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Part 1: A Diwali Discourse: The Light of Love, Consciousness, and Unity You can also carry it on your head. Okay? So, you will get everybody one loṭā. Good? And this is an organic system. La, do, la, la, do, I give you. Okay, so I think we will give it to you there. Welcome. It’s nice to have you here. May I see this? Yes. Thank you. What happened? For the chocolate? Do you want the chocolate? No. But I think we will get some here. Okay. But you will stay, right? Yes. We will be back. Mahāprabhujī Rām, I greet in you God Rām. I seek the protection of God Rāma, and we worship God Rāma. Rāma is the incarnation of Viṣṇu. Before Kṛṣṇa, God Rāma was the incarnation. This festival, you may say, is a cultural, social, spiritual, and religious festival—religious not in that sense which creates conflict. Religion means to reunite; so religion means uniting, not dividing. Mahāprabhujī Karatā, Mahāprabhujī Karatā, Mahāprabhujī, Lord Viṣṇu, or any other of the twenty-four incarnations of Viṣṇu—all were to protect the bhaktas, protect the dharma, protect this planet, and protect all creatures. God is that which has love, equal love for all creatures. Spirituality is that which has equal love for all creatures. The spiritual experiences are there with equal respect for all creatures. The realization of God is that which does not want to see the flowing of the blood of any creature. Blood should not flow in battlefields, in slaughterhouses, or anywhere. That is not in the sense of God; it doesn’t matter in which God you believe. Otherwise, you did not understand God, that message of God, and therefore, God comes to protect everyone. Every creature is a child of God. So, Diwali is celebrated in honor of God Rāma—that God Rāma who was five thousand or more than five thousand years before Kṛṣṇa. God Rāma incarnated in Ayodhyā, the Sūryavaṁśa, called the dynasty of the sun, Raghu Kul, the dynasty of Raghu. So, this is the day of the light. Light means love, light means consciousness, light means wisdom, and light means our life. It is that light which should guide us, and that light is satsaṅg. That light is the light of happiness. It is that light which brings us out of our anxiety, our suffering, and our ignorance. Therefore, the Diwali is the festival of love, the festival of mercy, and it is the victory over darkness. Therefore, it is said: Satyameva jayate. Finally, the victory is there where God comes and helps, because God is on the side of truth, of dharma. Therefore, God does not incarnate as a poor person to create conflicts. No holy saint will come into this world to bring dispute into human societies. There was a great Sufi saint. His name was Mawlana in Turkey. He said, “Come to me as you are.” It means it doesn’t matter. If you are good or bad, if you are a sinner or not, you come to me because I love you; I love your heart, I love your soul. And the same ātmā—Gandhijī said, we do not hate the sinner, we hate the sin. Therefore, those actions or thoughts, anything we have, those qualities in our actions, in our thoughts, or in our words—we should avoid that and always meet together to have divine functions, like today we have. So you travel from so many countries around the world. I welcome you here in our beautiful spiritual home, Jadan. This is a spiritual spot in India where thousands of people from around the world and thousands of people from India come here, meditate, and give their very humble, very kind support, making karma yoga. Yoga Karma Śukauśalam: Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa said, “O Arjuna, all your yoga sādhanā will be fruitful, or you will be successful through doing the karma.” Achhe karma, good karma. What are the ku karmas? So, this ashram is dedicated to spirituality, for those seekers who seek unity, love, understanding, and protection among the nations, among the cultures, and among the religions. So, it is a unity in diversity. This is the home, and it is an example for the whole world of how we are here creating this spiritual atmosphere, and all are welcome. So, thank you for coming here on your long journey, and I wish you a very good and happy time. We stay here in our Jadan Āśrams, Khattu Āśram, Jaipur, Kailāśa, Nepal, Balagoda, everywhere, and in all of India and in the whole world. So welcome, and