I am sharing stories, tips, and lessons that I learn backpacking through America’s trails. Whether you are an experienced backpacker or have never walked on a dirt path, you are welcome here! As a military veteran, hiking has helped me rediscover peace within my soul. As a senior citizen (code for old guy), I know that we are never too old to start. The beauty of nature is waiting for you. So, come on. Let’s go walking!
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Our world is brimming with beings—human, animal, and artificial. We explore how they think, sense, feel, and learn. Conversations and more, every two weeks.
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Sons of The Wandering Blade is a D&D 5e actual play podcast. Players Ty, Lex, Jacob, Michael, and Jack run their characters through The Lost Mines of Phandlever. The Characters are Dax, the woodland elf Monk, Mordis, the woodland elf rogue, Sir Helmet of Halmat, the Mtn. Dwarf, Karl the human fighter, and Saul T. Water, the gnome fighter.
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Radhanath Swami is a Vaishnava sanyassi (a monk in a Krishna-bhakti lineage) and teacher of the devotional path of Bhakti-yoga. He is author of The Journey Home, a memoir of his search for spiritual truth. His teachings draw from the sacred texts of India such as The Bhagavad-gita, Srimad Bhagavatam, and Ramayana, and aim to reveal the practical application of the sacred traditions, while focusing on the shared essence which unites apparently disparate religious or spiritual paths. Born Rich ...
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The Guru Viking Podcast specializes in in-depth interviews with remarkable figures in the world of meditation, spirituality, and self development. Steve travels internationally teaching somatic practices and meditation, and leads explorations in contemplative, mystic, & relational realms.
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We reckon we’re the first EVER podcast to cover the two most eccentric of English pastimes: watching frequently behatted men wander around a field for five days, and watching a frequently behatted man wander around a quarry for (what feels like) five days. We reckon the intersection zone of the Cricket / Doctor Who appreciation Venn Diagram is VAST, hence the podcast. Others are less so sure. “That sounds like the world’s most niche podcast," has been one early reaction. But that’s not what ...
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A podcast Chronicling the Planar Codex, an Table Top Role-playing Game currently in development by Edward A. Greene.
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Ep277: Master of the Way - Prof William Rory Dickson 2
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In this episode I am once again joined by Dr. William Rory Dickson an associate professor of Islamic Religion and Culture at The University of Winnipeg and author of “Dissolving into Being: The Wisdom of Sufi Philosophy”.Professor Dickson discusses Ibn ‘Arabi (1165–1240), an important Sufi poet and philosopher. Ibn ‘Arabi was described as the great…
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Navadwip Dham Represents Different Processes of Devotional Service
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Sri Navadvipa dham is specially blessed with the presence of the holy river Ganga devi. Ganga devi saw her beloved sister Yamuna facilitating Krishna’s pastimes in Vrindavan with the gopas and gopis.Av Radhanath Swami
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I would personally descend and make the whole world dance. Kaviraj Goswami says that Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu made a garland with the flowers of the holy name of Krishna and pure love of Krishna, and he came to garland the entire world.Av Radhanath Swami
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When we come here, we should come as beggars, begging Nityananda Prabhu, and his representatives the spiritual masters and the vaishnavas for their mercy.Av Radhanath Swami
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Because he was going to take the message of the spirit of Mayapur across the ocean to all continents of the world and on behalf of Lord Chaitanya to make the world dance for the chanting of holy names. hare Kṛṣṇa hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa hare hare/ hare Rāma hare Rāma Rāma Rāma hare hare.Av Radhanath Swami
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Navadvipa and Vrindavan Are Non-Different
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In Vrindavan and other holy places if we commit offenses, we will have to suffer due to those offenses but Lord Chaitanya and Lord Nityananda Prabhu in this holy land of Navadvipa they do not accept any offenses.Av Radhanath Swami
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Glories of Mother Ganga at Sri Mayapur Dham
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Here His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada very clearly explains exactly why the Ganges floods. To show the world that this nectar of love of Godhead should flood the entire planet from Sri Mayapur dham, the birthplace of Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.Av Radhanath Swami
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Bhakti Is About Crying Out For The Grace
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We come to pilgrimage places, because we need grace. You see, you cannot digest food if you have no hunger. This is the principle of Ayurveda. Every time I go to Ayurvedic doctors, and I am sent to them all the time, so many different ones, they always ask, “How is your appetite?” Because this is a basis, digestion is a key to good health, and you …
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Ep276: Canadian Tulku Translator - Tulku Sherab Dorje
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In this episode I am joined by Tulku Sherab Dorje, Buddhist teacher, translator, and author of scholarly and popular books about Tibetan Buddhism.Tulku Sherdor recounts his unusual childhood and past-life proclivities, his graduation from Columbia Law School and subsequent elite level law practice, and years of spiritual retreat under masters of Ti…
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Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, he compared himself to a gardener. He said, “I have come with these fruits, the fruits of love of God. If anyone tastes a single fruit, they will be satisfied forever. And I have so many fruits, unlimited fruits. I cannot distribute them myself.” He requested his devotees to assist him.…
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Srila Prabhupada had the vision of millions of people coming to Mayapur dham. Srila Prabhupada travelled around the world eleven times to bring the blessings and the mercy of Shri Mayapur to the world.Av Radhanath Swami
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How should we think about IQ?
