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Place of the spirituality and the healing power of wisdom

A spiritual discourse on the body, religion, and harmony.

"This body is a temple of your Ātmā. This temple should remain divine, and it should be cleaned every day."

"Religion is the outer skin of the banana, and spirituality is the inner part, the fruit... religion is protecting spirituality, and spirituality is protected by religion."

The speaker presents the human body as a sacred temple for the soul, emphasizing daily spiritual upkeep through prayer. He explores the nuanced relationship between religion and spirituality using a banana analogy, suggesting they protect each other despite outer conflicts. A parable about a frog discovering a vast, harmonious ocean illustrates the importance of moving beyond a limited worldview to experience true tolerance and freedom.

Recording location: Hungary, Vep, Summer Workshop

This body is a temple of your Ātmā. This temple should remain divine, and it should be cleaned every day. This temple should have everyday prayer and ceremony. Prayers and ceremonies are not religious; they are spiritual. Religion and spirituality are also very hard to divide. There is someone who always gives the example of a banana. Religion is the outer skin of the banana, and spirituality is the inner part, the fruit. So, we are fighting for outer things. Therefore, religion is protecting spirituality, and spirituality is protected by religion. Tolerance, mutual understanding, and living together in harmony are very, very important. There was a frog living in a small pond. The frog was very dominating, and he thought the whole universe was so big, that nothing was bigger than his pond. One day, someone brought this frog to a very, very big lake or ocean, where many creatures were living together in harmony. He said, "My God, I didn't even think, I didn't think that the world could be bigger than my world and more harmonious." So perhaps many of you still haven't tasted the taste of tolerance and freedom. Recording location: Hungary, Vep, Summer Workshop

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