Wisdom of the Sages
Raghunath Cappo & Kaustubha Das
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.
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.
Episodes
Mentioned books
May 21, 2023 • 56min
1049: Q & A Volume 167
How do I gain that 100% faith / What's the relationship between vijnana and bhakti? / Can our spiritual attachments degrade back to material attachments if we are not careful of our intentions?
May 20, 2023 • 1h 1min
1048: Q & A Volume 166
How to keep faith when negative emotions haunt us? / How to let go of negative habits? / How does Kaustubha organize his day?
May 19, 2023 • 55min
1047: It's Life's Illusions That I Recall, I Really Don't Know Life at All
Joni Mitchell's vision of duality / the ups and downs of lowercase L love / "I should've listened to the Swami." / the Shakers didn't lose (in their spiritual investment) / Joni brings the Jnana, Pete Seeger brings the Bhakti / we all feel melancholy till we turn and face "The Sun" / This world churns us / the power of Krishna's flute / Krishna churns the hearts of the Gopis
May 18, 2023 • 55min
1046: Mind Experiment: We're Ants on an Alien Ant Farm
Are we was so focused on achieving that we're missing some great point about life? / Mind Experiment: We are ants in an alien ant farm. Are we learning the lessons we're meant to learn, or just working aimlessly? / What good is speeding if you're heading the wrong direction? / The satisfaction of devotion makes material success and liberation seem insignificant / Bharata's last prayer as a deer / "happiness arose out of all I didn't want or need, not all I did. - Pico Iyer SB 5.14.44-46
May 17, 2023 • 55min
1045: A Little Bhakti is a Permanent Asset
all material success is time bound / Bhakti is the path of Garuda, material success is the path of the flies / the depth of Bharata's renunciation / a little devotional service rendered sincerely is a permanent asset SB 5.14.41-43
May 16, 2023 • 53min
1044: Turning Down the Volume of the Ego
"Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts." - Henry David Thoreau / Srimad Bhagavatam is the commentary on Vedanta Sutra, by the author himself / creating enmity and dying without achieving life's mission / all material success winds up in failure as long as we maintain the "I and Mine" illusion / turn down the volume of the ego and listen for Krishna's whisper / humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights / you don't have to change your position, just purify your purpose SB 5.14.40-41
May 15, 2023 • 1h 2min
1043: Exiting the Forest of Material Enjoyment
if we cannot display wisdom, then we will clash like (legally blind moles) / when we are out of touch with our spiritual nature we are prone to misjudge intentions and exaggerate the dangers / at times we may have to live with an imperfect, untidy world / necessity knows no law / any sane person can understand that there's no happiness in the prison / saintly persons, who are friends to all living entities, have a peaceful consciousness
May 14, 2023 • 1h 11min
1042: Public Schools With Spiritual Insight - Interview With Navin Krishna Das
The Avanti Schools are a family of state funded schools in the UK which draw from traditional Bhakti texts like Bhagavad-gita and Srimad Bhagavatam to foster in their students not only educational excellence but also character formation and spiritual insight. In this episode, Kaustubha interviews Navin Krishna Das (Nitesh Gor) the Chief Executive of Avanti Schools Trust.
May 13, 2023 • 55min
1041: Q & A Volume 165
Can you share examples of women in Bhakti to follow - stories, authors, books, teachers, examples, etc? / How to get past self-loathing?
May 12, 2023 • 57min
1040: Self-loathing in the Cage of Material Enjoyment
regard this fleeting world like this… / the 4 sights of Gautama Buddha, which led to his realization of the impermanence and the ultimate dissatisfaction of conditioned existence / sleep is eating up our time / people try to drag us down / we stay in this cage for just a little material happiness / wealth is chanchala / oh the self-loathing / the indefatigable wheel of time / pseudo svāmīs, yogīs and incarnations / we're running around like monkeys SB 5.14.20-33
