Wisdom of the Sages
Wisdom of the Sages
Raghunath Cappo & Kaustubha Das
1572: Should I Stay or Should I Go, Does Bhakti Require Renunciation? / Q & A Volume 268
1 hour Posted Apr 6, 2025 at 4:20 pm.
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Can you practice deep spiritual life without walking away from your worldly responsibilities? Or is renunciation—of family, career, and social ties—a necessary cost of devotion? In this essential Q&A edition of Wisdom of the Sages, Raghunath and Kaustubha address one of the most pressing questions for modern spiritual seekers: can the path of bhakti be lived fully without uprooting your life? What unfolds is a powerful conversation about clarity, compassion, and the dangers of spiritual misunderstanding.

This episode dives into three thought-provoking questions:

•⁠  ⁠Is bhakti really free from the strict renunciations of other yogic paths—or is that just a myth?
•⁠  ⁠How do we trust Krishna’s plan without falling into inertia or passivity?
•⁠  ⁠How should we respond to skepticism around the bhakti tradition, especially in light of scandal and misrepresentation?

Key Highlights:
•⁠  ⁠Why external renunciation is not the essence of bhakti—and how reorienting our vision of family, work, and social life is often the real path forward.
•⁠  ⁠The subtle but vital difference between walking away from the world and seeing it through a new lens of service.
•⁠  ⁠What it truly means to “accept what’s favorable and reject what’s unfavorable” for spiritual growth.
•⁠  ⁠How to stay steady in your practice even when exposed to harmful or fanatical representations of bhakti.
•⁠  ⁠Why spiritual life is about progress, not perfection—and how to build a path that is sustainable, sincere, and real.

🎧 Tune in now for a conversation that redefines what it means to be spiritual in the real world.

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