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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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00:02:05

135 What is Bhakti? Loving god. (EXCERPT)

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2024/10/22

Excerpt from live show 112 ("112 Roundtable discussion on bhakti (Part 1) - Vaishnava, Shaivite, ISKCON & Advaita Vedanta") sharing my definition of what is bhakti via story of a friend who stopped going to church due to being head over heart. Original full length episode: https://www.youtube.com/live/ch7pOGEKfDM ... Broadcast live originally 7/5/2024 on the Bearded Mystic Podcast channel (https://www.thebeardedmysticpodcast.com/), rebroadcast live here 7/6/2024 (Original link:

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03:12:36

134 Conversation with Gary Lee Haskins on spiritual...

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2024/10/14

0:00 – Conversation with Gary Lee Haskins of the Conscious Perspective podcast | physical fitness vs modern society ... 3:35 – A.I. (artificial technology) thinks for us or helps us ... 8:28 – Living in darkness is relative when looking at history | living in fear | living in the greatest of times with all knowledge available | having patience ... 14:50 – Being a lone wolf artist desiring to help others live their best life | asking questions | you're not alone | reading Hindu scriptures on youtube

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00:34:35

133 Miracle healing by Hindu mantra (marathon running...

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2024/10/07

0:00 – Sharing miracle healing I had as a marathon runner in 2022 (For the record, the marathon I ran 2 days after filming this I came in at 4:32, but that includes 2 bathroom breaks and walking a bit at the end.) ... 2:40 – Doing physical exercise when older | body destroyed by sitting all the time in our jobs | benefits of going to gym | lifting weights endorsed by Sri Dharma Acharya ... 6:48 – Starting running via small races & power walking & intense short training ... 10:00 – Training

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00:22:10

132 Debunking talking to the dead & reincarnation

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2024/09/27

0:00 – Gayatri mantra | is talking to the dead a scam ... 1:58 – Conflict with reincarnation & the dead watching us from heaven/hell/after life | issues with splitting the soul & seances ... 11:25 – Solving the mysteries of history ... 18:25 – Quran & virgins in Heaven ... 20:14 – Feel good thoughts about death vs what is true ... Live 9/27/2024. ... Regular live show on society & religion. Vaishnava. Conservative. Combating conversion! Sanatana Dharma not Neo-Hinduism. I want to help

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00:18:35

131 Do we need Hindu scriptures? Are scriptures...

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2024/09/10

0:00 – Answering the questions 'Do we need the Hindu/Sanatana Dharma scriptures?' and 'Can we be realized without the scriptures?' ... 2:20 – Don't need to be & will never be well-versed in them or read them all | Hindu scriptures are foundation of religion & beliefs | knowing what a bad guru is based on scriptures ... 9:20 – Illiterate gurus promotes gurus vs modern bad gurus that don't promote scriptures ... 11:54 – Shutting off the brain to regurgitate scriptures |

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01:11:40

130 Sadhguru's fake science & fake religion declaring...

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2024/09/01

0:00 – Researching Kalki Avatar riding Pegasus or a white winged horse in Hinduism & Kali yuga already over | combining gods from different religions in religious universalism denies scriptures or puts one religion over another | logical world with an illogical religion | historical trends of religious development, but debunking of god's word ... 13:56 – Intro to reaction videos ... 15:09 – Reaction to video 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8l8EDBfPH4): Krishna lied about Kali Yuga ..

