106. Why Isn’t Everyone Remembering Their Dharma? with Sadhvi Bhagawati

What if purpose isn’t something you chase — but something that reveals itself when you stop resisting life?

In this episode of Why Isn’t Everyone Doing This?, Emily sits down with Sadhvi Bhagawati, spiritual leader and humanitarian based in Rishikesh, India, for a deep conversation about dharma, devotion, identity, and service.

Sadhviji shares how she followed an inner call from a successful Western life into spiritual leadership, not to escape the world, but to serve it more fully. Together, they explore why achievement often leaves people feeling empty, how surrender becomes strength, and why purpose emerges through presence rather than striving.

They also discuss the Maha Kumbh Mela, where millions gather in shared remembrance, and the Vedic understanding of immortality as knowing yourself beyond body and story. This conversation is spacious, grounding, and quietly transformative, an invitation to remember who you are beneath the roles you play.

⏱ Chapters

00:00:00 — Introduction & meeting Sadhviji
00:06:12 — Leaving the West without rejecting it
00:13:04 — Why success doesn’t equal fulfillment
00:20:31 — What dharma really means
00:28:45 — Surrender as embodied wisdom
00:36:02 — The Maha Kumbh Mela & unity
00:45:18 — Ritual and dissolving separation
00:52:41 — Immortality beyond the body
01:01:09 — Identity, ego & responsibility
01:09:56 — Service as joy
01:18:22 — Happiness without resistance
01:26:10 — Remembering who you truly are

🌿 About Sadhvi Bhagawati

Sadhvi Bhagawati is a spiritual leader, author, and humanitarian based in Rishikesh, India. She is President of the Divine Shakti Foundation, Secretary-General of the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance, and a key organizer of the Kumbh Mela. She is the author of Hollywood to the Himalayas and Come Home to Yourself, and is known worldwide for bridging Eastern wisdom with modern life through service, devotion, and interfaith leadership.

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This episode reflects the kind of lived wisdom and embodied leadership we cultivate inside Level 3, an advanced mastermind with initiatory experiences including pilgrimage through Greece.

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