Wisdom of the Sages

lose yourself & find yourself in service / dasya bhava - the mood of service / service is joy / the stories we tell shape our attitudes / serve wholeheartedly / to not accept that there are others more qualified, wise, respectable is insane / Mara embodies dasya bhava / the flavor of dasya rasa is sweet / dasya bhava is a thread that runs through all the flavors of love / we've cheapened everythin...

Raghu drops the ball on the parent talk / until we understand that we are not the machine we remain a slave to the machine / use the pain to go deeper / advancing in yoga starts with seeing God in everyone / every body is a temple / root out the hate in the heart SB 3.13.1-7

find the friend within / act as if you're in control, but deeply understand you aren't in control / knowledge & detachment transform work into yoga / especially at the forks in the road, take shelter of Bhagavatam & sages / A.J.'s coming out / our minute independence can be engaged in disconnection or reconnection / Bhaghavatam asks us to expand our minds / where religion goes wrong is when it's u...

"Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist" Pablo Picasso / a person who is materially detached and knows happiness comes from within can speak the truth / every social order has a particular psychology to purify / it's how much you make, not how much you give that counts / solving the caste system problem - it's your qualities and behavior, not your birth / Vedic culture wa...

guru means heavy / guru in the mind, guru in the heart, guru externally / the logic of the half chicken / the weakness of mantra without tapas / the reprehensible delusions of guruship / guru is a transparent via medium / a happy fathers day message

what is the Bhakti-yoga perspective on depression, trauma and managing through continuous difficulties in life? / could you share some practical tools for replacing the negative mantras in my mind when I struggle with criticizing and tolerating other people? / is good relative or universal, is forgiveness always good, and can hate be healthy?

after years of meditation Brahma provides the manual for life in the material world / Vedic culture cultivates self realization / the upaveda sciences / how Bhakta Justin outgrew drag culture / the goal is Krishna Prema - how much of the culture we adopt is according to the individual

when the lulls come, take the next step / break-up advice - resentment, anger, fear or revenge - like Rama leaving Ayodhya / embrace the humiliation / we know too much / through our respect & love for our teacher comes the empowerment to carry out their instructions / in Bhakti the future is always bright / the lessons keep coming til you learn them / creating sage minds / expect to get challenged...

Bhakta Justin doesn't need psychedelics / practicing bhakti is like living in a music video / the koshas / letting go of prestige / humiliation can be a breakthrough / the asuric mentality -I AM THE CONTROLLER - I AM THE ENJOYER / giving up everything by force / before the body dies let the false self die / letting the false self die through ritual SB 3.12.33

it's a good time to wake up / we swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter / accepting radical responsibility / Brahma's humiliation / Vedic literature teaches like a king, like a friend & like a lover / once you think you're above Maya, you're in Maya! / draw a line in the sand with porn / we're all just a click away from big maya / what...

gratitude is the symbol of one's spiritual advancement / the fuse is lit! / the material world is gonna get kooky / Bhakti Louie's gratitude / religion can lead to arrogance / Daksha's arrogance / truth is food for the soul / give up desires that are destructive to spiritual values / bhakti gets you through tough times / through bhakti one immediately acquires knowledge & detachment / notice your...

why did God make creatures that hurt us, like mosquitoes and snakes? / what is it ok to pray to Krishna for? / how to understand the eternal Vedic teachings to the manifold questions related to homosexuality, transgender, gender and sex, equal rights, and how does morality relate to diverse sexual and gender identity issues? / do you have to live it to give it?

may Lord Jagannatha be the object of my vision / anger quotes from Emerson, Ingersoll, Plato, Twain, Thomas A Kempis, Marcus Aurelius & Horace / Srimad-Bhagavatam family tree / all Indians can trace back the family linage? / Sati's spontaneous human combustion / a joke from the Bhagavatam SB 3.12.12-22 http://www.harekrsna.de/jagannathastakam-e.htm http://vedadev.ru/images/SB%20Family%20Tree03.jpg

it's what you do with your stuff that counts / don't lose your spiritual credit in the slot machine of offenses / arrogance makes us suffer / can I be spiritual and still eat meat / lust is the beginning of misogyny / I squirm too / whatever happens to me, I take no offense / nobody can hurt you, unless you allow them / the devotee is in the heart of Krishna & He knows nothing but them

