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The Bhajan of Selling Sleep and the Path of Truth
A spiritual discourse exploring a bhajan about awakening, the practice of Yoga Nidrā, and teachings on truth from sacred verses.
"If somebody wants to take my dream, I sell you my dream. How many lives I was sleeping!"
"Without truth, you will not have liberation. Without that love of the truth... Mokṣa, liberation."
The speaker discusses a traditional bhajan about selling one's sleep as a metaphor for spiritual awakening, contrasting ordinary sleep with the conscious state of Yoga Nidrā. The talk then transitions to explaining verses connected to the Sanskrit alphabet, emphasizing ethical principles like truthfulness, abandoning desire, and the importance of meditation and devotion to the Guru for a fruitful life.
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
