#179 – Are You Happy Today? Defining Karma, Finding Meaning & Visiting Family In India With Radhika Rao

Radhika Rao returns to GCC to talk about her travels around India, reconnecting with her family, food & culture and Buddhism, karma and happiness.

In more detail, the conversation begins with a short discussion on Christmas, before Radhika delves into her time reconnecting with her family in India, how Indian culture somewhat differs from American culture and they talk about how important food is for cultures & connecting with each other. Radhika & Mike then talk about karma; it’s definition and the misconceptions around it, Radhika then talks about her Buddhist chanting & connection to the universe, the concept of God, the pros & cons of religion, balancing asceticism & hedonism and more!

Radhika’s last GCC appearance was episode 169, listen on this feed or watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3XP9pqtUP0o

Radhika’s Site: http://radhikarao.org  – Her Instagram is @radhikarao77 – LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/radhika-rao-2764598 - IMDb: https://imdb.com/name/nm9895468 - The Organisation Soka Gakkai International: https://sokaglobal.org   - Radhika also recommends the Buddhability podcast and the comedian Ari Eldjárn. At around 38 minutes, Radhika mentioned the site https://www.sgi-usa.org  

Thanks again to Tonya Todd for connecting Mike & Radhika! http://mstonyatodd.com  

The last episode of GCC (178) featured Frank Burton, who returned for his fifth GCC appearance, to talk about his podcast with David Ivar of Herman Dune; Not On Top, as well as writing his book “Brollywood” during the COVID lockdown, plus alternate versions of celebrities, the Ragbag world, reviewing service stations, becoming famous and answering the question; What Is Brollywood?

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To hear to a free Patreon episode, check out the first in Mike & Megan’s Tom Hanks watch here: https://bit.ly/TomHanks1    

Intro & outro read by BZ The Voice: http://bzthevoice.com       

Find Mike’s other show; Star Wars: Comics In Canon on Spotify & the other podcast apps on the feed of Comics In Motion or on GCC’s YouTube channel. Episodes are out every Saturday; episodes 0-115 are out now, in ep 115 Mike talks about the Star Wars comics that details how the second Death Star was first discovered by the Rebels, then in ep 114, Mike delved into the 5 Bounty Hunters comics after Crimson Reign and in 113 Mike tackled the 5 Starlight short stories! Previous episodes include the War Of The Bounty Hunters crossover (all 34 tie-in issues), every other canon Star Wars comic by Marvel, the Journals of Old Ben Kenobi, full High Republic coverage (book reviews & comics) & much more - https://podfollow.com/comicsinmotion               

Mike recently guested on:

Comics In Motion to talk about the finale of the Star Wars show Andor series here: https://pod.fo/e/151fa9  

Comics In Motion (again) to talk about the Tales Of The Jedi animated series here: https://pod.fo/e/152525  

Ike’s Flame podcast to talk about The High Republic here: https://pod.fo/e/143ce4 

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