2025 Swami Padmanabha

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0:00 Introduction 8:00 How is love mutually influential? Can we use that as a criterion of true love? 39:37 If love itself is a necessity, how can it be selfless, since one’s necessities are by nature one’s self-interest? How can I distinguish if someone is loving selflessly or from self-interest? 54:31 If we have to get God's unconditional love, how do we get that experience without falling into...

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This talk opens with the exploration of spiritual imperfectionism—a liberating alternative to the toxic obsession with perfection that often haunts the path. Drawing on Kapiladeva’s teaching that worship means little if not expressed through how we treat others, Swami reminds us that every heart is a temple and every being a living altar. From here, he points toward a healing vision of bhakti wher...

0:00 Introduction 8:20 What is the place and depth of a relationship with siksa guru? 25:30 How do we distinguish between being guided by our elders and establishing a siksa guru/sisya disciple relationship? 36:42 If gurus say different things from each other or from sastra, how do we discern which to follow? 54:12 What are the responsibilities of a sisya to their siksa guru? 1:05:53 How do we nav...

0:00 Introduction 7:00 Is there a relationship between order, disorder, reorder and kanistha, madhyam and uttama? 29:55 How can we create community when our unhealed human wounds prevent us from intimate relationships? 55:23 Since deep relationships are nourished through time and shared experience, how can we address the lack of this in community life—especially in our bond with the guru, which is...

0:00 Introduction 12:30 What, where and who is the soul? 41:27 What makes Krishna’s definition of a sadhu the most controversial verse of the Gita? 48:10 How can we tell the difference between God’s mercy and a test? 1:01:47 How can we harmonize that Krishna has not set plan for us, we are not the doer and yet we have to suffer the karma for our actions? 1:09:00 Is there a healthy and toxic way fo...

0:00 Introduction 9:43 How can we have a goal that is not fixed, but rather open? 20:00 What is the position of knowledge gained by reading scriptures, in relation to developing our love for God? 36:44 How can we learn from lila-smaranam? 59:00 Can our heart reveal the absolute truth? 1:20:21 Who is your guru? 1:30:00 If we don’t have a personal guru, how can we be discerning? 1:49:10 Why are the...

Join Swami Padmanabha as he explores profound insights from Evolution in Divine Love, inviting us to see God in new and dynamic ways. In this conversation, Swami discusses the paradox of a God who is both changeless and ever-evolving, perfect yet infinitely full of possibilities—what he describes as “100% plus infinity.” He offers fresh perspectives on omniscience, free will, and divine empathy, e...

The Bhāgavatam teaches that gurus are everywhere, beginning with the earth itself. Learn from matter, from the ground beneath your feet. Don’t despise the world; don’t say, “I need to get out.” Even a child or a prostitute can be a teacher, because guru is everywhere—Kṛṣṇa is everywhere. True discipleship is seeing that presence in all things. Renunciation (sannyāsa) is often misunderstood as reje...

In this talk, Swami Padmanabha explores the art of holding space through compassionate listening and radical presence. Drawing from the bhakti tradition, he invites us to see listening not as passive reception but as the very first duty of love—a sacred offering that opens us to God, to others, and to life itself. Through practical examples and deep reflection, Swami unpacks how authentic presence...

0:00 Introduction 7:57 How to introduce and increase meaningful dialogue and deeply personal relationships within a community? —Is it normal to experience inner turmoil specifically on holy days? 25:22 Considering the commonalities of other spiritual paths with Gaudiya Vaishnavism, why have you chosen Gaudiya Vaishnavism as your path? 44:09 How can we pay love forward and live it right here today?...

In this class, Swami Padmanabha invites us to rediscover the extraordinariness hidden within the ordinary. Drawing from Evolution in Divine Love, he challenges the harmful division we often create between “spiritual life” and “material life,” showing instead how everything—work, family, service, even the most mundane tasks—can be lived as sacred. Through stories, humor, and deep insight, Swami exp...

In this talk, Swami Padmanabha invites us to explore sacred vulnerability and embodied honesty as the foundation of spiritual life and community. Using images of bouquets, conversation, and masks, he reflects on how true love is not selective but embraces everything in relation to the Divine. Spirituality, he explains, is not about isolating ourselves in perfectionism or hiding behind religious ma...

