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Dec 2019
52m 36s

Yogis Stop Acting For Pleasure & Pain an...

RAGHUNATH CAPPO & KAUSTUBHA DAS
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Raghunath & Kaustubha discuss Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 24, and how our conception of attraction and repulsion exist entirely in the mind, and how yogis transcend the fluctuations of the mind.

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