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Shiva is the light
The eternal dharma reveals the interconnectedness of all life.
Every creature possesses a soul and feels pain, no matter how small. A tiny fly approaches and flees, sensing danger, showing it understands survival. The ocean, vast and teeming, holds more life than land, and water itself is life. Wherever water exists, the divine presence persists as life. Upon waking, one must remember one’s humanity to avoid purposeful killing. Those who slaughter animals are not truly human; only inadvertent harm is excusable. Rākṣasas and Devas share form but differ in awareness and conduct. The yugas cycle—Satya, Tretā, Dvāpara, Kali—returning eternally. Sanātana Dharma is this timeless order, not splintered creeds. Religion means realizing one’s relationship with the source, not claiming “my religion.” Such division began in Tretā Yuga as life was destroyed. In Kali Yuga, destruction deepens, and Śiva’s balance must be invoked. Śiva alone is unborn, deathless, the origin of Brahmā and Viṣṇu. God is not a form but the energy and protection pervading all. If God manifests, it is through the five sheaths of being.
“Water is life. Wherever there is water, there is God.”
“Realizing your relation is the religion.”
Filming location: Jadan, 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
