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Satguru Siva Yogaswami Jaffna, Sri Lanka |
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Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Kauai's Hindu Monastery, USA |
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Title:
The Need for Religion part 1
Category:
God and Lords of Dharma
Duration:
13 minutes, 38 seconds
Transcript: Click here for full text
Date Given:
February 10, 2002
Date Posted:
March 8, 2002
Given by:
Bodhinatha
Cybertalk: Gurudeva said there is a need for religion. Gurudeva at first just taught meditation, but then later he started teaching devotion and had everyone building temples. Gurudeva realized his devotees needed a foundation of devotion without which meditation wouldn't really bear fruit. Devotion gives us something to fall back so we don't go down in consciousness. Chellapaswami said, "We do not know." This means that the deepest spiritual experience transcends the intellect, memory and reason. Prapatti, total surrender, softens the ego. We also need religion so we can get some help from the inner planes. [Today's audio is Part 1 of the above talk.]
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