1607: Ask Better Questions, Break the Cycle of Samsara

Wisdom of the Sages

David Ramella

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

5 • 970 Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

There’s a big difference between asking, “How can I change this?” and asking, “What am I meant to learn from this?” In this episode, Raghunath and Kaustubha explore how asking bigger, zoomed-out questions can unlock real transformation—and how Krishna’s pastimes, far from being mere spiritual folklore, offer the deepest answers to the soul’s most urgent needs. They discuss how these pastimes are meant to be approached not just through a religious lens, but through an ontological, metaphysical, and Vedantic one—and that’s when their true power is revealed.

Key Highlights:

•⁠ ⁠How shallow questions keep us stuck, and zoomed-out questions can set us free
•⁠ ⁠Why good questions aren’t always comfortable—but they crack things open
•⁠ ⁠How to identify life’s summum bonum—and reorient everything around it
•⁠ ⁠Seeing Krishna’s life through a metaphysical lens—not just a religious one
•⁠ ⁠The danger of a life built on speed and comfort, but no direction

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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-N-A-T-H-E-T-H-H-N-A-T-H-D-H-Yoga-S-E-A-T-F-E-T-F-E-V-E-V-T-E-V-E-B-E-W-E-T-E-B-E-E-W-E-E-LU-LAS. and more exquisitely pointed questions, questions that reshape our identities and our bodies
0:56.4	and our relation to others.
0:59.0	Okay.
0:59.9	Nice.
1:00.4	To look for solaces to learn to ask the fiercer questions, Gustuba.
1:05.3	Fierce.
1:06.2	What's the definition of fierce, Mara?
1:09.4	Thank you for asking.
1:12.6	Questions that reshape our identity. Davidid is someone that carefully considered his words you know so what did he mean by fierce
1:18.4	uh violently hostile okay there we go or marked by unrestrained zeal or vehemence.
1:31.0	I read it more like very deeply pointed questions.
1:35.5	Yeah, maybe questions that aren't afraid to confront, you know, they can be confrontational,
1:41.7	like maybe even confronting ourselves.
1:44.2	One of those, what are you doing with your life question? Okay. They can be confrontational, like maybe even confronting ourselves. One of those.
1:45.0	What are you doing with your life question?
1:47.9	Okay.
1:48.6	Every ask those questions?
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