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Gurupurnima 2012 (2/2)
Guru Pūrṇimā unites the aspirant's consciousness with the Cosmic Consciousness. The Guru principle is the highest reality. This day honors the lineage and the incarnation of Bhagavān Veda Vyāsa, who spoke the scriptures. Listeners must receive wisdom from the speaker without distraction. Talking or sleeping in satsaṅg creates spiritual loss. The human body is the field of dharma, a battlefield where desires like attachment and aversion arise. The sole remedy for these impurities is detachment, which is attained only through satsaṅg. Satsaṅg imparts a divine color to the heart, making worldly pleasures tasteless. One must purify the mind of negativity, just as salt must be removed to taste sweetness. Those who enter and remain in the Guru's wisdom become that wisdom themselves; those who step away lose it.
"Without satsaṅg, you cannot get that color."
"When you taste the nectar of God’s wisdom, then the worldly taste is tasteless."
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
