{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"1769: Answer the Call of the Heart | The Bhaktivedanta Path of Renunciation","description":"Life is kind of empty if there is not something so meaningful and beautiful that we feel a calling to give everything out of love. We spend our lives looking for that higher cause \u2014 or feeling empty if we haven't found it. The total giving of the self is what Thomas Merton calls a blind spiritual instinct. And when you actually follow it, people may think you've gone crazy. Raghunath and Kaustubha explore that calling alongside Krishna's flute-song call of love to the gopis, instigating a &quot;terrible act of thievery&quot; by stealing their sobriety, shyness, fear and discrimination. Through this pastime the Bhaktivedanta tradition shares one of its most radical teachings \u2014 that true renunciation can only be the result of pure love, and that renunciation is artificial if it is not a derivative of such devotional love.  Srimad Bhagavatam 10.29.2-5  ******************************************************************** LOVE THE PODCAST? WE ARE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AND WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN! Go to&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.wisdomofthesages.com WATCH ON YOUTUBE:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/youtube.com\/@WisdomoftheSages LISTEN ON ITUNES:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/podcasts\/apple.com\/us\/podcast\/wisdom-of-the-sages\/id1493055485 CONNECT ON FACEBOOK:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/facebook.com\/wisdomofthesages108  ********************************************************************* ","author_name":"Wisdom of the Sages","author_url":"http:\/\/wisdomofthesages.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/41280690\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/201912900"}