1733: How Krishna Bhakti Went Global (No Money, No Plan, Just Faith)
Wisdom of the Sages
David Ramella
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🗓️ 13 February 2026
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Krishna bhakti went global not through wealth, planning, or infrastructure, but through faith — the kind of faith that sends teenagers across oceans with no money, no guarantees, and no backup plan. In this episode, recorded at Govardhan Eco Village, Raghunath speaks with Mahāmāyā and Bali Mardana, whose personal memories reveal the unpredictable, humorous, and deeply human early days of the Hare Krishna movement — a time when chanting became survival, surrender became strength, and Śrīla Prabhupāda's presence inspired ordinary people to attempt extraordinary things.
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| 0:00.0 | It's great to hear both a man and the ladies, what's the word? |
| 0:07.4 | Recollections of these times. |
| 0:09.9 | And what it was like in Harry Krishna, Harry Krishna World 1.0, I call it, because it was a different time. |
| 0:16.2 | It wasn't like, I'm sort of getting into Krishna. |
| 0:18.7 | It's like, you're into Krishna or you're not into Krishna. |
| 0:21.2 | There is no middle ground. |
| 0:23.9 | And it's sort of like if you were in it, it's like you were joining the Marines or something. |
| 0:29.7 | It was like a boot camp. |
| 0:31.6 | And you had like a commander in chief, Shula Prabha, and you just had a mission to spread the holy name, create temples, travel far and wide, and I'm really eager to pick their brains today and find out what's going on. |
| 0:46.3 | Oh, no, Bhagavati, Vasudevae,ia. Basta bhaer Bada'iah |
| 0:56.0 | Basta bhaesth |
| 0:57.0 | Baja |
| 0:58.0 | Bhaerba today |
| 0:59.0 | Basta |
| 1:00.0 | Bhaesthya |
| 1:04.0 | Yeah |
| 1:05.0 | Come on Live from the Goverdowne Eco Village in beautiful Maharashtra, India. |
| 1:14.3 | This is Wisdom of the Sage, is a Bakhti Yoga podcast with your host, Raghanov. |
| 1:19.1 | And today, Pranapri is my co-host today. |
| 1:22.4 | Kostub is on a little break, and we have a special day today. |
| 1:25.4 | By the way, it's february 11th twenty |
| 1:27.5 | six it's episode 1733 welcome to the show beautiful people i'm here the beautiful |
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