The Free Radical Podcast

By Swami PadmanabhaReligion & Spirituality

The Free Radical Podcast episodes

April 22, 2024 FRP Ep. #20 | The True Face of Impersonalism - feat. Sudharma dasi
Join Swami Padamanabha and Sudharma dasi as they explore radical personalism and its nemesis, impersonalism, which often hides its face behind a mask of personalism. Sudharma's service to the Gaudiya community has been exemplary and extensive over the decades, especially as an advocate for women's rights
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1 hr 17 min
April 08, 2024 FRP Ep. #19 | A Ministry of Presence | Feat. Kula-pradipa
Embark on a journey of connection with Swami Padmanabha and Kula-pradipa dasa, an insightful chaplain from Stanford University, as they delve into the transformative power of presence.
In this illuminating podcast, explore the profound impact of presence on both our internal landscapes and external interactions.
Discover how the art of being present not only enriches our own lives with deeper meaning but also fosters genuine empathic listening to others, creating profound connections that allow for deep and healthy dialogue, where each party is not just politely waiting for their turn to speak, but is willing to be transformed by one another, even if the dialogue is confrontational.
Tune in for a thoughtful discussion on cultivating presence as a way of being.
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caGsxFe_sHY
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1 hr 40 min
March 25, 2024 FRP Ep. #18 | Responsibility, Deep Listening & Spiritual Bypassing | Dhira Govinda dasa
In this captivating conversation, viewers are invited into an enlightening dialogue with Swami Padmanabha and Dhira Govinda dasa (David B. Wolf), a distinguished Vaishnava scholar, author, transformative coach and founder of Satvatove Institute of Transformational Coaching. Bringing profound insights into the realm of radical personalism and emphasizing the imperative for a comprehensive approach to spiritual growth, they delve together into the nuanced dynamics of emotional awareness, the ramifications and institutional support of spiritual bypassing, and the healing power of deep listening. This transformative conversation offers invaluable reflections for those on the spiritual journey.
For more on Satvatove Institute: https://satvatove.com/
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvOHZ2SQYGk
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1 hr 36 min
March 11, 2024 FRP Ep. #17 | Honesty, Intimacy and Empathy | feat. Kalakanthi dasi
In this episode of The Free Radical Podcast, Swami Padmanabha and Kalakanthi dasi, a very special Gaudiya scholar and student of Svami Sadananda Dasa, engage in a spontaneous, honest and intimate conversation about the personal nature of devotion, loyalty to bhakti as she comes to us, personal strengths and potential pitfalls.
Refreshingly honest and deep conversation
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1 hr 34 min
March 10, 2024The Free Radical Podcast HIGHLIGHTS of 2023
Relational. Confrontational. Addressing closet issues in the open. Empathetic. Realistic. Inspirational.
As we are about to the round the corner into the 2nd season of THE FREE RADICAL PODCAST, peak in on some the conversations Swami Padmanabha and guests shared during Season 1.
FULL VERSIONS can be found The Free Radical Podcast :
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49 min
October 21, 2023The Free Radical Podcast #16 | The Heart of Community Life | feat. Namarasa
Join Swami Padmanabha and Namarasa as they discuss what lies at the heart of community, togetherness that can be formed through Radical Fraternity, and the various shapes that may take at different times. Concerns such as conformity and fitting in, the roles of community leaders, mediocracy, deep friendships, keeping intimacy in large communities are also discussed.
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1 hr 47 min
October 14, 2023The Free Radical Podcast #15 | The Beauty of Nonconformity | feat. Krishna Chandra
Join Swami Padmanabha and Krishna Chandra, an author and initiator of Anada dham—a contemplative ashram in Switzerland where silence has become a crucial course of their daily practice—in the lively and liberating discussion of the relation of freedom and love in the life of bhakti: what is the harmonizing element that feeds and supports both the deepest surrender and the limitless embrace of freedom.
Drawing direction from the nature of God and his relationship in love, as well as deep thinkers, philosophers and activists in recent history, the conversation weaves a rich tapestry of conversation, generating many thought-provoking inroads of contemplation and expansion of concepts that have grown small and confining over time, accepted (or rejected) simply out of custom. Several words (and, therefore, views of our world, and, therefore, our actions) are reclaimed for the service of bhakti: provocation, confrontation, responsibility, non-conformity, rebellion, freedom, adventure, and more
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1 hr 54 min
October 07, 2023 The Free Radical Podcast #14 | Seeing, Grieving & Healing Abuse | feat. Bhima-Karma
Join Swami Padmanabha and Bhima-Karma as they bring to the table topics of abuse shrouded by narratives of denial and various forms of evasiveness, healing from trauma and the positive choice of redemption, and the importance of embodied direct experience.
