Master should have equal vision
A master's teaching adapts to the student's background but arises from a place of non-discrimination. Teaching varies based on a student's inherent culture, like learning to cook at home versus from scratch. Language also shapes the delivery, as perfect translation of meaning is difficult. However, the true master holds no distinction in heart, like a sun shining on all. The story of Eklavya illustrates this: though formally rejected, his devotion to his guru as a statue made him a great archer. The master teaches from within, beyond speech, through divine love. Disciples who perceive favoritism are mistaken. The master knows each student's needs and administers many tests. True service is to see oneself not as a successor, but as eternally serving the guru.
"Love does not require any words. Love does not need any explanation."
"The master is like a sun, and the disciples are like all of us who benefit from the sunlight."
Filming location: Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
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The aim of human life
Public lecture with Vishwaguruji from Martin, Slovakia. Yoga means uniting, harmonizing and balancing. Our earth is a living planet, in each and every cell of the body there is an immense amount of energy. The aim of the human life is to achieve liberation. Nourishment, breath, behavior and practicing yoga exercises, are the main points if we would like to be healthy and keep ourselves pure.
Mahaprabhuji is endless joy
Worldly joy is brief and paired with sorrow, but divine grace offers an endless refuge. The joy experienced in earthly life is inherently short-lived and is always accompanied by an equal or greater measure of hidden suffering. In contrast, the joy of the divine, embodied in Mahāprabhujī, is limitless. He is a living savior, not just a figure from a text, whose grace provides everything. We possess holy scripture but still face problems because we read without following. Our search for happiness elsewhere is futile. We are like a bird on a ship in a vast ocean; no matter where we try to fly, the only true place of rest is in God. Realizing the bliss in His name makes one truly rich and free, rendering liberation itself a servant.
"The joy of the joyous is very short, but the suffering of the joyous is longer."
"He can give you everything, but he can’t give you what he can give you."
Filming location: Vép, Hungary
DVD 183b
Science of chakras
Yoga is the union of individual consciousness with cosmic consciousness. This principle, realized by ancient yogis, states the universe is governed by one Cosmic Consciousness. The individual is a soul containing a divine light. We undergo countless rebirths governed by karma. The human body contains dormant energy centers called chakras, connected by 72,000 channels. Three main channels—Iḍā (moon/emotion), Piṅgalā (sun/action), and Suṣumṇā (consciousness)—intertwine along the spine, creating these energy wheels. Consciousness has levels: unconscious, subconscious, conscious, superconscious, and cosmic. The chakras correspond to elements and states of being. Activating them, especially the highest Sahasrāra, leads to liberation from the cycle of birth and death. Practical techniques can awaken these energies for healing and spiritual progress.
"Yoga means union—the union of the individual consciousness with the cosmic consciousness."
"What is existing in the cosmos? Everything is existing in your body."
Filming location: Croatia
DVD 182a
Mansik Puja to Vishwaguruji
A guided meditation for a spiritual teacher's birthday, performed mentally by disciples who cannot be physically present.
Visualize the teacher seated before you. Perform a mental worship: apply sacred mark to his feet with a chant, light an imagined lamp, and perform ritual circling with it. Offer flowers, make full prostration, and ask for forgiveness. Feel the teacher's hand blessing your head, transmitting light and power. Offer him imagined food. Express profound gratitude for his incarnation, work, and guidance. Pray for peace, happiness, and steadfastness on the path. Pray for the teacher's health and strength, stating that while he can heal all, your prayers and love are what sustain him.
"Visualize in your heart that he is sitting in front of you, and we are sitting in front of him."
"As a guru, Gurudev cannot fix himself. That is going against the laws... But our prayers and our love are the only things that can give him the strength."
Filming location: Jadan, Rajasthan, India
