BAPS Better Living

Why Relationships Feel Empty (and What to Do About It): Rethinking Love and Friendship Through a Spiritual Lens In this BAPS Better Living Dharmic Life episode, Palak and Rakhee discuss a dharmic perspective on love, friendship, and faith. They explore how one small but powerful shift in perspective can transform the way we show up in our most meaningful relationships. Drawing from their own experiences and practices, they explore a simple but powerful question: “Am I becoming the...

Why do we know what is right, but still struggle to do it? In this episode of Windows into Wisdom by BAPS Better Living, we sit down with Pujya Snehmunidas Swami to explore one of the most honest struggles in spiritual growth: the gap between knowing better and actually doing better. Many of us have heard wisdom about patience, forgiveness, discipline, prayer, humility, and inner change. We may even feel inspired in the moment. But when life tests us, old habits, emotions, ego, an...

In this episode of the BAPS Better Living Inspired Series, we sit down with Payal Patel, Director of Business Development at Robert Half, to explore what happens when logic can only take us so far. With a background in law, Payal shares how faith, values, and spirituality have helped her navigate difficult decisions, professional pressure, and moments when there is no perfectly logical answer. Together, we explore how honesty, integrity, introspection, and faith can help us live...

Belonging in the Diaspora: A Dharmic View on Identity, Citizenship, and Seva In this episode of BAPS Better Living’s Dharmic Life episode, Dhawal and Kashyap discuss identity and belonging as diaspora Hindus in North America. They explore how immigrants often feel tension between preserving Hindu practices and fitting into Western society, with Kashyap sharing experiences growing up as the only Hindu in his Alabama school and feeling embarrassed about rituals. Framing the conversa...

Join US Congressman Pete Sessions as he shares his story of visiting India. In this candid conversation with Pujya Brahmaviharidas Swami, Congressman Sessions shares his deep regard for India’s culture and people. He shares his experiences seeing the industry, creativity, and especially the spirituality of the people. He talks about his experiences meeting His Holiness Mahant Swami Maharaj and the deep impact it left on him. In this episode, explore how spirituality helps us trans...