{"podcast":{"title":"Mysteries of the Vedas","slug":"mysteries-of-the-vedas-7093243","podcast_index_feed_id":7093243,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/3265238/s/160885.rss","website_url":"https://www.ccdas.net/s/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3265238/s/160885/3c3cca38b6fa07c1e1b464c2d38a3b58.jpg","author":"Caitanya Chandra Dasa","episode_count":129,"summary":"Deep insights and explanations on the Srimad Bhagavatam, Bhagavad-Gita, Vedanta-sutra, Upanisads, and other books that are part of the Vedas.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mysteries-of-the-vedas-7093243"},"episode":{"title":"When service becomes too much","slug":"when-service-becomes-too-much","published_at":"2026-05-06T06:07:40+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mysteries-of-the-vedas-7093243/when-service-becomes-too-much","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mysteries-of-the-vedas-7093243","url":"https://www.ccdas.net/p/when-service-becomes-too-much","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/196615554/0de43345eecb3e8b9b52de9dcfe8adad.mp3","summary":"👆 I’m testing a new feature: an audio version of the article you can listen to. This is not an AI voice; it’s me reading the article and sometimes adding something. If you find it useful and would like to see it in other articles, leave a comment sharing your experience. Thanks! 🕉 You can receive new articles directly in your inbox. Subscription is free; donations are welcome. Burnout is a problem that affects many devotees. It can lead to many negative symptoms, like irritation and impatience, headaches and other physical discomfort, depression, low self-esteem, and a feeling of impotence against what appear to be mounting and insurmountable difficulties. This physical and mental exhaustion leads to mechanical hearing and chanting, which can undermine the very foundation of our spiritual practice. It doesn’t really count when the body is there, but the mind is somewhere else. Once the foundation is impacted, other symptoms can appear, such as irritation, harsh speech, fault-finding, cynicism, and so on. Eventually, all of this combined can lead a devotee to conclude that he or she simply can’t continue, and that’s where many end up leaving the association of devotees or even spiritual practice altogether. It’s not difficult to understand why: in this case, instead of bringing bliss, spiritual practice registers in the mind as a painful experience, and even if one is very determined in the beginning, time makes the mind reject it. Once one stops, it is difficult to go back. Interestingly enough, devotees are, in general, more susceptible to burnout than regular people because we frequently have to combine our regular material obligations with work and family with our spiritual practice and service. It is easy to tell others that we need to be attentive while hearing an…","meta_description":"👆 I’m testing a new feature: an audio version of the article you can listen to. This is not an AI voice; it’s me reading the article and sometimes adding…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":962,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mysteries-of-the-vedas-7093243/episodes/when-service-becomes-too-much/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mysteries-of-the-vedas-7093243/when-service-becomes-too-much.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}