Presenting Vaishnavism in the West with Hridayananda Das Goswami | Thinking Bhakti Podcast EP18 

Great episode. Hope to see many more like this. It is inspiring to see Hridayananda Das Goswami and Swami Revatikanta having such a pleasant and deep conversation.

I could have listened for hours... thank You Swamiji! Jai Gurudev, Hare Krishna! Ram Ram ❤

Great podcast! I'm so happy to see two generations of swamis having a chance to talk. HDG took sannyasa in 1972, and having the opportunity to witness these meetings is very delightful for my eyes and ears. It was a very pleasant conversation, thank you so much. Please continue and create more podcasts like this one! ❤️

mature, intelligent, inspiring, thank you!

Nice conversation 🙏thanks

Fabulous dialogue on how to distribute real knowledge of love and understanding of the Supreme Lord, God, aka Krsna (all attractive One) and our eternal relationship, across the globe in every culture. These spiritual conversations are enlivening and satisfying to the soul 🙏

I absolutely love this. Two brilliant minds sharing such a feast of prem and knowledge. Thank you so much for sharing this. Haribol!

This is what Ive been waiting for! Two vaishnava paths having discourse. This was so good! Thank you so much. Hare krishna

Very much looking forward to this episode.

Jai Gurudev, thank you for this wonderful podcast!

Great talk thank you. I have some points. Hridayananda Maharaj said many times "if you want to save the planet", but i thought that Krishna consciousness was about saving our soul and going back to GodHead. The preaching always goes along the lines of this place is a prison planet and happiness here is Jada "dead". secondly on the topic of Indian dress, I have also got the impression that in the spiritual world we are eternally in Doti, Sari, Gopi dress. so basically what i'm saying is devotees are dressing for the eternal abode, Devotees are practicing for their eternal service in the spiritual world, it has nothing to do with this material existence. I always get the impression the Indian Culture is seen as not a culture but comes from Sanatan dharma, the purpose of all beings and that includes the dress. Jaya Guru Dev, Swami Revatikanta I would like your perspective on my points. Hari Om tat Sat

Nice setup. Love how it’s done from cinematic point of view . Different colour spaces for each speaker ! Good sound. Very balanced … still watching. I would put dolly to slowly drive back and forward between speakers.

Really wonderful episode with lots of insights from Gita. I was looking forward to this conversation. It feels relaxed and grounded with a sense of humour and lots of experiences sharing. “The wise sees everyone equally. You have to be equal to everyone in order to achieve the highest Bhakti.” Krishna from Gita. I feel like I / we still have so much to learn from Gita and most of all to practice it. You just look at some social media comments and there are so often rude without any respect towards others. We all don’t need to agree on everything but the way we comment on something we don’t agree with says a lot about who we are..

Read JAIVA DHARMA ! This book answers all questions. Vaisnava dress, tilak, neck beads is all described. All tattva is defined.

It's actually the other way around, Most of India is following Vaishnava Culture.... I come from Punjab, Most of the people in state are vegetarian. I am still following 80% Vaishnava even in US I follow Vaishnava. .. I am from Sikh Dharma tradition but the similarities are there.

Great interview/debate. Learnt a lot. Thank you

I have to say that I am happy that we have such a generous and warm-hearted swami(s) ❤

I love what HdG is saying. This interview is a treat for me!

Would be great if people would make productive comments about the topics and content of the podcast and not make subjective claims of who has a higher knowledge, based on one podcast and not speak about nonsense if the earth is flat, which has nothing to do with this podcast. Where is the time when we could talk in a normal way to each another?

I have seen his old video of USA and Christian there blaming that they are mad for chanting Krishna..but he is still have same intelligence and more ❤❤❤❤

Great podcast, the conversation was an eye opener, very clear and concise. thank you.

Through every sampraday (saivya,sakta,vaishnav,ganpatya etc) thousands of saints in india realised god(bhagawat sakshatkar) which is ultimate purpose.so every sampradaya is good and established by same god so that people with different nature can worship him through different sampradaya according to nature Rest is just brain exercise

Very interesting discussion about sharing strategies.