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IQ is, to say the least, a fraught concept. Psychologists have studied IQ—or g for “general cognitive ability”—maybe more than any other psychological construct. And they’ve learned some interesting things about it. That it's remarkably stable over the lifespan. That it really is general: people who ace one test of intellectual ability tend to ace …
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Loving Relationships Among Devotees At Shantipur
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Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in his very advent, he showed the world an untouchable and a high class brahman, as brothers, intimately in the principle of bhakti, chanting together and it was that combination that Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu surrendered his heart to to come to show compassion to the whole world.…
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When a dear person in our lives, passes from this world, we understand the feeling of hopelessness and pain that could be there. Because there's affection, the affection, the love between Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and his devotees in Navadwip, Srivasa, Advaita, Haridas, Murari Gupta, Vishnu Priya, and especially his mother, Sachi devi, their love w…
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And before boarding the Jaladuta, Srila Prabhupada writes in his diary, he came to Mayapur dham. This is where it all began. And ultimately, this is where he was going to bring people from all over the world. That was his vision.Av Radhanath Swami
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Why Srila Prabhupad Decided To Make Sri Mayapur As International Headquarters?
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He was not seeing with material vision. He was seeing that Mayapur is the most powerful place in the world. Because it is the place where we could, people from all around the world, connect with the deepest, most profound manifestation of Krishna’s grace.Av Radhanath Swami
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The Special Feature of Sri Chaitanya Maha Prabhu
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And for revealing the dham through literature all over India, he gave that credit to Srila Bhakti Siddhant Saraswati Thakur and for bringing every possible caste and race and religion and every species of human beings to Mayapur to worship Shri Shri Panchatatva, Radha Madhava, Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu gave that credit to our beloved Srila Prabhupa…
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Ep275: I Was A Tantric Disciple - Khandro Kunzang Dechen Chodron 2
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In this episode I am once again joined by Khandro Kunzang Dechen Chodron, teacher of Tibetan Buddhism and executive director of Saraswati Bhawan Publications.Khandro Kunzang details her apprenticeship in Nepal under renowned ngakpa Kunzang Dorje Rinpoche, outlines the course of her training from yidam practice to tummo and beyond, and reflects on t…
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Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu opened up the gates to invite and welcome everyone into the pastimes of Vrindavan that took place here in Shri Navadwip. Therefore, our Vaishnav scriptures and Acharyas, declare that Navadwip and Vrindavan are absolutely non-different, they are one.Av Radhanath Swami
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Mayapur Is The Spiritual Centre Of The Universe
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Devotees in those days they talked about, during the monsoons, it was flooded. They were on the roof of the thatched hut and cobras, snakes and scorpions were also looking for shelter on the roof. Who would have conceived?Av Radhanath Swami
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Sometimes long drives, sometimes hot cement under our feet, sometimes sun, sometimes we are late for Prasad. Whatever it may be, we should simply gladly accept it as an opportunity for spiritual advancement and most of all through hearing and chanting together we can develop spiritual love for each other.…
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Ep274: Poetry & the Sacred - Henry Shukman & John Brehm
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In this episode I host a dialogue between Henry Shukman, British poet, Zen teacher, and author of ‘One Blade of Grass; a Zen memoir’; and John Brehm, American poet and author of ‘The Dharma of Poetry’.Henry and John share the story of their formations as poets, compare the similarities as well as the marked differences in their backgrounds, and rev…
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Why So Many Rules and Regulations On The Path of Bhakti?
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Prahupada, if he would have said that, he would have had hundreds and millions of disciples. But Srila Prabhupada was representing the highest truths. He wasn’t trying to give people a little bit of piety in the name of spirituality; he was trying to show the path of perfection.Av Radhanath Swami
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Rethinking the "wood wide web"
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Forests have always been magical places. But in the last couple decades, they seem to have gotten a little more magical. We've learned that trees are connected to each other through a vast underground network—an internet of roots and fungi often called the "wood wide web". We've learned that, through this network, trees share resources with each ot…
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Is The Nature Of The Mind To Get Disturbed Continuously And Eventually To Get Depressed
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The greatest welfare work is to teach people how to purify and cleanse their hearts through chanting God’s names—hare krṣṇa hare krṣṇa, krṣṇa krṣṇa hare hare, hare rāma hare rāma, rāma rāma hare hare.Av Radhanath Swami
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If Everything Is Predestined, Why Should We Bother About Anything?
