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PODCAST

The Bhakti Podcast

Gauranga Sundara Dasa

Join us for insightful discussions on Bhakti Yoga, where ancient wisdom meets modern life. Each episode provides deep, practical insights into spiritual awakening, enriched with real-world examples to guide and inspire your journey.

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All Episodes

00:29:40

Spiritual Greed

The Bhakti Podcast ·

2025/07/27

Brahman realisation, the first step in self realisation. Impersonal philosophy: the wisdom of the Overself. Karma activities. The impersonal conception can be helpful up to a point. Brahman is everything and more. Eternal servant of the Lord. Advaita and dvaita. Raganuga bhakti. Krishna expands Himself. Subala sakha’s intimate service. Radharani disguises herself as Subala sakha. What is our eternal identity? Krishna arranges for our further progress. Attraction of the heart. Following a Brajabasi

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00:54:33

Recreation

The Bhakti Podcast ·

2025/07/26

“A spiritual master never sleeps.” Recreation: chanting, dancing and feastimg. Prasadam and controlling the tongue. “Eat that!” “I know what Krishna wants me to know”. “You are not the most anything”. Lower than the worm in the stool. Nitya siddhas. Eternally individuals. Remembering one’s previous birth. The situation of the child in the womb. Extravagance. Eating flesh. Awareness of the spiritual energy. Untainted by sense gratification. What is spiritual and what is material. Forgetfulness of the

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01:21:45

Beyond Brahman

The Bhakti Podcast ·

2025/07/24

Russian dolls. The Santa Fee express. The impersonal conception can be helpful up to a point. Seeing God face to face. The brahma bhuta platform. Bhakti tinged with material desires. I want more of this Krishna. No more lamentation and no more material desires. Bhagavan means full of opulences. Brahman is not the last word in self-realisation. Sweet rice with sand. The story of the touchstone. Cultivating spiritual attachment. Spiritualising the mind and the intelligence. The iron rod and the fire

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01:20:44

Touchstone

The Bhakti Podcast ·

2025/07/23

Mental discipline. The yoga ladder. The flickering mind. Controlling the wind. Always think of Me. Krishna eats alone. Interchangeable senses. The boy, the father and the offering. Manasa puja, worship in the mind. The madhyama position. Constant remembrance. Love and be loved. Searching for a worthy object of our love. I want to forget Krishna, but He does not allow me. The ring of fire. Just by being the mother or a father of a devotee, automatically liberated. Five kinds of liberation.

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01:27:01

Determination

The Bhakti Podcast ·

2025/07/23

From sraddha to prema. Spiritual intelligence. Determination and faith. Bitter at the beginning, nectar at the end. A business deal with God or a loving relationship? The thief who wanted to steal from Krishna. Druva Maharaja, broken pieces of glass. Loosing spiritual enthusiasm, why? Material designations falling away. Suddha satva, pure goodness. The sparrow and his eggs. Who is a devotee? Three types of association. Humility, tolerance and respect. Jñana and vijñana. Collective karma. Offensive

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00:04:12

Superior Taste

The Bhakti Podcast ·

2025/07/22

The difference between someone in knowledge and someone in ignorance? Gradual purification. Far superior taste. Temporary enjoyment. Soul satisfaction, tranquility and peace. Spiritual engagement. Controlling our lower nature. Established in real self-realisation.

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00:54:54

Chasing Desires

The Bhakti Podcast ·

2025/07/21

The incessant flow of material desires. Material desires - a mental concoction. What is our svarupa? Material rasa and spiritual rasa. The centre of loving affection. We agree to suffer in the hope for happiness. The path of no return. Goloka pastimes.

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01:20:31

Spiritual Enthusiasm

The Bhakti Podcast ·

2025/07/18

Mind control through determination and faith. Controlling the wind. Spiritual enthusiasm. No anxiety or lamentation. What is sinful? The chain of action and reaction. The path of karma. Heavenly enjoyment. The ripe old age of 10,000 years. Reaching brahma loka. The gopal mantra. Obtaining advanced association by divine arrangement. Sadhu sanga is essential. Bhajana kriya. Vaishnava seva. Nama aparadha-offensive chanting. The ten offences while chanting Hare Krishna. Feeding material attachments

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00:58:36

The Brahman Conception

The Bhakti Podcast ·

2025/07/18

What is the Brahman conception. “I want you to see”. The last word in self-realisation. The Russian dolls. The example of the train: light, form and activities. The reasons for Lord Buddha’s appearance. The cheating of the atheists. Sankaracharya, the Vedas and his final instruction.

