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
405: The Blind Men & The Elephant
the blind men & the elephant / Hinduism & Buddhism in Nepal / Krishna’s beauty is absolute / puncturing the romance of the material world / human life is meant for inquiry about the Absolute Truth / …
404: Be Detached & Serve with Love
live from Kathmandu! / self-realization not sense gratification / burning is learning / the potato chip shloka / spiritual addiction is healthy / all there is within the universe for satisfying one's…
403: How Yogis Control their Words
secret thoughts come out in our words & actions / austerity of speech means speaking words that are – truthful, pleasing, beneficial, not agitating to others, & regularly reciting Vedic literature / …
402: Questions & Answers – Volume 51
What exactly is a guru? / How should one correctly go about self criticism and introspection? How can I be honest with myself without evoking self hate? Moreover, once I identify my shortcomings how …
401: Austerity of the Body & Yoga for Dented Cans
the gunas for children / if our capacity for austerity is meager, serve mahatmas / a human has to consider how they eat, sacrifice, perform austerity, give charity / once you take a picture of it, it…
400: Slaying My Doubts – Slaying My Ego
our value isn’t based on the body / our disturbances have no other basis than the movement of the external energy / the fool is happy & one with transcendental intelligence is happy / when it’s bad i…
399: Self-realization not Sense Gratification
our miseries are due to a misconception of self-identity / the counterintuitive key - human life is not meant for sense gratification, it is meant for self-realization / we’re chasing a mirage that d…
398: The Whole Problem – We Misidentify the Self with the Mind
Welcome back Mara! / a pandit is born / Raghu’s son transcends misery through the wisdom of the Gita / if the soul is unchangeable, and if God is always in our heart, then why do our activities resul…
397: Questions & Answers – Volume 50
How do you go deal with direct hate against you for no apparent reason? / I’m struggling with depression and my bhakti practices can't seem to shake it. Is there something I'm missing? / How does goo…
396: This Book Keeps Answering All Our Questions!
miracles are everywhere / the cobbler & the brahmin / Bhagavatam is the magic 8 ball - always answering our questions / our disposition can either reveal or repeal knowledge / Raghu’s relationship wi…
395: What Must the Aliens Think of Us?
2 monks - “you’ve been carrying her in your mind all day" / Raghunath’s country klatch / miracles are everywhere / lawless Krishna of Mathura is also the universal juggler / the miracle of the banyan…
394: If the Body is a Temple - How to Keep it Sacred?
Bhakta Louie practicing seeing God everywhere / find your service / engaging the speech & the ear / the body is a temple - how to keep it sacred / offer the senses to the master of the senses / engag…
393: Who Am I & Why Am I Here?
we all get tested / the senses & corresponding devas (equipment for our avatars) / the 3 planetary systems (3 levels of the video game) / the varnas (categories of the avataras we can choose from in …
392: We’ve All Been Man, Woman, Plant, Animal, Saint, Sinner
save the flower for Krishna / we’ve got to recognize what’s truly valuable / the same consciousness in different bodies / we’ve all been man, woman, plant, animal, saint, sinner / the ten airs that m…
391: Interview with Ravinol Chambers - Director of the Film Road to Vrindavan
Raghunath & Kaustubha speak with filmmaker Ravinol Chambers about women’s roles and education in India and the need to reexamine the application of tradition.
www.roadtovrindavan.com
390: Questions & Answers – Volume 49
does it matter if I pray for God to let [my husband] get strong again if it’s already decided? / how do you detach from being seen according to your race? / what is the point of rebirth, and aren’t w…
389: Kill the Fake Self with Humor
Homer Simpson’s awkward moral inventory / kill the fake self with humor / Krishna isn’t Judge Judy / Kaustubha watched transcendental knowledge prevail in Episode 6 of Surviving Death / why Raghu & K…
388: What’s Beyond Stereotypical Spirituality?
count your blessings / anxiety is born from our love of the temporary / the seers of the truth say if it’s temporary it’s unreal / we need to reprioritize / the stereotypical idea of spirituality / t…
387: To Renounce the World or to Engage With It?
Bhakti Recovery with Jiva / bewilderment through material objects is the first level of illusion - denial of the personal form is the second / the goals of yoga (a peaceful mind, no more material des…
386: God is Everywhere – Keep Staring Until You See It
Baader–Meinhof frequency illusion / crippling activities / offenders or aparadhis / who can’t reconnect? / autostereograms - keep staring until you see it / family attachment isn’t evil, but it’s lim…