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Guru Swāmīmasa Satya Sanātandha. Guru Swāmīmasa Satya Sanātandha. Oṁ. Dīpa jyoti parabrahma, dīpaṁ sarve mohanaṁ, dīpānāṁ sajate sarvaṁ sandhyā, dīpaṁ sarvaṁ satyam, śubhaṁ karoti kalyāṇam, ārogyaṁ dhanasampadā, śatrugṇi vināśāyaṁ. Deepa Jyotir Namastute, Deepa Jyotir Namastute, Deep Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī, Dev Puruṣa Mahādeva Kī, Hindu Dharma Samrāṭa Guru Svāmī Mādhavānandajī Bhagavān Kī, Satya Sanātana Dharma Kī. Good morning, dear brothers and sisters around the world, to all spiritual seekers, all practitioners of the spiritual path, and all dear bhaktas of the Gurudev. This blessing comes to you from the holy Himālaya, Annapūrṇā. Today is the anniversary of Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī, our grand master, our Satguru Dev. He was incarnated in 1800, and his life was full of miracles. There are two kinds of miracles. One is when a person practices techniques to achieve some siddhi, a supernatural power to perform miracles. For spiritual aspirants, this kind of siddhi is called māyā, illusion. The second kind of miracle or siddhi is the divine company that comes with a holy soul to this planet; automatically, those divine things happen in their presence. These are Riddhi and Siddhi. Riddhi means luck, prosperity, happiness, harmony, joy, and bliss. Siddhi means perfection. These two come with the holy saint to serve them and to protect all the devotees who follow such an incarnation. Saints are also of two kinds. One is born or incarnated as a saint. The second achieves a certain level of consciousness through practice, meditation, and prayer in this life, acquiring the quality of a saint. But the holy ātmā, the holy soul, is nirguṇa—formless, omniscient, omnipresent, in each and every atom. For the sake of the bhaktas, the devotees, the pure souls, all creatures, and this earth, that nirguṇa form of God manifests in a human body of five elements. Such a great divine light we call Satguru Dev. Why Satguru Dev? Satguru comes from Satya Loka. Sat and Guru: Guru means darkness, and Ru means light. Satguru Dev comes from Satyaloka and brings the light of Brahmajñāna to remove the darkness on this planet. This is the definition. Satya Satguru Dev resides in Brahmaloka and Satyaloka; they are the same. As the Vedas say, "Brahma Satya, Jagat Mithyā." Why do we say Brahma Satya? It means Satyaloka is the Brahman, and Brahman is the Satyaloka. So Gurudev comes from Satyaloka, bringing a part of it. When you are in satsaṅg, you are in Satyaloka. There, you should have very pure, positive qualities and devotion. Then you will experience the light of Brahman, of Satyaloka. If we have negative thinking, conflict with people, or feel disharmony with someone, then we bring Naraka Loka, the mortal world, into Satya Loka. Those who come to satsaṅg but have conflict with others will not get the taste of Satyaloka or realize the consciousness of Brahman. That is why many people, though they go to satsaṅg, cannot understand or gain those qualities. They then speak negatively: "I don’t like the people there. The people are greedy, selfish, not good." But who is saying this? It is not that person who is not good; it is your own quality that speaks out and projects your feelings onto others. It means you did not understand the presence of the Satguru’s wave or the value of the Satyaloka satsaṅg, which is the way to Brahmaloka, to become one with Brahman. Mahāprabhujī said, "The fortunate are they who can get the satsaṅg." I long for my brothers and sisters of the satsaṅgs. When I think of my guru brothers and sisters, my eyes fill with tears. Why? Because they are sattva. They also come from Satyaloka and are going to Satyaloka. How beautiful is their soul, their inner self. But you cannot see another’s mind, feelings, or intellect. So who are you to decide who has which quality? You have to know what is going on in your own feelings, emotions, intellect, and citta-vṛttis. It depends on you. Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī incarnated by his divine will. Before entering his mother’s body, he appeared, and Śiva himself came, gave darśana, and blessed the holy mother, Chandanādevījī, the God Mother. On Śiva Rātri, Śiva came to her meditation, gave her darśan, and blessed her: "O Mother, I came to your darśan to give you the good news that the light of Brahman from Satya Loka, Viṣṇu Svarūpa, will be your son, and I will come to see him again." Read the Līlā Amṛta, the holy scripture of Mahāprabhujī, available in nearly 10 to 15 languages. Then you will know what he means for all bhaktas. When you bring light into a room, automatically the room is lit and darkness disappears. Would you call that a miracle of the light? As soon as light is present, darkness goes away. Did this light chant a mantra or perform sādhanā? No. Light itself has the quality to remove darkness. So wherever Bhagavān Dīp Nārāyaṇa Mahāprabhujī went, automatically happiness, joy, and harmony were there. People had many questions, but upon having his darśan, all questions were answered. He saved many lives. In some cases, people brought dead bodies, insisting, "Gurudev, you are universal, mighty, the Lord of our heart. Please bless my child to live again." Yes, it happened. Those who received the light have passed away, but their children are alive and are devotees. Mahāprabhujī’s presence itself was a miracle, his presence was the light. He blessed this earth and all creatures who came to him. He appeared in different parts of the world to give darśan to bhaktas. Mahāprabhujī led a simple life and did not travel much. Someone said, "When water flows, it remains clean. If it stays in one place, it becomes stagnant. At Chimilar, a sādhu should constantly travel." They asked Mahāprabhujī this question. He said, "Yes, sādhus should travel constantly, and water should flow constantly—if the water is in little quantity. But a real sādhu and Sadguru is like an ocean. An ocean is in one place. If the ocean were to travel, the whole earth would be washed away. Therefore, the ocean has its life, its meaning; it is the life and blood of this planet. So Sadgurudev is in one place, and their being there is like the sun in the sky, giving light and warmth to all." Mahāprabhujī lived nearly 135 years, blessing people. In 1963, according to the moon calendar on Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa Poṣa Māsa, the 4th day, Mahāprabhujī went to Brahmaloka. He told many disciples, especially our Sadgurudev, Hindu Dharma Samrāṭa Svāmī Mādhavānandajī Mahārāj. Gurujī was in Ahmedabad, and Mahāprabhujī sent a message for him to come to Khattu. Gurujī went. In Nilayamṛti’s writing, our Gurudev recorded everything. Mahāprabhujī gave the exact time and date he would leave his physical body and return to Satyaloka, to Brahmaloka. Disciples did not want to believe; we cannot imagine such a great saint passing away. Even if a friend said, "In three days I will die," you would not believe. But exactly on that day, Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī called bhaktas near from Khattu, gave a beautiful lecture in satsaṅg, and sang a bhajan for them. In the morning Brahma Muhūrta, he had prasāda, gave them prasāda, and said, "Now is the Brahma Muhūrta. It’s time; it’s a door, a straight way to Brahmaloka in the Brahma Muhūrta." If you meditate and pray in the Brahma Muhūrta, your consciousness will proceed towards Brahmaloka, to the Brahmarandhra, according to Kuṇḍalinī Yoga and cakra sādhanā. When consciousness reaches the sahasrāra, your door opens to Brahmaloka; that is called Brahmarandhra. Brahma Muhūrta, the auspicious hour, begins one and a half hours before sunrise, when dawn begins. At that time, your consciousness merges into the dawn light and unites with the rising sun. In his ashram, Badīkhāṭū in Dhonā, where his Samādhi now is, Bhagavān Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī gave instructions to the bhaktas. He said the mantra "Oṁ Śohaṁ," and his divine light merged into the universal cosmic light. This is how many holy saints and yogīs depart through sādhanā. It is said that for them, messengers come to receive them. But those with negative karma, negative qualities, anger, hate, jealousy, and