I wish you a happy, happy Diwali. This is the light—a festival of the light. When God Rāma came back after fourteen years, journeyed through different parts of the world, and then he came back to Ayodhyā, people were decorating the trees with fruits, many flowers, hanging kheer, milk, and yogurt, and they made many homemade sweets. Śrī Śrī... Yes, people were enjoying having satsaṅg, singing, eating, and so on. So that was very great. So I see today, like in Dīpāl Āśram, Jadān Āśram, lights came from different parts of the world, and we meet again here. So, I wish you a very happy stay, and also our dear brothers, sisters, spiritual seekers, practitioners of yoga and their life, or any other spiritual path, devotees of Gurudev, and all who believe in the spiritual path, whether they are Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, or anyone. I wish you a very blessed and happy Diwali. God bless you. God protect you. And according to that calendar, today is the beginning of the new year. So, I wish you a happy new year. And now, very special: today in Brahma Muhūrta was the incarnation of our Bhagavān, universally worshipped Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī of Barikāṭū, our great-grand... Gurudev from our spiritual lineage, so I bless you on behalf of Om Śrī Alakh Purījī, Siddha Pīṭha, that they bless us with happiness, good health, harmony, peace, love, understanding, and spirituality. Bless you all. Om Śāntiḥ, Śāntiḥ, Śāntiḥ He. Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavānakī, Devpurīśa Mahādevakī, Mādhav Kṛṣṇa Bhagavānakī, Sanātana Dharma Śrī Rām Jai Rām Jai Jai Rām, Śrī Rām Jai Rām Oṁ Śrī Rām Jai Rām Jai, Oṁ Śrī Rām Jai Rām Oṁ Śrī Rām Jai Rām Jai Jai Rām, Śrī Rām Jaya Rām Jaya Jaya Rām, Śrī Rām Jaya Rām Jaya Rām, Śrī Rām Jaya Rām Jaya Jaya Rām, Śrī Rām Jaya Rām Rām, Śrī Rām Jaya Rām Jaya Jaya Rām, Śrī Rām Jayā Rām Jayā Jayā Rām Śrī Rām, Jayā Rām Jayā Jayā Sītā Rām Candra Bhagavān Kī Jaya, Viśvaguru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Paramaṃ Svāmī Maheśvarānandajī Gurū Devakī Jaya. Santījī will sing a bhajan, and this bhajan means, "Baḍā Ho Go, please." Jaya Satguru Liya Avatara. Fortunate or lucky is that country. My adoration to Satgurudev a million times. My adoration to that holy mother who gave birth to that Satgurudev. My adoration to that place where the Satgurudev incarnates—and like this. This bhajan, our dear sādhvī Dr. Shantījī will sing for you, and you can sing along. Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī. This is a spiritual lecture about Yoga in the Indian tradition. Om Bholē Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Jai, Śrī Śrī Dev Puruṣa Mahādeva Kī Jai, Dharma Samrāṭ Paramahaṁt Śrī Svāmī Madhavānandpurījī Mahārāj Kī Jai, Viśvaguru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Paramahaṁt Śrī Svāmī Maheśvarānandpurījī Satguru Deva Kī Jai, Diwali ke Rām Rām sa. So cool. Sorry Bābājī. Hari Om to everybody here and everybody overseas and on the webcast. It’s a very special day for us. I guess it’s most special because Swāmījī is here, and we’re also here in Jadān, and the atmosphere is so beautiful. It’s so beautiful to be together—like in the West we have Christmas, Diwali is a time for the family and to be together with the family, and that’s what we’re doing. Mahāprabhujī kī karatā, Mahāprabhujī kī karatā... Mahāprabhujīp Karatā Mahāprabhujīp Karatā He Kevalam, Śrī Śrī... How many days have you waited for this moment? How many days have you worked towards this time where you could come to Jadān and be with Swāmījī? We just can’t afford to waste a moment of it. Swamiji is giving us so much of his time, so much of his guidance, so much of his knowledge, his blessings, the mantras, the sādhanā. We have to take it, we have to grab it, and make the most of it while we can. Make the most of every moment that we have. Who knows when this opportunity comes to us again. And I think today, as you saw, we all got this Amṛt Kalaś. It’s a very small thing, but take it symbolically about how special it is. Every time that you put water inside it, every time that you use it, that water becomes a prasāda. It becomes a prasād from Swamijī. It becomes a prasāda from Mahāprabhujī’s birthday. And it becomes a prasāda from Dīvālī. It becomes that Amṛta. That’s why Swāmījī called it Amṛit Kalash. Every moment