#1273 -Why This Guru Placed His Feet on a Shivalinga

The Sadhguru Podcast - Of Mystics and Mistakes

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🗓️ 12 December 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Sadhguru narrates the story of a great devotee and celebrated saint from Maharashtra, Namdev, and a strange encounter through which he found his Guru. He also looks at the significance of living in a consecrated space to experience the divine every moment of one's life. Set the context for a joyful, exuberant day with a short, powerful message from Sadhguru. Explore a range of subjects with Sadhguru, discover how every aspect of life can be a stepping stone, and learn to make the most of the potential that a human being embodies. Conscious Planet: https://www.consciousplanet.org Sadhguru App (Download): https://onelink.to/sadhguru__app Official Sadhguru Website: https://isha.sadhguru.org Sadhguru Exclusive: https://isha.sadhguru.org/in/en/sadhguru-exclusive Inner Engineering Link: isha.co/ieo-podcast Yogi, mystic and visionary, Sadhguru is a spiritual master with a difference. An arresting blend of profundity and pragmatism, his life and work serves as a reminder that yoga is a contemporary science, vitally relevant to our times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:39.3	Sadguru of Mystics and Mistakes.
0:42.3	Namaskaram, Sadguru, what is the story of how Namdev, the great saint from Maharashtra, found his guru?
0:51.3	And what is the significance of living in a consecrated space?
0:55.0	Nam-dev, who came from the present state of Maharashtra, he was a devotee of Wittoba or Wittala.
1:07.0	Wittala is one form of worship which this temple in Pandrapur kind of galvanized a whole devotional
1:20.6	moments and Namdev stands out in that. So every day he is a devotee, he sings God's praises,
1:31.3	and every day visits the temple, spends long time there.
1:36.3	He's already known in the town as a very great devotee.
1:41.3	So one day somebody looks at him and they say, see, all your devotion is fine,
1:47.0	but still you have not realized anything, you're not enlightened. So Namdeh got picked. How do you say,
1:57.0	I am not enlightened? I am just living for God. Every word I utter is of God. How can you say I am not enlightened, I am just living for God. Every word I utter is of God.
2:02.4	How can you say I am not?
2:04.4	He said, see, outside the town today, under this particular tree,
2:10.4	a few yogis have gathered.
2:14.7	Many of them are enlightened beings.
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