{"podcast":{"title":"Wisdom of the Sages","slug":"wisdom-of-the-sages-611126","podcast_index_feed_id":611126,"rss_url":"https://wisdomofthesages.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://wisdomofthesages.libsyn.com/website","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/8/d/6/e/8d6e77a84cd04ad3/MAD_AVE_ITUNES_PROMO_1.jpg","author":"David Ramella","episode_count":1800,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T04:17:18.519728+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126"},"episode":{"title":"1752: Why Your Spiritual Checklist Might Be Working Against You","slug":"1752-why-your-spiritual-checklist-might-be-working-against-you","published_at":"2026-04-02T13:38:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1752-why-your-spiritual-checklist-might-be-working-against-you","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126","url":"https://wisdomofthesages.libsyn.com/1752-why-your-spiritual-checklist-might-be-working-against-you","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/wisdomofthesages/EP_1752_A_online-audio-converter.com_1.mp3?dest-id=1755320","summary":"In this episode Raghunath and Kaustubha ask a question that cuts to the heart of any serious spiritual practice: is my practice actually changing me. Goodhart's Law states that when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure. The classic example: British colonial officials in India offered a bounty on cobra skins to reduce the cobra population, only to find that enterprising citizens began breeding cobras to collect the bounties. The measure designed to solve the problem made it worse. The Srimad Bhagavatam, an ancient Sanskrit text on Bhakti-yoga, offers a startling example through the story of the Brahmanas — learned priests who had checked every box, performed every ritual, and met every external standard yet remained spiritually shallow, while there wives, simple village women who had done none of those things, had quietly surpassed them in the spiritual depth. ******************************************************************** 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 *********************************************************************","meta_description":"In this episode Raghunath and Kaustubha ask a question that cuts to the heart of any serious spiritual practice: is my practice actually changing me. Good…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3150,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/episodes/1752-why-your-spiritual-checklist-might-be-working-against-you/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages-611126/1752-why-your-spiritual-checklist-might-be-working-against-you.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}