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The benefit is in the values
The benefit is in the value you assign. A case of glasses sells for 5,000 crowns. If its price rises to 50,000, your gain is 45,000, though the object is unchanged. If the price falls to 100, your loss is 4,900, though the object is unchanged. Therefore, profit and loss reside in the assigned value, the price. Spiritually, this value is bhāva: your respect, appreciation, devotion, and love. The object of devotion, like God or a master, does not change. Your benefit is proportional to the bhāva you hold for your practice and guidance. Doubt creates loss. Your liberation is in your hands. Heaven is temporary, like a hotel stay funded by good karma, after which you return to the cycle of rebirth. Mokṣa is the permanent kingdom.
"The benefit is in the value, the price."
"Gain or loss is in your hands."
Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic
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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
