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Autobiography Chapter 24, Part 2: I am He, Shivoham
Manage episode 502486528 series 2907022
This episode covers on the next part of chapter 24 from:
"As I knelt before Sri Yukteswar, and for the first time heard...”
to
“... a manifest need exists for yoga: the science of mind control.”
Summary:
Mark and Reva from the London centre join us to discuss Mukunda's initiation ceremony into the Swami order, the historical significance of Shankaracharya in reorganizing Hinduism, and the distinctions between monastic traditions. The group explores the deeper meaning behind monastic names, vows, and symbols while emphasizing that true spiritual practice involves maintaining divine awareness regardless of one's life circumstances. Paramahansa Yogananda clarifies in this section that while Swamis are monks connected to religious orders, Yoga represents a universal scientific method for spiritual realization available to everyone regardless of background.
0:00 Previous episode;
2:20 Mukunda becomes a Swami;
26:35 The Swami Order;
32:43 Monastic Name;
50:35 Goals and ideals;
55:10 Yogis and Swamis;
1:07:17 Looking Ahead and Bhaja Govinda.
Links discussed in the episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6f20Fob44A
https://hindupedia.com/en/Anandagiri
https://www.wisdomlib.org/concept/anandagiri
https://youtu.be/KRzka46U_wc?si=RaDidafggFbFIX6u
https://yogananda.org/blog/yoga-teaches-to-seek-the-divine-first-and-find-balance-in-everything-by-paramahansa-yogananda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNVwHeMVeQU
Homework for next episode— Read, absorb and make notes on the next part of chapter 24 from:
" The ancient rishi Patanjali defines yoga as “neutralisation of the alternating waves in...”
to
“...with egotistical desires and plays his part in life as a willing instrument of the Divine.”
#autobiographyofayogi #autobiographylinebyline #paramahansayogananda
Autobiography of a Yogi awake.minute Self-Realization Fellowship Yogoda Satsanga Society of India
#SRF #YSS
227 episodes
Manage episode 502486528 series 2907022
This episode covers on the next part of chapter 24 from:
"As I knelt before Sri Yukteswar, and for the first time heard...”
to
“... a manifest need exists for yoga: the science of mind control.”
Summary:
Mark and Reva from the London centre join us to discuss Mukunda's initiation ceremony into the Swami order, the historical significance of Shankaracharya in reorganizing Hinduism, and the distinctions between monastic traditions. The group explores the deeper meaning behind monastic names, vows, and symbols while emphasizing that true spiritual practice involves maintaining divine awareness regardless of one's life circumstances. Paramahansa Yogananda clarifies in this section that while Swamis are monks connected to religious orders, Yoga represents a universal scientific method for spiritual realization available to everyone regardless of background.
0:00 Previous episode;
2:20 Mukunda becomes a Swami;
26:35 The Swami Order;
32:43 Monastic Name;
50:35 Goals and ideals;
55:10 Yogis and Swamis;
1:07:17 Looking Ahead and Bhaja Govinda.
Links discussed in the episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6f20Fob44A
https://hindupedia.com/en/Anandagiri
https://www.wisdomlib.org/concept/anandagiri
https://youtu.be/KRzka46U_wc?si=RaDidafggFbFIX6u
https://yogananda.org/blog/yoga-teaches-to-seek-the-divine-first-and-find-balance-in-everything-by-paramahansa-yogananda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNVwHeMVeQU
Homework for next episode— Read, absorb and make notes on the next part of chapter 24 from:
" The ancient rishi Patanjali defines yoga as “neutralisation of the alternating waves in...”
to
“...with egotistical desires and plays his part in life as a willing instrument of the Divine.”
#autobiographyofayogi #autobiographylinebyline #paramahansayogananda
Autobiography of a Yogi awake.minute Self-Realization Fellowship Yogoda Satsanga Society of India
#SRF #YSS
227 episodes
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