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Recorded on: 23 Feb 2001
Language: English
Length: 0h 03m

Maha Kumbh Mela 3

The Kumbh Mela's holy bath purifies all beings, seen and unseen. Divine souls and deities bathe there in astral forms alongside physical pilgrims. Bathing during this specific astrological alignment washes away one's sins. The teacher performed the bath with the wish that its fruits reach all devotees worldwide. Water was offered in all directions for the purification of all. Those physically present felt the water directly. Distant devotees received the blessing in their deep sleep or dream state, as the act occurred around two in the morning.

"Those who have bathed on that constellation in that river have definitely washed away their sins."

"I was throwing the water drops in different directions with this wish: that I make you pure, your sins should be washed away."

Filming location: Vép, Hungary

It is believed that on the holy occasion of the Kumbh Melā, not only mortal beings living in physical bodies go to bathe there, but also invisible divine souls come to bathe in the Saṅgam that day. Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva, all holy saints, and ṛṣis all come to bathe there in their astral forms. Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva, all the ṛṣis, and many saints come there to occupy themselves with their astral bodies. Therefore, those who have bathed on that constellation in that river have definitely washed away their sins. Fortunate are those who could bathe there. When I went to bathe there, my saṅkalpa or my wish was this: that I bathe for all my devotees throughout the world, that the fruits of my bath should go to all my devotees. I was throwing the water drops in different directions with this wish: that I make you pure, your sins should be washed away. Those who were there, who were physically present, they felt this water only. And others definitely felt it in deep sleep, because when I was bathing, that time here was about two o'clock in the night. They were there, they felt it in a deep dream, because when I was bathing, at that time it was about 2 a.m.

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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