when we can be conscious that we’re getting something so special out of that Loṭā, that becomes something more special for us. It becomes a treasure in our lives that we can take anywhere. It’s the same with the lotus. As much as we use it, there is so much we will get out of it. As much as we appreciate it, as much as we put it into practice in our lives, that much we will get out of it. And that’s the same with every sādhanā that Swāmījī has given us, with every bhajan that we have from Mahāprabhujī and from Gurujī, and the ocean of meaning which is inside, the treasures of knowledge which are inside, the mantra which we have—and how much. We appreciate it, how much we nurture it, how much time we spend thinking of it and letting it grow within us, letting it shine within us. Everything is in our hands; how much we take out of that is up to us. Not everyone has such an opportunity. Just we should appreciate how lucky we are in all the things which we have: to be here, to be with Swāmījī, to be a disciple. However clumsy we may be as disciples, however many mistakes we may make, Śrī Śrī... He Kevalam He Kevalam... And then they make the parts to fit that. And the design team doesn’t care how hard it is for the engineers, but they have to manage to make things smaller or more compact, or fit them together, or make one thing do five things instead of one so that it can fit into that design. And when I read that, I immediately thought of something more towards what we’re doing. You know, in our daily lives, we somehow have our... we take what comes to us of our daily routine. Mahāprabhujī Karatā, Mahāprabhujī Karatā, Mahāprabhujī... Think about your priorities. What is the most important thing that we have in this life? Our sādhanā and our family. In this new year, let’s make our lives, try and make them revolve around those things. It’s amazing how many of the other things we do are not so important, but they tend to dominate our time. They tend to take more of our time than they really deserve. And those things that really deserve our time, perhaps they are not getting enough attention. Wish you all the best for your time in Jadan. Take everything out of it that you can. It doesn’t matter if you’re here for two days, two weeks, two months, two years, two lives, or whatever it is. Just take the essence out of every single second that you’re here. I was sitting somewhere the other day, and I heard—it’s actually a film song, I think—and it said, “Don’t think about how many moments you have to live in this life, but think about how much of this life you...” can fit in this moment that you have now. Enjoy and enjoy with Swāmījī. Om Bholē Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jai, Śrī Śrī Devpurījī Mahādeva Kī Jai, Dharma Samrāṭ Paramahaṁsī Svāmī Madhavānanda Purī Jī Mahārāj Kī Jai, Viśvaguru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Paramahaṁsī Svāmī Maheśvarānanda Purī Jī Satguru Dev Kī Jai. Keshanam Shepan, Naikoyam Swami Jasaraj Puri Ji Oho, Jasaraj Ji Oho, how do you say, call the check? Well, Jasarāj Jī spoke about this Loṭā, Amṛt Kalaś, Dhanvantrī from Samudra Manthan. But this Lota has a very great meaning, okay? Should I tell you? Again, that is the Nāda Brahma. Yes? Why? It is not empty. It has the nāda in the self itself. So, there is a beautiful poem in Rajasthani bhajans, languages. Many people, when they sing the bhajan, before that they sing one poem, Dohā. And in that poem, in Doha, the Satguru Dev is compared with this Loṭhā. This is a Satguru Dev. Okay? Okay? Rozum is? Okay. And this is something that today people cannot understand. Technology has changed. But I do remember when, it was just before twenty-five to thirty years, anyone who went from one village to another village for travelling somewhere—all people, there was no so many transportation, no car, no truck, no buses which went quickly. Mahāprabhujī kī Karatā Mahāprabhujī kī Karatā... Open water well, kuā, bhavdī, where you could walk down to water, there were no water pipes, nothing. So when you were thirsty, you came to the water well, and with the rope you tied your loṭā and hung the loṭā, hang on. You hang the loṭā and let it go into the water well. It touches water, and then you make it like this; four times you move. So the upper part of the water is a little bit clean, and go deep, and then you bring