Karma yoga is bhakti yoga. Swami Vivekananda, Freud, consequences of technology. Psychological designation in Vedanta appeared. Multipath confusion. Better to integrate all parts of the psyche. All stages of devotion are necessary, must be practised. For karma yoga you need … Continue reading →

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3. Formal devotion. What is karma? Prarabdha, sanchita and agami karma. Karma is similar to a bank account. 3 possibilities: add karma, exhaust karma or stay the same. People with little karma become sannyasi. Karma Yoga means how to relate … Continue reading →

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By reading Vedanta texts it is easy to misinterpret them. Ignorance and knowledge are mixed up. Teaching makes difference between ignorance and knowledge clear. Live your life based on knowledge not on emotions. Isvara and action. What is real? You … Continue reading →

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Existence is my nature. Love is my nature. Everything you do is motivated by love. Stages of love (see chart in the video): 1. Love of objects. What do you love? Samsaris love objects. Suffering comes because objects are not … Continue reading →

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Meditation on the silence. It is impossible not to love. You are Love: Sat Chid Ananda. Every action is motivated by love of the self. What is existence? Scripture as the appropriate means of knowledge. You are not a person. … Continue reading →

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To direct love to the Self you have to practice. Love in relations is dualistic love. Personal gods are symbols to worship you own self. Symbols invoke the love that you are. Is the joy in an object? Inquiry into … Continue reading →

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Talk 4 of Swami Nityabodhananda at Yoga Vidya Center in Cologne, Sept 2019. The conscious principle. All is in me. Consciousness and objects. One or several teachers. Path of action and path of renunciation. Visit Yoga Vidya for more inspiring … Continue reading →

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