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Love, Serve, Meditate and Realize

Life is given to serve, meditate, love, and realize. The goal is to achieve Brahman and escape the cycle of rebirth. This requires abandoning laziness and professional ego, for you will leave this world empty-handed. True prosperity, Śrī, is spiritual wealth and wisdom. The path involves self-realization, the light of ātma-jñāna. When lost, pray; that prayer is your guiding light. Giving is essential, but act with wisdom, as misguided charity can cause harm. A pure heart and actions are required. God protects the devoted, as demonstrated when Draupadī’s faith summoned divine protection. Seek shelter at the Guru’s feet, for divine grace can repair what is spoiled.

"Never say that you are poor. You are only poor because of your laziness, and because you do not want to work."

"God will come one day for all."

Filming locations: Jādan, Rājasthān, India.

In the name of the Lord, I give my life to you. I do not wish to be a slave to you. Tumhari bhajala bhāṣā yeh karasabhu tisara nijayeni jagkarabharasabhu... God bless you. Śāntījī Mahārājjī, where are you going? I am going to listen to satsaṅg. I must go to the beach for satsaṅg, or else I will sit outside. I will come after satsaṅg. I am not going to break satsaṅg. I went for a marriage. I am going to wear it. If I go to the beach, I will wear it. I will sit on the beach. This is Jīva, is it not? Now, Jīva is getting married. It is in Brahma, not in Jīva. It is in Brahma. It is in Jīva and Śiva. So, in satsaṅg, leave it. If you do not wish to learn from them, then tell me. I do not have the language. Listen to me. In satsaṅg, getting up in the middle and leaving is a loss for oneself, and for others, it causes the birth of Brahmā. We say, "I am sitting on the bed. I cannot get out." God bless you! God bless you!... No, no... no. I told him to take a picture of me and go to the satsaṅg. Not uncle, but uncle. We did not meet today; we met yesterday. I told him to speak in English, but he did not listen. I told him to speak in Barwadi. He said, "No." I said, "Why did you not come today?" Śrī Pūjya Dīpa Dayālu Datta Lakhoṁ Parnām, Caraṇ Lakhoṁ Parnām. Bigāḍī Banāne Vāle, Dāl Bigāḍī Banāne Vāle Caraṇ Aśerī. Pūjya Dīpa Dayālu Dāthā, Ako Paraṇām Caraṇamela. Digaḍī Banānevā, Digaḍī Banānevā. This Marūdār Khaṭūnagar is the country of Maroodar, where Prabhujī’s seat is always there. Where Prabhujī’s seat is always there. He created two dhāmas, two dhāmas. He created two dhāmas, he created two dhāmas... Good evening, dear sisters and brothers, all around the world. Welcome. The blessing is coming to you from Holy Bhārat, Jādan, Rājasthān, India. Bharat. Dear spiritual seekers, life is given to serve, to meditate, to love, and to realize. The great Saint Swāmī Śivānandajī of Ṛṣikeś, his slogan was this: love, serve, meditate, and realize. Rare is the human life; fortunate ones are those who got the human life. But it does not mean that we all behave with other creatures negatively. There should be no discrimination towards any creature, nor towards the vegetation, nor towards the lakes, rivers, ponds, and oceans. If we neglect and discriminate, we lose our spiritual game. The game is the achievement of Brahman, to come out of that painful and suffering game of rebirth and death in 8.4 million different creatures, the cycle of birth and death. The only way is to come out through using, awakening, realizing, and utilizing the human qualities. For that we need great blessings, we need great guidance, and we need a safe shelter at the lotus feet of the Gurudev, like Bhagavān Śrī Narendra and Mahāprabhujī. Therefore, our beloved Gurudev, holy Gurujī, Swāmī Madhavānandajī said, "Śrī" means wealth, the spiritual wealth. Never say that you are poor. You are not poor. You are only poor because of your laziness, and because you do not want to work. Nowadays in India, what they call BP, or what do they say? BP, L. BP, L. BP is a company of the petrol. You know the BP petrol pump? Good. I mean, I am not making an advertisement, but I just say it is good, it’s good petrol. Below Poverty Level—the people who are below poverty level, we should support them. The question is why? Yes, if one is disabled physically, mentally, or