Wisdom of the Sages Raghunath Cappo & Kaustubha Das

what can we do “in the moment” to control emotions & “get a grip”? / what are practical ways to give back to your teachers on the regular - can giving also be considered just being better than you were the day before? / what advice would you give to someone who is on this spiritual path, but in a relationship with someone who is not? / how does the absolute nature of God reconcile with the relative nature of language? / how do we know when the best action is to bear the insult or to stand up?

The most bountiful branches bend low / gorgeous dead ends / Pariksit accepts the curse as a blessing and prepares to die / is it sectarian to recognize different levels of practice? / the sages ask Suta to share the essence of yoga teaches that give complete satisfaction to the soul / Suta shares that Bhakti is the highest dharma / Bhagavad-Gita’s instruction to abandon all dharma but the highest

SB 1.19.4 - 1.19.7 (& S.B 1.2.6)

wise people can see curses as blessings / wise people recognize that even good people sometimes act out of character, and are inclined overlook another’s faults / wise people acknowledge their own misbehavior and feel a purifying sense of repentance / wise people are inclined to acknowledge their own offense towards another & disinclined to accept another’s offense towards themself / dvija-deva-gobhyaḥ - the care for the culture of wisdom, God consciousness and the cows

SB 1.19.1 - 1.19.3

be like a swan / when arrogance & false prestige replace humility / banning the influence of quarrel & hypocrisy from the mind & heart / upstart incarnations / Bhakti-yogis are never inclined to avenge themselves / the mantra that grants perfection - to show respect to all and demand it from none

SB 1.18.31 - 1.18.50

as birds fly in the sky as far as their capacity, the devoted describe Krishna as far as their realization allows / hunting was allowed for a few, but always discouraged / life’s difficulties can be seen as favorable / sometimes good people act out of character - the influence of the age of quarrel makes us see only the bad / the yoga culture turns the microscope on oneself / repentance comes in the mind of a good soul as soon as they do something wrong

SB 1.18.23 - 31

wisdom of the Bhagavatam is what is dear to the Bhakti-yogis / hearing Bhagavatam elevates one beyond any unfortunate background / it’s the qualities that make the teacher, not the birth / yogis are self controlled - not controlled by body or mind / real freedom is freedom from the control of the body and mind / from darkness lead me to the light / by bhakti-yoga one automatically achieves the pleasure of devotion, perception of God, and detachment from material things
SB 1.18.17 - 22 (& 7.5.30, 11.2.42)