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Gurupurnima celebration 2011/Part 8
The true Guru is the sole refuge across the ocean of worldly existence. Without the Guru's grace, one wanders in delusion and suffers through countless births. The mind remains restless and fails to awaken to truth. Fixing the consciousness upon the Guru's feet ignites the lamp of compassion and awakens one's destiny. All distinctions of caste or status dissolve when one sees only the essence. The supreme state arises when illusion vanishes and the sleeper awakens. Chant the divine name and worship the Guru's feet to cross over into liberation.
"Without the true Guru, the Self does not find peace."
"The eyes are truly fixed upon the feet of the Guru."
Filming locations: Vienna ashram, To be determined.
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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
