TV Channel

Oṃ sa yuktaṃ nityadāyantayogī kandam vakṣaḥpadam caivam karayāṇamonamāḥ śubhaṃ kṛti kalyāṇam ārogyam dhanasaṃpadaḥ śatrūṇāṃ vināśāya, dīpajyotir namo ’stu te, dīpajyoti parabrahma dīpaṃ sarve mohanaṃ, dīpānāṃ saṃjñāte sarvaṃ sandhyā, dīpaṃ sarvasaṃtyāgam. Oṁ Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinaḥ, Sarve Santu Nīrāmayāḥ, Sarve Bhadrāṇi Paśyantu, Mā Kaścid Duḥkha Bhāgbhavet. Om Śānti Śānti... Deep Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Anant Brahmaṇḍ Kī Rājyatā Sṛṣṭi Kī Pālan Kartā Ghaṭ Ghaṭ Mein Rehnī Vālī Parabrahmā Brahmātmā Ārādhy Bhagavān Śrī Deep Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī Kī Śiv Caraṇ Kamalome Kauṭī Kauṭī Śasṭāṅg Daṇḍavat Parampūjya Gurudev Ke Sabhī Bhakt Sajan, Āj Is Dīpāvalī ke pavan parva par, aap sabhī ko bahut-bahut āśīrvād, hardik badhāī, aur āne vālā baras aap ke lie maṅgalmay ho. Our Śrīvāda Dīpāvalī Ka. Salutation to the cosmic light, Lord of our hearts, omniscient and omnipresent. In his divine presence, good evening, dear brothers and sisters here and around the globe. Adoration to universally worshipped Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī and our beloved Gurudev, Indra Dharma Samrāṭ, Śrī Svāmī Madhavānand Purījī, and the embodiment of Lord Śiva, Śrī Devpurījī. Today is the day of the light. Tamaso mā jyotir gamaya—lead us from the darkness to the light. Why? Because Brahman itself is the light. God itself is the light. Truth itself is the light. Love itself is the light. Unity itself is the light. Happiness and joy are the light. Self-realization is the light, that which we call enlightenment; that enlightened souls are known as Bhagavān. It is the day when the light should be realized by every human, and to guide all others, all other creatures, to protect and guide them towards the light. Light has a great meaning for our planet. The light has a great meaning for the entire existence on this globe. Even when you put a seed in the ground, when the seed under the earth begins to sprout, it comes out towards the light. Even the algae which grows, grows when the light is there. If the water tank is completely closed and dark, nothing can come, and nothing develops. Even the bacteria develop if there is light. Light is the life, and life is the light, and that light is the light of the Brahman, the light of the self, the light of the universe. That is the light which is illuminating the millions or thousands of the suns, and all the stars and planets which we see are illuminated, sparkling, beautiful light. Our ātmā is the light, our knowledge, wisdom is the light, and our ignorance is the darkness. Light guides towards the self. Light guides towards the self means God, and darkness, the ignorance, guides towards the suffering and towards the everlasting pain and suffering. Therefore, in every creature, in every culture, in every tradition, and in every religion, light is very important. And today is Diwali, Deepāvalī, where the chains of the lights, where many, many lights are lighted. This light represents the Sun. This light represents the Agni Tattva. Agni has many meanings and many different kinds of Agni, fire. The Sanskrit language is such a rich language. And the Vedas, which speak about Agni, it is not only this physical fire which we see, which comes from through the fuel and oxygen. There are many different kinds of Agni. The truth light is also fire. Jñāna Agni, the light of the wisdom. Jñāna Agni. Jñāna Jyoti. Jñāna Agni means Jñāna Jyoti, which guides us from this mortal world till Brahman. Krodhagni, the fire of anger, will destroy all the beautiful work we did in this human life. Krodhāgni, this physical fire which you see, it burns all the others and something, but Krodhāgni is a lifelong torturing you and torturing others too. Kāma Agni, the passion, the desires, the burning desires will torture you from the cradle till the grave. Then comes Jaṭharāgni. At the time of creation, the question was: what to create, how to create, and what to make on this planet. This planet is a regenerating development for all the astral souls or astral energies which would like to come back to the origin in the form of the Jīvātmā. This planet is a recreation center. In this recreation center, if you have a good doctor or a good rehabilitator or a good master, then you will realize your aim for what you came here. Otherwise, you will go back as you came, in darkness. It is this planet where we come to know. Who am I, and from where do