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Mystery Of The Universe

A satsang on Hanuman Jayanti exploring consciousness, incarnation, and the nature of the universe.

"Hanumanjī is also known as the incarnation of Śiva." "That insensible entity, which we cannot comprehend with our senses, is the root cause and support of this entire creation."

Swami Mahajanandji begins the morning discourse on the auspicious day of Hanuman Jayanti, explaining different types of divine incarnations and the principles of Shiva (consciousness) and Shakti (creative energy). He is joined by His Excellency Shri Gaurī Śaṅkar Gupta, the Indian Ambassador to Hungary, who speaks on the mysteries of the universe, using scientific analogies to describe the power of subtle elements like space, time, and the universal consciousness (Brahman) that pervades all creation.

Filming location: Vép, Hungary

Deep Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Devīśvar, Mahādeva Kī Dharm, Samrāṭ Satguru Swāmī Mahājānānjī Bhagavān Kī Satya Sanātana Dharma Kī Aur Gajananjī Mahārāj Kī Good morning. Today is a very special, auspicious, and divine day because it is the full moon, Pūrṇimā, and the day of the incarnation of Hanumānjī. We call this Hanumān Jayantī, the anniversary of his incarnation. Hanumanjī is also known as the incarnation of Śiva. As I have told you many times, there are different kinds of incarnations: Nitya Avatāra and Nimit Avatāra. Nitya means occurring every day or very often. Nimit means occurring only for a particular purpose. All the holy saints, or what we call Satgurus, come under Nityāvatāra. Nimit avatāra comes in every yuga, or maybe twice in a yuga. As our Arjun Purī was singing yesterday from the 14th chapter, where Kṛṣṇa says, "Whenever dharma grows weak and adharma is suppressed, then, in every yuga, I come to destroy the āsurī śakti, protect the bhaktas, and again bring the kingdom of the sanātana dharma." We know the trinity: Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva. First in the universe is Śiva. That is called Swayambhu. Shiva means light. Shiva means the truth. Shiva means the consciousness. Shiva means liberation. At the same time, Kṛṣṇa said, "Time to time, I manifest myself through yoga-śakti." That śakti is the energy which is in the entire universe. That is why we speak of Śiva and Śakti. Shiva is the consciousness, and Shakti is the maintenance. This is not to be understood literally, as in women being Śakti and men being Śiva; that is wrong. There is nothing to say about gender. Therefore, Shiva himself proves that he is Gaurī Śaṅkar. His Excellency’s name is also Gaurī Śaṅkar. Yes, so half is Gaurī and half is Śaṅkar. Shankar is Śiva, and Gaurī is Śakti. In every male, for example, there is more of the Gaurī Śakti. And in every female there is more of the Śaṅkar Śakti. In the male, the memories and feelings of the Śakti, of Gaurī, are always stronger. A férfiban mindig erősebbek a gaurī, a śakti emlékei, érzései. And the females have more of that tendency, and it is stronger in the male, and they are always attracted towards the male. A nőkben pedig erősebben benne vannak a férfi tendenciák, ezért vonzódnak is a férfihoz. There is one coin. Van egy pénzérme. This coin originated from the earth, so the earth’s influence is stronger. This is a little stronger. So when we throw it up, it comes back down. Why? Because it always goes to its origin, more so there. What we call gravity, what we call attraction. If it were completely separated, creation would stop. So this is the material world. But of course, that consciousness represents Śiva. Satyam, Śivam, Sundaram. Satyam means truth. Shivam means Shiva, truth and Satyam, Shivam. Sundaram means beauty. So this, the Brahma, Satya, Jagat, Mithyā, is indicated to Śiva. Satyam, Brahma, Satyam, Jagat, Mithyā. Shivam, that Shiva, Swayambhu, the consciousness. Sundaram, that is beauty. So that is the beauty of the entire universe. Then where was the necessity of the śakti? It is said that consciousness has no desires. Consciousness has no desires at all, and matter can’t do anything. Then, how does creation take place? Therefore, there is the energy, the Śakti, and that means activities, creative movements. So, when that movement is united with consciousness, then there is life. So, what moves? You are alive as long as your heart is moving, pumping. You are still alive because the consciousness is also there. What moves is life, and when it is not moving, it is death. But the question is, does our car also have consciousness? The car is also moving, no, but that doesn’t have that consciousness. So that pure consciousness is in the life where God has entered himself. So each tree, every leaf of the trees, has consciousness; it is at a lower level. But it doesn’t matter, the fire. There are many different kinds of fire, and the strongest fire tattva is in the water, in the ocean. That we call dhāva agni. So agni in śāstras is fire. One kind of fire is what we call physical fire, visible with our eyes. Also lightning, clouds from where the fire comes, so it’s called Dava Agni. That is when, in very cold conditions, the whole tree begins to burn. Lava Agni, the Vulcans. Then it’s called Chitta Agni, when the dead body is burned. The Havana Agni, when you perform the yajñas. The jāṭharāgni in the body, the digestive fire; krodhāgni, the fire of anger; kāmāgni, the fire of passion; and also it’s called vairāgni, the fire of longing, of devotion. All great saints are poets and writers who write something which