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Morning lecture with Mahamandaleshwar Swami Avatar Puri Ji in Mahaprabhudeep Ashram Strilky, Czech Republic
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How could we live a happy life
11:20 - 12:11
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From: 2 Jul 2019
The Gāyatrī Mantra is a Vedic practice for peace and balanced memory, not a sect. Research on the Vedas explores mantras and their effects. Chanting at sunrise connects one to solar energy. Traditional practices, like girls praying to sacred trees for harmonious marriage, stem from unity, not superficial beauty. Marriage was a familial and societal alignment. Life is sustained by prāṇa, the vital energy in all beings, which constitutes the prāṇamaya kośa. This energy is life itself; its departure is death. All creatures possess this prāṇa and chakras. One should not kill while prāṇa remains. Consciousness persists after the body, necessitating prayers for ancestors. These are not fairy tales but realities of the subtle body.
"If you chant the Gāyatrī Mantra for five minutes, it will give you immense peace and your memory will be balanced."
"Prāṇa means life, and Prāṇa is God. So that energy we call God."
We are in the boat of Gurudev
12:15 - 13:03
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From: 13 Jul 2025
The bond between guru and disciple is the boat to cross the ocean of illusion. This bond is strong, deep, and pure, sustained by the disciple's service and trust. The guru's grace guides and protects. One must surrender and hold on, even when the waves are strong. The journey requires the disciple's own decisive blessing, the most important grace of all. The guru's grace finds the disciple, but the disciple must choose to stay in the boat. The goal is to burn away impurities like lust and anger through dedication. There is no separation from the guru's essence.
"Guru Kṛpāhi Kevalam. Everything that he has, that we all have, is all the kṛpā and the blessings of Gurudev."
"The fourth kṛpā is the most important one: kuṭkī kṛpā. This means the blessings, the kṛpā, of ourselves."
Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic
Every soul is pure
13:10 - 14:03
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From: 9 Jun 2018
The purification of antaḥkaraṇa reveals the nature of truth as Sat Cit Ānanda. Truth is unchanging, like the sky—no weapon cuts it, no fire burns it, no water destroys it. This world is temporary, mithyā; only Brahman is real. Thoughts arise from the inner instrument: manas, buddhi, citta, ahaṁkāra. Impurity there causes ego, the belief in one’s greatness. Purifying these four leads to liberation. Judgement belongs to Divine Justice alone, not to any person. Ignorance is a dark curtain over past, present, and future. The soul is pure but coated by karma and destiny, which we create. Every soul is equal, from ant to elephant, a quality not a quantity. Love all entities; inability to love is ignorance. Four friends—dharma, patience, true friend, spouse—are tested in crisis. In adversity, you are alone; only truth accompanies. The antaḥkaraṇa absorbs qualities from contact and energy. A good deed plants a seed that remains lifelong. Cultivate purity of inner actions. Satyam Śivam Sundaram—truth, consciousness, beauty.
"Brahma satyaṁ jagat mithyā."
"Love each and every entity. If you cannot love that much, then at least love them as much as you love yourself."
Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic
Only wisdom can digest ego
14:10 - 15:08
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From: 1 Jul 2001
Pride and divine illusion are central themes. The inner divine self knows all and protects. Success infected with ego is lost. Life has waves; climbing a mountain means eventually descending. Pray for liberation at the summit to avoid falling. Words, once spoken, do not return and can cause damage, like a bullet. Ego expands until it explodes, blinding us. Wisdom can digest ego, but pride often prevails. The divine may intervene to uproot a devotee's ego for their benefit. The entire world is created from the mind. When divine illusion is activated with a specific aim, its beauty is indescribable. Even a sage, upon seeing such crafted beauty, can forget his dispassion and become confused.
"Success may be achieved, but if that success becomes infected with ego, it can be lost again."
"The word spoken from your mouth will not come back. What damage that bullet will cause, you will know afterward."
Filming location: Vép, Hungary
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