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The Art of Chutney and the Culture of the Home
A satsang session featuring a cooking demonstration and discourse on family dharma.
"Parents are the culture of today. Grandparents, parents were the culture of yesterday, where yesterday's culture became today's culture."
"If you protect dharma, dharma will protect you. If you can't protect dharma, dharma cannot protect you."
The lecturer begins by demonstrating how to make chutney on a stone grinder, explaining the use of spices like ajwain, haldi, and chili for health. The talk then expands into a broader discourse on family life, responsibility, and dharma. He emphasizes the role of parents in creating a loving home, criticizes the trend of children spending nights out, and discusses the spiritual significance of traditional life stages (ashramas). The session includes announcements about youth projects, a children's presentation, and concludes with a story about discerning the real from the artificial.
Filming location: Kranj, Slovenia
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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
