Seeking the Essence: Recent Episodes
Vishakha Dasi
Join Vaishnava monk Vishakha Dasi as she shares the wholesome, non-sectarian revelations of divinity revealed by her guru Swami B.S. Govinda in a way that is true to its source material -- simple, sweet, and super-revolutionary!
Whether you are a life-long seeker, a curious philosopher, or just looking for practical everyday advice, Vishakha is sure to nourish your heart.
"We want reality, and it is beautifully existing in our real home. There everything is transcendental, everything is beautiful, harmonious, lovely, and affectionate." - Swami B.S. Govinda
Discussion on the first verse of Lord Chaitanya's Sri Siksastakam describing the glories of Kirtan.
Special podcast with Professor Jason Clower of Chico State University on the topic of prayer.
Discussion on the glories of Shree Radha, who represents the divine feminine potency of Lord Krishna.
Let's do a Google Earth on our lives and appreciate how far we've come, where we are, and where we are going on this beautiful and exciting journey of spiritual life. Another enlivening talk from Vishakha Dasi.
Discussion on Lord Chaitanya's non-sectarian movement of divine love. With community
in Yanagawa, Japan, 8 May 2023.
"The Grand Victory of Love" - Reflections on the golden gift of the golden avatar of divine love, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
Finally back to the podcast after a busy summer! Join me in this discussion on the attraction of the Krishna conception of divinity, the nature of the dynamic absolute, and the limitations of impersonalism. English with Hungarian translation.
The Vedas recognize consciousness everywhere in existence -- it's just a question of how much it is suppressed. In today's podcast we go over the five stages of consciousness discussed by our guru Bhakti Vinod Thakur, 20th century pioneer of the Krishna consciousness movement: achchhadita-chetan, or covered consciousness; sankuchita-chetan, or suppressed consciousness; mukulita-chetan, or budding consciousness; vikasita-chetan, blossoming consciousness; and purna-vikasita-chetan, fully blossomed consciousness.
Appreciating the extraordinary half-man, half-lion avatar Sri Narasimha, and his beloved devotee, the boy-saint Prahlad.
Appreciating gradation / non-enviousness is the qualifier/ faith vs scholarship/ offering vs acquiring / historical background of Bhagavad Gita / 'I, me, and mine' -- the root of all evil / the false conception of friends & enemies / giving up our differences for the sake of a higher cause / warrior yogis / how does the Vedic emphasis on duty translate into a modern context? / the real battlefield is within / extracting the universal from the contextual in Bhagavad Gita
Join us at the start of this new journey exploring the ancient wisdom of Srimad Bhagavad Gita, the classic text of Vedic India.