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
665: Prophet Style Interview with Raghunath
on India / on pilgrimage / on mentors / on beauty / on food / on the body / on family / on love
664: Q & A Volume 95
Why and how are certain verses selected as invocations before classes in the Bhakti tradition? / The term “plenary portion” is used throughout the Bhagavad-gita and Srimad Bhagavatam commentaries. Wh…
663: Linen Sheets on Prison Cots
Daksha's new beginnings / get off the Hate Express / don’t cheat yourself out of growth and evolution by solidifying your partial truth / what do we do when we make a mistake? learn and accept full r…
662: Ritual Precision vs Devotional Intention
What's more important, the precision of our ritual or our mood in performing it? In this episode Raghunath and Kaustubha discuss recent reports of how the Catholic Church deemed invalid twenty years …
661: We Don’t Need to Change Anything - Just Add Bhakti
hearing Bhagavad-gita & Srimad Bhagavatam is the easy way to get out of illusion / even the powerful & strong are vulnerable to suffering & fear / the 4 paths of yoga conclude with hearing (Bhagavad-…
660: We’ve Got a False Sense of Freedom
the materialistic dream has failed / we need an adult in the room / every object is radiating 1 of 3 influences / letting go of destructive habits / we’ve got a false sense of freedom / Bhakti is the…
659: The Power of Bhakti-yoga Culture
On the 31st anniversary of their initiation ceremony in Vrindavan, Raghunath and Kaustubha reminisce about the day, discuss the meaning of initiation into a Bhakti lineage, samskaras, and the power a…
658: Prophet Style Interview with Kaustubha Das
on friendship / on aging / on marriage / on being a good man / on prayer / on forgiveness / on love
657: Q & A Volume 94
In this special Q & A episode Raghunath & Kaustubha answer four questions from Karuna, an 8 year old girl, and daily Wisdom of the Sages listener from Lebanon. Why did Krishna show us an example of …
656: Mindfulness & Peace with a Purpose
extract spiritual substance from the mundane / move straight like a bullet train with your service, detached from the results / we must go on struggling to be sadhus - recognize & resist the urge tow…
655: Seeing Beyond the Limitations of Our Senses
what will we shove in the hole of our loneliness? / secrets & duplicity in ashramas / it’s ok to be vulnerable / Daksha’s wife shares a joke! / pramanas - ways of gaining knowledge / this knowledge i…
654: Happiness is an Inside Job
653: Q & A - Volume 93
Was the goddess Sati in illusion when she took her own life? / How important is sangha --even if it is only online sangha? / How to set up an altar in one's home?
652: Truth is Revealed Through Devotion
trade in expectations for appreciations / Ben Franklin nugget / saragrahi = essence seeker / spiritual reality lies beyond the scope of the material senses / we don’t know what we don’t know / who wa…
651: Just Enough Religion to Hate (Not Enough to Love)
If your path of self-improvement is making you hate, you’re doing something wrong / don’t focus on religious rituals and throw away God / we’re gonna trip up on our spiritual path - pick yourself up …
650: Aging Brings Either Horror or Wisdom
a David Bowie birthday nugget for Kaustubha / aging brings either horror or wisdom / aging is working for our spiritual life, if we don’t identify with body / the trauma of aging can make us humble /…
649: Religion vs Spirituality - An Interview with Chaitanya Charan Das
what do we mean by spiritual not religious? / ritualism, intolerance & dogmatism / Krishna didn’t demand Arjuna’s obedience, he asked for his deep deliberation / focused on differences vs focused on …
648: Q & A - Volume 92
647: Cleaning Out the Spam Folder of the Mind
Marcus Aurelius zooms the hell out / cleaning out the spam folder of the mind / the Yoga system is meant to get the soul back on track / false ideas impressed within our minds are the cause of our lo…
646: Does My Speech Pass the Hot Mic Test?
sing your death song & die like a hero going home / what will it take in our life to die nobly? / burning is learning / no longer blaming the world for your shortcomings is the dawn of liberation / m…