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Practicing Asanas 2
1:00 - 2:03 (63 min)
A gentle yoga practice integrates postures, breath, and focused awareness to calm the mind and strengthen the body. Begin by relaxing in a comfortable position, observing the natural breath. Practice postures like Pavanamuktāsana and Vyāghrāsana with smooth, controlled movements and coordinated breathing. Maintain awareness of alignment, such as keeping the pelvis level. Vīrāsana is highlighted for its benefits to the feet and mental state, despite potential discomfort from inflexibility. The practice emphasizes eliminating unnecessary movements to settle mental restlessness. Postures like Skandharāsana and Viparītakaraṇī Mudrā are detailed for their physical and energetic effects, including strengthening muscles and balancing prāṇa. Always breathe consciously and maintain control, concluding with relaxation and observation of the body and mind.
"When we have many vṛttis... you are restless inside. That is why we practice āsanas: to ensure we do not have extra movements. By eliminating extra movements, we calm our mind."
"Viparītakaraṇī Mudrā is excellent for your circulation... It influences your Bindu cakra. You will regenerate energy very quickly."
Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic
God is everywhere
2:10 - 3:51 (101 min)
The sixth day of Navarātri honors the goddess Kātyāyanī, who embodies supreme power and devotion. Kātyāyanī was born from the combined energies of the gods to defeat the demon Mahiṣāsura. The sage Kātyāyana performed intense austerities, and the goddess incarnated as his daughter. All deities bestowed their weapons upon her, making her the slayer of Mahiṣāsura, known as Mahiṣāsuramardinī. She is the most powerful of the nine forms, easily evoked for protection from all negativity. Worship is an act of devotion that awakens divine qualities within. True worship requires preparation, humility, and aligns with one's own nature, ultimately leading to the Guru's essence, which contains everything.
"She is the most powerful out of all the nine avatars, and she is the one who kills the most powerful demon."
"Worship means we approach certain qualities, we awaken certain qualities in our worship, in our pūjā, in us, in ourself."
Filming location: Jadan, Rajasthan, India
Longing for God
3:55 - 4:54 (59 min)
Morning satsang with Vishwaguruji from Rijeka Ashram, Croatia. Bhajan singing. We should be careful with our bodies and we should live very healthily. Our practice is very important and also our good food. We are really yogis. We have learnt many things that are really important in yoga. Real yogis should practise yoga every day. We help other people to become spiritual. Some people eat cats and kill them in a very cruel way. We should feel every creature in our hearts. The story of a man who wanted to see God. The story of an Indian lady living near Rupavas who became a holy person. The other story is of a woman in Gujarat who doesn't eat and doesn't drink anything.
Yoga, Āyurveda, and the Journey Beyond: From Vikāra to Turīya
5:00 - 5:55 (55 min)
Yoga and Āyurveda address disease, or vikāra, in the physical and mental realms. Physical vikāra arises from disregarding natural harmony in diet and living. Mental vikāra manifests as the six afflictions: desire, anger, attachment, greed, pride, and ego. These lead to cintā, or chronic worry, which consumes one from within like a termite hollowing a tree. The remedy is to renounce attachment to what is lost and to practice svādhyāya, the study of one's own unfulfilled chapters. Meditation relieves this tension by revealing the unreality of persistent worry. Deeper practice involves mastering the three states of consciousness—waking, dreaming, and deep sleep—through Yoga Nidrā. This conscious sleep purifies the subconscious, resolves latent conflicts, and can recharge energy. Mastery leads to the fourth state, chaitanya, a wakeful consciousness that perceives past, present, and future.
"Vikāra is something which is destroying itself, like when fruit is lying a long time and is rotten."
"The root of righteousness is mercy."
Filming location: Auckland, New Zealand
Live webcast from Strilky
6:00 - 7:00 (60 min)
Morning satsang from Strilky Ashram, Czech Republic.
Clear your mind
6:00 - 6:36 (36 min)
To change the world, you must first change yourself. Look within to see your anger, hatred, love, and devotion. Change comes through sitting with a guru, meditating, praying, and asking for forgiveness. The guru forgives and guides you to the Supreme Self. Do not blame others; first fix the bad within you. Never doubt the guru's decisions, even if they seem illogical, for his will is for your betterment. His grace alone ensures the disciple's welfare. A story illustrates this: disciples testing a guru with a bird asked if it was alive or dead. The guru said, "This is in your hands," showing our karma is our own. Another story tells of a marital misunderstanding over bread that lasted fifty years, highlighting how unspoken resentments cause lifelong suffering. Clear your mind through communication and forgiveness.
