2024 Swami Padmanabha

What is humanity's role in spiritual life? Are we meant to embrace it, transcend it, or reject it? Should we glorify or stigmatize it? What do we do with this proverbial elephant in the room? Join Swami Padmanabha and Radhadesha-vasis as they explore the apparent divide between the human and the sacred, and discover how they can come together, integrated, in Divine Humanism. Watch on YouTube https...

Part of embodying radical personalism is reframing our conceptualizations of the tradition. One such concept is 'renunciation,' which has often been misunderstood, leading to many toxic patterns of body, world, and matter denial. Join Swami Padmanabha and the Radhadesha-vasis as they explore the old paradigm of renunciation and reclaim what has been lost in its name. Watch on YouTube https://youtu...

Join Swami Padmanabha and Radhadesh residents as they delve into the connection between Radical Personalism and Krishna Consciousness. Krishna is not just referred to as the Supreme Godhead, but as the Supreme Personality of Godhead—emphasizing His personal, relational nature. Developing a relationship with this Supreme Person invites us to cultivate our own highest potential for personalism, deep...

0:00 Introduction and Update on recent travels 15:00 We can witness that there are deep lover’s of God in other traditions, and we also hear that unless someone meets a pure devotee from a bonafide sampradaya, one cannot develop love of God. So how can we understand the deep love practitioners from other traditions develop? And in this context, what is a “pure devotee”? 36:54 Swami Padmanabha was...

Join Swami Padmanabha as he continues to share with the students of Jivamukti studio in Barcelona on the topics of nonduality and the sacredness of matter as Krishna speaks of these topics in the Bhagavad-Gita. Watch on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/live/6b0Y4LV3lY0?si=p-ylWLhdP6oj_QIv ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ▶ WEBSITE ▶ FACEBOOK ▶ INSTAGRAM ▶ YOUTUBE ********* RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto for P...

Join Swami Padmanabha as he continues to share with the students of Jivamukti studio in Barcelona many aspects of guru and Divine ignorance and how Krishna speaks of these topics in the Bhagavad-Gita. Watch on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/live/j-PSHibsmxU?si=TFGV8vHYa9vUvk7o ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ▶ WEBSITE ▶ FACEBOOK ▶ INSTAGRAM ▶ YOUTUBE ********* RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto for Proactive D...

0:00 Intro 5:45 In Radical Personalism, one of the things that is said about the guru is that they are a facilitator of potential. I have an understanding of what that means as far as a counsellor or coach but what does that mean in relationship to the guru. 24:57 I don’t see that you are wearing tilak and I am wondering why. 30:59 What is the best way we can share radical personalism with others?...

Join Swami Padmanabha as he shares with the students of Jivamutki studio in Barcelona about vulnerability and empowerment, and individuation described in Radical Personalism and how they show up in the Bhagavad-gita. Watch on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/live/PEfTeH1bLBs?si=nyhT9wj3ZEQRsS2y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ▶ WEBSITE ▶ FACEBOOK ▶ INSTAGRAM ▶ YOUTUBE ********* RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto...

0:00 Introduction 5:15 How to harmonize the statement that “A blade of grass moves without the sanction of the Lord” with the concept that He does not interfer with the free will of the jiva? 31:40 How to balance our responsibility with Krishna’s will? 43:12 Does “advancement” in spiritual life include the healing of our human dysfunctions? 58:20 Like Jiva Goswami envisioned that “Krsnas tu bhagav...

There is never an end to the refinement of our understanding born from experience. Although self-love in bhakti is a "repeated" topic, it is none the less ever-fresh due to the speakers realizations since the last time he spoke on this, because we ourselves are not the same people we were before, and the hearts that are present draw out different things from the sensitive speaker. Can we hear this...

Live katha - August 30th, 2024 Watch on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkMly9sR8CU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ▶ WEBSITE ▶ FACEBOOK ▶ INSTAGRAM ▶ YOUTUBE ********* RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto for Proactive Devotion.

0:00 How can we present bhakti yoga so that people can relate to it and don't think we are weird? 19:48 In your book, Radical Personalism, what did you mean by the disciple should surrender proportionately to the guru's surrender? 43:47 We hear that Srivasa Acharya told Mahaprabhu that if he is not maintained by the Lord and goes without food for two days, on the third day he would throw himself i...

