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Do you know those three monkeys? Who doesn’t know? Very good—you are all those three monkeys. There was one disciple who was living with the master. After several years, the disciple was not happy, and he left. Traveling, walking through the forest, he was unhappy, of course. When you leave the master, you will be unhappy because you have lost happiness. He was not happy; that’s why he was unhappy, and this unhappiness disturbed him day and night. How to come back to happiness? It is easy to make a mistake, but then unhappiness appears. Then it is very hard to come back. There was one man who was born near Maribor in Slovenia. He was young, about twelve years old, and he stole some corn from the neighbor’s garden. He came home and gave it to his grandmother. “Look, grandmother, I got nice corn.” Grandmother said, “Good, my son. But from where did you get it? Who gave it to you?” “I stole it from the farmer’s garden.” So grandmother said, “Okay, take it back and give it to the farmer. Say that I’m sorry I stole the corn from your garden.” He said, “No, I’m afraid to do it.” She said, “No, go. They will do nothing to you. Go.” So he was very sorry and uncertain, and he went there. Looking down, he said, “I’m sorry, I’ve stolen the corn from your garden. Here it is. And I want to run away.” The farmer lady said, “Boy, moment, moment, my child, moment, it’s okay. I think you would like it, take it with you and enjoy. It is meant for eating, okay?” And he was happy. He took the corn and went back. Grandmother said, “You didn’t give it back?” “I did.” “So you stole it from the other neighbor?” “No, no, grandmother. That farmer lady, she was so kind, and she gave it back to me.” “Was she angry?” “No, no.” She said, “You see? If you make a mistake and you don’t know how to go back, don’t hesitate. Go and express your mistake and ask for pardon.” So sometimes through kusaṅga, we fall into such a situation, and we are getting farther and farther away, and we can’t come back. So the man in the forest was very unhappy. “I left my master. How to go back? Is there any way to answer my questions? Because I’m suffering.” And there was one monkey holding a branch and swinging. He stopped and looked at the monkey. The monkey was so happy. He gazed at the monkey and looked down. He asked, “Monkey, you are very, very happy.” The monkey said, “Yes, but you look unhappy, human.” He said, “Yes.” He told the story. And then he said, “I left my master.” The monkey said, “Go.” Now again, he got more problems. “Oh, my God. I’m so bad, man, person. Even monkeys don’t want to see me.” Now he’s suffering more. You see, even the monkey doesn’t want to see me. “So bad I am,” and he was going further. There was another monkey sitting and eating nice fruit. A little baby monkey was jumping up and down, and they were again… “I hope I could be the monkey also, to be happy standing there and looking.” And the monkey said, “Human, do you want to have fruit?” He said, “Thank you, I have no appetite. I’m unhappy.” “Why?” He told the story. The monkey said, “Oh, God.” The monkey closed its ears. Again, that man became sad. His stomach was turning upside down inside. “How bad I am that even the monkey doesn’t want to listen to my sorrows. No one is there who listens to my pain.” He went away, and the monkey looked and said, “He went away.” There was a beautiful lake, and there were a few monkeys drinking water and swimming. And he said, “How happy these people, these monkeys, are. They are swimming and jumping and happy. No one told them to be happy. And in my group… In my satsaṅg with Bhai and Gurujī, all are jealous of each other. Doubts and this. I wish I could be a monkey. This is the best satsaṅg for me.” And there was sitting one old monkey, and said, “Oh human, it’s not an easy life of the monkey. Many enemies, many problems. But do you want to swim? Come and join us. Why are you unhappy?” He told his whole story. “I am completely broken down,” who said? That man. And the monkey said… “Why the old wise monkey?” And he begins to talk. The monkey said again. This man said, “My God, something is wrong with me that even monkey don’t want to listen.” And indicates to me, “Don’t talk.” And he went away. He came further, and there was a nice hut. One very wise master was sitting there, like Swami Gajānanda. Completely broken down, desperate, an unhappy man approached this master, Gajānanda. And he came, and the man was so happy. “He looks like my master. But I don’t know how to go back to my master.” Then Gajānanda said, “Gajanan, be happy. Why are you so unhappy?” And he said, “I’m more unhappy because even the animals don’t want to come near me. There were three monkeys. They turned away from me.” And Gajanan said, “No, no, no. They were such wise monkeys, but they couldn’t speak the language that you would understand. The first monkey said: Don’t go to kusaṅga, and don’t listen to any negative words. Every negative word is like poisoning your inner self, your buddhi, your intellect. If someone talks negatively, close your ears, say ‘stop,’ or go away. And if someone speaks negatively, don’t listen to them or go away.” Kabīr Dās Jī said… Gajanan begins to sing. “Into the ignorance, moha means ignorance. Moha means attachment. Moha means greediness. Moha means temptation. So moha means ignorance. Matakar mohatu, don’t go to the ignorance. Sing bhajans, Guru Dev’s name.” Who said? And who said it? “I only care about satsaṅg.” Therefore, that monkey said to you, my dear, “Don’t listen to the words of foolish ones, who are jealous, angry, full of ego and darkness.” Děkuji. “Ale mistře? She didn’t want to see me.” Yes, the same situation as that monkey. Can’t see. That monkey cannot tell that one which you will understand through the language