Call and Response with Krishna Das

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Ep. 42 | Only Jesus Died the Real Death

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2020 23:49


Call and Response Ep. 42 Only Jesus Died the Real Death Question: He, so the thing that kind of like I had an epiphany about was He never died, the... The post Ep. 42 | Only Jesus Died the Real Death appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 41 | Karma and Consciousness, Dealing With Negativity

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2020 30:13


Call and Response Ep. 41 Karma and Consciousness, Dealing With Negativity Q: I’ve been putting a lot of emphasis on my mind a lot of my life and to turn... The post Ep. 41 | Karma and Consciousness, Dealing With Negativity appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 40 | Dark Night of the Soul, Gratitude and the Renaissance of Psychedelics

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2020 25:56


Call and Response Ep. 40 Dark Night of the Soul, Gratitude and the Renaissance of Psychedelics Q: So Ram Das talks a lot about how, as you awaken or you... The post Ep. 40 | Dark Night of the Soul, Gratitude and the Renaissance of Psychedelics appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 39 | Bad Aim and the Importance of Spiritual Practice

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2020 22:33


Call and Response Ep. 39 Bad Aim and the Importance of Spiritual Practice “The key to doing a spiritual practice is actually doing it. Every day whether you feel like... The post Ep. 39 | Bad Aim and the Importance of Spiritual Practice appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 37 | Maharajji’s Language, Why Is Chanting Important?

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 30:44


Call and Response Ep. 37 Maharajji’s Language, Why Is Chanting Important? Why is chanting transformative? Why is the chanting of names transformative? Does it require an understanding of what those... The post Ep. 37 | Maharajji’s Language, Why Is Chanting Important? appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 36 | There’s No Maharajji Outside of You, Committing To A Practice

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 42:30


Call and Response Ep. 36 There’s No Maharajji Outside of You, Committing To A Practice So, when I try to tap into the energy or the meaning of Neem Karoli... The post Ep. 36 | There’s No Maharajji Outside of You, Committing To A Practice appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 35 | Too Little Too Much, Violence and Compassion

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 24:58


Call and Response Ep. 35 Too Little Too Much, Violence and Compassion I’m searching for understanding of how someone can be on this earth and literally be so unloved that... The post Ep. 35 | Too Little Too Much, Violence and Compassion appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 34 | Trust In Your Self. Maharajji and Buddhism

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2020 21:09


Call and Response Ep. 34 Trust In Your Self. Maharajji and Buddhism  When you talk about this incredible love, is it just the simple presence of consciousness that you can... The post Ep. 34 | Trust In Your Self. Maharajji and Buddhism appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 33 | The Real Guru Is Within, This Happened Because It Had To

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2020 29:04


Call and Response Ep. 33 | The Real Guru Is Within, This Happened Because It Had To  “There’s no Guru outside of yourself. Guru is not that body. Guru might... The post Ep. 33 | The Real Guru Is Within, This Happened Because It Had To appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 33 | The Real Guru Is Within, This Happened Because It Had To

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2020 29:04


Call and Response Ep. 33 | The Real Guru Is Within, This Happened Because It Had To  “There’s no Guru outside of yourself. Guru is not that body. Guru might... The post Ep. 33 | The Real Guru Is Within, This Happened Because It Had To appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 32 | Keep Coming Back and Cleaning Out The Dark Corners

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2020 36:32


Call and Response Ep. 32 Keep Coming Back and Cleaning Out The Dark Corners “You don’t have to know anything. All you have to do is be happy. And think... The post Ep. 32 | Keep Coming Back and Cleaning Out The Dark Corners appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 32 | Keep Coming Back and Cleaning Out The Dark Corners

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2020 36:32


Call and Response Ep. 32 Keep Coming Back and Cleaning Out The Dark Corners “You don’t have to know anything. All you have to do is be happy. And think... The post Ep. 32 | Keep Coming Back and Cleaning Out The Dark Corners appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 31 | Find Out Who You Are, Maharajji and Buddha, Starting on the Path

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2020 17:28


Call and Response Ep. 31  Find Out Who You Are, Maharajji and Buddha, Starting on the Path Do you have any advice for… I guess for someone who’s starting off... The post Ep. 31 | Find Out Who You Are, Maharajji and Buddha, Starting on the Path appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 31 | Find Out Who You Are, Maharajji and Buddha, Starting on the Path

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2020 17:28


Call and Response Ep. 31  Find Out Who You Are, Maharajji and Buddha, Starting on the Path Do you have any advice for… I guess for someone who’s starting off... The post Ep. 31 | Find Out Who You Are, Maharajji and Buddha, Starting on the Path appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 30 | Family Karma, KD’s Mom

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2020 22:31


Call and Response Ep. 30 Family Karma, KD’s Mom I feel that my dharma is taking me into different direction, that family karma. Karma related to a lot of suffering,... The post Ep. 30 | Family Karma, KD’s Mom appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 30 | Family Karma, KD’s Mom