doubts are like a dirty pot. They become victims of Yama, whose messengers lead them towards Naraka Loka, Pitṛ Loka, or other realms of suffering. Janam janam dukha pai—such a one will suffer for many lives. We have only one chance, given by merciful God: this human life. This life is for purification. This body is precious, though not immortal; it has all the symptoms of nature. Nature is constantly changing. Look at trees: beautiful new green leaves come, then turn yellow and fall. Different weathers and sufferings exist; insects may eat the leaves. Similarly, this body is like a leaf. As Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa said in the fifteenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gītā, it is like a banyan tree with roots down and branches up. But the human tree has roots in the brain and branches down. This body is compared to nature, to a tree. Yet, in such a tree, there are different qualities, like medicinal herbs. In a yogī’s body, there is an inner quality. The body is the body; it is the five kaṭṭva. The body has vikāra, with blood, hormones, glands—all the same. But inside is something very precious. If you can acknowledge, realize, and understand that within you is a jewel, a diamond, an immortal treasure, then you will take care of this body, your emotions, and your intellect. Every positive thought leads you to enlightenment; every negative thought leads to darkness. It depends on us how we understand our life and behave toward others and all creatures. Mahāprabhujī, in that Brahmaloka, in Brahma Muhūrta, chose the time and went. That is what we call Brahmalīna. When a normal human dies, we say they died or passed away. Some say, "Bhagavān ke pās chale gaye," they went to God, or "Rāmjī kī śaraṇ ho gaye," they went to the center of Rāma. But when a holy saint, even God himself who came in a mortal body, departs, we say Brahma līna ho ke. Brahma means the supreme Brahman, and līna means became one with Brahman. That is the specialty. Brahma Muhūrta is very precious. Guruji said those who sleep in Brahma Muhūrta lose many beautiful karmas and good luck. It is said that when overloaded with sins, a person finds sleep in Brahma Muhūrta very sweet. But some people automatically wake up at dawn, even if they go to bed late, like birds, flowers, and animals. This is the law of nature, connected to sunlight and the sun’s movement. Humans have the same talent, but they have left nature, gone against it, and created their own imperfect nature. The nature given by God is perfect. Follow the Vākyas of the Gurudev, the holy saints. Where was the need for Mahāprabhujī to awaken a Brahma-mūrti when he himself is Brahma-svarūpa? There was no need. This body and what is inside are very precious, and we must understand them carefully. Mahāprabhujī gave the blessing and said, "Oṁ Sho’haṁ Saguṇa Brahma." Deep Paripūraṇ went to the Paripūraṇ, and we add one word more: Namaha. Oṁ Soham Śagun Brahma Śrī Dīp Paripūram Nārāyaṇamaha. At that time, the light of his consciousness, the Ātmā, departed. People think, in normal language, when someone dies it is a bad day. No. For a holy saint who came freely, gave blessings, acted positively, and worked on this planet, it is like a successful warrior, a hero, returning. He went back to Brahmaloka by free will. So we remember that day. I recall a word in Christianity: Good Friday. Actually, it is called God Friday. Why? Because that was the day the light, the consciousness of Jesus, is believed to have gone to Brahman. Entire Christianity celebrates this Good Friday. Similarly, in every religion, when Mohammed, Krishna, Rāma—all went back, we remember and celebrate. They all follow the same path. Therefore, we always remember and hold satsaṅgs and bandhārās on the day our Gurudev or a saint passed away. On this day, when you sing bhajans and remember them, light from Brahmaloka, which still has a connection to us, comes to you. You get that light by seeing the glory of that great saint. That glory awakens in you and leads you. When you give someone food or something, you are losing something—your negative qualities. Giving