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Yad evi sarva bhūteṣhu jñāna rūpeṇa samsthita, namastase, namastase... namo namaḥ, Deep Nārāyaṇa Bhagavānakī. Good evening, dear brothers, sisters, and spiritual seekers. Blessings come to you from holy Bhārat, Jādon Rājasthān. Unfortunately, I could not be with you for nearly the last week due to some physical disturbances—fever and flu. I would like to express my thankfulness to all the bhaktas, devotees, practitioners of yoga, and daily life around the world who sent their condolences about Matajī's passing away. You saw the beautiful ceremony, the Mahāśramādhi, and I would like to tell you a little about this first. I also welcome today our very dear Sādhvīswāmī Śāntipurījī from Vienna, Austria. She arrived today. I thank you, Dr. Vera from the Czech Republic, for serving Nāmātājī. Furthermore, I wish a good journey to our dear Mahāmaṇḍalī Sir Swāmī Jasrāj Purī Jī, who is on a tour to different parts of the world. The ceremony which took place—what and how it happens—many may think it is not necessary to tell. But I think in every culture, tradition, country, and denomination, there are different processes and ceremonies: birth ceremonies, naming ceremonies, marriage ceremonies, birthday ceremonies, as well as funerals and other occasions. Sanātana Dharma is known as eternal Dharma. It is the first Dharma known, even in the Vedas, which are the first scriptures or holy books in the world, written more than 10,000 years ago. There, Sanātana Dharma is described, and only one God, that is Brahman, which is Nirguṇa, just like space. That Īśvara, Parameśvara, Ātmā, Jīvātmā is described in different forms. Of course, our beautiful planet, each and every grain of sand, each and every drop of water, each and every blade of grass or any part of the vegetation, every creature no matter the form, and of course humans—all are representing that Brahman, that Supreme. Everyone is that Supreme, and that is the reality. Brahma Satya, Jagat Mithyā. The Brahman is the final truth, and this world is Mithyā because it is changeable. But though it is changeable, in each and every atom it is representing the Brahman, the light of the Brahman. Those who are known as Jīvanmukta, self-realized, or the Trikādaśī, or who have a little spiritual wisdom, even a small spirituality inside, see God's light in every atom. Therefore, every religion on this planet speaks about God as indescribable, omniscient, and omnipresent. That is Sanātana Dharma, and in this Sanātana Dharma, we humans are also included. After certain climates of the spot on the earth and different mentalities develop, the kind of life people lead, for their happiness or for said occasions, they act differently. Not only humans, but animals too. So, the festivals, ceremonies, the Maṅgalkārya or Amaṅgalkārya—Maṅgalkārya is divine, spiritual, good, and Amaṅgal is unfortunately not good, like funerals, what we call death. But finally, it is to be recognized and celebrated, that divine light. Therefore, it is said, kṣamā draṣṭi. Spirituals are they, wise are they, kṣamā draṣṭi. Śānti means kṣamā draṣṭi, and kṣamā draṣṭi means equal vision. Do not look to the form, do not look to the material things, but look at what is within, and that is the light of the Brahman. That is the message of Sanātana Dharma to the whole world. Sanātana Dharma is not based on any particular incarnation, though from time to time on this planet, what we call holy incarnations appear. Their followers and disciples manifested or realized them as divine, holy, similar to God. The time will come. You see, Jesus today is around the world—how many billions of people believe Jesus is God, though we do not say he is God because he always said, "I am the son of God." Similarly, the Prophet Muhammad did not say he is God; he said he is a messenger, a prophet. Though he did not say he is God, he said he is Allah. So you can say Allah or Īśvara, or Holy Father. "Allāh Īśvara terā nām, sabko sanmati de bhagavān." O God, O Lord, Allah and Īśvara is Thy name. Lord, give everyone good thoughts, good intellect, viveka and wisdom, sadbuddhi, the goodness in their intellect. "Ishwar Allah Tera Naam, Sabko Sanmodi Dev Bhagwan." So, "Raghupati Rāghava Rāja Rāma" or "Patita Pāvana Sītā Rāma." The old dynasty of the Raghukula, Bhagavān God, Rāma and Sītā together. Similarly, there are immense examples and dynasties we see in different forms. Those who believe in Buddhism—the Buddha was a Hindu. Buddha was a prince, and when he realized, he is known as an enlightened one, called a Bodhisattva. The Bodhi. Bodhi is intellect. When the intellect becomes wise, then it is called the realized one. When the intellect is polluted, then comes vikṣepa, kleśa, dualities: anger, hate, greed, jealousy, sadness, happiness, compassion, qualities. So many different things are changing in that brain. That is what we call it; it is still at the very lower level of consciousness. This one will go in the next life into lower forms of life. Therefore, it is said: enlighten thyself with thy spiritual exercises: concentrations, prayers, and mantras. According to this, the oldest culture and one of the best philosophies is known