Krishna Das talks with Sacinandana Swami Part 2

In Part Two of this two hour conversation, KD continues his chat with his dear longtime friend, Sacinandana Swami, a world renowned bhakti practitioner and teacher, for an intimate spiritual conversation during KD's trip to Berlin in January 2025.

During their talk, they discuss their experiences along the path, dealing with desires, longing and separation, and their own personal insights on life and death.

This is a rare opportunity to listen in on a conversation between two great friends, both lifelong seekers from slightly differing lineages, who find more in common within their respective paths than not.

Sacinandana Swami was born in Germany to an affluent family and, for 42 years, has been a practicing monk in the bhakti tradition. Over the years, he has significantly contributed to the way modern practitioners of bhakti engage in contemplation and meditation. He is a well regarded teacher of kirtan and spends time teaching and leading retreats throughout Europe and Asia. His love and passion for the life he has lived has been motivated by his desire to help other people grow just as he felt he grew and learned more about his own unique purpose in life, dharma.

This video will premiere on Thursday April 17 at 7:30pm ET.
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Thinking About Death 0:20
Chanting The Name 5:20
Our Mind Can Be Our Jailer and the Jailed 11:39
Singing in the Temple for Maharajji - 16:19
Draupadi Singing : 19:32
Faith 21:24
Kirtan and the Temple Guard 28:10
Not About Bliss 33:19
Expectations: 34:10
Story of Ajamila 36:19
Ramacharitamanasa Story 44:11
Surrender and Sincerity 46:17
Snake story 48:15
Do Practice While You Can 53:58

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[christianneAY]

I'm bathing in Grace from the sweetness in this exchange. Gratitude to all who made this interview possible.

[sanjeevsharma-jhjo]

Swami ji has shared about his Chitta Avastha which keeps varied during meditation. Beautiful.

[kasturibasu]

I saw the podcast in TRS and now that I saw this, you are so so fortunate to experience the grace but as I am seeing both of you in this same frame, somehow it seems Swami ji at absolute peace, but you are still searching, you surrendered, you are chanting divinely but I do not know, somehow it feels like still there's some deep sadness lies very deep in your heart and you a are a little fidgety!!! KD your chanting is divine, thank you so much. Stay blessed and keep blessing us with your amazing soulful chanting.
Jai Shree Ram, Om Namah Shivaya
Jai Bajrangbali, Jai Neem Karoli Baba

[eirigh_suas]

Narayana, what a wonderful story, thank you ❤

[rameshmishra]

राम राम राम राम राम राम राम राम राम राम राम राम राम राम राम राम राम राम राम राम राम राम राम राम राम राम राम राम राम

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[sanjeevsharma-jhjo]

Maharaj ji recommended some of his learned devotees to give up studying scriptures and rules of the Grammar which are generally for boosting one’s ego to “Suprer Ego”. And the fellow would waste time to prove himself a Mahapandit of theoretical learning’s without any essence of realisation. On the contrary Maharaj ji gave one blank diary to his devotee to write down at least one page regularly “ Ram Ram “ sitting in seclusion.
The blessed devotee practiced what Maharaj ji taught him great Vidhya of real Gyan meticulously and joyfully observing Main in seclusion. Maharaj ji thus detached him from the burden of great scriptures and task of decoding those principles of grammar to make new discoveries and creat disagreements with other similarly situated so called learned Pundits.
Subsequently, knowing the fact that his blessed devotee is liberated from the burden of a learned Sanskrit scholar Maharaj ji used to take his advice to solve the situation by saying-
Maharaj ji - Pundit ! “What has been stated in the Granth about so and so situation? “
Pundit - Baba ! Now I have forgotten all the scriptures and rules of Grammar. I know myself I will fail miserably in your exams. You only made my syllabus easier for me. Now I know only Ram !!!
Maharaj ji - Look ! Look ! Pandit is say that with Ram Naam every thing will be alright.
Maharaj ji will then repeat whole day that - By chanting Ram Nam all problems get solved.
All This used to be in an amusing manner because Maharaj ji never dictated any Gyan applying straitjacket. All his interventions used to be in a mystical ways picking up some intermediary as his cover. Baba is a great warrior too he makes his own rules of the war- when to give cover fire and when to hit the target by serving him more and more food or wealth. ❤️❤️❤️

[Dragon]

19 Distinguishing the Dāsa and the Ārya, viewing all, I go.
I look upon the wise, and drink the simple votary's Soma juice. Supreme is Indra over all.
20 The desert plains and steep descents, how many leagues in length they spread!
Go to the nearest houses, go unto thine home, Vrsakapi. Supreme is Indra over all.
21 Turn thee again Vrsakapi: we twain will bring thee happiness.
Thou goest homeward on thy way along this path which leads to sleep. Supreme is Indra over all.
22 When, Indra and Vrsakapi, ye travelled upward to your home,
Where was that noisome beast, to whom went it, the beast that troubles man? Supreme is Indra over all.
23 Daughter of Manu, Parsu bare a score of children at a birth.
Her portion verily was bliss although her burthen caused her grief.

- Rigveda