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Introduction of Professor UpadhyayJi
The relationship between a master and disciple is like transferring oil from a full vessel to an empty one. The master is the full vessel, complete with knowledge. The disciple is the empty vessel, ready to receive. The oil of wisdom cannot flow horizontally by itself from the full to the empty. The empty vessel, the disciple, must be lifted up to the level of the full one. The disciple must elevate themselves through humility, receptivity, and effort to receive the master's teachings. The transfer requires the disciple's active movement upward, not a passive horizontal flow. The master's vessel remains full and ready, but the connection depends on the disciple's ascent. This illustrates the student's responsibility in the learning process.
"One is empty and one is full—full of olive oil—and the other is empty. So, the one that is full is Pūrṇa; it is the master. The empty one is the disciple."
"How will this oil go there? So you have to bring it up."
Filming location: Vép, Hungary
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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