Wisdom of the Sages 1572: Should I Stay or Should I Go, Does Bhakti Require Renunciation? / Q & A Volume 268
Can you practice deep spiritual life without walking away from your worldly responsibilities? Or is renunciation—of family, career, and social ties—a necessary cost of devotion? In this essential Q&A edition of Wisdom of the Sages, Raghunath and Kaustubha address one of the most pressing questions for modern spiritual seekers: can the path of bhakti be lived fully without uprooting your life? What unfolds is a powerful conversation about clarity, compassion, and the dangers of spiritual misunderstanding.
This episode dives into three thought-provoking questions:
• Is bhakti really free from the strict renunciations of other yogic paths—or is that just a myth? • How do we trust Krishna’s plan without falling into inertia or passivity? • How should we respond to skepticism around the bhakti tradition, especially in light of scandal and misrepresentation?
Key Highlights: • Why external renunciation is not the essence of bhakti—and how reorienting our vision of family, work, and social life is often the real path forward. • The subtle but vital difference between walking away from the world and seeing it through a new lens of service. • What it truly means to “accept what’s favorable and reject what’s unfavorable” for spiritual growth. • How to stay steady in your practice even when exposed to harmful or fanatical representations of bhakti. • Why spiritual life is about progress, not perfection—and how to build a path that is sustainable, sincere, and real.
🎧 Tune in now for a conversation that redefines what it means to be spiritual in the real world.
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