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The importance of healthy food
The human body is divided into four parts, as revealed in the Bhagavad Gita.
The head is Brāhmaṇa, the seat of knowledge and the five sense organs. The arms are Kṣatriya, the warrior with strength to protect. The trunk is Vaiśya, the farmer distributing nourishment from intake to liver and body. The legs are Śūdra, impure from walking everywhere yet essential. Purification comes through Anuṣṭhāna, cleansing chakras and prāṇāyāma. The farmer is the greatest scientist, knowing life and harmony. Modern science often disrupts purity, tampering with milk and food. Pure nourishment like mother’s milk and organic food sustains the bodily vehicle. The body is naturally beautiful, crafted by the Divine. No caste exists among humans; such divisions are man-made errors. Animals never discriminate by color or form. The soul is pure, the heart is beautiful, regardless of skin. Nature itself shows balance, like the peacock’s display and the peahen’s wisdom. The teaching is to offer bodily purity at the lotus feet of God. One must honor all body parts and all beings without distinction. Returning to earth, we practice in a beautiful home, singing bhajans.
“Cāturvarṇyaṃ mayā sṛṣṭaṃ... It is not a caste; that caste comes after we are learning.”
“Do not make differences between humans. And similarly, animals too.”
Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic
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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