out nice and cool drinking water. At that time, you could drink the well water without anything, and now all is polluted. Understand me? This loṭhā is tightened here from the neck and goes down, and then you are pulling up and down, and then it brings—cleans the water, and then brings the so-called good water. This you also, when you are going with the boat somewhere in the middle of the ocean and you want to bring the good, clean, nice sea water from the bottom. So the poem said, “Satguru aisā kījai jaisē loṭhā or ḍor.” Ḍorī is the rope or string, and this is loṭhā. “Satguru aisā kījai jaisē loṭhā or ḍor, galā bandhai āpna.” Even he let tight his throat and hang in. Or, Nīr Pīlāī Jākol—and gives you good water, even by cleaning. So, Gurudev is that one. Even for the sake of the disciples, he is ready to die. Then he is a Satguru. But if a disabled person doesn’t understand, then the rope will break, the loṭā will be there, and you go thirsty as you came. Hari Om Tat Sat. Now our Swamiji says, “What is your song? Nāda Rūpa Parabrahma, Nāda Rūpa Parabrahma.” See, Guru says, “Aisā Merā Satguru Andar Bole Le, and Avyageśjī Bhavāliṅgī.” The story came to us from an event which happened over ten thousand years ago. You heard the story many, many, many times. It was God Rāma who was incarnated on this planet to bring justice, to bring the light, to bring the dharma back to its proper track. But actually, Dīvālī, or the celebration of the light, started from the time when the creation was made. God is light, and from the time of creation, the struggle between light and darkness has been going on. Any time when the darkness was attempting to become too strong and was dangerous, that it would destroy the light, then God incarnated as the avatar. Who is God? They are light creations. They are the high level consciences which are coming from Brahmaloka, Śivaloka, Ānandaloka to this planet to help us, who are stuck in the worldly life. Swami Jasāśpurjī nicely said before that here is such a beautiful atmosphere in the Āśram now at this moment. And what is this beautiful atmosphere? It is the light, the light of a different dimension, the light of a different vibration, the light which is not visible to the eyes. ______ Part 2: The Eternal Diwali: Navigating from Darkness to Light Through the Guru’s Guidance God is light, and we all are light. All were realized. Everywhere was light. So Dīvālī was there all the time. And as time was passing, Dvāpar Yuga, Tretā Yuga — ego was growing, ignorance was growing, darkness was growing. So the God incarnations, avatars, were coming from time to time to bring light or to support the light and help the people who are longing to come back to that prime or original light. Nowadays, in the middle of the Kali Yuga, such bubbles — or places where the light is strong, where light is present — are not so many anymore. So from the time when light was everywhere, we came to the time when the light is just in some spots. India is surely one of such spots. Now the color is not pure anymore; it has become a mixture of many things. But surely this place, Jadan Ashram, Kailash Ashram, Kathu Ashram, Nipal Ashram, and so on, as well as all ashrams and places where the saints, where the holy people of this time are living, are such places. We can call this a bubble of light. Swamijī is calling this a ship of the satsaṅg, and that ship will bring us from one shore to the other shore, over the sea of ignorance, over the sea of suffering. God Rāma was, Jesus Christ was, Lord Kṛṣṇa was. They were coming, and as per the physical laws of this planet, they were going. And what did they do in that period of their life when they were created or incarnated on this planet? They were showing to the people how we should live, what we should do to come back to our original light, God. They were living their life as normal humans. With their examples, they were showing, they were guiding people. And as we know from the history books, they did not have an easy life. They had a very, very hard life. I just yesterday heard that Lord Kṛṣṇa was, during his time, completely recognized or understood as a God incarnation only by a few people. So such boats, they have their guide, captain — we can say teacher, we can say guru. And we are on such a boat. We are in such a bubble of light, and we have a guide. We