168 Spirituality vs Fluff - Are Advaita Vedanta Believers All Mentally Ill?

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Practical Spirituality: Hinduism & Current Events with Premanand Das Bhagat

Premanand Das Bhagat (Aaron Joy)

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This show is a 2025 People's Choice Podcast Award nominee. For seekers who’ve outgrown spiritual fluff. Real talk for real seekers. A no-BS Hindu/Sanatana Dharma based cultural critic dissecting modern society with spiritual clarity. I challenge lazy universalism, reject blind guru-worship, and speak directly to seekers on a practical level. I'm not here to entertain. I'm here to provoke thought, while being grounded in dharma. Each episode is part of a larger journey. This isn’t random content—it’s a structured path into deeper truth, not easy comfort. See videos for contact info.

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This show is a 2025 People's Choice Podcast Award nominee. For seekers who’ve outgrown spiritual fluff. Real talk for real seekers. A no-BS Hindu/Sanatana Dharma based cultural critic dissecting modern society with spiritual clarity. I challenge lazy universalism, reject blind guru-worship, and speak directly to seekers on a practical level. I'm not here to entertain. I'm here to provoke thought, while being grounded in dharma. Each episode is part of a larger journey. This isn’t random content—it’s a structured path into deeper truth, not easy comfort. See videos for contact info.

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Religion & Spirituality

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168 Spirituality vs Fluff - Are Advaita Vedanta Believers All Mentally Ill?

Practical Spirituality: Hinduism & Current Events with Premanand Das Bhagat

30 minutes 5 seconds

2 months ago

168 Spirituality vs Fluff - Are Advaita Vedanta Believers All Mentally Ill?

Responding to a fellow youtuber who declared that all believers in the Hindu path of Advaita Vedanta are mentally ill. This is my response. Another case of calling out someone's spiritual b.s. and arrogance. Live 9/1/2025.

0:00 – Intro to calling out ignorant spirituality youtuber who asks if Advaita Vedanta followers are mentally ill due to following weird philosophy

3:20 – My Vishishtadvaita Vedanta (qualified non-dual) brief criticisms/views of Advaita Vedanta

4:58 – Defending Advaita teachers & followers | reading Adi Shankara | reading past teachers

14:47 – Dismissing entire history of Advaita teachers via ignorance

18:01 – Making ignorant statements is not a sign of great spirituality | personal experience with Advaita Vedanta

20:13 – Being smarter than Adi Shankara

22:21 – Growing spiritually by questioning our beliefs

24:53 – Closing thoughts

This show is a 2025 People's Choice Podcast Award nominee in the Hinduism category. For seekers who’ve outgrown spiritual fluff. This isn’t about trends, vibes, or blind devotion. This is real talk for real seekers.

🎙️ Each episode is part of a larger journey. This isn’t random content—it’s a structured path into deeper truth, not easy comfort.

I’m Premanand Das Bhagat (Aaron Joy), in Portland, Maine, USA. I followed the so-called spiritual path—believed everything and anything, joined a cult, and ran in circles. Through honest effort, deep unlearning, and painful self-awareness, I found clarity in Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism).

Now, I speak to those who feel the same disillusionment. If you believe in asking questions, rejecting lazy universalism, and using logic and scripture together to navigate this chaotic world—you’re in the right place.

🕉️ I'm a Integral Vedic Counselor, Certified Spiritual Life Coach and Ayurveda Specialist. I'm a student of Dr. David Frawley and devotee of Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya, following the non-Advaita, non-Universalist Vaishnava lineage of Ramanuja. My spiritual name was a gift from Dr. Chaturbhai Babaria (Swaminarayan Gurukul USA).

📩 Email: aronmatyas@hotmail.com
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