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Navratri
The highest and safest spiritual practice is guru bhakti, or devotion to the teacher. During Navaratri, one's intentions must be pure, as impure thoughts lead to opposite results. While worship of divine energy is potent, it requires absolute purity and carries risk. Guru bhakti is the most sattvic path. Different divine principles exist, but the guru principle encompasses creation, protection, and liberation. The root of liberation is the guru's grace, which cannot be given but is received through devoted practice. Do not ask the guru for material gains or powers, only for devotion. Your thoughts shape your reality; therefore, in meditation, hold the guru's form and repeat the guru's name with a mala to purify the mind and ward off negativity. Cultivate happiness and smile, for fear and negativity weaken you. All other worship is secondary; true worship is at the guru's feet. Without the guru, no endeavor succeeds.
"Guru Brahma, Guru Viṣṇu, Guru Devo Maheśvara, Guru Sākṣāt Parabrahma."
"Without Gurudev we will not be successful. You may do a thousand things. You can’t cross the ocean of this worldly māyā."
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
