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The Axe of Non-Attachment | Cutting Through Illusion || Swami Sarvapriyananda
· 1 h 26 min
Episode The Axe of Non-Attachment | Cutting Through Illusion || Swami Sarvapriyananda
Swami Sarvapriyananda reflects on the Bhagavad Gita’s image of the “axe of non-attachment,” showing how renunciation is not a negative rejection of life but a turning from the lower to the higher. He explains that true detachment means loosening the hold of worldly desires, ego, and endless striving so that one can direct life toward God-realization, freedom, and immortality.
00:00 - Invocation
00:46 - Easter, immortality, and the promise of religion
02:46 - The axe of non-attachment in the Bhagavad Gita
06:34 - Christ as an ideal of renunciation
09:40 - Renunciation as the turning point in every yoga
18:02 - Detachment as moving toward the higher, not fighting the lower
28:51 - Beginning the search for the real
30:30 - Worldly devotion and true devotion to God
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Transcript
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