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Wisdom of the Sages

1603: Darkness, Evil & Satan: A Bhakti Yoga Perspective / Q & A Volume 275

Wisdom of the Sages

David Ramella

Hardcore, Yoga, Dharma, Kaustubhadas, Bhakti, Srimadbhagavatam, Wisdom, Bhagavadgita, Hinduism, Raghunath, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Punk, Raycappo

5970 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

What is Evil? Different tradition have different ideas. In this compelling Q & A episode of Wisdom of the Sages, Raghunath and Kaustubha explore how the Bhakti tradition understands darkness, Satan, and the concept of evil. Is it a cosmic force? A personal being? Or simply the absence of divine light?

Other questions include how to navigate workplace obligations at bars while maintaining spiritual sobriety, and what pure devotional service looks like in today’s world.

Key Highlights:
•⁠  ⁠Evil explained Bhakti-style: darkness isn’t a rival force—it’s what happens when we turn away from the light
•⁠  ⁠What to do when your boss schedules meetings in a bar (spoiler: garlic-soaked pizza may also be involved)
•⁠  ⁠Pure devotion demystified: how love shows up in kirtan, service, and yes, even chicken coop assignments
•⁠  ⁠Lessons from Mussolini to CBGB’s: the slippery slope of bad choices and the art of guarding your inner light
•⁠  ⁠It’s not about being judgmental—but about choosing clarity over compromise

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0:00.0

Namaste everybody, it's Raganath, and I want to announce my autumn pilgrimage 2025 to sacred India.

0:08.6

Tons of Kirtan, tons of Bhakti.

0:11.1

It is my great passion and pleasure to take people to sacred cities, sacred rivers, sacred people,

0:18.8

and of course, amazing vegetarian and vegan food prepared with love.

0:25.2

If India's been calling you, this could be the trip.

0:28.6

Go to my website, ragunov.orgia.orgia,000-J-N-A-T-H-U-N-A-T-H-E-H-h-y-h-h-h-y-h-h-h-h-i-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h--------------- darkness is the absence of light and it's interesting you know these things there's a lot of

0:57.3

implications to but like our conception of spirit and of the spiritual realm which we consider

1:04.5

the majority like the real the reality is that it's self luminous there's no darkness

1:09.8

right that that we live in a dark corner. We live like kind of in a closet, according to the Vedic

1:19.1

literature, you know, where it's like normally it's just like if we go outside during the day, it's bright.

1:24.6

And if you want darkness, you have to create like an artificial kind of

1:28.6

circumstance. You've got to build a house or you have to put a tent there or something. You know,

1:32.9

you got to, you got to, you got to kind of block out the light. But the natural, the natural,

1:40.3

even what is our night? It's when the earth is turned away from the sun.

1:47.0

You know, the sunlight is still there, but it's the earth is turned away from it.

1:51.6

And so what we consider evil or darkness is just the turning away from the son of Krishna,

1:57.3

the turning away from spirit, which is self-luminous.

2:00.4

That's the dark side. that's the evil side.

2:03.6

That's, that's, you know, so our natural existence is in the light.

2:08.6

Oh, no, Bhagavati, Vasudevae,aheaheah. Oh, Nama, Bhagavati, Vasudevae. Vah Sudevaya Oona Mbaghati

2:19.3

Basta bhaer

2:21.3

Bhaesth Debaer

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