I come? What is the purpose of my coming here, and where will I go? Satsaṅg is for the utthān, achievement; kuśaṅga is patan, distraction, confusions, doubts, anger, hate. Hate is also fire, and the revenge. Nowadays, in this Kali Yuga, the blood of the human is boiling in the fire of revenge. All these wars, all this fighting, all is the fire of revenge, a jñāna, darkness. The time they said when this life is created, what does that mean? All souls will come. They said, "How?" Manifested it for the five elements and his physical body, subtle body, mental body, causal body, and so on. But what will happen? All will come, born, born... dust over dust and dust and dust. Yes, that’s not good. How will they proceed? Karma, karma. Yeah, but how will they do karma? Nobody will act, nobody will do anything if there is no certain feeling. Okay, they will do something, but many, many will come. Then it is said, Dharmarāja, the god of justice. Yamarāja, god of death. Oh, then came Agnideva, the lord of fire. What? Only the fire, Agnideva said, "I will make the creatures moving." Good? I will make them so that they will be active, and they will act. Without cause, there is no action. And without action, there is no reaction. When they do their actions, there will be the reaction, ready. What we call destiny. Action, reaction, action, reaction. We are just like a cycle, that’s called Caurāsī kā Cakra. Caurāsī kā Cakra. Going and coming, 8.4 millions. Agni Dev said, okay. Svāhā, what did he say? Surr, gush. Where did it go? In the stomach. As a hunger, only the hunger which makes every creature moving. Even the ants, very tiny, day and night. Mosquitoes, elephants, humans, jaṭharāgni, burning. When you are very hungry, you know, you don’t see anything. You see your kitchen, and when there is nothing, you open the fridge. That’s it. I want to eat, I want to eat,... I am hungry. All the animals are hungry, and humans are yearning for food. Some are hungry for wealth, some are hungry for education, some are hungry for many kinds of food. In the hunger, this Jīvarāj is suffering. In the hunger, this soul is suffering. Someone has a hunger to get money, to be rich. For a businessman, it doesn’t matter how, but the main thing is money. May I lose my skin, but not my money. And death, it doesn’t matter to me. How one will die? But one will die. Yama Rāja said, "No mercy." But Dharmarāja said, "Be careful. Justice." What will happen? They will be hungry, and they will eat. Okay, "Brahma arpaṇam." Then, "Oh, but what will they eat?" This is the question: "What will they eat?" All we came here now, what will we eat? All is coming, coming. Then it is said, "Life will eat life." Dharmarāja said, "Oh my God, that is terrible." He said, "Yes, then we can." Sort it out: who has to continue the cycle of birth and death? Let the work of sṛṣṭi, creation, go on. It was Rāma’s incarnation time, so if humans will follow ahiṃsā—non-violence, physical, mental, emotional, social, political, economical, and so on—that is ahiṃsā. Otherwise, we can do the hiṃsā. Jaṭharāgni came in our stomach, and what are we doing? Okay, good. Work for what you need. But don’t take all away. When we see a good tree, there are good fruits hanging. We will shake the tree, and we will throw a stone to get all the fruits, fill the bags, and go. Tree said, "Hey, greedy human, when a bird comes, it eats one fruit and flies away. But you are taking more than what you need in your stomach. So, you will need more than you are needing in your stomach." Jaṭharāgni. Lazy crocodile, when he’s hungry, he’s looking, "What can I eat?" Somewhere, suddenly, you find somebody. So, Jaṭharāgni. Then it’s called Virahāgni. He asked himself, "Is Virāgiṇī there or not? Virāgiṇī, my God, that is more dangerous or stronger than Jāṭhagiṇī." When Vairāgiṇī awakes, you don’t care about Jāṭhāgiṇī. Vira ki maari, Mira dharad na jaane koi. Dharad ki maari, banbana dolung Mira. Said nobody knows my pain. Vira means love, you know, how Mahāprabhujī’s one bhajan book called Padāviraṇī, that is a viraganī, longing for God. He said, "If it is a piece of paper, I can read to you, but I can’t read to you my destiny." If it is a piece of wood, I can break it, but love I cannot break. And that love is eternal love, bhakti. And therefore Kabīr Dās Jī said, Oh Lord, give me the bhakti. If you want to give me something, then give me, donate bhakti. Dān means giving. Give me that, so even if I have a next life, I will not be separated