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Guru is the first
0:15 - 0:51 (36 min)
Continue your sādhana for life. Your practice creates waves of energy that expand across the earth. Seva is the greatest practice; it uplifts completely when performed without any sense of "I gave you." Your life follows four stages: student, householder, forest dweller, and renunciant. The guru's grace is present in every breath, and the mantra is the mind finding fullness.
"Seva is the biggest. It is 100% sure that if you are doing seva, then it is said it will take us on its palms."
"Guru Kṛpāhi Kevalam, we don’t need to do anything."
Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic
Practicing of the system 'Yoga in Daily Life', Level 1 - Part 4
1:00 - 2:04 (64 min)
Practicing of the system "Yoga in Daily Life", Level 1 - Part 4, in Om Vishwa Deep Gurukul Swami Maheshwaranand Ashram, Jadan, Rajasthan, India on 23rd of October 2009.
Anahata chakra
2:10 - 2:56 (46 min)
The awakening of contentment arises from purifying the heart chakra through practical yoga techniques. All phenomena contain three principles: resonance, light, and energy. When the Anāhata Chakra becomes pure, these three unite and material perception dissolves, revealing divine consciousness and unconditional compassion. This shift liberates one from karma. The initial awakening is Param Ānanda, supreme bliss, felt as subtle joy in the body. This bliss awakens inner resonance and the light of wisdom, leading to Śāntoṣa, the wealth of contentment. With contentment, one feels no lack; all external wealth becomes like dust. Happiness is needing nothing. The inner treasure of love and wisdom is already within; you are rich. A meditation technique purifies the body and awakens this state. Practice eleven cycles of Aśvinī Mudrā, then focus on ascending and descending breath, bodily expansion and contraction, inhaling cosmic light, and exhaling toxins. Finally, hold the body motionless and coordinate breath with the heart, using the mantra OM SO HAṂ to realize your divine essence.
"When the Śāntoṣa appears in the heart, then automatically your partner will share this Śāntoṣa with you."
"You cannot buy happiness, you cannot buy love, you cannot buy wisdom. Everything is within you."
Filming location: Prague, Czech Republic
The Purifying Path of Haṭha Yoga: An Introduction to Ṣaṭkarma
3:00 - 3:47 (47 min)
Haṭha Yoga's essence is the six purification techniques, or Ṣaṭkarma, for cleansing the body and balancing energy. Our polluted modern environment necessitates these natural cleansings using water, salt, and air. These practices purify the physical system and uniquely influence the vegetative nervous system, which is typically beyond our control. The goal is to balance the Iḍā and Piṅgalā energy channels, allowing the central Suṣumnā to flow. This mastery brings many benefits, fostering willpower and overcoming inertia. Regular purification, especially during seasonal changes, removes metabolic waste that causes illness and stagnation, keeping energy flowing. Specific techniques like Netī cleanse the nasal passages, while Agni Sāra and Naulī stoke the digestive fire. These are potent tools that require proper guidance from an experienced teacher regarding the correct method and timing.
"Haṭha Yoga is not only that we clean and purify our whole system, our whole body, but it also has a great, very great effect on our nervous system, especially the vegetative nervous system."
"When they are balanced, then the third one, the Suṣumnā Nāḍī, will start to flow."
Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic
Anahat Chakra
3:55 - 5:50 (115 min)
Public lecture about Anahat chakra in Zagreb Croatia in April 2007.
The Divine Chambers of Being
5:55 - 7:04 (69 min)
The annamaya kośa, the food sheath, is the first of five chambers of being. Its purity determines the mind's state.
