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A Guru Pūrṇimā Address: From Water Conservation to Self-Realization
Guru Pūrṇimā unites your consciousness to the cosmic consciousness; the Guru principle is supreme. Resolve today to save water, plant at least eleven trees by next Guru Pūrṇimā, and clean your home. Memory carries the Guru’s wisdom; listen without missing even a half-word to avoid misunderstanding. Misunderstanding comes when attention is pulled elsewhere, creating gaps. Talking during satsaṅg multiplies sin; sleeping leads to lower births. The preacher speaks from smṛti; the listener receives as śrota. Desires scatter spiritual energy, causing repeated misunderstanding. Vedavyāsa incarnated on this full moon, dictating all scriptures through inner vision. This body is the field of dharma, a battlefield of qualities. Rāga and dveṣa are subtle cracks that birth kāma, krodha, lobha, moha, and ahaṁkāra. Only vairāgya, born from satsaṅg, can dissolve them. Without satsaṅg, devotion’s color does not take hold. When you taste divine wisdom’s nectar, worldly tastes become tasteless. The preacher’s seat is Vyāsagaḍī; its outpouring is timeless wisdom. Enter the Guru’s satsaṅg and you become the Guru; step away and all is lost. Therefore, satsaṅg is the greatest aid for self-realization. Follow the authentic Guru Paramparā, purifying impurities to sustain realization.
"Bin satsaṅg lāge nahī bhajan kā raṅg."
"Those who enter into the Gurudev’s satsaṅg and listen to the wisdom of the Gurudev, they become themselves the Gurudev."
Filming location: 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