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00:38:00

129 Ramayana & Mahabharata Oracle Card Deck REVIEW...

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2024/08/31

0:00 – Thoughts on Oracle cards ... 5:39 – Review of Wisdom From The Epics Of Hind Oracle Deck, individual cards ... 15:00 – Review of accompanying booklet ... 33:07 – Closing thoughts | story of unpublished tarot deck by the late dancer/artist Terry Stark ... Live 8/30/2024. ... Regular live show on society & religion. Vaishnava. Conservative. Combating conversion! Sanatana Dharma not Neo-Hinduism. I want to help you grow spiritually, discover your life's purpose, and know god! I am

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00:22:23

128 Am I Enlightened? Arrogant Enlightened people....

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2024/08/30

0:00 – Am I Enlightened? ... 2:43 – Arrogant narcissistic argumentative enlightened people | lying about being Enlightened, fake Enlightenment ... 6:08 – Truly Enlightened people like Ramana Maharshi who are humbling ... 8:18 – Enlightenment is a moment of revelation & point of view change | how Enlightenment is beneficial to others | Enlightened people debunking each other ... 17:43 – How we perceive Enlightened people ... Live 8/29/2024, unedited and off the cuff. ... Regular live show on

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01:20:10

127 Sadhguru says Kali-Yuga is over & Kalki is...

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2024/08/25

0:00 – Intro ... 2:10 – Other gurus spreading idea of Kali Yuga first or Sadhguru making up revelation ... 5:26 – Misinterpreting and/or mistranslating all Hindu scriptures | all other gurus are wrong ... 11:40 – Puranas have accurate dating of world ... 15:03 – End of world prophecies 1977 to 2024 ... 21:30 – Overview of reaction videos | reacting to talk 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMyD_B0zTHw): being in multiple yugas | Pegasus the Greek winged horse ... 34:53 – Reaction to talk 2

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00:06:35

126 Hinduphobia & Hindutva in America - some thoughts...

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2024/08/21

0:00 – Americans don't know about Hindutva & RSS movement in India ... 2:08 – U.S. has Hinduphobia which hates & destroys Hinduism ... 2:47 – Criticizing Hinduism to bring change to caste system & women but not destroy it | story of Yoga class being offensive for religion | calling out Hinduphobia ... Originally broadcast live 7/4/2024, unedited and off the cuff. Excerpt broadcast live 8/20/2024 ... Regular live show on society & religion. Vaishnava. Conservative. Combating

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01:52:15

125 Dr. Pillai 2nd REACTION VIDEO (aka Dattatreya...

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2024/08/19

0:00 – Intro to 2nd reaction video of Dr. Pillai | invite for reaction video submissions in an attempt to be fair ... 5:36 – Law of Attraction & Magic of Believing background | Law of Attraction comes from New Thought of Phineas Quimby & Mary Baker Eddy ... 9:17 – Intro to reaction videos ... 11:11 – Reaction to talk 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfHlcAr6bgA): Kleem attraction mantra | women & materialism in Hindu scriptures ... 17:42 – Reaction to talk 2

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00:21:05

124 Dr. Pillai's Kleem Brzee & Shreem Kleem Brzee...

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2024/08/18

0:00 – Intro to new mantras by Dr. Pillai | thoughts on doing Dr. Pillai reaction videos & earlier live show chanting Shreem Brzee (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgjVHKq6Q9o) ... 4:19 – Why I chant mantras of someone I may not support/follow/like/etc ... 7:07 – Intro to mantras | Dr. Pillai's video introducing the chants: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nCYtLCeFko ... 8:38 – Kleem Brzee chanted 108x ... 13:14 – Shreem Kleem Brzee chanted 108x ... 18:52 – Closing thoughts ... Live

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00:32:04

123 The world is ONE FAMILY & LOVE! But, where is the...

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2024/08/15

0:00 – Why have we not seen a spiritual revolution? | all surviving religious secrets & books are available on internet, we have everything available to us ... 7:58 – We are our own worst enemy & why ... 12:38 – Promoting universal love except when it comes to hating MAGA, Christians, conservatives, Trumpsters, etc. ... 16:10 – Choosing to love & hate | unenlightened people spouting propaganda ... 120:18 – Not loving all to avoid being a hypocrite | finding true enlightenment without