from you, viraagnī. That’s very strong, and that agni will lead you to your destination. But it’s also not easy. Then it’s called havanāgni. Everybody will go and make praṇām, havan. All karma is inside. So for the jaṭharāgni, brahmārpaṇam. I am offering to the Brahman. Brahmāgno. That Agni is the Brahman. Brahmanautam. It is the Ātmā, the Brahman, who is giving the āhuti into the Brahman. That is the Brahman. Come from the Brahman, consumed by Brahman, everything is Brahman. Havanāgni. Everyone, sit and make praṇām. Lucky are they who can have an agni. Then jyoti. Jñānajyoti. This light, this flame on the altar. Then comes chittāgni. When someone dies and the body is then burned, in a crematorium or somewhere, now it’s not visible. But still, in the tradition, there is, there, the body is burned. Anyone who sees will make praṇām. Agni Dev, Antame, at the end, finally, we have to come to your lap, O Agni Dev. Purify and guide us there. Citta Agni. Of course, we don’t want to see every day. No? But still, chitta agni. Then the yoga agni. Yoga agni, karma dagdhāni. Through the fire of yoga sādhanā, what you are all doing, all the seeds of your karmas will be burned if you practice and if you are following guru ākhyā. Obey, obey, obey the guru. As in the Kaṭhopaniṣad said, in the heart there is a tiny cave, and in that very tiny cave inside is a blue light. Why blue? Because Shiva, because sky. That is Shiva is the ocean, and Shiva is one drop in our palm. We are holding the drop in our body. When this boond samundar me giregi, this jīva, one boond samundar me giregi, jīva śiv ke sāth ek ho jāyegā, will realize the oneness. It depends on this fire, on which connection is the fire. When the fire is with knowledge, when the fire is with hunger, when the fire is with anger, fire is joining hate and greed. It depends where the fire is. Jyoti. We adore the fire, and sometimes we don’t adore the fire. It’s called the Saṅgha. Kiske sāth mein us āg kā saṅg hotā hai? Finally, that fire joins the bidi, cigarette. After using that, you put it down with your shoes on. That’s a Kushaṅga. So when you go to the Kushaṅga and listen to the Kushaṅga, your condition will be like the fire which joins the Tabak, or something different, satsaṅg. Kar kirpā mo ye satas jo śrī deepa dayā laya rāj sunalī, pravdeepa dayā laya rāj sunalī. Kusang se prabhu mo ye bachāvo, kusang Dost yār dur jan dur rahi. Jo śrī deepa dayā laya rāj, Pravdeepadayāla Harājasunnalījā, Pravdeepadayāla Harājasunnalījā... Vipadayāl arja-sunālī brahma-vyāsa-vairāgya-akandarai, brahma-vyāsa-vairāgya-akandara yē sādhanā mērā avicchallā kījo, yē sādhanā mērā avicchallā kījo, śrīdhi padayālā raja-sunālīya pravlīpa dayālā raja-sunālīya. Dharam andhera mera doorkar, nija srijipadayal. Yajna sunaniya karakir pāmo ye satsaṅgadīgo, karakir pāmo ye satsaṅgadīgo. Śrī-dipādayā raja-sunālīgo, prabhudipādayā raja-sunālīgo. Brahma, Brahma... Karakir pāmo ye sata-saṅga dījo, Karakir pāmo ye sata-saṅga dījo. O Śrī, dayā laya raja-saṅgali, O Prabhudīta, dayā laya raja-saṅgali. Śvāso śvasare āpaka sumerana Mahala vikṣepa āvaraṇa jo śrīdīpa-dayālaya-rāja-cunā, jo prabhu-dīpa-dayālaya-rāja-cunā. God bless you. Śrī Dīpa Dayālaya Rājasunali... O karakir pāmo ye sata-saṅgārī, jōsidī yāna yāraja-saṅgārī. O Prabhupāda, yāna yāraja-saṅgārī, nita-nita-sapane me āpa-padāro. Nitta nitta sapana me aata padara, Or sabha sapana nivrtha kariyoga, Or sabha sapana nivrtha kariyoga, Śrī dīpa dayāyā rāja sundalīya. Prabhudeepa Dayālaya Rājasunālī O Karakīrapamoyī Satasandālī... Prabhudeepa Dayalaya Rajasunali pake dāsa nāke dāsa āma hove ye prasannā meri sevāli Jau Śrī Deepa Palaya Raja Kangali Jau Prabhu Deepa Daya Raja Jau Śrī Deepa Palaya Raja Sundali Jau Prabhu, Deepa Daya, Raja Sundali, Shraddha, Vishwasa, mera kam nahi hove. Bār-bār vardhān yehi māṁ, Mukha-darśaṁ har dhamm dījo, śrī-dīpa yāla yāla... Pūjhe-dīpa-dayālu-dātā, sere pūjhe-dīpa-dayālu-dāsā. Yad yad... y Yada yada sunali prabhudeepa, yada sunali Deep Narayan Bhagwan Satguru Swami Madhavanaji Bhagwan he. Satsaṅg fire, Agni, in entire universe, the most powerful fire is in the ocean. Enemies. There is nothing but the fire, and that’s only not that. Also, Vulcan, Lava Agni, Vulcan, you know, when Vulcan breaks. So many people have jealousy, doubts, greed, and selfishness, pressing all down, searching for the chance to explode like a volcano. Did you see the Bokal? I will show you. Then, it is called Dava Agni. In the cold air, when the winter comes, the tree leaves