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This program is under the auspices of the Om Śrī Ālag Puruṣī Siddha Pīṭha Paramparā. This is our spiritual lineage. Currently, we have 36 sannyāsīs representing this Ālagpurījī Siddhapīṭha. Over the next two days, I will speak more about this. Our subject for the last two weeks was prāṇa, with very practical instructions for certain health problems. Of course, we all have some dissatisfaction or health issues. If you don't have any problem with your health, that is also a problem—the problem of not having a problem. These practical instructions were given by our dear sister Harriet Bucher from Vienna, Austria, and other practitioners. I think in these two days we will have more on this topic. We have spoken about prāṇa for the last ten days, and in these two days, we will try to somehow finish the chapter on prāṇa. I think some will make a book out of it; there is a lot to tell. This seminar, workshop, or retreat—what people call it in different countries—is very significant. The space and environment, called deśa and kāla, mean a lot for our spiritual development. Deśa means the place, and kāla means the situation, the time. Yoga is not something you practice for a few days or a year and then finish. It is for a whole lifetime. In our life, yoga is like the horizon: the closer you get, the further it moves away. But finally, you are there. So there is nowhere to go; it is there where you are. This is a lifelong path. One way is health. Many of us came because of health. In Āyurveda, the first mantra, the first saying, is that Āyurveda is the mother of medicine. It doesn't matter which kind of medicine. The origin, what they call in German Ursprung, of medicine is Āyurveda. It is represented in the Vedas about nature and its healing power. The instruction of the Vedas is that you should live in harmony with nature. Vedas simply means knowledge. And knowledge is there where there is harmony. Therefore, out of this knowledge, the Veda, there are many different kinds, but principally there are four Vedas. In these Vedas, there is only one name: Veda. It means knowledge: Ṛgveda, Yajurveda, Sāmaveda, Atharvaveda. Then came Āyurveda. You see? First was the Veda, then came Āyurveda. Āyur means life, age. "What is your āyur?" means "How old are you?" So it is the science, wisdom, or knowledge about age, which essentially means health. So the father of medicine is Dhanvantari or Vedavyāsa. Afterward, of course, a lot of research has been done and different faculties developed—naturopathy, homeopathy, allopathy, and so on. The Mūla Mantra, mūla meaning basic or root, the basic mantra for Āyurveda is: Pahalā sukha nirogī kāyā. The first happiness is a healthy body. Nirogī means healthy, without illness. Pahalā sukha: sukha means happiness, and kāyā is the body. You have a beautiful name in Slovakian, and it's called Kaya, no? Yes, Kaya and Maya. So, pahalā sukha nirogī kāyā: the first happiness is a healthy body. Now the word sukha is not translatable. Because happiness has a different meaning, there is no word in English or in German—languages I know—that translates sukha. You can say comfortable, happy, relaxed, no worries. You can say many things, but not that exact particular word. We say there are two words: sukha and duḥkha. Sukha, happiness—though it is not that meaning, but I have to say something. And duḥkha means painful. So all the troubles, all unpleasant things, all negative things. So these are the two: sukha; the opposite is duḥkha. And there we have three kinds of desires. First, the desire is to have good children. If you don't have children, you are unhappy. And if you have children, you are unhappy because the child is not good enough, or ill, disabled, or not in school. Many, many things—you know much better about your children. And the desire for position, that is also a big problem. So if you have no position, you are unhappy. And if you have a position and you have to retire, again you are unhappy. And then, money. If you don't have money, you are unhappy. And if you have money, you are unhappy, so it's very difficult to manage. So similarly, duḥkha. Therefore, it is said this world is only duḥkha, suffering. So, duḥkha and sukha. So in this, Āyurveda is coming: sukha and duḥkha. Holy Gurujī, our Gurudeva, Svāmī Madhavānandajī, used to say each and every entity, day and night searching, day and night seeking sukha, trying to realize sukha, to overcome all duḥkha, but that can come only through knowledge; there is no other remedy for it. So it is difficult. So, Āyurveda is the knowledge about life, health, body, mind, and so on. You know, the ṛṣis were always searching for the titles, the words, the names, very precisely. And the Sanskrit language is also very precise. So, such a big or huge literature is called the Vedas, the first