Today's discussion is with the Ananda dhama vasis and pilgrims, Swami Padmanabha and Siddhartha Krishna dasa. 0:00 What has scripture given you and how have you realized that wisdom? 1:26:14 From your experience, how do you see the nature of the relationship between guru and disciple? Watch on YouTube https://youtu.be/2rlI-0BMfhs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ▶ WEBSITE ▶ FACEBOOK ▶ INSTAGRAM ▶ YOUTUBE ********* R...

Watch on YouTube https://youtube.com/live/mFP6vNHhx4Y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ▶ WEBSITE ▶ FACEBOOK ▶ INSTAGRAM ▶ YOUTUBE ********* RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto for Proactive Devotion.

0:00 Introduction 10:18 How do we carry the satisfaction and happiness we experience when we go on pilgrimage to holy dhama back to our "normal" life? 32:06 What is meant by contemplative prayer? 56:12 Can you please explain the meaning behind the Invocation of the Isopanisad? 1:18:18 Is it "sinful" to enjoy nature? 1:29:21 There so many seva aparadha's listed by our acarya's that it feels overwhe...

Sri Krishna Janmastami (part 2) - August 26th, 2024 Watch on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvRC2Vhk_xw ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ▶ WEBSITE ▶ FACEBOOK ▶ INSTAGRAM ▶ YOUTUBE ********* RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto for Proactive Devotion.

Sri Krishna Janmastami (part 1) - August 26th, 2024 Watch on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pJEkr83i40&t=1s ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ▶ WEBSITE ▶ FACEBOOK ▶ INSTAGRAM ▶ YOUTUBE ********* RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto for Proactive Devotion.

0:00 Introduction 2:00 The Dangers of Emphasizing that we Can Fall from Bhakti 20:30 How to Understand the World´s Suffering if God is Omnipotent? 43:15 In which way does Individuation include Integrating the Collective Unconscious? 56:22 On Taking Risks to Experience God´s Embrace 1:08:32 On Everyone being a Potential Devotee 1:20:36 Nuanced Considerations on Nama-aparadha 1:34:29 Should we Appro...

0:00 Intro 2:26 What is a bhakti-centered approach to intercessory prayer, especially when devotee friends ask us to pray for them or their relatives? 20:57 In relationship to Krishna being all love, how are we to understand karma and punishment? 40:17 If a person has a deep moment of vulnerability and it opened them to the experience of unconditional love, do they then go back to the spiritual wo...

Jhulana-yatra (and other Topics) Watch on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIKUOkbtydE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ▶ WEBSITE ▶ FACEBOOK ▶ INSTAGRAM ▶ YOUTUBE ********* RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto for Proactive Devotion.

0:00 Meaning of "sri caitanya mano ´bhistam..." verse 39:43 What to Do when we Don´t Feel Anything when Practicing 1:23:29 Understanding Krishna´s Crooked Form 1:40:49 Integrating Material & Spiritual Dimensions Watch on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kuC3yiLzjM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ▶ WEBSITE ▶ FACEBOOK ▶ INSTAGRAM ▶ YOUTUBE ********* RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto for Proactive Dev...

0:00 Intro 0:04:44 Is samadhi in the 8-fold system the same as samadhi in the bhakti tradition? 0:20:38 How do we deal with our emotions in order to stay in the flow of the present moment? 0:39:26 I notice that sometimes using “godbrother” and “godsister,” at least in addressing people in groups by that designation, has a way of being divisive, because there is a tendency for it to leave many othe...

0:06:54 Can you say something about the meeting you had today with the sufi master? What did you speak about? 0:11:52 What does Krishna want from us? What will please Him? 0:37:13 What can we do when we lose our community, sadhu-sangha? 0:56:34 Where does the concept of suffering in relationship to grace come from? To me, it seems a toxic idea. 1:13:41 Was there a point in time, when we turned awa...

Join Swami Padmanabha as he dives deeply into the most important teaching that the most important person in Gaudiya Vaishnavism said. During this class Swami explores the 4 pillars presented in the 3rd verse of siksastakam that support a way of seeing God’s love everywhere and to see each of the pillars—humility, tolerance, respect-offering honor to others and not expecting any in return—supportin...

Join Swami Padmanabha in his first class in France as he distinguishes between belief and faith, and how the reality of experience is the essence of our practice. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG2qjLQUbqU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ▶ WEBSITE ▶ FACEBOOK ▶ INSTAGRAM ▶ YOUTUBE ********* RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto for Proactive Devotion.