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Kali Yuga is the age of Kriyā. Kriyā means activities. Therefore, in Kali Yuga, the principal activity is Karma. Thus, it is said: "Kali yuga kevala nāma ādhāra." Again, it is said: "Kali yuga kevala nāma ādhāra, sumira sumira nara hoi bhava pāra." In the Rāmāyaṇa, Tulasīdāsajī said this. So, Kali Yuga is Kriyā Yuga. Kriyā Yuga means Karma Yuga. Karma is primary. So Tulsidas said, "Which karma?" Then he said, "The nāma is primary." Now, you can overcome certain karmas to get across the ocean of ignorance, the bhavasāgara—this māyā, this saṃsāra, the fear, the anxieties. Bhava means two things: this physical world (bhuloka), as well as the fear, anxiety, and dread that the soul experiences through birth and death, and also between two lives—the life after death and again the life after birth. This is all within the realm of Kriyās. So it is said, Tulsīdās said, yes, but if you would like to come out of this, then sumiran karo—repeat the name of God. Kali yuga kevala nāma ādhāra. So Tulsīdhārjī said, "Karma is primary, Kali Yuga is Karma-pradhāna." But he also said, "Kali yuga karma pradhāna, lekin, but nāma ādhāra." So, Pradhāna and Ādhāra. Pradhāna is the main thing, but Ādhāra is the foundation. This house is standing on the foundation. Nāma ādhāra means it exists only on the name of God. Our Gurujī gave a beautiful satsaṅg. In early May 2003, I was sitting in the meadow under a beautiful fir tree at the Strelky ashram in the Czech Republic. We had the morning program, and then I told people, "Okay, go and have your lunch," and it was all finished. But still, people didn't go. They were sitting around me. I said, "I want to be alone." People were surprised, "Why does Swāmījī want to be alone?" So I sat down there. They gave me a garden chair, and I was looking at the house where I live, the castle. The caretaker of the castle had a gardener's house, and I was living there. There was a flag where Gurujī's room was and a flag where my room was. I was thinking and looking there, remembering Gurujī, because Gurujī had been there. He had stayed there for a week, I think, or ten days. It was morning, around 11:30, and warm. My place is mostly cold, but that day was warm. A nice meadow, a beautiful meadow, a beautiful tree—a long-standing tree in large, big meadows. It was a beautiful picture. And suddenly, Gurujī appeared. Where the flag for his room was, the big face of Gurujī's aura appeared, very big. Some days before, I had spoken to Gurujī, and Gurujī said, "Are you coming, Māheś, to Guru Pūrṇimā?" I said, "No, Gurujī, I will do Guru Pūrṇimā with your bhaktas here, and you are there, so all bhaktas will be happy to see you." So Gurujī said, "As you like." He never argued. And if anyone asked Gurujī, "What can we do?" or such things, Gurujī said, "I don't know, ask Māheś." Yes. No? Rukmiṇī went, always, because Gurujī said, "I gave him everything." Many duties are finished. I have finished all my obligations. So they said, "Then for what was he doing malas?" So Gurujī said, "I am doing mala for Maheś. I achieved what one should achieve, but my mala's fruits go to Maheś." Credited to Maheśa means to all his bhaktas. He said this to people many times. So I was sitting there, and we were sending out the already printed Guru Pūrṇimā programs. We had to announce them, and I was sitting there. I was remembering that a few years before, Gurujī was there on Guru Pūrṇimā, and you have a picture in the yoga book behind Gurujī sitting. And Gurujī appeared and said, "Mahesh, this Guru Pūrṇimā is the last where I will be physically present." I was not happy; I was sad, and that was all. He said, "This is the last Guru Pūrṇimā, physically." I informed Parvati—yes, Parvati, remember, truly say yes or no, not like this yes. And I said, "This Guru Pūrṇimā, I will be in India." They said, "No, please, and what will we do?" I said, "This Guru Pūrṇimā, I would like to be with Gurujī," and so... I telephoned immediately, saying, "Gurujī, I'm coming to Guru Pūrṇimā," and you can't imagine how happy he was. His voice was like... "You are so emotional," tears flowing. The love of the Gurudev only the disciple understands. And the love of the disciple, only the Gurudev can understand the faith. That is the last and beyond, nothing else, the border. Otherwise, you did not understand Gurudev. Gurudev said, "I am so happy." And we spoke. And immediately Gurujī