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The Ocean of Grace
The divine Guru is the singular reality beyond all description and conceptual roles. The Vedas themselves grow weary attempting to describe the absolute. This Guru is the great cosmic illusion and simultaneously the power that leads one beyond it. He is the ocean of grace who descends into the world's play and is the ultimate cause of the individual soul. He embodies the functions of creation, preservation, and destruction, rendering separate deities as aspects of his one being. This is not a logical inconsistency but a declaration of non-dual truth. The Guru is both the binding force of the world and the liberating force from it.
"Guru, you are the great illusion, you lead beyond it."
"You are the destroyer of all creation."
Filming location: Jadan, 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