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The fruits of action are inevitable, and the human path is to transcend them through selfless service and dissolution of ego.
One who performs service receives its result later. One who commits sin gets that fruit, and one who does good receives that. God gives according to one's account, bestowing merit at a time when one can bear it. A great saint was once insulted. He harbored no anger, and at his life's end, he summoned the insulter to grant forgiveness, demonstrating that holding onto another's fault is a burden. Creatures do not carry sin or virtue; they simply exist. But a human is born with the divine gift of discernment between good and bad, merit and sin. Ego, however, destroys even the wise. Religious rituals and distinctions are superficial. All humans are one; fighting over religion or politics stems from ego. The goal is not heaven, which is temporary, but liberation into the infinite Brahman. Even great yogis are bound by their past actions until all karma is exhausted. At life's end, one faces the accumulated results of one's deeds alone.
"One who commits sin gets that fruit, and one who does good receives that."
"God gives according to one's account, bestowing merit at a time when one can bear 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