sat and telephoned to Mumbai, telephoned to Kolkata, to Delhi, to Kathmandu, everywhere. "Mahesh is coming, Mahesh is coming." You know how happy Gurujī was? There was a time when telephones were not so easy to reach. There were no mobile phones and such. From Austria, when I had to phone Gurujī, I had to book my call at the telephone exchange. Then they said, "We will tell you in ten minutes. We have to ask in London." So they telephoned to London, and London said, "This call we can try day after tomorrow or tomorrow afternoon, four o'clock." Because the line was going to England, and from England, it was under sea cables, yes? So I had to wait there, and so I sent a telegram that the day after tomorrow, at this and this time, I will telephone Gurujī. But we didn't have to ask him to telephone. So Gurujī was sitting in some bhaktas' house, where a number was given. I wanted to call; I should call that bhaktas. Immediately Gurujī went there, and he stayed there. He slept there. And he told the bhaktas, "Put the telephone near my bed. The Mahāprabhujī will call." A telephone was going, Gurujī was making a mālā, immediately took it upon... there was somebody else. Love, that is a love. It will come, though, that night and day, looking for. Not only is the disciple looking for Gurudev, but Gurudev is also waiting for that. Not only are children happy to see their parents, but the parents are also happy. That is a love. Yeah, the telephone was ringing there... my, I was... which is the time given, they said between 4 and 4:30 we will try. They came till the Jaipur main exchange and that's it, the line is out of order. Couldn't, and Gurujī was waiting and waiting. So I asked if they could try again. So that was such a love. What I received from Gurujī, you can't imagine. And when I wrote a letter to Gurujī, and the postman brought a letter to Gurujī, Gurujī read the letter, "Aha, Mahesh," my name, Maheshwarānand. He took 100 rupees from his pocket, and he said to the postman, "This is a present for you, because you brought the letter of Mahesh." And I have so many letters of Gurujī, still I will come. I hope I will complete my biography one day, and I will write what language he writes. And Gurujī said, "As your kṛpā will be, all work will be good." I said, "Gurujī, not my kṛpā, it's your kṛpā, Mahāprabhujī's kṛpā." I said, yes, Mahāprabhujī's kṛpā is your kṛpā. So I went. This we can take as a chapter of my biography. This is a very nice talk. It doesn't come always, so you should record it and type it nicely. In there, Gurujī spoke in satsaṅg, the last video which we have. And there, Gurujī gave one story nicely. That story, from the time of God Rāma: the Kulguru, the family guru of God Rāma was Guru Vasiṣṭha, Vasiṣṭha Muni. And at the same time, there was also the great, great saint Viśvāmitra. Now, at that time, you also had to get a degree or something. There are some people who want to have a position. Viśvāmitra would like very much that Guru Vasiṣṭha pronounce from his mouth, "Me"—'me' means Viśvāmitra—"Brahma Ṛṣi." And Brahma Ṛṣi is one who is the knower of the Brahma and who has realized the Brahman. But, if Guru Vasiṣṭha would say it, then King Daśaratha would declare that he is a Brahma Ṛṣi. But he didn't say, and Viśvāmitra was so angry, always angry and jealous. He stole the Kāmadhenu cow from Vasiṣṭha Muni. He even killed his two children. And he did many things because he wanted to have the title of the brāhmaṇa. Vasiṣṭha Muni did nothing against it. Nothing. He was just as if nothing had happened. One day, Śarat Pūrṇimā—in India we call it Śarat Pūrṇimā, I think it was after Dīvālī—beautiful, where you make a kṣīra and put the kṣīra in the night, in the moonlight. Where Krishna said, "Through the moonlight, I enter this planet as a nectar in the vegetation." So we do believe that the full moon is very, very special. So there was a satsaṅg somewhere. Some ṛṣi had a satsaṅg. So the ṛṣi invited the ṛṣis. There was a perfect harmony. Actually, it should be like this: every school yoga teacher should invite the yoga teachers, and they should enjoy the satsaṅgs, no matter from whom. They should invite from that system, or they should: Sivananda, Maheśvarānanda, Yogananda—all we are one, we are one. The problem is with disciples; jealousy and conflict are with them. Can you imagine, there was a Śivānandajī's disciple, Viṣṇudevānandajī, he was about 50 years older than me, or 60 