Practical Spirituality: Hinduism & Current Events with Premanand Das Bhagat

Mar 03 2025 148 ep. 47 mins 54
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Regular live show on society and religion. Vaishnava. I want to help you grow spiritually, discover your life's purpose, and know god! Channel originates on youtube, duplicated on Rumble, Spotify, Bitchute, Amazon, Audible, and more. I am Premanand Das Bhagat (Aaron Joy), in Maine USA. I'm a Mystic, Certified Spiritual Life Coach, Certified Ayurveda Specialist, and currently studying Integrel Vedic Counseling under Dr. David Frawley. Spiritual name of the Ramanuja lineage. Student of Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya. See my youtube channel for more videos of scripture readings.

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148 RIP David Johansen of the New York Dolls, thoughts on connection

Mar 03 2025 18 mins  
0:00 – Discussing my shock at hearing of the death of singer David Johansen of the New York Dolls, a band I love, and how it floored me ... in comparison to not having such an emotional connection to people I know. A discussion of death, not Sanatana Dharma related.1:40 – Iggy Pop & Stooges & New York Dolls were best of 1970's NYC underground/punk scene | raw attitu

147 Do you have to leave home to be spiritual? Swami Prabhupada's thoughts on householders

Feb 22 2025 16 mins  
0:00 - Talking about people who want to get away from society to be enlightened based on thoughts from Swami Prabhupada, from Back To Prabhupada magazine issue 79, 2024.2:53 - Swami Prabhupada's thoughts on finding balance living in vs outside the world | story of San Francisco Zen Center residents finding balance in life6:27 - Swami Prabhupada's thoughts on being a househo

146 Chris Butler 1st REACTION VIDEO Tulsi Gabbard's ex-guru, Science of Identity Foundation

Feb 16 2025 104 mins  
0:00 – Intro to reaction videos of Vaishnava guru Chris Butler (aka Jagad Guru Siddhaswarupananda Paramahamsa). He is a former member of ISKCON (during the lifetime of Swami Prabhupada) who started his own group of Krishna devotees in Hawaii, today called the Science of Identity Foundation, and said to be Krishna or "akin to god" by ex-devotees. He is famous for his neg

145 The fallacy of feeling God only when happy

Jan 22 2025 6 mins  
0:00 – Intro from Deering Oaks Park in Portland, Maine | is god really present when someone says they feel god when in nature away from society on a good day when feeling happy | feeling god is not a casual feeling1:21 – Feeling god in a bad place and bad situation when not happy2:19 – God is truly omni-present not just in good places | limiting god means its not god you'

144 Zen story of not feeling emotions when enlightened, from San Francisco Zen Center (EXCERPT)

Jan 18 2025 2 mins  
Excerpt from live show 118 ("Roundtable discussion on Brahman, bhakti & liberation (Part 2) - Buddhism & Advaita Vedanta") sharing my experience of a summer at the San Francisco Zen Center where a sensei spoke about feeling emotions when enlightened vs having no emotions when enlightened. Original full length episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dnYXAv0148 Br

143 Read books! Investigate for yourself! (New Years Resolution message!)

Jan 11 2025 6 mins  
0:00 – New Years Resolution message with video of double edged razor shaving | read & learn for yourself 1:28 – You might have books wrong but won't know if you haven't read them | reading Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | reading shows curiosity Live 1/10/2025. Regular live show on religion & society. Vaishnava. Be yourself! Combating conversion! Sanatana Dharma not Neo

142 Message to my Jew hating listeners. Responding to anti-Semitic comments

Jan 06 2025 27 mins  
0:00 – I've received some negative comments on my channels awash with anti-Semitic ideas. I find them disturbing and childish. If you're going to be critical of me, at least find a better arguing approach. This is my response to those comments about me being Jewish & hatred of Jews in general | Hating Jews is a pandemic | advice & challenge to haters 2:51 – Hating indiv

141 Can Hindus live alongside Muslims & Christians? Violence vs harmony.

Dec 29 2024 52 mins  
0:00 – Intro | elaborating to online comment4:07 – Talking about Islam as a place-holder for any religion, small print clarification5:20 – Goal of show is to present Sanatana Dharma/Hinduism in way that doesn't make followers look foolish & being aware that our words may contradict our beliefs | having self-awareness to not look like other religions | debating foolish rel

140 Everyone judges Lily Phillips wrong - she had sex with 101 men in one day

Dec 16 2024 71 mins  
0:00 – Intro, everyone has it wrong about OnlyFans 'model' Lily Phillips who had sex with 101 men in one day, that rocked the internet. The documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFySAh0g-MI4:49 – Summary of day of sex via documentary7:06 – Not physically impossible | STD testing supposed to happen | not an orgy | Lily's routine9:35 – Accused of depravity, Lily vs pro

139 Cultivating bhakti daily is like playing music. How to cultivate bhakti. (EXCERPT)

Nov 30 2024 2 mins  
Excerpt from live show 112 ("112 Roundtable discussion on bhakti (Part 1) - Vaishnava, Shaivite, ISKCON & Advaita Vedanta") sharing my thoughts on how each of us can cultivate bhakti daily, using the example of playing music. Original full length episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIQBtgFxqwc Broadcast live originally 7/5/2024 on the Bearded Mystic Podcast channel (https