2024 Swami Padmanabha

0:00 Swami Padmanabha shares a few words on his recent travels and classes.

03:12 In trying to go deeper in understanding phrases we commonly use, could you please explain “devotional service” and “Krishna consciousness”.

18:06 In the purport of Srimad Bhagavatam 4.29.69, it is said: “when a person is fully absorbed in Krishna consciousness, his stockpile of material desires is minimized. Indeed, the desires no longer fructify in the form of gross bodies. Instead, the stockpile of desires becomes visible on the mental platform by the grace of the Supreme Personality Godhead.” Can you explain what is meant by “becomes visible in the mind”?

36:28 Rasangi shares her feedback on hearing the recordings from the RECLAIMING OUR IDEALS retreat.

38:50 How can we recognize when we’re thinking dualistically and root it out?

55:38 Comparison is usually toxic. So how can I understand it when the acharyas apparently compare themselves to others and lament for their condition?

01:07:15 If all of the limbs of bhakti are equally potent, why is there so much emphasis on chanting japa, and nama-sankirtan as being the yuga-dharma?

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Join Swami Padmanabha at Stanton Church in New Jersey for an enriching discussion about the ability of different faith traditions to reflect unique aspects of the divine. Just as turning a jewel reveals its many facets, exploring these traditions offers a deeper, multifaceted understanding of God. Although there are differences between traditions, each one has the power to nurture the faith of individuals from other traditions. This raises the question: can these traditions truly be considered different when they share such profound commonalities?

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Vrindavani Dasi opens the final session of the retreat with a heartfelt kirtan. Swami Padmanabha, Jaya Jagannath, Bhaktirasa and Ujjvala offer a recap of the weekend's highlights and key takeaways, offering a chance to reflect on the presentations and experiences shared throughout the retreat.

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Join Swami Padmanabha and Ujjvala das for an enlightening discussion that reexamines "sankirtan," exploring its essence beyond just the musical performance of kirtan. Discover new dimensions of sankirtan and its profound impact on spiritual and community life.

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RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto for Proactive Devotion.

Jaya Jagannatha invites us to reflect on the major turning points in our life's journey. These moments often share common elements and a similar flow. We begin in a state of status quo, which is then disrupted, prompting us to seek answers to pressing questions. Along the way, we encounter a mystagogue—either a person or an event—that provides us with the gifts and insights needed to conclude our quest. We then return to a new status quo, with a transformed perception of ourselves and our relationships with the world, others, and the divine.

This session is experiential. In honoring sacred space, which fosters vulnerability, the recording stops when participants begin to share. You are invited to embark on your own journey and explore your life through the lens crafted by Jaya Jagannatha in this session.

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Swami Padmanabha begins the retreat’s deep dive by reorienting our understanding of the main principle of bhakti—surrender. He starts by clarifying what surrender is not—it's not forced, manipulated, pressured, or involuntary. Instead, he reveals the true essence of surrender: an organically voluntary, spontaneous, and irresistible offering of oneself in response to the call and pull of awe and wonder.

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Join Deva Madhava, Swami Padmanabha, and Jaya Jagannatha in this panel discussion inaugurating an immersive 4-day retreat designed to inspire a profound and dynamic exploration of foundational concepts. Move beyond the usual and elementary approaches to uncover ever-fresh insights and deeper understanding. This retreat promises an enriching journey into core principles, offering participants a chance to experience these ideas in a vibrant and transformative way.

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In celebration of the manifestation of Sri Radha-Ramana, Swami Padmanabha's talk delves into the profound relationship between matter and divinity. In this second part of his series on how matter can reveal God, Swami Padmanabha examines how a devotee’s love gives form to the Lord and emphasizes His omnipresence. Drawing on Prahlada Maharaja’s teachings, he challenges the misconception that material nature is profane or something to be despised. If God is everywhere, then material nature cannot be inherently bad. This misconception leads to further erroneous beliefs: that material energy, the world, the earth, the human body, family life, and sex life are all negative. By addressing and healing this fundamental misunderstanding, we can correct these associated misconceptions and live a balanced Vaishnava lifestyle, engaging with our bodies and our humanity in a wholesome and spiritually integrated manner.

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Join Swami Padmanabha and friends in Michigan as they delve into the profound truths celebrated through the appearance of Sri Narasingha. This class explores themes such as God's full reciprocation and identification with His devotees, the assurance that no one falls from Vaikuntha, Bhagavan's chivalry, Prahlad's unwavering fearlessness and the Lord's complete protection of him and all devotees, and how God dismantles our false sense of separateness and the defense mechanisms stemming from it. Other topics include the triumph of good over evil and the revelation of God through matter. A particular focus is given to the latter: how matter can facilitate the manifestation of the Supreme and how we can perceive the Divine presence through His maya shakti.

This session emphasizes the need to reclaim and redeem our relationship with material energy. Often perceived as separate from the "spiritual," this disconnect has led to misconceptions that distort our spiritual practices, diverting us from the path of love of God.

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00:00 Swami Padmanabha welcomes questions as a blessing—where Krishna, the Sweet Absolute, is blessing both the speaker and the inquirer. And we should expect something transformative to come from that sacred event. Maharaja also invites us to approach Ekadasi, which occurs tomorrow in the Eastern US, as a way to step outside of our routine and into sacred disruption, allowing ourselves to enter liminal space water we can be taken by surprise by Krishna’s presence. We can create some kind of ritual to mark the day as something extraordinary, which every day is, but we need to be reminded of that and that is what these special observances are for.

08:23 If Krishna interacts only with his svarupa-shakti, and Paramatma acts just as a witness, what is the efficacy of prayer? Is there efficacy in praying to pure devotees? Do they hear or respond?

25:39 Does nondual thinking occur naturally in one of the particular stages of our bhakti practice, or can it be present in any stage if it is cultivated?

40:40 How do we accept the desires and opinions of the guru and at the same time maintain our own individuality?

53:38 I’ve heard that as long as we are worshipping in the mood of awe and reverence, we are actually worshipping Vishnu and Lakshmi, even if we are worshipping Radha-Krishna deities. Is there truth to that? When do we no we are no longer in the mood of awe and reverence?

01:08:53 What is the mula mantra about, especially the reference to Parabrahma and Paramatma?

01:28:02 What does 3rd nama-aparadha, guror avajna (to neglect the guru), actually mean?

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