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2020 22:31


Call and Response Ep. 30 Family Karma, KD’s Mom I feel that my dharma is taking me into different direction, that family karma. Karma related to a lot of suffering,... The post Ep. 30 | Family Karma, KD’s Mom appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 29 | The Evaluative Mind, Grace, Dada Mukerjee

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2020 23:10


Call and Response Ep. 29 The Evaluative Mind, Grace, Dada Mukerjee “I said to Siddhi Ma, I said, ‘Ma, Maharajji said He has the keys to the mind, so to... The post Ep. 29 | The Evaluative Mind, Grace, Dada Mukerjee appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 29 | The Evaluative Mind, Grace, Dada Mukerjee

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2020 23:10


Call and Response Ep. 29 The Evaluative Mind, Grace, Dada Mukerjee “I said to Siddhi Ma, I said, ‘Ma, Maharajji said He has the keys to the mind, so to... The post Ep. 29 | The Evaluative Mind, Grace, Dada Mukerjee appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 28 | Suffering, Gratitude and Burning Out

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2020 35:13


Call and Response Ep. 28  Suffering, Gratitude and Burning Out So, I can feel this softening thing happening in my personal relationships and my everyday life. I’m having a really... The post Ep. 28 | Suffering, Gratitude and Burning Out appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 28 | Suffering, Gratitude and Burning Out

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2020 35:13


Call and Response Ep. 28  Suffering, Gratitude and Burning Out So, I can feel this softening thing happening in my personal relationships and my everyday life. I’m having a really... The post Ep. 28 | Suffering, Gratitude and Burning Out appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 27 | Spiritual Experiences, Auschwitz and Bernie Glassman

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2020 31:39


Call and Response Ep. 27 Spiritual Experiences, Auschwitz and Bernie Glassman Recently I’ve been having a draw to learn or feel more of my tradition and the ancestors and who’s... The post Ep. 27 | Spiritual Experiences, Auschwitz and Bernie Glassman appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 27 | Spiritual Experiences, Auschwitz and Bernie Glassman

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2020 31:39


Call and Response Ep. 27 Spiritual Experiences, Auschwitz and Bernie Glassman Recently I’ve been having a draw to learn or feel more of my tradition and the ancestors and who’s... The post Ep. 27 | Spiritual Experiences, Auschwitz and Bernie Glassman appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 26 | Resolving Trauma

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2020 26:26


For my own karma, I would like to resolve those things that I’ve felt that I could have done better. Situations I could have handled better and I just wondered... The post Ep. 26 | Resolving Trauma appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 26 | Resolving Trauma

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2020 26:26


For my own karma, I would like to resolve those things that I’ve felt that I could have done better. Situations I could have handled better and I just wondered... The post Ep. 26 | Resolving Trauma appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 25 | Planting Seeds and The Hanuman Chalisa

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2020 26:33


KD discusses the importance of practice, particularly the practices of Mantra repetition and the Hanuman Chalisa, and recalls how Maharajji’s Western devotees initially began chanting the Chalisa. “So, Maharajji said... The post Ep. 25 | Planting Seeds and The Hanuman Chalisa appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 25 | Planting Seeds and The Hanuman Chalisa

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2020 26:33


KD discusses the importance of practice, particularly the practices of Mantra repetition and the Hanuman Chalisa, and recalls how Maharajji’s Western devotees initially began chanting the Chalisa. “So, Maharajji said... The post Ep. 25 | Planting Seeds and The Hanuman Chalisa appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 24 | Paying Attention and the Guru

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2020 23:23


“We don’t know who we are. We don’t know what we really are. We don’t know what’s looking out of our eyes. We don’t know what’s experiencing the things we... The post Ep. 24 | Paying Attention and the Guru appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 24 | Paying Attention and the Guru

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2020 23:23


“We don’t know who we are. We don’t know what we really are. We don’t know what’s looking out of our eyes. We don’t know what’s experiencing the things we... The post Ep. 24 | Paying Attention and the Guru appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 23 |Thoughts and Karma

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2020 17:36


Given that we often refer to our minds as a wild monkey, that thoughts come up that we have no control over, it seems that, to be held responsible for... The post Ep. 23 |Thoughts and Karma appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 23 |Thoughts and Karma

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2020 17:36


Given that we often refer to our minds as a wild monkey, that thoughts come up that we have no control over, it seems that, to be held responsible for... The post Ep. 23 |Thoughts and Karma appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 22 | Meditation and Moping

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2020 20:08


Call and Response Ep. 22 Meditation and Moping I don’t like the outside silence leading me to the stuff in my head. But when I feel it with the chanting,... The post Ep. 22 | Meditation and Moping appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 22 | Meditation and Moping

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2020 20:08


Call and Response Ep. 22 Meditation and Moping I don’t like the outside silence leading me to the stuff in my head. But when I feel it with the chanting,... The post Ep. 22 | Meditation and Moping appeared first on Krishna Das.

Creativity, Spirituality & Making a Buck

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2020 68:57


SPECIAL EDITION – Call and Response Podcast – Creativity, Spirituality & Making a Buck David Nichtern is a senior teacher in the lineage of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. This tradition combines... The post Creativity, Spirituality & Making a Buck appeared first on Krishna Das.