Great episode thanks so much ❤️

In a conversation with the then Tusta Krishna Swami, Srila Prabhupada made it VERY clear what the standards of a sannyasi - and yes, that includes dress. If Hridayananda dasa wishes to go against the standards taught by Srila Prabhupada, he should just come and state it outright, rather than spin stories to justify his deviations

Amazing video, much love to you ❤

Is wearing shoes inside a the house part of showing westerners how accessible Vaisnavism is? I’m a fallen person I’m just not sure what we keep and what we need to throw out?

Wonderful podcast🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👌🏻👌🏻

Well done! A lot was accomplished here. Some of the same ole points we've heard, some new points, and perhaps better is when we fine-tune the practical truths we already know but are still working on realizing at a larger scale.

Very mature talking. Thank you all.

That was a really good talking! Great points of view. I appreciated it! HK.

Yes we need to save this planet 🙏❤

A lot of compassion here. Good points here

Nice conversation. I'm wondering what is KW's take on spiritual/initiation names which also sound exotic to the general public. 🙏

I have never laughed so much on a podcast ever! Jai Gurudev!

Sanatana Dharma is supreme. You can't cut off parts of it and present it as whole.

HdG failed. He has been doing his Krishna West thing for about 15 years and has nothing to show for it.

I have yet to hear him talk about the descriptions of Krishna in his attire from Srimad Bhagavatam... I would love to hear him speak to that. If I'm attracted to Krishna and Krishna wears those things, then wouldn' I want to wear those things, at least sometimes? 1:47:20 Now THIS. This is great.

The reason I left christianity is exactly because I found the '' Anglo saxonization'' of it so disingenuous , The name , the language , The ''Greek'' Gospels , There is such a disconnect from what has to be the truth , Its like there's an embarrassment of the actual reality , so a construct has had to made in order to make it palatable for Europeans , Living a lie if you ask me . Hare Krishna.

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Great discussion 🙏

Does Vishwananda Swami sometimes put Tulasi leaves on his feet? I saw a picture one time.

I disagree in a couple of points, it may be true that "indian file" devotees rise barriers with some of the pubblic, but that wasn't the perception of Srila Prabhupada, second one regarding pujaris, Srila Prabhupada introduced arca vigraha seva and temples as an essential part and Maharaja here seems to denigrate it... when those are essential things for neofite devotees as for seniors . Balance is not easy, or maybe Maharaja think to be cleverer than Prabhupada. For the rest was a lovely discussion between Vaisnavas, thank you

damn! he's pretty good! great podcast.

in his oratory ardor he left some points unclear, but the level is high and very intriguing

I think to move forward you have to update some things and change some things for the modern times which i think has been done to a degree. Wearing pink robes and trying to hustle people for book sales isnt gonna cut it now.

my quandary regarding the Christianity analogy, that it spread far and wide when they discarded much of the Jewish rules, is that Christianity today is quite watered down.

" I think, In my opinion, I wanted, I did not want, I liked etc etc..........He is soooo immersed in the I and My conception that he prefers to adjust the philosophy to HIS opinion and likings instead of surrendering. He thinks that Indian dressing and culture is "freaky, silly, pumpkin like". DO NOT COMPROMISE FOR YOUR OWN MATERIAL ENJOYMENT Bogus Bogus. Keep playing tennis with your colleague. You want to make people believe in re-birth but fear that tilak and shikha is ridiculous 🤣

Too body conscious, it's become an ego identity, an ego can't get through the eye of a needle .

He should be atoning rather than lecturing Hare krsna

This Howard Resnick aka Hridayananda looks like a regular karmi, he is completely fallen.

I think that goswami would do better to not cut off so much the people he is conversing with.