Vedic philosophy describes five sheaths, not the dietary laws of kosher or halal. True religion is based on non-violence, a principle declared millennia ago. Most who claim a faith do not follow its core tenets, lost in materialism. The physical body is born, grows, and dies, but must be purified for the soul. Food influences this through the three guṇas. Rajas brings restlessness; tamas brings laziness and ignorance. Tāmasik food includes meat, fish, eggs, and stale items. Consuming such food directly affects the mind's clarity and one's spiritual progress. A story illustrates this: a saint ate food procured by a thief and was overcome by a desire to steal a golden idol. His intellect was corrupted until the impure food was sweated out. The teaching is clear: as you eat, so your mind becomes. Therefore, one must consume sāttvic food and offer it to the divine before eating, transforming it into blessed prasāda. This purifies the annamaya kośa.
"Jaisā khāyegā anna, vaisā rahegā mana."
"Yogaś citta vṛtti nirodhaḥ."
Filming location: Jadan, Rajasthan, India
The way how yoga is helping us
7:10 - 8:13 (63 min)
The human body is a vehicle for attaining liberation, requiring purification of three primary obstacles: impurities, disturbances, and ignorance. The soul descends through cycles of birth among 8.4 million life forms, with human birth being a rare opportunity. The intellect is a powerful tool to discover hidden powers within the 72,000 nerves, particularly the four principal ones governing health, emotion, activity, and consciousness. Two fundamental forces, divine and negative, constantly interact within, influenced by time and place. The chakras represent rotating energies, with the foundational Mūlādhāra Chakra housing unconscious consciousness and past, present, and future potentials. Impurities—physical, mental, and emotional—must be cleansed through Haṭha Yoga techniques, which balance emotion and intellect. Disturbances are restless thoughts and waves that prevent clear perception and meditation. Ignorance is a curtain over consciousness, removed through attentive listening in silent spiritual gatherings. The inner instrument consists of mind, intellect, memory, and ego, influenced by the three qualities of harmony, activity, and inertia. These qualities stem from diet, society, and habits. True progress requires mastering speech and action, understanding that the world is transient, and seeking the ultimate truth beyond it.
"Brahma-satya jagat-mithyā. The Brahman, the supreme God, which has no form, no name, but still He is there. He is omniscient and omnipresent. That is the final truth."
"Before you speak, think it over. Don't say always that I am right and I am right."
Filming location: New York, USA
Introduction to Jadan Ashram
8:20 - 9:19 (59 min)
Morning satsang with Vishwaguruji from Vep, Hungary. Swami premanand talks about the special blessing of being together with Gurudeva at Vep. Explaining the significance of the Jadani Ashram. The Jadan Ashram is the embodiment of Gurudeva's plan, the Master's playground. Everyone who comes here will find their way. The practice of Bhramari pranayam.
Purnima satsang
9:25 - 10:19 (54 min)
Swamiji in Sliac.
Prana in food
10:25 - 11:15 (50 min)
Prāṇa is the vital essence sustained through breath and nourishment. Prāṇāyāma regulates this life force. Do not practice breath retention without months of preparatory inhalation and exhalation, as it harms the respiratory system. This exercise fills the body's tissues with prāṇa, whose deficiency causes aging. Physical postures should enhance prāṇa flow, not deplete it through strain. True nourishment is fresh, sāttvic food containing great prāṇa, like fruits and vegetables. Avoid alcohol, old food, and tāmasic items like aged cheese, which diminish vitality. Health is built, not bought. Control your senses, especially taste. Practice āsanas and prāṇāyāma for about two hours daily. Haṭha Yoga's six techniques—Netī, Dhautī, Bastī, Naulī, Trāṭak, and Kapālabhātī—purify the body. Āsanas alone are not Haṭha Yoga; they belong to Rāja Yoga, which requires ethical observances. Yoga transcends body and mind; these practices repair the body for that journey. The Guru is essential for true realization.
"Prāṇāyāma means 'āyāma'—exercise or regulation. Like āsanas are yoga Vyāyāma, this Vyāyāma is for every joint, muscle, ligament, and tissue."
"Yoga is beyond the body and mind. These practices are for control, to repair your body and your path to reach yoga."
