Live Vedanta
Chinmaya Mission Niagara
Show overview
Live Vedanta has been publishing since 2018, and across the 8 years since has built a catalogue of 336 episodes, alongside 80 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 120 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence, with the show now in its 8th season.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 14 min and 30 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-language Religion & Spirituality show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 23 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2022, with 54 episodes published. Published by Chinmaya Mission Niagara.
From the publisher
A podcast on high thinking and happy living with Vivek Gupta.
Latest Episodes
View all 336 episodes🔎 Live Focused for the Divine | Essential Verse 32
🔓 Parent of All Creation | Essential Verse 31
🎯 The Ultimate Goal
🛣️ Choose Independence Over Dependence
💬 Chant AUM
📫 Remember Divinity in Every Duty
🎚️ Embody Divinity
🧭 Overcome Separation through Grace
❤️ A Passion for Peace
🧵 Creator Holds all Creation | Essential Verse 24
💗 Be a Rare Seeker | Essential Verse 23
♻️ Divine Efforts are Never Wasted | Essential Verse 22
S8 Ep 21🧘🏽 Practice Steadies the Wandering Mind | Essential Verse 21
Shifting focus to the challenge of mind discipline, Shri Krishna compassionately addresses Arjuna's hesitation about contemplation in Chapter 6, Verse 35. Through prioritization, steady practice, and selfless associations, our mind becomes balanced and focused—ultimately guiding us to Self rediscovery. ➡️ This season, we are exploring the 70 essential verses of the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita. To maximize your experience of this season, we encourage you to request your FREE copy of the Essential Love eBook. Incorporating accessible translations and practical application, the eBook accompanies each episode with additional ways to learn, synthesize, and reflect on key insights. 🎧 Listen to the last episode. RESOURCES + LINKS 💪🏽 Join us for 15 minutes of Mahabharata daily... from ancient history to your victory! ❤️ Get on our monthly newsletter for virtual courses + IRL opportunities 🌀 Follow us to infuse your Instagram feed with inspiration
S8 Ep 20📿 Contemplation Brings Balance | Essential Verse 20
In Chapter 6, Verse 9 of the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita, Shri Krishna explains the power of contemplation, which brings balance and equanimity, allowing us to see all beings equally. By practicing inner peace, detachment, and responding to all experiences with understanding, we transcend likes and dislikes and engage with everyone as a reflection of the Divine. ➡️ This season, we are exploring the 70 essential verses of the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita. To maximize your experience of this season, we encourage you to request your FREE copy of the Essential Love eBook. Incorporating accessible translations and practical application, the eBook accompanies each episode with additional ways to learn, synthesize, and reflect on key insights. 🎧 Listen to the last episode. RESOURCES + LINKS 💪🏽 Join us for 15 minutes of Mahabharata daily... from ancient history to your victory! ❤️ Get on our monthly newsletter for virtual courses + IRL opportunities 🌀 Follow us to infuse your Instagram feed with inspiration
S8 Ep 19🫶🏽 Raising Mind with Intellect | Essential Verse 19
The theme of Chapter 6 of the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita is delight, and in Chapter 6, Verse 5, Shri Krishna teaches the practice of contemplation to realize we are uncaused happiness. By integrating our mind and intellect through self-effort, we can transcend the ego, recognize Divinity in all, and become our own best friend. ➡️ To maximize your experience of this season, we encourage you to request your FREE copy of the Essential Love eBook. Incorporating accessible translations and practical application, the eBook accompanies each episode with additional ways to learn, synthesize, and reflect on key insights. 🎧 Listen to the last episode. RESOURCES + LINKS 💪🏽 Join us for 15 minutes of Mahabharata daily... from ancient history to your victory! ❤️ Get on our monthly newsletter for virtual courses + IRL opportunities 🌀 Follow us to infuse your Instagram feed with inspiration
S8 Ep 18📈 Pleasure is Pain | Essential Verse 18
