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Practical Spirituality: Hinduism & Current Events with Premanand Das Bhagat

Premanand Das Bhagat (Aaron Joy)

This show is a 2025 People"s Choice Podcast Award nominee. For seekers who’ve outgrown spiritual fluff. Real talk for real seekers. A no-BS Hindu/Sanatana Dharma based cultural critic dissecting modern society with spiritual clarity. I challenge lazy universalism, reject blind guru-worship, and speak directly to seekers on a practical level. I"m not here to entertain. I"m here to provoke thought, while being grounded in dharma. Each episode is part of a larger journey. This isn’t random content—it’s

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00:38:02

59 LIVE Maine government hiding behind religion,...

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2023/09/02

0:00 – Intro to pet peeves of hiding behind religion & proliferation of new age spirituality, testing new camera ... 4:06 – Blessing of God in starting a business ... 13:11 – Intro to news article from 'Maine Wire' website https://www.themainewire.com/2023/08/mills-admin-tells-state-workers-to-chin-up-despite-impact-of-supermoon-retrograde-mercury/ "Mills Admin Tells State Workers to Chin Up Despite Impact Of Supermoon Retrograde Mercury" 8/30/2023 of Maine Governor Janet Wills

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00:36:20

58 LIVE We need REAL PROPHETS not puppets

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2023/08/31

0:00 – Rig Veda hymn (I know the camera freezes) ... 2:17 – Testing new camera (the glitch in sound was unplanned, and I know it glitches) during busy week ... 7:08 – Intro to talk on prophets & modern world ... 9:46 – Reading article: "The Church Needs the Voice of the Prophets, not the Voice of Puppets" by 7th Day Adventist Christian Andy Roman (http://adventmessenger.org/the-church-needs-the-voice-of-the-prophets-not-the-voice-of-puppets/), world needs resurrection of prophetic

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00:18:10

57 LIVE Satan who? Does evil matter to modern society?

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2023/08/19

0:00 – Intro, new camera, new shoes (I know the image is freezing) ... 4:36 – T-shirt image of Satan appearing to a disinterested woman ... 6:53 – Not believing in Satan, does society still recognize evil, post-Biblical Satan not Hindu, is evil now subjective, does morality still exist, artist naïve of theological implications of art ... 16:03 – Closing thoughts, prophecy discussion in next episode ... Live 8/17/2023, unedited and off the cuff. ... Regular live show on society & religion, plus

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00:33:00

56 LIVE Gore Vidal's novels 'Kalki' & 'Live From...

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2023/08/16

0:00 – Nobody young reads Gore Vidal anymore (apologies for the freezing of the picture, found out after I didn't have the camera software installed) ... 2:26 – New camera & thank you viewers, developing a youtube live show ... 7:10 – Recommending early Vidal novel 'Messiah', intro to book reviews ... 9:47 – Reviewing novel 'Kalki' about a journalist investigating a questionable guru, Vidal's writing style, asking questions about relating to a guru ... 21:48 – Reviewing

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00:17:22

55 LIVE HARE KRISHNA mantra thoughts, Srimad...

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2023/08/10

0:00 – Intro to thoughts on Hare Krishna mantra ... 2:20 – Reading excepts & commentary of Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 5 from the book "Vyasadeva's Vedic Universe: Part 2 - Canto 5" by Radha Carana (find it on amazon in kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Vyasadevas-Vedic-Universe-Part-Canto-ebook/dp/B087C9JHWV) ... 9:26 – Hare Krishna mantra is reversed in the Kali Santarana Upanishad ... 11:07 – Details of Radha Carana's books explaining Canto 5 in context of modern science, first

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00:30:38

54 LIVE OM SHRI MAHA LAKSHMI NAMAH chant 108x, wealth...

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2023/08/09

0:00 – Intro, jnana vs bhakti/over thinking vs connection to god ... 2:24 – Chants to goddess Lakshmi for success & wealth ... 5:17 – Chanting Om Shri Maha Lakshmi Namah 108x ... 16:04 – Parents buying a new phone & dangerous water heater ... 19:12 – Materialistic friend misinterpreting house buying goals, not working only for money ... 22:06 – Starting a new business, personal growth ... 25:51 – Being honest in face of problems/challenges ... 28:46 – Not chanting mantras perfectly ... Live

