Ep. 22: Human Suffering & Divine Perfection: A Conversation with Naren K. Schreiner

Naren Schreiner is a former monk, present day pujari, and always and forever lover of the Divine who joins Brian for this final conversation of season 2. They talk about the perfect bliss underlying this often chaotic world, and how that blissful perfection holds human suffering within it … or does it?

Naren shares stories from his own life, as well as the divine life of Paramahansa Yogananda, that great Indian yogi and guru to thousands who is often considered the godfather of Yoga in the West. Throughout the conversation Naren sprinkles in Sanskrit teachings, Vedantic wisdom, and even blesses us with a devotional song glorifying Divine Mother.

How do we acknowledge suffering - and wholeheartedly accept the human realities of the world - while at the same time honoring that mystic truth that we are invited in this very moment to participate in an eternally blissful perfection?

What role does our intellect play, and what role does the heart play in this process?

How do we “remain happy while uprooting the causes of unhappiness,” as Yogananda-ji instructs us?

Join Brian and Naren for this probing and illuminating conversation that is at turns humorous and serious, which raises questions and offers insights; as these two lifelong spiritual seekers tease out the underlying Reality of this confounding, glorious, complicated, simple, paradoxical, self-luminous Life.

To learn more about Naren and his offerings, please visit ⁠⁠⁠nivedanam.com⁠⁠⁠.

More Inflections of the Mystic Message at ⁠⁠⁠mysticalmessenger.com⁠⁠⁠.