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RAMAKRISHNA ANANDA

The Masterful Yogi

What exactly is a yoga master?

The key to being a yoga master is different than what most people think it is. Being a yoga master is all about living in surrender to God. He or she is someone who lives in devotion, receptivity, openness to God, and eagerness to be God’s servant. Through experiencing moods of love and devotion for God, one is transformed by Spirit until such a time that God can use him or her to bless humanity.

Stories, Guru, Devotion

What is a Master?

So, in a nutshell, what is a master? A surrendered being, not an ego doing tricks and trying to impress people. A person in whom Spirit can move easily and express – that’s a master.

  • The importance of surrender in the life of a master
  • How love and devotion transform one to become a fit instrument to be used by Spirit
  • What Sri Ramakrishna meant when he described people as “pillows floating on the waves”
  • Masters are aware of — and living in — eternal wondrous Spirit

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