Without a Guru 7/17/24
Gurudevi’s Discourses
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In the West, people think they can get it from books. They don’t try to learn how to drive from a book. They don’t learn how to ride a bicycle from a book. They don’t learn how to sing or play the violin from a book. They know they need a teacher. How come they think they can learn yoga from a book? Worse — they think they can become enlightened from a book! The books are not enough. You must…
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