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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, and he was living with the master. After several years, the disciple was not happy, and he left the master. Traveling, walking through the forest, he was unhappy. Of course, when you leave the master, then you will be unhappy, because happiness, you lost it. But this one was unhappy. He was not happy. That’s why he was unhappy. And this unhappiness disturbs him day and night. How to come back to happiness? How to return? How to get back to happiness? It is easy to make a mistake. But then the unhappiness appears, and then it is very hard to come back. There was one man who was born near Maribor in Slovenia. He was young, about 12 years old. And he stole some corn from the neighbor’s garden, and 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?” He said, “I stole them from the farmer’s garden.” So grandmother said, “Okay, take it back and give it to the farmer, and say that I’m sorry I stole the corn from your garden.” He said no. She said, “No, I am 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. And by looking down, he said, “I am sorry, I have 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 them back?” “I did.” “So, you stole it from the other neighbor?” She said, “No, no, grandmother, no. That farmer lady, she was so kind, and she gave me back. 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 or ask for your pardon. So, sometimes, through the 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. That I left my master, how to go back? Is there any way to answer my questions, because I am suffering. And there was one monkey holding the branch and swinging, and he stopped and looked at the monkey. The monkey was so happy. He gazed on the monkey, looked down, and asked the monkey, “You are very, very happy.” The monkey said, “Yes, but you look unhappy, human.” He said, “Yes.” He told the story. “I left my master.” The monkey said, “Go.” Now again, he got more problems. “Oh, my God. I’m so bad, man, person. Even a monkey doesn’t want to see me.” Now he’s suffering more. You see, even the monkey doesn’t want to see me. I’m so bad, I am, and he was going further, and there was sitting another monkey, and eating nice fruit, and a little baby, a monkey baby, jumping up and down, and he was like, “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 my Gurujī, all are jealous of each other. Doubts and this. I wish I could be a monkey. This is the best satsaṅg for me,” he said. And there was sitting one old monkey, and he said, “Oh, human, it’s not an easy life for 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? That man. And the monkey said, “Why?” The old wise monkey, and he begins to talk. Again, this man said, “My God, something is wrong with me, that even a monkey doesn’t want to listen and indicates to me, ‘Don’t talk,’” and he went away. He came further; there was one nice hut, and one very wise master was sitting there, like Swami Gajānand. Completely broken down, dispirited, an unhappy man approached Master Gajānand. 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 Gajānand said, “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.” Gajānand said, “No, no, no. They were such wise monkeys. But they couldn’t speak that language which 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 it is a satsaṅg, listen. If someone talks negatively, close your ears. Stop or go away. Kabir Dās Jī said,” Gajānand begins to sing: “Siddhāran Bhagavān Kī Jaya. Maṭakara mohaṁ tu.” Don’t fall into the ignorance. Moha means ignorance. Moha means attachment. Moha means greediness. Moha means temptation. So moha means ignorance. “Maṭakara mohaṁ tu,” don’t go to the ignorance. “Hari Bhajan Ko Maan Re,” sing bhajans, Gurudev’s name. Who said? “Hame Kamsat Sangh Se Jagat Baketo Bak.” So they say, “I have to do, I care only for satsaṅg.” If the people are gossiping, let them gossip. Therefore, that monkey says to you, my dear, don’t listen to the words of the foolish one. But the man said to Master Gajānand, “There was another monkey. And when she saw me and I spoke, she closed her eyes. She didn’t want to see me. Yes, the same situation as that monkey. And it is the same; the monkey did not have such a language to understand him. The monkey said, ‘Don’t look at the negative in others.’ See God in everyone. In a dog, in a human, do not look at the face of the negative person. Therefore Kabīr Dās Jī said, ‘Nayana means eyes. God gave you these eyes to have a darśan. Not kusaṅga. Darśan. Darśan se dukha duḥkha nirmala hoī śarīra. Deep Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī.’ Therefore Mahāprabhujī said, ‘Gurudeva darśana dhana ho.’ What a great luck that we can have Gurudeva’s darśana. Even the Śeṣa is Viṣṇu. Mahesh is the Śiva. Even they are serving Gurudeva. O 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. They are afraid because negative qualities awaken in some chakras. A very kind, humble, wise person, if he is completely drunk, will behave stupidly. Yes, they are. What are you looking at? Hypnotized. And for darśan, he said, don’t see negative, see the God in everyone. Do not listen to bad things. Gajānanjī, there is some sense in your words.” He said, “Yes, yes. I’m talking out of my own experiences. Yeah, I don’t think that it is just given to me. It’s hard to feed the brood. It’s a hard experience.” 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?’ He was so unhappy, and the 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 Michael. I hate seva. I want self-realization. I sit in meditation, and he calls me, ‘Come on, go and clean my room.’ The old monkey said, the monkey said to me, ‘Shut up, stupid. Don’t talk. 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. Do not listen to negativity, do not see negativity, and do not speak negativity. Therefore, Mahāprabhujī has one picture, a very, very old picture. Mahāprabhujī was young at that time. Mahāprabhujī kī Karatā Mahāprabhujī kī Karatā... I know what you need. One in all, all in one. And so, these are the symbols of these three monkeys. The story of the three monkeys. Therefore, satsaṅg. Satsaṅg. Satsaṅg is the source of happiness and enlightenment, and kusaṅga is the 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 wrong. I corrected you, not Chaitanya. Chaitanya. Don’t sing Chaitanya. Chaitanya was an incarnation of Kṛṣṇa, a saint, Chaitanya Mahāprabhu. Chaitanya and Chaitanya are two. Chetan Ānand Ghan Ho, Chetan Ānand Ghan Ho, Chetan Ānand Ghan Ho... Chaitanya Ānand is not Chaitanya. So I made so many corrections this time. Next time, if you sing, then it will be finished forever. It’s good because you don’t know I am making corrections. That’s it. You want to sing? The people were immediately like friends, jealous, huh? You found a thousand kron. And Swamiji 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, and now he’s sad. So I am not so happy, and I said, “What will I do with this thousand kron?” Ask, maybe someone lost. It was on the street, somewhere near a cafe. There is a donation box, so I would like to give you. Yeah, not here, donation box. I am not a donation box. Madhuram Singh. Good. Is there someone who is leaving tonight again, going home? Okay, because there are many birthday greetings and then you want to come for greetings, we will do it 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 we will be available for darśan for one and a half hours. And you got the prasāda after prayer? Also, our prayers to one of our disciples, the first disciple in Czechoslovakia. Deep Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jai, Niveśvara Mahādeva Kī Jai, Mādhav Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān Kī Jai, Viśvamaṇḍaleśvarānanda Śrī Svāmī Maheśvarānandajī, Gurujī, Dīp Rakhī Jai. Good. It is 11:30, not 10:30. So, ek bhajan, one bhajan more. Ākhiyā Sat Gurū Caraṇam.