Question: Which religions does yoga combine? Answer: Yoga is the pure religion. It is not about sectarian beliefs and faiths. Union with God is the pure condition of the soul. There is only one religion and that is love for God. There is only one religious activity and that is doing the will of God. This is called Sanatana Dharma. Sanatana means...
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Question: What is death? Does one have to prepare to it? Is it possible to be prepared to it? Answer: Death is the soul’s leaving the body. When the soul departs from the body, it is called death. Should we prepare for it? Absolutely, that is what the human form of life is for. To prepare for death. If you think of it in terms of education or in terms of...
More19. How to change negative karma in this life?
Question: How to change negative karma in this life? Answer: There are a lot of different purifying activities to burn off bad karma: different austerities and penances, etc. But that does not really solve any problems because you just create more, because we are still acting and still creating more karma. So that is also a teaching that people like to...
More20. Why don’t we remember out past lives?
Question: Why don’t we remember out past lives? Answer: Mainly because we came here to enjoy independent of God. We really came here to forget God because remembrance of God in my position means ‘He is the master, I am the servant’. So I cannot really play the game of enjoyment ‘I am the enjoyer, I am the master’. So we play this game of ‘I am...
More21. Is it necessary to go to the church to have stronger union with God?
Question: Thank you for your speech. While practicing hatha yoga I get relief. Is it necessary to go to the church to have stronger connection, union with God? What is your attitude to God’s temples? Are you a Catholic? Answer: You have to decide. It is not my position to tell you go to the church or don’t go to the church. You have to decide. However...
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