"Guru kṛpā he kevalaṃ śiṣya kalyāṇamaṅgalam."
"This is in your hands."
Filming location: Jadan, Rajasthan, India
Hatha Yoga is in every kind of Yoga
6:40 - 7:03 (23 min)
Haṭha Yoga is the essential, foundational path encompassing all others.
You cannot proceed without Haṭha Yoga. Bhakti Yoga is also Haṭha Yoga inside, for you must maintain unwavering devotion despite emotional waves. Most devotion is selfish and unstable, rising and falling with desires. True devotion must grow constantly, like an airplane ascending smoothly from the runway. It is a test of purity and constancy. The story of the crow and swan illustrates this: the noisy, changeable crow represents fickle devotion, while the silent, soaring swan represents steady ascent. Real devotion requires a pure heart and readiness to surrender completely. The tale of the young girl Karmabai demonstrates this forceful love: she insisted the deity eat her offering, and through her unwavering conviction, it did. Karma Yoga is similarly challenging. Thus, all paths are included within Haṭha Yoga.
"Bhakti yoga cannot be successful without haṭha yoga. And then it must be what we call the real devotion."
"God needs that kind of love... it is the love that is the oneness."
Filming location: Vép, Hungary
The Seed Has To Die To Become A Tree
7:05 - 7:38 (33 min)
Knowledge is an endless well, not a finite resource to be exhausted.
Great saints of the past have spoken, but they only consumed the butter, not the cow itself. The cow—Sarasvatī, the source of knowledge—remains with us. Feed it with love and devotion, and you can milk it day and night; the well of wisdom is infinite. We have just begun to explore the Manipūra Chakra, the jeweled city within, which is the foundation of life and holds immense spiritual energy. True wealth is not external money but the internal treasure of contentment; desire is what makes one poor. We originate from the endless, void-like Ākāśa and are waves of the primordial sound, Nāda. Like individual raindrops, we separate but ultimately return to the ocean. The navel is the center of this universal process. The vital energies, prāṇa and apāna, flow through channels like the Vajranāḍī, and their balance is essential for life. Our physical form began from the navel, a truth symbolized by the lotus emerging from Viṣṇu's navel. This spiritual knowledge is a feast to be consumed slowly, bite by bite.
"They ate the butter, not the cow. Feed the cow with love. Milk it day and night."
"Those who have the money are the poor. Those who have no money are the rich."
Filming location: Vép, Hungary
Listen to only ourselves and our Gurudev
7:45 - 8:25 (40 min)
A true holiday is for inner contemplation, not external distraction. Ancient seekers valued solitude to reflect on life and meditate. Modern holidays often involve noise and escapism, which drown the inner voice. Spiritual progress requires revitalizing the mind through satsang and the Guru's presence. This gathering is an opportunity for solitary reflection amidst community. Utilize this time to recharge spiritual energy and leave worldly concerns behind. Unity with spiritual family provides essential support in this age.
"To progress in spirituality, we need inner evolution. The only way for that is to be in satsang, to have darśan with a self-realized person, a Guru, and to be in peace."
"If we want to quit a bad habit, we need a support group and must be that support for each other."
Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic
Remain pure
8:30 - 9:19 (49 min)
Morning program with Vishwaguruji from Rijeka, Croatia. Vishwaguruji explains problems if one of the parents eats meat. We should take care. He introduces a picture about the nadis. God made women and man, but the whole universe is one.
Atma is spotless
9:25 - 10:11 (46 min)
One word transmits a message to all, like rain falling equally on every creature. In difficulty, know you are carried by God, not abandoned. A true yogi, beyond all ritual, desires nothing, not even from Shiva. The soul is spotless, like the endless sky. Our body is a temporary shell; the eternal Ātmā within is one with the Guru's heart. Purification is for the mind, but the soul itself is already pure.
"When the difficult time comes, then you should know that you are now with God."
"Ask anything. He said, 'Okay, if you want to ask me anything, then get up.' What he said to Shiva, 'Go from here.'"
Filming location: Dungog, New South Wales, Australia
Webcast from Slovenska Vas
10:15 - 10:57 (42 min)
Evening satsang with Vishwaguruji from Slovenska Vas, Slovenia.
