1701: A Cosmic Reality Check: The Truth Behind Our Illusion of Control
Release Date: 11/26/2025
1704: Doing the Inner Work vs Doing Shrooms
Wisdom of the Sages
Psychedelics can shoot you to the summit, but they can’t make you a mountain climber. You may get a glimpse of the view, but the glimpse doesn’t change you — you didn’t build the muscles, you didn’t shed the weight, and you didn’t face the inner terrain that actually transforms a person. In this episode, Raghunath and Kaustubha explore the difference between quick-hit “insight” culture and the steady, muscle-building path of Bhakti, drawing powerful lessons from Lord Brahmā’s humility in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. It’s an honest, humorous dive into why real growth means...
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1703: Real Evil Is Boring, Real Good Is Wild | Why Darkness Fails and Bhakti Thrives
Wisdom of the Sages
Simone Weil’s razor-sharp insight cracks open this episode: we glamorize imaginary evil and underestimate how powerful real goodness actually is. Raghunath and Kaustubha reflect on goth culture, mob movies, Nagababas, and kirtan festivals as they contrast the “cool darkness” our minds romanticize with the deep, surprising joy of a life given to Krishna. Along the way, Lord Brahmā’s prayers in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.14 expose how our homes, families, and attachments can either imprison us—or become our path to liberation. ...
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1702: Living in a World That’s Pulsing With Magic
Wisdom of the Sages
Wonders flood our lives every moment, yet we sleepwalk past them—missing the hints pointing us toward their Source. In this episode, Raghunath and Kaustubha explore GK Chesterton’s insight on wonder and unravel how awakening a sense of awe can transform the way we see the world. Through humor, philosophy, and the lens of Bhakti Vedānta, they reveal how the ordinary becomes extraordinary the moment we allow wonder to guide us back to life’s deeper meaning. ******************************************************************** LOVE THE PODCAST? WE ARE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AND WOULD LOVE FOR...
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1701: A Cosmic Reality Check: The Truth Behind Our Illusion of Control
Wisdom of the Sages
Carl Sagan’s apple-pie insight becomes a launchpad for a sweeping journey from kitchens to cosmos, as Raghunath and Kaustubha explore why nothing we “create” is truly from scratch, why everything we touch is on loan, and how embracing our smallness opens the door to spiritual freedom. From the caves and rivers of Rishikesh to the wheel of saṁsāra and Lord Brahma’s realization of Kṛṣṇa’s supremacy, this episode dismantles the illusion of independence and invites us into a more grounded—and liberating—vision of reality. ...
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1700: Measuring the Universe, Missing the Immeasurable
Wisdom of the Sages
The limits of material analysis end long before the limits of the Absolute. In this landmark episode, Raghunath and Kaustubha explore Lord Brahma’s profound realization in the Tenth Canto of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam—where even the universe’s greatest intellect confronts the impossibility of measuring Krishna’s limitless nature. Weaving insights from contemporary voices like Alex O’Connor, Dawkins, Hawking, Planck, and Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, they reflect on why science can dissect the universe yet still miss the Person behind it, how pride blinds us to the divine, and how humility,...
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1699: Gratitude: A Full-On Rebellion Against Illusion
Wisdom of the Sages
Gratitude isn’t feel-good fluff—it’s a full-on rebellion against illusion. In this episode, Raghunath and Mara weave together Charles Dickens, modern cognitive science, and Brahmā’s prayers to Krishna to show how redirecting the mind toward blessings transforms your entire inner landscape. From frequency illusion and “Kia consciousness” to humility, appreciation, and seeing God’s hand everywhere, this is a bhakti-centric reset of how to live, perceive, and move forward. ******************************************************************** LOVE THE PODCAST? WE ARE COMMUNITY...
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1698: When the Universe Pops Your Ego Bubble
Wisdom of the Sages
Life has a way of popping our ego bubble exactly when we need it most. In this episode, Raghunath and Mera explore the mercy hidden inside humiliation, using stories from pilgrimage, personal experience, and the Brahmā-vimohana-līlā of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. From the cave at Vashistha Guha to Lord Brahmā bowing before a cowherd boy, the conversation unpacks why pride blocks us from deeper spiritual connection—and why humility opens the heart to grace. Along the way, expect humor, honesty, and reminders that we may be insignificant, but we are never unloved. ...
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1697: Love They Can’t Pay Back: Bhakti, Service & Real Freedom
Wisdom of the Sages
Real spirituality begins the moment you do something for someone who can never repay you. In this solo episode, Raghunath and co-host Prana Priya take John Bunyan’s famous line—“You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you”—and hold it up to the light of Bhakti Yoga. From music-industry schmoozing to Vrindavan’s envy-free culture, from 12-step wisdom to deathbed courage, this conversation explores what happens when relationships shift from “What can I get?” to “How can I serve?” ...
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1696: Racism, Rage and a Spiritual Way Forward / Q&A Vol. 291
Wisdom of the Sages
Rage at a racist, a double middle-finger “protest,” and a bhakti yogi wondering, “Did I actually help… or just lose it?” From there, this episode dives into how good ethics—when cut loose from wisdom traditions—can quietly mutate into the very hatred they’re meant to oppose. Broadcasting this Q&A epeisode from a quiet village in India, Raghunath and Kaustubha explore how yogi can confront injustice, racism, and toxic ideology without being swallowed by anger, tribalism, or self-righteousness. Then the conversation widens: why do so many cultures have elaborate...
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1695: Grand Theft Butter: Reincarnation, Gillian Anderson & the Gita
Wisdom of the Sages
Depth and play intertwine as Raghunath and Kaustubha riff on Gillian Anderson’s reincarnation quote, Krishna’s “Grand Theft Butter” pastims in vrindavan, and the modern obsession with empiric evidence. From debates with the “new atheists” to analogies of murder investigations and reasonable doubt, they explore what kinds of proof actually convince the heart. The conversation tracks the soul’s journey from jñāna to bhakti—from intellectual knowing to loving understanding—where genuine realization always expresses itself as compassion, never condescension. ...
info_outlineCarl Sagan’s apple-pie insight becomes a launchpad for a sweeping journey from kitchens to cosmos, as Raghunath and Kaustubha explore why nothing we “create” is truly from scratch, why everything we touch is on loan, and how embracing our smallness opens the door to spiritual freedom. From the caves and rivers of Rishikesh to the wheel of saṁsāra and Lord Brahma’s realization of Kṛṣṇa’s supremacy, this episode dismantles the illusion of independence and invites us into a more grounded—and liberating—vision of reality.
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