our life can change in an instant / the power of setting an intention - sankalpa / refusing to let go / what if everyone could see our minds? / the yogis never feel alone - they feel God in the heart / Sati's spontaneous human combustion / Dhritarastra's spontaneous human combustion / Gandhari enters the fire / resentment blocks Dhritarastra's advancement / letting go of criticism

SB 1.13.56 - 1.13.60

ok, lets's give golfers a break :-) / Q: what do you have to give up for bhakti? A: suffering / asana & pranayama are for helping to transcending the gunas and bring the mind to God / satva guna is also a trap / goodness is illuminating - frees one from all malady & conditions one by a sense of happiness and knowledge - Bg. 14.6 / passion is all about desires & longings - conditions one to feel the need to work for a material result - Bg. 14.7 / Ignorance is the delusion of all embodied living entities -It conditions one by a sense of madness, laziness & sleep - Bg. 14.8 / the predicament of the soul / spontaneous human combustion

SB 1.13.54 - 1.13.55

Jahnavi Harrison drops in to discuss "Surrender" / 2 mindsets - worldly & other-worldly / no need to lament on what's beyond our circle of influence / the internal, external & marginal energies / we (the marginal) can become lost in the ephemeral external energy / the regular current of spiritual energy - within & without / we are one with God in quality, but still different / God can appear to you as a person or in the form of time / Dhritarasta begins his yoga practice / Yoga begins with controlling the tongue

SB 1.13.48 - 1.13.53

always seeing the good / we can't control the world / time takes it all away / the rare opportunity of human life / "how will they exist without me" / time, karma & the gunas are the software installed in the virtual reality of this world

SB 1.13.33 - 1.13.47

the God shaped hole / the emotional bank account / the need to be able to hear good advice / that which is unreal has no endurance - that which is real has no change / real detachment vs false detachment / you gotta have a good morning program

SB 1.13.29 - 1.13.32

discovering bhakti behind the iron curtain / translating Srimad Bhagavatam / the mystical goal of Ayurveda - discovering God in the heart / the 3 doshas / mysteries of the pulse / hospitality is even more important than food / masalas / lifestyle tips / Sanskrit poetry

do I need to dress in rags to be spiritual? / how to deal with losing my cool? / how does Bhakti as a movement respond to racism in a relevant, critical, active, & dynamic way? / can I care and do things that are helpful, without being overwhelmed by all the pain I'm seeing constantly? / can one have romance, sex, and the warmth of family life on the bhakti path?

the value of never complaining / rise early / the relative difference between detachment & devotion / "family life" in it's cultural context / Srimad Bhagavatam clarifies all the previous teachings on yoga / temptations of the heavenly planets / connecting to God within the heart

SB 1.13.27 - 1.13.28

Vidura's presence makes Dhritarastra ripe to hear / Indian Culture / Sadhus don't flatter / the world is magic when we are connected spiritually / we are that egg on a spoon / hours, days, months, years - exclusively devoted to spiritual life / retirement with wisdom / spiritual knowledge is like the mafia - once you are in you can't get out

SB 1.13.23 - 1.13.26

ekadashi is the mother of devotion / grow food, sacrifice, be happy, & go back home / Vidura's tough love / the grim reaper is coming for the king / samadhi through the waves of life / show bottle sadhus just flatter - real sadhus cut / Raghu's chastisement

SB 1.13.15 - 1.13.17