2026 Swami Padmanabha

Swami Padmanabha is a monk, theologian, author, and global speaker in the Gaudiya Vaishnava bhakti tradition whose work bridges classical devotion with contemporary thought. Writing and teaching fluently in English and Spanish, he is widely recognized for articulating a spiritually grounded yet forward-thinking theology centered on the Evolution of Divine Love, Radical Personalism, the call to become an Everyday Prophet, and our shared Responsibility to Our Potential. He is the author of the acclaimed books Inherent or Inherited?, Radical Personalism, and Evolution in Divine Love, with further works—including Irreversible Grace—forthcoming. His writings, translated into multiple languages, are appreciated by both scholars and practitioners for their depth, accessibility, and interdisciplinary reach across theology, philosophy, psychology, and the arts. Initiated into monastic life at 19 and later accepting sannyasa, Swami Padmanabha has spent over two decades traveling internationally, offering lectures, retreats, and seminars in universities, ashrams, churches, and public forums. He is the founder of Tadatmya Learning Community and host of the The Free Radical Podcast, where he engages thinkers, artists, and practitioners in dialogue on devotion, nonduality, sacred activism, and the future of spiritual life. Through scholarship, music, mentorship, and public dialogue, Swami Padmanabha invites seekers into a living exploration of divine love—honoring tradition while courageously evolving toward deeper relationality, authenticity, and spiritual maturity.

  1. 5d ago

    IS BHAKTI INHERENT?: The Definitive Evidence from Śrīdhara Svāmī & Jīva Gosvāmī - October 28th, 2026

    Is bhakti inherent within the jīva, or is it something bestowed upon the soul as a gift? In this presentation, Swami Padmanabha revisits a theological question he explored extensively in his first book, approaching it again in the spirit of carefully examining siddhānta and engaging opposing views with rigor. Taking inspiration from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s concern with siddhānta-virodha, the discussion asks why the non-inherence of bhakti may actually safeguard important dimensions of devotional theology—including humility, grace, and genuine freedom in how love is chosen and expressed. At the center of the presentation is Viṣṇu Purāṇa 1.12.69, quoted three times by Jīva Gosvāmī in the Sandarbhas, together with Śrīdhara Svāmī’s striking commentary that the intrinsic potency of Bhagavān exists “in You alone, and not in the jīvas.” Swami Padmanabha explores why he considers this passage the most explicit evidence he has encountered for bhakti not being ontologically inherent in the soul, while emphasizing that “definitive” here does not mean shutting down discussion. The invitation is instead to take such evidence seriously, confront apparently contrary statements, and continue the conversation with theological integrity, openness, and respect for genuine differences of interpretation. https://youtu.be/1qzFlSNxAOU **************************************************** ▶ PURCHASE “EVOLUTION IN DIVINE LOVE: The Eternal Becoming of God, Soul, and Matter” in hardcover, paperback, and/or Kindle formats: https://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Divine-Love-Eternal-Becoming/dp/0996915605 ✍️ Leave a review: https://www.amazon.com/review/create-review?asin=0996915605 ▶ PURCHASE “RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto for Proactive Devotion” in hardcover, paperback, and/or Kindle formats: https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Personalism-Manifesto-Proactive-Devotion/dp/B0C6BWMHB2 ▶ PERSONALISMO RADICAL: Manifiesto de Renovación para una Devoción Proactiva (Spanish Edition) https://www.amazon.com//dp/B0DF4ZNLKG ▶ PURCHASE “INHERENT OR INHERITED?: Bhakti in the Jiva According to Gaudiya Vedanta” in hardcover, paperback, and/or Kindle formats: https://www.amazon.com/Inherent-Inherited-According-Gaudiya-Vedanta/dp/B0CY2Y19X8 ▶ ¿INHERENTE o HEREDADO?: Bhakti en la Jiva según el Gaudiya Vedanta (Spanish Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D962C4CF ▶ WATCH ON FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/swamipadmanabha108 ▶ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@SwamiPadmanabha ▶ APPLE PODCAST CHANNEL —GET ACCESS to all of Swami Padmanabha’s shows in 1 place: https://apple.co/3H7VkTJ ▶ LISTEN TO 2024 CLASSES /// ON APPLE English: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/swami-padmanabha/id6451217692 /// ON APPLE al Español: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2024-swami-padmanabha-en-espa%C3%B1ol/id1724102640 ///SPOTIFY English: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Ix99HhUNPdjhLntUE2ekN ///SPOTIFY AL Español: https://open.spotify.com/show/2zKy0F68cT1u9YIW2Vn8Mf ▶ LISTEN TO THE FREE RADICAL PODCAST /// ON APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-free-radical-podcast/id1695357827 ///ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/65jZn8mO9m33frMR2K1rDa ▶ FOLLOW: //Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/swamipadmanabha //Twitter: https://twitter.com/swamipadmanabha ▶ WEBSITE: https://swamipadmanabha.com 2023 CLASSES /// ON APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2023-swami-padmanabha/id1663110173 ///ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4bi92FjScmyTerTyPSmjPn 2022 CLASSES: ///Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2022-swami-padmanabha/id1612578963 ///Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/44qTeNwSTyfw8XAkISqm4z 2021 CLASSES: ///Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/swami-b-p-padmanabhas-2021-lectures/id1550171522 ///Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/26NBAkdleu2SN8EcKABpi3 2020 CLASSES: ///Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/swami-b-p-padmanabhas-2020-lectures/id1510153566 ///Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/06nCDd0MBdtqWPthT1AlUm CLASES AL Español (2020-2023): ///Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ar/podcast/swami-b-p-padmanabha-en-español/id1513845684 ///Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4vt2pMG5jXvmz5gaeELewZ Watch on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/live/-Lg8uYY-uR0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ▶ WEBSITE ▶ FACEBOOK ▶ INSTAGRAM ▶ YOUTUBE ********* RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto for Proactive Devotion.