as Vedānta philosophy, and the oldest spiritual culture is known as Vedic culture. The Vedic age, yugas and yugas—a yuga is not a hundred years; yugas are many thousands of millions of years. In the yugas, Vedic culture says that human life has four parts, divided into four spans. From birth until the 25th year is called Brahmacharya, meaning your study time. For 25 years, you must concentrate on your study and profession. After 25 years, you enter the gṛhastha āśrama, married life, and you run your gṛhastha āśrama for 25 years. That means until 50 years. After 50 years, you likely have children who are nearly 20, 18, 23 years old. Find them a good profession and give everything to your children: all cultural authorities, traditions, spiritualities, religious aspects, and everything, what richness you have. Our richness is our culture, our spirituality, our tradition, our social life. Money is not richness. The richness is what we have got as humans in human form, in human societies, to contribute to human societies. Besides this comes the part of material life: artha, dharma, kāma, mokṣa. This earth is the material life, the wealth. So now, equally divide it among thy children. Vedic dharma says: do not make differences between son and daughter, because both have equal rights, and both are the ātmā, the same. Unfortunately, some people said women have no soul. Nothing can exist without a soul. Even grass has a life. Then how can we say the life and the soul? The part of the soul in it, what grows, what is living, is a soul. Therefore Vedānta said, "Eko'haṁ bahusyāmime"—I am the one, and I multiply myself. That is why "Brahma Satya Jagat Mithyā." When you come to the Vanaprastha Āśrama, the third āśrama, you hand over to your children and give them good instructions. Watch them, overlook, observe, oversee if they are independent enough to lead their life further and continue the family tradition. When 75 years come, then you should renounce and go to a monastery, an ashram, huts in the jungle, or a cave, peacefully meditate, and spend time for your realization. This is the sannyāsa āśram. Sannyāsa means renunciation. After that, as long as God has given you life, it does not matter if you are initiated as a sannyāsī or not, but that is counted as your sannyāsa āśram life. In that way, Ādiguru Bhagavān Śaṅkarācārya, who brought the philosophy of non-dualism, non-duality. There is a big problem: duality, dualism. At that time, Śaṅkarācārya came to create the understanding: there is no duality, there is oneness. Ātmā is one, sky is one, blood color from all is one. We have five elements. Each element is the same; therefore, no duality. Ādiguru Bhagavān Śaṅkarācārya traveled around the whole of India, which was big at that time, stretching till Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq. Śaṅkarācārya said the end of everyone's duty is, even if you are a monk or sannyāsī, at the end of your mother's life, you should perform the funeral ceremony. You should be with her. That time happened, and Śaṅkarācārya wrote a beautiful explanation followed by all, called Atur Saṁnyāsa Dīkṣā. When I spoke with our Akhaḍās, Mahāmaṇḍaleśvaras—we are together with the Śaṅkarācāryas—I asked them about ceremonies. They said, "Swāmījī, mother should be as a sannyāsī, Mahātmā, divine soul. Come, and she should get abhiṣeka, sannyāsa dīkṣā." It is already there. So there was a ceremony to give Matajī Sannyāsa Dīkṣā, Atur Sannyāsa Dīkṣā. Then they asked, "Who is the guru of Matajī?" As a son, I cannot be the guru of Māṭājī. So, the guru of the king, the guru of the Mahārājā of Bikaner, the Rājguru, Mahāmanveśvara Viśvakānanda, Bhārtījī Mahārāj, gave his chādar, the orange cloth. Akhārā sādhus came, many, many, and with great adoration and ceremonies they brought her. We had a very big, beautiful procession, which you observed in the webcast. Then it came from a Senāchārya, the Āchārya, Pitā Deśwar, of a particular tradition called Sena. There is a big story of the Sena Bhakta, which I told you many times, about his barber and the king's story. He was told by all these akhāḍās and sādhus that "Mātājī should be spoken as a holy mother." So they declared her as Mātājī, holy mother, and the Jadān Āśram and her place where we put her samādhi was declared a Śakti Pīṭha. How many Shakti Pīṭhas are there in Hindustan? 52 Shakti Pīṭhas, created after Shakti and Śiva. The Shakti, the daughter of King Dakṣa, when Dakṣa performed a Yajña, he did not invite his daughter Shakti nor Śiva. The daughter was very unhappy and felt neglected. Her husband went there, and Daksha did not respect his daughter. Sati gave up her life. Sati was married to Shiva. When Shiva came to know this, he went and took the Shakti on his shoulder, and Shiva disappeared into the emptiness. Again, ages and ages, Śiva and Śakti were somewhere. It is said this planet was going to be dark completely. So Brahma and Vishnu and all other devas, all these forces, went to Bhagavān Viṣṇu and Brahmā and said, "Brahmājī, please do something, otherwise we will lose everything. We must bring Śiva back. Without Śiva, the world will disappear, light will disappear. We need our Lord Śiva, but where is he? Who has