Best Iskcon Chicago Podcasts (2026)

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Walking The Path of Bhakti with @NamarasaPodcast | NJ, USA | Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Maharaja 1:10:55

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Walking The Path of Bhakti with @NamarasaPodcast | NJ, USA | Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Maharaja by Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava MaharajaBy Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava Maharaja

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Renaissance of Global Book Distribution – The Parampara Continues 7:02

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Srila Prabhupada very much wanted these books to be distributed. Why? Because Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu wanted these books to be distributed. In the English language which is the most powerful language in the world today in Kaliyuga, the truth of Bhagavad-Gita should be available to everyone.By Radhanath Swami

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Renaissance of Global Book Distribution – The First Book Distribution 8:30

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There are millions and millions of conditioned souls who are bereft of love of Krishna. In ignorance they are struggling and toiling birth after birth after birth to enjoy the illusions of Maya and they are suffering.By Radhanath Swami

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Renaissance of Global Book Distribution – The Prophecy Came True 7:56

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Chaitanya Das returned home and when he returned home, he was just so grateful for the mercy that the Lord was giving him but he was constantly chanting the holy names, hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare, hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare.By Radhanath Swami

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Renaissance Of Global Book Distribution – Reconfirmation of The Desire 10:46

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Chaitanya Das went back to his house, the devotees were very inquisitive, they approached Govinda, the Lord’s servant asking, “What is his desire? What did he pray to Lord Jagannath? Please, please tell us.”By Radhanath Swami

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First Things First | New York City, USA | Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Maharaja 56:02

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First Things First | New York City, USA | Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Maharaja by Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava MaharajaBy Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava Maharaja

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Buddha & Krishna | S.B. Keshava Swami at Tufts University | November 2025 1:21:41

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Buddha & Krishna | S.B. Keshava Swami at Tufts University | November 2025 by Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava MaharajaBy Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava Maharaja

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Book Distribution - Unity Amongst Devotee Community Is What Pleases Krishna 7:36

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Krishna wants our hearts. I thank you, you have shown great dedication over the years, and in assisting Srila Prabhupada as a puppet of our Guru parampara and the strings of our dedication to their will.By Radhanath Swami

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Book Distribution – An Opportunity to Unite for A Higher Cause 5:02

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When we appreciate each other, and competition is just to help others to become more enlivened to do more. It’s not to stamp on people's heads and do better.By Radhanath Swami

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Message Coming Down Our Parampara : Print and Distribute Books 6:11

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Srila Prabhupad, that instruction he received at Radha kund was so much the flow of mercy coming through our parampara and Srila Prabhupad shared that same instruction with us and gave us the opportunity to be a part.By Radhanath Swami

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Symptoms of the Spiritually Successful | Brigham, UK | Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Maharaja 1:12:54

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Symptoms of the Spiritually Successful | Brigham, UK | Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Maharaja by Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava MaharajaBy Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava Maharaja

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Srila Prabhupada’s Books Are His Vapu and Vani 4:54

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In one of the very special ways Srila Prabhupada personally requested each of us to helps him spread this light, is through distribution of his books.By Radhanath Swami

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Our Acharyas Never Took Personal Credit for Writing Books 3:41

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Lord Chaitanya’s message came through for the whole world and hundreds and millions of those books were distributed. But it was very important to Srila Prabhupad.By Radhanath Swami

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An Appeal for Book Distribution 6:19

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let us distribute tens and thousands of his books which Srila Prabhupada called his own devotional ecstasies. It is the greatest welfare work and we are also fortunate that we can help him in this way.By Radhanath Swami

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Twelve Forests of Vraja | Leicester, UK | Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Maharaja 1:28:06

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Twelve Forests of Vraja | Leicester, UK | Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Maharaja by Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava MaharajaBy Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava Maharaja

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Srila Prabhupada's Books are The Deities of Radha and Krishna 5:33

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Srila Prabhupada spent most of the time of his life when he wasn’t actively preaching and managing, translating these books. He would work all day along with his disciples and when his disciples would take rest at night, he would be up hours and hours and hours through the night translating the Holy Scriptures and giving his commentaries.…

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Book Distribution – The Most Pleasing Service to Our Guru Parampara 8:41