old, and no one is there to support, okay. But such ideas have made humans more lazy. One is poor because one does not want to work. Work is enough, or the human has got ego. "Oh, I am a doctor, I cannot work in the field." Why not? Doctors have the same stomach, and farmers have the same stomach. But this is a psychological conflict within oneself: "I am this, I will not work on this." I asked one of our ashram workers here, "Now your duty, after this, is to be the gateman." And he came to me and said, "Swāmījī, what is offending for me? What will people say? I am just a gateman." Why not? Who is the gateman? It is a great sense to let you into the Brahma Loka, Guru Vākya. So as long as humans will not renounce the laziness and ego of the profession and the ego of the position, you will go empty-handed as you came. Śrī, Śrī means prosperity. Śrī means wisdom. Śrī means luck. Śrī means Lakṣmī. Śrī means the essence of the fire, and Śrī means beauty. And that is why in India, before a name, we write Śrī. Then we write Lab and Sub. Lab means benefit, Sub means pleasure, good. So even before Gaṇeśa, because Gaṇeśa is the first who has to be remembered for all your successful work: Śrī Gaṇeśa. So what do we say first? Śrī Gaṇeśa. Always first remember Gaṇeśa: "Gaṇa" means all principles, all elements, all goddesses, everything, and "Īśa" means Īśvara, the Lord of the lords, the Lord of the entire universal functions. When Gaṇeśa sleeps, all will be paralyzed. And you know, Gaṇeśa is the most beautiful one. It does not matter how you decorate him, he is always beautiful, very beautiful, and his smile is so good. Anyhow, Śrī Śrī Pūjā. "Pūjā" means adorable, whom we adore, whom we worship, whom we celebrate, and that is why we call the universally worshipped Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Mahāprabhujī. They are merciful, merciful God of the meek, God of the poor, the helper. Śrī Pūjā Dīp—"deep" is the light, the universal light. Light has many forms. Jñāna jyoti, the light, wisdom, the jñāna. With this physical eye we cannot see that light. But jñāna to jñānī hai. But it is said in one poem: Aur jñāna so jñānī, jñāna hai so ātmā jñāna. All knowledge is good; it is knowledge. But the real knowledge is called ātma-jñāna, the self-realization: know thyself—not that your body, mind, ego, jealousy, hate, and this and that—but so’ham, light. That light will guide us. Do not think that when you meditate you will see this light and then you will die and you see, "Oh, light is coming, everywhere light." Yes, light is all right, but which light? Do not fight for that light which you want to see in the night of darkness, of ignorance. That light is called the light of wisdom when the day is dreary, foggy, dark, and the way is hard to find. Do not let your heart be worried. Just keep one thought in the mind. It is better to light a candle than to stand in the dark. Which thought? God. That name of God, your mantra. Whenever you feel scared, pray. When you do not see the way out, pray. And that prayer is that light, deep. Arogyaṁ dhanaṁ śampadaḥ śatru buddhi vināśāya dīpa jyotir namaḥ astu. Śrīpūjā dīpa dayā, the merciful one. O merciful Lord, lakho praṇāma, millions and millions of salutations, adorations. Śrīpūjā dīpa dayā lo dhātā, śrīpūjā dīpa dayā lo dhātā. Lakho praṇāṁ caraṇ mein, lakho praṇāṁ caraṇ mein, lakho praṇāṁ caraṇ mein... Lakho parnām. "Data," computer data, that is data, and this is data. Data and data are different. For the Indian year is different, for your year is the same. "Data" is a giver who is giving. Tulsī Dājī said: Tulsī kar par kar kar, par kar kar na kar, tā din par kar kar, tā din maraṇ kar. Tulsī Dājī said: Tulsī kar par kar kar, par kar na kar, tā din par kar kar, tā din maraṇ kar. That is it. Very good. All is clear? Very clear. Good. I am very proud of you that you know. Tulsī Rāja said: Tulsī kar par kar kar. Anyone asks you for something, put your hand up. It means give something. Give. A data can give. A beggar cannot give. But if you have something, you can give. If your pocket is empty, you cannot give. So, Tulsī, the Haji said: Kar, dusre ke hāth, and other’s hands, kar par kar kar, put your hand above. Par kar kar na kar, do not put your hands down like a beggar. Ta din par kar