Quotes from our acaryas regarding the topic: "In big scale you cannot make all of them as brāhmaṇas or sannyāsīs. No. That is not possible. This is a small scale. How many percentage of people of the world we are controlling? Very insignificant. But if you want to make the whole human society perfect, then this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement should be introduced according to Kṛṣṇa’s instruction, if you want to do it in a large scale for the benefit of the whole human society. "Now we are picking up some of them, best. That is another thing. But Caitanya Mahāprabhu said para-upakāra. Why a certain section should be picked up? The whole mass of people will get the benefit of it. Then it is required, systematic. Sve sve karmaṇy abhirataḥ saṁsiddhiṁ labhate naraḥ. Para-upakāra means mass benefit, not there is certain section. Then we have to introduce this varṇāśrama-dharma. It must be done perfectly, and it is possible and people will be happy." Srila Prabhupada - Room Conversation, Māyāpur, February 14, 1977 "There is no question of Eastern, Western. Now people are intermingling. Now I think that we shall have institution, especially in America, to train these first-class (brahmana), second-class (kshatriya), third-class (vaisya), and the balance fourth class (sudra). Srila Prabhupada - Conversation with clergymen, Detroit, June 15, 1976 Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura: "Varṇāśrama and Vaidhi-bhakti:" TEXT sādhana-kāle ye paryanta hṛdaya kāma āche se paryanta varṇāśramādi dharmera apekṣā thāke TRANSLATION At the time of practicing sādhana-bhakti, so long as there is material desire within the heart, one should remain within the confines of the varṇāśrama system. PURPORT The relationship between the aforementioned varṇāśrama-dharma and vaidhi-bhakti ought to be examined. The question is, is the varṇāśrama institution negated, or should it be abandoned when one takes to the process of bhakti, or should the rules and regulations of varṇāśrama be followed in order to properly cultivate vaidhi-bhakti? As we have said, the main reason for the cultivation of varṇāśrama is that maintaining the body in good health, improving the faculty of the mind, promoting social well-being, and learning the science of the Self are all conducive to the practice of pure devotional service. Who can deny the necessity of the varṇāśrama institution as long as the living being is bound up in the human body? If it is abandoned, and the above-mentioned four principles are lacking, the jīva will go astray and no good whatsoever will accrue to him. One should, therefore, strictly adhere to the rules governing varṇāśrama for the sake of the mind, society, and one’s advancement in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. But the observance of varṇāśrama-dharma is not the sole business of the jīva. Therefore, with the assistance of varṇāśrama-dharma, one must cultivate pure devotional service. The purpose of the varṇāśrama institution is to facilitate the practice of devotional service. The question may arise that since the practice of varṇāśrama is a dilatory affair, what will one’s duty be if a conflict arises with one’s devotional practice? The answer is that if one does not maintain and nourish the healthy condition of the body, mind, society, and the pursuit of self-realization, how will it be possible to cultivate the higher endeavor, devotional service? If, abandoning the varṇāśrama institution, one acts independently, then the demands of the body and mind will cause one to become intoxicated with material desire and no sign of devotion will manifest itself. (First vṛṣṭi, sixth dhāra) The book "Speaking About Varnasrama" offers great insight on these topics. Please search out that volume. In service ....

Finally sampradais are sects....sanatan greater than sum o parts...n a personal experience

People are deluded in kalijuga that they don’t even understand that actually Sri vishnava sampradaya is not actually sree sampradaya!!! And we are not in any sampradaya if we do not follow our guru!! Prabhupada actually taught us and encouraged us to wear dhothies and shika and actually you are a dead body if you don’t wear tilak!! Too much mental thinking without involving in Nama japa or Leela it’s just mental entanglement of ego..

Some really nice insights to take from conversation! Specially for a devotee living in the west, and participating in society full time. One critique though!: I would wish Swami Revati could elaborate his views uninterupted, it was difficult to watch at times. Would love to see more balanced exchange next time. Jai Gurudev

I hope this Sangha does public service and doesn't just stay in the forest or on a farm somewhere. 😊

just listen to prabhupada and everything will fall into place, listening to these new acharyas nothing will be clear to you, only the confusion will increase

Had I been more spiritual and not drunk i would probably be a Buddhist from my time in Korea

Indian culture is heavily influenced by Vaisnavism.

