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Gyana Yoga, The Path Of Knowledge
The universe is spherical, and liberation requires transcending the five sheaths. Ancient seers described a round Earth and a universe of zero, śūnya, without instruments, through pure wisdom. The spiritual journey moves beyond the physical and astral bodies, which are limited to this solar system. The five sheaths, or kośas, must be purified. The physical body is easy to leave, but the energy and mental sheaths are more difficult. The intellectual sheath and the causal body, which holds all karma, are the most binding. Mokṣa is freedom from this causal body. Beyond it, the individual soul dissolves. One then needs divine knowledge, Ātma-jñāna, not intellect, to proceed. This requires complete surrender and the death of ego to enter the śūnyākāśa. Practices like Sudharṣa Kriyā aid this, but any doubt causes failure. It is a path of total commitment, without compromise.
"Śiṣya, the disciple, is sleeping in the sleep of ignorance and tamo guṇa and rajo guṇa."
"Mokṣa, liberation, ātmajñāna is when this jīvātmā frees from the causal body."
Filming location: Wellington, New Zealand
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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