    IS BHAKTI INHERENT?: The Definitive Evidence from Śrīdhara Svāmī & Jīva Gosvāmī - October 28th, 2026
  2. Oct 24

    SATSANG—Quest and Exploration—October 24, 2026

    0:00 Introduction 8:03 Do those who chant a lot receive more mercy from Krishna? 42:01 What is transmitted in the seed of bhakti? 1:19:55 How to properly approach and honor the 10th Canto. 1:32:24 Do psychological frameworks have their foundation in spiritual reality? https://youtu.be/CX5t9nBb6l8 **************************************************** ▶ PURCHASE “EVOLUTION IN DIVINE LOVE: The Eternal Becoming of God, Soul, and Matter” in hardcover, paperback, and/or Kindle formats: https://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Divine-Love-Eternal-Becoming/dp/0996915605 ✍️ Leave a review: https://www.amazon.com/review/create-review?asin=0996915605 ▶ PURCHASE “RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto for Proactive Devotion” in hardcover, paperback, and/or Kindle formats: https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Personalism-Manifesto-Proactive-Devotion/dp/B0C6BWMHB2 ▶ PERSONALISMO RADICAL: Manifiesto de Renovación para una Devoción Proactiva (Spanish Edition) https://www.amazon.com//dp/B0DF4ZNLKG ▶ PURCHASE “INHERENT OR INHERITED?: Bhakti in the Jiva According to Gaudiya Vedanta” in hardcover, paperback, and/or Kindle formats: https://www.amazon.com/Inherent-Inherited-According-Gaudiya-Vedanta/dp/B0CY2Y19X8 ▶ ¿INHERENTE o HEREDADO?: Bhakti en la Jiva según el Gaudiya Vedanta (Spanish Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D962C4CF ▶ WATCH ON FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/swamipadmanabha108 ▶ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@SwamiPadmanabha ▶ APPLE PODCAST CHANNEL —GET ACCESS to all of Swami Padmanabha’s shows in 1 place: https://apple.co/3H7VkTJ ▶ LISTEN TO 2024 CLASSES /// ON APPLE English: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/swami-padmanabha/id6451217692 /// ON APPLE al Español: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2024-swami-padmanabha-en-espa%C3%B1ol/id1724102640 ///SPOTIFY English: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Ix99HhUNPdjhLntUE2ekN ///SPOTIFY AL Español: https://open.spotify.com/show/2zKy0F68cT1u9YIW2Vn8Mf ▶ LISTEN TO THE FREE RADICAL PODCAST /// ON APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-free-radical-podcast/id1695357827 ///ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/65jZn8mO9m33frMR2K1rDa ▶ FOLLOW: //Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/swamipadmanabha //Twitter: https://twitter.com/swamipadmanabha ▶ WEBSITE: https://swamipadmanabha.com 2023 CLASSES /// ON APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2023-swami-padmanabha/id1663110173 ///ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4bi92FjScmyTerTyPSmjPn 2022 CLASSES: ///Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2022-swami-padmanabha/id1612578963 ///Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/44qTeNwSTyfw8XAkISqm4z 2021 CLASSES: ///Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/swami-b-p-padmanabhas-2021-lectures/id1550171522 ///Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/26NBAkdleu2SN8EcKABpi3 2020 CLASSES: ///Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/swami-b-p-padmanabhas-2020-lectures/id1510153566 ///Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/06nCDd0MBdtqWPthT1AlUm CLASES AL Español (2020-2023): ///Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ar/podcast/swami-b-p-padmanabha-en-español/id1513845684 ///Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4vt2pMG5jXvmz5gaeELewZ Watch on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/live/-Lg8uYY-uR0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ▶ WEBSITE ▶ FACEBOOK ▶ INSTAGRAM ▶ YOUTUBE ********* RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto for Proactive Devotion.