years. But when he saw me in Vienna, he ran and he touched my feet. I said, "No, no, Swāmījī, what are you doing? You put sin on me. I should touch your feet." He said, "No, no, Maheśvarañjī, we are all... I am your guest, and I must." I said, "Then, you are a guest, I must touch your feet." That is a harmony among that. It should be. Jaat jaat ke lagu kitna. Amar raji Hindustani Gujarati me ke. Jaat jaat ne lagu kita. Nai, Brahman, Swami, ne kuta. When one barber has a shop and a second barber opens a shop opposite, you cannot imagine how much he is burning inside. And one dog of the street comes to the next street. How much is barking at that? When the wise meet with the wise, then they speak about their wisdom. When the foolish meet, they are either boxing or kicking. That's it. That we need. The human needs today that quality again. So Viśvāmitra was invited to the satsaṅg. Guru Vasiṣṭha Muni and his wife Arundhatī were also going. So Arundhatī and Guru Vasiṣṭha Muni, they were walking through the forest, going to some ṛṣis' āśram where they had a satsaṅg. So they stayed till 11:30, 12 in the night, and after, Guru Vasiṣṭha said, "Now we go back to our hut, our āśram." So they gave them some salt and respect, what they have to do. Now, Guru Vasiṣṭha Muni is walking, and his wife Arundhatī is walking beside him. And Arundhatī said to her husband, to Guru Vasiṣṭha Prabhu, she said, "My Lord, look how beautiful today is the full moon of Śarad Pūrṇimā and how pleasant the light is." And at that time, Viśvāmitra knew that Vasiṣṭha Muni and his wife went to the satsaṅg and they would come back at midnight. So he took his arrow and bow and hid himself behind some bush to shoot, to kill Vasiṣṭha Muni. And Vasiṣṭha Muni did not know. Just at that point, Arundhatī was speaking, and Vasiṣṭha Muni said, "Yes, goddess, yes, my goddess, today the moonlight is so pleasant and pure and beautiful, so divine, like Brahma Ṛṣi Viśvāmitra." Oh God, Viśvāmitra's ego fell down. He threw the arrow and bow and ran, and he touched the feet of Guru Vasiṣṭha Muni and said, "Forgive me. How many bad things I have done to you. But you were not angry at all. But I did this only so that from your mouth I want to hear the name that you call me, Brahma Ṛṣi. What can I give you, Vasiṣṭha Muni, now?" Now, 72,000 years of tapasyā—Viśvāmitra is known as a tapasvī. "I donate to you all fruits of 72,000 years, or 64,000, I have birthed, 72,000." Guru Vasiṣṭha looked and said, "Yes, Brahma Ṛṣi. Yes, I give you one minute fruits of my satsaṅg." Injustice. 72,000 years of tapasyā. What do you mean? How much do I have to suffer? And one minute only of satsaṅg. He said, "Yes, that's also too much." He said, "That is humiliation, an insult to me." Vasiṣṭha Muni said, "It is more than tapasyā, the fruits of the satsaṅg." He said, "Prove me." He said, "Well, that only God can do." They went to Śiva. Śiva said, "Viṣṇu will tell." They came to Viṣṇu. Viṣṇu said, "He cannot tell, my Śeṣanāga will." Tell, that king cobra with the thousand heads, where Vishnu is residing in the milk ocean. Now, Viśvāmitra and Vasiṣṭha Muni are standing in front of the Śeṣa Nāga, and Śeṣa Nāga said, "I welcome you, Ṛṣis, but I am not able, because I have the entire weight of the earth on my head. I cannot bow down to you. It will be an earthquake. How can I welcome you, and what can I do for you? I am bound." Viśvāmitra said, "Śeṣanāg, O Bhagavān Śeṣanāg, we came to hear from you the result of justice." I said, "What? What is more, 72,000 years of tapasyā or one minute of satsaṅg?" Sheshnāgjī said, "This answer I can give you, but you know, I have the weight of the entire earth on me. So, Viśvāmitra, please tell, do you donate your 72,000 years of tapasyā and say, 'Mother Earth, just remain for a while so that Sahasranāmajī can relax his neck and give us the judgment'?" Earth didn't move. Sage Nāga said, "Vasiṣṭha Muni, please, can you ask Mother Earth to release my weight for a while?" And Vasiṣṭha Muni said, "Hey Mother Earth, one minute satsaṅg fruits or result, benefit, I dedicate to you. Can you for a while remain levitated? That Sage Nāga can help and give a result." Earth just moved a little up. And out of that, many countries came. Sahasranāgajī said, after so many yugas, he was making saravitasan, one, two, three, four, oh. And Viśvāmitra said, "What are you doing, Sahasranāgajī? Give us an answer." Sahasranāgajī said, "What do you want more? The