Filming location: Vép, Hungary
Influence of karmas on the soul
11:20 - 12:10 (50 min)
The soul and karma are fundamentally intertwined. Karma is action, encompassing all doing, thinking, and speaking. Every action has a cause and creates an effect, which returns as a reaction to the actor. This cycle accounts for all steps, thoughts, and deeds. The universe itself is activity, or Kriyā. The individual soul, or Jīvātmā, is a manifestation of the supreme consciousness, born from primordial sound and wrapped in the elements. This soul carries its accumulated karma from life to life, migrating into forms according to its deeds. Human birth is a precious opportunity. Pain and fear are manifestations of negative karma. Liberation comes from self-realization, untangling the knots of karma through good actions and meditation, allowing the soul to dissolve back into the universal Ātman.
"Karma means action, cause, action and effect."
"The body dies, but the soul lives."
Filming location: Vienna, Austria
The Effect of Karma on the Soul
12:15 - 12:56 (41 min)
The effect of karma on the soul is explained through the knowledge of a Trikāladarśī Master, who sees past, present, and future. A soul's deeds determine its journey. A story tells of a cobra that approached a Master. The Master revealed the cobra's soul was a former devotee who spoke ill of his guru, resulting in rebirth as a snake. The Master performed rites, liberated that soul, and instructed it to return human. Another story tells of a cruel tax collector. After death, his soul was reborn as a camel forced to carry heavy stones. A saint explained to the camel that the stones were the weight of its past karma against poor farmers. These examples show karma burdens the soul across lifetimes. Human life offers the chance to resolve karma through devotion, service, and right action. Otherwise, the soul carries its burdens into future births.
"These stones that have been placed on your back are not stones; they are the remnants of your karma."
"He knows all three times: what will happen, what has happened, what will be, and what is."
Filming location: Vienna, Austria
Muladhara chakra. Part one.
13:00 - 13:32 (32 min)
Your being in this world is more needed than you think. Yoga without spirituality is a body without a soul. Nothing in this world functions without a master, a guru who leads from darkness to light. This is true for material skills and is essential for spiritual guidance. Without it, you are lost. The initiation from a master provides the first awakening, like a jump-start for a dormant battery. Practice must follow theory. The human system is based on chakras, with the Mūlādhāra chakra as the root foundation. Its red color symbolizes concentrated earth energy. The lotus is a central symbol. It grows in muddy water but remains untouched by it, symbolizing that though we must incarnate in this worldly ocean to develop, we should rise above its temptations and quarrels. Realize your relation to the Supreme; that is true religion. Your duty is to serve, love, and let your consciousness unfold like a lotus, creating beauty. Do not wish to escape life; pray for the chance to serve and be a light.
"Guru means darkness, and Guru means light. He who leads us from the darkness of ignorance to the light of wisdom or knowledge is the guru."
"Oh Lord, if I have to stay in this world, then help me that I live in this world like a lotus in the water."
Filming location: Brisbane, Australia
Sat sanga
13:40 - 14:07 (27 min)
The power of satsaṅga lies in gathering in truth. The recent global hardship was a manifestation of Kali Yuga, a dark age where everything breaks. I was traveling but was sent to my home country. Through it all, we were with God, who provides. "Sat" means truth. A Satguru embodies this truth. Many practice yoga and follow gurus, each with a name and lineage. We are all human, yet distinctions exist through names and relationships. In the ashram, you become family. Satsaṅga is the company of truth, where we are all together in goodness. This gathering is a satsaṅg. Maintaining this truthful connection requires constant practice, or it is lost when you leave. The physical body is temporary and turns to dust. The name, however, endures beyond the body, like a memory that remains after a person is gone. Therefore, hold to the truth of the name. Satsaṅga is truth together.
"Sat means truth, and this truth is like that."
"The body will slowly, slowly go... but your name will not go anywhere."