is very emotional, very touching. You would like to read again and again what is written there. That’s called viraha. Mahāprabhujī’s entire one book is called the Padāviraṇī book. Mīrās, all bhajans, they are on the viraha. Surdas bhajans are also viraha bhajans. When God Kṛṣṇa went back to Veṅkuṇḍa, all the gopīs and gopas were unhappy. They said Kṛṣṇa had 16,000 gopīs. It means 16,000 female disciples. But there were double gopīs, the male disciples. In Kali Yuga, which is the yuga of women, we therefore emphasize more the female energy. When you have a particular government, then you are on that side, and when you have another government, you are more on that side. But there is equality. There is no imbalance. We say first Gaurī Śaṅkar; we don’t say Śaṅkar Gaurī. No one has the name Śaṅkar Gaurī because first is the mātṛ devo bhava. The mother is first. We say Lakṣmī Nārāyaṇa; we don’t say Nārāyaṇa Lakṣmī. Or we say Sītā Rāma, first Sītā, then Rāma. So similarly, there is equality. So Virahāgni, when God Kṛṣṇa went back, it is said all were crying. Kṛṣṇa had one good friend. One of the gopīs was crying and asked Uddhava. Uddhava was Krishna’s friend also. So, Gopī, this is Sūrya Dās writing and singing: "Hi Uddhava, please tell me, what is the difference between Yoga and Vyoga?" When you realize the yoke, you become one. And yoke means separation. When you are separated, then again you are one, alone. You say that I am lonely. Finally, you have to become alone, one. Because only that one is the truth. Finally, Eko Brahma. To tenacity, where there are two, is not reality. It doesn’t matter how much you love or how deep a relation you have, even like a mother and child, sooner or later one day it will be separated. That’s why Vedānta doesn’t believe in these duality things, because there is only unity, one. But that one in all, that consciousness, Śiva consciousness, is in everything. And everything is one. So Śiva, Viṣṇu, and Brahmā are called the trinity. Viṣṇu and Brahmā, they are the holy three. According to the Mahāśivapurāṇa, it is Brahmā and Śiva who also manifest and create Viṣṇu. And they tell Vishnu, "Go and make tapasya." And out of that tapasyā fire comes the water element. When it’s very hot, you are sweating. Fire brings water out, and you are freezing very cold. As it becomes colder, your hand begins to burn. You hold a snowball. The beginning is cool, and then it’s like your hands are burning. And then it is said that from the navel of Viṣṇu comes the lotus. Then Shiva creates or manifests as Brahma. And Shiva asked Brahma to take a seat on this lotus. When the creation and Śreṣṭhikī Rāṭchanākaru now make the creation, so it is not right that one said Brahmā is born from Viṣṇu’s navel through the lotus. That’s wrong. As you remember, last time His Excellency spoke about body, mind, energy, and how the soul is coming, the water element. So first, where the jīvā is, the soul, that is as a seed, as a Viṣṇu. And he is the protector. So this Veṅkuṇḍa, or the Milky Ocean, again is a mother body. And in that body, the embryo is developing, and that embryo is a lotus. And then comes the buddhi, intellect, the Brahmā, the creation. So, in this trinity, Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva... Like here we have our parliament, our law, there is also cosmic law. There is understanding. So one time, when in one yuga an incarnation comes, Viṣṇu is coming. That time, Shiva comes to take care of it. And when Shiva is incarnating, then Viṣṇu is coming in the Śiva. So, when God Rāma, as a Viṣṇu incarnation... Now, there is one movement called Hare Krishna. They are singing Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Rāma. But they do not mean that God, Rāma. They are singing to Balarāma, the elder brother of Kṛṣṇa, which is not that Viṣṇu incarnation. So Rāma is the son of the king Daśaratha, of the Raghu dynasty. That Raghu dynasty is the sun dynasty, since the sun. That’s called Sūryavaṁśa, the Sūrya dynasty, and Sūrya, the light, is the source of life. So when Bhagavān Rāma incarnated, then Hanumānjī came to support, to maintain, to organize, so we see Hanumānjī as an embodiment of Shiva, and finally, he manifested as Śiva. When Bhagavān Rāma went back to his world, Vaikuṇṭha, or whatever you call Rāmaloka or Śivaloka, then Bhagavān Rāma said to Hanumānjī, because all the bhaktas of God Rāma went with him into the Brahmaloka, including all the monkeys, all the bears. It means that God doesn’t love only humans. God can liberate and will liberate even every creature. God loves every creature. In these 24 incarnations, none of them, God’s incarnations, were eating meat. And all these major heads, or whatever you call them in different religions, they were also vegetarian. Buddha was Hindu, and Buddha was a complete vegetarian. When Buddha went for bhikṣā, he was walking with one technique, what we call in yoga, Udāsī Mauna. Udasi Mauna is like you look sad. And Mauna is silence. He was stepping, then looking to see if there were any ants under his feet. So if you follow Buddhism, you should not eat meat. Muhammad was a Rajput, Kshatriya, warrior. And it is said that he was also vegetarian. Jesus was also vegetarian. So, do we follow them or not? That’s it. So all these incarnations, they love God. God loves all creatures. All are his children. So today, my dear, is Hanumān Jayantī, and full moon, beautiful, and I wish you all the best, and blessings of Hanumānjī, from Śiva, and so on. We are very happy and thankful to His Excellency, the Ambassador of