Swami Padmanabha

Does Hinduism Really Exist? | The Free Radical Podcast #56 — Arjuna
2025-10-15 10:00 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | YouTube
In this episode of the Free Radical Podcast, Swami Padmanabha sits down with Arjuna—devotee, podcaster, and creator of Theology Unleashed—to explore the origins and meaning of the term Hinduism. Together they ask whether it does justice to the staggering diversity of India’s wisdom traditions, from skepticism to radical personalism. ✨ Join this thought-provoking conversation as they seek fresh, universal ways to honor the depth and breadth of spiritual heritage.
Video Premiering
October 15
10AM EDT

on YouTube!

SATSANG: Preguntas y Respuestas con Swami Padmanabha
2025-10-12 10:00 - 23:30, 2025-09-28 10:00 - 23:30, 2025-09-21 10:00 - 23:30, 2025-09-07 10:00 - 23:30, 2025-08-31 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-08-24 10:00 - 23:30, 2025-08-10 10:00 - 23:30, 2025-08-03 10:00 - 23:30 (America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires) and 2 more dates | Zoom, United States
Únete a Swami Padmanabha y sus amigos en un intercambio dinámico entre teoría y práctica, donde buscamos generar conciencia a través de preguntas y reflexiones sobre lo que debe abordarse en nuestra práctica personal y nuestro viaje al servicio de la fe.

Domingo 10AM (hora Argentina)
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SATSANG: Questions and Exploration
2025-10-11 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-27 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-20 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-06 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-08-30 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-08-23 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-08-16 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-08-09 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) and 2 more dates | Zoom, United States
Unlike a typical Question and Answer session, where certainty is often the goal and answers are something we can pocket and carry with us, satsang is not about finding definitive answers. Instead, it invites us into open exploration, allowing space for discovery rather than finality. And while the setting may appear as teacher and student, as you will witness when participating, we are all fellow explorers, sharing in this journey to discover and embody our truest selves.
Join LIVE Saturdays
2PM EDT

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Watch later on YouTube!

SATSANG—postponed til next week
2025-10-04 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom, United States
Due to a retreat, this week’s online Q&E will not be happening. If you attend the Satsang regularly, please feel invited to contact someone that regularly attends as well.

Hindu and Catholic, Priest and Scholar—a Love Story | The Free Radical Podcast #55 — Francis X. Clooney
2025-10-01 10:00 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | YouTube
In this episode, Swami Padmanabha sits down with Francis X. Clooney, Jesuit priest, scholar, and Parkman Professor of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School. A pioneer in comparative theology, Professor Clooney has spent decades engaging Hindu and Christian traditions through deep study of Sanskrit and Tamil classics, interreligious dialogue, and spiritual practice.

Their conversation revolves around his newly published memoir, Hindu and Catholic, Priest and Scholar: A Love Story, and touches on themes of vocation, celibacy, academia and faith, Ramanuja and Gaudiya Vaishnavism, interspirituality, Ignatian spirituality, poetry, regret, choice, and the ever-evolving path of divine love. This enriching dialogue explores what it means to live faithfully and authentically at the crossroads of traditions, scholarship, and personal devotion.

Video Premiering

October 1
10AM EDT

on YouTube!

What Coaching Really Is (and Isn’t) | The Free Radical Podcast #54 — Lily Seto, Sept 17, 2025
2025-09-17 10:00 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | YouTube
In this episode of the Free Radical Podcast, Swami Padmanabha welcomes his mentor and wise elder, Lili Seto—a globally recognized coach, supervisor, and pioneer in creating coaching cultures. With nearly two decades of experience, Lili is celebrated for her clarity, ethical rigor, and ability to hold transformative spaces for growth.
Together, Swami and Lili explore coaching as more than a professional skill—it becomes a contemplative practice rooted in presence, listening, empathy, and silence. They reflect on the challenges and beauty of empowering others to find their own answers, creating spaces that may be uncomfortable but never unsafe, and the art of midwifing insight.
This rich conversation invites us into coaching not only as a method but as a way of being—an ongoing dialogue with reality itself.
Video Premiering
September 17
10AM EDT

on YouTube!

The Courage To Be Real
2025-09-13 09:30 - 2025-09-14 12:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom, United States
The Courage To Be Real

An online symposium on doing the inner work necessary for living a healthy material, emotional, and spiritual life.

Join us for two days of transformative conversations, practices, and honest exploration with:

Mahatma Das– Punishing Ourselves for Being Ourselves
Sukhavaha Dasi – Some Truth About the Lies We Tell Ourselves
Swami Padmanabha– Self-love in Bhakti: The Root of All Belonging
DhanyaDasi – Emotional Fluency: Authentic Communication as a Path to Connection

September 13 & 14
9:30 am – 12:30 pm EDT

Online via Zoom

Each session will include an exercise, Q&A, and a closing panel with all presenters.

Register today and take the step toward a more authentic, whole, and courageous life.

Embodiment and Relationship in Bhakti - Swiss Alps Retreat
2025-09-05 - 2025-09-08 | Swiss Alps, Grisons, Switzerland
A 4-day retreat in the Swiss Alps

September 5–8, 2025 | Grisons, Switzerland

Join us for a transformative immersion where devotional love meets embodied presence. Through sacred vulnerability, compassionate listening, and daily acts of divine remembrance, we’ll explore how bhakti becomes a path of healing, depth, and relational spirituality.

Themes include:

• Honesty as sacred offering
• Holding space with presence and care
• Bhakti in everyday life
• The body as temple, beyond shame
• Q&A and heartfelt sharing circles

Limited spaces (24 only)

75 CHF/night (includes food, stay, and facilities)
Booking deadline: July 30, 2025

To reserve or ask questions, contact Indira (WhatsApp/Telegram only): +41 79 814 99 30

Let bhakti touch not just your heart, but your body, your relationships, and your daily life.

Ethics Before Ecstasy: The Role of Spiritual Integrity | Rick Archer—Host of Buddha at the Gas Pump
2025-09-03 10:00 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | YouTube
In this episode of the Free Radical Podcast, Swami Padmanabha sits down with Rick Archer, creator of Buddha at the Gas Pump and co-founder of the Association for Spiritual Integrity. A lifelong meditator with over 55 years of daily practice, Rick has interviewed more than 725 people on their journeys of awakening.
Their conversation dives into spiritual integrity, the difference between holiness and wholeness, the role of feedback and accountability for teachers, and what students should look for in a guide—all woven together with Rick’s own life story as a practitioner and teacher.
Video Premiering
September 3
10AM EDT

on YouTube!

Dive Deep
2025-08-04 - 2025-08-06 | Germany, Germany
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SATSANG: Questions and Exploration
2025-08-02 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom, United States
Unlike a typical Question and Answer session, where certainty is often the goal and answers are something we can pocket and carry with us, satsang is not about finding definitive answers. Instead, it invites us into open exploration, allowing space for discovery rather than finality. And while the setting may appear as teacher and student, as you will witness when participating, we are all fellow explorers, sharing in this journey to discover and embody our truest selves.
Join LIVE Saturdays
2PM EDT

TODAY ONLY. DIFFERENT LINK
Zoom

ID: 781 2752 4035
PASSCODE: [REDACTED]

Watch later on YouTube!

Bhakti Bloom Festival
2025-08-01 - 2025-08-03 | Germany, Germany
