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There is a way to become free
A spiritual discourse on the bonds of ignorance and the path to liberation.
"Each and every touch, smell, vision, breath, movement, action... is either liberating us from those ties or creating a stronger thread around this phenomenon."
"After all this, there is a way to become free: surrender. Finally, he quoted the last śloka of the Bhagavad Gītā... 'give up everything and just surrender to me.'"
Following a talk on Raksha Bandhan, a speaker at Om Shri Vishvadip Gurukul explores the fundamental bondage of the individual soul (Jivatma) within the five sheaths (Panchakosha). He describes the cycle of rebirth through 8.4 million species and posits surrender and devotion as the ultimate liberation. The talk weaves through themes of karma, the human intellect, the practice of yoga, the importance of satsang, and the destructive power of jealousy, concluding with a reminder of the potency of the divine name in the Kali Yuga.
Filming location: Om Shri Vishvadip Gurukul, Jodan, 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