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01:05:36

Seeing with Equal Vision

The Bhakti Podcast ·

2025/07/18

The vision of eternity. Consciousness, the symptom of the soul. Observing one’s own mind. Achieving complete freedom. Unlocking the bliss from within. Nothing is impersonal in essence. “I created man in my image”. The desire for variety. Mental speculation, impersonalism and mayavada. Atheism in disguise. Sankaracharya’s last instruction. Seeing with equal vision. The evolution of consciousness. Three gateways to the human form of life. A stepping stone to pure goodness. I am this Brajabasi.

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01:15:19

Making the Mind one’s best Friend

The Bhakti Podcast ·

2025/07/17

Sankhya yoga explained. Extravagance in eating and sleeping, mating and fighting. After the war there is good preaching. Why not surrender now? Krishna first appeared in the mind of Vasudeva. Material and spiritual variety. After many birth and death the metal speculated will surrender to Krishna, why not now? Vaishnavas are not cowards. Garbodhana samskara explained. Foodstuff in the mode of goodness. Chanting is the best service. Seeking out the association of advanced Vaishnavas. Disciplining

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01:26:39

Divine Consciousness

The Bhakti Podcast ·

2025/07/17

Reviving the divine consciousness of one’s previous life. Beyond Vedic rituals. Attraction to the yogic principles. Nitya siddhas, perfected souls. Three stages of spiritual advancement. Patita Pavana Jagannatha. “Now we are together again”. The story of Bharata Maharaja. Nuclear winter. Suffering in the hope for happiness. The brahmana who became a dog.

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01:19:22

The Quest for Identity

The Bhakti Podcast ·

2025/07/16

We are the observer. What kind of servant am I? Our spiritual ID explained. Neti neti, the process of elimination vs the process of authority. Identification with the hero in a movie. Beyond the Viraja river. The frightening experience of the messengers of Yamaraja. The most pious soul in the universe. The gateway to Goloka. The highest planet in the universe. What is our svarupa? Sakhya (friendship) and vatsalya (parental affection) explained. Lobha, spiritual greed. Getting help by divine

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01:26:22

Buddhi Yoga - The Highest Intelligence

The Bhakti Podcast ·

2025/07/14

How to attain the Absolute. Karma yoga, jñana yoga and buddhi yoga.The way of the highest intelligence. Superior guidance from within. Constant remembrance and loving devotion. The nine limbs of bhakti. The situation of the child in the womb. Duty versus love. The untrained mind is not reliable. Feeling love for Krishna within the heart. Compatible, like-minded association vs formal association. Three levels of association. Mental speculation and pride. Speculative knowledge,

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01:10:54

Motivated by Love

The Bhakti Podcast ·

2025/07/13

Characteristics of pure devotion. From karma to pure bhakti. The bliss bar Experience. Material and spiritual tastes. The free sample and superior taste. The difference between love and lust. Fire brigade devotees are magnanimous souls. The watering process of bhakti.

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01:22:40

Proximity of the Heart

The Bhakti Podcast ·

2025/07/13

Proximity of the heart versus physical proximity. On spiritual revelation. The impossible mission. What shall we ask a desire tree? Meeting the most lovable person. The ultimate guidance. I want to extinguish my identity? Ever increasingly fresh. Travelling with the sun. Dancing for 72 hours. How to overcome moroseness? What is spiritual enthusiasm? Like-minded association. How to reside mentally in Vrindavan. On continuous chanting. How to overcome material desires.

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01:15:19

Always Fresh and New

The Bhakti Podcast ·

2025/07/12

How to feel always fresh and new? The destination of the unsuccessful yogi explained. What is spiritual cooking? Can we also become a pure devotee? The big feast in the forest. Krishna personally supplied the food. Intelligence from within.

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01:21:19

Conquering the Mind

The Bhakti Podcast ·

2025/07/12

How can the restless mind be conquered? Attaining samadhi and thus reach the supersoul. Coming to the stage of tranquility.

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01:26:58

Entering Goloka

The Bhakti Podcast ·

2025/07/12

What does life in Goloka look like? Krishna’s love for His cows explained. What is the difference between Vaikuntha and Goloka? The gate keepers and how no one can bar a devotee from seeing His beloved Lord.

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01:32:55

Vaikuntha or Goloka?

The Bhakti Podcast ·

2025/07/12

How to make further progress on the spiritual path. Karma yoga and bhakti yoga explained.

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