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The Measured Blessing and the Eternal Guru
A Guru Purnima satsang address and discourse on the guru principle.
"For us, our guru paramparā is basically only Swāmījī... But Guru Pūrṇimā is not dedicated only to the guru, to our one guru, but it is dedicated to the guru principle."
"Guru Brahmā, Guru Viṣṇu, Guru Devo Maheśvara, Guru Sākṣāt Para Brahma, Tasmai Śrī Guruve Namaḥ."
A speaker shares a story of Mahāprabhujī ending a drought with a measured stick, illustrating the guru's measured blessings. Swami Madhavanandaji then delivers the main discourse, defining the guru as the light of knowledge and explaining the guru's role as teacher, protector, and liberator. He emphasizes service, love, and meditation, and appeals for the official recognition of Hinduism in Austria.
Filming location: Vienna, Austria
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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
