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EFFORT AND GRACE
A talk by Swami Prabhavananda

This talk discusses one of the most mystifying aspects of spiritual life: the role of self-effort and grace. If God does all, why do we need to practice spiritual disciplines at all?

The question isn't easy to answer since the proper answer varies for each person depending on who they are and their level of spiritual progress.

Talk given in our Santa Barbara temple in 1957.

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