kar, jis din tū bhikṣā māṅgne ko chale jāte ho, ta din maraṇ kar, that is like a death. So, one saint said: Even I will die, but I will not beg for my benefit or my body. But asking for social work, asking for the well-being of the planet, for others, I do not feel ashamed. Māṅgana maraṇa samāna haiṁ. Otherwise, begging is like a death. You have to pull your ego completely under the footstool when you go for begging, you know. Māṅgan maraṇ samān hain. Do not become the beggar. Jo koi maṅgan jaye, who is going for this? Lekin, unse pehla wo marā. But before the beggar, that one died. That one died who said, "No, I cannot give you." That is it. Then again it is said, Kabīr Dās: A bird took the peak water. From where? River. The river did not lose the water. Therefore, Tulsīdājī said, while giving some donation for good things, your wealth will not become less. It will grow more and more. You know, around the whole world, people are asking for blood donation. In the whole world, people are asking for money for the Red Cross, through the Red Cross, for the hospitals, for this and that and many things. And so, Dr. Shanti is also asking for the hospital. It is not that Shanti puts money in her pocket or somewhere. No. We thank Dr. Shanti, who has worked so hard these last 12 years. Not 16. 16? Astaghfirullah, is 16 years old? Still, I am old, but my memory is Bishkan, Tokh, Irgan, Voh, Ishtar, Shishan. So, Dayā, Dātā. "Dātā" means giver. It does not mean that you have to give millions, no. Even you can give one grain of rice for a bird. That is also counted as your good things, good work. A pious soul, and how does a soul become pious? Dharmātmā kaise bantā hai? Even with one drop—there are many ants running in the hot season. Put a little drop of water, you will see immediately few ants will come to lick that water, drink that water. Therefore, in the hot months June, July, May in desert area, people are giving. "What is the city of insects?" What is the city of insects? What is the city of insects? Okay, because they do not do it. They are young boys, you know. They are kids. I am the old grand-grand-grandfather. So, the city of insects means the ants. The city of insects means the city of ants. City of the ants, where the nest or the holes or the ants are living inside, that is the city of the ant. If you destroy that, it means you destroy the whole city. So when it is very hot and no water, they cannot find deep in the earth water also, then people... go with the chapati flour with the sugar mixed dry and put there, and then they take one liter of water and also they put the water around there, and it is coming. What? The ants are coming and eating and drinking the water. But you have to be very conscious. If you do, and you go away, who comes? Birds. And birds will eat the ants. The birds say to the man, "Thank you, you brought my food out." You are the guilty one who brought this. You gave the temptation to the ants to come out, and now they came out and they are eaten by the bird. Therefore, what they are doing is, they get dried bush branches, a lot, and put there and put a stone on it so the birds cannot enter in. That is it. Otherwise, we said, if you do without knowledge, then your money goes and becomes sin. It means this is not only the bird or the ants. Where and how you spend your money, that is multiplying your sin. Dharmātmā or pāpātmā, a pure soul or a sinner. Of course, we do not hate the sinner, we hate the sin. Dayāl shelter at Gurudev’s. Mahāprabhujī is our Gurudev, Devpurījī, Holy Gurujī. Lākhoṁ praṇām, millions of salutations. Bigaḍī banāne vāle dātā, bigaḍī banā lākoṁ parnām charan meṁ. Aserī pūjā dīpā dayālu dātā, aserī pūjā dīpā dayālu dātā. Lākoṁ parnām charan meṁ. Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān kī bigaḍī banāne vāle. "Bigaḍī" means spoiled, destroyed. Something went wrong. Now we cannot save. We cannot help. But Mahāprabhujī can help, and Mahāprabhujī can again repair everything. Anāhonī guru kar sākhe, or honī detā mitāī, par brahma gurudev hai, sab kus detā banāī. Anahonī guru kar sākhe, or honī detā mitāī. What is happening? What is not happening, Gurudev can make happen. And what is happening? Gurudev can make... No, it will not happen. Because Parabrahma Gurudev—Gurudev is Parabrahma, which is above this destiny, above the Dharmarāja—sab kuch detā banāī, can do everything for his bhakta. Bhag Tauri Varevega. Aap aṭhaṅga bala ho, mahā jodhā. Mahā vīran kā vajra śarīr, vajra śarīr. God bless you. Similarly, God is waiting to neutralize the negative energy and protect the bhaktas. Now, why am I telling you this? That time, Kṛṣṇa, Bhagavān Viṣṇu, Sudarśana Cakra. And Sudarśana Cakra went and chipped off the head of the Śiśupāla. The Cakra came back and Bhagavān said, "Okay, done your duty." But what happened? The Cakra went, and there was an injury to the index finger of Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa, and it was bleeding. Everybody was looking, "Oh God, God, God’s finger is bleeding, this, this." No one was thinking to put some kind of plaster. Everyone was in good dress. Only there was one person, and that was Draupadī. A very precious, very expensive sārī. She did not think this was expensive, so she just tore her sari and wrapped it around the finger of Kṛṣṇa. Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa looked to Draupadī and said, "Draupadī, you bound me for something which I have to pay you back. Draupadi, tumne mujhe reṇī banā diyā, kyā ki tumhārī sārī phāḍ ke jo lagāī. Draupadī, jitne tere sārī meṁ, as many threads are in your sārī, when you will need, I will give you millions of threads." Everybody was smiling. What Kṛṣṇa is saying and what Draupadī is saying, but Bhagavān is Trikāla Darśī. God is the knower of past, present, and future. We do not know. We do not know what will happen the next second, and talking about tomorrow, only God knows. Mahāprabhujī knows. The time came. The Pāṇḍavas and Kauravas were gambling, and there came a time when the Pāṇḍavas played even the whole kingdom, all the money, and only Draupadī remained, and they were forcing him not to play Draupadī. You know this, and the time came when they wanted to take the sari away from Draupadī, and all were paralyzed. Bhīṣma, Duryodhana, and all the kings, they were all looking. No one dared to say no. All were bound by some kind of law. At that time, no law applies; only one law helps: support Dharma. Dharma rakṣita rakṣitaha. Duryodhana, the stepbrother of Arjuna, and Duḥśāsana. Duryodhana said to Duśśāsana, "Go and pull her sari away." Helpless Draupadī, all were looking, and Duśśāsana begins to pull the sari. That time, she had no one; she looked. Neither her husband could help, nor others; all were sitting and looking. Only one, who? God, Kṛṣṇa. Hey Kṛṣṇa! Hey Govind! Hey Gopāl! And what happened? From nowhere, the sari was coming, wrapping her body. Duryodhana was pulling and pulling and pulling. Naiva, Duśśāsana, like this, our whole jūpā. But Draupadī was still fully covered. He was completely exhausted, completely. But Draupadī said, "Satguru, rakho lāj hamārī. Satguru, rakho lāj hamārī. Give me Satguru Rādhā." Therefore, God needs a pure heart, pure consciousness, and pure actions. But now in Kali Yuga, even people try to cheat God. There were times when bhaktas made the shelter. Look how it is. We seek shelter for God, and we are making shelter for God, the temple. But that is not a shelter for God. But this is a shelter for the Bhaktas to realize and meditate. Everyone makes their house, everyone makes their factory, everyone makes their company; only the bhaktas make the ashram, temple, church, mosques, and so on. So that is what we call: Śrī Pūjā Dīp Dayālu Dātā Lakho Praṇām, Bigāḍī Banāne Vāle Dātā Lakho Praṇām. With which kind of feeling should we have, which feelings Draupadī had at that time? Prahlāda, that time he had to go and hug a fire pillar, and the elephant was caught by the crocodile. So it means even animals call to God. God will come one day for all. And Mīrā, by then, is poisoned. But she said, "Because Rana sent her the poison and said, ‘This is the Charaṇāmṛta of your Gurudev.’" So she drank. Pag-gunga-rubandha-meera-nachire. Pag-gunga-rubandha-meera. So tomorrow. Today’s satsaṅg time is over. Wish you all the best. Very good evening to all dear brothers and sisters around the world. Wish you all the best. Tomorrow will be webcast again at 7 o’clock, 7 p.m., according to New Delhi time. God bless you. Om Śānti.

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