Everything is in your hands
The initiation of eight sannyāsīs was a highlight. The Master decides readiness; these were not easy individuals, each a long effort to guide. One is profoundly honest, immediately embodying the role. Another prepared for decades through hardship. Three were from Australia, one from Israel, and one Indian who left too quickly. The final one is a devoted and humble soul. Your spiritual progress is ultimately in your own hands. Teachers and masters can only support you; the decisive action is yours. A story illustrates this: disciples, jealous of their Master, trap a bird and ask if it is alive or dead. The Master replies its fate is in their hands. Your liberation, like the bird's life, depends on your decisions. Do not delay in good actions. Regarding dress, disciples should wear white; sannyāsīs wear orange. Becoming a sannyāsī is serious, not a fashion; it helps carry the spiritual light but requires true readiness and independence.
"Master, if you know everything, then tell us what is in my hand."
"My son, whether this bird is alive or dead depends on your hands."
Filming location: Vép, Hungary
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Let's Try To Save Our Planet
A global alarm sounds for the earth's condition, caused by human action. Major conferences address water crises from pollution and misuse, and food systems causing disease through chemicals. Education must include universal spirituality and ethics. Economic systems reliant on fossil fuels face protest. Vast gatherings of officials and citizens highlight urgent collective concern. The destruction of rainforests for paper and lumber devastates ecosystems. A simple life using natural materials and rejecting disposables is the true path. Individual initiative has value when united for the planet's welfare.
"Leave oil in the soil" and "Leave the coal in the hole."
"Use and throw, but where to throw?"
Filming location: Turcianske Teplice, Slovakia
Practical guide to meditation (10/11)
True yoga is not found in physical postures but in inner realization. Liberation comes through grace and knowledge, not by torturing the body. Do not mistake exercise for yoga. A yogi is one who attains equal vision and universal consciousness, which may require many lifetimes. Outer beauty distracts; inner beauty transforms. Even an enemy constantly thinking of God receives a visit. Conflict and suffering arise from inner turmoil, not external circumstances like financial loss. Meditation resolves this inner conflict for everyone.
"Liberation will not come from the postures of the body."
"On the day when you become a yogī, even Lord Viṣṇu will come and stand up when you are coming."
Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic
A Prayer for the Yajña
The prayer is a ritual invocation seeking divine acceptance and forgiveness for a sacred fire ceremony. I enter my inner Self as my true home. We ask Agni to forgive any errors in chanting or offerings. We offer what we can with our power, devotion, and detachment, requesting our wishes be fulfilled. We acknowledge the five elements, taking breath from air and drinking water. We offer reverence to these same elements. We meditate upon the nine planets. We ask forgiveness from the Guru, the Fire God, Shiva, and all for any mistakes. We pray for world peace, unity, and health. We pray that the inner intentions taken at the ceremony's commencement come true.
"Whatever we can offer with our śakti, bhakti, and vairāgya, please accept it and fulfill all our wishes."
"We pray that the entire world remains in peace and unity, with good health for all."
Filming location: Wellington, New Zealand
Kirtan singing from Strilky
Evening satsang from Yoga Summer Retreat from Strilky, Czech Republic. Sri Ram Jay Ram kirtan singing by Swami Madhuram.