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02:00:52

122 Dr. Pillai 1st REACTION VIDEO (aka Dattatreya...

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2024/08/14

0:00 – Intro to guru reaction videos ... 6:57 – Personal history chanting Shreem Brzee (referenced live show on Shreem Brzee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgjVHKq6Q9o) | intro to talks ... 13:45 – Reaction to talk 1 on blessings (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvli-L9OGN8): definition of blessing as act of compassion | advaita vedanta ... 25:28 – Reaction to talk 2 on doubt (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJsT42RPftQ): Law of Attraction | criticism of instant manifestation via no doubt | having

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00:11:30

121 Advice for young men struggling with life,...

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2024/08/08

0:00 – Intro to motivational advice based on my own experience | unimpressed by people experiencing material things vs something greater ... 2:27 – My youthful mistakes & struggles ... 5:43 – 3 pieces of advice for success | people who want to tear you down & pushing negative people away | being righteous & never wrong ... 9:30 – Closing thoughts ... Originally broadcast live 7/4/2024, unedited and off the cuff. Excerpt broadcast live 8/8/2024 (Original full length episode:

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00:21:03

120 God is laughing at anti-vaxxers! God has left us!...

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2024/08/03

0:00 – Reflecting on 2020 covid lockdowns as viewed by Christians at the time (Referenced live show 90, featuring Apostle Dr. Lee Ann Marino of Spitfire Apostolic (Christian) Ministries https://www.youtube.com/live/vtsTGexypow) ... 3:31 – Christian said "god is laughing at us" during covid pandemic | did covid have a purpose in showing evil in the world ... 5:26 – God laughed at covid conspiracy theories & anti-vaxxers but nothing stranger in history of time ... 8:00 – God left us

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00:22:12

119 My advice to Dr. Jordan Peterson & learning from...

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2024/07/31

0:00 – Intro (reference to shows 6 & 7) | questions equal growth | Dr. Peterson's rehabilitation (training/brainwashing) classes to earn back license in Canada ... 4:15 – My discovery & following of Dr. Peterson's career ... 6:05 – Emotional decline of Dr. Peterson | watching career collapse due to strangers | becoming a guru to disenfranchised young men/incels ... 11:47 – Advice to Dr. Peterson on getting back his license | pick your battles & take a break ... 15:30 – How Dr

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01:51:12

118 Roundtable discussion on Brahman, bhakti &...

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2024/07/28

0:00 - Intro ... 2:33 - Should scriptures be taken literally as history? | Do Hindu scriptures need to be real like the Bible? ... 18:49 - Non-duality/duality & sanskrit | Rishi poets & metaphors ... 24:30 - Experiencing Brahman | ancient Rishis as scientists ... 27:32 - Ramayana | Trying to find essence & value in scriptures even if they are fiction ... 31:36 - Exploring pitfalls of bhakti | emotion | stepping stones, learning moments & maya | bhakti | mechanical religion &

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00:14:07

117 Why does evil exist in the world? An alternative...

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2024/07/25

0:00 – Intro to discussing an alternative answer on why is there evil in the world? ... 2:23 – No all good god in Sanatana Dharma & no all evil devil ... 4:19 – We are made in the image of god | story of "Good Place" tv show starring Ted Danson & Kristen Bell ... 6:56 – God is involved in the world & needs evil due to God's plan | knowing evil in light of good ... Live 7/23/2024. ... Regular live show on society & religion. Vaishnava. Conservative. Combating conversion

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01:34:20

116 Andrew Tate, being attractive to women & becoming...

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2024/07/21

0:00 – Intro | trying to understand the world better via asking questions & dissecting ideas | spiritual life & social life ... 6:21 – Andrew Tate not all bad ... 7:33 – Tate's conversion to Islam | my thoughts on Islam | respecting those who made big religious conversions that breaks comfort zone ... 12:01 – Experimenting with things to find yourself vs focusing on one thing ... 13:51 – Making things your own via experimenting to develop our personality vs wearing a mask | Keith

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