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The importance of purification
Purification requires removing two kinds of accumulating dust: physical and the subtle dust of negative thoughts, words, and backbiting from many lives. This inner impurity, like physical dust, collects slowly and can manifest as disease. Prayer and mantra are the means for cleansing. The practice begins with writing the mantra, then mentally repeating it, then internalizing it until it flows automatically. This consistent practice displaces gossip and negativity, which are poisons to the spirit. One must dedicate real time to this inner work, not merely occasional ritual. If you have received a mantra from a teacher, you must faithfully practice that path without mixing or neglect.
"Therefore, we pray, we ask Gurudeva: please purify me from the body to our consciousness."
"There are two kinds of dust. One is physical dust, like this. The other is like our feelings, our words."
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