    SATSANG—Quest and Exploration—October 24, 2026
  3. Oct 19

    A Monk at Harvard | Part 5: Learning to Remain Unfinished (October 19th, 2026)

    Almost two months into his time at Harvard Divinity School, Swami Padmanabha reflects on an increasingly intense academic rhythm—midterms, papers, extensive reading, and the challenge of translating ideas into thoughtful writing—alongside the very different but complementary experience of returning from the LightEn gathering in the Appalachian Mountains. Between colder autumn days in Cambridge, new friendships, visits with local devotees, and the demands of study, a central question keeps returning: what is the relationship between knowing something about the sacred and actually being transformed by it? This episode moves through Bonaventure, Pseudo-Dionysius, Meister Eckhart, Ibn ʿArabī, Rumi, Charles Long, Bless Me, Ultima, and other voices encountered in and beyond the classroom, exploring mystical language, religious difference, the limits of reason, and the danger of reducing the Divine to the categories through which we first encounter it. The reflections eventually return to love, embodiment, trust, and intellectual humility: perhaps genuine education—like genuine spirituality—is not about finally possessing reality, but becoming more capable of meeting it with openness, wonder, and care. https://youtu.be/g5q2PGTR2Gs **************************************************** ▶ PURCHASE “EVOLUTION IN DIVINE LOVE: The Eternal Becoming of God, Soul, and Matter” in hardcover, paperback, and/or Kindle formats: https://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Divine-Love-Eternal-Becoming/dp/0996915605 ✍️ Leave a review: https://www.amazon.com/review/create-review?asin=0996915605 ▶ PURCHASE “RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto for Proactive Devotion” in hardcover, paperback, and/or Kindle formats: https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Personalism-Manifesto-Proactive-Devotion/dp/B0C6BWMHB2 ▶ PERSONALISMO RADICAL: Manifiesto de Renovación para una Devoción Proactiva (Spanish Edition) https://www.amazon.com//dp/B0DF4ZNLKG ▶ PURCHASE “INHERENT OR INHERITED?: Bhakti in the Jiva According to Gaudiya Vedanta” in hardcover, paperback, and/or Kindle formats: https://www.amazon.com/Inherent-Inherited-According-Gaudiya-Vedanta/dp/B0CY2Y19X8 ▶ ¿INHERENTE o HEREDADO?: Bhakti en la Jiva según el Gaudiya Vedanta (Spanish Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D962C4CF ▶ WATCH ON FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/swamipadmanabha108 ▶ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@SwamiPadmanabha ▶ APPLE PODCAST CHANNEL —GET ACCESS to all of Swami Padmanabha’s shows in 1 place: https://apple.co/3H7VkTJ ▶ LISTEN TO 2024 CLASSES /// ON APPLE English: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/swami-padmanabha/id6451217692 /// ON APPLE al Español: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2024-swami-padmanabha-en-espa%C3%B1ol/id1724102640 ///SPOTIFY English: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Ix99HhUNPdjhLntUE2ekN ///SPOTIFY AL Español: https://open.spotify.com/show/2zKy0F68cT1u9YIW2Vn8Mf ▶ LISTEN TO THE FREE RADICAL PODCAST /// ON APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-free-radical-podcast/id1695357827 ///ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/65jZn8mO9m33frMR2K1rDa ▶ FOLLOW: //Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/swamipadmanabha //Twitter: https://twitter.com/swamipadmanabha ▶ WEBSITE: https://swamipadmanabha.com 2023 CLASSES /// ON APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2023-swami-padmanabha/id1663110173 ///ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4bi92FjScmyTerTyPSmjPn 2022 CLASSES: ///Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2022-swami-padmanabha/id1612578963 ///Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/44qTeNwSTyfw8XAkISqm4z 2021 CLASSES: ///Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/swami-b-p-padmanabhas-2021-lectures/id1550171522 ///Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/26NBAkdleu2SN8EcKABpi3 2020 CLASSES: ///Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/swami-b-p-padmanabhas-2020-lectures/id1510153566 ///Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/06nCDd0MBdtqWPthT1AlUm CLASES AL Español (2020-2023): ///Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ar/podcast/swami-b-p-padmanabha-en-español/id1513845684 ///Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4vt2pMG5jXvmz5gaeELewZ Watch on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/live/-Lg8uYY-uR0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ▶ WEBSITE ▶ FACEBOOK ▶ INSTAGRAM ▶ YOUTUBE ********* RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto for Proactive Devotion.

