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We are that drops
The teaching focuses on karma yoga, universal compassion, and the soul’s journey.
Karma yoga stands as the highest path. Selfless service, or seva, brings peace, harmony, and understanding. Even an ant must not be harmed. On scorching days, food and water are offered to ants with care, using thorns and stones to guard the offering. God entrusted humans to protect all creatures; fulfilling this duty leads to Parabrahman. Those who understand refrain from killing any being. At birth, a child’s hands are closed, full of divine gifts; at death, hands open, having given everything away, taking nothing. The individual soul mirrors a drop of the ocean—one with the infinite Paramātmā. The body is a lamp; when its fuel is exhausted, the flame vanishes, unseen. All people, irrespective of origin, share that same Ātmā. Heaven and hell are transient; liberation lies beyond them. In this dark age, one must strive with strength toward the supreme. Do not lecture others about their food or drink; simply pray inwardly for their transformation. All nature sleeps at sunset and awakens at sunrise, yet humans ignore this cycle. Humans alone possess the capacity to grasp this truth and transcend. This understanding is the essence of human life.
"Even when you go and there is an ant, a little ant, we should not step on it, not kill it."
"Heaven is heaven, but heaven will also again go. And we have to come out from earth and heaven."
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
