Podcast details
Devotion
A discourse on the nature of unconditional love and surrender through a devotional song.
"If you wish to sell me, I must be ready to be sold. Then I will be sold by you, if you wish to sell."
"The street of love is so narrow that two cannot walk; two must become one. Now only he is walking, not I."
The speaker explores a profound bhajan from Mahāprabhujī, using its metaphors to explain the path of devotion. He describes the necessity of becoming like the leather in the guru's shoes—a complete and unconditional surrender where the individual self dissolves. The talk emphasizes that this state transcends intellectual understanding, questions, and personal will, resulting in a oneness where only the divine presence remains.
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