Discourse by

Dr. H. R. Nagendra (Guruji),

Vice-Chancellor SVYASA, Bangalore, India

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Abstract

1.Suprabhatam, Sushwagatam (Good morning and welcome)……….
2.Bhakti yoga is to transcend divine emotions.
3.It is love and surrender to divine.
4.Devi Sampat’ (virtues) like love, devotion, forgiveness, surrender and sacrifice are to be increased.
5.‘Asuri Sampat’ (vices) like greed, lust, anger and jealousy are to be increased.
6.It is path of emotions. It leads to meeting of divine and devotees.
7.There are four types of devotees: financially needy, curious, patient suffering from diseases and knowledgeable.
8.We see auspiciousness and divinity in everything.
9.Right knowledge, divine virtues and relaxed body help to conserve the ‘Pranic Shakti’ (body energy).
10.Ultimately, we reach the highest stage i.e. ‘Moksha’. Let’s contemplate on these thoughts.

PROF. H R NAGENDRA,ME,PhD
Vice-chancellor of S-VYASA
With his PhD in Mechanical Engineering, he was a NASA research assosiate and consultant at Harvard University before his interests turned to full-time involvement in human engineering and the search for ultimate Reality. His life mission is the scientific exploration of the subtle aspects of consciousness through yoga.He has 30 research papers in Engineering and 60 in Yoga.He has written more than 30 books on yoga.