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Recorded on: 7 Sep 2020
Resolution: 1920×1080
Language: English, Czech/Slovak
Length: 0h 04m

Pranayama mudra

The gesture of Namaste connects the heart to the cosmic Self. The hands are folded at the chest with thumbs placed correctly, and the gaze ascends from the fingers to the sacred images. This signifies the connection from the individual heart to the divine. The two hands represent the self and the other coming together as one in unity. The bow is an act of reverence from this unified heart. It is a recognition of the divine in oneself, in the other, and in God. The gesture ultimately dissolves separation.

"The two hands are like one is you and one is me, and so we sit together. We are one, and then we bow down."

"We bow down to thyself, my friend. To you, to you, to me, my friend, and to God."

Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

We fold our hands, and they are always positioned towards our heart, our chest, with the two thumbs placed like this, not like that. Our eyes are then either on the altar or on the top of our fingers. From there, our vision can ascend a little higher to the temple, the statues, Gurudev’s photos, and so on. This signifies that we are connected from the heart to the cosmic Self, and our gaze is directed from ourselves to that picture, or photos of a temple, or any holy saint that may be present. After we bow down, it signifies that from our heart we bring this towards the... oh, my God. Another aspect is this: our left hand and right hand. We feel that from the person who is coming—if it is a female, this hand is coming from this heart and our here. If it is a male, it comes from us, and we come together. These two hands are like one is you and one is me, and so we sit together. We are one, and then we bow down. We bow down to thyself, my friend. To you, to you, to me, my friend, and to God. There are three: those who are the little children. Are you the youngest from us? The second is our side person. It doesn't matter, one year, no year. It doesn't matter if it's a year, two years, some difference—it's just the same. So it is from our side. This we feel with our heart.

This text is transcribed and grammar corrected by AI. If in doubt what was actually said in the recording, use the transcript to double click the desired cue. This will position the recording in most cases just before the sentence is uttered.

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

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