look burnt. In the winter, you will see many, many plants, even the beautiful, thick-leafed Akra. When the dava agni comes, it burns. Therefore, God protects us from such fire. It destroys oneself and destroys all, and then finally that agni in the cracker, exploding, atiś bhaji, bomb. That is also. A bomb destroys itself to destroy all, but mercy, love, protects itself and protects all. Therefore, the Pavali is indicating the meaning of the fire. Which fire should we control, and which fire should we support to move away? Jñānajyoti, Jñānāgni, Virahāgni, Vairāgya. Viraha is Vairāgya. After all this, when the god Rāma, after spending fourteen years in the forest, he gave his word to his mother that after fourteen years, "I will come immediately, Mother." Mother said, "Don’t delay even one hour, otherwise I will die." And his brother Bharat, he didn’t accept the kingdom. He brought the shoes, went to the forest, met his brother Rāma, and asked him to come back. But Rāma said, "Hey Bhārata, I gave my word to my mother Kaikeyī that she will be happy and her wish is fulfilled." Bharat, I gave my word for my father that he is dead, that he promised my mother Kekai, and now his promise is fulfilled. The children’s, the disciples’ duty is to pay back those karmic debts. And Bharat, I am lucky and happy. Every day I have satsaṅgs with ṛṣis in ashrams. And you know, Bharat, how happy I am whenever I think of you. My blood boils with happiness that my brother is king. Bharat said, "No, no, brother, not like this." If you can’t come, I request you to give me your holy sandals, your shoes. So Bhagavān Rāma listened, and he stepped out of his shoes and gave him the shoes. Then he didn’t wear any more shoes, always walking barefoot. Bharat took his sandals and put them on his head, not carrying them in the bag somewhere, you know, like this. Let’s go. Not like that. and came to Ayodhya, and where the holy, or the king’s chair, or the throne of the king, Where Bharat should sit, he didn’t sit. He put the shoes of God Rāma on that. He said, "Rāma is the king, I am not." And for 14 years, Bharat used to sleep on the floor. Because Rāma was sleeping on the floor in the forest. So it is said in Hindi, we are saying, "If you have a brother, he should be like a Bharat." One soul, two bodies, you know? Like this, a sister. Nowadays, with a little money, brother and brother are fighting for a little inheritance. From the parents, or someone, brothers are fighting for a little piece of land. Brothers are fighting. Where is the brotherhood? And where is the sisterhood? Love is gone in Kali Yuga. Give. There is no renunciation. We didn’t learn, Jī, give. We learned only to take. Give love, give understanding, give forgiveness, give way, give rights, give everything, give, give, give. So, even Bharata, what did he do? He dug the ground about half or one meter deeper. And then he slept, because my brother is sleeping on the earth, but I will sleep a little deeper, not above, because Rāma is on the high place. What a brother! And Bharata said to the god Rāma, "Brother, if you will not come exactly on the time of the 14 years finished, I will make suicide, I will die." That was a laugh. "Will thou come? Will thou come just for..." Once come to night and day, night and I look for the night and in night and day. Night and day I look for thee, night and day. Door of my heart, open wide I keep for thee, my heart, open wide I keep for thee. Will thou come, will thou come just for once, come to me.... Deep Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī. So now, after this long story, which I am not going to tell you. The Ramayani is such a thick, big book. We can have two or three years if I explain everything, so long. We will have a three-year course sometime, okay. So the day is passing, and now God Rāma should come back to his kingdom and to Ayodhyā. Even Bharat said to the sun to shine bright. Tapasya. You can even talk to the sun, moon, everything. Bal, tapasya kā bal hai. Strength is in tapasya. Endure. Tītikṣā. Jñāna Yoga said, viveka, vairāgya, satsampatti, or tītikṣā. So they organized because people knew that on that day God would come. They were counting hours, not the days or months and years, and people were coming day and night. They forgot whatever day or night, all wanted to see the God Rāma. So everywhere in villages, and especially in Ayodhyā, they put the ghee lamps, oil lamps, and they hung them on the Trees on the way, and Bharat said, "There