have our beloved Paramahaṁsa, Swāmī Maheśvarānanda Purījī as our teacher. Because whatever we are doing in life, in the state we are in, we are lost. We are lost in our ignorance, in our fears, emotions, physical limitations, and societies, which are guiding us as they are guiding. And without a master, without a sadguru, there is no way out of darkness, out of ignorance. There is no way out. Whatever we try, it is like a blind person trying to come out of a deep, deep forest. But a master, a Gurudev, is that one who personally walked that way. In some of his previous incarnations, he gained deep knowledge of the forest, of life, of danger, and he comes again and again, together with us, to play this līlā, that we may come from these worldly levels to the divine levels, to higher levels, to achieve self-realization, ātma-jñāna, God realization, Brahmajñāna, and to merge in the divine light again, or to come as He is coming back to help those who forgot who they are, why they came here, and what is the purpose of their life. So, Lord Kṛṣṇa, Lord Rāma, Jesus Christ, Buddha Bhagavān, they were. And when they were, they were what? They were teachers, they were guides, they were gurus. And Lord God Rāma of our hearts is here. We should just try to follow his words and try to develop unbreakable trust that whatever Gurū Dev is doing is for our good. And this is, if we develop this, if we realize this, very strong. As Swamījī Vaśāspurījī nicely said, if we develop our spirituality as the core of our life, as everything in our life, and on that we add the worldly activities, whatever they are, we are there. Because we are connected with the light, with the unlimited source of light. And that light will guide us and will come from shore to other shore to come to God and finish our circle of 8.4 millions in which we are suffering for the yugas, yugas, ages and ages. I would like to thank our beloved Guru Dev that he took the trouble and came with us to this planet, to this level, and is ready to suffer for us, is ready to work for us day and night without stopping, without tiredness, ignoring sicknesses, ignoring the time of the day. Śrīdīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān, Kī Jai. Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Magwānā Kī Jai. Śrī Alakhpurījī Siddha Pīṭh Paramparā Kī Jai. Viśvaguru, Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara, Paramahaṁsa, Maheśvarānandajī, Guru Deva Kī Jai. Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara, Svāmī Jasrāj Purī Mahārāja Kī Jai. Hari Om, Praṇām Svāmijī, Hari Om. Dear friends here in Jāḍaṇ, and very happy to greet you all around the world, dear brothers and sisters. We had so many beautiful speeches, so much love, so much wisdom, so much jñāna and bhakti since yesterday. It is like a showering of nectar for all of us, and I hope that you are with us and stay with us in these hours, in this precious time. We never know what happens tomorrow, so enjoy the present moment. We heard so many things about this festival, and I just want to tell you a little bit about how Indian people are celebrating these festivals. We, in our countries, in a way, lost the connection to God. We need gurus and other holy persons from other countries to speak about the deep relation, to speak about our true nature, to speak about the light in us. We lost the knowledge, and we lost the connection to nature, because from nature you can get every knowledge. You get light in light; even in the night, you get the light. Because God is in nature, and for Indians, God is not far away from them. God is living in them and with them. I didn’t meet any Indian house where there was not an altar, at least one altar. And every family member can even have another cottage as an iṣṭadevatā. So God is included in their life. In my childhood, many people went to church, at least on Sunday. Out of all my friends, I don’t know one person going into church on Sunday. So we lost the relation to our civilization, our deep religious knowledge, which is actually everywhere. And that is one of the things for which we have to be very thankful to Swāmījī also, to remind us of our traditions, to go into your traditions also. God is everywhere. He’s in the church, He’s in the mosque, He’s in the temple, He’s in the satsaṅg, He’s everywhere. And one of the — what is so important