Take off your shoes, ''swamiji'' inside an house

What's the point though of a huge 'non initiated' following operating at the lowest common denominator? Not seeking self realization, God realization, Sainthood? That was the downer of this conversation. It started to feel mundane...including in its elevating of intellectuals

This Senior Swamiji is hilarious: ' by the way my clothes are all for sale...' ' Nice neck beads, they are stylish...Oops there goes Hare Krishna' 'I'm not going to ask a nun for change...' 'Everyone know that I'm a Mr No Dhoti...' ' My Sanskrit pronouns '. Saa, Saha! And he laughs at his own jokes. He is very knowledgeable. This interview does however illustrate the difference between when the Satguru is physically present and when He has left His body. We simply obey the living Master on everything - clothes, philosophy. When the humans are in charge the mental debates start. Like looking at religious clothes as a culture of a 'third world country'

"I believe in Garbodakasayi Visnu... " 😅

One should not take sanyas if he is not able to follow rules btw sanyas is only for Brahmin. Narayan

Call this podcast slouching swamis

It's very suspect.The other guy doesn't have robes.On. I think I heard about this guy.

Dihrladada Swami has nothing transcendental to say, as ever. Just to dress in polo and pants.

"CHEATER"

Here it is the year 2024 and Hridayanada Das Swami still thinks that we live on the exterior of a spinning ball shooting through the vacuum of space. How sad is that?

This episode is regrettably titled. Only profound racism and appropriation could entertain the idea of separating Vaishnavism from Hindu Dharma. Instead of bringing Vaishnavism to the west, better to bring western people to Hinduism

Goswami my foot. The guy is a fake!

Shrimad Bhagavatam 5th Canto is not a heliocentric science, indeed it is a Giocentric science, Dhruva Loka, A.K.A Polaris the North Star is directly above the North Pole and is completely stationary with the Constellations Carouseling around It. The Flat Earth Awakening (which is growing exponentially) is a Truth that ISKCON must come to terms with.

Lord Krishna said, "My Dear Arjuna, Millions of years ago I Instructed this Imperishable Science of Yoga to the Sun god Vivashwan, " Science; Observable, Testable and Repeatable. The "Horizon" is indeed "Horizontal" and no matter how high the altitude it stays at "Eye-Level". The "Constellations" are "Constant" and the Stars in Heaven are Firm in their Position and Firm in their Brightness. God Created the Firmament to separate the waters from Above (were MahaVishnu naps)from the waters below (The Great Garbhodaka Ocean). Water Aways Finds It's Level, Sea Level. The Whole of this little 4 headed Brahma Universe has an Up and It has a Down. A Dwarf named Vamana poked a hole in God's Firmament with His big toe and the waters from Above came pouring in and Down.

The Himalayan mountain range was filmed from a passenger plane flying over Dubai, that's over 2,000 miles of no curvature. The Nikon p1000 is a scientific instrument that proves Beyond any shadow of a doubt that the curvature of the earth cannot be measured because the curvature of the earth simply does not exist. The curvature calculation of 8in per mile Squared is Bogas. You simply cannot take all the Flat places known on earth and create a circumference of 24,901 miles. The math is simple.

Shivaya Vishnurupaya.. Shiva rupaya Vishnave. Shivasya Hridayam Vishnu, Vishnasya hridayam Shiva!! In my mind, they are one and the same. Their Leela is different. One focusses on Vairagya. Other focusses on Knowledge and Bhakti. I am Shri Vaishnava from the South. Yes, the same south that focuses on shape of your Tilak😂

Such a confuse guest, his body language wants to tell you that he is humble, and yet the cross-legged let me tell you who I'm - a hypocrite. Bhakti is not telling. It is doing. What you speaking so loudly I can't hear what you are saying.

Two bogus unauthorized individuals. Blind leading the blind.

Hridayanada will never debate a Flat Earther, especially one versed in Vedic cosmology.

He has way more knowledge than swami revatikanth

ascetism vs eroticism The 1947 film "Black Narcissus" highlighted the dichotomy of this middle path of ascetism (especially of convent) is not sustainable & subtly hints Hindu philosophy of realistic view of life & dividing it in stages(or 4 ashrams ) is more sound.Four ashramas are: Brahmacharya (student), Grihastha (householder), Vanaprastha (forest walker/forest dweller), & Sannyasa (renunciate). Review contrasts the Christian Vs Hindu view of Life ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LIdSFsNMEVY.html

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