the power to find out, in this infinite, endless Ānanda Brahmāṇḍa, this endless universe, which part Śiva is with his Śakti?" He and his vairāgya, his ānanda. But who dared to go near Śiva at that time? Who can do something? Then God Viṣṇu, with His Sudarśana Cakra, sent the Sudarśana Cakra, and the body of Śakti was cut into 52 pieces. Where these 52 pieces fell on different parts of the earth, those were declared Śaktipīṭhas. One of those Shakti Pīṭhas where her heart fell is called Ambājī, near Abu Road or Mount Abu. Ambaji is there, and the divine light is still burning from that time, and everybody adores that Śakti Pīṭha. Shakti Pīṭha: Shakti means power, energy, mother energy. Pīṭha means the holy place, the seat of that. This was spoken for our holy mother—that she is a holy mother, not only the mother of Swāmījī, but they realized and described she was a mother to everyone. I can tell you, all my dear bhaktas and devotees from around the world who were coming, Mother gave equal love to everyone. Many devotees telephoned me and said, "Swāmījī, we will miss when we come to Jādon; Māṭājī was sitting near the Śiva temple giving people prasāda or blessings." This is not our imagination. It is reality, and that reality comes when you get equal vision, equality. That is how to call our Māṭājī. In that, they gave her a sannyāsa name: Puṇyānanda. Punya means a pure soul, that pure soul who has divine bliss. Bharati, because of Viśvakānandajī, is a Bharati, not a Puri. We are Puri, but we are all the same in this. That was then spoken. Wherever this part of the body of Śakti falls, it became a holy place. Each limb of the body where it fell, people today celebrate. Then again, Śiva came back and married Pārvatī, and then further all the stories. So now we have established the Śakti Pīṭha here and Māṭājī's temple in front of the Śakti Pīṭha. There are nine holy trees; eight are called peepal trees, a banyan. The peepal is what we call a female tree, and the male tree is called banyan. Banyan also has big leaves. A peepal, when you break the leaf, white milk comes out. People celebrate this; all young girls and ladies celebrate in the month of April, every Monday or every time. This was declared, recognized, and experienced. Those who go to Matajī Samādhi should make pradakṣiṇā seven or nine times around these holy trees, and then one pradakṣiṇā around Matajī Samādhi. You will see what energy you gain, and spirituality, and many things. After, you should tell me what kind of wish was fulfilled, what energy you felt, what experiences you had. This was a little story about Mataji. She was very beautiful, smiling very mercifully. Nobody could imagine how nice a face and smile she had. We had some, like our Prem Shanti from Vienna, or Ganga from Jagrā, our Sītā from Jagrā, Pūlpurī from Jagrā. You are lagging. No decorations. Where are Dr. Vera and our dear, dear Gayatri? Everyone had such a divine feeling and expression. All who saw could not tell Matajī had passed away. She was sitting in her dignity, so beautifully, so good. We kept her for about 24 hours, and her body was not stiff—very flexible and smiling. All the sannyāsīs and other people came; so many people came. From Kolkata people flew by aeroplane, from Bangalore, from Madras, from many distances to have Māṭājī's last darśana. Lucky are our European foreign disciples; they also came and saw Māṭājī. So the Shakti Pīṭha, Puṇyānanda Bhāratī, pulled Devī Mātājī, the Holy Mother. You will have a temple, an opportunity to sit there, have prayers, read books. We will create a big, beautiful, nice park there. This is dedicated from me to the whole world for the sake of spiritual development, for peace, and for those who have lost the love of anyone. They will find it near these peepal trees and Māṭājī's samādhi, and they will fulfill their wish. My dear brothers and sisters, that is a glory. Now, two stories were created. One was of Śaṅkarācārya, because he went last from a far distance, from Kashmir to South India, to be with his mother and perform the funeral ceremony. They told, "I didn't say"—I am not saying that I did, and the same thing they said. And Swāmījī traveled from a far distance and came to Mātājī. Until her last breath, Swamiji was with her until the last time we brought her to give samādhi. In Śāstra, it says the first God is Mother. "Mātṛ Devo Bhava, Pitṛ Devo Bhava, Ācārya Devo Bhava." Ṛṣi deva bhāva, but all comes after first "kammatri deva bhāva." And mā, mother, is always a mother. Therefore it is said, "Mātā bhavatiṁ ku mātā." Mother can never be a bad mother, except some illnesses. It is said you can have all, you will find everything in the world, but when mother or father is gone, you will not find them back again. That mother will not come. In time, you will realize that love. This is a divine feeling, and you know how kind a mother is. When a father is a little angry and wants to slap the child's face, it is the mother who will say, "No, no." Immediately, she will push the father away and protect the child. That means protection for all. Therefore, in our granthas, śāstras, everywhere, there is great adoration and devotion to the mother. This was the last two and a