Discussion on Lord Chaitanya's non-sectarian movement of divine love. With friends in Yanagawa, Japan, 8 May 2023.

In the latest episode of Seeking the Essence Vishakha Dasi discusses the genuine and progressive spirit of spiritual cultivation versus over-emphasis on external practice and ritual.

"The Grand Victory of Love" - Reflections on the golden gift of the golden avatar of divine love, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

What is the place of 'he', 'she', and 'they' in our understanding of divinity?

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.