Yogananda Podcast

Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 11: Letting Sri Yukteswar destroy your ego


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This episode covers the next part of chapter 12: 
“My guru could not be bribed...”  
to  
“...win a farther dominion—in men’s souls.”   

Summary: 

How could bribery be used in the Guru-disciple relationship? We discuss this, along with the importance of discipline and loyalty through mundane tasks. The unique and fascinating leadership style of our paramguru Swami Sri Yukteswar offers some interesting dynamics between a Guru and disciple to review, including the metaphor of ‘dislodging the hard core of egotism’.  

0:00 Flattening the ego; 
22:15 Thoughts behind speech; 
32:07 Severe ways of Sri Yukteswar. 
49:35 Discipleship and Cultural Differences. 

Links discussed in this episode: 
https://yogananda.com.au/songs_of_the_soul/Gods_Boatman.html 

Homework for next episode— Read, absorb and make notes on the next part of chapter 12: 
“It was Master’s practice to point out...” 
to 
“... permitted the fitful sleep of ignorance.” 

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