Around the world - Bhajans from Kailash(1/3)
The divine names invoke presence and remembrance.
Chanting connects the seeker to the sacred essence. These names are not mere words but vessels of consciousness. Repetition purifies the mind and aligns it with truth. The practice is an offering and a call for grace. It awakens the heart from spiritual slumber. Devotion through sound becomes a direct path to realization.
"Satguru merā sāyī, majāl ke pāṇḍ se kāryo ham ko pā."
"Chūṭ bhajan mein lāg, jāg re jāg."
Filming location: Rajasthan, India
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The Cycle of Consumption and Consequence
The cycle of consumption creates inevitable consequences. People engage in certain actions, like eating meat, and these actions propagate through a cycle. They manifest elsewhere, moving from place to place, until they culminate in a significant problem. While one may feel powerless to stop this overall cycle, those with understanding can take action from their own position. The effective action is personal discretion in consumption. This means choosing a very good diet, specifically one that avoids harming animals. The prescribed method is to eat only fruits and similar pure foods. This individual discipline is the available recourse against the pervasive cycle.
"You can do anything, but it will be like this."
"Only eat more now, very much, only fruits, very good."
What a Knowing Person Thinks
The true Self is the unchanging reality beyond all transient forms. Śaṅkarācārya's works, like the Viveka Chūḍāmaṇi, teach Advaita, or non-duality, asserting no difference between the individual Ātman and the supreme Brahman. Where duality exists, there is change and suffering. Our body, mind, and feelings are changeable, but the Ātman is not. The practice is to discriminate between the Self and the non-self. The Self's nature is Sat-Cit-Ānanda: existence, consciousness, and bliss. This reality is undisturbed, like the ocean is undisturbed by waves. All problems arise from identifying with the body and mind. Knowing your true Self is the answer to every question and the end of suffering. Liberation is realizing you are that blissful consciousness. Religious conflict stems from not knowing this Self.
"Where there is duality, there is change or an end. Where there is no dualism, there is unity."
"Know thyself' is the answer to all your questions. 'Know thyself' is salvation from all the problems."
Filming location: Vienna, Austria
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In the home of the soul
Space builds beings, and beings build space.
A true ashram is a space for retreat and contemplation, enabling renewal of physical, mental, and social health. It fosters balance and leads toward self-realization. Yoga is the paramount method for this, requiring only the body, breath, and consciousness. It is the science of conscious movement and stillness, a road to original wholeness. A Guru is one who has cognized oneness, from which all arises and returns. Such beings live for others. The relationship between guru and disciple is supreme, pure, and meaningful. The guru's essence is what he is—Sat Chit Ānanda—and he serves to cure the disease of ignorance, which divides us from ourselves, others, and the divine. Sādhanā, the practice of yoga, is the source of strength to help others and ourselves. Liberation comes through knowledge and the Guru's grace.
"Yoga is the science and art of conscious movement. It is the science and art of conscious stillness."
"The essence of a guru is not what he says, not even what he does. The essence of a guru is what he is."
Filming locations: Jadan Ashram, Rajasthan, India.
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