Ben & Esther's Vegetarian Jewish Deli / Krishna has a crazy recipe for all of us / contemplation of the objects of the senses leads to attachment, desire, anger, delusion, bewilderment of memory, loss of intelligence & fall down into the material pool / maya is knocking / the birth of Shiva / anger by nature is destructive / if I realize that the world doesn't revolve around me, it's much easier t...

welcome to the world Kian Arjuna Murphy / Raghu learned everything from Davy and Goliath / Narayana-parayana / we have debts to our forefathers / the Jain girl sannyasi / water the root and your debt to the leaf is paid / Brahma checks his anger / let's hurry up & have some more babies! SB 3.12.5-6

is the point to of shavasana to completely clear your mind and not think of anything? / at the moment of death, what exactly migrates to the next body & when we say that each soul is separate and distinct, is each soul otherwise identical, or does each one have its own characteristics or, for lack of a better word, personality? / can you please help with book recommendations? / how does a devotee...

busy doing nothing / Raghu ran a surf school in Costa Rica!?! / Brahma's job dissatisfaction / why the executioner wears a mask / glue trap of material existence / the remedy for job dissatisfaction / Brahma creates the 4 Kumaras / 4 principles of knowledge: sāṅkhya, yoga, vairāgya & tapas / the 4 bhakti lineages / fun at the Bankebihari Temple / Tatiyastan SB 3.12.3-4

who is Tulasi Devi? / Bhakti-yogis don't renounce things, they purify them / materialism breeds anxiety & suffering / Indra - the top level materialist, Brahma top level intelligence / zoom in & zoom out / only pure devotion delivers happiness / 5 types of ignorance - the sense of death, anger upon frustration, the sense of false ownership, illusory bodily conception, forgetfulness of one's real i...

repetition is the mother of mastery / I am 100% responsible for creating my experience / perspective from the Handmaid's Tale / living with both perspectives - zoomed in & zoomed out / you need perspective to map out your destination / Brahma's entire life is one breath for Vishnu / time can control only those who are body conscious / everything is gonna change - that's a given / who's the control...

we don't need to rearrange our personality / Mara needs an attitude adjustment / on a cosmic scale we have a very short life span / on a cosmic scale the ups & downs of our lives are very insignificant / it's all macro-micro! / our minds should be blown on a regular basis! / the residents of the higher planets don't need acid / yoga is eternal SB 3.11.16-35

what is a Bhakti Yogi's relationship with morality? / does a Bhakti yoga path suggest indifference towards political issues or can it coincide with an interest in political causes and speaking up against systemic inequities? / as much as I want to practically denounce the material world, don't we need some material things? / do one's rounds become easier after they take shelter of a guru? and how...

the optimists creed / don't bring bad habits into sacred circles / get out of your own head by serving others / life is short, what do I want to contribute? / time & space are correlative terms / measuring time from 8/13,500ths of a second up to the 100 year lifespan / just a moment of time with a sadhu can give all perfection / the sun diminishes our duration of life in order to release us from t...

"this yoga really works" - spiritual knowledge counters body dysmorphia / material detachment fosters spiritual attachment / zooming out for the troubled mind / I'm tiny, but ... / real humility is our reality / spiritual knowledge is the panacea for all the negative loops / does Raghu have to do everything around here? / geocentric & heliocentric models of the universe / purify the consciousness...

animal agriculture is destroying the planet / the Bhagavatam map shows us - YOU ARE HERE! / detachment through deconstruction / contemplating cycles of destruction / now is the time for inquiry into spirit! / puncturing the romance / Raghu would have dinner with a siddha SB 3.10.18-30