Wisdom of the Sages

Most of us long for a quiet mind. But what fills it once the noise is gone? On a solo bike ride across upstate New York, Raghunath finds that solitude alone doesn't bring peace. Left to itself, the mind drifts to its default setting. Raghunath and Kaustubha explore why the path of bhakti points beyond stillness to something fuller. Amid the violence of Krishna's wrestling match in Mathura, the women in the crowd make a startling claim: the greatest yogis aren't hermits on mountaintops, but village women whose hearts are absorbed in love while churning butter and caring for their children. Srimad Bhagavatam 10.44.12–34 ******************************************************************** LOVE THE PODCAST? WE ARE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AND WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN! Go to https://www.wisdomofthesages.com WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/@WisdomoftheSages LISTEN ON ITUNES: https://podcasts/apple.com/us/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages/id1493055485 CONNECT ON FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/wisdomofthesages108 *********************************************************************

When something is wrong and we say nothing, our own inner light begins to fade. But speaking up only heals when it comes from a place of love. Raghunath and Kaustubha draw on an old Quaker insight: love endures and overcomes, while hatred destroys, starting with the one who carries it. Online comment threads can drag out our lower nature and cloud our spiritual clarity, and posting is cheap. The more meaningful, illuminating path is not only to speak truth to power, but to live it. Srimad Bhagavatam 10.44.1–13 ******************************************************************** LOVE THE PODCAST? WE ARE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AND WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN! Go to https://www.wisdomofthesages.com WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/@WisdomoftheSages LISTEN ON ITUNES: https://podcasts/apple.com/us/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages/id1493055485 CONNECT ON FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/wisdomofthesages108 *********************************************************************

I'm a man. I'm a woman. I'm American. I'm this, I'm that. Every label we carry colors how we see the world, ourselves and God. Yoga starts from a bold premise: our perception is clouded, and it can be cleared. Bhakti goes further still. As the lens clears, a love unique to each of us awakens. Raghunath and Kaustubha explore that teaching through Krishna's entrance into Kamsa's wrestling arena, where the same boy stirs terror in one heart, wonder in another, and varieties of love in others. Srimad Bhagavatam 10.42.32 - 10.43.40 Nārada Pañcarātra, quoted in Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya 19.170 ******************************************************************** LOVE THE PODCAST? WE ARE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AND WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN! Go to https://www.wisdomofthesages.com WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/@WisdomoftheSages LISTEN ON ITUNES: https://podcasts/apple.com/us/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages/id1493055485 CONNECT ON FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/wisdomofthesages108 *********************************************************************

A panic study explores how perceived control can calm us even when danger remains unchanged. The discussion contrasts false security and false terror with the sages’ sober view of vulnerability. Through Krishna’s confrontation with Kamsa, it examines surrender, courage, and training the mind through japa, then closes with a tender reconciliation between Radha and Krishna.

Krishna’s encounter with Kubja becomes a vivid meditation on Earth as a sacred, living presence. Her transformation explores ecological reverence, the many forms of divine love, and the question of whom we choose to serve. The discussion also follows Krishna’s fragrant offering, his restoration of a burdened world, and the dramatic breaking of Kamsa’s mighty bow.

A lively exploration of why people resist the very grace that could heal them. The discussion follows Krishna’s arrival in Mathurā, contrasting those who reject divine help with a weaver whose loving offering transforms his life. Along the way, it considers ego, gratitude, indecision, devotional community, compassion, and using modern technology in service of spiritual practice.

Krishna enters Mathura and encounters a washerman whose arrogance contrasts sharply with the loving devotion he truly seeks. The discussion explores why offerings matter only as expressions of love, how disciplined practice matures into spontaneous bhakti, and how scripture, study, community, and divine mercy deepen spiritual life.

Malani Devi Dasi, a bhakti practitioner helping share Srimad Bhagavatam worldwide, joins a vivid exploration of Krishna and Balarama’s arrival in Mathura. Hear about Akrura’s devotion, Mathura’s sacred history, and the women who rush to behold Krishna. The conversation also spotlights an extraordinary campaign distributing 100,008 Bhagavatam sets around the world.

A rebellious seagull’s quest for perfect flight becomes a vivid metaphor for spiritual awakening, self-transcendence, and breaking free from conformity. The discussion turns to Akrura’s prayers, the mirage of material happiness, restless desires, and the deeper vision cultivated through guidance, meditation, surrender, and bhakti.

Why do success, relationships, possessions, and even family fail to provide lasting fulfillment? This conversation explores Voltaire’s intuition that every heart remembers a true home, then turns to Bhagavatam teachings on spiritual forgetfulness, material illusion, Krishna’s cosmic identity, and the practices that can uncover buried love and awareness.