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As Srila Prabhupada’s aspiring follower yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo, my relation to Krishna is simply to whatever extent I can try to please Srila Prabhupada by making him happy and also it is very much known that to the extent that Prabhupada and the previous acharyas bless all of you to that extent you will find the bliss of Krishna conscious…

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Book Distribution is The Most Powerful Means to Defeat the Illusory Energy 11:38

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Actually when Srila Prabhupada got aboard the Jaladuta, came to the west what did he have? He just had one little bag with his clothes and some grains to eat, and he had big big boxes of books, that was his baggage simply books.By Radhanath Swami

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Book Distribution Is Greater Than Kirtan 10:26

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Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur expanded that, he called the printing press ‘the big mrIdanga,’ that the harinam kirtan and the streets with the mridanga can be heard by the people in that local area.By Radhanath Swami

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What Is the Magic of Book Distribution 9:41

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What Is the Magic of Book Distribution by Radhanath SwamiBy Radhanath Swami

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The Higher Taste | Chicago, IL, USA | Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Maharaja 1:43:36

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The Higher Taste | Chicago, IL, USA | Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Maharaja by Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava MaharajaBy Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava Maharaja

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Qualified To Glorify | New York City, NY, USA | Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Maharaja 1:05:18

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Qualified To Glorify | New York City, NY, USA | Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Maharaja by Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava MaharajaBy Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava Maharaja

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Self Leadership | S.B. Keshava Swami in Davos, Switzerland | January 2025 1:06:47

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Self Leadership | S.B. Keshava Swami in Davos, Switzerland | January 2025 by Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava MaharajaBy Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava Maharaja

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Stop, Think, Act | Towaco, NJ, USA | Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Maharaja 1:10:54

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Stop, Think, Act | Towaco, NJ, USA | Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Maharaja by Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava MaharajaBy Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava Maharaja

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Victim Mentality 101 | SB 1.13.10 | Chicago, IL, USA | Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Maharaja 1:15:41

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Victim Mentality 101 | SB 1.13.10 | Chicago, IL, USA | Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Maharaja by Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava MaharajaBy Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava Maharaja

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Strong Mind & Soft Heart | SB 1.2.17 | Hudson, New Jersey | Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Maharaja 1:06:55

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Strong Mind & Soft Heart | SB 1.2.17 | Hudson, New Jersey | Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Maharaja by Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava MaharajaBy Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava Maharaja

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Always Remember Krishna | Coventry, UK | Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Maharaja 1:12:27

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Always Remember Krishna | Coventry, UK | Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Maharaja by Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava MaharajaBy Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava Maharaja

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The Legacy of Prabhupada | SB 1.1.23 | Manchester, UK | Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Maharaja 1:06:29

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The Legacy of Prabhupada | SB 1.1.23 | Manchester, UK | Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Maharaja by Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava MaharajaBy Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava Maharaja

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Weakness of Heart | Balarama Purnima | Crawley, UK | Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Maharaja 1:18:17

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Weakness of Heart | Balarama Purnima | Crawley, UK | Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Maharaja by Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava MaharajaBy Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava Maharaja

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Personal, Impersonal & Universal | BG 12.1 | Sydney, Australia | Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Maharaja 1:18:27

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Personal, Impersonal & Universal | BG 12.1 | Sydney, Australia | Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Maharaja by Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava MaharajaBy Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava Maharaja

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Prabhupada the Touchstone | London, UK | Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Maharaj 1:22:14

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Prabhupada the Touchstone | London, UK | Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Maharaj by Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava MaharajaBy Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava Maharaja

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Krishna's Final Lesson | The Uddhava Gita | Kiental, Switzerland | Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Maharaja 1:26:15

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Krishna's Final Lesson | The Uddhava Gita | Kiental, Switzerland | Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Maharaja by Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava MaharajaBy Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava Maharaja

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Valuing The Simple Opportunities to Serve - The Story of Subudhi Rai 13:22

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Srila Prabhupad explained that many of Lord Chaitanya’s devotees were from Bengal and Orissa and in Bengal and Orissa, especially in those days, when they were not having importing and exporting, they ate the local food which was rice. But in Vrindavan the local food is roti, chapati, wheat and the Bengalis when they came here, they didn’t get any …

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Vrindavan Is Not a Place for Those Who Have Even a Grain of Pride 13:19

