Wisdom of the Sages

our habits become us / dedicating hours, days, months and years / the Purusha shuktam hymn of the Vedas / Brahma’s life is calculated to help us with perspective shift / minimizing fears and concerns…

happiness through the senses followed by misery / Bhagavatam brings auspiciousness into life / rock bottom can be a blessing / musk deer tattoo / plastic vs natural ingredients / things just keep get…

past bad decisions become valuable realizations through bhakti / when doubts set in, pull yourself back / think it through / in separation the love goes deeper into the core of the heart / on the spi…

locked down with the Bhagavatam / collective karma / leadership with ethics / consumer culture tells us we’ll be happy by getting things and we’re successful when we are consuming more / simple livin…

chip away at illusion / progression of Vedic literature leads to divine love / shedding the exoskeleton / if I merge I can’t serve / hearing is most important / working with detachment is true mystic…

my external is draggin down my internal / the morality of Krishna & his girlfriends / there’s a driving force constantly saying upgrade your life / knowledge matures to wisdom through reflection / wh…

seeing the working of the Divine Hand in hindsight / Bhishma’s perfect death scene / the motions and smiles of the Gopis / the progression of Vyasadeva’s spiritual literature up to the Rasa Dance / t…

the final moment / attaining our original form (sva-rupa) / mechanical mystic yoga vs spontaneous devotional yoga / Wilson in Cast Away - why do impersonalists fall from the divine light - they get l…

prayers for Hana / civilized warfare / Arjuna’s pure intelligence / Bhishma’s love for Bhagavad-gita / Bhishma’s melting heart / love is the highest principle / Krishna’s absorption in divine play / …

everything is trying to kill something - minimize it & make your life an offering / fear snowballs in the mind / in bhakti, it’s all good / the body is a gift - it’s not even ours / Krishna is all-at…

letter from Vrajabhumi! / self sacrifice + sadhana is a good spiritual formula / as a people, we have lost our ability to think critically / getting lost in politics & conspiracy theories/ work now s…

getting deeply rooted / Ghanashyam’s journey to bhakti / becoming comfortable with what’s uncomfortable / greatest spiritual meditation is Krishna - greatest material meditation is death / death can …

what I learned as a monk - find happiness with nothing / intention makes all the difference / ultimately only the devotee is peaceful / Radhanath Swami’s books - a good place to start / how I relate …

Krishna comes to us at the time of death / the vision of Bhisma on his bed of arrows / questions about caste / taking a good look in the mirror - our society is broken economically, politically, ecol…

Srimati’s lesson - we’re just being tested / our whole life is a test - how will we respond / Bhagavatam - it’s all special / who is Nara-Narayana Rsi / evolution by our own strength / give your hear…

tribulations imposed upon the devotees constitute an exchange bhāva / medicating with food, sex, media, etc. / tuning into Paramatma, tuning out the noise / prayer for constant connection / letting i…

quiet the mind and listen / western yoga world is missing a strong tradition of guru recognition / am I hearing the inner guru or the mind & senses / guru qualifications / guru red flags / verses ill…

is the world waking up? / becoming instruments of positive change in a shifting world / my own spiritual consciousness affects others / spiritual pioneers have left a map/ Vedic epistemology/ sense p…