half, nearly three months, I spent. I knew last time when I was here at Gurujī's Mahāsamādhi satsaṅg in October, I realized Matajī would not see again the Holy Gurujī's Mahāsamādhi. At that time, I already began to postpone my programs. Our dear Radha Ji from Vienna always said, "Please, can you give me an activity program?" I said, "Yes and yes." I knew what is happening, what will happen. Mahāprabhujī sent me a message: "Where, what is what?" Therefore, here, this was Māṭājī's message. After 97 years, Matajī passed. So many people came. We had a procession with music, flowers, and a big divine light. It was very nice, and finally we all got the blessings. Also, in the last few years, nearly one decade, our dear Gayatri from the Czech Republic served Mataji. She was completely oneness with Mataji, and until Mataji's last breath, she was day and night standing with Matajī. You cannot imagine how great seva she did. I would say now for us she is like next Matajī. She has immense love, wisdom, kindness, and passion, like Matajī had. You see, you cannot say that. It is like that, but it comes from all. Not everyone has such luck from God. When Holy Gurujī passed away, scientists say there was a big explosion in the sun at the same time. All scientific newspapers and magazines wrote about that. Here, when Matajī passed away and she got her samādhi, it was one of the best constellations you can wait or expect in the astrological calendar. It is called Sūrya Guru Puṣya Nakṣatra Amṛt Vela. Sūrya Puṣya—which one was it? I forgot exactly. Ravi Puṣya Guru Amṛta Nakṣatra. So Surya Guru Puṣya is very divine. Those who know astrology will understand. On that day to get samādhi is very rare. Lucky ones can have it. You cannot choose; this is a problem. You can only, through your spirituality, get such occasions. You can say, "Good, on that day I will commit suicide." You can commit suicide, but you cannot get samādhi. They will take your body to the police for post-mortem. You cannot force it, and you cannot choose; it is not chosen, it is given. That is the difference. Everyone prays to have such a great opportunity or luck, to have this nakṣatra when we will be given samādhi or when we give our life up. So, my dear, only one thing: practice, practice, practice. "Viśva prāṇī merī ātmā hai." Equal vision. God is in everything. Do not make doubts, and do not make dualism. Therefore, Ādi Guru Bhagavān Śaṅkarācārya, Vedic culture, Yoga Vedānta philosophy, and this is the echo: Brahma only, there is one God. Brahma satya, that is only the truth. Jagata mithyā, this world is a mithyā, ignorance, gossiping, nothing else. When you are gone, this body is gone. Nothing is here. Whatever you are fighting for, to keep your body and this and that, it is only temporary. Therefore, this saṃsāra is like a second. This saṃsāra, how big is it? How long is this saṃsāra? What is this saṃsāra? Like this. That's all. The life of this pen and the entire life of this planet are just like this. That's all. But for us, this is billions, trillions; some changes take place in days or in years. It takes this time that all want to go out of the bodies, like this, like that. Those who have divine karma, divine blessings, the divine guide of the divine light, then very peacefully, slowly, slowly, the body goes. The same thing happened with Holy Gurujī. Dr. Shanti was present, and she said how beautifully it happened—no spasm, nothing. No urine, no cold, nothing, Ānanda. When Mātājī also passed, it was exactly like Holy Gurujī—very peaceful. No pain, no shivering, no cramp or spasms, no vomiting, no urine. It was her dignity. You cannot imagine. This is a blessing to have such a divine soul in such a body. Lucky are they who have her blessings. We only recognize all this afterward. This is our human mind, human intellect, human problem. As long as they live, someone who is living still, we create a lot of doubts, angers, and "no," and "this is not my problem," and "why do you say this and that?" But when he is gone, then you say, "How great was he? How stupid we were." When Jesus was gone, then they realized how stupid they were. Therefore, it is said: see the light of God in everyone and keep on your path. Birth is not easy, but life is more difficult, struggling. But more than that, the last minutes, the last time, the entire universal or cosmic decision is there on this soul. Then that soul is passed entirely. All your credit, meaning karmic credit, negative or positive, all finally comes together on that particular occasion, at that particular time when you are passing. Because then you do not have another chance to come back into the body. Maybe you have said, "Okay, some good karma is missing. I come back and do good karmas." No. Or you say, "No, I will go back, and I will be angry, blame this." No, you cannot come back. Therefore, samaya, time. Deep Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān, I still have a little problem with bronchitis and fever, so sorry. I will give śānti, peace, today, and we will see tomorrow how it is, as God wishes. Thank you for listening, and many blessings to all of you, and especially today, the blessing from our Holy Mother. Om Śānti, Śānti, Śānti.