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Good evening, everyone. Welcome. Many devotees are stuck in the snow, so please send a message to your friends: do not try to come. Stay home and look at the website. If the weather allows, come to Strylki next weekend for the next program. We remember that in Mahāprabhujī’s time, there was so much to know and understand. This is Sanātana Dharma, known as the living religion. Sanātana Dharma is the eternal principle—the knowledge that leads further. That is why it is called Brahmaniṣṭha Śrotriya, Satguru Dev. A Brahmaniṣṭha is a knower of Brahman. We all know this theoretically here, yet many of us doubt even the theory. Therefore, we are not Brahmaniṣṭhas. It requires long practice and the Guru's grace (Guru Kṛpā); only that mercy can bestow Brahma Jñāna upon you. Thus, it is said that only a Brahmaniṣṭha can truly tell us about Brahman. The one who can speak, inspire, and guide is called a Śrotriya. Śrotriya means one who imparts pure teachings, and teachings can only be given by the master. Sometimes you may like something different, but the master says no. Just now, while walking the 150 meters here with Gajānanda, we talked about singing the bhajan yesterday: Prem Kapyā Laharī, Kāmerā Barasāī. I said, "The rāga is not good," but he said he likes it very much. So there is a conflict between master and disciple. The master gives you a motor engine made of iron, but the disciple wants one made of plastic, saying, "It will be modern; we live in plastic times." Therefore, Gurudeva is that which teaches you. The first gurus are mother and father. Many think you do what your mother or father did. There is a small girl, two and a half years old, whose mother always did her hair a certain way, and now the girl does it too. Yes, mother and father are prime examples. Some grandfather had a fine Hungarian moustache, and sooner or later, the Hungarian grandson will have one too. Something remains. My father had a long beard, and in the family, no one has one except me. Perhaps that reflection remains on me, by Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa's will. Kṛṣṇa works hard, and Arjuna asked, "Lord, why are you working? Why do these karmas?" Kṛṣṇa said, "I am beyond karmas. Nothing touches me, but you should know: there is nothing in the universe I cannot have. Still, I work, I do karma, because what I do, people will also do." So parents must be very careful about what they do and say in front of children. Nowadays, a big problem is parents fighting while small children listen, with one parent being aggressive toward the other. The children become frightened; perhaps one parent is drunk. That child may never rid themselves of that fear in life. It is your problem with your wife or husband, but take care not to give a negative reflection to the children. Children will do what you do, but there is a difference: children should do what parents tell them to do. Similarly, a disciple should not do what the master does, but what the master teaches. First are parents, second your friends, third your school teachers, fourth your religious pandit, priest, rabbi, mullah, etc., fifth is your Satguru Deva, and sixth is yourself. But you must learn to attain that Brahmajñāna. A crow sits on top of a temple. People pray inside, and the crow feels proud, spreading its wings and looking intelligent. Another crow asks, "What happened to you today?" It replies, "I am self-realized." "What? How do you know?" "I need not know. All are praying to me—inside." An old crow says, "My child, they are praying to God inside, not to you." This Brahma Vidyā, the knowledge of Brahman, is for Brahmins who know Brahma. This Brahma Jñāna is only given, bestowed upon you by a Śrotriya, a Brahmaniṣṭha, a Satguru Dev. You cannot have Brahma Vidyā without that Kṛpā. It is said you may read many, many books for yugas upon yugas, but no one becomes a pandit that way. This is called apravidyā. This is vācārtī, not lakṣārtī. There are two kinds of learned persons. One is vācārtī: knowledge from readings in libraries, books, newspapers, etc. This knowledge is borrowed; it is not your own. The other is lakṣārtī. Lakṣa means aim, the aim you wish to realize. This life is a journey, not a destination. We are born human, but you may think we are like God and can do all we want. We can declare, "I am a guru." Yes, you are—you belong to that group of the kangaroo. From lakṣati comes wisdom. In one bhajan by Lālā Nānjī, it is said beautifully. Śiva Nānjī Mahārāj... Anubhava means one who has experiences, who is the lakṣārtī. Bāṇī means one who speaks about those divine experiences. If you speak of worldly experiences—"Oh God, this person is always drinking coffee and wasting time at the coffee place"—that is mostly a Croatian habit. If you do not go to the coffee house to drink coffee, you are not Croatian. I wanted to know how tasteful the coffee is. I always ask Croatians, "Can you make me a Croatian coffee so I can taste what it is?" Why do they spend two and a half hours sitting there? Even the president of Croatia goes to a coffee house in Zagreb at least once a week; otherwise, he is not the president. I wanted to drink that coffee, and they