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Bhajans From Om Ashram Temple, Jadan, Part Three
The path of spiritual discernment is through satsang and the grace of the Guru.
Satsang awakens viveka, the discernment between the real and the unreal. Through satsang, the grace of Rama comes, and the faults of body, mind, and speech are abandoned. These ten faults include theft, adultery, violence, envy, arrogance, slander, falsehood, harshness, and gossip. With detachment and devotion, the mind becomes settled, and intense desire for liberation arises. Then take refuge in the Guru, who imparts the knowledge: you are not the body. The body is made of five elements; suffering and afflictions reside there, while the atman is beyond all modifications. The Guru reveals that you are the witness, separate from the body. That Paramātmā is subtler than the subtlest, sat chit ananda, a pervasive essence incomparable. Brahma-jnana is natural; life becomes liberated. The path of fakiri is a sharp edge of discernment, not for cowards. The five enemies—lust, anger, pride, greed—are formidable and must be transcended. Without thought, renunciation cannot be achieved; the mind must be focused. When attachment is renounced, happiness arises and sorrow no longer remains. The true home is immortal, imperishable, beyond the cycle of birth and death. Only by uniting with the one Paramātmā are doubts resolved and liberation attained. Such is the teaching of the Sadguru.
"Through satsang, viveka awakens; without satsang, viveka does not arise, nor does the grace of Rama come easily."
"You are not the body, you are separate; you are the witness of the body."
Filming locations: Bilāwad, 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