Filming location: Brisbane, Australia
Mind and chakras
14:15 - 14:40 (25 min)
The mind functions between the conscious and subconscious levels. The conscious state receives information through the five senses while awake. These impressions are immediately transferred to the subconscious, a storeroom of all past experiences from this life. These stored impressions generate desires, or vāsanā. Strong desires rise from the subconscious into the conscious mind. The intellect judges and defines these desires. Unfulfilled desires return to the subconscious, becoming formless and creating psychic problems. Blocking these desires is like damming a river, leading to overflow and distress. The mind must be directed, not stopped. Control the senses and limit desires to achieve peace. Balance between emotion, intellect, and consciousness is essential for a harmonious life.
"Impressions and desires are like a river flowing constantly. You should not block the river."
"Self-discipline means to direct your mind, your desires, your ambition... in that particular direction."
Filming location: Brisbane, Australia
The Pearl of Everlasting Bliss
14:45 - 15:06 (21 min)
Life's deepest treasure is complete and everlasting bliss, the crown of self-realization rooted in God-realization. Rare beings attain this pearl of Paramānanda. A seeker's deep prayer brought him face-to-face with his divine master, seeing the form of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. He became a true disciple, devoting body, mind, and soul. He received the highest spiritual initiation, instantly attaining samādhi. His life was a permanent establishment in the highest spiritual experience under his master's guidance. As a spiritual successor, he built and established āśrams, tirelessly spreading the light. He preached non-dualism, non-violence as the highest religion, and the unity of all humanity through song and service. His devotion was Parabhakti, love without reservation, repeating the divine name for over eighteen hours daily. Such love overcomes all obstacles between us and God. He became a living testament that this realization is possible.
"My eyes filled with tears, and I fell to my knees. I knew I had found the everlasting light of my life."
"All humans belong to one religion, and that is humanity."
Filming location: Bola Guda, India
Prana in food
15:10 - 16:00 (50 min)
Prāṇa is the vital essence sustained through breath and nourishment. Prāṇāyāma regulates this life force. Do not practice breath retention without months of preparatory inhalation and exhalation, as it harms the respiratory system. This exercise fills the body's tissues with prāṇa, whose deficiency causes aging. Physical postures should enhance prāṇa flow, not deplete it through strain. True nourishment is fresh, sāttvic food containing great prāṇa, like fruits and vegetables. Avoid alcohol, old food, and tāmasic items like aged cheese, which diminish vitality. Health is built, not bought. Control your senses, especially taste. Practice āsanas and prāṇāyāma for about two hours daily. Haṭha Yoga's six techniques—Netī, Dhautī, Bastī, Naulī, Trāṭak, and Kapālabhātī—purify the body. Āsanas alone are not Haṭha Yoga; they belong to Rāja Yoga, which requires ethical observances. Yoga transcends body and mind; these practices repair the body for that journey. The Guru is essential for true realization.
"Prāṇāyāma means 'āyāma'—exercise or regulation. Like āsanas are yoga Vyāyāma, this Vyāyāma is for every joint, muscle, ligament, and tissue."
"Yoga is beyond the body and mind. These practices are for control, to repair your body and your path to reach yoga."
Filming location: Vép, Hungary
The Pearl of Everlasting Bliss
16:05 - 16:26 (21 min)
Life's deepest treasure is complete and everlasting bliss, the crown of self-realization rooted in God-realization. Rare beings attain this pearl of Paramānanda. A seeker's deep prayer brought him face-to-face with his divine master, seeing the form of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. He became a true disciple, devoting body, mind, and soul. He received the highest spiritual initiation, instantly attaining samādhi. His life was a permanent establishment in the highest spiritual experience under his master's guidance. As a spiritual successor, he built and established āśrams, tirelessly spreading the light. He preached non-dualism, non-violence as the highest religion, and the unity of all humanity through song and service. His devotion was Parabhakti, love without reservation, repeating the divine name for over eighteen hours daily. Such love overcomes all obstacles between us and God. He became a living testament that this realization is possible.
