How could we live a happy life
The Gāyatrī Mantra is a Vedic practice for peace and balanced memory, not a sect. Research on the Vedas explores mantras and their effects. Chanting at sunrise connects one to solar energy. Traditional practices, like girls praying to sacred trees for harmonious marriage, stem from unity, not superficial beauty. Marriage was a familial and societal alignment. Life is sustained by prāṇa, the vital energy in all beings, which constitutes the prāṇamaya kośa. This energy is life itself; its departure is death. All creatures possess this prāṇa and chakras. One should not kill while prāṇa remains. Consciousness persists after the body, necessitating prayers for ancestors. These are not fairy tales but realities of the subtle body.
"If you chant the Gāyatrī Mantra for five minutes, it will give you immense peace and your memory will be balanced."
"Prāṇa means life, and Prāṇa is God. So that energy we call God."
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Every soul is pure
The purification of antaḥkaraṇa reveals the nature of truth as Sat Cit Ānanda. Truth is unchanging, like the sky—no weapon cuts it, no fire burns it, no water destroys it. This world is temporary, mithyā; only Brahman is real. Thoughts arise from the inner instrument: manas, buddhi, citta, ahaṁkāra. Impurity there causes ego, the belief in one’s greatness. Purifying these four leads to liberation. Judgement belongs to Divine Justice alone, not to any person. Ignorance is a dark curtain over past, present, and future. The soul is pure but coated by karma and destiny, which we create. Every soul is equal, from ant to elephant, a quality not a quantity. Love all entities; inability to love is ignorance. Four friends—dharma, patience, true friend, spouse—are tested in crisis. In adversity, you are alone; only truth accompanies. The antaḥkaraṇa absorbs qualities from contact and energy. A good deed plants a seed that remains lifelong. Cultivate purity of inner actions. Satyam Śivam Sundaram—truth, consciousness, beauty.
"Brahma satyaṁ jagat mithyā."
"Love each and every entity. If you cannot love that much, then at least love them as much as you love yourself."
Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic
We are in the boat of Gurudev
The bond between guru and disciple is the boat to cross the ocean of illusion. This bond is strong, deep, and pure, sustained by the disciple's service and trust. The guru's grace guides and protects. One must surrender and hold on, even when the waves are strong. The journey requires the disciple's own decisive blessing, the most important grace of all. The guru's grace finds the disciple, but the disciple must choose to stay in the boat. The goal is to burn away impurities like lust and anger through dedication. There is no separation from the guru's essence.
"Guru Kṛpāhi Kevalam. Everything that he has, that we all have, is all the kṛpā and the blessings of Gurudev."
"The fourth kṛpā is the most important one: kuṭkī kṛpā. This means the blessings, the kṛpā, of ourselves."
Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic
Gurudev always works for his bhaktas
Tat tvam asi teaches the immortal self. Nachiketa, a young seeker, was given by his father to death. He journeyed to Yama Loka and waited three days. Yamaraja granted three boons: reconciliation, explanation of the fire sacrifice, and knowledge of what happens after death. Yamaraja revealed the atman is ajara, ageless, immortal, smaller than the smallest, bigger than the biggest, hidden in all. This truth liberates, and patience is essential. The four ashramas—brahmacarya, grihastha, vanaprastha, sannyasa—guide life. A story warns of attachment: a man delayed following the guru, died, and was reborn as bull, dog, snake, always postponing surrender. Human birth is rare; do not waste it. Gurudev gives tools—mala, kriya, satsang, karma yoga—for development. Surrender brings ease; the restless mind creates problems. Trust Gurudev’s guidance; logic is unnecessary. The guru’s words are followed without question. Every tightening of screws shapes the disciple. Union with the one jyoti within all is realized. Ask, “Who am I?” and awaken.
"The ātmā is ajara ātmā — the ageless, immortal self."
"If we surrender to Gurudeva and let it all be in His hands, then we know that we are in safe hands."
Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic
