1722: Redirected by Grace: Part 2
Wisdom of the Sages
Krishna’s “coincidences” didn’t calm down—they escalated. Part Two of Meet the Pilgrims picks up right where the last episode left off: real people, real spiritual detours, and that unmistakable moment when you stop chasing “success” and start getting redirected by grace. Live from Govardhan Eco Village, this continuation brings even kirtanf the Wisdom of the Sages pilgrimage into view—hardcore kids from the punk scene, yoga teachers, musicians, academics, kirtan leaders, and seekers who thought they were just “improving themselves”… until bhakti started improving them....
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1721: Redirected by Grace: How People Find Their Way to Bhakti
Wisdom of the Sages
This one is all about spiritual journeys—the stories that bring people onto the Wisdom of the Sages pilgrimage: unlikely beginnings, messy detours, and those moments where a single step toward bhakti turns into a full-on sprint from the universe. This episode is a rapid-fire parade of the spiritual plot twists of real humans with real backstories… getting quietly (and sometimes loudly) redirected by grace. You’ll meet the community behind the podcast—teachers, therapists, travelers, skeptics, seekers, punks, adult entertainers—each one carrying a different “how I got here,”...
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1720: People Over Profits: Inside Radhanath Swami’s Bhaktivedanta Hospital
Wisdom of the Sages
Magic happens in the last place you’d expect it: a Mumbai hospital where patients don’t want to be discharged and staff don’t want to go home. Recorded live from Govardhan Eco Village, Raghunath welcomes author Radha Bhakti to unpack the astonishing culture of Bhaktivedanta Hospital on Mira Road—an all-faith, all-heart care facility built on a radical idea: treat the body, mind, and soul… and put people over profits. What started with four idealistic medical students serving Mumbai’s slums has grown into a 300-bed integrative hospital where kirtan can be heard in the stairwells,...
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1719: A Reflected Rose Has No Aroma — Why the Bhagavad-gītā Calls This World a Reflection
Wisdom of the Sages
A Bhagavad-gītā-level reality check: the world we experience isn’t “illusion” in the lazy, dismissive sense—it’s illusion like a reflection. Consistent. Coherent. Convincing. And still untouchable. Like an upside-down tree mirrored in water, it looks real enough to reach for… but you can’t taste its fruit. A reflected rose has no aroma. And a reflected life, no matter how intensely we chase it, can’t deliver the ananda we’re actually built for. But the reflection does point to a reality worth pursuing. ********************************************************************...
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1718: 3 Ferraris, Zero Peace: The Higher Taste Effect (Bhakti & Spiritual Psychology)
Wisdom of the Sages
A higher spiritual taste doesn’t negotiate with desire—it demotes it. From Govardhan Ecovillage in Maharashtra, Raghunath and Kaustubha riff on William James (father of modern psychology), the bhakti renaissance in India, and the strange way spiritual culture can make renunciation feel effortless: not by suppression, but by a new attraction taking the center of the heart. Along the way: kirtan “clubbing,” deep-rooted devotion that suddenly shoots up like bamboo, and a reminder from the Bhāgavatam that when Krishna’s touches the soul, even heaven, power, siddhis, and liberation start...
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1717: Where Ego Breaks and Bhakti Begins
Wisdom of the Sages
A modern seeker walks away from a high-pressure career and an ancient Sanskrit text tells a story about giving up one’s egoistic false strength. Recorded live from Govardhan Eco-Village, this episode brings together Grace’s journey from corporate life to devotional service and Krishna’s confrontation with the serpent Kāliya—revealing how inner clarity often arrives when our usual strategies fail. ******************************************************************** LOVE THE PODCAST? WE ARE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AND WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN! Go to WATCH ON YOUTUBE: LISTEN...
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1716: Bhakti Changed My Life: The 6-Year Anniversary Show
Wisdom of the Sages
Six years ago we hit “record” with shaky internet and big dreams—then a lucky break, and a global lockdown helped turn Wisdom of the Sages into a daily lifeline for thousands of listeners. In this special 6-Year Anniversary episode—recorded live from Govardhan Ecovillage, India—listeners step up to share how daily Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, bhakti-yoga, kirtan, and satsang pulled them out of anxiety, addiction, trauma, and spiritual confusion—and into something steady, practical, and strangely joyful. From Berlin to Manhattan to Asheville, you’ll hear how the “sages in the...
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1715: Is Self-Care Making Us Less Happy?
Wisdom of the Sages
Self-care culture tells us to treat ourselves, embrace our flaws, and obsess over our inner world—but the research on happiness points in the opposite direction. In this episode, Raghunath and Kaustubha explore how bhakti-yoga reframes humility and self-esteem, and why real relief comes from realizing you are not the body, the mind, or the story you’ve been defending. With humor, psychology, and ancient wisdom, they reveal how service, purpose, and spiritual identity dissolve anxiety and comparison—and then pivot into the to Srimad Bhagavatam’s Kāliya-līlā, where the residents of...
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1714: Karma Doesn’t Chase You—It Waits
Wisdom of the Sages
A French poet once observed that we often meet our destiny on the very road we take to avoid it—and history seems to agree. Using Napoleon’s failed attempt to conquer Russia as a striking example, Raghunath and Kaustubha explore the deeper logic of karma: why running from discomfort rarely works, how unprocessed lessons repeat themselves, and what the Bhāgavatam offers as a radically different strategy. Instead of fleeing fate, this episode invites us to welcome what comes, stop wasting energy on avoidance, and experience how spiritual growth begins not with escape—but with acceptance...
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1713: Can the Angels Lift Raghunath’s Spirits on Christmas Eve?
Wisdom of the Sages
Christmas Eve hits different when life feels fractured: broken family emotions, grief, longing, and that uneasy feeling that the world keeps taking what we hoped would stay. Raghunath and Kaustubha let it get real. can Kaustubha cheer up a very Fonzie-alone-with-a-can-of-beans Raghunath—using Christmas carols, classic lyrics, and bhakti logic as the rescue plan? Can they, together, reframe Christmas through a bhakti lens: holidays aren’t just celebrations, they’re yogic instruments—designed to interrupt the daily trance, soften the heart, and pivot us from self-centered survival to...
info_outlinePsychedelics 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 doing the inner work — not looking for shortcuts.
From psychedelic detours to Facebook flame wars, from ego trips to genuine surrender, this episode blends ancient wisdom with modern mischief in the signature WOTS style.
Key Highlights
* Raghunath’s mushroom story is back.
* Brahmā: four heads, cosmic mastery, still doing the uncomfortable inner work… one apology at a time.
* Why psychedelics may give you the view — but Bhakti builds the muscles to actually live there.
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