0:00 Introduction 5:02 Can you share a prompts, idea or reflection about Sri Radha to meditate on tomorrow, Radhastami? 45:33 Is it too simplistic to assume that when we think we are speaking with Radha and Krishna, we are actually speaking with Them? 59:16 If we have not experienced love—particularly the deep love of the feminine—how can we connect with spiritual love, especially the love of Śrī...

0:00 Introduction 07:03 How does evil come from love? 33:30 What kind of lust is the enemy of our soul? 51:25 Appreciating the Paradigm Shift 58:34 If avidya is the absence of knowledge and the absence of love, how are knowledge and love related? Watch on: https://youtu.be/J4lJMyn46i0?si=Ey5k2tbf5qWylNAL Join us each week in this sacred space as we deepen our commitment to truth and authenticity....

13:17 How can we embrace imperfections and integrate negativity in a healthy holistic way and accept impediments as opportunities? 45:20 If I am not at the same level of enthusiasm of those around me, is it better to jump in and try to push myself or towait and observe? 58:17 Do we carry a form of love in us, even though it is not specifically prema? 1:16:35 Could a person who has never received l...

In this class, Swami Padmanabha explores the often-overlooked sacred dimension of matter, drawing from Chapter 4 of Evolution in Divine Love and the deep well of wisdom that underlies it. Rather than seeing the material world as profane, disconnected, or an obstacle to transcendence—as toxic religious thought has often implied—the Gaudiya tradition recognizes matter as Maya-śakti: a sacred energy...

2:49 How can I feel I have a guru even if I don’t officially have one? 47:14 What are we meant to do in the stages of anartha-nivritti to make progress in our spiritual journey? 1:29:49 How can we develop our faith in a healthy way? Watch on: https://youtube.com/live/5aXy3nGFCkk **************************************************** ▶ PURCHASE “EVOLUTION IN DIVINE LOVE: The Eternal Becoming of God,...

In this class, Swami Padmanabha draws from Chapter 3 of Evolution in Divine Love—“Mapping the Soul’s Unbroken Potential” and the resources found there—to open a rich discussion on the limitless nature of the soul. Our truest identity is not only what we are now, but the radiant potential of what we can become when connected to our divine source. Along the way, Swami touches on themes such as radic...

On this sacred day of Srila Prabhupada’s appearance, Swami Padmanabha enters the heart of Prabhupada’s pranama mantras—unfolding their meaning line by line. A meditation not only on Srila Prabhupada’s extraordinary life, but on the essence of service, humility, and divine love that he embodied. ____________ (composed by Srila Govinda Mahārāja and edited by Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Maharaja) na...

What does it mean that Krishna forgets He is God when He plays in Vraja? How can His birth become the cause of ours? And why does He confess that He can never repay the love of His devotees? In this session, we step further into the mystery of Krishna’s janma karma—a birth that is not just His story, but forms the basis of ours. Watch on: https://youtube.com/live/K2f3x7EW2Sg **********************...

The Tattva of Janma - Reading what is in between and surrounding the words of Bhagavad-gita 4.6 Watch on: https://youtube.com/live/812yRKYVcC4 **************************************************** ▶ PURCHASE “EVOLUTION IN DIVINE LOVE: The Eternal Becoming of God, Soul, and Matter” in hardcover, paperback, and/or Kindle formats: https://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Divine-Love-Eternal-Becoming/dp/099691...

0:00 Introduction 4:59 How can we prepare our consciousness for Janmasthami? 19:27 Is the sacredness of Janmastami inherent in the day or because thousands of people in the collective are celebrating that day? 23:38 What does it mean that “mercy is causeless but not priceless”? 36:20 How can we develop deep sraddha? 46:36 How do we know if we are empowered by the God or our ego? 1:06:19 Where does...

The nature of love is such that it is constantly flowing in its intentionality devoid of any selfish motives focused on the well-being of others. Like a river, its continual flow creates a newness so that it is never the same twice, even though we use the same name or words to describe it. The continual flow of increasing intimacy allows for continual wonder and rediscovery. God, we and all of cre...