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The Right Path: On Teachers, Techniques, and Steady Practice
The right teacher and correct technique are essential for safe spiritual practice. Many become teachers after brief seminars, creating personal fantasies that harm students' psyches and health. This leads to depression and accidents. Proper guidance prevents this. Steady, gradual practice is crucial, like learning to drive: start in first gear, then progress. Do not skip steps or experiment, as this causes suffering. Techniques vary by culture, but the essence is universal, like a horse called by different names. For health, specific diets like the Phalahārī and simple routines with boiled water aid purification and weight loss. When old issues surface, meet them positively with wisdom to filter and release them.
"Therefore, it is very important that we have the right person, the right master, and the right technique."
"Remain firmly determined and do not experiment in any way; that is not good. Those who have conducted the experiments suffer greatly."
Filming location: Hamburg, Germany
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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
