The Spiritual Context Podcast

By Bishal Karna

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Episodes: 39

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Dedicated to the Ultimate Realization, this podcast features interviews with long-time spiritual practitioners and teachers, focusing on their spiritual biographies, core practices and perspectives, and approaches to integrating spirituality into everyday life. The host, Bishal Karna, is a professor of religious studies and a long-time spiritual practitioner.

Episode Date
A Catholic Priest in the Heart of Hinduism | Fr. Yann Vagneux
Sep 30, 2026
Karen Newell: Existential Loneliness to the Reservoir of Love
Sep 23, 2026
Ajahn Dhammasiha: In Search of the Deathless
Sep 16, 2026
John Butler at 89: "I've Never Been More Alive"
Sep 09, 2026
Urmila Devi Dasi: 50 Years of Loving Krishna (Bhakti Yoga)
Sep 02, 2026
Fr. Ron Rolheiser: What It Means to Give Your Life (and Death) Away
Aug 26, 2026
Training with Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Holding Space for Grief, and Facing Death | Sheryle Baker
Aug 19, 2026
The Art of Becoming Who You Are: Morgan Stebbins on Carl Jung, Spirituality, & Individuation
Aug 12, 2026
From Atheist to Monk: The Path of Little Love & Simple Joys | Swami Ishadhyanananda
Aug 05, 2026
"Scraping off the Barnacles of Bullsh*t": Zen, Jazz, and Aikido with Jay Rinsen Weik
Jul 29, 2026
Joan Tollifson: Awakening Amid Disability, Compulsion, and Cancer
Jul 22, 2026
Seeing Beyond the Veil Without a Near-Death Experience | Dr. Eben Alexander III, MD
Jul 15, 2026
Listening, Letting Go, & Attitudinal Healing | Geralyn Russell
Jul 08, 2026
"God, Rid Me of God": Celtic Spirituality, Bede Griffiths, and the Cosmic Christ | David Cassian Cole
Jul 01, 2026
Visions of Christ, Surrender, and the True Meaning of Love | Sherry Ritley
Jun 24, 2026
Wooed By The Spirit: A Quaker Mystic on Hearing God, Silence, and Oneness | Patricia McBee
Jun 16, 2026
Music Professor Finds Samadhi: Kriya Yoga, Kirtan, and Undramatic Enlightenment | John Covach
Jun 10, 2026
Snagged by the Divine — Pravrajika Vrajaprana on Self-Realization, Devotion, & the Ramakrishna Tradition
Jun 03, 2026
"My Father Died" — Is It True? The Work of Byron Katie on Eating Disorders, Abandonment & Death | Grace Bell
May 27, 2026
The Ego is About Five: A Vow to Meet Suffering with Compassion | Zen Teacher Bussho Lahn
May 20, 2026
Waking Up Due to the Efforts of Others: Rev. Kenji Akahoshi on Shin Buddhism and Gratitude
May 13, 2026
The Contemplative Stance: Stillness, Caring for Others, and Leadership | Sr. Mary Lou Mitchell
May 06, 2026
Carrie Newcomer | Awe and Wonder: The Spirituality of Singing and Songwriting
Apr 29, 2026
Anxiety to Awareness: The Four Pillars of Human Flourishing | Stephanie Wagner
Apr 22, 2026
A Course in Miracles, Attitudinal Healing, and Effortless Living with Els Thissen
Apr 15, 2026
How to See God in All Things: Ignatian Spirituality and the Interior Life | Giovina Caroscio
Apr 07, 2026
Addiction to Inner Freedom: The Spiritual Path of Sobriety | Ryan McGinty
Mar 31, 2026
Illness as Invitation: Dr. Bernard Brom on Healing, Finding Home Within, and Living in Awe
Mar 24, 2026
How the Saints Pray: Letting God into the Mess of Our Lives | Lisa Lickona
Mar 17, 2026
Take Responsibility for Your Suffering | Singha Rinpoche on the Core of Buddhist Practice
Mar 10, 2026
Zen Teacher Shinsen Troy Couillard: Compassion, Openness, and the Art of Holistic Living
Mar 04, 2026
Nondual Christianity, Forgiveness, and the Creative Path | Brother Ben Bigelow
Feb 25, 2026
Sandra Gonzalez: Listening Without a Listener and Living in Harmony
Feb 18, 2026
Sufi Teacher Ihsan Chris Covey: Love, Longing, and Surrender to the One Being
Feb 08, 2026
Stew Glick: Meditative Inquiry, Stillness, and Oneness
Feb 04, 2026
Swami Asokananda: Yoga, Healing the Mind, and Inner Peace
Jan 28, 2026
Fr. Isaac Slater: Freedom, Love, Contemplative Prayer, and the Spirituality of Dying
Jan 21, 2026
Swami Chidatmananda- Allness of God, Love, Contemplation, and Self-Realization
Jan 14, 2026
Zen Teacher Daigaku Rummé - Monastic Training in Japan, Zazen, and Practice and Awakening
Jan 07, 2026