Yoga talk with Swami Yogaswarupananda – Rishikesh – Manipur Univesity
Swami Yogaswarupananda from Rishikesh / Manipur University talks about yoga, krishna, bhagavad gita and much more. Here you can find: Our we...
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20 of 40 episodes“Upasana Yoga and Nondual Devotion” – Yoga of Love – James Swartz
Om! Nondual love means unconditional love. Maturity is important for a love relationship. Free will and love. Means of knowledge. In the fin...
“Karma Yoga” Yoga Of Love – James Swartz
Om! Karma yoga stage: Love of God becomes a discipline. Basic universal rules Moral dimension in this universe. Noninjury. Every human being...
“The big picture” Yoga Of Love – James Swartz
Om! If you know that you are love every relationship is a love relationship. You want to seek love or do you want to have love seek you? If...
Value management and attaining unconditional love – James Swartz – Yoga of Love, Bhakti Sutra
In the satsang we create a sattvic atmosphere that makes it easier to focus on the knowledge. It is important to keep the knowledge active w...
Jealousy, consistent effort and mastery of the mind – James Swartz – Yoga of Love, Bhakti Sutra
These values are qualifications for moksha. When you are spiritually stuck it’s probably because one or more spiritual values are only parti...
Gunas and value of values – James Swartz – Yoga of Love, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Sutra, Narada
1. Pride, Vanity, Conceit, Self-Glorification: Any form of hurt is due to pride, an inflated ego, one that is excessively attached to what i...
Gunas, devotion and values – James Swartz – Yoga of Love, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Sutra, Narada
How to overcome tamas? When you are rajasic and succesful you have no time to pay attention to yourself. Stuck in sattva. Danger of vanity a...
Reincarnation, non-dual love and gunas – James Swartz – Yoga of Love, Vedanta, Bhakti Sutra Narada
Free will. Making no choice and turning it over to ishvara. Issue of free will: what values are determining your use of free will? Those val...
Ignorance, guru and change of attitude – James Swartz – Yoga of Love, Vedanta, Bhakti Sutra Narada
Trust in a guru? Manipulation and guru. Respect teachers with knowledge. Don’t hand over your trust to a teacher simply because you are suff...
Association with materialists or sages? – James Swartz – Yoga of Love, Vedanta, Bhakti Sutra Narada
Revision of verses 38-43. Vedanta is a method that the teacher applies to your mind. You are always aware. Elimination of nonessential facto...
James Swartz – Great souls and devotion – Talk 15
One achieves devotion through Satsang. Satsang builds a devotion habit. Make the worship of god a habit. Verse 38: However, the primary meth...
James Swartz – Vedanta, Ishvara and the importance of devotional practices – Talk 14
Vedanta: means of knowledge based on the upanisads or knowledge that ends the quest for knowledge. Modern advaita teachers and qualification...
James Swartz – The role of Ishvara – Talk 13
Verse 25: Advaita devotion is superior to karma yoga and jnana yoga. Verse 26: Vedanta is a means of knwoledge, non-dual love is the end. Ve...
James Swartz – Are the self and the world jiva connected? – Talk 12
The supreme person. Experiencing or being the self? Two orders of reality. You are never not experiencing yourself. Duality and Non-duality...
James Swartz – Devotion and dharma – Talk 11
Verse 10: Elimination of nonessential desires: Worldly or emotional security, wanting to be recognized. Single goal is freedom. Active sense...
James Swartz – Conciousness and matter – Talk 10
Swami Chinmayananda. Consciousness and matter. Four types of devotees: Devoted to god because of suffering. Spiritual materialism principle...
James Swartz – Action, renunciation and indifference to objects – Talk 9
Actions won’t remove ignorance. Actions and ignorance are not in conflict. Knowledge will remove ignorance. By sadhana you don’t remove the...
James Swartz – Nature of non dual love – Talk 8
Beginning of the verses of Narada’s Bhakti Sutras. Traditional versus modern style of teaching. Vers 1: Using intellect for justification is...
James Swartz – Karma Yoga and Dharma – Talk 7
Recap of the last session. Freedom as the number one priority in life. Nondual bhakti is exclusive love of the self. To progress spiritually...