This minute focusses on the monastic life led by our guru as he becomes Swami Yogananda. What does “Yoga is freedom” mean to you? Rodrigo joins us from Brazil to help us tackle this intriguing question that the minute asks us to ponder on. We talk in detail about Paramahansa Yogananda’s experience in cosmic consciousness (samadhi). The multiple images used in this minute are dear to our hearts, fully deserving of our attention and devotion.

0:00 Meet Rodrigo;

5:32 Minute summary;

8:26 Opening the Eye of Wisdom;  

12:18 Meditating is difficult, but lose not hope;

16:28 Prelude to the Samadhi experience;

21:50 The glorious Samadhi Poem;

31:53 Beauty on canvas - Van Gogh, Picasso, Monet;

42:11 Crashing back into the body cage;

48:04 Favourite lines from the poem;

50:16 Related chapters from AoY;

56:40 No birth, no death - Shivoham Mantra;

1:00:19 What is Yoga;

1:04:49 Images of Guruji.

We also discuss the cosmic chant “No Birth, No Death” and compare it to the Sanskrit original Nirvana Shatakam:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6f20Fob44A

Samadhi Poem Recital:

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CWk-prPl4TK/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link