2024 Swami Padmanabha

In this last session of a 3-part series on self-love in bhakti, learning how to relate to ourselves, Swami Padmanabha contextualizes self-love in God’s unconditional love. To accept deeply that Krishna already loves us—that his love does not and cannot be earned by some meritorious deed—is a healthy motivating factor in our bhakti practice. We need not be driven by fear, or guilt, or the pressure...

“Of all types of knowledge, I am knowledge of the soul. I am fully present in those moments when you grasp completely who you are, with all of that’s implications,” Krishna explains in the Gita. Self-love is one of those implications of knowing what the soul is. In this 2nd of a 3-part series on self-love in bhakti, Swami Padmanabha grounds our sense of self in the foundational knowledge of the se...

0:00 Swami Padmanabha shares some insight from the class, SELF-LOVE IN BHAKTI: Learning to Relate to Ourselves (part 1) , which he gave the previous night introducing another way of speaking about integrative, wholesome and healthy paradigms with which to approach our spiritual life. 01:43 Swami spontaneously honors the sacredness of the Istagosthi, describing it as a way of circumambulating with...

Swami Padmanabha introduces a 3-part series on the pivotal theme of self-love and its essential place within bhakti: is self-love “legal” in the bhakti tradition?; how can we express self-love, self-care, self-compassion in a way that nourishes our bhakti and our connection with the center, with everything else, which is also connected with that same common center? Tune in as the assembled sages e...

0:00 Swami Padmanabha invites all to participate in this exchange of questions and answers in a mutual reach into the potential of relating with one another—to awaken, acknowledge and celebrate the fact that everything is interconnected as we explore the reach and depth of that connectedness in the ocean of TADATMYA—empathy. What’s the heart? What’s my heart? What am I in potential? What are you?...

Step into this profound exchange, nestled within the embrace of caring, seasoned companionship. Here, kindred spirits come together as brothers and sisters, courageously embracing their uncertainties. 0:00 Swami Padmanabha powerfully reflects on the importance of the reality “There is only one family” and on that basis coming together, talking and thinking about what our contribution is in this ti...

Join this enlightening journey with Swami Padmanabha and a community of fellow seekers as they delve into the profound realms of spiritual wisdom in a deeply personal manner. Discover transformative insights tailored to your individual journey, empowering you to cultivate spiritual growth right where you are. 0:00 Swami Padmanabha reflects on his recent gathering with esteemed figures like Father...

Join Swami Padmanabha and friends as they seek to refine and embody Gaudiya concepts. 0:00 Swami Padmanabha shares a few words on last week’s Gaura-purnima and of the intent to imbibe all that Mahaprabhu represents on a heart-level, not just a head-level. In this way, the festival remains significant and important internally regardless of externals. 03:48 How can we have an experience of the stori...

Of all the infinite and unlimited forms of God, which are each unlimited in themselves, the fullest face of the Absolute is Sri Krishna in the forests of Vraja. It is there that everything is in place for him to relish the full moon of rasa in the fullness of his divinely human form. And yet, it is in the densest moments of the churned hearts of Vraja-lila where he finds himself bereft of yet a fu...

Experience divine synergy as Swami Padmanabha and Tamal Krishna intertwine their voices and hearts in this festival of enchanting insight and narrative of Gaurahari-katha illuminating the multi-layered love of God. ▶ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSQyHTfhsQQ ▶ WEBSITE ▶ FACEBOOK ▶ INSTAGRAM ▶ YOUTUBE ********* RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto for Proactive Devotion.

Join Swami Padmanabha and Dhira Govinda dasa as they team up to share insights into the source of healing and wholeness—God’s unconditional love—each from their own perspectives and experiences. In this time of our collective history, we are experiencing a crisis of meaning and purposelessness. This has lead to an epidemic of feeling worthless, and, in response has called to the forefront our need...

Join Swami Padmanabha as he introduces further insights into the ever-evolving nature of god and how Mahaprabhu is the most evolving face of Divinity. What are the implications of an ever-evolving god? What are the implications if he is not? What energizes this becomingness? How does an ever-evolving god impact us and our potential? Exploration of these questions leads to the nature of love, which...