of the monkey. That monkey said, “Don’t see the negative in others. See God in everyone.” God Krishna said, “I am in everyone, in buffaloes, in elephants, in the dog, in humans. Where I am not? Why don’t you see me?” Therefore, don’t see the negative. Do not see the face of the negative person. Therefore, Kabīr Dās Jī said, “Nayan means eyes.” God gave you these eyes to have a darśan, not kusaṅga. Darśan. A proto Mahāprabhujī řekl, what a great luck that we can have Gurudev’s darśan, even the Śeṣa is the Viṣṇu, Maheśa is the Śiva. Even they are serving Gurudeva. “Oh Gurudeva, be happy with me. I surrender all my body, mind, everything.” So God is Devas. Divine, the holy, they can surrender to Gurudeva. But the Rākṣasas? No. Afraid, because negative qualities awake in some chakras. A very kind, humble, wise person—if he’s completely drunk, he will behave stupidly. Yes? Daya, what are you looking at? Hypnotized. Therefore, Darśan, he said, don’t see negative, see the God in everyone. Don’t listen to bad things. “Gajānanjī, there is some sense in your words.” They said, “Yes, yes. I’m talking out of my own experiences. Don’t think that it is just given to me. It’s hard to feed the brood. It’s hard experiences,” he said. “Thank you, but you know, there came another monkey. They were so happy swimming, and one old monkey was sitting like that. And looking at me, he said, ‘Man, you want to swim with us?’ I was so unhappy, and Monkey said, ‘You look unhappy. Why are you unhappy?’ So I told my story. ‘My master was strict with me, and this seva and that seva, and my God. I hate seva. I want self-realization. I sit in meditation, and he calls me, “Come on, go and clean my room.”’ Old monkey said, ‘Monkey said to me, “Shut up.”’ Stupid. Don’t talk.” Gajanan said, “No, no, no. That was a very wise monkey.” What? She said, “Don’t speak negative.” And what you were just talking about was so negative, the monkey couldn’t do anything but just say, “Shut up.” Gajānanda said, “My dear friend, your benefit is in these three lessons of the monkeys. Don’t listen to the negative, don’t see the negative, and don’t speak the negative.” Therefore, Mahāprabhujī has one picture; it’s a very, very old picture. Mahāprabhujī was young at that time, about 60 years, 50, 60 years. We, in 60 years, are very completely grey, and there’s a picture: Mahāprabhujī sitting like this. It means, don’t speak negative, don’t complain, don’t ask. I know everything. I know what you need. One in all, all in one. So these are the symbols of these three monkeys. The story of the three monkeys. Therefore, satsaṅg. Satsaṅg is the source of happiness and enlightenment. And kusaṅga is a source of troubles and unhappiness. Therefore, in satsaṅg, there must be very nice harmony and purification, cleanness. So let’s have clean air. Open the windows. We can open small windows. A little bit, keep it so that the upper air goes out, please. Boys, you always sing it wrong. I corrected you, not Chetanya, Chetan. Don’t sing Chetanya. Chaitanya was the incarnation of Krishna, a saint. Chaitanya Mahāprabhu. Chaitanya and Chaitanya are two: Chaitanya, Ānanda, Ghanāho. Not Chaitanya, Ānanda, it’s not Chaitanya. So, I made corrections so many times. Next time, if you sing, then forever finished. It’s good, because you don’t know I’m making corrections. That’s it. You want to sing? Mm-hmm. The people were immediately like friends, jealous. “Ah, you found 1,000 kron. And Swāmījī now speaks about it.” And I was thinking here, when I was in the past, something was lost. I was sad. And I was thinking, maybe somebody lost money. Now he’s sad. So I am not so happy, and I said, “What will I do with this 1,000 kroner? Ask, maybe someone lost it.” It was on the street. Somewhere near to the sun, there’s a donation box. So I would like to give you, yeah. Not here. Donation box. I am not a donation box. Mother, I’m singing. Good. Is there someone who is leaving tonight, again going home? Is there someone who is leaving tonight, again going home? Okay. Because many birthday greetings, and then you want to come greeting, we will do tomorrow. If you brought fruits or flowers, you can offer them here. If you brought some prasāda, you can offer it here. But if you want to come personally, then tomorrow there will be one and a half hours for Darśan. And you got the prasāda after prayer? Also, our prayers to one of our disciples, the first disciple in Czechoslovakia. In Opava, his yoga name was Yogendra, and last Friday he passed away. So our prayer to Mahāprabhujī is to bless his soul with eternal peace and light. Hame kama satsaṅg se jagat bhaketo bhaktaṇere pittā or mātā ye bhaidhanā or mālā-lokanā kā niranjana dhyāna karne agar mṛte to mṛtene de. Anjana dhyāna karnī se agar mīṭhe to mīṭhā āme kama satsaṅgat bākhe to bākhne de. Bakhe To Bakhne De Rahu Guru Sharanam Jaake Mithe Sabapand Chhorasi Rahu Guru Sharanam Jaake Mit Sabah Pand Chorasi Loka Karmokhe Bogome Agar Dhubey Toh Door Banane... Hame ek kama satsaṅg jagat bhake to bhaknere Guru ke yaśgān kī lagi dil bich me mere yaśgān kī lagi dil bich me mere. If you touch, then you touch, if you touch, if... you touch. If it opens, then it will open. If it opens, then Śrī Devapurī will be born. If it is found, then it will be found. Good, it is 11:30, no, 10:30, so one bhajan more. Pavan charanukho dekha jambhase, Pavan charanukho dekha dambhase. Bhaiya vaira dambhase, bhaiya vaira. Charanakamal me siddhi, dayalukhe charan. daya, kecharan kamalam siridhi, daya, kecharan kamalam, ismat jagya, ismat jagya, sattva duhetan jagya. Sadā caraṇa kamala mesiri Deepa dayā ke caraṇa kamala merī barbharaṁ barbhara. Charaṇa kamala mesirī Deveśvara Mahādeva kī Madhav Krishna Bhagwan Ki Viśvaguru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvar Paramaṁ Śrī Svāmī Maheśvarānanda Purī Jīgme Kī