Inner awakening: be with the dharma
11:05 - 11:52 (47 min)
The inner awakening reveals the hidden powers within consciousness.
The creator fashioned 8.4 million beings, each entering through distinct gateways like sweat, womb, or egg. The individual soul travels through limitless space, entering our solar system to become a citizen of Earth, taking birth according to its karma in forms from bacteria to humans. From the perspective of the Ātmā, the divine light, all are one—it is unbreakable, everlasting, formless, and spotless. The individual soul, or Jīvātmā, is a mixture of this Ātmā and the non-self. Duality exists only when identified with the individual form. In human form, this Jīvātmā is shaped by karma. Performing good deeds makes one a dharmātmā, a soul of righteousness, where sin is overshadowed. Committing wrongs makes one a pāpātmā, a sinner destined for suffering. Both heaven and hell are experienced on this Earth according to one's actions. Humans possess the mighty tool of intellect, given for protection, yet it is often used for destruction. The essential power is divine love, without which nothing spiritual is attained.
"One in all and all in one. That is the reflection of that Ātmā."
"Lord, God doesn't come without love. You can try a thousand things, but God will not come without love."
Filming location: Vép, Hungary
Around the world - Yoga from Presov
12:00 - 13:09 (69 min)
Presentation of Yoga In Daily Life from the city of Presov, Slovak Republic.
Respect is important
13:15 - 14:08 (53 min)
The power of language and respect shapes spiritual life. Words carry energy, influencing our inner state and relationships. A story illustrates this: a man feared the yoga pose called Śavāsana, the corpse pose. After this, the name was changed to Ānandāsana, the bliss pose, to remove fear. How we speak is crucial. We do not "take" a mantra; we may "get" it as a sacred gift, which changes our entire attitude. Modern communication often loses depth and respect, using abbreviated or vulgar language absorbed from media. This influences us subconsciously and must be guarded against. Addressing others with respectful titles, like "Devī" for a woman, cultivates different inner feelings. The manner of giving, even food, carries energy; offering with the right hand and respect changes the offering's quality. Respect extends to spiritual objects; keeping a mālā in a clean, valued place allows it to retain its energy. Physical posture also matters; sitting like a king or giving like a beggar changes the inner experience. Pronunciation in mantra is vital, as a single sound can change a word's entire meaning.
"Your entire spiritual path becomes different. Yes, just try to think about this: it is a completely different approach."
"If we are not aware, this will come subconsciously inside. We need to put a firewall in front of us, not to allow such thoughts and such language to become common to us."
Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic
Live webcast from Strilky
14:30 - 16:00 (90 min)
Evening satsang from Strilky Ashram, Czech Republic.
We must become one
15:00 - 15:23 (23 min)
We explore the nature of sleep, dreams, and the sense of self. In sleep, we seem to be nothing, yet impulses like hunger or the need to urinate arise. We also speak and think while sleeping. In dreams, the "I" travels to distant places and experiences events, like dying, only to awaken and find it was not real. There is a separation: the body sleeps here, but the self is elsewhere. A story is told of one who went into the forest, fasted, and saw a dog with bread. He reached for it, but found nothing. He then had a realization, opened his eyes, and saw all was well. The instruction is to make yourself. When with others and speaking, if it is not good, go and sleep elsewhere. The core problem is we cannot remove this sense of self. We must become one. Do bhajan and use the mālā. That practice continues within your body, and we all come into one.
"Night and day, what do we want? Only at night, in sleeping, this and that."
"Make thyself, make yourself."
Filming location: Jadan, Rajasthan, India
Hatha Yoga Techniques
15:25 - 16:01 (36 min)
Haṭha Yoga is a path to self-realization through balancing the body's energies. It is one of five yoga paths suited to different natures. The term "Haṭha" represents the dual forces of sun and moon, or Iḍā and Piṅgalā nāḍīs. The practice aims to harmonize these opposing energies so they work together. This balance allows the central Suṣumnā nāḍī to awaken. Key techniques include the six cleansing acts, Ṣaṭkarma. Netī cleanses the nasal passages and relaxes the brain. Kapālabhāti purifies through forceful exhalation, calming the mind for meditation. Trāṭak is steady gazing, which purifies vision and develops concentration. Śaṅkhaprakṣālana cleanses the entire intestinal tract, teaching the spiritual process of digesting and releasing experiences. Agniśāra and Nauli Kriyās stoke the digestive fire and strengthen the core. Practice integrates these techniques into daily life, refining the senses and requiring inner strength. Consistent practice is essential, as knowledge unused is lost.