gave it to me. It was no different from coffee in New Delhi or Jordan. But you go to Vienna and drink a cappuccino—oh my God, that is some coffee. But no, they do not go for the coffee; we spend two and a half hours. So I came to know Croatia has its secret; they do not give this to tourists. In India, we have beautiful technology. The ex-president of America, Bill Clinton, sent a team to India and said, "Find out which technology India has that we do not." They worked for one and a half years, examining all kinds of techniques from making shoes to arts, yoga, and everything. Something remained unknown, so they were driving at night and came to a small village between villages. In India, we have roads where you do not need to go to gymnastics in the car—you already have it nicely. Their car stopped in the middle of nowhere. There were three top-qualified American engineers and one top-qualified Indian, a universal man. The engineers opened the bonnet, checked the boot, went under the car, and found nothing wrong. The Indian said, "Well, we shall see some mechanical issue." They said, "There is nothing." There was not even electricity or visible light. He said, "There must be some workshop." "A workshop here?" "Yes, I shall go and search." The Indian went. A dog was barking somewhere, and where a dog barks, there are humans. If you get lost and search for humans, listen to where dogs are barking. It could be gypsies, nomads, or anyone. He went there and found a small hut where a man had a cycle repair shop. When a cycle had a puncture, he had only one screwdriver and some other tools. The Indian said, "Our car is broken down. We do not know what happened. Can you help?" The man asked, "Which car is that?" "Mercedes." "No problem." He came with one screwdriver, a small hammer, and one key. He asked, "Can you open your bonnet?" The Americans stood there. The Indian told them, "The engineer came. His workshop is just here." Under a tree—a workshop under a tree. Where could that be? India. And we have big showrooms, bigger than this hall, all computerized workshops. He came, started the key, and asked, "Where is the key lock?" The American did not even know where the keyhole was. He put it in, opened the bonnet, and with a little kerosene lamp, he did something with a hammer. The Americans said, "Oh, God." He went back, sat in the car, and started it perfectly. The Americans asked, "How much can we pay you, please?" He said, "Good night. It was my great pleasure to help you. At night, do not drive on this road. The next workshop is about 35 kilometers away." The Americans were amazed. "Which technologies were those? We have to write to our president." The Indian man said, "Yes, this is a special Indian technology, very ancient, named 'Jugaad'." When Clinton visited India and met our Prime Minister, Clinton asked, "We Americans know all about your technology, but we would like to buy one technology we do not have." The Prime Minister said, "Yes, which one? Jugaad." The Indian Prime Minister said, "No, not in any case. Jugaad remains in India." It means just with a hammer and this, and it goes. Yes, nothing is impossible. It may work a little; after 20 kilometers, they may stop again. This is Jugaad technology, not permanent. A Brahmaniṣṭha Śrotriya will not make a Jugaad; they look perfect. Even if you have a guru for jugāḍ, I can teach you jugāḍ. Do you want to live? No. There is an electric plug, and you want to charge your mobile phone, but the plug is too big and loose. You put it in, and it goes down a little. An Indian comes, takes some mastic, puts it in, and inserts the plug. That is one technique. How long will it last until you pull it out again? Anyhow, Brahmaniṣṭhas wrote the Ṛgveda. That knowledge is called Anubhava. Anubhava comes from Lakṣati, not from Vācārti. Vācārtī is having borrowed knowledge from books, newspapers, magazines, televisions, and people. You hear and say, "Yes, that is like that." Lakṣatī has realization. You may know everything about a car but have not gone to driving training. You know the car completely, every part, but have not learned to drive. You know how to start the car, put petrol in, and go off on the highway—twice, first and last. When one thinks, "I am a guru, and I do not need another guru," that is your distraction. A disciple will forever be a disciple, even if you are a Brahmajñānī guru. For your master, you are always a disciple—no arguments. Because if even a little of the master's kṛpā goes to the other side, you have lost everything. Therefore, we pray for kṛpā. Brahman is just a Śrotriya, so one who knows Brahman and can inspire us. So there is Lakṣati, Vācārti, and Puruṣārāta. Puruṣārāta is hard work, hard techniques, discipline. Do not think your chakras are open. Someone wrote to me asking which chakra is open and whether God will take care of them. Why should God take care of your chakra? It is your chakra. If it is awakened, it is always awakened; sleeping is your sleeping. God does not care. Do not think chakras are open or closed. Let there be happiness and joy. All will be counted in the last second of your life. A declaration will be made: Brahmajñānī. I can tell you are a Brahmajñānī, but it has no