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Celebration of Holy Guruji's Mahasamadhi
The fragrance of the saint and the eternal Ātmā are the same truth.
All souls achieve something wonderful. Where there is life, there is leadership; where there is a saint, there is guidance. Avoid the four vices: desire, anger, pride, greed—they lead to hellish paths. Being in duality and blaming the guru makes one an offender of the divine. Increase the guru’s glory. Types of birth are womb-born, egg-born, moisture-born, yet beyond all births the Self is eternal. A single sandalwood tree fills the entire forest with its fragrance—so one great soul makes all around fragrant. Even surrounding trees become sandalwood-scented. In the burning fire of worldly existence, everything burns: mountain, forest, crow, pigeon, even sandalwood. Yet a swan settles on the burning branch, laughing without fear. The sandalwood asks why, and the swan replies, “I fly without wings; the soul cannot be touched by fire.” The soul is indestructible. Fire cannot burn it, water cannot wet it, wind cannot dry it, weapons cannot cut it. It is the witness of waking, dream, deep sleep—unmoving, immortal. Without beginning or end, it is the whole body. The guru’s word is light, shining brighter than millions of suns.
“Just as a single sandalwood tree, though small, fills the entire forest and jungle with its fragrance, so does one great soul.”
“The soul is never destroyed. Fire cannot burn it, water cannot wet it, wind cannot dry it, weapons cannot cut it.”
Filming location: Khatu, 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