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00:17:13

52 LIVE Sinéad O'Connor RIP, you were RIGHT & we...

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2023/07/29

0:00 – Tribute to Sinead O'Connor, "8 Good Reasons" official video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8jjudZBWSI from the 2014 album "I'm Not Bossy, I'm The Boss" ... 3:52 – Under-rated talent who pushed her singing & went unheard due to controversies ... 5:30 – Hurting soul as recorded in 2021 autobiography "Rememberings" ... 8:02 – She was right about pedophilia of the Catholic Church, we owe her an apology for speaking the truth ... 10:12 – Reading

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00:40:19

51 LIVE SOUND OF FREEDOM movie vs the GODLESS (NO...

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2023/07/29

0:00 – Response to hatred & controversy after watching "Sound Of Freedom" 2023 movie with Jim Caviezel ... 2:49 – Thank you to cancel culture for making movie a success, Jason Aldean's controversial song "Try That In A Small Town" ... 7:05 – Cancel movement on movie not same as Netflix film "Cuties", age appropriate dancing, pedophilia ... 11:48 – Mistakes do not make a bad film, ignoring historical inaccuracies of current conservative vs woke films ... 16:01 –

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00:41:11

50 LIVE Spiritual Seekers Class 5: Finding one's self...

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2023/07/28

0:00 – Intro to spiritual seekers class based on Sri Swaminarayan's book Vachanamrut, translation issues ... 4:03 – Reading Loya 10 con't (continued from episode 46) ... 6:51 – Discussion: Finding one's self & what one is attracted to ... 16:00 – Reading Loya 10 con't ... 19:00 – Discussion: Trap of maya/illusion ... 20:00 – Reading Loya 10 con't ... 21:29 – Discussion: Happiness brought by words of god ... 23:40 – Reading Loya 10 con't ... 28:31 – Discussion: Using maya

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00:42:09

49 LIVE Show Update: AVOID DEHYDRATION in the summer...

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2023/07/23

0:00 – Intro to return after couple weeks not broadcasting due to accidental daily dehydration in summer heat ... 2:23 – Story of losing hearing, insomnia, book signing with Kashmir the Led Zeppelin Live Tribute Band (see my book "In The Shadow Of The Gods" with Jean Violet on amazon https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Gods-Memoirs-Zeppelin-Tribute-ebook/dp/B093YLBFHM/), dehydration ... 9:41 – Air conditioners can cause dry air & coughing, lasting effects of GERD ... 15:18 – Seeing Robert

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00:32:55

48 LIVE What Can INDIA Teach Us For The Future?

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2023/07/22

0:00 – Om Shri Krishna Sharanam Mamah (Ashtakshara Mantra), a modern crisis of not being able to ask questions, story of losing friends over asking about trans people, can't ask questions due to settled science ... 4:38 – Becoming sociology major in order to ask questions ... 6:04 – Recommended book "An Introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism" by Raymond Brady Williams, learning history of Gujurat India, history is learned to know of the future, 1984 & A Clockwork Orange is now ..

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00:35:42

47 LIVE LGBTQ "Sparkle Creed" of progressive...

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2023/07/08

0:00 – Intro, finding god, caring about what Christians do ... 3:05 – Controversial "Sparkle Creed" of progressive Christianity, see it being said by a Lutheran pastor here on Red Pen Logic channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG8mtQzeFUk ... 5:00 – Defining creed ... 6:35 – Reading "Sparkle Creed" ... 8:17 – Dissecting the creed, non-binary god, pronouns, stereotypical gay slang, form of the Holy Ghost, Gertrude Stein-esque non-sense, unbelief ... 14:43 – What is the creed

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00:32:30

46 LIVE Spiritual Seekers Class 4: Levels of...

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2023/07/08

0:00 – Intro to spiritual seekers class based on Sri Swaminarayan's book Vachanamrut ... 2:41 – Reading Loya 10 ... 5:02 – Discussion: Attachment/non-attachment/desires are created by us based on levels of intensity ... 6:31 – Reading Loya 10 con't ... 7:19 – Discussion: Attachment based on sense plus mind & soul, attachment in relationships ... 9:29 – Reading Loya 10 con't ... 10:21 – Discussion: Choosing to be unattached over human instincts, what is being enlightened ... 14:00 –

