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Spiritual Gardening
A satsang gathering featuring a discourse on spiritual community, the inner self, and creating a divine garden within.
"What is really nice to see is that all people here in the ashram are like one whole group... we are together, really like one homogeneous group because of Swāmījī and because of living yoga."
"Therefore, there is no caste division. The caste division so strictly began when the first time the Englishmen entered India... Before, in the Bhagavad Gītā, it is very clearly written about Brāhmaṇa, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya and Śūdra in this one body."
Following introductory remarks from Vivek Puri about the unity of the international sangha, The lecturer delivers the main discourse. He explores the nature of true bliss (Ānandoham), explains the Vedic concept of the four castes as metaphors for the functions within a single human body, and warns against the destructive 'monkey mind'. The central theme is the cultivation of an inner spiritual garden through satsang, positive thoughts, and meditation, which attracts divine energy like bees to flowers.
Filming location: Alexandria, USA
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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
