1802: No One Truly Knows Me | The Loneliness Epidemic and Bhakti Vedānta
The majority of Americans say no one truly knows them. Research shows that warm, real connection correlates directly with physical health an...
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1801: The World Responds to Krishna's Beauty
Many spiritual traditions lack a personal conception of the Divine. Other's do, but offer little description of what that means. The Bhakti...
1800: I'm Coming Out!
Episode 1800. To celebrate, Raghunath and Kaustubha open the floor to the Wisdom of the Sages community — sharing the stories of the moment...
1799: Give Me a God That Sings and Dances | Was Nietzsche Looking for Krishna?
"I would believe only in a God who knows how to dance." Nietzsche didn't reject God — he rejected a God who was solemn, heavy and joyless. W...
1798: Beauty: Blessing or Curse? | Dostoevsky and the Heart of Man
Studies show that beautiful people earn more, get hired faster, and receive lighter sentences in court. Beauty is power. But Dostoevsky saw...
1797: The Diametric Opposite of Lust | The Rāsa Līlā Completes
How does meditating on Krishna's romantic pastimes conquer lust? Not through repression — through a higher meditation. In classical yoga, th...
1796: Prabhupāda Made New York a Holy Place | ISKCON at 60
Sixty years ago Śrīla Prabhupāda arrived in New York City — not by accident, but by design. He understood that what happens in New York radi...
1795: The Absurdity of Imitation on the Spiritual Path
When we first find the spiritual path, we imitate. It's natural. We put on the costume before we've done the inner work. We adopt the style...
1794: Jñāna & Bhakti: Both Bring Detachment, One Does It Beautifully
"Love separates all things from the soul." Meister Eckhart — fourteenth century Christian mystic, so radical the Pope investigated him for h...
1793: The Highest Transcendence Through Passionate Love | The Rāsa Dance Begins
A first reading of the Rāsa Līlā might suggest the gopīs' love is selfish, irresponsible, even unethical. But looking closer one can find th...
1792: How Do You Know What Krishna Wants Next? / Q&A Vol. 299
Live from the Wisdom of the Sages annual Tuscany retreat, three questions that go to the heart of the practice. How do we deepen intimacy in...
1791: Parents, Teenagers, Codependency and Mercy / Q&A Vol. 298
Q&A Live from the Wisdom of the Sages annual Tuscany retreat. How does a bhakti practitioner maintain boundaries with a parent whose behavio...
1790: How Do You Know You're Advancing? / Q&A Vol. 297
Live from the Wisdom of the Sages annual Tuscany retreat, Raghunath and Kaustubha take questions from their live audience. Four questions: W...
1789: The Debt Krishna Cannot Repay | Arthur Ashe and the Signature of Real Love
That is the signature of real love — not what you get out of it, but how impossible it feels to ever pay it back. Arthur Ashe, dying, wrote...
1788: The Gopīs' Love | The Complete, Concentrated Form of Yogic Awareness
The yogī sits for years, disciplining the mind, trying to bring scattered awareness to a single point of focus. In this episode Raghunath an...
1787: What Are You Exchanging Your Life For? | Thoreau and the Gopī Gīta
Henry David Thoreau wrote, "The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it." With every choice, we're trading the moments o...
1786: Our Love and Prayers for the People of Venezuela
This episode begins with a sober heart. A dear member of the Wisdom of the Sages community was caught in the middle of the earthquake that s...
1785: Direction Will Come to You | Phil Jackson and the Heart of Bhakti
Phil Jackson won eleven championship rings — the most of any coach in NBA history. His secret wasn't more effort. It was less noise. "If you...
1784: "If Creation Is Play of Brahman, Why all the Suffering?" | Bhakti-Vedānta and Līlā
If creation is God's play, why do we suffer? It's one of the oldest questions in philosophy — and the Srimad Bhagavatam answers it through t...
1783: Keeping the Bhakti Romance Alive / Q&A Vol. 296
How do you keep bhakti fresh, sweet and progressive for the rest of your life — fueled by genuine love rather than institutional guilt or a...