validity. You are all Brahmajñānīs as long as you do not speak. That is the validity of our Brahmajñāna. Brahmavidyā is not easy. There is one story which is very painful, but it is a real story. You people will not understand and will not endure it, so I will tell it some other time because we are not capable. Especially someone like our Swāmījī Gajānan would throw everything away and say, "I go." But within one year, the disciple attained Brahmajñāna. There was God incarnated as Aśvinī Kumāra who bestowed the Brahmajñāna. This story is long; I will not tell it now. So, Brahmaniṣṭha Śrotriya, and Śrotriya is one who speaks. We are the śrotas, the listeners now; that is called śruti and smṛti. Śruti means we have heard knowledge, words from the master, and realized. What remains in our memory is called smṛti. Through your smṛti, you pass it further to your disciples or children. If you lose that smṛti, you cannot give further. So you must have real information, even if you do not like it. When you are perfect, you will like it. So the rāga—what Gajānan said—no, many people like what he is singing, and he likes it very much. I said, "Well, all rāga is good rāga. No question; it is okay." But there is a but. There is a beautiful African dance. Do you like that African dance? And there is another dance called Vīṇā Vālcā. An African may come and say, "No, I want to dance like this," and they do Vinabhashadi. It does not suit together. Therefore, everything has its place. Now, it is that Śruti and Smṛti: Śruti, Smṛti, Śrutāḥ, and Śrotriya. Śrotriya is Gurudeva. That smṛti, the experiences of Gurudeva, he tells. We must give it as it is, as origin, as it is further. That is the work of the master. Do not mix in spices. Give it as pure quality. Give me a nice piece of tofu. Our Maganpurī from Budapest makes such good tofu. I tasted it; good. But I asked him, "Can you put a little hot paprika inside?" He said, "Yes, Gurudev, no problem." But then it is not pure tofu; it is paprika tofu. Then it was bought by Umāpurī. She said, "Can you put a little haldi inside?" So the quality is lost. Now it has become jugār. Okay, that is your test. In knowledge, there is no compromise. In quality, no compromise. In yoga and daily life, no compromise. Keep your techniques, keep your exercises. Do not try to mix, create more this and that, and put inside. Yoga and daily life exercises are finally designed. Hari Om. The Bible is written, finally. Hari Om. If you put something inside, it is not accepted. Guru Granthas are given; this is that, and that is it. So your Guru Grantha is yoga and daily life. No compromise, no changes. So, Brāhmaṇiṣṭha, Śrotriya, Satguru—and that makes the disciple also Satguru. These disciples should have that quality always—no arguments. There was one disciple who went to study in Kāśī, Banāras, Vārāṇasī. Varanasi is the center of knowledge. All philosophers, all decisions, and all challenges come from Varanasi. A diploma from there is well acknowledged. One who speaks well, with good language and knowledge, we say, "Oh, he studied in Varanasi." Like here, "Oh, he studied at Zagreb University." If you really take time to study, Zagreb University has very good students. But the problem is those students spend a lot of time drinking coffee. One master sent his disciple to study in Banāras, Kāśī. He studied for 15 years, learning Sanskrit, grammar, all six philosophies, everything. He returned to his Gurujī. One day, Gurujī and he were passing through a small village of about 60 houses. In the street, there was an oil mill for cold-pressing oil. In Jadan Ashram, we have a beautiful oil mill in the kitchen area. An ox pulls the mill, rolling it. To keep the ox close but prevent dizziness, they put something like eyeglasses on its eyes, blacked out like an aeroplane's sun shield. The ox must be trained; it is not easy and often falls down. It takes five or six months. That ox was moving around the oil mill, and a bell (bale) hung under its neck. The master and disciple passed by. The disciple began to argue with Gurujī, asking, "Gurudeva, why does this ox have this bell in his neck?" Gurudeva said, "So the owner knows if the ox is moving or standing. The ox cannot see; its eyes are closed. If the ox stops, the bell stops ringing, so the master will know and tell it to go further." The disciple argued further: "Gurudeva, suppose the ox remains standing and only moves its head. What will the master do?" That Gurujī said, "This ox did not study in Kāśī." If it stops, it will get sticks on its buttocks. These are the things we must practice. That is the knowledge; the qualities are all decided. We humans, in this modern system, have changed names and many things. Someone asked me, "Swāmījī, can you tell something about what is called wine yoga?" I said nowhere in Patañjali is wine yoga written, neither in the Gheraṇḍa Saṃhitā, the Śiva Saṃhitā, nor any other scriptures. Yoga has become commercial, and everyone puts a name on it. What Gurudev taught, he gave pure knowledge to the disciple. With this, he gives blessings. That Gurudev will bless and say, "This is the successor." That comes with kṛpā, not before. So Sanātana Dharma is a tradition of teacher and student. It