1473: Gurus, Initiation, Krishna, Vishnu & Sex / Q & A Volume 253
Wisdom of the Sages
David Ramella
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🗓️ 23 November 2024
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Can we be fully committed Vaishnavas without initiation? / Can I have a guru without the initiation process? / Is keeping long hair offensive or should we shave our heads? / How do we minimize sex life when we are married to a person who is not on board with the philosophy? / If Krishna is the 8th avatar of Vishnu, then how is He also "The Supreme Personality of Godhead"? Does that mean He's above Vishnu, Brahma, and Shiva?
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, it's Raganath. |
| 0:02.1 | Join Wisdom of the Sages, 2025 in India. |
| 0:06.7 | First, January 12th through the 24th, we have our Light on Wisdom training. |
| 0:11.1 | To study sacred literature, stories and tales from the sacred piranhas, |
| 0:15.5 | lots of heart-opening Kirtan, delicious Prashad, and cool people |
| 0:20.8 | with special guest Rodnawami and also special |
| 0:24.0 | guest Jiva-G from Bhakti Recovery Group. It's three hours north of Mumbai at the awesome award-winning |
| 0:30.9 | Goverdan Eco Village. Then if you want to stay longer, there's the outrageous flower festival |
| 0:36.5 | at Rodna Swami's temple in Mumbai, and we leave |
| 0:39.8 | a day later for the Kirtan capital of the world on the banks of the river, Gunga, Shredaam |
| 0:46.5 | Mayapur. It's a gorgeous, spiritually surcharged, Krishna-conscious paradise, where we study the |
| 0:53.7 | life of Sri Chaitanya, the Kirtan Avatar. |
| 0:56.7 | We visit holy sites. |
| 0:58.4 | We eat delicious Bengali food and drinks and get our minds blown and our hearts burst open. |
| 1:05.6 | Go to Wisdom of the Sages.com, look on the left side of the screen, and scroll down to |
| 1:10.0 | retreats. |
| 1:11.0 | We try to keep these affordable. |
| 1:12.7 | Thank you for letting us serve you. |
| 1:14.1 | Namaste. |
| 1:15.1 | I think a lot of what life is about, a lot of what we're meant to learn in life, |
| 1:20.4 | has so much to do with letting go of everything that is temporary. |
| 1:25.7 | And so much of our struggle in life is not being able to let go of things that are temporary, |
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