With Apostle Dr. Lee Ann Marino discussing fake American/western yoga vs real hindu yoga in India, including Christian yoga, Bhagavad Gita As It Is quotes, Sir Pierre Bernard, destroying the authentic tradition (aka Hinduphobia), translation issues
0:00 – LIVE: Intro, tech issues
2:17 – Gayatri Mantra, reading from "Living Dharma" by Sri Dharma Acharya
3:59 – Intro to "Kingdom Now" podcast with Apostle Dr. Lee Ann Marino of Spitfire Apostolic (Christian) Ministries
9:08 – PRE-RECORDED: Show intro / Lee Ann's introductory thoughts on yoga
12:27 – "Spitfire" nickname, my personal introduction
16:21 – Types of yoga, Christian yoga
18:28 – What is yoga, reading from "Bhagavad Gita As It Is" with commentary by Swami Prabhupada, Vedas, connecting with god
22:20 – Patanjali's Yoga Sutras *(I mispronounce the name of Patanjali)
23:35 – Early yoga in America via the influence of Pierre Bernard (aka Great Oom), modern yoga in America, modern vs traditional yoga, purging personal beliefs of new age beliefs
28:47 – Yoga as Satanic, arguing ethics & benefit of yoga for Christians
31:10 – What yoga has become, destroying the authentic scriptural tradition of yoga
33:50 – What do we do with modern yoga, the goal of life is to realize Sri Krishna vs the goal of yoga
36:26 – Modern yogis ignorant of Hinduism, materialistic yoga, making fun of Hinduism
41:49 – Hinduphobia (i.e. disrespecting Hinduism) via New Age movement & British Occupation hurt Hinduism
45:50 – Translation issues of Sanskrit to English, mythological interpretation of scriptures
47:34 – Following a fictional religion, "ahimsa" mis-translation from Gandhi & misrepresentation of non-violence in Hindu scriptures
53:11 – Translator bias, Young Earth Creation theory
55:43 – Are yoga updates necessary because the original text didn't work, story of gay hot sexy yoga class
59:27 – Story of universalist-minded woman ignorant of Shiva & Ganesha, ethics of going to church, feel good religion vs rational religion
1:02:02 – Authenticity of one's religion, rational thinking & questioning religion
1:08:52 – Lee Ann's closing thoughts
I guested on the podcast, broadcasting 5/9/2022. Slide show added and theme music deleted, re-broadcast 3/4/2023.
Dr. Marino's website here
This podcast was a 2025 People's Choice Podcast Award nominee. On Apple Podcasts it's been the #1 most listened to show in the Philippines, and in the top 20 in France, Sweden, Belgium, Spain, Israel, Switzerland and Australia.
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