Wisdom of the Sages

Raghunath and Kaustubha ask each other….. • When did you know that you had to commit your life to Bhakti? • What were your biggest doubts in the beginning? • What are your biggest doubts now?

What's the difference between love and Love? / Should we sing mantras glorifying the demigods? / What is the importance of studying verses in Sanskrit?

"Men are not punished for their sins, but by them." - Elbert Hubbard / karma is a natural law designed to foster a disposition of kindness, compassion and generosity / karma helps us own the consequences of our choices and actions / a little suffering can be healthy for our evolution / our desire for stability is indicative of our eternal nature / lust is nothing but love transformed / a real friend walks hand in hand with you toward divinity / we're not naughty by nature SB 5.10.13

I Love Mayapur / our material positions are merely conventional / externally operating according to material convention, internally thinking on the spiritual level / king today, dog tomorrow / for some time we play as master or servant, as actors play / do extraordinary things for an extraordinary life / stage dive into reality SB 5.10.11-12 https://www.youtube.com/@IloveMayapur

"Affirm the spirit, the Eternal I" - Ella Wheeler Wilcox / children can break your attachment and the knot in the heart / externally - operate according to convention, internally - think beyond convention / we are gathered together like straws floating in the waves of an ocean… inevitably separated by the laws of the waves / every living being can be a channel of love /the reflection of the spiritual real shows itself when the turbulence of the mind is quieted / the ant's soul is important too / the keys exist even if they aren't under the lamppost / the soul is never tired / austerity and penance is meant for seeing the distinctions between body and soul / you're not ripped! You're not this body.

"We are very good lawyers for our own mistakes but very good judges for the mistakes of others." Anonymous / Raghunath is not the spiller! / yoga creates space between stimulus and response / condemn activities, not people / don't forget your principles, even when times are tough / ants are people too / distinction between rajo-guṇa and sattva-guṇa SB 5.10.1-8

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How to understand dementia in a Bhakti context? / Is Krishna real?

Radha is the para-shakti, the origin of all the shakti's including Laxmi, Durga, Kali, etc. / Krishna protects those who - never identify with the body, are liberated from the knot in the heart, always engaged in welfare activities for all living entities, and never contemplate harming anyone / mental discipline in the morning / what does Krishna mean when He says "My devotee never perishes" / the protection of Jatayu the vulture SB 5.9.20

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