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The Way of the Yogi |
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Address By Swami Karunananda - 7 July 2006
Guru Purnima and your great good fortune in finding a Guru
Hari Om and good morning to you all. What a great blessing it is to be here with you today. It is a wonderful occasion and we rejoice to be here before you, to share with you the grace of God, which descends through the Guru, and also directly to your own heart and mind. The sacred and holy festival of Guru Purnima is your opportunity to honour your Guru
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True To Yoga
An explanatory contradiction of descriptions, misinterpretations and misrepresentations encountered in Western media
Preamble
Yoga’s only purpose — Yoga’s ONLY purpose — is Mokshya; that is, liberation from reincarnation and other effects of nescience, via God-realisation: a state of enlightenment-&-liberation referred to in Judeo-Christian as well as Hindu scriptures, but little understood and expounded in
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The Diet Of The Yogi
Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya
Every sadhak (practitioner) who is initiated has to resolve to remain a vegetarian for life. This means that the disciple may not deliberately consume any substance derived from the killing or cruelty to any mammal, marsupial, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, mollusc, or other creature in the animal kingdom.
The yogi must be careful and uncompromising. Labels should be scrutinised, and foods and ingredients containing substances like lard, gelatine, and
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Insights Into The Vegetarian Ethic
Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya
Inter-mammalian cannibalism & insights into the vegetarian ethic
Uncomfortable considerations for the meat eater, hunter and wearer of animal furs and leather coats
“But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.”
Genesis 9:5
“Ye shall not eat anything with the blood&hell
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Social Conscience And The Vexed Question Of Charity
“Serve, love, give, purify, meditate, realise;
Be good, do good, be kind, be compassionate.”
So said Gurudev Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj.
Immortal Atmaswarupa, Revered Devotee of the Lord,
The following is only for advanced disciples, who live harmlessly, and whose support of others’ charitable efforts should be in direct, non-involved ways which do not spoil the disciples’ peace of mind.
Karma Yoga and Sev
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