Creativity, Spirituality & Making a Buck

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2020 68:57


SPECIAL EDITION – Call and Response Podcast – Creativity, Spirituality & Making a Buck David Nichtern is a senior teacher in the lineage of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. This tradition combines... The post Creativity, Spirituality & Making a Buck appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 21 | Longing, Ripening and Dada Vaswani

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2019 21:43


{Photo by Krishna Das, Auckland Harbor July 2018} Ep. 21 Longing, Ripening and Dada Vaswani The other people who met Maharajji talk about is the experience of His unconditional love,... The post Ep. 21 | Longing, Ripening and Dada Vaswani appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 21 | Longing, Ripening and Dada Vaswani

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2019 21:43


{Photo by Krishna Das, Auckland Harbor July 2018} Ep. 21 Longing, Ripening and Dada Vaswani The other people who met Maharajji talk about is the experience of His unconditional love,... The post Ep. 21 | Longing, Ripening and Dada Vaswani appeared first on Krishna Das.

Graveyard Talks With Sacinandana Swami

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2019 33:48


SPECIAL EDITION – Call and Response Podcast – Graveyard Talks With Sacinandana Swami Sacinandana Swami was born in Germany to an affluent family and, for 42 years, has been a... The post Graveyard Talks With Sacinandana Swami appeared first on Krishna Das.

Graveyard Talks With Sacinandana Swami

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2019 33:48


SPECIAL EDITION – Call and Response Podcast – Graveyard Talks With Sacinandana Swami Sacinandana Swami was born in Germany to an affluent family and, for 42 years, has been a... The post Graveyard Talks With Sacinandana Swami appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 20 | Compassion for Abusers

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2019 10:27


Ep. 20 ~ Compassion for Abusers I know the basis of all this is we’re One, we’re Love, we’re Compassion, we enfold. And then I go home and I’m on... The post Ep. 20 | Compassion for Abusers appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 20 | Compassion for Abusers

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2019 10:27


Ep. 20 ~ Compassion for Abusers I know the basis of all this is we’re One, we’re Love, we’re Compassion, we enfold. And then I go home and I’m on... The post Ep. 20 | Compassion for Abusers appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 19 | Spiritual Love and Worldly Love

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2019 25:27


Ep. 19 ~ Spiritual Love and Worldly Love I wanted to ask if you could talk a bit about your relationship with Maharajji and maybe the difference between love as... The post Ep. 19 | Spiritual Love and Worldly Love appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 18 | How To Develop Faith

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2019 6:21


Ep. 18 ~ How To Develop Faith Tell me a little bit about how your faith… and trust in the universe that happened over time… how did it develop for... The post Ep. 18 | How To Develop Faith appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 17 | Grace in The West

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2019 8:54


Ep. 17 ~ Grace in The West How do we, in the West live the way you speak of? The way we all want to in our hearts? We need... The post Ep. 17 | Grace in The West appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 19 | Spiritual Love and Worldly Love

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2019 25:27


Ep. 19 ~ Spiritual Love and Worldly Love I wanted to ask if you could talk a bit about your relationship with Maharajji and maybe the difference between love as... The post Ep. 19 | Spiritual Love and Worldly Love appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 18 | How To Develop Faith

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2019 6:21


Ep. 18 ~ How To Develop Faith Tell me a little bit about how your faith… and trust in the universe that happened over time… how did it develop for... The post Ep. 18 | How To Develop Faith appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 17 | Grace in The West

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2019 8:54


Ep. 17 ~ Grace in The West How do we, in the West live the way you speak of? The way we all want to in our hearts? We need... The post Ep. 17 | Grace in The West appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 16 | Spiritual Practice and the State of the World

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2019 16:25


Ep. 16 Spiritual Practice and the State of the World How do we live a spiritual life in today’s political climate? “When Maharajji was around physically…  something was going on,... The post Ep. 16 | Spiritual Practice and the State of the World appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 15 | Our State of Mind Is Everything

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2019 10:26


Ep. 15 ~ Our State of Mind Is Everything How does one’s state of mind color one’s world view? “I remember the first rainy season. Oh, everything was wet. The... The post Ep. 15 | Our State of Mind Is Everything appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 16 | Spiritual Practice and the State of the World

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2019 16:25


Ep. 16 Spiritual Practice and the State of the World How do we live a spiritual life in today’s political climate? “When Maharajji was around physically…  something was going on,... The post Ep. 16 | Spiritual Practice and the State of the World appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 15 | Our State of Mind Is Everything

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2019 10:26


Ep. 15 ~ Our State of Mind Is Everything How does one’s state of mind color one’s world view? “I remember the first rainy season. Oh, everything was wet. The... The post Ep. 15 | Our State of Mind Is Everything appeared first on Krishna Das.

Ep. 14 | KD Chats with Bob Thurman

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2019 64:30


Ep. 14 ~ KD Chats with Bob Thurman Robert A.F. Thurman recently retired as Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies in theDepartment of Religion atColumbia University,President of theTibet House U.S., a... The post Ep. 14 | KD Chats with Bob Thurman appeared first on Krishna Das.

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