Swami Padmanabha is a monk, author, and spiritual mentor whose life is dedicated to the sacred art of relationship — with the self, with others, with the world and with the Divine. Rooted in the bhakti tradition of the Gaudiya lineage, he brings radical personalism into living practice — not as an abstract ideal, but as a path revealed through relationship, calling us not to escape the world but to engage with it more deeply — with vulnerability, integrity, courage, and sacred longing: our humanity in the context of our spirituality and our spirituality in the context of humanity.
Whether through his writings, intimate conversations, or dynamic teachings, he guides others not toward rigid answers, but toward the living questions that awaken us to our truest belonging.
This is not only a path of continual arrival, but of continual becoming — together.
Rick Archer invited Swami Padmanabha to
Buddha at the Gas Pump, one of today’s foremost platforms where nearly two thousand spiritual authors and practitioners have shared their journeys.
Tune in for a rich exploration of
Evolution in Divine Love
and the living wisdom of Gaudiya Vaishnavism.
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