Between Two Friends

This is a very inspiring episode for Kapil and Ravi. Sheetal tai recently summited Kilimanjaro, the tallest peak in African continent. This has inspired us, to start our own mountain climbing journeys which we are very excited about.
We talk to Sheetal on various topics,

• Why climb Mount Kilimanjaro?
• What are the details of the climb?
• How did Sheetal tai prepare for the climb?
• Key take aways from the climb.

and much more. We enjoyed listening to Sheetal and hope you do too.Please take a listen.

In this episode we explore the meaning of Satipatthana and other topics like,

• What is the difference between the Satipatthana and Vipassana retreat?
• General misunderstanding between "mindfulness" and Satipatthana.
• Why is it useful to practice Satipatthana?
• Aashish's new E-book regarding Vipassana and

much more.

On this episode, we had the pleasure of talking to our childhood friend, Anirudh Agrawal who is a pioneer clean energy industrialist from Goa.

We talk about topics around:

• How Anirudh was able to make the move from mining to clean energy?
• Learn about his clean energy companies and product development process.
• Anirudh's thoughts on climate change and future plans.
• The takeaways and his advice to folks who want to follow in his footsteps.

We had a great time talking to Anirudh as we learnt first hand from his experience as a clean energy industrialist , we are sure you will too. So, listen on!

On this episode, we chat about pandemic with our childhood friends, Dr. Sachin Kamat and Aashish Gupta. Living in 4 different countries, we discuss our  experiences throughout the pandemic and what it meant to us.

We tackle topics such as:

• Getting vaccinated
• Early reactions to the outbreak
• Challenges during the lockdowns
• Takeaways from this pandemic & how to prepare for the next one

We had a great time talking to Sachin & Aashish as we gleaned some great wisdom from their experiences and we are sure you will too. So, listen on!

On this episode, we discuss Ravi's ten days of silence and his experience at a Vipassana meditation center.
After a few tries, Ravi was able to finally attend a camp locally in Washington state and had some surprising insights that are worth sharing.

We discuss details around,

• How was the Vipassana camp setup?
• What is the big picture around what was taught over the 10 days?
• What was the daily lifestyle like?
• What were the lessons learnt?
• How far is Ravi from Nirvana?

..and much much more!
We also try a new "rapid fire" section for some fun conversation.
Please join us and take a listen!

Sources:
To sign up for a camp, check out the link below.
https://www.dhamma.org/en-US/index

Book:
"What the Buddha taught" by Walpola Rahula

Comments:
“@⁨Ravi Vayuvegula⁩ fact check on Goenka's recommendation to not do multiple retreats. What he says is don't turn it into a ritual or some kind of addictive pursuit, so bring the practice and wisdom into your daily life. Otherwise he does recommend doing one 10 day retreat every year (if you maintain daily practice and implement the wisdom in daily life)” — Aashish Gupta.

Agree with the statement above, I did not inform correctly on Goenka’s viewpoint on students doing multiple retreats. — Ravi.

On this episode, Ravi walks us through his recent experiences at Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholders' meeting a.k.a Woodstock for Capitalists and why Ravi has been following Warren Buffet and Charlie Munger for a long time.

We discuss,

• Investment and life philosophies of Buffett and Munger.
• What is value investing?
• How is Berkshire Hathaway structured?
• What is Mungerism?
• And finally, how one can emulate the great Buffet and Munger in leading an honest and principled life?

We had a great time talking about the experience, join us!

On this episode, we explore the practice of Vipassana with Aashish Gupta, our dear friend and a long-time Vipassana practitioner. 

We tackle questions such as:

• What is Vipassana?
• How to practice Vipassana in our daily lives?
• Is Vipassana a philosophy or a technique? 
• What happens at a Vipassana retreat?
• How does practicing Vipassana affects one's life? 
• Finally, how does one get started with Vipassana?

We had a great time talking to Aashish as we gleaned some great wisdom from his experiences and we are sure you will too. So, listen on!

This episode is all about meditation. We talk about what led us to be on this path, our routines, results, the obstacles we encountered along the way and how we plan to overcome these obstacles.

 Finally, we have some tips and tricks on  how  beginner practitioners can improve both the consistency and the quality of their meditation practice as they get started on the journey.

Listen on!

This episode is an interesting one for us as we take stock of where we are with our Podcast.

To welcome the new year we decided to start a new season and take note of our journey so far.We discuss the challenges and learnings we had while trying to create our podcast.
We also give a summary and takeaways from each episode and how our life has changed since.

Kapil and I  are evolving as we learn a lot about the world and importantly about ourselves.We  very much look forward to a wholesome Season 2 ahead.

On this episode we do a quick recap of our goals coming out of our last episode on “ What shaped our philosophies” and the reasoning behind our choices.

We dive a little deeper into Buddhist and Hindu philosophies, more specifically about the eight fold path and Ashtanga yoga, the importance of Yoga and Vipassana meditation

Along the way we also talk about the importance of having or not having a guru and if doing pilgrimages is necessary.

We also lay for ourselves some goals we want to achieve in the coming months.