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Videos from Jagad Guru Siddhaswarupananda Paramahamsa

Uplifting Kirtans and Lectures by Jagad Guru Siddhaswarupananda Paramahamsa (Chris Butler)

Kirtans
Lectures

Quotes from Jagad Guru* Siddhaswarupananda Paramahamsa - founder of the Science of Identity Foundation:

On the Search for Wisdom

The search for perfect wisdom and the attempt to live by such wisdom is an ongoing eternal challenge—and it is real. Thus, only the most courageous people will actually accept this challenge.

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On our Real Identity

The question "Who am I?" is not a philosophical football meant to be kicked around coffeehouses by pseudointellectuals. It's a real-life question. Nothing is more important and more relevant than to know who you are.

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On World Peace

When we see that each of us is an eternal spiritual entity—relatives and brothers in the truest sense—then we will become peaceful individually and also as a society. There is no other way for human society to be peaceful.

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On Happiness

If a bird in a cage is not fed because we are only concerned with cleaning and polishing the cage, then the bird will die. Similarly, if we just take care of our physical body and neglect our inner spiritual needs, then we will starve.

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On Social Harmony

Without respect for people of different races or ethnicities or religions, how can we have a peaceful and harmonious society or world? And without a harmonious society, how can there be the necessary economic development and atmosphere conducive to spiritual happiness and self-realization?

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* Because the word “guru” means teacher, it is often used to refer to teachers of all kinds—be they teachers of music, ayurvedic medicine, cooking, etc. The title “Jagad Guru” is normally used to refer to spiritual teachers who have disciples all around the world from different places, nationalities, faiths, etc. However, in the deepest sense, “Jagad Guru” means a self-realized spiritual master whose teachings are relevant to and can be applied in the personal lives of every person—regardless of their ethnicity, nationality, or sect.
Source: Wikipedia ( Wiki ) & Bonafide Scriptures