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Maha Kumbh Mela 2
A personal reflection on the profound experience of attending the Kumbh Mela for the first time.
"They do not seek comfort there; they do not go for comfort. They go to bathe. They do not see whether the river is dirty or clean."
"Where there is love, there is no impurity. Where there is love, devotion, and longing, nothing is dirty."
The narrator describes the immense gathering of millions of spiritual seekers, both ascetics and laypeople, at the Kumbh Mela. The central theme is the transformative power of devotion and longing, which purifies the experience and renders external conditions like the river's cleanliness irrelevant. This is contrasted with an approach devoid of love, which finds only heaviness and impurity.
Recording location: Hungary, Vep, Weekend seminar
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