    A Monk at Harvard | Part 5: Learning to Remain Unfinished (October 19th, 2026)
  4. Oct 17

    SATSANG—Quest and Exploration—October 17, 2026

    0:00 Introduction 7:54 What does it mean that the internal potency of God, sandhini, manifests Krishna’s form? Adi-lila 4.71, purport 43:33 Does the consciousness of the cook influence the food itself. Is that true, and if so, how would that work? 01:18:18 Does longing contain a certain kind of presence? 01:32:00 How can we accompany someone who is in the final stages of their life? https://youtu.be/UDopv5OxA-M **************************************************** ▶ PURCHASE “EVOLUTION IN DIVINE LOVE: The Eternal Becoming of God, Soul, and Matter” in hardcover, paperback, and/or Kindle formats: https://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Divine-Love-Eternal-Becoming/dp/0996915605 ✍️ Leave a review: https://www.amazon.com/review/create-review?asin=0996915605 ▶ PURCHASE “RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto for Proactive Devotion” in hardcover, paperback, and/or Kindle formats: https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Personalism-Manifesto-Proactive-Devotion/dp/B0C6BWMHB2 ▶ PERSONALISMO RADICAL: Manifiesto de Renovación para una Devoción Proactiva (Spanish Edition) https://www.amazon.com//dp/B0DF4ZNLKG ▶ PURCHASE “INHERENT OR INHERITED?: Bhakti in the Jiva According to Gaudiya Vedanta” in hardcover, paperback, and/or Kindle formats: https://www.amazon.com/Inherent-Inherited-According-Gaudiya-Vedanta/dp/B0CY2Y19X8 ▶ ¿INHERENTE o HEREDADO?: Bhakti en la Jiva según el Gaudiya Vedanta (Spanish Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D962C4CF ▶ WATCH ON FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/swamipadmanabha108 ▶ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@SwamiPadmanabha ▶ APPLE PODCAST CHANNEL —GET ACCESS to all of Swami Padmanabha’s shows in 1 place: https://apple.co/3H7VkTJ ▶ LISTEN TO 2024 CLASSES /// ON APPLE English: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/swami-padmanabha/id6451217692 /// ON APPLE al Español: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2024-swami-padmanabha-en-espa%C3%B1ol/id1724102640 ///SPOTIFY English: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Ix99HhUNPdjhLntUE2ekN ///SPOTIFY AL Español: https://open.spotify.com/show/2zKy0F68cT1u9YIW2Vn8Mf ▶ LISTEN TO THE FREE RADICAL PODCAST /// ON APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-free-radical-podcast/id1695357827 ///ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/65jZn8mO9m33frMR2K1rDa ▶ FOLLOW: //Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/swamipadmanabha //Twitter: https://twitter.com/swamipadmanabha ▶ WEBSITE: https://swamipadmanabha.com 2023 CLASSES /// ON APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2023-swami-padmanabha/id1663110173 ///ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4bi92FjScmyTerTyPSmjPn 2022 CLASSES: ///Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2022-swami-padmanabha/id1612578963 ///Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/44qTeNwSTyfw8XAkISqm4z 2021 CLASSES: ///Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/swami-b-p-padmanabhas-2021-lectures/id1550171522 ///Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/26NBAkdleu2SN8EcKABpi3 2020 CLASSES: ///Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/swami-b-p-padmanabhas-2020-lectures/id1510153566 ///Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/06nCDd0MBdtqWPthT1AlUm CLASES AL Español (2020-2023): ///Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ar/podcast/swami-b-p-padmanabha-en-español/id1513845684 ///Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4vt2pMG5jXvmz5gaeELewZ Watch on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/live/-Lg8uYY-uR0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ▶ WEBSITE ▶ FACEBOOK ▶ INSTAGRAM ▶ YOUTUBE ********* RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto for Proactive Devotion.