is a Sanskrit name. A Sanskrit teacher is a guru, and a disciple, or śiṣya, is a student. That is all. It is only a language difference, but this difference creates conflict in people's minds. If you tell somebody, "My guru is coming," they may say, "Oh, guru, you are unhanger." What a question. If I translate "unhanger" into something funny—something hanging on you—anyhow. But if I said, "My teacher is coming," no one cares. You have a skiing teacher, a driving teacher, a music teacher—many teachers. So your music guru, skiing guru, driving guru—where is the problem in using the word "guru"? But this is created as a conflict in cultures, nationalities, and religious beliefs. Therefore, Sanātana is ādi-anādi, eternal religion, and it will exist as long as the whole Prahlāda exists. Till the moon and sun exist, it will again merge into Brahmajñāna. Again, there are the four: Śiva, Viṣṇu, Brahmā, and Śakti. These four are eternal. Their duty is to prepare this game and play this theater. But the fifth principle above this is called Guru Tattva. That Guru Tattva frees them. Who is involved in this game? What kind of game? Janana-Maraṇa, birth and death. Janana Maraṇa Kā Bandhan—we are tied in the cycle of birth and death. It is said God has created this bandhan of moha. There is a bhajan from, I think, Holī Gurujī: the Satguru comes and cuts off this bandhan. So these are five tattvas, or five forces. Śiva comes as Swayambhū with Śakti. Shakti means that energy, power. Pure consciousness can do nothing, and matter cannot do anything. Between them is Shakti, and Shakti is called wish, desire. "Thy wish will be fulfilled, O Lord." The Shakti that makes everything function is capable. And Viṣṇu, and Brahmā. Among these four, Guru Tattva is the highest because it liberates, even bringing Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva out of this stress. The Guru Tattva, you know... Brahmā, if you see Brahmā sitting on... The lotus flower has four hands and four heads. Avatthapurī asked how Brahmā sleeps because one face must be down. I said for many yugas, he has to be like that. Then he will be released from his position. There is one book, "Bhajan" from Maṅgīlālji. He said even an ant will one day have a chance to become Brahmā, Indra—king of the heavens. And again, the king of the heavens, Indra, will one day become an ant. One day. When? Ages and ages, yugas and yugas. Do not worry; it will come. That day, one of my disciples I asked to become a flower until Mahāprabhujī’s anniversary. Four days before the anniversary, the person began to eat everything again. You could see on the cheeks, like putting a bean in water, which again begins to—morning will be double. So I thought I did not tell you which anniversary. That was a misunderstanding. So, when there was a question, that person turned to being completely vegan. I would not suggest you be completely vegan. We need calcium, protein, milk, and yogurt. So sometimes we should take these. Many become completely vegan, and their skin becomes pale; it is not healthy. Many people will be against me because vegans are a big group. They say, "No, what do you think about that?" But I suggest having some dairy products. Do not drink two liters of milk in the morning and two in the evening. Just one cup of milk or one glass of milk, that is all, or one cup of yogurt. This question is also answered. Such a lecture answers all questions. So, do puṇya, do something good, and we can do good for others too. When I pray, I think for you. If you do not believe, you will not ask me. "Please, Swāmījī, can..." You blessed me so recently. Our yoga brother Pūrṇānand from Slovenia passed away just a few days ago, and today prasād was donated by his daughters here, and they gave some donation. We thank you, and we pray for Pūrṇānandī. At the same time, today, chocolate is given to children. I do not know who it was. Prasad for this evening: chocolate offered by Seva Devī and Kailash Purī from Split, from their newborn son. Chocolate, son—we wish him a very happy, healthy, long, harmonious, and spiritual life. So, Sanātana Dharma, eternal Dharma. In Sanātana Dharma, there is no particular name of Dharma, nor a name of a particular God. Even Kṛṣṇa, Rāma, all these twenty-four incarnations are not counted in Sanātana Dharma because then that becomes man-made religion. It is spoken about Brahman. That is it. So, my dear one, Mahāprabhujī, that is Satguru Dev, Brahmaniṣṭha Śrotriya. Just to look at Mahāprabhujī’s picture, you feel that light of Brahmajñāna. So I pray to Mahāprabhujī to bless you all. Tomorrow, the webcast will begin at 9:30 because of winter. Those brothers and sisters listening: in the morning, if it is snowing and roads are icy, please do not come here; stay home. One of our sisters is looking at the webcast today, and you love her very much. She has a birthday tomorrow, Sunday, and it is already Sunday there. Our Madhu from Zagreb, who is in Australia now—we wish Madhu all the best and a happy birthday. Much love. Thank you. Siddhi Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jai, Devīśvara Mahādeva Kī Jai. Mādhava Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān Kī Jai, Sanātana Dharma Kī Jai.