means you give your good things, and with this, your negative things are purified. People stand in line at ashrams, on waiting lists for the next bandhārā, the next satsaṅg anniversary of Gurudev. With this, you do immense good for yourself. Those who understand, do. Those who don’t understand just go to enjoy the food, but that is also something. So we celebrate: we remember, we sing the glory, we wish all good on the day this divine light merged into itself. A drop of water falls into the ocean and becomes one with it again. So, from Satya Loka, the Satguru came, brought satsaṅg, and brought Satya Sādhanā through the Brahma Randhra to come to Brahma Loka. This is the definition. When Devapurījī went to Mahāsamādhi, there is a beautiful bhajan full of viraha. I have explained virahāgni many times—different kinds of fire. Vairāgiṇī means spiritual longing, love. Mīnā said, "Dharad kī marī bandh bandh, dono merā koī dharad na jāne." Full of the pain of searching, longing for God, she searched from one forest to another. When Devapurījī went to Mahāsamādhi at Brahmaloka, in Kailash Ashram, Sikar district, Rajasthan—a beautiful place, immense with divine energy, still vivid with the energy of this Mahāsiddha, Śiva-svarūpa, adbhuta, Devapurījī’s samādhi—you must go there. Then your sādhanā will be successful. Make your saṅkalpa in front of the Dhūnī, the fireplace of Devpurījī, and I tell you it will be fulfilled. But at the time of your saṅkalpa, your heart should be pure. Do not make a saṅkalpa that a person should be unhappy because you do not like them. Gurudev does not fulfill such wishes. Gurudev fulfills good things. You have to become a servant of the one you don’t like. That’s it. There, your ego, your pride, your jealousy, your anger—it is that which does not like others. That means you are that one, not the other. So you have to surrender to that one, serve that one, to find what you search for, what you long for. First, you should find it there. Therefore, many people make saṅkalpas that do not come true because their saṅkalpa is negative, not pure. It should come from a pure heart. Devapurījī went into Mahāsamādhi at three thirty in the morning, around 1945. At that time, Ādi Gurujī was sitting with Mahāprabhujī in Khaṭṭū. Mahāprabhujī said to Ādi Gurujī, "Mādhavānand, put on the ghee lamp." Gurujī put it on. Mahāprabhujī said, "Now Gurudev said, Śiva went to Śiva-loka back." Gurujī didn’t understand. "What do you mean? Śiva-loka." Śiva-loka is Brahma-loka, Satya-loka, among the 14 lokas, including Bhūr-loka where we are. "Devapurījī, Śiva comes from Śiva-loka, and he’s just now going to Śiva-loka. So put the light in. His light remains here also with us." Mahāprabhujī sang a beautiful bhajan that evening. Maybe I will explain it in the next webcast: "Jagadariya, aṭhaṅga jala bhariya, adh vichā cal rahī jā, āj kai visar yasa mahā. Oh Gurudev, why did you separate from me now? Jag daryā vāthaṅga jala bhariyā. The saṃsāra is that endless ocean. Ad biche chadrai jahāj. And my boat is only in the middle of the ocean. Who will bring me to the mainland? Oh Gurudev, don’t leave me alone." Then holy Gurujī closed his eyes and had Devapurījī’s darśan. Realizing, Mahāprabhujī told holy Gurujī to go and perform the ceremony. This taught Gurujī how it was. Though Brahmaloka, Śivaloka, Satyaloka, satsaṅg, and Sadguru are all the same, only those who have awakened Brahma Jñāna, awakened the Anāhata Chakra and Ājñā Chakra, will understand. Others are, as Mahāprabhujī said in his Vidyāndeep Gītā, like an iron spoon that cannot test the taste of pudding, honey, or halwā. Though you sit in satsaṅg, you don’t understand because you are closed. Nothing can go through. You have to become a soul. Brahmaloka, Śivaloka, Satyaloka, satsaṅg, and Satguru are all the same. And who knows? You are also Satguru. But you have to look inside. You look too much outside. With little things, you have doubt, anger, jealousy. "I am angry. I am jealous. I am this." How will we come through? We are stuck in a thorny bush with three different kinds of thorns, like hooks on every side. Whichever way you move, it strikes