Join Swami Padmanabha and friends as they refine their understanding of how to embody radical personalism. 0:00 Introduction and invitation to Swami Padmanabha’s upcoming classes in Alachua which are all pointing in the direction of the zenith of tadatmya, Sri Gaurahari. 4:49 We have a tendency to think that our humanity has nothing to do with our spiritual life. Please contextualize Srila Jiva Go...

Join Swami Padmanabha and friends in Alachua, FL, as the celebratory momentum starts to build toward an overflowing crescendo on Gaura purnima to which we are invited to continues in a perpetual uninterrupted current of kirtaniya. Today’s talk broadens the reach of TADATMYA, mystical empathy, as a defining principle of all loving relationships—the willingness to connect with another’s experience b...

Join Swami Padmanabha and friends in Alachua, FL, as they discuss they topic of crisis in general, and specifically crisis of faith. Swami approaches crisis from a balanced perspective that not only normalizes the existence of crisis in our lives, but speaks of the necessity of it. Three main points are explored: what is crisis? why do we experience a crisis as a crisis? how to navigate a crisis w...

Join Swami Padmanabha and friends as they refine their understanding of how to embody radical personalism. 0:00 Introduction to Swami's forthcoming book, currently in the writing process, exploring the ever-evolving nature of Reality and the implications of God's experience of ever-fresh love as a state of perpetual growth. 05:35 A few words in honor and explanation of Maha Shiva Ratri in relation...

Join Swami Padmanabha and friends as they bring deep concerns found through their practice into the arena of discussion. 0:00 Mangalacarana; Swami Padmanabha shares his current seminar about Prayer in Cali, Colombia, and the importance of being present in relation to our sense of identity. 8:39 How can Krishna’s greatness be approached so we can appreciate his sweetness according to my present sta...

Swami Padmanabha invites us to the beautiful entanglement of sadhu sangha—to the attachment to honesty. Honesty is the perfection of our endeavors and not the external packaging of them. 0:00 Mahaprabhu’s gift of unconditional love 7:43 What does it mean that “God needs to be protected”; how does Mahaprabhu’s vulnerability relate to ours; how as individuals and a community can we show up to serve...

Swami Padmanabha invites us to the beautiful entanglement of sadhu sangha—to the attachment to honesty. Honesty is the perfection of our endeavors and not the external packaging of them. 0:00 Introduction 04:49 Static vows in the face of constant change 38:38 Evolution as the nature of reality and its implications from practice to prema 50:43 When people want to war against our peace 1:05:15 Group...

Swami Padmanabha addresses the concerns of practitioners where their boots meet the ground, so to speak, highlighting the necessity for ongoing conversation that both challenges held perspectives and provides the tools to reconceive words, ideas and practices in a way that more closely align with our inner intensions. 0:00 Introduction 9:36 Clarification from Previous Class Regarding Book Distribu...

Swami Padmanabha addresses the concerns of practitioners where their boots meet the ground, so to speak, highlighting the necessity for ongoing conversation that both challenges held perspectives and provides the tools to reconceive words, ideas and practices in a way that more closely align with our inner intensions. 0:00 Introduction 26:19 Is Pracar/Preaching the Highest Service? 52:25 The 'I' a...

Swami Padmanabha presents TADATMYA: Devotional Alliance. This presentation encapsulates the natural evolution of Radical Personalism into the intentional community known as TADATMYA: Devotional Alliance. Swami shares how the community came into being; why it is called “TADATMYA: Devotional Alliance;” and how to participate in this sangha. ▶ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/live/ygEPSnydaz...

Join in the conversation amongst pilgrims who share the same journey—coming together and opening their hearts in trust, bringing forth relevant concerns in an attempt to deepen one’s personal approach to a balanced humanity and spirituality, and to grow together and nourish each other in the context of developing love of God. This is the purpose of Istagosthi—in a safe environment, we are invited...

As with all things, it is not the thing itself that carves our experience of reality, but rather how we approach those things. Rules and regulations can be confining and restrictive, as well as empowering and liberating. As we mature, we are invited to go beyond the letter of the law, which at one time was as deep as we could go, to a deeper understanding to the intent and purpose of the rules we...

Criticism is not, per se, something necessarily offensive. In fact, friendly criticism is an absolutely crucial component for any mature conversation—and relationship—to exist and evolve. Unfortunately, some Gaudiya representatives tend to weaponize concepts like aparadha (offense) and even demonize any form of critique as something to be avoided at all costs. Instead, we should learn the art of c...