207: How to Talk Like a Yogi

<p>purifying desire, rather than killing desire / friendly relations with all living beings / being always a force of goodness / the sages words are sweet to hear, full of meaning & perfectly true / if a spiritual teacher has deep realization, then they can control the urge to speak, the mind’s demands, anger, and the urges of the tongue, belly and genitals / the yogi’s austerity in terms of body, words & mind / austerity of speech means speaking words that are truthful, pleasing, beneficial, not agitating to others, & regularly reciting Vedic literature / flipping it - if someone tries to engage me in gossip, then what is wrong with me, for them to think I would be interested?</p> <p>SB 1.19.16 - 1.19.22 (and BG 17.14 - 17.16)</p>