The Bearded Mystic Podcast
Rahul N Singh hosts The Bearded Mystic Podcast, which explores the Hindu philosophy of Advaita Vedanta or Nonduality in a very simple, direct and practical way. Episodes include discussions into eastern scriptures like The Bhagavad Gita, The Upanishads, etc and discussions about everyday spirituality. Rahul's journey as a spiritual seeker spans over 20 years and has an open-minded approach to spirituality. A new episode is uploaded every Sunday. Subscribe to the channel and don’t miss out on a single episode.
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Recent Episodes
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June 11, 2026
Why Death has been a Great Teaching
Send us Fan Mail Grief, Gratitude, and Remembering True Nature After My Father’s Passing Host Rahul N Singh returns to The Bearded Mystic Podcast after a break and shares that his father died last month, reflecting on grief, regrets, and learning to face loss directly without denying emotions or spiraling in them. He describes finding steadiness through prayer, simran, and witnessing feelings, emphasizing that memories remain and that his father was a major influence on his spirituality. Rah...
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March 5, 2026
The Ego's Mirage - Discovering True Awareness
Send a text Rahul N Singh returns to The Bearded Mystic Podcast after 3–4 months to reflect on spirituality, especially seva (selfless service), humility, and remaining an observer rather than the doer amid praise and criticism. He discusses measuring humility by seeing others as the highest, God, or Guru, and notes how family feedback can reveal ego. He shares that increased reading has deepened his sense of “not knowing,” while non-dual, Formless Awareness feels undeniable and effortless wh...
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Sept. 24, 2025
Names Dissolve, Blessings Remain: A Spiritual Reflection
Send us a text The importance we place on the name we give to God reveals more about our spiritual maturity than our understanding of divine truth. Spiritual growth involves recognizing that names for the divine are just different expressions pointing to the same ultimate reality. • Names for God vary across traditions - God, Allah, Brahman, Nirankar - but all refer to the same divine essence • How we receive blessings from different traditions demonstrates our spiritual maturity • Words lik...
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Sept. 23, 2025
You Are Not Your Emotions: Discovering the Vastness Within
Send us a text Your true nature is like the vast sky—unchanging and untouched by the storms of thoughts and emotions that pass through your awareness. When we understand ourselves as formless consciousness rather than our passing mental states, we find freedom not by stopping our emotions but by recognizing they cannot bind our true nature. • Thoughts and emotions are like clouds that appear and disappear in the sky of consciousness • Our true nature is like the sky—vast, unchanging, and unh...
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Sept. 22, 2025
Discovering the Divine Self: You Are That
Send us a text In this episode of the Bearded Mystic Podcast, host Rahul N Singh delves into the profound Upanishadic teaching 'Tat Tvam Asi' which translates to 'You are That'. He explains this powerful saying, often mentioned in the Chandogya Upanishad, emphasizing the non-separation between the self and the infinite reality, Brahman. Rahul discusses how awareness is fundamental to our true nature and how ignorance of this truth creates the illusion of separateness. He stresses the importan...
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Sept. 19, 2025
Beyond the Vessel
Send us a text Our bodies are like fragile pots while our true nature is the boundless awareness that exists both within and beyond physical form. • The body is finite, fragile and breakable like a pot or glass • When we realize we are the space inside and outside the pot, we transcend physical limitations • Even when the body dies, consciousness remains unchanged • In Advaita Vedanta, a guru helps us recognize our true nature as boundless consciousness • All beings are like pots held within...
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