written scriptures for humans, and the first literature written in humanity: the Vedas. And it has only one name without any title: Veda. And now, in this one word... This entire universe is filled: gāgara meṁ sāgara. It is filled in the gāgara, the sāgara. So gāgara is one pot, and sāgara is the ocean. Now you fill the whole ocean in one pot. So that great saint, ṛṣi or yogī, filled the entire universe, endless universe, all the millions of stars and sun systems and so on, in one word: Veda. Or, in one word: God. Not Mr. God, Professor God, Doctor God, Diploma, Engineer God. Only one God. He doesn't need anything else. So, similarly, we have to come to that point: to gain one knowledge, and that knowledge again is the Veda, and it's called Ātma Jñāna, the knowledge of the self, self-realization. And for that, it's a lifelong journey. So some came for health, and the father of psychology is Patañjali. When you read Maharṣi Patañjali's literature, who lived before Christ, you will see that everything is by those ṛṣis. You know, mind, consciousness, emotion, and everything in yoga, in Hinduism, or in Vedic dharmas, everything is separated nicely. Nowadays, you see in medicine so many names and so many illnesses, and everything is very precisely declared and cleared and explained. Others come to yoga for philosophical knowledge. And that time, Vedic time... What is written in India is old. I think we need 500 lives or a thousand lives to read it. So much knowledge inside, so much. And if we learn that language and go to the library, we will be like a little frog from a small pond. A small water pond was there in the garden, and there was one frog. So the people went on holiday, and there was one little child, and the child took that frog along in a bottle with water, and the frog was so unhappy. "My world. My world is beautiful and biggest. In there, there is nothing more." And then he put him in the ocean. And he dived and dived and came out and dived. He said, "Where is the end?" So our knowledge, what we learned and what we know in this modern education, is like a frog in a small water pot. So, the knowledge, philosophical knowledge. And in many other countries, in many other cultures, they have written beautiful literature. Greek philosophy. The Greek philosophy is the mother of the philosophy of the Europeans. And the third who comes is a spiritual seeker. So they do their health programs. They listen and do their philosophical programs. And this both awakens in them motivation and interest. And then you come to that spirituality. And in spirituality, as much as you realize, it's still too little. Therefore, do not compare the days, months, or years which you are practicing. It is all too little. So we pray, through the blessing of Gurūdeva, we will get here the self-realization. Also, by the ṛṣis, it is first that time they used to call tapasyā, and that tapasyā you can see now in this modern time research work. And when they spoke about different yugas and came to Kali Yuga, they found that humans will have no abilities and no principle. No discipline, and therefore life will be short. So they searched for the best way, a best way, a short way, or what do you call it, a bypass. When nothing, all are failed, then the doctor said, "Now finally, only one thing remains: bypass." So in Kali Yuga, they made a bypass, and that bypass is called Bhakti Yoga. And in Bhakti Yoga, again, it is said: Guru kṛpā hi kevalam. The mercy of the Gurudeva is final. And if you miss the Guru Vākya, then again you have to suffer. Don't do this or that, and you did it, then it's a big problem. There is one beautiful story. The Gurudeva said, "Don't do this," and the story—I will not tell all—but the master and disciple, they were traveling to the forest, and their niyama... Saṅkalpa was, wherever they are and sunset is there, they will stay overnight there. They will not go further. And then once it happened, they were in one village, and the sun set. So the master said to the servant, "OK, we stay tonight here." The whole day they were traveling, and the disciple was so tired. Every day he was so tired, so the master gave the disciple two paisa, like, "You have two crowns, go and buy food." So the disciple went to the village, and he saw ice cream, big nice ice cream. So he asked, "What costs this ice cream?" He said, "One paisa." Then he asked about food for Gurujī, "How much does Gurujī eat?" So what would this cost? He said, "One paisa." So he said, "Good. Done. Please, for one paisa, give me the nice ice cream. And for one paisa, give me the piece of bread. No butter, no cheese, nothing." Came to master. Master said, "Shopping was good." He said, "Yes, yes, today was good shopping, master." "Okay, what did you buy?" "For you, this one bread, and for me, this ice cream." Master said, "Well, ice cream must cost