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Good morning to everybody, and many blessings. Good morning to all from Croatia, the Adriatic coast. And good evening to all dear brothers and sisters around the world who are in their evening time. This retreat on the coast is very beautiful now. The temperature and weather are just right. For yoga practice, it is very, very ideal, and Mother Nature is very blessed. It is autumn, so you can imagine how much nature has to offer us: so many varieties of fruits, vegetables, and nuts. The entire Adriatic coast has a lot of medicinal herbs. What we call in Āyurveda, whatever you need, there are a lot of good herbs here. What is special about this part of the world, what we call the balcony, is that these mountains and fields are nicely protected, meaning fewer pesticides and less manipulation of nature. When you walk here through the hills and on the islands, it is untouched nature. Here, people still live in harmony with nature, harvesting many herbs, different kinds of berries, fruits, and nuts for the winter. And of course, the king of olives is in this territory of what you call the ex-Yugoslavia, coming from Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, and so on. Olive oil also has many medicinal values. Now, what is special about this retreat? All participants here—and we are in one very big resort—have nice bungalows. They can stay with family and children. They have a kitchen where they can cook, make nice warm water, tea, and herbal tea. The management of this resort, which includes bungalows as well as four-star and five-star hotels, offers beautifully prepared, very nice, healthy food for participants. We are getting two meals: a very rich breakfast and a very rich dinner. It is all vegetarian with a very big variety, many salads, and olive oils. I like to always drink herbal tea. I was talking about herbs, and people thought Swāmījī wanted to drink herbal tea. I cannot smell, but it must be very good. This is why I am telling you, all who are sitting here and also many friends around the world who have been here. Every year, in every seminar, we have so many participants; there are at least thousands of people. Especially when we are here on the Adriatic coast in Croatia, the air and nourishment are very good. And of course, in the Strelka ashram, that is divine. So we can only pray that God protects this nature, all these herbs, these environments, and the people. It is not only that we have a retreat somewhere, but nature should also be in our favor. The environment should be in our favor. We yogīs are the symbol of peace. We would like to have peace, we live in peace, we work for peace, we create peace, and we are all messengers of peace. How many were we? We were more than a thousand people here last weekend. Throughout the whole week, with people coming, going, and exchanging, there are about five or six hundred people. But there is no complaint from the hotel side. And what is the wonder? We do not create a lot of garbage. When normal tourists come, even only 50 people, everything is restless. So one can feel that yogīs are disciplined and very peaceful. We are very conscious about the environment, and that is important. The whole beach coast, we have occupied nearly one kilometer of it. This one kilometer long, and let us say about 200 to 300 hectares of land, is where only the yoga people are here. It has a beautiful environment. I observe the morning from my window. When it is six o’clock, prayer is here, and this tent is illuminated. Oh, it looks something fantastic. And then you see at the time of sunset, people are sitting and meditating. In the morning, someone will be sitting with a blanket because of the cool, cold air, and meditating. People are walking, children are playing. It is very, very important for our children to experience this life with us. Therefore, the parents and children are happy together. So we are blessed ones that we can be here. This is a glimpse, a picture of the retreat where we are. Also, the management and local people are all very supportive. Tomorrow we will