# Wisdom of the Sages

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Author: David Ramella
Episodes: 1800

## Resource

Truths about life from the timeless wisdom of the Bhakti-yoga tradition - fun, relevant, and deep. Learn about dharma, yoga, bhakti, and how it relates to all the basic questions of life. This show is about how to live your best life, let go of the external distractions, and uncover the spiritual happiness that lies within the heart as the true nature of the soul. Raghunath and Kaustubha's connection goes back to their teens in the New York Hardcore Punk Scene of the early 80s, through serving together as Bhakti-yogi monks in the 90's, to sharing their experiences in the world of yoga in the 21st century.

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## Episodes
- [1794: Jñāna & Bhakti: Both Bring Detachment, One Does It Beautifully](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1794-j-na-bhakti-both-bring-detachment-one-does-it-beautifully) — 2026-07-14T14:48:00+00:00
- [1793: The Highest Transcendence Through Passionate Love | The Rāsa Dance Begins](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1793-the-highest-transcendence-through-passionate-love-the-r-sa-dance-begins) — 2026-07-13T14:27:00+00:00
- [1792: How Do You Know What Krishna Wants Next? / Q&A Vol. 299](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1792-how-do-you-know-what-krishna-wants-next-q-a-vol-299) — 2026-07-10T15:34:00+00:00
- [1791: Parents, Teenagers, Codependency and Mercy / Q&A Vol. 298](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1791-parents-teenagers-codependency-and-mercy-q-a-vol-298) — 2026-07-08T13:44:00+00:00
- [1790: How Do You Know You're Advancing? / Q&A Vol. 297](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1790-how-do-you-know-you-re-advancing-q-a-vol-297) — 2026-07-06T16:32:00+00:00
- [1789: The Debt Krishna Cannot Repay | Arthur Ashe and the Signature of Real Love](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1789-the-debt-krishna-cannot-repay-arthur-ashe-and-the-signature-of-real-love) — 2026-07-01T12:45:00+00:00
- [1788: The Gopīs' Love | The Complete, Concentrated Form of Yogic Awareness](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1788-the-gop-s-love-the-complete-concentrated-form-of-yogic-awareness) — 2026-06-30T16:07:00+00:00
- [1787: What Are You Exchanging Your Life For? | Thoreau and the Gopī Gīta](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1787-what-are-you-exchanging-your-life-for-thoreau-and-the-gop-g-ta) — 2026-06-29T13:47:00+00:00
- [1786: Our Love and Prayers for the People of Venezuela](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1786-our-love-and-prayers-for-the-people-of-venezuela) — 2026-06-25T14:19:00+00:00
- [1785: Direction Will Come to You | Phil Jackson and the Heart of Bhakti](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1785-direction-will-come-to-you-phil-jackson-and-the-heart-of-bhakti) — 2026-06-24T14:50:00+00:00
- [1784: "If Creation Is Play of Brahman, Why all the Suffering?" | Bhakti-Vedānta and Līlā](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1784-if-creation-is-play-of-brahman-why-all-the-suffering-bhakti-ved-nta-and-l-l) — 2026-06-23T13:50:00+00:00
- [1783: Keeping the Bhakti Romance Alive / Q&A Vol. 296](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1783-keeping-the-bhakti-romance-alive-q-a-vol-296) — 2026-06-13T13:42:00+00:00
- [1782: Nothing Can Remain Hidden | Da Vinci, Manu and Radharani](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1782-nothing-can-remain-hidden-da-vinci-manu-and-radharani) — 2026-06-10T12:45:00+00:00
- [1781: The Hunger for Beauty | A Signal from the Soul](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1781-the-hunger-for-beauty-a-signal-from-the-soul) — 2026-06-09T12:57:00+00:00
- [1780: Bhakti's Sacred Longing | In Separation, the Beloved Is Found Everywhere](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1780-bhakti-s-sacred-longing-in-separation-the-beloved-is-found-everywhere) — 2026-06-04T12:59:00+00:00
- [1779: Divine Madness | The Samādhi of the Gopīs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1779-divine-madness-the-sam-dhi-of-the-gop-s) — 2026-06-03T13:42:00+00:00
- [1778: No Monopoly on God | Exclusivism and the God Who Withdraws](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1778-no-monopoly-on-god-exclusivism-and-the-god-who-withdraws) — 2026-06-02T13:19:00+00:00
- [1777: Nothing Compares 2 U | The Gopīs' Message of Surrender](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1777-nothing-compares-2-u-the-gop-s-message-of-surrender) — 2026-05-29T13:35:00+00:00
- [1776: Authority Descends from the Author | The Gopīs Reveal the Highest Dharma](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1776-authority-descends-from-the-author-the-gop-s-reveal-the-highest-dharma) — 2026-05-26T13:23:00+00:00
- [1775: When Krishna Closes One Door He Opens Another / Q&A Vol. 295](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1775-when-krishna-closes-one-door-he-opens-another-q-a-vol-295) — 2026-05-24T20:04:00+00:00
- [1774: What is a Pure Devotee? / Q&A Vol. 294](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1774-what-is-a-pure-devotee-q-a-vol-294) — 2026-05-23T19:32:00+00:00
- [1773: Let Your FOMO Be for the Divine | Saint Augustine and the Gopīs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1773-let-your-fomo-be-for-the-divine-saint-augustine-and-the-gop-s) — 2026-05-21T13:45:00+00:00
- [1772: Everyone Worships Something | Free Will and the Object of Our Affection](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1772-everyone-worships-something-free-will-and-the-object-of-our-affection) — 2026-05-20T13:46:00+00:00
- [1771: The Weakness of Willpower & The Power of Attention](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1771-the-weakness-of-willpower-the-power-of-attention) — 2026-05-19T13:58:00+00:00
- [1770: The Mind of the Buddha, The Mind of the Gopī](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1770-the-mind-of-the-buddha-the-mind-of-the-gop) — 2026-05-14T12:56:00+00:00
- [1769: Answer the Call of the Heart | The Bhaktivedanta Path of Renunciation](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1769-answer-the-call-of-the-heart-the-bhaktivedanta-path-of-renunciation) — 2026-05-13T13:00:00+00:00
- [1768: From Beauty to Absolute Beauty | Plato, Krishna and the Rāsa Dance](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1768-from-beauty-to-absolute-beauty-plato-krishna-and-the-r-sa-dance) — 2026-05-12T13:31:00+00:00
- [1767: Entering the Rāsa Dance with the Eye of Love](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1767-entering-the-r-sa-dance-with-the-eye-of-love) — 2026-05-07T13:48:00+00:00
- [1766: When the Ego Steps Back | The Existential Sense of Being Blessed](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1766-when-the-ego-steps-back-the-existential-sense-of-being-blessed) — 2026-05-06T12:36:00+00:00
- [1765: Robert De Niro, Vedanta and the Art of Being Chill](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1765-robert-de-niro-vedanta-and-the-art-of-being-chill) — 2026-05-05T14:08:00+00:00
- [1764: Speaking Truth to Power with Love](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1764-speaking-truth-to-power-with-love) — 2026-04-30T12:50:00+00:00
- [1763: Let Go But Don't Give Up | Bhakti, Business and the Art of Surrender](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1763-let-go-but-don-t-give-up-bhakti-business-and-the-art-of-surrender) — 2026-04-29T12:37:00+00:00
- [1762: No Pride Allowed | Muhammad Ali on the Hereafter](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1762-no-pride-allowed-muhammad-ali-on-the-hereafter) — 2026-04-28T12:37:00+00:00
- [1761: Dethroning the Ego | The Existential Apology](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1761-dethroning-the-ego-the-existential-apology) — 2026-04-23T12:16:00+00:00
- [1760: Our Challenges Are Here to Reform Us](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1760-our-challenges-are-here-to-reform-us) — 2026-04-22T12:45:00+00:00
- [1759: Human Potential and The Fire of Knowledge](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1759-human-potential-and-the-fire-of-knowledge) — 2026-04-21T12:42:00+00:00
- [1758: The Joy of Being an Instrument | Bhakti and Creative Flow](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1758-the-joy-of-being-an-instrument-bhakti-and-creative-flow) — 2026-04-15T13:00:00+00:00
- [1757: Staycation | Marcus Aurelius, Bhagavad-gita and the Peace Within](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1757-staycation-marcus-aurelius-bhagavad-gita-and-the-peace-within) — 2026-04-14T13:35:00+00:00
- [1756: A Divine Light Struggling Inside This Flesh Machine](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1756-a-divine-light-struggling-inside-this-flesh-machine) — 2026-04-13T12:48:00+00:00
- [1755: Krishna Doesn't Punish. He Liberates.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1755-krishna-doesn-t-punish-he-liberates) — 2026-04-10T13:58:00+00:00
- [1754: You're Not Unlucky. You're Unexamined. | Karma and Carl Jung](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1754-you-re-not-unlucky-you-re-unexamined-karma-and-carl-jung) — 2026-04-08T14:33:00+00:00
- [1753: A Better Metric for Loving God](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1753-a-better-metric-for-loving-god) — 2026-04-06T12:56:00+00:00
- [1752: Why Your Spiritual Checklist Might Be Working Against You](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1752-why-your-spiritual-checklist-might-be-working-against-you) — 2026-04-02T13:38:00+00:00
- [1751: The Cosmic Authority Problem | A Prominent Atheist Admits His Fear of God](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1751-the-cosmic-authority-problem-a-prominent-atheist-admits-his-fear-of-god) — 2026-04-01T20:11:00+00:00
- [1750: The Distracted Mind | Obstacle or Opportunity?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1750-the-distracted-mind-obstacle-or-opportunity) — 2026-03-31T20:09:00+00:00
- [1749: The Ritual Trap | Krishna & Real Devotion](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1749-the-ritual-trap-krishna-real-devotion) — 2026-03-27T03:24:00+00:00
- [1748:  Do We Really Need Someone to Complete Us?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1748-do-we-really-need-someone-to-complete-us) — 2026-03-25T14:56:00+00:00
- [1747: The Many Faces of Priests and Beggars — Lessons from India's Holy Places](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1747-the-many-faces-of-priests-and-beggars-lessons-from-india-s-holy-places) — 2026-03-25T03:56:00+00:00

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