India to Hungary, Śrī Gaurī Śaṅkar Gupta Jīnaka. And Gupta, that means different names and different meanings. And Gupta also means hidden, you know, confidential. So hidden, so you never know what is hidden in him. So he is going to manifest something today. His excellency is representing the Indian government here, India, but I would say he is more a philosopher and Vedāntic than a politician. De én azt mondanám, hogy ő inkább védānta, tudós és filozófus, mint sem politikus. It is said that only a king can be successful who has the yoga vidyā, rāja yoga, and politics. És azt mondják, hogy csak az a király lehet sikeres, akiben ott van a yoga vidyā, rāja vidyā és a politika. Mahatma Gandhījī writes on the last pages of his life history, biography: If one thinks that spirituality or religion and politics cannot go together, then Gandhijī said that person does not know what religion is and what politics is. As I told you yesterday, spirituality and management, if there is no spirituality, then management means... now you see what is the condition of the world in the economy. So, I’m very happy that His Excellency came, and he has written many books. One of his latest books appeared just now. And we are going to integrate the book, so ask His Excellency for that. You can remain seated; otherwise, the photo will not come. Hungarian and English. Beautiful. Mystery of life. Orange. I’m waiting for your retirement. Also, I would like to welcome our dear one from Hungary who made a great effort. Szívesen üdvözöljük kedves magyar barátunkat, aki nagy erőfeszítésekkel és szeretettel dolgozott, és ahol szeretettel dolgoznak, ott minden jól megy. Nagy erőfeszítéssel megjelentette ezt a könyvet magyar és angol nyelven egymással. What is your name? Joseph. Joseph. Always, when we do something, then we say, "Where can I get? Where can I get?" So I got you someone who you can get there, direct address. So it is published by a publishing house available in, I think, all the bookstores in Hungary. And sometimes people say, "I want to have a signature, I want to have a signature," so I requested His Excellency if he can sign some books already now. So there are some books with his own signatures. Mindig azt kérdezik az emberek, hogy hol lehet kapni, hol lehet kapni, úgyhogy most a közvetlen eredeti forrást itt prezentálom nektek, a kiadó igazgatóját, őtől lehet kapni, és azt hiszem, hogy egész Magyarországon az összes könyvesboltban kapható ez a könyv. És sokan mindig kérik, hogy kérnénk egy aláírást, kérnénk egy aláírást. Of course, we don’t have a thousand books here. In English, they say, "Only the bird finds the first cherry." So there are some. So, your excellency, the floor is yours. First of all, let me express my sincere gratitude to Swāmījī for his very generous and kind words, and also for formally launching the book today in front of all of you, the devotees of Swāmījī. Swamiji has already given you a very profound talk on the creation of the universe and the oneness, or the singleness, of the consciousness which constitutes this universe. Now, Swamiji has directed me to speak something about the mysteries of the universe. So, I will make my attempt to talk to you on this issue a little. Like Dala. Like Dala. You know, when you sit down in the night and look at the vast blue sky above you, you see millions of stars, the never-ending sky, horizons not to be seen anywhere. Now, this universe, which has been described, or discovered partly by the scientists... It has been admitted by scientists themselves that it’s infinite. I’ll give you some scientific statistics about what science says on the universe. As of today, science says that only 4% of the universe is known to them. And do you know how much that 4% constitutes? 78 billion light years is the diameter of that 4%. And you know what a light year is? The distance which sunlight travels in one year. In one second, sunlight travels 300,000 kilometers. In one second. So in one year, how much will it travel? And then in 78 billion years, how much will it travel? You can’t even imagine. Even the most sophisticated computer available today cannot make this calculation. Science also says that there are at least 100 billion galaxies in the known universe, only 4%. The galaxy we live in is only one of those galaxies, in which there are many solar systems. So each one of the hundred billion galaxies has, say, about four hundred billion stars. Each one of them. So imagine the enormity of this universe. Man has only gone up to the moon, and they have sent a vehicle up to Mars, but there are billions and billions of Marses and moons around this universe. So the question arises, can we really understand this universe? Can we understand the mysteries of this universe? Yes, we can. Let me give a small example of how. You see a huge tree outside in the garden there. If you start counting the leaves and branches and the flowers and the fruit of the tree, you will end up spending years. And then also, you may not find everything out. But if you understand the seed of that tree, that small little seed can tell you what this tree is all about. De hogyha megértitek annak a fának egyetlen egy magját, az a mag mindent elmond nektek arról a fáról. Look at our own body. We don’t understand what the human body is all about, what a miracle it is. Nézzük a saját testünket, még csak nem is értjük a saját testünket sem, nem tudjuk, hogy milyen csodát működtet. It is the most miraculous creation of the universe.

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