are also children coming, and people are coming, putting their water, and they hang the fruits and kheer and halwa, Mr. Haripurī." Fruits, kheer, halwa, puri, all these beautiful things, and toys for children made out of wood, not plastic. Because before 10,000 years, there was no plastic. And so began the Dīpāvalī of Dīpāvalī. Deep means the light, flame, and this Deepāvalī is the chain of the lights. And that’s why it is said in one beautiful old film called Mother India. You saw yesterday in Nepal, all came with the light, no? That’s the jyoti. And as you said, "Jyoti se jyot jagāte chalo hai," O Gurudev, light in my heart, your light, no? Kindle my heart with thy flame, Satguru, kindle my heart, no? Beautiful. Deep, tamaso mā jyotir gamaya, lead us from the darkness to the light. Darkness of ignorance, darkness of kuśaṅga, darkness. This, this beautiful way leads us from darkness. Therefore, Confucius said, when the day is dark and dreary, when the way is hard to find, do not let your heart be worried. Just keep one thought in your mind: it’s better to light a candle than stand in the dark. And so, this is the light of hope, the light of our life, the light of our path. And what is the most beautiful thing? That today, the mercy, the dayā, was coming. Light, fire, is Viṣṇu, and dayā is love. Yādevī sarva bhūteṣu lakṣmī rūpeṇa sadā namastasyai namastasyai... Today, Lakṣmījī is coming. She is so busy. And today is the day where Lakṣmī, with both hands, gives to us. You can take it. Lakṣmī is wisdom, Lakṣmī is knowledge, Lakṣmī is purity, Lakṣmī is wealth, Lakṣmī is knowledge and everything, love, purity, bhakti. So today is Lakṣmī. And then, according to the ancient Vedic time, the Rāmāyaṇa time, this now, today, is what we call the economical year. What do you call this? Financial term. Month of financial year. Today, everybody is writing their new bills and giving all to the taxes. Today, it is completely, you have to present everything to the government for the tax. And there are two kinds of taxes: one is the physical wealth, material, but the second is spiritual tax. You have to give. How do we pay the tax? Spiritually, my God, that’s very good, and that’s very important to know. When you have bhakti and guru bhakti, that is a tax already, not wealth, not money. But when you don’t have knowledge and bhakti, and you sit, "Ahaṃ Brahmāsmi, I know." I am ātmā, so what should I do with you? You will be nowhere. Devotion is already the tax, and it is that devotion that is the love. So many people said, "I don’t need a guru, I don’t need a master. I know how to practice, I know how to meditate." Yes, then I know also that you will know how to become a man. So anger, hate, jealousy, conflict, and all these volcanoes come in the mind and heart of those who do not practice and do not have real love and devotion. And the new year begins then in the month of March or April. We call it Chaitramāsa. That is the new year begins, and today is the financial year. But we do wish, that’s why today we wish you a prosperous new year. For us, it is a very happy and very beautiful day because our universally worshipped Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī was incarnated. So, this is a celebration of his birthday today. Tomorrow we will congratulate everyone, and Rāma has come, Lakṣmī has come, and tomorrow everybody will find the presents and give the presents. Everybody will say to each other, "Rām Rām Sā." So tomorrow you should say to everybody, to Indians, "Rām Rām Sā." Can you say Rām Rām Sā? Rām Rām Sā. Yes. Tell everybody, when you see our horse, say "Ram Ram Sa." Yeah. So to everybody, don’t say "good morning." Okay? Ram Ram. Ram, Ram, Sa. Ram, Ram, Sa.... Rām, Rām, Sā. Bolo. Rām, Rām, Sā. Rām, Rām, Sā.... Rām, Rām,... Sā. Ram, Ram,... Ram. Ram Ram... Dr. Shantījī, bolo. Ram Ram... Now we will make the light and sit around there and enjoy. So, my dear brothers and sisters, spiritual seekers around the world, wherever you are, it doesn’t matter which god’s name or spiritual path you follow, I wish you all the best. Divine light blessings and happy Diwali. God bless you. Om shanti, shanti. And tomorrow, according to Indian time, I will be with you at 7:30 p.m. Sarveśāṁ śāntir bhavatu, sarveśāṁ maṅgalam bhavatu, sarveśāṁ pūrṇam bhavatu. Gokā-samastā-sukhi-nopā-bhanyu. Nāham karatā, prabhu-dīpa-karatā, Mahāprabhu-dīpa-kāhi-kī. Oṁ Tryambakaṁ yajāmahe sugandhiṁ puṣṭi-vardhanam. Mṛtyurmukhśirmanam Śānti Śānti... Ram Ram, Sa now.