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
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Mar 7, 2023 • 54min
979: Is My Ladder Leaning Against the Wrong Wall?
Is My Ladder Leaning Against the Wrong Wall? "If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster." ― Stephen R. Covey / the Bhakti-yogi has no interest in the mystic magic tricks / liberation personified waits at the door of the Bhakti-yogi with folded hands
Mar 6, 2023 • 56min
978: Who is Sri Chaitanya?
Raghunath and Kaustubha discuss Sri Caitanya, the Krishna Avatar, in terms of his internal and external purposes of appearing, along with calling out danger of personality cults and false claims of being an avatar.
Mar 4, 2023 • 59min
977: Q & A Volume 155
Why do we have to experience loss in this world … the loss of loved ones, and will we ever be reunited? / How to make one's life an offering to God? / How to improve at japa meditation?
Mar 3, 2023 • 55min
976: Imitation vs Authenticity in Spiritual Practice
authentic practice allows for individuality, imitation limits it / imitating the great saints doesn't help anyone / hippies were imitating Rsabhadeva / adjusting tradition, maintaining the compassionate purpose / it makes perfect sense to worship stones! SB 5.6.9 - 14
Mar 2, 2023 • 56min
975: Thinking About Death Can Clarify Your Life
the inevitable global influence of Bhakti / thinking about death can clarify your life / cemeteries are full of indispensable people / Yogamaya - Krishna voluntarily becomes influenced by illusion for play / What was Rsabdeva trying to avoid by living as an avaduta? (And how can it be applied in our lives?) 1. Prajalpa (gossip and unhelpful talk), 2. Entanglement in the regular material affairs, 3. Ego related thought, 4. Being seen as a saint SB 5.6.6-8
Mar 1, 2023 • 57min
974: It's Not a Curse, It's a Greater Plan
Don't preach, be the example / We're being sold a false identity / Our identity is a divine spark of God and we're meant to reconnect with it / Let go of the excess baggage and scrub the window of the soul / Be cautious trusting the mind & following your instinct / don't offend devotees if you want to control the mind / mind your own business & Control your own senses & mind / Give love, inspire and assist others on their spiritual path / there's always a greater plan / Perfect randomness is part of a divine tapestry / Sometimes purification comes by fire SB 5.6.3-6
Feb 28, 2023 • 57min
973: Getting Real
Maya is a black out curtain / Call in the light and watch magic happen / What is my conditioning and what is real? / find your authentic self before Madison Ave sold you your looks / our vehicles have nothing to do with us / The world is a maze / Pruning enhances our growth / Cultivate knowledge to help understand tragedy / Weave knowledge in daily to cultivate wisdom / How can there be anything wrong when I've got Krishna? / We've been practicing anxiety for lifetimes / Krishna has dropped a bell over us for protection SB 5.6.1-3
Feb 27, 2023 • 55min
972: Growing Impatient with Our Own Skepticism
Nick Cave on the death in 2015 of his teenage son, Arthur / understanding of our vulnerability / step beyond the full force of the grief and experience a kind of joy that is entirely new / grief can enlarge the heart heart / in bhakti, not only do you survive, you thrive / better not to judge - you never know who you're dealing with / yogic practices of extreme renunciation / if this world is unreal, then in one sense there is no good and bad SB 5.5.29-35
Feb 26, 2023 • 53min
971: Q&A Volume 154
What is the Importance of Initiation / Is the desire for peer association in Bhakti due to ego or is it my true soul wanting to connect? / Any advice for the spiritually vacant? /
Feb 25, 2023 • 54min
970: Simple Living & High Thinking / Interview with Plenitud Farm
Raghunath interviews Draupadi and Vaishnava about Plenitud Farm, PR. They discuss water harvesting, SuperAdobe huts, permaculture, and more. For more info, check out https://www.plenitudpr.org/welcome