have a one-day event, a two-hour event. That is two hours, but you know, two hours is very big. Tomorrow is a day of non-violence, declared by the United Nations. So tomorrow, from 10 to 12, we will have here a kind of thoughts about non-violence. You will be a part of that. It is very important that we bring such a message into the world: to live in peace, live in harmony, do not harm anyone, show respect, and so on. I am very happy that we are here. Tomorrow noon we are going to plant a peace tree, again a beautiful Adriatic olive tree—a very symbolic symbol of Croatia and Adria. This part of the world is where olives are very important. You can go from Greece and Spain, Romania, Skopje, Macedonia, ex-Yugoslavia, Italy. This is Olive Territory. It is very nice and good for our health. Now we will have a practice. I will speak about the technique called Trāṭaka, concentration. For the last four days, I have been thinking, "Now I will speak about Trāṭaka," and something comes with it. But before that, we should sing one bhajan. I am happy. What do you know about that, that I am happy? This bhajan? This bhajan. What is this? He is reciting the name of the goddess. Rāma, rāma, cīlāve mēra, sunākāra jñāna gāmbī. Rāma, rāma, cīlāve mēra, sunākāra jñāna gāmbī. Baya dhara dhahab dhila ke andhra. Baya dhara dhahab dhila ke andhra. Jaane pandita pi, jaane kya tum jaana mara. Sataryati, kya tum jaana mara? Sataryati, lagi aya kar chota ghim, aya kar chota tapke. Kya tum ja maram? Meri satriyati, kya tum ja kalta maram? He fell on the ground and fell on the ground and... fell on the ground. Vedic Hakim, Koinai, Vedic Hakim, Dar, Dar, Khyatu, Khyatu Maja, Kamara, Gyan, Daryati, Lagi, Ayakar, Chot, Ayakar, Chot, Khyatu Maja, Kamara, Jis ke lāgī bohī jāne dūjā jān, jis ke lāgī bohī jān jān. Śrī diyā dayā liyā kar diyā chak na chur, kar diyā chak na chur. Kyā to amar sattva divā. God bless you. Good, very good. So, what do you know about me? How happy I am. What do you know about my being? Only I know. How do I feel? How am I? How happy am I? And so on. Okay. Where is salt? Holī, Gurujī said salt and sweet. Yoga. Yoga is a very big subject. Yoga is the science of body, mind, consciousness, and soul. Yoga is a blessing of wisdom given by God Śiva. Often we use the name Lord in English. Lord is too little for God. It can be landlord, house lord, but God is more than that. But somehow in this English language, often people automatically, and we use the name Lord. So, for Śiva, for Kṛṣṇa, for Rāma, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Lord is too little. Of course, you can say the Lord of the entire universe, universally worshipped Lord. Anyhow, the blessing is given by Śiva. Shiva is the origin of wisdom. All mantra, yantra, tantra, vidyā, knowledge, siddhi, everything is created from Śiva. And in all this, they are created to become successful in yoga. God Śiva, who is the founder of yoga, or it is he who gave the blessing; all this appeared. But still, he himself is meditating. Most of the time, he is one with his Divine Consciousness. That is why Śiva is also known as a yogī, Param Yogīśvara. Śiva is known as the Param Yogīśvara. Param means the Supreme. Now, Śiva has manifested many times. So when we talk about Śiva, then which yuga? Which Śiva? When he came, when he went again? We do not know many things. But a lot of wisdom and information about yoga and other things was given or bestowed to Pārvatī. She asked many questions; she had many questions. So, one day, there was a subject about Jīva and Śiva, Mokṣa. What should one do? At that time, the residence of Śiva was the entire Himalaya. And Pārvatī, Parvat means mountains. Daughter of the mountains. Her father was known as the king of the Himālaya, the Hema king, the dynasty of the Himalaya. So residence mostly was Shiva, Mount Kailāśa. That is why Mount Kailāśa is respected till now. Therefore, one of the names of God Śiva is Kailāśapati. Pati means, again, God. Now you can say Lord, you can say husband, you can say owner, and so on. It depends on which subject you are talking about. Kailāśapati, the god of