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Divine Discoveries
This podcast explores the various aspects of spirituality and how one can benefit from embarking on the spiritual path. The information shared is largely based on the Vedic scriptures and knowledge that originates from the subcontinent of India but we most certainly strive to include great wisdom from all world religions to give it an interfaith type of flavor as well.
Episodes
14 episodes
#14 Shakti Unleashed: Nine Nights to Victory (feat. Jaya Pandey & Smitha Raj)
This episode centers around the Holy Festival of Navratri where we explore and learn about the various aspects of the Divine Feminine Energy known as "Devi" or Goddess. There are so many flavors or aspects of Devi that one can gain so much know...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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1:49:59
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#13 Vedanta 101 with Prof. B.N. Hebbar
In this episode Team Discoveries has the good fortune of speaking with Prof. B.N. Hebbar in order to introduce our listeners to the WORLD OF VEDANTA. We understand what the term "Vedanta" means and learn about the various scholars who founded p...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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1:09:14
#12 Lord Ganesha - Sacred Symbology of the Enigmatic Deity
In this episode, Team Discoveries attempts to take a deeper look behind the Divine Elephant-faced God and gained a beautiful new perspective on Lord Ganesha. The deep symbolism and valuable lessons to learn from the stories that glorify L...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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1:25:41
#11 Lord Shri Krishna - The Avatar of Pure Divine Love (feat. Smitha Raj & Janardana Dasa)
In this episode, Team DD along with guests Janardana Dasa & Smitha Raj explore the meaningful and nectarian pastimes of the blessed Lord Shri Krishna in observance of his holy birthday Shri Krishna Janmashtami.Along with the wonderfu...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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1:56:28
#10 Guru Purnima: A Disciple's Extraordinary Journey (feat. Janardana Dasa)
In this episode Team DD explores a bit deeper into the concept of a spiritual master aka GURU. We learn about the festival of Guru Purnima and it's significance. A blessed disciple Shri Janardana Dasa (aka John Butler III) shares his incr...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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2:29:00
#9 The Shad Darshanas 101 with Prof. B.N. Hebbar
In this episode the Divine Discoveries Team had a chance to speak with the very accomplished Prof. B.N. Hebbar to gain an introductory understanding of the "Shad Darshanas" aka the six ancient schools of Hindu philosophical thought. Each ...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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1:43:19
#8 Introduction to the Ancient Judaic & Hindu Scriptures
Team Divine Discoveries gives an introduction and overview of the various types of divinely inspiring scriptural texts that are known to people of modern day Jewish and Hindu faith systems. Through their research they were able to learn and exp...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:56:53
#7 Stories & Glories - The Animal Avatars of Lord Vishnu
In this episode the Divine Discoveries Team celebrates the appearance day of Lord Shri Narasimha (Shri Narasimha Chaturdashi) by telling the divine tales of Shri Kurma, Shri Varaha, & Shri Narasimha Avatars. We also do our very ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:14:51
#6 Cosmic Creation & Time
In this episode the team of Divine Discoveries explores the creation of the universe according to the Jewish and Hindu scriptures. We also explore the span of Yugas, Manvantars, and Kalpas and how old our universe is according to the Vedi...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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1:44:08
#5 Lord Shri Rama - The Ideal Human Avatar (feat. Maya Kini Rao, Rekha Pai, & Suchitra Balasubramanian)
Team DD is back celebrating Shri Rama Navami (Lord's birthday/appearance day) and taking an explorative journey into studying the character of "Maryada Purushottam" Bhagavan Shri Ram! On this journey we get a surface level understanding of the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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1:27:01
#4 God - Exploration of the Infinite Consciousness
In this episode, the Divine Discoveries Castmates dive into exploring THE HIGHER POWER, THE INFINITE DIVINE ENERGY/CONSCIOUSNESS, THE ETERNAL SUPREME REALITY/TRUTH, etc. etc. etc. which we simply refer to as "GOD". Our understanding is extremel...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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1:58:31
#3 The Glories of Lord Shiva
In this episode the DD castmates take an explorative journey into the enigmatic form of God known as Lord Shiva. We talk about who Lord Shiva is and all the symoblic wisdom we can gain from this divine form of the Supreme Brahman. Through the v...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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1:04:08
#2 Religion & Spirituality - Same/Different? (The Maha Kumbh Mela feat. Gokul Pai)
In this episode we take a deep dive into analyzing the giant terms "RELIGION" and "SPIRITUALITY". We explore the similarities and differences of the 2 terms and gain a better understanding of what it means to identify as one or the other. We al...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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2:00:21
#1 Spirituality: What's in it for you?!
In the very first episode we introduce ourselves and try to take a very ground level approach to exploring the word: "Spirituality"....discussing what it means to each of us and how the listeners can potentially find a connection to it. W...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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1:55:40