answer is already given." He said, "Well, look, the earth is above." That was told by Gurujī. These are stories in the Purāṇas. So, satsaṅg. And so, Śeṣa. Now, where I am coming to the point, why I told you such long stories. Śeṣa. Śeṣanāga. What is a Śeṣa? When we make mathematic counting, minus, plus, this, that, and then what remains, that's called Śeṣa. Śeṣa kya rahā? Agree? So, after comparing all sādhanās, all practices, everything, finally, "Brahma Satya Jagat Mithya," yeh śeṣ rahay. That "śeṣ" means truth, that is called the Śeṣ, and that truth is the name of God, Mother Earth. This is still keeping on that eternal truth which flows from the Heart of the Bhaktas and Guru Kṛpā. Whenever Sahasranagar has little tension in his neck, very little muscles like this are moving, the whole Christ Church is under the water. An earthquake takes place. Scientists may give a different opinion or explanation. Thank you. Yeah, so that is because the Sahasranāgar is tired. There are two plates, you know, which are moving. So, therefore, it is said Kali Yuga is Kriya Yuga, and Kriya Yuga is Karma Yuga. Therefore, Kali Yuga is karma-pradhāna. Now, how to come out? Therefore, Tulsīdās said, "Kali Yuga is karma-pradhāna, lekin," but, "Kali yuga kevala nāma ādhāra." Ādhāra means the base, the foundation. On that name of God, the Brahma Satya, or the ṛṣi on which it is standing, Kali Yuga is still standing and surviving, all because the Satya is there, Sant. From Satya Loka, the saints came. Satsaṅg, and the fruit of the Satsaṅg is that, but your heart needs to be pure and loving. So, satsaṅg. So, Kali yuga kevala nām ādhāra. The main thing based is of the Kali Yuga is the name of God. Śumira śumira nara. Śumira karle mere mana, terī bittī umar hari, nāma vinā. Śumira śumira. Repeat, repeat God's name, your mantra. You can cross this ocean of ignorance and suffering. So, kriyā, karma. So, when Mahātmā said, without puruṣārtha, without working, you can't get anything in this world. Purushārtha binā na pāvī duniyā meṁ cij koī, dharma, artha, kāma or mokṣa, purushārtha karne se hoī. Dharma, artha, kāma, mokṣa, these four pillars of human dharma can only be achieved through purushārtha, through karma. Purushārthī puruṣ ko durlabha cīj koī? Purushārthī puruṣ ko durlabha cīj koī? Who is active and working honestly, and everything, nothing is impossible for that person. It is said, anyone can take bread from your hands away. But not from here, from your kishmat. And how did your kishmat, your destiny, you have built it with which karma? So puruṣārthī, puruṣko durlabhna cij, koi sulabh hai? Sab kuch available to that person, everything ichhā kare. So whatever he or she wishes, because active. Purushārta hīna prāṇī, but the lazy one, and who don't want to work anything, purushārta hīna prāṇī. Sab kuch dekh kar roī, whatever he see, that my neighbor got new car, now he builds the new house, he made so much, nāginvāī made one more. Nagirbhai has a property in Christ's Church, but he is unhappy because it all went to the earthquake, you know, and many things, no? So people are jealous. They don't work. They don't do. Often, the European people ask, "Swamijī, how is this possible? Indians just came two years ago, and they built a house." I say they know how to work and save money. They don't go every day eating pizza. When the whole family will go every third day eating pichā, then it's hardly they will be able to make one bathroom. So, puruṣārthī hīna prāṇī sab kush dekh kar roī, usse kush bhī nahīṁ miltā, that person will get nothing. Agar milega bhi, dega khoi. So even that person, he will get nothing, but even if he will get something, he will lose it. You get a little social help, a little money, you go to the Salimah market and buy yellow water, lost in that bottle, yellow water lost in that bottle, and again you have nothing in your hands, you throw it. Those who are thinking, "Oh, my God will do that, will do for me," they are just losing their life. The name of God, devatā, is puruṣārtha: working, hard working, work. Devatā nām hai puruṣārtha, karne se siddhi, if... You will do this, you will get the perfection, or siddhi, or what you see. So, Kali Yuga, karma pradhāna kriyā yuga, and, but in this, to come out, "Sumer, sumer nar hoi bhava pāra, Kali Yuga kevala nāma ādhāra, siddhi pānayana bhagavān kī, Deveśvara Mahādeva kī." Ādi Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān Satya Sanātana.