Kailāśa, and there he is residing all the time. So one day, Śiva told Pārvatī, "I will give you this very secret knowledge of yoga, but it is not for everyone." Because when it becomes subject to everyone, then it is misused. The essence is lost. Quality is lost. Originality is lost. And now his words have come true today. How many guys are running here and there with yoga? Every corner, every hotel, every resort, everybody offering yoga practice, yoga practice. Week seminar, yoga seminar, and coming home with a yoga teacher certificate. That is Kālī yoga. Now it became like a polythene bag. You go to buy, let us say, a few potatoes, half a kilo, and you come with a polythene bag. So now that yoga has become a polythene. Polluted. It itself has become a pollution. Unfortunately, 85% of the people around the world who call themselves practicing yoga or teaching, they are practicing wrong, misguided. But you know, among the blind, the one-eyed one is a king also. So you do not know, they do not know, they think this is yoga. Now, heart yoga is different, but when you practice āsanas and prāṇāyāma, you say you are practicing haṭha yoga. Now, who can tell you this is not haṭha yoga? Because nobody knows the classical meaning and authentic meaning, original literature, ṣaṭkarma, haṭha yoga; it is lost. Therefore, Śiva said to Pārvatī, "I will give you this wisdom, but it is not for everyone. Only rare." So he said, "Is there anybody listening?" It is said, "Nobody is listening." And Shiva is telling the wisdom of yoga to Pārvatī, and there was a little nice waterfall and a nice pond or a lake, and there was a fish, and the fish heard the words of God, and she peacefully stayed and was looking and looking and listening. When the lesson was finished—it was only half an hour or one hour—a person who understands needs only a little hint. And who does not understand? Even if you beat them with bamboo, they will not understand. You can explain and explain and explain. There is one girl in my kitchen here, and three times I explained to her how to cut these mango slices for pickle. I sent a sample. I called her and explained. Again, she destroyed everything. So this is this. A thirsty person will not throw water away. Every drop he will use, so that we are also thirsty for the wisdom. And that is called an aspirant. That is a sādhaka. Those who want to learn something want to know exactly what. When you think that your neighbor is against you, and your neighbor is talking to someone on the telephone, you are drinking tea, but your ear is put to the wall. And from whatever they talk, you are imagining that they are talking against you. So it is called hungry or thirsty for the wisdom. That one can get this; otherwise, others cannot. It comes in one ear and goes out the other. Upar se bhare, niche se jhare, Gurumārāj kyā kare? You fill water on the top, but down is empty and dripping everything out. What should Gurudev do? Gurudev tells, "Do not do this," but you are doing it. Do not criticize, you are doing. Be friendly to everyone, you are not. No nationalism, but you are doing. Even our group here, in one week, they made big problems for the hotel people: that I want their room, and I want this room and that room. And so I will tell you after this, not a subject of the webcast. So, so divine you are, not children. Even we did not reach one milestone. We have no milestone; we have a mile rock to remove. So the fish was listening and feeling the presence of God. But God knew, of course. While knowing becomes like unknowing. This is Janat hai, lekin anjanat banjate hai. Jānte hue bhī, ajñānī ban jāte haiṁ. You know, but you play that you do not know. So, it was a one-hour or half-hour lesson about yoga: the entire science, essence of yoga—Haṭha yoga, āsanas, prāṇāyāma, everything. And when finished, the fish jumped out of the water and went back in. Shiva looked gracefully at Parvati. "You told me there is no creature. Look at this fish." Parvati was silent because she did not know. Shiva said, "Now this fish will die and will be born as a great ṛṣi." And the fish died. And that