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Sudharas Kriya

A spiritual discourse on the Sudhāra Kriyā practice and inner purification.

"Sudhara’s Kriya is to balance body, mind, intellect, and emotion, and to purify the Kośas, to clear the consciousness."

"If you cannot clear your inner self in a positive way, it does not matter how many holy books you read... you will always be the same suffering person."

A teacher addresses a group in a forest, explaining the Sudhāra Kriyā as a practice for spiritual development and physical health, emphasizing a sattvic diet and the purification of the inner self. He critiques superficial religious practice, illustrates the need for true mental cleansing with a parable of two monks, and announces the continuation of the Kriyā lessons.

Filming location: Auckland, New Zealand

Good morning and good evening, all dear ones. Welcome. Today we are in a beautiful, harmless forest. There are no harmful spiders or ticks, but there are some things you should not touch. If they touch you, you will feel it. Welcome. Here it is morning, and for many of you, it is evening. Sudharas, Premaras, Bhavaras, Jñānaras, Jñānaras Bhaktiras—there are many different kinds of Rasas. In Ayurveda, there is a major chapter called Rasāyana. The Rasāyana comes from that Kriyā, Sudharas Kriyā. Sudhara’s Kriya is to balance body, mind, intellect, and emotion, and to purify the Kośas, to clear the consciousness. It is very good for many people as a prevention against illnesses. It could also be helpful for those with cancer, gland system problems, or joint problems. Sudhara’s Kriyā is connected with a specific diet, as well as concentration and practice. For a yogī, diet is very important. This is called a balanced sāttvic vegetarian diet. More and more people in the world are turning towards a vegetarian diet, realizing how healthy and helpful it is for intellectual balance, emotional balance, mind, and body. Not only this, but some go even further, using only a raw diet—what they call a vegan diet. It is very interesting. You can immediately feel the difference from the first day. One reality is this: when you drink milk, or eat bread, butter, cheese, soup, or cooked food, it may happen that you feel an unpleasant presence in the stomach, a feeling of nausea, or an unpleasant smell. I am talking about cooked food: many grains, bread, rice, corn, milk, cheese. Some may not cause this, but some may. If you eat only raw fruit and raw vegetables, you will never have a feeling of nausea. Have you tried? Just when you feel bad in your stomach, eat only raw vegetables and fruits. You will never feel like vomiting. This means our body accepts what is natural. In the beginning, there was no system of cooking. In very rare cases, when humans lived in the jungle, fire broke out by chance from bamboos. Then they were frying or boiling meat because they hunted animals. The cooking system began later. Cooking began for the kind of person who cannot digest and who desires a different taste. Cooking is also a science that was developed to prepare food for a person with a certain disease, where something has to be boiled or cooked, like the bark of a tree, roots, or herbal plants. Tea began like that. All in all, there is a science to it. Rasa means the juice. Rasa means that kind of liquid, the juice, which we gain from vegetation. In the Sudhā Amṛt, Sudhā Ras Kriyā influences our gland systems, which create hormones again, like a mother’s body after birth. A newborn child or young children have very good immunity. Nowadays, due to many chemical things, even children suffer; they lack immunity. But parents who practice Sudhara’s Kriya can gain good health conditions, as can pregnant mothers, who will then give birth to a healthy child. Sudhara’s Kriya is like many other Kriyas given. In my teachings and learnings, 64 Kriyas were introduced to me, and one of those is the Sudhāra Kriyā. Sudhāra Kriyā is more for spiritual development and is a very powerful, effective, and pleasant practice. One important thing is that a person should purify their antaḥkaraṇa and their kośa. I am surprised that many people practice for years and years—through religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, or Islam—or they practice spiritualities like yoga or meditation in different ways. But they were not able to clean their inner self. I would say that even if God Kṛṣṇa were to appear, you would have doubt. Everyone stands in the temple praying, "Glory to Kṛṣṇa," or in the church, "Glory to Jesus," or to the Buddhas. But if Jesus were here now, people would give so many opinions and would not accept his way of life. Jesus’s life was like that of Mahatma Gandhi. I see that Jesus hung on the cross with one lungi, like Mahatma Gandhi. He taught many ethical principles which people nowadays do not accept. Though people do not accept them, they state they are Christians, following Jesus. This is a contradiction; it is the opposite. Humans have become selfish and envious of others. They only think what they like is best, and what others are doing is bad. This means they did not understand religion, they did not understand God, or they did not understand what is positive, or what is