संवाद # 109: Rajarshi Nandy on real spirituality, fake Tantriks, devata worship & Hindu renaissance

Rajarshi Ranjan Nandy is an upasaka, speaker, and columnist, who also guides people interested in the practice of sadhana.

His book 'Adhyatmikta' has been re-published with a new publication house 'Blue One Ink'. Order your copy here: https://amzn.eu/d/bhUFvRj

0:00 Intro
0:42 ‘I am Spiritual not Religious’
2:36 Story of a Buddhist monk
5:57 Hunger for spiritual guidance among Indians
7:04 Impact of Colonialism
9:14 Neo Advaitwaad Vs Traditional Advaitwaad
13:01 Devata Upasana - core of Sanatan Dharma
14:47 Superstition?
16:13 Personal transformation of Rajarshi Ji
26:53 Testing the power of spirituality
32:33 Encounters with divine when you do Sadhna
41:52 What’s the end result/goal of Sadhna
45:47 When human is no more human
48:49 What’s the point of living as a human without human characteristics
51:48 Ego - Ours & that of Devatas
55:04 Gita - powerful but difficult
58:50 Bhakti for Devata comes at the end
1:05:08 Importance of Bhakti movement
1:13:08 If our Devatas are so powerful then…
1:20:21 Spiritualism Vs Materialism
1:26:48 Nature is the boss
1:32:17 Importance & Limitations of Sampradayas
1:38:02 Commercialisation in SOME temples
1:40:59 Fake tantrics on YouTube/Instagram
1:44:01 Finding the Guru - important or not?
1:45:55 Why Tantra is demonised
1:54:45 Repercussions of using Tantra negatively
2:03:55 Misconception about Tantra Saadhna
2:07:22 Difference between Indian & non Indian Tantra traditions
2:09:03 Book recommendation on Tantra
2:13:01 Difference between Shakta & Shiva traditions
2:16:32 Shaiva Siddhanta was most popular till 13th century
2:19:20 Rise of Shakti worship
2:24:05 Dharmik renaissance with Shakti Upasana?
2:31:45 Devata Upasana - SOP
2:36:30 Pitra Dosha
2:42:56 Ugra Ganapati - Aghori Ganapati
2:47:28 Uchchistha Ganapati
2:49:49 Source of power of Hanuman Chalisa & other mantras
2:54:44 Validity of Vedic Mantras
2:58:28 Validity of Pauranic Mantras
3:01:54 Saabar Mantras & their Validity