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Good morning. Today, this satsang is held in our holy place, the temple of Bhagavān Kedāreśvara Mahādeva, here in beautiful Pokhara, on the left side. This temple of Bhagavān Śiva is about 118 years old. It was established and inaugurated by some great saints from India. There is no difference if you are from Bhārat or Nepal; there is perfect harmony and understanding between them. The former His Highness, the King of Nepal, Virendra, was also present at the temple's inauguration. You can see that all the ṛṣis who moved towards the Himalayas lived in an area that was mostly under ice or water millions of years ago, from the Satyuga. How they lived, we don't know. We can imagine they had a hard time or a good time. In that era, Mother Nature was blessed and had enough for nourishment. Even now, Mother Nature has enough for everyone's need, but not for everyone's greed. It is said the first human race began from somewhere in Tibet, which is also the kingdom of Bhagavān Śiva. First, before any creation, Bhagavān Śiva Śambhu, Svayaṃbhu, manifested himself at the holy mountain Kailāśa. Thus, Śiva was the first. The entire Himalayan range belongs to the great ṛṣis, yogīs, yattīs, and siddhas. The border lines of countries were not made by Mother Earth; borders are limitations created by the human mind. As it is said, "Vāsudeva Kuṭumbakam"—the entire world is the family of one God. God did not divide; unfortunately, we are the ones dividing. We make differences between cultures and religions. It is Sanātana Dharma, eternal Dharma. That is the real Dharma. That Sanātana Dharma is the eternal principle which governs the entire universe. Everything comes into being, functions, and exists through the Sanātana. But unfortunately, in this Kali Yuga, people fight to divide. They try to change people's belief and faith from one to another. This is not good, especially for your ancestors, your pitṛ, because they worked very hard to preserve Sanātana Dharma around the whole world. Sanātana Dharma is not directed toward one God in a form we merely believe in. Sanātana Dharma believes in oneness, unity, and one principle. So, dharma is dharma. Afterwards, we try to put labels like Hindu dharma, Bodh dharma, Christian dharma, Yaudi dharma, or Islam dharma. These are the teachings of persons, not of God directly—though those persons were embodiments who came in physical form and taught good things. We give them the place and honor of God, but they all were messengers, messengers of Sanātana Dharma. The Himalayas need no introduction. If I tried to introduce the Himalayas, it would be like a little mustard seed, a tiny light, trying to introduce the sun. The sun would simply smile. Who in the world does not know what the Himalaya is? 'Him' means snow, ice. 'Him' also means God. For those who can have darśan, it is a darśan of great spiritual souls, yogīs, and Śiva. That is why it is said in the bhajan: "Guru caraṇome arsat tīrtha hai, vo veda purāṇa gāte hai." The water and the dust of the Himalayas are spread across the whole world. So we are one. One earth—that is it. But humans divide. We must live in harmony and work on our spiritual path to become one with God, through Self-realization. We are fortunate to be here in this holy place. Holy spirituality is where there is purity. Spirituality means purity—pure, crystal clear, transparent. Where there is no hiṁsā, only ahiṁsā. In all of Sanātana Dharma, whether it concerns Śiva, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Rāma, or Kṛṣṇa, there is no killing of animals. There are pure thoughts, purity, and respect for nature. It is beautiful. Where animals are killed and eaten, where alcohol is used, that place lacks spiritual purity. There is nourishment for the Devas and nourishment for the Asuras. Sattvic, pure food develops divine, pure qualities within us. Tamasic, Rajasic food, hiṁsā food, develops Tamasic energy within us. Here, hiṁsā means dividing and destroying. Ahiṁsā means uniting, love—loving each and every entity at least as much as you love yourself. Love unites, and hate divides. Love exists where there is balance, sattvic qualities, and respect. Hate exists where ignorance, low respect, arrogance, and ego fight to divide for their own power. Śiva, Svayaṃbhū, is the universe. Śiva means consciousness, liberation, truth, and bliss. Śivam is beauty: Satyam Śivam Sundaram. I wish you the blessings of Bhagavān Śrī Kedāreśvara Mahādeva and of the very ancient temple in the Himālaya that is thousands of years old, which we call Kedārnātha. One side is Śiva, and one side is Viṣṇu—that is Badrinātha. Kedāreśvara Mahādeva here is the same as in the Himalayas. This is also part of the Himalayan range. Nepal is a beautiful place. Nepali people are very kind and beautiful, and their hearts hold much spiritual feeling. Unfortunately, they are sometimes guided in wrong directions. There is much animal hiṃsā, meat-eating, and offering bali—this is not correct, and that is why suffering comes. God has given enough food for everyone; there is no need to kill and eat animals. But slowly, slowly, an awakening is happening in their consciousness, a turning towards Ahiṃsā. There was a time when there was very little vegetation—only hills, water, rivers, and rocks. They were forced by life situations to survive by eating animals. But now there is plenty. We will meet again tomorrow. Now we have finished our satsang. I wish you all the best, have a nice day and a good lunch. We will see you again at five o'clock for satsang. Deep Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa Deveśvara Mahādeva Kṛṣṇa Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandajī Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa Satya Sanātana Dharma Kṛṣṇa Kedāreśvara Mahādeva Kṛṣṇa Viśvagoye Mahāmaṇḍaleśvarī Pārthasa Viśvamakīśanātha Kṛṣṇa. Our Paṇḍājī was singing a good bhajan before he left. He has many duties.