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Why are you going to school? Why not you just flow with your destiny? You have the choice to either study or fail. Only a fool will say, “Why should I study? It is my destiny to fail.” Tell that to your professor. Then when you have you report card, tell your parents that. It is a useless, impractical philosophy.…
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How To Overcome The Obstacle Of Attachment To The Thoughts And Activities Of Previous Conditionings?
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The solution is to recondition ourselves. We have cultivated selfishness, all sorts of desires for acquisition and enjoyment. The process of sanatana dharma is to recondition our mind, senses and life to purity, to humility, to selfless service and when we engage in devotion to God—the power of God’s mercy upon us when we act in his service is so g…
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Ep273: Spirit Conjuration - Dr Ben Joffe
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In this interview I am once again joined by Dr Ben Joffe, anthropologist and scholar practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism. Dr Joffe leads a deep dive into the Western magickal tradition of spirit conjuration, traces their diverse forms through the centuries, and considers the range of beings described, from the land sprites of localised traditions to t…
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Why Lord Krishna Spoke Other Yoga And Processes When Bhakti Yoga Is Prescribed Yoga?
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Just like in material educational system—there is algebra, there is basic arithmetic; then there is mathematics, calculus—they’re all levels of the same subject. Now for those who are in a lesser school, they see that they are very separate. But for one who has a Ph.D. in this subject, he sees that they are all developed, they are all intertwined a…
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Suffering Is The Highest Ecstasy When It Is For Krishna
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Lord Caitanya and the six Goswamis actually taught us how to cultivate separation for Krishna. Lord Chaitanya's ecstasy is that he would cry in separation from Krishna.Av Radhanath Swami
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How To Ensure Having Proper Consciousness to Perform Devotional Service At The Old Age?
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Unless we experience this higher taste, we will not be able to give up the illusions of maya. So we should be determined, determined in whatever situation we're in, to cultivate this higher taste of Krishna consciousness by guarding against offenses, by cultivating humility in service of Vaishnavas, by being a real servant of the Lord's compassion …
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Ep272: Mystical Path of Sufism - Professor William Rory Dickson
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In this episode I am joined by Dr. William Rory Dickson an associate professor of Islamic Religion and Culture at The University of Winnipeg and author of “Dissolving into Being: The Wisdom of Sufi Philosophy”.Professor Dickson recalls his Christian upbringing, teenage atheism, and how powerful psychedelic experiences saw him embark on a religious …
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There's a bit of a buzz out there, right now, but maybe you haven’t noticed. It's in the water, it's in the air. It's electricity—and it's all around us, all the time, including in some places you might not have expected to find it. We humans, after all, are not super tuned in to this layer of reality. But many other creatures are—and scientists ar…
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Ep271: Zen Confessions - Brad Warner & Shozan Jack Haubner
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In this episode, I host a dialogue between Brad Warner, Zen teacher, Youtuber, and best-selling author of “Hardcore Zen”; and Shozan Jack Haubner, ex-Zen Monk, Youtuber, and prize winning author of the memoir “Zen Confidential: Confessions of a Wayward Monk”. Brad and Jack explore their own journeys as writers, the humorous and confessional element…
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The Conclusion Of The Dialogue Between Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu And Shri Ramananda Rai
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The conclusion of all transcendental knowledge and the means by which we can achieve all transcendental realizations is through cleansing our hearts by sincerely chanting Krishna’s holy name, Krishna has made available all the goals which are achieved in various yugasAv Radhanath Swami
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The Dialogue Between Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu And Shri Ramananda Rai (Part 6)
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And to great scholars like Prakashananda Saraswati, Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya, to them he discussed very deep philosophy of Vedanta and the conclusions of Vedanta which is pure unalloyed devotion. But the conjugal pastimes of Radha and Krishna in Vrindavana, he only discussed with Shri Ramananda Rai and Swarupa Damodar. So, we are not going to go mu…
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The Dialogue Between Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu And Shri Ramananda Rai (Part 5)
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When the Gopis went to meet Krishna, they had not even the slightest tinge of conception of satisfying their own mind, senses or bodies. They simply went to please Krishna, to give themselves completely for Krishna. There is not a tinge of material desire in the hearts of the Gopis.Av Radhanath Swami
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Ep270: Wandering Monk - Jina Kusala
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In this episode, filmed on location in Kathmandu, Nepal, I am joined by Jina Kusala, originally from Norway and now a wandering Theravada monk. Jina tells the story of his traumatic childhood, the mental suffering and instability it caused, and how the Buddhist path provided a means to reckon with the pain.Jina shares encounters with religious lead…
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