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The Bhagavata Podcast
The Bhagavata Podcast invites listeners on an engaging journey through the Bhagavata Purana, more commonly known as the Srimad Bhagavatam. Each episode features conversations between scholars, many of whom are also practitioners, as they reflect on and analyze a chapter of this text together. The podcast offers a unique blend of academic rigor and personal insight, providing fresh perspectives that illuminate the beauty and uniqueness of the Bhagavatam.
In each episode, host Dr. Måns Broo, an esteemed scholar and Gaudiya Vaishnava practitioner, invites expert guests to reflect on a chapter of the Bhagavata Purana. Following a linear progression through the text, the discussions explore the philosophical, theological, and literary dimensions of the Bhagavatam, offering both traditional insights and modern academic interpretations. This thoughtful approach enables listeners to journey through the Bhagavata Purana chapter by chapter, uncovering the intricate teachings of this work.
The Bhagavata Podcast is an initiative supported by the Gaudiya Studies Research Programme of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, furthering the mission of connecting living traditions with academic exploration.
The Bhagavata Podcast
Latest Episodes
2.8 Why God Must Be Fantastical | Bhagavata Podcast with Advaita Das
Philosophy decided two thousand years ago that God cannot have a body. Every body is material, limited, reducible. If you want God to be eternal and unlimited, he cannot be bodied. The Bhagavatam's answer to that is a baby stealing butter and p...
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2.7 One Verse Each. Except Krishna. | Bhagavata Podcast with Sundar Gopal Das
The Bhagavatam's longest avatar list gives each divine figure one verse. Sometimes two. When it reaches Krishna, it gives him ten.Canto 2, Chapter 7 surveys 23 lila avatars, the longest such list in the entire Purana. Sundar Gopal Das (D...
2.6 You Cannot Know God. So Sing Anyway. | Bhagavata Podcast with Gopinathacharya Das
Brahma describes the entire process of creation and then admits he cannot know the Lord. His response to that admission is not silence. It is song.Canto 2, Chapter 6 continues the Virat Rupa meditation from the previous chapter, but shif...
2.5 Who Created the Creator? | The Bhagavata Podcast with Sri Prahlada Dasa
There are dozens of gods in the Vedic scriptures, and the texts seem to glorify some of them just as highly as Vishnu. For anyone raised in a tradition that insists Narayana is supreme, that is not an abstract problem. Sri Prahlada Dasa carried...
2.4 I've Never Been Completely Satisfied with Anything I've Done | Bhagavata Podcast with Anuradha Devi Dasi
Standing at Govardhan, Bhrigupada felt something deeply spiritual. A few minutes later it was gone. The Srimad Bhagavatam does not treat this as failure. It treats it as the starting point.Canto 2, Chapter 4 carries a misleading title: "...