fish, Saul, came to the human body and became a very great one, called Matsya Ṛṣi. So that means the fish, and he did the tapasyā in Matsyāsu. You know the Matsyāsana? In cold water, he was in Padmāsana, fluttering on the water, and he prayed, gave the message further to the other people. One day, after a few years or a few yugas, Pārvatī came to Śiva. She said, "My God, you put me in confusion." He was like, "What? I do not understand so many things. You said, 'Do this āsana, that āsana, this prāṇāyāma, that prāṇāyāma, this meditation,' so many things. These pranayamas, those pranayamas, meditations, fasting and no fasting, a flowery diet and no diet. Tell me something very simple." So it is in the Rāmāyaṇa said, that God Śiva is saying, "Umā, kaun nija anubhav apnā?" I tell you my own experiences. After all this, the final judgment is my own experience. The ultimate truth is one. Meditate on God’s mantra, your mantra: "Jagat sab sapna," and this whole world is a dream. It will come and go. To that ultimate truth, only that Hari-vajana will lead. Bhakti. And therefore, Holī Gurujī said, from this, Kholī Gurujī said, Prabhupādipadāyalaya Rājasunalījo, Prabhupādipadāyalaya Rājasunalījo, kar kīrpā moye sattva-saṅga-dījo, kar kīrpā-dījo śrī-dīpa-dāyā-raja-saṅgā-lījo. Prabhu mohe bachāo Saṅgha se, Prabhu mohe bachāo. Dosti ara dūre jan, dūra rakhi jo. Dosti ara dūre jan, dūra rakhi jo. Śrīdhi padhāya, jasuna lījo. Śrī Dīpadāyala hejo. Kṛpā moye satsaṅgadijo, Kera kṛpā moye satsaṅgadijo. Śrī Deepadayal sunahijo, Deepadayal rāja sunahijo. Abhyāsa-vairāgya-kandhāra ye, Abhyāsa-vairāgya-kandhāra ye sādhanā mēre. Āvijā lakījō, Śrīdhī-padayā rāja sūnāvījō, karakir pā sattvijyo, karakir pā māye sattva-saṅgadijyo, Śrī-dīpa-dayā rāja-sūnāvījō, Śrī-dīpa-dayā rāja-sūnāvījō, viśva-dīpa-jyoti-gatame prakatarae, viśva-dīpa-jyoti-gatame prakatarae, Barama andhera mera doorkara dijo, Śrī Dīpa Dayālaya Rāja Sunālī Jo. Karki repa moje sat śrījo, Karki repa moje sat śrījo, Śrīdhī rāja suna lījo, Śrīdhī padayāla rāja suna lījo. Saguna brahma parama sukha rasi, Saguna brahma parama sukha rasi. Mēre nāina nātāṁ sājo, mēre nāinātāṁ vasījo. Dīpadayāla rāja sunālījo, karakir pāmo ye sata-saṅga dījo, karakir sata-saṅga dījo. Śrī-dīpa dāyāla, rāja-sunālījo, śrī-dīpa dāyāla, rāja-sunālījo. Śvāsa śvāsa mere āpka sumaraṇa Mālā vikṣepa āvaraṇa har lījo Śrī Dīpa dayā lā rāja sunā lījo Kar kīra pāmo yasat lījo Prabhu Dīpa Dayāla Rājesu Nalījyo. Dhyāna Atalara Subhacharanome Pala Pala Prema Adhika Barijho Sridhi Padayam Rajasunali. Jo kar kirpa mo yeh satsaṅg di jo Śrī Jīpa dayā rāj sunā li jo, Śrī Jīpa dayā lā rāj sunā li jo. Aap ke das na ke das kama kove, aap ke das na ke das kama kove. Śrī Dīpadāyālā rāja-sunālījo, kar kīrpām e satsaṅgadījo. Kar kīrpām e satsaṅgadījo, Śrī Dīpadāyālā rāja-sunālījo. Shraddha yāj suna lijo, shraddha vishwasa mera kaam na hi kovhe. Dina dina duna badta rahi jo Śrī Dīpā dayā. Rāja sunāli jo Śrī Dīpā dayā. Kar kirpā moye sath saṅga dijo. Kar kirpā, rāja sunāli jo Śrī Dīpā dayā. Rāja sunāli jo. Pala pala prabhujī, āpko pukāru. Durbala pukāru dī na, durbala kī pukāru. Sunrijo, śrīdipadāyāla rāja, Śrīdipadāyāla rāja sunalijo. Kar kya pā satsaṅg dī jo? Kar kṛpā moi satsaṅg dī. Śrīdipa dayā rāja suna lijo, Śrīdipa dayā rāja suna lijo, bāra bāra... dānyai māṅgū dāra dāma dījo, sanna mukta dāra dāra... Dījo Śrī Dīpā Dayā, Rāja Sunālī, Prabhu Dīpā Dayā, Sattva, Karakirpā, Moyā, Sattva, Saṅgadījā, Śrī Dīpā Dayā, Rāja Sunālī, Śrī Rāja Sunālī, Śrī Dīpā Dayā, Rāja Sunālī, Śrī Dīpā Dayā, Rāja Sunālī, Śrī Dīpā Dayā, Śrī Dīpā Dayā, Śrī... Dip Bhakta kī āśā nirāśā mātā kī jo Śrīdīpadāyāla rāja suna lījo, kare kṛpāmoye satsaṅgadījo, kare satsaṅgadījo, Śrīdīpadāyāla rājasunalījo, Śrīdīpadāyāla rājasunalījo. Śrī Mādhavānanda Maṅge Caraṇokki Bhakti Janam Janam Harī Dās Rakhi. The power of the power of... the. Slowly, the science of yoga begins to spread among the ṛṣis, what we call the holy saints, siddhas, devas, and so slowly it developed into the whole world, came to the normal people too. Now, as the population increased, of course, everyone has a different nature, everyone has different habits, every