more than this piece of bread." He said, "No, no, master. In this village, it doesn't matter what you buy; everything has the same price, even if you buy gold or silver. Gold and silver are the same price." The master said, "I'm sorry. God will forgive us, but we have to break our discipline." "What do you mean, Master? Let's go. We will not stay here overnight." "Master, I am tired, and you said we must follow the discipline, we should never break our saṅkalpa, and now you, as a master, break the saṅkalpa." And the Master said, "Sometimes this and that, it is called Dharmaśaṅkaṭa. These are the situations. So let's go." "Master, I am so tired, and I want to eat ice cream; it will be melting." So the Master said, "Okay, you stay. I am going. Tomorrow, you will find me on this way somewhere." He was so happy. Disciple thanks God, "Master is going alone. I can sleep longer today." So, master went a few steps and said, "Turn back and sit. One thing you should follow: don't do." "Yes, Master, but..." "Anyone asks you, is this yours? Never say yes. Even your body is a master's. It's not difficult." The master went, and the disciple ate the ice cream and went to sleep, snoring. At one o'clock in the night, a criminal came, a thief, and he put his shoes there and took the shoes of the disciple. He went to the palace, and he murdered the prince and took all the jewelry. He came back to where the disciple was sleeping and placed the shoes there. And he took his shoes and went away. Morning came, and the king and all were very unhappy. So the king wanted to know who was bad. So, big brother was watching, and they went searching the footsteps. And the shoes led directly to where this disciple is sleeping. Every day he had to get up at 4 o'clock with the master. Today, Master is not there. So he's sleeping already at 8:30. And they came and they kicked him. He woke up. "Master?" There's no master. They said, "Are these your shoes?" "Yes, my shoes." "Come with." They took him. "What's happening this afternoon? A story I will tell you next time." So, if you don't obey, then you come to these troubles. That's it. So, the king gave the order. Life sentence. So, they put a black bag on his head, and they wanted to hang him up. And they asked him, "Do you have any last wish?" "Yes. Just to see my master." "You have a master? Yes." They went to the king. "Sir, this is his wish." "No problem. Where is his master? Get him." So he got the master. Master told him, "I told you, don't say, 'Yes, it's mine.' Where is Gurudeva? Then he protects him." Through his knowledge, they found that he was not guilty, but trouble was there. Therefore, sometimes we, out of our weakness, we do it. We didn't obey the Guru Vākya. Janam duḥkha paigā, and for that, many, many lives you will suffer. This bhajan from Holī Gurujī, you know. So, Bhakti-yoga: Kali-yuga kevala nām ādhāra, sumira sumira nara hoi bhava pāra. Tulsī Dāsa said, Kali-yuga is nām ādhāra; we have only the shelter of the name of God, mantra. Practice, practice, you will cross the ocean of ignorance. So many of you always visit our YouTube, Swamiji.tv, yes, and there you love to listen to many bhajans. And mostly, the bhajans listened to are from one particular person. And that person is today with us, and that's our dear Nārāyaṇī from Koper, Slovenia. Stand up, girl. And now she has a new cassette, The Whisper of the Soul. And there are also bhajans of Gurujī and Mahāprabhujī and Mīrā. And now, it's already over one million people who have heard and visited our YouTube. So, today our Nārāyaṇī is here and she will sing the bhajan. So, Nārāyaṇī, the floor is yours. What I told you, the whole satsaṅg was a little introduction for Nārāyaṇī. A cameraman put on her, even you didn't show her in the picture when I said, "Nārāyaṇī." Okay, that is alright, sorry. Jaya bhai, tum jāgo re terā sarvita. Jaya bhai, tum jāgo. Nindā vidyā chāyā nahīṁ, nindā vidyā chāyā rahī. Tum mā jāno mā jāno madhuk payā bhai. Tum mā jāno mā jāno madhuk payā bhai. God bless you. Jai Bhai Tum Ajaag, Tera Janam Zafale Ho. Jai Bhai Tum Ajaag, Tera Wasar Bita Ajaal Ki Paasi Mein. O Ajaal Ki Makri Jumar. Jai Bhai, Kari Jo Mar Jaye Bhai. Anusha, jan mā amolak hīro mā bar nahīṁ pā bhai. Anusha, tan se ātmā ko jo. Anusha tan se ātmā ko jo Kattemaja Bhagavandīpanārāyan. Śrīpūjyapādavandanāpāṇarāyaṇa Śrī Satchekhā Chetāvanandāyo Gavataheśvāmī Mā, yāre sabhi suno, citta laya bhai. Thank you. Now it's getting late. You are also tired. And tomorrow, the program will be according to the program given. Wish you good night. Sweet sleep and honey dreams. Webcast is tomorrow, whole day, asanas and pranayamas and lectures. A little bit of eating also. Okay, so now we will have prayer. We have a five-minute interval. If someone wants to go, or sleep, they can go. If anyone wants to go to sleep, they can. Adieu. Adieu.