in India, you know, I’m in the hospital, and I am surrounded by Indians, which is very… I learn a lot from them. And one thing is that it’s a little bit difficult to work with them because every two weeks there is a festival. First is the festival Gaṇeśa Pūjā, and then is Holī, and then comes Rāma Rāma Sā, Dīvālī, and Kṛṣṇa’s birthday. So, actually, all the time there is something, and they are really going to this; they are celebrating this. And you know, it doesn’t matter what the story of these festivals is; in all festivals, one thing is always there. There is no festival, as I know, where evil is the winner over good. And in all festivals, good is the winner over evil. And that is the message, the wonderful message of all the festivals: the light is always the winner, and the darkness is destroyed. Śrī Śrī… The black down and up is white. Where are you focusing? On which side? On the black one or on the white side? And this is what Swamijī and spiritual teachers, no matter from which confession or which side, tell us: look to the white side, look to the light side, and try to develop this. And you know, this is not just a word which I am telling you; this is a personal experience I have. In my life, I learned very much from my experiences, especially from difficult experiences and sufferings. And one time in my life, it may be 30 years ago, I realized one thing. It was a time when I had a lot of suffering, a lot. And then I had, you know, when you are in Yog Nidrā, for instance, this is a level which is not really subconscious, and you are not in the normal state of consciousness. And my experience is often that I realize or I see some things during the yog nidrā. And during one, this state of light meditation, you can say, one picture came to me. And the picture was like this, that there is a room, two rooms actually, with a door in the middle. And I am sitting near the door. And one side was completely dark, completely, completely. And the other side was a room full of light. And I was sitting at the door, but on the dark side. And then I realized that it’s up to me to look into the room with the light. And it’s up to me to stand up and go there. And from this time on, dear brothers and sisters, I decided to go just in this direction of the light. So it’s our personal decision, believe me this, which side you want to go. You can stay in the darkness, you can complain, but you are not forced to. You can be angry the whole day, you can cry the whole day, but you are not forced to. You can go to the light side and try to understand why this happened. Try to trust, try to pray, and go on this light side, and then everything is more easy, everything is better. And from this time on, I changed, I think. And I know it is up to us which decision we take. Actually, I wanted to tell you something about how Indians are celebrating. My most beautiful, how to say, local Indian Diwali, I had actually one time in Jodhpur. And it was actually the time when Holy Gurujī was there. And, you know, everywhere, in all houses, they have the dīpaks, this small, made of clay now, and in the days before, they made it out of dough. I was one time in the Himalayas, and there was Dīvālī, and they didn’t have these clay pots. So I asked Swamiji, “Swamiji, I want to make some dīpaks somewhere, but they don’t have this stuff.” And then he told me, “You just take dough, like you make for chapati, just wheat flour and water. You make a dough, and you make the form like this. You dry it, and then you put ghee or oil inside, and you make it with cotton.” So, and you know, the beautiful thing also, what we can learn so much from Swāmījī also, is that he grew up in the middle of God’s creation. And out of this, you get such a deep knowledge which you can never get out of books. And so, because who knows how to make a dough for a candle, for a light. So, and just under that, in this time in Jodhpur, I was there because holy Gurujī was in the hospital, and I saw that before every house they had hundreds of candles, and they made decorations like we make in Europe. Also, in Christmas time, but they had everywhere these small, small lights, and that was Mahāprabhudīp Karatā, Mahāprabhudīp Karatā He Kevalam. He killed Rāvaṇa, and it was very interesting because they made, I think, a ten-meter-high statue of Rāvaṇa, and he was also with