    SATSANG—Quest and Exploration—October 17, 2026
  5. Oct 5

    A Monk at Harvard | Part 4: Crossing the Threshold (October 5th, 2026)

    Six weeks into his experience at Harvard Divinity School, Swami Padmanabha reflects on this season increasingly as a kind of rite of passage—a period of transition in which familiar identities, rhythms, and assumptions are being placed alongside entirely new intellectual and human worlds. With the first midterms approaching and academic life becoming more structured, he explores the challenge of inhabiting routine without allowing familiarity to extinguish wonder. At the same time, he reflects on an intentional choice to resist stepping immediately into the role of teacher and instead to listen: to younger generations, unfamiliar perspectives, other religious traditions, and voices that challenge his own assumptions. Paradoxically, this exposure to difference has only deepened his appreciation for his own Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition. Along the way, the journey moves through questions of power, religion, suffering, mysticism, identity, and interpretation—from Foucault and contemporary theories of religion to Job, The Brothers Karamazov, and the Bhagavad Gita; from Toni Morrison and Aztec religious worlds to Sufi mystical poetry. Underneath these diverse encounters runs a common invitation: to cross boundaries, become less provincial, and remain willing to inhabit the uncertain threshold where genuine transformation can occur. As Victor Turner’s notion of liminality suggests, it is precisely in that unstable space between what one was and what one is becoming that creativity and transformation may become possible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFCLGM6RlVw **************************************************** ▶ PURCHASE “EVOLUTION IN DIVINE LOVE: The Eternal Becoming of God, Soul, and Matter” in hardcover, paperback, and/or Kindle formats: https://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Divine-Love-Eternal-Becoming/dp/0996915605 ✍️ Leave a review: https://www.amazon.com/review/create-review?asin=0996915605 ▶ PURCHASE “RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto for Proactive Devotion” in hardcover, paperback, and/or Kindle formats: https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Personalism-Manifesto-Proactive-Devotion/dp/B0C6BWMHB2 ▶ PERSONALISMO RADICAL: Manifiesto de Renovación para una Devoción Proactiva (Spanish Edition) https://www.amazon.com//dp/B0DF4ZNLKG ▶ PURCHASE “INHERENT OR INHERITED?: Bhakti in the Jiva According to Gaudiya Vedanta” in hardcover, paperback, and/or Kindle formats: https://www.amazon.com/Inherent-Inherited-According-Gaudiya-Vedanta/dp/B0CY2Y19X8 ▶ ¿INHERENTE o HEREDADO?: Bhakti en la Jiva según el Gaudiya Vedanta (Spanish Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D962C4CF ▶ WATCH ON FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/swamipadmanabha108 ▶ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@SwamiPadmanabha ▶ APPLE PODCAST CHANNEL —GET ACCESS to all of Swami Padmanabha’s shows in 1 place: https://apple.co/3H7VkTJ ▶ LISTEN TO 2024 CLASSES /// ON APPLE English: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/swami-padmanabha/id6451217692 /// ON APPLE al Español: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2024-swami-padmanabha-en-espa%C3%B1ol/id1724102640 ///SPOTIFY English: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Ix99HhUNPdjhLntUE2ekN ///SPOTIFY AL Español: https://open.spotify.com/show/2zKy0F68cT1u9YIW2Vn8Mf ▶ LISTEN TO THE FREE RADICAL PODCAST /// ON APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-free-radical-podcast/id1695357827 ///ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/65jZn8mO9m33frMR2K1rDa ▶ FOLLOW: //Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/swamipadmanabha //Twitter: https://twitter.com/swamipadmanabha ▶ WEBSITE: https://swamipadmanabha.com 2023 CLASSES /// ON APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2023-swami-padmanabha/id1663110173 ///ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4bi92FjScmyTerTyPSmjPn 2022 CLASSES: ///Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2022-swami-padmanabha/id1612578963 ///Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/44qTeNwSTyfw8XAkISqm4z 2021 CLASSES: ///Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/swami-b-p-padmanabhas-2021-lectures/id1550171522 ///Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/26NBAkdleu2SN8EcKABpi3 2020 CLASSES: ///Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/swami-b-p-padmanabhas-2020-lectures/id1510153566 ///Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/06nCDd0MBdtqWPthT1AlUm CLASES AL Español (2020-2023): ///Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ar/podcast/swami-b-p-padmanabha-en-español/id1513845684 ///Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4vt2pMG5jXvmz5gaeELewZ Watch on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/live/-Lg8uYY-uR0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ▶ WEBSITE ▶ FACEBOOK ▶ INSTAGRAM ▶ YOUTUBE ********* RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto for Proactive Devotion.