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00:29:47

45 LIVE Michigan's PERSONAL PRONOUN Hate Speech...

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2023/07/06

0:00 – Shri Krishna Sharanam Mamah (Ashtakshara Mantra), proposed Michigan law making misgendering with wrong personal pronouns a felony if the "victim" feels "terrorized, frightened or threatened," see Tim Pool's discussion of this proposed law: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol0NZRdedOU4:04 – Forces compelled speech vs just banning hate speech, Hungarian language Soviet verb tense ... 6:38 – Compelled indirect speech, misheard overheard speech ... 9:00 – Jurisdiction of

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00:22:22

44 LIVE Does LGBTQ activism & drag queen reading...

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2023/07/01

0:00 – Shri Krishna Sharanam Mamah (Ashtakshara Mantra) ... 0:41 – Finding fulfillment in life, LGBTQ people in the early ... 80's pre-Ellen DeGeneres & Melissa Etheridge coming out ... 6:40 – early gay/lesbian rights movement was about equality in marriage & love ... 8:12 – Where is the love in current LGBTQ pride parades, focus is on sexual pleasure, video of Minnesota trans/pride rally from "Anthony M" channel (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/c5_p5CLFNwM) ... 10:22 –

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00:22:27

43 LIVE Om Ma Da mantra 108x, chant of Avatar Adi Da...

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2023/06/29

0:00 – Intro to testing new microphone ... 1:47 – Chanting mantra from time as devotee of Avatar Adi Da Samraj (aka Franklin Jones, Da Free John, Bubba Free John), kundalini experience shared in episode 7 https://www.youtube.com/live/xtDSGeGA0Nw3:23 – Criticism of Advaita Vedanta "I am God" ... 4:14 – Dissection of Om Ma Da mantra, divine feminine, no tilak ... 7:23 – Intro to chanting 8:25 – Chanting Aum Ma Da 108x ... 13:10 – Adi Da's teaching on the ego (aka self-contraction) with a

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00:44:21

41 LIVE Bhagavad Gita tells GREATEST SECRET of...

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2023/06/27

0:00 – Shri Krishna Sharanam Mamah (Ashtakshara Mantra) 7x, housekeeping introduction, dehydration problems, changing future broadcast times ... 9:14 – Secret of religion/spirituality found in Bhagavad Gita chapters 1 & 2, skipping the beginning of Gita to get to good spiritual parts ... 12:03 – Arjuna told to follow duty in Gita, Gita is an argument for doing one's duty ... 16:36 – Story of focusing on material pleasures from God instead of knowing god's purpose for our life ... 19:49 –

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00:33:40

40 LIVE Bhakti In Daily Life website, alternative to...

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2023/06/12

0:00 – Intro (apologies for technical problems), Shri Krishna Sharanam Mamah (Ashtakshara Mantra) 7x ... 2:36 – Alternative Bhakti Yoga path instead of Swami Prabhupada & ISKCON ... 5:00 – Bhakti Yoga path of Shree Swaminarayan Sampradaya on new website of Arizona Vedic Cultural Center of Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul USA (not BAPS) ... https://sites.google.com/view/bhaktiyogaindailylife/home (Center homepage: https://azvedicgurukul.com/) ... 6:25 – About website author & scholar Ananda Bhagat,

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00:25:48

39 LIVE Spiritual Seekers Class 3: Anger stops...

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2023/06/11

0:00 – Shri Krishna Sharanam Mamah (Ashtakshara Mantra) 7x ... 1:01 – Intro to Spiritual Seekers class series based on the Vachanamrut readings prescribed by Gunatitanand Swami in Gujurat India 160+ years ago ... 3:15 – Greatest threat to most of us (i.e. bad outside influence) is those who make is angry/things that make us angry, so many people live in a constant state of anger (referenced youtube channel is Amala Ekpunobi: Unapologetic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypsO05yJ70c) ... 9:14 – FB

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01:44:21

38 LIVE 46 year old MARATHONER talks starting running...

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2023/06/04

0:00 – Overview of show (apologies for pixilated image, only excuse it was a rainy day) ... 4:01 – Shri Krishna Sharanam Mamah (Ashtakshara Mantra) 7x ... 6:53 – Running my 1st 25K trail run (at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester, Maine), with my girlfriend who simultaneously ran a 50K ultra-marathon ... 10:22 – Trail running vs pavement running ... 13:34 – Walking up hills is the secret to ultra-marathon running ... 15:27 – Finishing vs speed ... 18:18 – 50K & 25K race results ... 25:06 – Shoes

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