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yad yad ācarati śreṣṭhas tat tad evetaro janaḥ, What great people do common people follow and actually every one of us is expected to be a leader whoever we are whatever role we may take.By Radhanath Swami

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What Should Be Our Consciousness When we are in Sri Vrindavan Dham 6:10

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Sometimes as a tremendous austerity a person may have to point out certain problems in another as a doctor may point out in a patient for the purpose of helping, healing, uplifting or protecting others but if there is any envy in our heart, if there is any arrogance in our heart, such great criticism is a great impediment in our spiritual progress.…

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How Our Acharyas Appreciate The Dust of Vrindavan? (Part 2) 13:44

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We have come to Sri Vrindavan Dham following in the footsteps of these great souls. Let this be our meditation. Rupa Goswami and Sanatana Goswami, they were multibillionaires by today's standards. They were the prime minister and finance minister of an entire kingdom.By Radhanath Swami

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How Our Acharyas Appreciate the Dust of Vrindavan (Part 1) 8:42

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One of the greatest, most worshipable acharyas to this day was teaching us how to appreciate Vrindavan with such love, with such gratitude. He would sweep the pathways practically all day every day and because he was so grateful to be doing this seva in this holy place, feeling himself so undeserving that Krishna reciprocated.…

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Love For Krishna Means Service to Krishna 4:52

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By Radhanath Swami

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We Are Coming to Vrindavan as Beggars 15:08

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By Radhanath Swami

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We Have to Enter Vrindavan in The Mood of Surrender 14:11

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Akrura’s mission was to take Krishna out of Vrindavan for the first time. Everyone else in the whole Vrajbhumi was very disturbed with this Akrura, but Krishna understood his heart and was pleased.By Radhanath Swami

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How Srila Prabhupada Got Land in Sri Vrindavan Dham (Part 2) 13:20

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Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu told us that the only way to understand Vrindavan, the only way to understand Krishna, the only way to understand bhakti, the only way to understand kirtan is mahajano yena gatah sa panthah, which means to follow in the footsteps of the great souls.By Radhanath Swami

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How Srila Prabhupada Got Land in Sri Vrindavan Dham? (Part 1) 15:08

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According to the saints and according to the scriptures, one single grain of dust in Vrindavan is ‘chintamani,’ it is transcendental jewel. All the wealth in all this world, in all the heavenly planets, in all the creation is not enough to purchase a single grain of dust from Vrindavan, and you are thinking you just bought an acre of land.…

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What Should Be Our Mood While Approaching Sri Vrindavan Dham? 8:45

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Appreciation is of paramount importance in order to understand something’s value and if we do not understand it’s value, we will take the most precious thing to be something ordinary, take it for granted and not really benefit from what we have.By Radhanath Swami

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Krishna's Final Lesson The Uddhava Gita | Kiental, Switzerland | Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Maharaja 1:23:32

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Krishna's Final Lesson The Uddhava Gita | Kiental, Switzerland | Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Maharaja by Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava MaharajaBy Wisdom That Breathes by Keshava Maharaja

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How To Approach Sri Vrindavan Dham? 11:47

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vṛndāvanaṁ parityajya padam ekaṁ na gacchati Krishna never, for all eternity, takes a single step out of Vrindavan. This is his eternal abode. Even in his lila in this world when he appeared to go to Mathura or Dwarka, or when he left this universe at the end of his past times, govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami, that original Govinda, the king …

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Vrindavan Is the Most Suitable Place to Execute Pure Devotional Service 19:15

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If we approach the Supreme Lord for material benefits, we will get some material benefits in due course of time. If we approach for elevation to higher planets, if we want the mystical yogic siddhis, the actual capacity to perform supernatural miracles, by chanting a mantra we could produce things within our hands, prapti-siddhi.…

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Service To The Holy Dham Means Service To Guru and To Gauranga 6:55

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Prabhupada travelled around the world thirteen times. We were speaking at Sri Sri Radha Gopijana Vallabha temple about selfless service. Srila Prabhupada when he was eighty years old, he was still circumambulating the world thirteen timesBy Radhanath Swami

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Vrindavan Is the State of Consciousness 6:06

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Vrindavan Is the State of Consciousness by Radhanath SwamiBy Radhanath Swami