When Krishna Closes One Door He Opens Another / Q&A Vol. 295
5/24/20261 hr
Sometimes the thing that feels like a loss turns out to be the setup for something far better. In this special retreat Q&A from Super Soul Farm, Raghunath and Kaustubha share stories of how previous chapters in their own lives ended before the birth of the podcast. Both stories point to the same truth: when Krishna closes one door, he opens another. The episode also tackles one of the deepest questions in Vaishnava philosophy — where did we come from and why are we here? — with a humble, practical and reassuring answer. Plus Tulsi is taking over someone's Brooklyn gard...
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First 90 secondsKaustubha Das· Host0:00
So, w- what I was doing was I was really deeply involved in the Bhakti Center.
Raghunath· Host0:04
Yeah.
Kaustubha Das· Host0:04
I was, um, senior educator. Um, I- over the years, I was involved a lot in creating the programming, uh, creating, uh... I kind of became the de facto creative department, you know, doing the website- Mm ... and the graphic arts and all that kind of stuff. And I, I had my hands in it so much there. Um, a- and but it just, it does kind of show you how if you, in, in the little as way that I've tried to give my life to Krishna's service, Krishna really takes care of you. And what seems like, you know, I, I, I really had my heart and my mind kind of like, um, f- I s- l- l- I saw myself just this is my life, Bhakti Center. I'll die, you know- Mm ... serving the Bhakti Center like this. Um, and then, and that started to slip away. Um, Krishna had another plan. You know, I had no idea that we would do a podcast. I had no idea that, um, it would get a, you know, Krishna's hand would play it in such a way where really over, in a very short time, I was ... It was doing more than a center, the, the pod- It was reaching more people than, than most centers reach and so on, you know? And, and all ... And, and, um, Raghunath and I, um, w- we love each other, and although we're very different in certain ways, we, we also work well together.
Raghunath· Host1:28
Vibola Difference.
Kaustubha Das· Host1:29
Vibola Difference.