    A Monk at Harvard | Part 4: Crossing the Threshold (October 5th, 2026)
  6. Oct 3

    SATSANG—Quest and Exploration—October 3, 2026

    0:00 Introduction 5:28 How can we contact things in ways that they are healing? How to discern our adhikara in regard to needing guidance and in relation to our need to be independently thoughtful? 36:54 How can our suffering contribute to the evolution of others, to the evolution of love? 1:09:33 What makes a place sacred? How is there nothing outside the Mahamantra? Does “Hare” represent svarupa shakti, or because Sri Radha is purna shakti, all 3 shakes are present within the name. Since Krishna serves his devotees, can we say that Krishna is saktiman and the devotee is Shakti? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eqFyEH5gOY **************************************************** ▶ PURCHASE “EVOLUTION IN DIVINE LOVE: The Eternal Becoming of God, Soul, and Matter” in hardcover, paperback, and/or Kindle formats: https://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Divine-Love-Eternal-Becoming/dp/0996915605 ✍️ Leave a review: https://www.amazon.com/review/create-review?asin=0996915605 ▶ PURCHASE “RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto for Proactive Devotion” in hardcover, paperback, and/or Kindle formats: https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Personalism-Manifesto-Proactive-Devotion/dp/B0C6BWMHB2 ▶ PERSONALISMO RADICAL: Manifiesto de Renovación para una Devoción Proactiva (Spanish Edition) https://www.amazon.com//dp/B0DF4ZNLKG ▶ PURCHASE “INHERENT OR INHERITED?: Bhakti in the Jiva According to Gaudiya Vedanta” in hardcover, paperback, and/or Kindle formats: https://www.amazon.com/Inherent-Inherited-According-Gaudiya-Vedanta/dp/B0CY2Y19X8 ▶ ¿INHERENTE o HEREDADO?: Bhakti en la Jiva según el Gaudiya Vedanta (Spanish Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D962C4CF ▶ WATCH ON FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/swamipadmanabha108 ▶ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@SwamiPadmanabha ▶ APPLE PODCAST CHANNEL —GET ACCESS to all of Swami Padmanabha’s shows in 1 place: https://apple.co/3H7VkTJ ▶ LISTEN TO 2024 CLASSES /// ON APPLE English: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/swami-padmanabha/id6451217692 /// ON APPLE al Español: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2024-swami-padmanabha-en-espa%C3%B1ol/id1724102640 ///SPOTIFY English: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Ix99HhUNPdjhLntUE2ekN ///SPOTIFY AL Español: https://open.spotify.com/show/2zKy0F68cT1u9YIW2Vn8Mf ▶ LISTEN TO THE FREE RADICAL PODCAST /// ON APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-free-radical-podcast/id1695357827 ///ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/65jZn8mO9m33frMR2K1rDa ▶ FOLLOW: //Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/swamipadmanabha //Twitter: https://twitter.com/swamipadmanabha ▶ WEBSITE: https://swamipadmanabha.com 2023 CLASSES /// ON APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2023-swami-padmanabha/id1663110173 ///ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4bi92FjScmyTerTyPSmjPn 2022 CLASSES: ///Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2022-swami-padmanabha/id1612578963 ///Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/44qTeNwSTyfw8XAkISqm4z 2021 CLASSES: ///Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/swami-b-p-padmanabhas-2021-lectures/id1550171522 ///Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/26NBAkdleu2SN8EcKABpi3 2020 CLASSES: ///Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/swami-b-p-padmanabhas-2020-lectures/id1510153566 ///Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/06nCDd0MBdtqWPthT1AlUm CLASES AL Español (2020-2023): ///Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ar/podcast/swami-b-p-padmanabha-en-español/id1513845684 ///Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4vt2pMG5jXvmz5gaeELewZ Watch on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/live/-Lg8uYY-uR0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ▶ WEBSITE ▶ FACEBOOK ▶ INSTAGRAM ▶ YOUTUBE ********* RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto for Proactive Devotion.

