How can we reach the Supreme?
Mere scriptural study does not bring realization. Satsaṅga is truth in the company of devotees. Many read countless holy books. Knowledge is there, but reading alone does not draw one near the cosmic Guru. A Himalayan ṛṣi lived in sādhanā for many years. Another saint asked him to read the Vedas. He studied for thousands of years. Messengers from Dharmarāja came to take him. He refused, saying he had not mastered the Vedas. He asked for fifty thousand more years. Finally they came again. They told him to look at the Himalayas. Wind blew dust into his palms. The messenger said he had learned only that dust. The entire Vedas are the Himalayas. Then he agreed to go. Thus study and insight must unite. A disciple repeated mantras for years without result. The Guru pointed to the missing inner Śabda.
"You have not learned even that much. Only this you have learned from the Vedas. But the entire Vedas are the Himalayas."
"Śabda, Guru Śabda. At that time, after everything, the Guru words, the voice of Gurudev inside."
Filming location: Jadan, Rajasthan, India
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Gurudev is a goldsmith
Welcome to the spiritual home. Its atmosphere is a blessing of presence.
You have entered the Ashram, which is a Paras-stone. Contact transforms your substance, like iron to gold, but three qualities remain: sharpness, form, and danger. The Satguru, as a goldsmith, can break these with the hammer of knowledge. This process is a beautiful pain. We are here for lectures on Nāda-Yoga and practice. Questions can be submitted for public or private answer. Prayer and singing happen daily. Prasāda, a blessed offering, is distributed. It grants Satbuddhi—good intellect and thoughts—which leads to world peace. It brings Siddhi: health, joy, and prosperity. The divine itself seeks blessing. True value is understood through devotion, not transaction. Distribute prasāda intuitively, not by counting. We also celebrate birthdays and offer collective prayers for specific intentions. Heartfelt good wishes are a powerful blessing.
"An iron knife is united with the Paras. What happens? The knife turns into gold."
"Prasāda means blessing. Blessing means Prasāda."
Filming location: Strelka Ashram, Europe
DVD 224
The power of Prayer
The eternal religion is Sanātana Dharma, the universal union with the cosmic Self. Man-made religions arise from incarnations, but the eternal truth is God, creation, and universal consciousness. All beings are born human, without religious labels; only karma determines the afterlife. Duality and religious violence exist only in the human mind. One must be aware of place and time, respecting the atmosphere of sacred spaces. Prayer must come from the heart as a personal consultation with the divine, emptying anger and hate. Scientific research confirms prayer, meditation, and yoga as treatments for stress and mental illness, yet institutional prejudice remains. Prayer is a spiritual tonic that strengthens mental power and fulfills wishes through complete surrender. The greatest protection is satsaṅg, the company of truth, a boat across the ocean of existence. Liberation comes from cultivating devotion, detachment, knowledge, austerity, and renunciation, not from passions like anger or greed. When lost or in fear, prayer is the emergency medicine that reveals the way.
"Your karma is the major thing. Your karma is the most important thing."
"Prayer should come from the heart, because it is easy to kneel down, but it's hard to bow the heart."
Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic
DVD 220
The Ocean and the Drop
The individual soul is a drop from the divine ocean.
We are all that divine essence, like a drop from the ocean. Modern science can be used for good or harm, but the ancient yogic science guides only toward good. Our true nature is divine; each cell in the body is God. We are the drop that has temporarily separated. This drop may land in a barren place, but it will inevitably return to the ocean. We are very close to that unity now. All names and forms are of the one God. The soul does not die; it merges. Our prayers should extend kindness to all life. Among billions of life forms, only humans possess the understanding to realize this truth. The path is within, through the heart and meditation, using practices like mantra to return focus inward. External roles are just garments; the inner realization is what matters.
"All animals, all, but humans more, we know that. And we are the drop of that."
"Only life, the soul, the life have only one door."
Filming location: Vienna, Austria
How to train our mind?
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
