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Webcast from Jadan
The Christmas light illuminates the universal theme of divine birth and a mother's sacred suffering. Many anticipate this celebration with joy, decorating and preparing sweets. The season invites reflection on figures like Jesus and Krishna, who entered the world through hardship. Their births highlight a mother's painful yet loving sacrifice, a truth seen even in animals like a cow giving birth. True worship transcends specific religions, embracing all life. It begins with honoring the mother, the source of life, and extends to compassion for all creatures. Killing animals for ceremony contradicts this reverence. The divine light resides within the heart, as shown by Hanuman, and this inner presence is what we must seek and honor.
"If you worship God, then first worship the mother."
"Animals are very painful, but they share very good ceremonies. That cannot be a ceremony."
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
