Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 4 days 18 hours 23 minutes
0:00 – Self-proclaimed spiritual teacher Sir Pierre Bernard taught & invented yoga a century ago which helped promote yoga in America | "The Great Oom: The Improbable Birth of Yoga in America" book by Robert Love ... 6:33 – Avoiding American cultural appropriation soul sucking of Hindu yoga | not caring about India & calling gods myths (Note: yoga isn't completely a naked man on a mat, but it is not what it is sold as in the west) .....
0:00 – Reacting to the late Swami Rudrananda "Rudi" the somewhat forgotten New York meditation teacher & guru of Franklin Jones (aka Adi Da) & the disgraced Oregon guru Swami Chetanananda (aka J. Michael Shoemaker), biographical info about him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudi_(spiritual_teacher) & website of Rudi's legacy https://www.rudi.org/teachings (Note: apology for change in sound, as a second microphone got turned on) .....
0:00 – Personal thoughts on experience with tarot (referenced episode 37 on scary accurate tarot readings: https://studio.youtube.com/video/PUH--yBNkhE), using oracle cards as a Hindu for contemplation only ... 12:36 – Kali Oracle Deck pocket deck by Alana Fairchild & art by Jimmy Manton, diversity of Kali designs, emotional response to art ... 20:32 – Descriptions on cards ... 23:43 – Closing thoughts .....
0:00 – Intro to 100th show, reacting to beastly fake teacher Keith Raniere who abused women in his cult NXIVM, learning from fake gurus ... 14:40 – Overview of videos from official NXIVM youtube ... 17:54 – Reacting to talk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfp5q3T4j8Y): spiritual buzzwords, insider vs outsider language ... 23:36 – Reacting to talk con't: raising children in diverse cultures, becoming one & same, avoiding recognizing god as gift giver .....
0:00 – Intro to "Om Shri Krishna Sharanam Mamah" (Ashtakshara Mantra) which translates to "I take refuge in Lord Krishna & surrender myself completely to him" or "Sri Krishna is my shelter" ... 4:23 – Mantra re-discovered by Ananda Bhagat of the Arizona Vedic Cultural Center (Phoenix area) Arizona Vedic Cultural Center of the Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul USA, Arizona Vedic Cultural Center youtube: https://www.youtube...
On a recent trip to Manhattan I wanted to visit where ISKCON was born, aka the very first ISKCON temple & former home of Swami Prabhupada. Or, the birthplace of the Hare Krishna movement in America. I'm not an ISKCON Vaishnava & routinely confess a love/hate relationship with Swamiji & the organization, but only a fool would deny the influence of Srila Prabhupada & ISKCON on religion in the west & the world & Sanatana Dharma in general...
0:00 – Intro to reaction video of spiritual teacher & artist Santosha Tantra of California whose teaching is focused on knowing one's self, not a cult leader, women's spirituality issues, inspired by Raman Maharishi & Hinduism ... 08:48 – Introduced to Ma by Theo Cedar Jones of the band Swaybone (referenced interview by Theo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl-rwhJsZNQ) ... 09:57 – Ma's website: https://www.santosha-tantra.com/ & youtube: https://www.youtube...
0:00 – Intro, how much does God cost?, how much does god's truth & wisdom (i.e Sanatana Dharma) cost?, those who ask for money to reveal the truth, costs of being an Adidam devotee ... 8:23 – Story of almost buying an ignorant yoga theology course to find out more, calling Hindu gods a myth, fusing Buddhism & Hinduism ... 15:48 – Cult documentary revealing money drain ... 17:19 – Buying books that are not promises of truth (Namaste Bookstore NYC https://namastebookshop.com/) .....
0:00 – Into to reaction to Swami Tyagananda (of the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Order based out of Boston's Vedanta Society) who is/was Hindu Chaplain of MIT and Harvard (see wiki of him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swami_Tyagananda), see first reaction video to Swami: https://www.youtube.com/live/oYI4S7nEVBI ... 8:11 – Enjoy your life (R.I.P. Char Abbott) ... 11:45 – Adi Da talk "Sex, Laughter and Real-God-Realization" (see here for pdf of talk: https://www.adidam...
0:00 – Into to reaction video to Swami Tyagananda (of the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Order based out of Boston's Vedanta Society) who is/was Hindu Chaplain of MIT and Harvard (see wiki of him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swami_Tyagananda), dilemma criticizing gurus who help people, catering to liberal college crowd, Advaita Vedanta path of Vivekananda ... 10:27 – Reacting to 1st talk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNmldIsqcHc): teaching Americans, diversity in society .....