Mind Sattva is a podcast about finding clarity and grounding in a noisy world. Hosted by Dr. Mitika Kanabar, a physician trained at Stanford with a background in addiction medicine, lifestyle medicine, and public health, the show blends ancient wisdom, modern understanding, and evidence-based perspectives to reflect on how we live, grow, lead, and connect.
Each episode offers conversations or solo reflections shaped by professional insight, lived experience, and sometimes teachings rooted in Eastern philosophy. Whether exploring grief, perfectionism, identity, or resilience, Mind Sattva creates space to pause, ask deeper questions, and return to what steadies you.
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Mind Sattva is a podcast about finding clarity and grounding in a noisy world. Hosted by Dr. Mitika Kanabar, a physician trained at Stanford with a background in addiction medicine, lifestyle medicine, and public health, the show blends ancient wisdom, modern understanding, and evidence-based perspectives to reflect on how we live, grow, lead, and connect.
Each episode offers conversations or solo reflections shaped by professional insight, lived experience, and sometimes teachings rooted in Eastern philosophy. Whether exploring grief, perfectionism, identity, or resilience, Mind Sattva creates space to pause, ask deeper questions, and return to what steadies you.
Never Before, Never Again: Reflections on Impermanence and Loss
Mind Sattva: Practical Wisdom for Modern Life
17 minutes
3 weeks ago
Never Before, Never Again: Reflections on Impermanence and Loss
What does it mean to truly understand that nothing lasts forever, and that this truth might actually set us free?
Dr. Mitika Kanabar explores grief and impermanence through Eastern philosophy. From Tibetan sand mandalas that monks create and then destroy, to the Kathopanishad's dialogue with Yama, god of death, to Krishna's teachings in the Bhagavad Gita: this episode asks how we treasure what we cannot hold onto.
✨ In this episode:
How Tibetan monks use sand mandalas to practice accepting impermanence
The ancient story of Nachiketa confronting death itself and what he learns
What na bhuto na bhavishyati (never before, never again) really means
The Bhagavad Gita's teaching: the soul is eternal, but everything else passes
Why fleeting moments, from hospital bedsides to snowstorm kindness, deserve our full presence
How to bring impermanence into daily life without becoming attached or afraid
Closing reflection:If impermanence is inevitable, perhaps the question isn't how to hold on, but how to be here fully while we can.
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Mind Sattva: Practical Wisdom for Modern Life
Mind Sattva is a podcast about finding clarity and grounding in a noisy world. Hosted by Dr. Mitika Kanabar, a physician trained at Stanford with a background in addiction medicine, lifestyle medicine, and public health, the show blends ancient wisdom, modern understanding, and evidence-based perspectives to reflect on how we live, grow, lead, and connect.
Each episode offers conversations or solo reflections shaped by professional insight, lived experience, and sometimes teachings rooted in Eastern philosophy. Whether exploring grief, perfectionism, identity, or resilience, Mind Sattva creates space to pause, ask deeper questions, and return to what steadies you.