some other one beside him, also some Rākṣasa, and it was huge, you know, not little small like this, maybe fifteen meters, and the whole thing didn’t take so long because — because the high point of the whole thing was that when Rāma arrived, the darkness — meaning the āsurī śaktis in the form of Rāvaṇa — were destroyed. And so, Rāma, you will not believe, he came in a jeep, yes? He came in the middle, you know, must have seen thousands of people around, these huge devils in the middle. And then Rāma came, and then they were shooting, you know, on the Rāvaṇa statue, and then everything was exploding. And all people are so happy, you know, and that was the whole thing, actually, and after that, they went home. But what I found out from this is that in our country, I just say in our countries, we are always calm and cool. But you know, it’s good to have some fire inside. No, Swamiji, yesterday he said there was so much fire. And one fire, you know, is the fire of joy. I don’t know what it is in Hindi, but I would add this to your agnīs. The fire of joy. So in all festivals in India, you have this fire of joy. And when I saw this during Diwali, I said, “See, this is the thing we are missing.” We are lost; we have also lost our ability to express joy, you know, to laugh and to scream, but out of joy. So maybe we should also introduce Rāma Līlā in Ljubljana or in Zagreb or somewhere, you know, and then we’ll chuk chuk, and we will come in the newspaper actually, and it’s great. And everybody was happy, really. So, I see that is one thing I wanted to add: that joy is there in all these festivals, and it’s a beautiful time. Yeah, that’s it, what I wanted to tell you a little bit. And these festivals of light remind us to make decisions toward joy, toward happiness. It is our decision. And Swamiji, he is guiding us, or Gurudev is guiding us towards this joy. And I hope you will have a joyful day. I wish you a joyful week, joyful months, and a joyful year, and I hope I meet you joyfully another time. Siddhīp Narambāghwān. Joyful life, of course. Well, you have heard many things this morning from Jasrājī, from Yogeśjī, from Santījī. And it’s a good, always joyful, happy ending, as Śāntī said. The story that she told about Rāvaṇa’s statue, who knows how many days or months it was prepared. Beautiful height, about 15 meters high, very high, and dress and everything. It was done in a very artistic way, and what they put inside were some explosives. This cracker, what you have in some festivals, you know. Dr. Gulab Kothārījī said, “It’s a pity, Swāmījī, you should have taken them on Dantes to Jaipur market evening.” It is something beautiful. So, like when one goes to Europe, in big cities like Vienna or Prague or Zagreb or Budapest, in the center of the cities, you see the beautiful lighting. But what in Jaipur, or Jodhpur, or Delhi, in Mumbai, I think, what I saw in Europe is only 10% of that other. The joy is everywhere. Also, in Christmas in India, there is a lot of decoration in the cities and hotels. Okay, so it took a long time to create this statue. Beautiful, nice, everyone likes, makes photos, but inside is explosives, and these are the negative qualities. And when the one arrow of the God Rāma — it means the Jñāna Śabda, as Lāla Rañjī said: “Kya tum jano haal hamara mere sadguru mariya, teer,” that arrow. And you know, weeks or months of work, just with one arrow, everything is exploded. So, long times of work, only one negative quality in us or in someone can destroy many things. But still, at the end, the victory is God Rāma’s. So it is the victory, it is the bhaktas, the God, the truth. Now, I wish you a very good appetite. And thank you to you and all our many other brothers and sisters around the world who helped to create our hospital here. The hospital is already functioning. There are a few doctors, and step by step, it is coming into full function. Of course, we do not have so much equipment and so many expert doctors because it is a small, remote area. Village, and we hope that some volunteers or doctors who would like to come for five months or six months to stay here and work also a little bit in the hospital, we will appreciate it if anybody knows. So it’s four o’clock, and I wish you a very good evening. Evening 7:30 will be webcast again. Thank you. Bless you. Deep Nayan Bhagwān Kī Jai.