1764: Speaking Truth to Power with Love
Wisdom of the Sages
David Ramella
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🗓️ 30 April 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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On the appearance day of the fascinating Avatar Narasimha — the ferocious half-man, half-lion form of Krishna — Raghunath and Kaustubha explore the life and teachings of his most celebrated devotee, Sri Prahlad, the child saint who spoke truth to power without apology, yet never bore animosity toward the person trying to destroy him. His core teaching, drawn from the Srimad Bhagavatam, is more relevant than ever: except for the uncontrolled and misguided mind, there is no enemy in this world. That's not passivity. That's spiritual vision.
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| 0:00.0 | So here he is, his first prayer for his father. |
| 0:03.3 | And of all people, you can pray for him. |
| 0:05.5 | Yeah. |
| 0:06.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:06.8 | Give whatever benediction you could have given me. |
| 0:09.0 | Give to him. |
| 0:10.0 | You know, and we see, it's not that he was docile or, you know, apathetic. |
| 0:18.6 | He was speaking truth to power. |
| 0:20.5 | He spoke very clearly, but he did it |
| 0:22.3 | with love. He said, my dear father, you know, we don't have any enemy. The only enemy is this |
| 0:28.2 | is this misguided mind of ours. You know, you're asking me to see enemies. I can't see any |
| 0:34.9 | enemies. Father, what you should do, you should give up your whole |
| 0:39.6 | demonic mentality. And you should worship Lord Vishnu, Shavanam, Kirtanam Vishnu, Smaranum, Padasayvanam. |
| 0:45.1 | This is what, you know, he, he was bold. He spoke truth to power, but he never possessed |
| 0:51.7 | hatred, even toward that one that was in so many ways trying to cause him the worst kind of harm |
| 1:00.0 | oh no bagavati, bus today by you. |
| 1:12.6 | Oh, nama, baghabeti, bashed by ya. |
| 1:22.6 | Come on. |
| 1:24.6 | I'm from Super Soul Farm and upstate New York. |
| 1:26.6 | This is Wisdom and the Sages of Bakhti Yoga podcast with your host, |
| 1:30.1 | Raganop and co-host and senior educator at the Bakhti Center, New York City, |
| 1:34.0 | Coast, Stubidas. |
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