Let's dive in to Essential Verse 18 of the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita. In Chapter 5, Verse 22, Shri Krishna explains that sense pleasures are temporary and become the seat of pain. By following the wise, affirming our willpower, and reducing sensory indulgences, we invest in long-term Peace and lasting Joy.➡️ To maximize your experience of this season, we encourage you to request your FREE copy of the Essential Love eBook. Incorporating accessible translations and practical application, the eBook accompanies each episode with additional ways to learn, synthesize, and reflect on key insights.🎧 Listen to the last episode.RESOURCES + LINKS💪🏽 Join us for 15 minutes of Mahabharata daily... from ancient history to your victory!❤️ Get on our monthly newsletter for virtual courses + IRL opportunities
S8 Ep 17☮️ Independence Reveals Equality | Essential Verse 17
Shri Krishna reveals the sign of one who has practiced the path to Self-knowledge: humility and the vision of equality. By seeing beyond names and forms and focusing on the essence—the Creator in all—we treat everyone equally and live anchored in the Truth. This is Essential Verse 17: Chapter 5, Verse 18.➡️ To maximize your experience of this season, we encourage you to request your FREE copy of the Essential Love eBook. Incorporating accessible translations and practical application, the eBook accompanies each episode with additional ways to learn, synthesize, and reflect on key insights.🎧 Listen to the last episode.RESOURCES + LINKS💪🏽 Join us for 15 minutes of Mahabharata daily... from ancient history to your victory!❤️ Get on our monthly newsletter for virtual courses + IRL opportunities 🌀 Follow us to infuse your Instagram feed with inspiration
S8 Ep 16🙏🏼 Be Divine | Essential Verse 16
We're exploring the 16th essential verse from the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita. In Chapter 5, Verse 17, Shri Krishna shares the plan for contemplation, forming the seed for Chapter 6. By steadily listening to the Truth, sincerely reflecting, and contemplating with strength, we shift from ego to Spirit and realize our nature as Divinity—Being Joyful and Serene beyond the purest.➡️ To maximize your experience of this season, we encourage you to request your FREE copy of the Essential Love eBook. Incorporating accessible translations and practical application, the eBook accompanies each episode with additional ways to learn, synthesize, and reflect on key insights.🎧 Listen to the last episode.RESOURCES + LINKS💪🏽 Join us for 15 minutes of Mahabharata daily... from ancient history to your victory!❤️ Get on our monthly newsletter for virtual courses + IRL opportunities 🌀 Follow us to infuse your Instagram feed with inspiration
S8 Ep 15🫴🏼 Self-Development Leads to Oneness | Essential Verse 15
On this season of Live Vedanta, we're unpacking the 70 verses at the heart of the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita. Chapter 5, Verse 7 centers on the theme of doershiplessness, deepening the focus on Karma Yoga and self-development. By purifying the mind, overcoming the ego and senses, and seeing the Spirit in all beings, we act dynamically and freely, unbound by our actions while uplifting ourselves and others.➡️ To maximize your experience of this season, we encourage you to request your FREE copy of the Essential Love eBook. Incorporating accessible translations and practical application, the eBook accompanies each episode with additional ways to learn, synthesize, and reflect on key insights.🎧 Listen to the last episode.RESOURCES + LINKS💪🏽 Join us for 15 minutes of Mahabharata daily... from ancient history to your victory!❤️ Get on our monthly newsletter for virtual courses + IRL opportunities 🌀 Follow us to infuse your Instagram feed with inspiration
S8 Ep 14🧠 Self-Knowledge Surpasses All Else | Essential Verse 14
In Chapter 4, Verse 38, Shri Krishna reveals the power of true knowledge, teaching that only knowledge of the Spirit can purify us and dissolve ignorance about who we are and what life is. By prioritizing self-development, we shift from "doing" for joy to "Being" Joy, allowing understanding to arise naturally.➡️ To maximize your experience of this season, we encourage you to request your FREE copy of the Essential Love eBook. Incorporating accessible translations and practical application, the eBook accompanies each episode with additional ways to learn, synthesize, and reflect on key insights.🎧 Listen to the last episode.RESOURCES + LINKS❤️ Get on our monthly newsletter for virtual courses + IRL opportunities 🌀 Follow us to infuse your Instagram feed with inspiration