individual has different problems, everyone has different desires, everyone has different thoughts and opinions. And according to those qualities, which kind of qualities one has, the things are divided. So many, many different branches you cleared: Bhakti Yoga, Rāja Yoga, Jñāna Yoga, Karma Yoga, Mantra Yoga, Yantra Yoga, Tantra Yoga, Nāḍī Yoga, and so on, and Haṭha Yoga. So all the practices except bhakti yoga are successful when you go through hatha yoga. If you have not mastered haṭha yoga, you have practiced nothing. And hatha yoga means not these asanas and pranayama. Hatha yoga is kapālabhāti, these are the six kriyas. And these six kriyās you have to practice for several years. Then, automatically, your psychic problems will go away. Because hatha yoga does not only purify your body, but also purifies your psychic problems; mental problems will be gone. There is one word used in Āyurveda, and that is called kāya kalpa. Kaya kalpa means regenerating of the body, that you become, or you live like the young. There is no other way. Only haṭha yoga. Hatha yogīs can enjoy long, long life, and bhakti yogīs can enjoy long, long life of the diseases—eating a lot of prasad and sweets and sitting and doing nothing, like all of you. So none of you is practicing proper hatha yoga. You should do Hatha Yoga properly, then in one year you will know what you are. You will feel that within you, sunrise. You will wake up. All your depressions and psychic problems, and all conflicts and everything, will be gone away. But you have to practice, three hours a day. Minimum. That is the minimum level. So you have to quit many of your bad habits. Because a lot of time we waste in our bad habits, and so, working on oneself, that means that you are your master, you are your swāmī, you are your doctor, you are a yogī. If you have not practiced haṭha yoga for ten years continuously, you have done nothing. But you are doing these few āsanas, sitting twenty minutes in meditation, and they are also sleeping. And then, when the two neighbors are meditating, the other one is also sleeping like this, then both heads go straight together. So we are full of tāmas guṇas, vikāra. So much vikāra we have. You know what is vikāra? Vikāra is more dirty than dirt. Vikāra is full of impurity and disease. And not only impurity and diseases, but it is stinky. It smells so terrible that one kilometer away you have to close the door. That is the vikāra inside. Mental vikāra is more terrible. So we have to clean the vikāra, physical and mental. In one bhajana, Ācārya Rāmjī said, "When desires awake in you, this is one of the most dangerous diseases." It is not healable in any life because it is full of the vikāra. So all desires, when you have one desire coming, this is the message of vikāra: disease. You are ill. You are ill. You are not a master of your desires. That is it. So vikāra. Sometimes what these holy saints are saying straight, sometimes we do not like to listen to this. That is it. That is it. So one person telephoned me and said, "Swāmījī, but I need a partner, and I cannot live alone." I said, "Yes, you are very ill. You need a big operation with a big narcosis." Anyhow, day by day, vikāras—jealousy, anger, hate, sadness, many other desires—are vikāras. This body is filled with all vikāra. We are a gunny bag. You know, we have a garbage plastic black bag? It is full of garbage. When you carry it, you have to tighten it. And then you are carrying like this. So in the body, our body is full of vikāra, and that is why when a human dies, we immediately remove the body because it immediately creates a lot of bacteria and negative energy, vikāra. So this vikāra you can reduce through Haṭha Yoga. So we will do one hatha yoga seminar, okay? Only hatha yoga, no eating in that way. You will enjoy the eating, but not that which you think. So we will have all the time for hatha yoga. You agree? Okay. So next time we will talk about Trāṭaka. Again. Om Śānti, Śānti, Śānti. Deep Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān, Dev Purīśaṃ Mahādevam. Dharma Samrāṭ, Satguru Svāmī, Madhavānandajī Bhagavān.