Sep 16, 2026

When Krishna and Balarāma entered Mathurā, the women climbed to the rooftops and showered them with flowers. They took him into their hearts through their eyes — embraced him, the embodiment of all ecstasy — and their bodily hair stood on end. And in that way, unlimited distress disappeared from their lives. That...

Sep 15, 2026

In the 1970s the book Jonathan Livingston Seagull became a bestseller. A parable about a gull who refuses to follow the flock and discovers that his true nature is limitless. It serves as an insightful description of the spiritual path. The masses mistake worldly objects for sources of happiness — and spend their...

Sep 11, 2026

Voltaire — the greatest writer of the French Enlightenment wrote that there is a dim flame burning in every heart — an intuition that somewhere there is a home, a happiness that is real and lasting. 
We spend our lives chasing it in bodies, children, homes, wealth, relationships. And it never quite delivers. In this...

Sep 10, 2026

Westerners who take interest in Eastern Spirituality may be reacting to elements of exclusivism found in Western religion (we’re right and everyone else is wrong). The swing to the East may carry all the way to Hyper-Inclusivism (everybody’s right). In this episode Raghunath and Kaustubha explore what it means to...

Sep 8, 2026

Most Vedic literature speaks from a perspective within this universe. But some reveal that this universe is just a tiny bubble among countless others — and invite us to view our place in existence from outside. Depending on which angle we look from, either Vishnu or Krishna will appear to be the origin of the Avatars....