Before a problem can be solved, it must be acknowledged and explored deeply through the sharing of experience, each from their own place. Only after exhaustive exploration will the solution be self-evident, and therefore, comprehensive.
“What kind of kirtan can we have if we can’t have a conversation? Without that, kirtan becomes an evasive device.”
Bhima-Karma’s concluding thoughts: “Be situated in direct experience.”
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1 hr 33 min
September 30, 2023 The Free Radical Podcast #13 | What Keeps Religious Traditions Alive? | feat. Brian McLaren
Join Swami Padmanabha and Brian McClaren as they explore insights from their own traditions and experiences as to how to keep religious traditions alive and the joyful relief that arises from honestly acknowledging how we no longer represent the heart of the tradition and responsibly address, individually and communally, how to correct the course.
https://brianmclaren.net/
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1 hr 31 min
September 26, 2023Ep. #12 | Let your Heartbreak Be your Guide | feat. Adam Bucko
Join Swami Padmanabha and Father Adam Bucko, a contemplative author, Episcopal priest, founder of the Reciprocity Foundation and The Center for Spiritual Imagination, and committed voice in the movement for renewal of Christian Contemplative Spirituality and the growing New Monastic movement, come together to share their experiences of Radical Activism.
Quote From Radical Personalism that opens the discussion:
“In connection to the above point, social action and involvement should be encouraged in the Gaudiya community for those so inclined, and they should be properly educated by the elders as to how to engage in compassionate social action. We call this Radical Activism…’A spirituality that is only private and self-absorbed, one devoid of an authentic political and social consciousness, does little to halt the suicidal juggernaut of history. On the other hand, an activism that is not purified by profound spiritual and psychological self-awareness and rooted in divine truth, wisdom, and compassion, will only perpetuate the problem it is trying to solve, however righteous its intentions.’* Properly executed and complemented, every action can become prayer and every prayer can become action that influences the world in ways beyond our imagination.”
* (Andrew Harvey)
Adam shares what Radical Personalism is to him: that each and every one of us should respond to the cry of the world - whether that is people struggling with housing insecurities or people who are being oppressed—that we need to respond in a personal way and not wait for institutions. It also points to the Ultimate Reality, a reality that personally loves us.
As discussed in Adam’s latest book, Let Your Heartbreak Be Your Guide: Lessons in Engaged Contemplation, he brings to question WHAT HAS FOLLOWING OUR BLISS resulted in? Instead FOLLOW OUR HEARTBREAK.
Continuing to go deeper into this, they discuss the profound relationship between joy and suffering; not the kind of joy that encourages us to avoid life, but the kind of joy that can face the difficulties and the suffering and still survive.
Allowing the pain of others to touch of deeply (this was also spoken about during Ilia Delio and Swami Padmanabha’s conversation of Ilia’s podcast, Hunger for Wholeness), gives the space for the spirit of god to flow thru us and leads us into a life of compassionate service.
Approaching people in need as if they are a project to be solved was not working for Adam. He realized that he needed to show up for people as he shows up in prayer. Being receptive and breaking with people, accompanying them through their suffering reveals the healing presence.
Both Adam and Swami share how their traditions speak of praying as not limited to one act, but that every action can be prayer. Action not just RELATED to contemplation, but action AS contemplation.
The paradox of Individuation in Service: on one hand, the goal is to find your purpose and mission in life and on the other hand, becoming an empty vessel in which God can live. It is our conception of ourselves, even our specialness, that has to die and in the process we discover the most of ourselves we have ever been.
Swami asks Adam to share his experience in transitioning from monastic life to married life for him and his wife, who was a Buddhist nun for 15 years. Adam shares his profound response about love, vows, and reflecting god’s unconditional acceptance.
and much much more…
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1 hr 13 min

About The Free Radical Podcast

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The Free Radical Podcast is a creative encounter among like-minded and like-hearted spirits, regardless of their background or affiliation—or even non-affiliation. Following the call of our 21st Century spirituality, we embrace a trans-institutional commitment to spirituality rather than an institutionalized version of it. It is not so much about the demarkation of buildings but the exploration of hearts, not so much about fitting in but about deeply belonging—not so much about mere holiness but about wholeness as well. And it is the freedom born in the fire of these shared hearts who deeply belong to a process of becoming fully whole, fully persons, that creates the sacred space to step into new ways of being, deeper ways of being, radical—to the core—ways of being….and being what?….Being fully integrated individuals, whose humanity contextualizes their spirituality.Swami Padmanabha is an author, monk, and spiritual mentor who has just published his second book, called "Radical Personalism: Revival Manifesto for Proactive Devotion."