    SATSANG—Quest and Exploration—October 3, 2026
  7. Sep 26

    SATSANG—Quest and Exploration—September 26, 2026

    0:00 Introduction 4:46 For one whose istadeva is Sri Radha-Krishna, is it appropriate to worship the deity forms of Nitai-Gaurachandra? 31:54 What is meant by “touching reality?” 1:01:51 How can we overcome stereotypes and prejudiced thinking in our human-like journeys Home and hold space for exceptions to all rules? 1:31:58 What challenges and obstacles did you encounter both internally and externally to find your independence and authenticity in bhakti, especially in the sannyasa-asrama and renunciate way of life? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNBdukLpyb8 **************************************************** ▶ PURCHASE “EVOLUTION IN DIVINE LOVE: The Eternal Becoming of God, Soul, and Matter” in hardcover, paperback, and/or Kindle formats: https://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Divine-Love-Eternal-Becoming/dp/0996915605 ✍️ Leave a review: https://www.amazon.com/review/create-review?asin=0996915605 ▶ PURCHASE “RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto for Proactive Devotion” in hardcover, paperback, and/or Kindle formats: https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Personalism-Manifesto-Proactive-Devotion/dp/B0C6BWMHB2 ▶ PERSONALISMO RADICAL: Manifiesto de Renovación para una Devoción Proactiva (Spanish Edition) https://www.amazon.com//dp/B0DF4ZNLKG ▶ PURCHASE “INHERENT OR INHERITED?: Bhakti in the Jiva According to Gaudiya Vedanta” in hardcover, paperback, and/or Kindle formats: https://www.amazon.com/Inherent-Inherited-According-Gaudiya-Vedanta/dp/B0CY2Y19X8 ▶ ¿INHERENTE o HEREDADO?: Bhakti en la Jiva según el Gaudiya Vedanta (Spanish Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D962C4CF ▶ WATCH ON FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/swamipadmanabha108 ▶ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@SwamiPadmanabha ▶ APPLE PODCAST CHANNEL —GET ACCESS to all of Swami Padmanabha’s shows in 1 place: https://apple.co/3H7VkTJ ▶ LISTEN TO 2024 CLASSES /// ON APPLE English: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/swami-padmanabha/id6451217692 /// ON APPLE al Español: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2024-swami-padmanabha-en-espa%C3%B1ol/id1724102640 ///SPOTIFY English: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Ix99HhUNPdjhLntUE2ekN ///SPOTIFY AL Español: https://open.spotify.com/show/2zKy0F68cT1u9YIW2Vn8Mf ▶ LISTEN TO THE FREE RADICAL PODCAST /// ON APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-free-radical-podcast/id1695357827 ///ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/65jZn8mO9m33frMR2K1rDa ▶ FOLLOW: //Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/swamipadmanabha //Twitter: https://twitter.com/swamipadmanabha ▶ WEBSITE: https://swamipadmanabha.com 2023 CLASSES /// ON APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2023-swami-padmanabha/id1663110173 ///ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4bi92FjScmyTerTyPSmjPn 2022 CLASSES: ///Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2022-swami-padmanabha/id1612578963 ///Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/44qTeNwSTyfw8XAkISqm4z 2021 CLASSES: ///Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/swami-b-p-padmanabhas-2021-lectures/id1550171522 ///Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/26NBAkdleu2SN8EcKABpi3 2020 CLASSES: ///Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/swami-b-p-padmanabhas-2020-lectures/id1510153566 ///Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/06nCDd0MBdtqWPthT1AlUm CLASES AL Español (2020-2023): ///Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ar/podcast/swami-b-p-padmanabha-en-español/id1513845684 ///Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4vt2pMG5jXvmz5gaeELewZ Watch on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/live/-Lg8uYY-uR0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ▶ WEBSITE ▶ FACEBOOK ▶ INSTAGRAM ▶ YOUTUBE ********* RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto for Proactive Devotion.

    SATSANG—Quest and Exploration—September 26, 2026
  8. Sep 21

    A Monk at Harvard | Part 3: Settling In, Staying Unsettled (September 21th, 2026)

