A transformational journey from a Personal Trainer to living a life as a Monk with Padmalocan Das

Summary: EPISODE – PADMALOCAN DAS (OWEN MAHER) BIOGRAPHY Padmalocan Das, born Owen Paul Maher is a former personal trainer/painter who grew up on the Central Coast, NSW, Australia. He now lives his life as monk within Hare Krishna movement known as Gaudiya Vaishnavism. He has dedicated his life to serving God and all living entities. Padmalocan Das would often question reality growing up and would always pray to God for answers. By the age of 20 he had become more & more entangled within the world, and followed the crowd into mundane activities and behaviour. But deep within he always had a longing for truth. It was just a matter of time before this longing would burst to the surface. He remembers one day having a massive rush of realisations. And it was these realisations which lead him to where he is today, these realisations caused him to question everything. From that day the search for truth, wisdom, happiness and true love begin. From that day the search for God began. PICTURE   SHOWNOTES Welcome to this week’s episode where we talk to Brahma Chari monk, Padmalocan Das. Padmalocan talks about his journey into spirituality starting as early as childhood where he started asking questions about his life which peaked in his twenties when he was challenged with life’s mundane routine Padmalocan talks about his time in a 10 day meditation retreat, meditating, eating a vegetarian diet and tuning into his mindfulness. Padmalocan talks about life in an ashram where he lives and serves to commit to spirituality Padmalocan talks about things that bring him happiness including praying, serving Lord Krishna and chanting Padmalocan talks about how the Bhagavad Gita has got life’s answers Padmalocan says the best things we can do for our health is to learn more about the soul and what can feed the soul – fueling it with good food, good people, prayer Padmalocan talks about the support he’s had from his parents on his path Padmalocan’s setbacks and adversities have made him travel the path he’s on now and talks about the grander design of life Padmalocan’s gratitude practice is a part of his nightly routine QUOTES “If you can’t control your senses, you can’t control the mind” “Happiness is a byproduct of the things we’re going” “The body is changing but too many people focus on the body but the soul is the thing that needs nurturing” “We’re not black, white, Australian, anything; we’re spirit souls” “Setbacks are a way of redirecting you into a way of where you are meant to be going” “Being grateful allows your life to be lighter and brighter” BOOKS Wayne Dyer (author) Conversations with God - Neale Donald Walsch Bhagavad Gita The Journey Home – Radhanath Swami THINGS DISCUSSED The farm - https://krishnavillage-retreat.com/