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The Inner Lamp and the Nature of Being
The inner lamp of awareness is the same as the sun within all beings. Before dawn, one performs rituals like lighting a lamp, then rests. At dusk, the lamp is lit again, mirroring the inner light. This light is present within the home, body, and mind. All creatures, from birds to animals, follow their nature without this knowledge. A story is told of disciples who, after seeing violence towards a cow and calf, vowed to never take flesh, milk, or curd from any animal again, recognizing the motherly sacrifice. To harm or take what belongs to another being, like a honeybee taking from a flower, accumulates sin. Humans have a connection to the divine, instructed to live peacefully and care for others, but many have turned to eating meat. The essence of India is described as a source from which many things flow. Ultimately, all is one. The true mother is the earth itself. One must recognize one's own humanity, for only then is the divine presence always there.
"Inside, there is a lamp, but that sun is the same—within your home, within your body, within your mind, in everything."
"If someone is a Muslim, then they are not truly so; they have taken it from our India and gone elsewhere, so they are not genuine."
Filming location: Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
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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
