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Gurupurnima celebration 2011
The true form of the Guru is the Word. The body is assumed by that Word. The Guru is unaging, immortal, indivisible, ever-present truth. The true form of the disciple is the soul. In the end, it merges into that very Word. The soul is a ray of that Word. The Satguru is the Word. The Satguru bestows the Name. That Name cannot be snatched away. The Satguru alone comes at death. The Satguru is the true protector forever. Liberation is attained on the very day the Satguru is met. After liberation, bhajana, remembrance, service, and compassion are performed. Those acts are not for liberation. Those acts are simply following the Guru’s command. Liberation already happened.
“Satguru is the Word, and the Word alone is the Satguru.”
“I am simply following the Guru’s command: to serve, to sing bhajans, to remember, to be compassionate.”
Filming locations: Jadan, Rajasthan, India
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The text contains hyperlinks in bold to three authoritative books on yoga, written by humans, to clarify the context of the lecture:
- Yoga in Daily Life - The System
Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda. Ibera Verlag, Vienna, 2000. ISBN 978-3-85052-000-3 - The Hidden Power in Humans - Chakras and Kundalini
Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda. Ibera Verlag, Vienna, 2004. ISBN 978-3-85052-197-0 - Lila Amrit - The Divine Life of Sri Mahaprabhuji
Paramhans Swami Madhavananda. Int. Sri Deep Madhavananda Ashram Fellowship, Vienna, 1998. ISBN 3-85052-104-4
