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Jan 2020
55m 30s

8: Loosening the Knot in the Heart

RAGHUNATH CAPPO & KAUSTUBHA DAS
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The material world is fools gold / willingly limiting oneself / knowledge is born of sattva / Loosening the knot in the heart which forces us to identify with the body / bring the unsteady mind back under the control of the self / the richness of Indian-Vedic Culture / beauty is skin deep / what is Vishnu tattva / Vishnu is the soul of the universe 

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