Mantra creates balance
A mantra is the essence of all wisdom, a tool for updating and balancing our entire being. It is a light and a leader. All spiritual practices are blessings for human well-being, aiming to cultivate compassion for all creation. Dharma is not religion but the inherent function and harmony of all things, from the body's systems to the growth of a plant. The root of dharma is mercy, dayā. Without compassion, one cannot protect the eternal harmony, sanātana. Ego and pride are the roots of sin. Understanding, not judgment, is key. Do not give up compassion as long as you live. Mantra practice purifies and integrates us through specific stages: written, chanted, whispered, mental, and finally automatic repetition. The guru's word is foundational. A mantra received from a guru is for life; its power depends on the disciple's receptivity and the removal of negative thoughts, which create severe karmic burdens. True meditation arises from this mastered practice, not from idle sitting. The protective grace of the guru and mantra is real, but one must rise above personal negativity and live in harmony.
"Dharma kā mūl hai dayā. Pāpa mūla abhimāna."
"Without mantra, meditation is like a body without a soul."
Filming location: Vienna, Austria
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The principle of non-violence
A recent global illness was a lesson for humanity alone. This disease did not affect birds, insects, or animals. Humans slaughter creatures, destroy forests, and pollute waters. Many were asked if pure vegetarian practitioners were affected; they were not. The pandemic forced families to reunite and understand each other. Ancient texts speak of great cyclical transformations. The essence of Sanātana Dharma is respect for all nature and living in harmony. True progress requires a single spiritual guide within a lineage, avoiding division.
"Humans come very close, slaughtering the animals."
"In that Sanātana Dharma, their discipline or their way of living, and so they are family—husband and wife and children, mother, father and children, neighbors."
Filming location: Vienna, Austria
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
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."
The wish-tree Puja
A ceremony invokes peace and blessings for all existence. The divine mother is the fundamental creator. Invocations call for peace in the celestial realms, the earth, the dawn, the plants, and for all beings. Practical instructions are given amidst these blessings. The act of fetching water is consecrated and declared to become an offering. The ceremony concludes with repeated divine blessings and praises.
"Gauṁ śānti pṛthivī śāntira vā śāntira uṣadayā śāntira vanaspati śānti viśvedi vā śāntira brahma śānti sarvau gauṁ śānti."
"This will also become a garland."
Filming location: Jadan, Rajasthan, India
