# 1788: The Gopīs' Love | The Complete, Concentrated Form of Yogic Awareness

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Published: 2026-06-30T16:07:00+00:00
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The yogī sits for years, disciplining the mind, trying to bring scattered awareness to a single point of focus. In this episode Raghunath and Kaustubha trace how Śukadeva repeatedly frames the gopīs' intimate love against the highest reference points of contemplative life. Not to dignify their love by comparison to meditation, but to show the reverse: what the yogī seeks through discipline, the gopīs already possess, fully and completely, through love. Their devotion isn't an emotional substitute for yogic awareness. It is yogic awareness in its most concentrated, most complete form. Srimad Bhagavatam 10.31.17 - 10.32.14 ******************************************************************** LOVE THE PODCAST? WE ARE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AND WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN! Go to https://www.wisdomofthesages.com WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/@WisdomoftheSages LISTEN ON ITUNES: https://podcasts/apple.com/us/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages/id1493055485 CONNECT ON FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/wisdomofthesages108 *********************************************************************

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