"My eyes filled with tears, and I fell to my knees. I knew I had found the everlasting light of my life."
"All humans belong to one religion, and that is humanity."
Filming location: Bola Guda, India
Bhajan singing in the presence of the Master
16:30 - 17:17 (47 min)
The sacred syllable Om is the primal vibration from which this three-qualitied illusion of the world is projected. From Om, all knowledge and the Vedas themselves emerged. The true knower, realizing this, finds bliss. The Guru's grace is essential for this realization. Without the Guru's guidance, one remains lost, not knowing what to do with worldly or spiritual wealth. The Guru's feet are the ultimate pilgrimage, praised by the Vedas and Purāṇas. The divine sound, Śabda, is the ultimate power; it does not kill but slays limitation. Through the Guru's arrival at the eternal door, the soul finds liberation.
"From Om, the three-qualitied Maya created this world."
"The Vedas and Purāṇas sing, 'Guru’s feet are the sacred pilgrimage.'"
Filming location: Jadan, Rajasthan, India
Guru bhakta jagata me na rahe
17:25 - 18:08 (43 min)
The divine reality is one, formless, and present everywhere within all beings.
Rāma, meaning God or the Guru, lives in every heart. Inside and outside are the same vast oneness. The whole world resides within you. This reality is not born and does not die. It is completely fearless. It has no color, shape, or boundaries. It is indescribable and beyond name. Without the Guru, one cannot understand this truth. The devotee who realizes this has nothing to fear from the world.
"Looking up or looking down, I only have your darśan, and there is no need to go anywhere."
"Without the guru, you cannot understand this."
Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic
Pyare darashana diyo aj
18:15 - 18:18 (3 min)
The heart's agitation arises from separation and unfulfilled longing. This state is described as a profound inner turmoil. The eyes of the devotee, represented as the eyes of the cowherd and of the divine, do not grant the vision being sought. This absence of divine sight leads to restless days and sleepless nights. The longing itself becomes a form of sustenance, yet it cuts like a blade. The experience is one of yearning for a connection that feels withheld. The fragment captures the essence of devotional anguish.
"Be rakhalnī chokhā, Kalnī chokhā, Darśan na dī chokhā."
"Darśan sannakā nindā, Nairin divasannā, Bhukkanī kāso kattatannā."
Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic
Bhajans from Vep
18:25 - 18:49 (24 min)
Yoga Summer Retreat from Vep, Hungary. Bhajan singing including Guruvara me cal usa una des.
The Guru's name is a priceless diamond
18:55 - 19:11 (16 min)
Evening satsang with Vishwaguruji from Strilky Ashram, Czech Republic. Bhajan singing from Strilky. Including bhajan "Ho Guru Sukha Dama Swami"
Tvameva Mata Ca Pita Tvameva
19:15 - 20:31 (76 min)
Morning satsang with Viswhaguruji from Strilky Ashram, Czech Republic. Bhajan singing from Strilky. Including He Nata Aba To, Itna to Karana Guruji
We have to become one
20:35 - 22:09 (94 min)
The subject is detachment and the true Self. The soul seeks to merge into oneness with the Supreme, like space containing all things. This unity is eternal but difficult, as it requires releasing all attachment. Attachment to wealth, body, and relationships creates conditions and suffering. Renunciation is challenging. One must break attachment to join with God. Nothing belongs to you—not body, thoughts, or intellect. Only the soul is eternal. When the soul departs, no one accompanies it. We must move beyond duality and concepts of "mine" to realize the true Self as boundless consciousness. This is not a mental understanding but a state of being.
"I am neither the mind, intellect, nor the elements. I am that eternal blissful consciousness."
"There is only one God. The duality we perceive is a human creation."
Filming location: Auckland, New Zealand
Anahat Chakra
22:15 - 0:10 (115 min)
Public lecture about Anahat chakra in Zagreb Croatia in April 2007.
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