find the best soil to grow” / turning your ambition over to Krishna / aligning th…
721: Krishna, I am Yours
the material world is pruning everything away - you can get bitter or grow / I had to experience despair in order to experience grace / humility is the conduit for grace / sharing Bhagavatam pleases …
720: Does Absolute Power Corrupt Absolutely?
allowing one's mind & heart to be shaped by the stories of the Bhakti tradition / a tsunami of Bhakti inundates NY / the beauty of kirtan masters inspiring devotion / government has both liberal & co…
719: Q & A - Volume 105
Raghunath & Kaustubha answer questions about mantra meditation. Is there a way I can clear my mind before chanting? / Is it considered disrespectful to not keep your beads in a bag when you chant? / …
718: Breathing Thoughts of Unity
wisdom is ripened knowledge / you can give knowledge but you can’t give wisdom / daily sadhana cuts away ego, fear, anger, arrogance & resentment / seeing value in both liberal & conservative viewpoi…
716: Cigars, Prostitutes & an Old Lady Climbing on a Sannyasi
wedding excitement! / Kaustubha’s apology / my spiritual director said it’s ok if I pray while I smoke / spiritual regulations are prescribed differently to different people / renunciation isn’t the …
715: Echoes of the Upanishads in Modern Science
"we do not belong to the material world that science constructs for us” Schrodinger / quantum physics = science catching up to the past / modern science finds echoes of it’s theories in the Upanishad…
714: Q & A - Volume 104
How do you know when to take charge or when to let go? / How can we understand and appreciate Christ’s sacrifice on the cross from a Bhakti perspective? / What can we really do to stop the mind from …
713: Catching Up to the Past
what you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others / the depth of our spirituality is shown through our relationship with others / a sincere …
712: Our Common Connection to the Root
2 formulas - work for material prosperity vs cultivate spiritual principles / reluctantly, the sages enthrone Vena / arrogant Vena outlaws dharma / it’s our common connection to the root that connect…
711: Your Mind is a Pond, Your Feelings are the Fish
think of your mind like a pond and your feelings as fish / Bhagavad-gita begins with - you’re not your body, you’re not your mind / tolerating the feelings without being disturbed / Vedic genetics /y…
710: Seeing the Soul in the Beggar
“Those who crusade not for God in themselves, but against the devil in others, never succeed in making the world better” / first, seek to understand / work on getting rid of your personal hate / back…
709: Q & A - Volume 103
Did Sri Chaitanya have a favorite kirtan melody? / When can one become a teacher? / I can’t stop feeing bodily ecstasies in relation to Bhakti - Is this some amazing mercy or is there something pote…
708: Stepping on the Head of Death
he who kisses the joy as it flies, lives in eternity's sunrise / one undisturbed by happiness & distress & who is steady in both is certainly eligible for liberation / the nature of spiritual happine…
707: Seeing God Beyond the Temple
noticing sensation without giving it meaning / Emily Dickinson - Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church / instead of getting to Heaven, at last – I’m going, all along / temple ritual can be empty - or…
706: What Reflections Tell Us About Reality
what does it mean, that we are living in an illusion? / time reveals this world as illusion / when we realize it’s a dream, we’re about to wake up / reflections are both real and illusory / a reflect…