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Jan 2020
57m 58s

2: Our Life is a Dream – Wake Up!

RAGHUNATH CAPPO & KAUSTUBHA DAS
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The ancient texts of yoga wisdom share that, in one sense, The world we live in is an illusion or like a dream. When we are having a bad or fearful dream, there is no point in trying to correct our situation within the dream. Rather the solution is to wake up! The wisdom of the sages of the Srimad Bhagavatam is the way to do it.  (covers Srimad Bhagavatam 1.1.1-1.1.3)

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