Wisdom of the Sages

Kaustubha has a high bar for Krishna miracles / Miracles can shake us out of our skepticism / Figure out your offering and go full speed ahead / Krishna doesn't want one song- he wants every note of every song / Before reciting the Srimad Bhagavatam we must remove our tin foil hat / we think we've let go of the ego, but we haven't / Krishna chops away and sands us for pure bhakti / take your problems to Ganga devi and cry / When ya got nothing, you've got everything SB 6.9.23-24 Check out Page Family Bhakti & Queen of Hearts at https://open.spotify.com/album/0LOiCYBJCH4IlcMdWPcVBQ?si=qmJuLLQqS86qXhP0y-6-xA https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ladOWRvRXTPo475wh_IUTtGcxNIe3mexc&si=eU504J96wA3JimGV Instagrams: @queenofheartsband108 @pagefamilybhakti @krishnawestchicago @krishnadasbhakti

What is the objective of Karma? / Given the state of the world, the corruption, greed, and the pervasive evil that has shown itself increasingly over the past few years do you believe Krishna has returned? / If we are all just playing roles, why marry?

How to help a victim of abuse? / How to keep up with the modern world without getting entangled? / How to understand the Impersonal feature of the Absolute?

recommit to your Bhakti / everything is a distraction from the holy name / Life is short, war is everywhere -get serious about Bhagavatam // The more pain we see, the more determined we need to be to see spirit soul within / To the degree we are moved by hate we've lost our spiritual way / we have to learn forgiveness because we're all fallible / positive attitude is a joke without spiritual substance / stop tripping over the same Maya SB 6.8.12-22

Indra's karmic proclivity leads to his next big mistake / Pure devotional service doesn't breed fear / Krishna accepts the mood, not our expertise / one who accepts Bhakti will never blunder on his path, even while running with eyes closed, he will never trip or fall / Krishna's not power hungry He's love hungry / Do it as an offering! SB 6.9.5-11

What are some ways that we can benefit the most spiritually during the month of Kartik? / How to respond to temple priests who seem like the "money changers" rejected by Jesus? / Is praying for the well being of a loved one like praying for material things?

Raghunath sits down with Krishna Murari Goswami and discusses the onset of the auspicious month of Kartik.

Chronic illness – how to know when to try to fix it or when to accept it? / If we don't forgive we will have similar difficult relationships with family members in our next life?" / What is the connection between Bhakti-yoga and Jnana-yoga? / How to see Krishna in your dreams?

"First things first … he's got three heads." / material existence is riddled with envy fear and worry / Indra blows it again! / freedom comes with a price / the gradual path of letting go / big opulence leads to big bewilderment / Laxmi belongs to Vishnu, not to our Maya / attachment creates humiliation / sadhu's gotta cut- don't be a dirty old man / Indra is the hero of the Vedas, but the buffoon of the Bhagavatam (because Vyasa want's to show us that mixed devotion is not the goal of life)

you surrender and then you transcend to body and are in a totally different space / don't weaponize your opulences / anything we're proud of will be removed / pride sets one up for competition, anxiety, fear and humiliation / Krishna doesn't tolerate false pride / our bodies have a low ceiling for enjoyment and a high ceiling for pain / we are the enjoyed, not the enjoyer / don't try to adjust the world to your enjoyment - adjust yourself to be harmonious with the world / your devotion is everything