731: The More You Chase Happiness, the More it Eludes You

Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder. - Henry David Thoreau / Sage vacation tips - don’t travel for happiness - travel to learn, rejuvenate and especially to cultivate devotion / satva guna conditions one by a sense of happiness / we’re second hand gods - we manipulate, we don’t create / we’re not destroying the Earth, we’re destroying our relationship with her / seeing personhood behind nature - primitive or profound? SB 4.18.23-32

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Truths about life from the timeless wisdom of the Bhakti-yoga tradition - fun, relevant, and deep. Learn about dharma, yoga, bhakti, and how it relates to all the basic questions of life. This show is about how to live your best life, let go of the external distractions, and uncover the spiritual happiness that lies within the heart as the true nature of the soul. Raghunath and Kaustubha's connection goes back to their teens in the New York Hardcore Punk Scene of the early 80s, through serving together as Bhakti-yogi monks in the 90's, to sharing their experiences in the world of yoga in the 21st century.