    One month into his time at Harvard Divinity School, Swami Padmanabha is beginning to feel more at home in an environment that initially felt like landing on another planet. In this third installment of A Monk at Harvard, he shares the four courses that will shape his semester—from comparative theology and the religious dimensions of human experience to mystical literature and the academic study of religion—and reflects on how these different perspectives are stretching his thinking while unexpectedly deepening his appreciation for his own Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition. Along the way, the episode gathers some of the ideas and encounters that have marked these first weeks: Black Elk and the need to return to the primordial, Emerson and Thoreau on encountering the Divine in both beauty and terror, Vivekananda on Christ and the prophetic vocation, mystical poetry on love and longing, and the challenge of learning from perspectives different from one's own. What emerges is a reflection on education not simply as acquiring knowledge, but as allowing the familiar to become strange again—to recover wonder, question assumptions, and remain open to the newness hidden within what we thought we already knew. https://youtu.be/pw6N5gCRimA **************************************************** ▶ PURCHASE “EVOLUTION IN DIVINE LOVE: The Eternal Becoming of God, Soul, and Matter” in hardcover, paperback, and/or Kindle formats: https://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Divine-Love-Eternal-Becoming/dp/0996915605 ✍️ Leave a review: https://www.amazon.com/review/create-review?asin=0996915605 ▶ PURCHASE “RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto for Proactive Devotion” in hardcover, paperback, and/or Kindle formats: https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Personalism-Manifesto-Proactive-Devotion/dp/B0C6BWMHB2 ▶ PERSONALISMO RADICAL: Manifiesto de Renovación para una Devoción Proactiva (Spanish Edition) https://www.amazon.com//dp/B0DF4ZNLKG ▶ PURCHASE “INHERENT OR INHERITED?: Bhakti in the Jiva According to Gaudiya Vedanta” in hardcover, paperback, and/or Kindle formats: https://www.amazon.com/Inherent-Inherited-According-Gaudiya-Vedanta/dp/B0CY2Y19X8 ▶ ¿INHERENTE o HEREDADO?: Bhakti en la Jiva según el Gaudiya Vedanta (Spanish Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D962C4CF ▶ WATCH ON FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/swamipadmanabha108 ▶ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@SwamiPadmanabha ▶ APPLE PODCAST CHANNEL —GET ACCESS to all of Swami Padmanabha’s shows in 1 place: https://apple.co/3H7VkTJ ▶ LISTEN TO 2024 CLASSES /// ON APPLE English: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/swami-padmanabha/id6451217692 /// ON APPLE al Español: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2024-swami-padmanabha-en-espa%C3%B1ol/id1724102640 ///SPOTIFY English: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Ix99HhUNPdjhLntUE2ekN ///SPOTIFY AL Español: https://open.spotify.com/show/2zKy0F68cT1u9YIW2Vn8Mf ▶ LISTEN TO THE FREE RADICAL PODCAST /// ON APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-free-radical-podcast/id1695357827 ///ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/65jZn8mO9m33frMR2K1rDa ▶ FOLLOW: //Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/swamipadmanabha //Twitter: https://twitter.com/swamipadmanabha ▶ WEBSITE: https://swamipadmanabha.com 2023 CLASSES /// ON APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2023-swami-padmanabha/id1663110173 ///ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4bi92FjScmyTerTyPSmjPn 2022 CLASSES: ///Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2022-swami-padmanabha/id1612578963 ///Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/44qTeNwSTyfw8XAkISqm4z 2021 CLASSES: ///Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/swami-b-p-padmanabhas-2021-lectures/id1550171522 ///Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/26NBAkdleu2SN8EcKABpi3 2020 CLASSES: ///Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/swami-b-p-padmanabhas-2020-lectures/id1510153566 ///Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/06nCDd0MBdtqWPthT1AlUm CLASES AL Español (2020-2023): ///Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ar/podcast/swami-b-p-padmanabha-en-español/id1513845684 ///Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4vt2pMG5jXvmz5gaeELewZ Watch on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/live/-Lg8uYY-uR0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ▶ WEBSITE ▶ FACEBOOK ▶ INSTAGRAM ▶ YOUTUBE ********* RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto for Proactive Devotion.

    A Monk at Harvard | Part 3: Settling In, Staying Unsettled (September 21th, 2026)

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Swami Padmanabha is a monk, theologian, author, and global speaker in the Gaudiya Vaishnava bhakti tradition whose work bridges classical devotion with contemporary thought. Writing and teaching fluently in English and Spanish, he is widely recognized for articulating a spiritually grounded yet forward-thinking theology centered on the Evolution of Divine Love, Radical Personalism, the call to become an Everyday Prophet, and our shared Responsibility to Our Potential. He is the author of the acclaimed books Inherent or Inherited?, Radical Personalism, and Evolution in Divine Love, with further works—including Irreversible Grace—forthcoming. His writings, translated into multiple languages, are appreciated by both scholars and practitioners for their depth, accessibility, and interdisciplinary reach across theology, philosophy, psychology, and the arts. Initiated into monastic life at 19 and later accepting sannyasa, Swami Padmanabha has spent over two decades traveling internationally, offering lectures, retreats, and seminars in universities, ashrams, churches, and public forums. He is the founder of Tadatmya Learning Community and host of the The Free Radical Podcast, where he engages thinkers, artists, and practitioners in dialogue on devotion, nonduality, sacred activism, and the future of spiritual life. Through scholarship, music, mentorship, and public dialogue, Swami Padmanabha invites seekers into a living exploration of divine love—honoring tradition while courageously evolving toward deeper relationality, authenticity, and spiritual maturity.

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