Reality of Your inner mirror
Look into your inner mirror to see your true Self. The physical reflection changes, but the inner one reveals your eternal reality. Only you and God can see this inner reflection, where nothing can be hidden. Your entire being depends on this inner reality. Work with the principles within your heart: Satya (truth), Dharma (righteous duty), and Jñāna (knowledge). Using these tools makes life more comfortable and advances spiritual development. Spiritual technology must be experienced, not merely learned. True greatness is marked by humility; never declare yourself great. A valuable life is dedicated to selfless service and inner purification through these principles.
"Your reality is not in the mirror in your bathroom or dressing room. That is not reality, because it is changing."
"Therefore, never speak that you are a great one. Do not even think that you are a great one. Always think that you are a servant of God."
Filming location: Czech Republic
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Pranayama from Vep
Evening satsang with Vishwaugurji from Vep, Hungary. Practicing pranayama.
Yoga is One
Yoga is the practice of yoga in daily life. Many have taken the teachings and given them other names, but what they offer for practice is often incomplete. True yoga requires full discipline, not merely physical exercises. A core principle is non-harming; one must not eat meat or consume alcohol. Many modern adaptations accommodate rather than uphold these standards. Our comprehensive books provide the correct path. The practice is for everyone, regardless of background, but it demands daily commitment to the entire teaching, not just discussion. We must return to the authentic beginning and proceed step by step.
"It says meat can be eaten and so on? No."
"Yoga is the yoga. It is the yoga, and that is all."
Filming location: Villach, Austria
Hymns of Adoration and the Nirvāṇa Ṣaṭkam
The true Self is pure consciousness and bliss, beyond all attributes and dualities. It is not the body, the senses, the mind, or the elements. It is without hatred or attachment, virtue or vice, pleasure or pain. It is not the doer, the enjoyer, or any object of experience. This Self is Shiva, the eternal, all-pervading reality. Devotion to the sacred form, the Linga, is praised as a means to destroy all sorrows and sins, leading one to Shiva's abode. These hymns point to the formless truth while honoring the forms that guide the mind toward it.
"I am not the mind, intellect, ego, or consciousness; nor the ears, tongue, nose, or eyes. I am not space, earth, fire, or air. I am the form of consciousness and bliss. I am Shiva."
"To the Linga worshipped by Brahma and the gods, the destroyer of the sufferings of birth, the always auspicious one, to that Linga of Sadashiva, I bow down."
Filming location: Jadan, Rajasthan, India
Bhajan singing from Jadan
True refuge is found only in the divine name and the realized teacher.
Seeking refuge in worldly attachments leads to suffering and delusion. The divine name is the ultimate sanctuary, the true crossing from darkness to light. All other shelters are temporary and false. The teacher, as the embodiment of grace, is the boatman who facilitates this crossing. To take refuge is to surrender completely, abandoning all other supports. This surrender alone brings liberation from the ocean of worldly existence. The name and the teacher are the singular, eternal refuge.
"O Guru Sukhadhāmasvāmī, [you are] the cause of happiness for the entire world, the liberation from attachment."
"Refuge is yours. Sri Kanata, refuge is yours. Sri Cintāmita, refuge in the body is yours."
Filming location: Jadan, Rajasthan, India