you. We are stuck with jealousy, anger, doubt, greed, hate, or selfishness. How will we free ourselves from this thorny bush of life’s situation? Satsaṅg. Satsaṅg is where we clean all our thorns and rocks. But go to satsaṅg with a pure heart and listen to the Satguru’s bhāṣya. Your satsaṅg should not be a kind of meeting for society, parties, arguments, or discussion. Your satsaṅg is to drink the nectar of divine wisdom spoken by Satguru. Prakāśa puṇyam ṛta keśak śrī-dīpahārī mahā-dhānī. Prakāśa puṇyam ṛta keśak śrī-dīpahārī mahā-dhānī. Prakāśa puṇyam. Like the sun is a light, the source of light. Amṛt ke śagal and the ocean of nectar. Deep Harī Mahā Dhani hai. Bhagavān Dīp Nārāyaṇa Mahāprabhujī, through his bhajan, gives us freedom. Why don’t you take it? Take it. Drink it. Therefore, Holy Gurujī says, "When God will fill my pot of love..." You know, the pot of love is never full. No matter how much God gives you, we want more and more until we burst into Brahman. That is satsaṅg. So, my dear brothers, sisters, aspirants, practitioners, devotees, bhaktas of Gurudev, I bless you in the name of Mahāprabhujī, Devapurījī, Holy Gurujī, Alagpurījī, and all holy saints on this planet. May they give you that love and knowledge so that again your heart melts, you understand, and you surrender. There is only one way: surrender. No other way. You are living, but you are like the dead. What does that mean? It means no ego, very pure. Many people in the world read Bibles and listen, then they also say, "You have to die to live." So you have to die to live, meaning you have to kill your ego, jealousy, hate. Then you live as the divine Self, like a hero, like a saint. So Śivaloka, Brahmaloka, Satyaloka, Satguru, and Satsaṅg—you know the connection. If you are clever enough, wise enough, and have love enough, begin immediately, now. Do not delay. Who knows if you will have your next breath? Once you exhale, you do not know if you can inhale again. It is said we cannot trust our breath, when we will be able to breathe in and out. Therefore, do not miss any time for satsaṅg. Mahāprabhujī said, "Let the world scream or gasp. I have to do satsaṅg." Mīrābāī said, "By eating halvā or ice cream, you can say many people may not know the halvā in the world." Our webcast is in 217 countries, so the whole world knows. Mīrābāī said, while eating ice cream, if your teeth are rubbed, don’t worry. If you eat ice cream, it is tasteful. Similarly, when you meditate and go to satsaṅg and people laugh, let them laugh. In Rajasthani language, it says, "Sira khāne se dāḍ ghasē toh ghasne de, aur Bhagavān kā bhajan karne se log hasē toh hasne de." Because people who laugh at you or are angry with you will never be your helper. They cannot liberate you. Decide whom you will follow. Therefore, Śiva-loka, Brahma-loka, Satya-loka—Satguru came here to us and brought satsaṅg. Satguru nām jahāj hai, chādeś utre par, jo śraddhākar sevāde, guru par utāran har, Guru Nānak said. Satguru nām jahāj hai—he said, Gurudev’s name is a boat. Those who accept it, who sit in it with devotion, belief, and confidence, will cross the ocean. Your Gurudev will bring you to the other side. Otherwise, you will be the victim of a hungry shark. This day, I pray to Mahāprabhujī to accept us. It does not matter how we are, but Gurudev, bless us and accept us as we are. Bless us, please forgive all our mistakes, all our sins, and listen to our prayers, Lord. Listen, listen, listen to my heart song. I will never forget you, I will never forsake you. So Gurudev, Bhagavān, Dīp Nārāyaṇ, Mahāprabhujī, I humbly pray for thy bhaktas around the whole world, all practitioners of yoga and daily life. Bless them, lead them, free them from all the bandages of karmas, and bring them to your Brahmaloka. Accept my humble prayers. Bless me, protect me, guide me. I am Thine, O Mahāprabhujī. Bless me. Give me strength, give me śakti, give me bhakti, give me vairāgya, and give me strength to serve Thy bhaktas. Deep Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī. Dev Puruṣamā Dev Kī. Mādhav Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān Kī. Satya Sanātana Dharma Kī.