1819: Daring to Fly Higher | Jonathan Livingston Seagull and the Ascent to Bhakti
In the 1970s the book Jonathan Livingston Seagull became a bestseller. A parable about a gull who refuses to follow the flock and discovers...
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1818: Why Nothing in This World Satisfies Us
Voltaire — the greatest writer of the French Enlightenment wrote that there is a dim flame burning in every heart — an intuition that somewh...
1817: All Rivers Flow to the Sea | Beyond Exclusivism and Hyper-Inclusivism
Westerners who take interest in Eastern Spirituality may be reacting to elements of exclusivism found in Western religion (we're right and e...
1816: Krishna, Vishnu and the Mystery of the Avatars
Most Vedic literature speaks from a perspective within this universe. But some reveal that this universe is just a tiny bubble among countle...
1815: Watch Until the Dust Settles | Krishna's Love Never Leaves Vrindavan
It is said that Krishna never takes one step out of Vrindavan. But it appears that he does leave, and breaks the hearts of the Gopis. In thi...
1814: We Crash | God's Opulences and Our Limitations
What happens when an individual soul thinks the gifts they have are their own? Why do we see so many celebrities struggle, even though they...
1813: The Philosopher vs the Mystic | Understanding the Passion of the Gopīs
To the philosopher, the weeping of Krishna's lovers looks like ordinary suffering. To the mystics it's the culmination of the highest knowle...
1812: The Love Sewed in Every Stitch | Dolly Parton and the Bhagavad Gīta
It's not the coat of many colors that mattered. It was the love her momma sewed into every stitch. Dolly Parton understood something the Bha...
1811: Proust's Madeleine and Krishna's Footprints | The Power of the Senses to Transport You
A taste, a smell, a place, a song — something dormant rises suddenly from the depths. The Vedic tradition calls this Udīpana — stimuli that...
1810: Beneath Every Fear Is the Fear of Death
Anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, panic disorder, depression – beneath the specific symptoms of almost every mental health condition there is...
1809: The Fish in the Water Is Thirsty | Kabir and the Departure of Gus
"I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty. You don't grasp the fact that what is most alive of all is inside your own house...
1808: Everything on Earth Has a Purpose | Mourning Dove's Dharma
"Everything on the earth has a purpose. Every disease, an herb to cure it. And every person, a mission." Morning Dove — the first Native Ame...
1807: We're All Kings for a Moment | King Canute and the Force of Time
Commonly people speak of time as measurements – days, months, years, etc. Philosophers speak of time as the force that moves — and ultimatel...
1806: Low Self-Esteem and a Big Ego | Mike Tyson and the Keśī Demon
Low self-esteem and a big ego are two sides of the same coin. Mike Tyson saw it— there was "Iron Mike," the undefeatable persona built for t...
1805: The Humility and Heroism of Accepting Your Fate
Mariano Rivera — the greatest closer in baseball history — was willing to teach his rivals exactly how to throw his most devastating pitch....
1804: The Love Is Gone | Gandhi on Warped Religion
People use religion it to feel superior, or to protect their position. The name and rituals remain. But the love is gone. "What passes as Ch...
1803: Everything Is Nothing | George Harrison and the Krishna Mantra
You need people who have everything to show you that everything is nothing. George Harrison had wealth, fame, mansions, cars — everything ma...
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...
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...