"Haṭha Yoga means bringing these two great forces into balance so they work together, not against each other."
"This technique helps us truly take in, digest, and release."
Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic
How to train our mind?
16:05 - 16:26 (21 min)
The mind is restless and must be tamed. A king had a horse no one could ride. Many trainers failed by forcing it. A wise trainer did not force it. He simply followed the horse everywhere, building association. He let the horse come to him. Then he rewarded it with grass and slowly introduced a blanket. Eventually, he gently climbed on while petting it. The horse accepted him. The training took over a year through patient trust.
Our mind is like that horse. Let it run; that is its nature. Do not force it. Slowly train it towards devotion. When it calms, it will return. Grace makes this training possible.
"The trainer was different. He took the horse and simply let it be."
"Slowly, slowly, train your mind towards Guru Bhakti."
Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic
The 3rd Sri Swami Maheshwarananda Festival (4/4)
16:30 - 17:45 (75 min)
Welcome to the third Sri Swami Maheshwarananda Festival of Spiritual Music, Debrecen, Hungary.
Sri Swami Maheshwarananda Festival from Vienna
17:50 - 19:37 (107 min)
Welcome to the first Sri Swami Maheshwarananda Festival of Spiritual Music. This first event of its kind will take place in Guruji Ashram, Vienna, Austria. You are most welcome to join also in person for a 15 EUR entry fee.
The health of the bones
19:45 - 20:37 (52 min)
Holy water is a gift of purification for all occasions, representing positive thought and clean energy. Physical and mental dust are constant, requiring regular cleansing like washing the hands. The body's skin is a sensitive, self-cleaning organ that must be cared for naturally. Avoid artificial products like commercial creams, lipsticks, and soaps containing alcohol, which dry and damage the skin. Use pure water, natural oils, butter, or earth instead. The physical body, the annamaya kośa, is sustained by vegetarian food and simple daily practices. Yoga āsanas and prāṇāyāma are essential for health, focusing on gentle movement over extreme postures. Strengthen bones with natural oils and ghee, not through meat consumption. Practice simple exercises regularly, even for seconds at a time, to maintain the body. True care comes from natural substances and consistent, moderate practice.
"Give this to all your friends and everybody for Christmas."
"Holy means the clean and have a good energy."
Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic
The spiritual family
20:45 - 21:36 (51 min)
The quality of our era is determined by our inner state. While some lament this age, it offers unique tools like rapid travel and distant connection. The key is to extract only the nourishing essence from the vast information, like the swan separating milk from water. Our experience of time depends on our inner qualities. This gathering is a timeout to calm our inner dialogue, not to escape life but to gain clarity before re-engaging. We require the support of our spiritual family for strength. Utilize this time for serious practice, particularly prāṇāyāma to settle the agitated mind and prāṇa. Calm the body through deliberate movement to quiet mental disturbances. Simplify your environment and focus intently, avoiding distractions like constant drinking which disrupts inner fire and focus. Move from mere belief to direct understanding.
"Take the pearls, take the milk, and leave the water."
"Our meditation and practice are not about running away but about taking a timeout before returning to the game."
Filming location: Vép, Hungary
Support your heart
21:40 - 22:19 (39 min)
Live webcast from Melbourne, Australia. We all know the heart, the seat of love and life. Many people have problems with their hearts. I want to show you some simple exercises that are very good for the health of the heart. Practice and demonstration.
God is everywhere
22:25 - 0:06 (101 min)
The sixth day of Navarātri honors the goddess Kātyāyanī, who embodies supreme power and devotion. Kātyāyanī was born from the combined energies of the gods to defeat the demon Mahiṣāsura. The sage Kātyāyana performed intense austerities, and the goddess incarnated as his daughter. All deities bestowed their weapons upon her, making her the slayer of Mahiṣāsura, known as Mahiṣāsuramardinī. She is the most powerful of the nine forms, easily evoked for protection from all negativity. Worship is an act of devotion that awakens divine qualities within. True worship requires preparation, humility, and aligns with one's own nature, ultimately leading to the Guru's essence, which contains everything.
"She is the most powerful out of all the nine avatars, and she is the one who kills the most powerful demon."
"Worship means we approach certain qualities, we awaken certain qualities in our worship, in our pūjā, in us, in ourself."
Filming location: Jadan, Rajasthan, India
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