spirituality, or what is yoga, or tai chi, or whatever they call it. Everything is for the cleaning of the inner spirit. This is very, very important. There is a story I have told many times about two monk brothers who were traveling. Their master told them they should return after 12 years. It was hard, but my master said, "Okay." A master of words has meaning for you; those who do not understand or follow are suffering. One day, they were sitting by the bank of a river under a tree, enjoying the shade and having some fruits. A young lady came and asked, "Brothers, can you help me?" They said, "Yes, what can we do?" She said, "Please help. I can’t swim, and my father sent me to bring something from the other village." They said, "Yes, sister, no problem. Sit and have fruits with us. We are also going in the same direction. We will help you cross the river." They ate the fruits, and one told her, "Now we are going into the water, so you can lean on my back." He held her hands, swam across the river, and dropped her on the other side. She asked, "Thank you very much. Can I do anything for you, brothers?" They said, "Yes, learn to swim so that next time you don’t need any help." She said she would try and went away. After ten or eleven years, they were going to see their Master for Guru Pūrṇimā, the full moon. One day before, they were sitting on a beautiful rock under a tree, and many people were gathering. They were very happy, thinking, "Tomorrow we will finally see our Gurudev." After twelve years, they remembered and had tears of happiness. They couldn’t sleep all night. One asked, "What will we answer when Gurujī asks many questions?" The other said, "We will answer how it is." Then the first asked, "You know, Gurujī told us, 'Don’t touch any woman.' My brother, you were not only touching her, you were carrying her on your back for half an hour. What will you say to Guruji?" He replied, "I will say the same thing: she needed help to cross the river. That’s all." But the first monk asked him, "I’m surprised, what will you say?" The second monk said, "What? I didn’t carry her." The first said, "Yes, you did. What do you mean?" The second monk replied, "You see, I carried her only from one bank of the river to the other and dropped her there. But for 11 years, you have been carrying her within your mind. What will you say?" This shows that the human mind is such that it is not able to clear up the things it carries. If you cannot clear your inner self in a positive way, it does not matter how many holy books you read, how many prayers you do, or how much you practice; you will always be the same suffering person. It is like the tail of a dog. Some dogs have tails that curl back. If you hold the tail straight for a long time, as soon as you let go, it curls back again. So there are people whose antaḥkaraṇa is not pure. Sudhāra Kriyā can help purify this, but you have to turn your life away from poison. Otherwise, no one and nothing can help you. You will suffer your whole life. It doesn’t matter what you are doing. No one can help; only you can help yourself. As I sometimes say, we are our own rock on our path, or we are doing our own self-destruction. Sudhara’s Kriya brings one back to a normal way of thinking and powerfully influences all the gland systems. We will prepare something in our Kriyā Anuṣṭhāna, which you will receive and enjoy. Yesterday was the first Charan, the first step. Today will be the second lesson. Did you enjoy yesterday? Did you like it? Very much? Today will be very, very nice. You are lucky ones that Mahāprabhujī gave me inspiration to give you this wisdom of life through Sudhara’s Kriya. One never knows when we will see each other again, where or how. As I told you on our last trip, who knows? We may see each other again. Someone may die in between, or someone may marry and go away—many things can happen. I look forward to this evening’s lesson for the Sudhā Kriyā, Sudarśa Kriyā. All the best blessings. Now we will walk on the beach to see the waves of the ocean, to learn from them that each wave is a breath for the ocean. Just as when we breathe, we feel our stomach’s expansion and contraction, the ocean is also breathing. These waves are the breath of the ocean. A mother harmonizing the body of her child or embryo is breathing. That we will learn. All the best, my dear ones. If you have any questions about Sudharā’s Kriyā, you are most welcome to send them. Tomorrow we will speak about this. Sudharā’s Kriyā is spoken of in many bhajans and written in many books, but often only the words are there, not the techniques. You have to find the techniques. You have received the milk, but now you must gain the butter. You have the milk, and you must gain the yogurt. You must gain the pāṇī. You must gain something beyond this world. One word you must research thoroughly, and that word can become a very beautiful and divine book. Let us proceed towards our next programs. I wish you all the best. Someone will have a good night very soon, someone has a very early morning, and someone has morning and noon. I wish you all the best and divine blessings of Mahāprabhujī, Jaipurījī, and much love from me. Om Śānti.

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