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Devarshi Stephen Hartman

Devarshi Stephen Hartman

Kripalu yoga teacher, founder of the Pranotthan Yoga School, former Dean of the Kripalu School of Yoga, and author of "The Three Essentials," based in Maui, Hawaii.

Sep 21, 2026

46:26
I had someone on to talk about the meta-ethics of yoga, specifically talking about this, where if you get to be God or everything is good... then at some point you can kind of rationalize anything, even abusive behaviors.
46:43
Okay, so this is the conversation.
46:46
I mean, I too would actually prefer not to have it, but I think because it's you and because you've had conversations like this, I think you're exactly on the conversation that needs to happen.
46:58
So two things I'd like to say.
47:01
One, I want to talk about beliefs for a second.
47:04
So beliefs in and of themselves.
47:07
In my experience of yoga and the five layers of the multidimensional self, the kosha, that what we do is we have a physical body, the anamaya kosha.

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58:13
Now,

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