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Part 1: The Divine Status of the Saint Oṁ Gurur Brahma, Gurur Viṣṇu, Gurur Devo Maheśvara, Gurur Sākṣāt Parambrahma, Tasmai Śrī Gurave Namaḥ. Dhyāṇa mūlaṁ gurur mūrtiṁ, Pūjā mūlaṁ gurur pādam, Mantra mūlaṁ gurur vākyaṁ, Mokṣa mūlaṁ gurur kṛpāḥ, Oṁ Śāntiḥ, Śāntiḥ, Śāntiḥ. Viśva Vandanīya, Ārādhya Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī kī Caraṇ Kamala meṁ Bāraṁ Bāra Naman. Devādhi Deva, Śiva Svarūpa Śrī Dev Purījī Mahādeva kī Śubh Caraṇ Kamala meṁ Kauṭi Kauṭi Nandavat. Prataḥsmaraṇīya Paramapūjyā Gurudeva, Hindū Dharma Saṁbhārakāra, Śrī Svāmī Madhavānanda Purījī Mahārāj kī pavitra sevā or caraṇ kamaloṁ kauṭī kauṭī vandan saṣṭāṅg daṇḍavat. Blessed self, spiritual seekers, practitioners of yoga and daily life, or those who are on the path of spirituality, the blessing is coming to you from Holy Bhārat. Holy Bharat is that land where numerous incarnations and millions of saints were manifested. Bharat is the land of the ṛṣis, and all humans are the children of the ṛṣis, different ṛṣis. They are preaching their teachings, and their children slowly, slowly spread it around the world. The Adi and Adi, the universal principle, is called Sanātana Dharma. Sanātana means ancient, origin. Sanātana means the relation, connection, origin. Dharma is a principle, the law of the universe, the law of this earth, the law of nature, and the law of creation, as well as the law of the human incarnation. Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa tells in the 15th chapter of the Bhagavad Gītā: Mame vaso jīva loke, jīva bhūta sanātana — "I dwell in each and every entity. Every entity is my sanātana, my aṁśa, my ātmā, myself, my light." At the same time, Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa said, "Arjuna, time to time I manifest myself through my yoga māyā in two different forms: nitya and nimittāvatāra. Nimitta is that yuge yuge sambhavāmi — 'Every yuga I incarnate, I manifest.'" But Nityāvatāra is Sant, the eternal saint. Once, the great ṛṣi Nārada was giving a lecture, a satsaṅg. He spoke about human principles and the family, societies, management, ethics, morals, and spirituality. After the lecture, one man stood up and told Ṛṣi Nārada, "Nāradjī, you are giving the dharma of the father, dharma of the mother, dharma of the husband, dharma of the wife, and dharma of the children. You say the mother should be the head of the family. Mothers have all the rights in the family, and the children need the mother’s nearness. Mother, stay home. But your mother is going to different ashrams every day, hearing satsaṅg the whole day. She is hardly at home. What do you say about this, Nārada?" Nārada said, "My mother is going to bring the food for me." They said, "Food for you from the ashrams?" He said, "Yes." But the ṛṣis and āśrams, they are also going and begging — Bhikṣuk. What will he give you if he brings alms? Nārada said, "In alms, if a sādhu goes for alms, then the sādhu’s life will be successful." Until there is ego and the desire to keep one’s dignity—"I am this, and I am that"—you are not a sādhu; you have not passed the first step. Therefore, brahmachārīs, disciples, even in the schools, gurukuls, disciples, they used to go for bhikṣā. And a household. That was the Vedic culture. They were upset if one day a bhikṣā wouldn’t come to their door. They wouldn’t eat the whole day and would wait. In that food, what is got by bhikṣā is great, is divine. That is a real Mahāprasād. The disciple will bring the bhikṣā and give it to Gurudev. It depends on Gurujī how much, why, and what he will give. Those who go for Bhikṣā — there was a great saint here, very near from here, about forty kilometers, Maṅgal Giri Jī Mahārāj. He said: Wah, kya kena, jo mauj fakīr kī hai aur kai mauj nahīṁ hai. Mangala ghalo gudhri, arre wah. Maṅgal Dājī Mahārāj kahatā hai ki, go for Bikṣā, don’t make up yourself, just take it, anything, your sleeping blanket, put it, it is called on you. Tip-top hoge jaa ke thare kaun? Saadi kara jaa hono, biav kara jaa hono kai? Sai baat hai, kyo nahi? hai bhogi, aur wo ho ga rogi, wo ho ga dhongi. Phakad hai, uski to pakad Paramatmā se hai. Just take anything on your body if you feel cold. Take this cooking pot, which is made out of clay. In which vegetables are made, it is called a pot. Don’t ask which caste it is. Any door, don’t go there, who gives you good food, who welcomes you well. Then the next day, the sādhu will not go there. He wants to be like a bhikṣuk. That’s not a beggar. That is a bhikṣuk. Bhikṣuk, monk. Tab wo monk banta hai, jo bhikṣā nahī̃ letā hai, wo monkey bantā hai. Agle janam mein, in next life will be monkey. So my mother is going to bring that food, or which kind of food? After the Brahmachārīs and the saints who ate already, what remains is a Mahāprasād. If you get a single grain from the court of a saint, your fate will be revealed. Kabir Das Jī says, "If I get a dog in my second birth, then I will become a dog from the court of a saint." Lord Kṛṣṇa gave birth to two liars. Today, I have to write that I have to wash the plate of roti in the kitchen. If I have to eat roti in the kitchen, then I have to go to the kitchen to eat it. Even if it is written, it is written. I am so fat, how can I go and sleep with you? Tell me, but if someone goes, "I will eat and sleep," devotees don’t care. And with that food comes the divine blessing. Nārada went. Nārada went, but Nārada got a little doubt in his mind. Doubt is a kind of crack in the wall of a beautiful building. And a little earthquake comes, and there are the cracks. Then the strength of the building is gone. Therefore, someone said: "Kaṁsī phūṭī jānkar kahā gaī? Aur doodh phaṭā kahā̃ gayā? Kahā̃ gayā ghṛta? Dipak buj gayā, lo kahā̃ calī gayī? Aur man phaṭā kahā gayā? Preet. Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyaṇa." Kansi is brass. When there is a pot made out of brass nicely, then there is resonance. There is no resonance in this. When there is a crack in it, then there is no resonance. Like this. If there is a crack in that veil, then there is no resonance. When milk is spoiled, there is no butter anymore; you can have paneer. So, when the flame is blown out, you don’t know where the flame disappeared. Similarly, when there is disappointment in the heart, love disappears. You don’t know where it has gone. You try a thousand things, but there is no love. So Nārada had a little doubt in his heart. Why is my mother really going there and here? Nārada came home and he said, "My holy mother, my divine mother, every mother is a holy mother, every mother is a divine mother." Every child says, "My mother is the best mother." Which mother is not a good mother? All mothers are the divine mothers. "Mother, now you are tired and a little old. Stay at home, and the saints will come at home and give satsaṅg. You should take the joy of satsaṅg, mother." And I said, "I am old now, don’t bother me." Mother knows the child from the womb. Mother knows the child from her womb already. Mother knows the entire psychology of the child. And each word and way of thinking of the child, the mother got a little bit. The mother thought that in my son, someone has misinterpreted, blackmailed. The mother was a little upset that my child is blackmailed, my child is confused. Mother said, "My son, going there, when you go to see the sādhu, then give up your ego of your position, your education, and your wealth." Don’t say, "I am a rich man," "I am this man." In Gujarat, they say, "I am Nāthājī from Nara." I am Nāthājī without Nara. They come and sit there. Nāthā jī, why are you sitting there? Come sit here. If a poor person comes and says, "Why are you sitting here?" Go back and sit there. In Vijayanagara, people sit here. See, in the Kali Yuga, there is money everywhere. Welcome is being given to the people, not to the people. But when saints go there, there is no discrimination. Go to the meeting of saints. Go for the darśan of a saint without any ego of your position, your wealth, your knowledge, your education, etc. Then each step towards the Gurudeva, each step towards the saint, is like a thousand yajñas, not only one, a thousand, koti, koti. What happens then? Then what happens when you see the saint? The three things that time removes from you at that time. Death will not come near. Nobody will be tricky to you. There is no bargaining; there is no business. And when you will die, the jhaṁḍā will not pull your dhaṁḍā. Otherwise, your dhaṇḍā will be pulled by the jhaṇḍā. So when Yama comes, the messenger of death, either Yama or Dharmarāja sends the angels. When you bow down, then all the thousands of kilos of the sins fall down. But when there is ego, ego is like an arrow here. It doesn’t let you bow your head down. The ego of Maṇī, the position of Maṇī, everything. Rām, Rām, Sām, Namaste Mahārāj. He said, "Namaste, get up." When you meet the saints, you meet them with humility, with bowing. The water rains on the mountain but flows down below in the valley. Sadabhai, the water is filled up there. Sadabhai, the water is filled up there. The lake will be filled where there is water. No one will stay on the top of the lake. The lake will be filled where there is water. Therefore, Mother says to Nārada, we have to call the saints. Kabīr Jī has said in his bhajan, "All the doors of all the Chauda Lok, anywhere he could go." Now, if some will have access to all the lokas, immediately they will buy more land there. He said, "No, I don’t know what Bhumāfya said. I bought the land on the moon itself." So Ṛṣi Nārada went to Bhagavān Viṣṇu. Bhagavān Viṣṇu sat on Śeṣanāth, a thousand-headed snake, and Lakṣmījī passed by. She was sitting nearby, making Charaṇ Seva. Nārada jī came. What was Nārad jī’s mantra? Śrīman Nārāyaṇa Nārāyaṇa... Sathya Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān kī. Lakṣmī jī says to Viṣṇu Bhagavān, "Prabhu, Nārada’s kartāl is coming to listen." Bhagavān Viṣṇu says, "Yes, if Nārada comes, then he brings some problems and troubles." Nārada came, Lakṣmī jī said, "I hear the music, the resonance of his tānpurā." Bhagavān Viṣṇu says, "Yes, whenever Nārada comes, he brings some very interesting news." Nārada arrived. Nārada made a praṇām. Bhagavān Viṣṇu, Lakṣmījī, they bless him. Bhagavān Viṣṇu says, "Nārada, what brought you here?" "Prabhu, aapke darśan ko bahut samay ho gayā. Long time ago I didn’t have your darśan, so I thought I should go for a darśan. Prabhu, ye sādhu log jitane phir rahe hai, there are so many saint sādhus moving with the orange cloth. Who are they?" Bhagavān Viṣṇu kahte hai Nārada ko. "O Nārada, my soul is a saint, and I am the body of a saint. And the body of a saint is my whole body. Rom Rom, Meram Raha Jyam Badal Me, Me Are mere har ek baal. In my each and every hair, the saints are dwelling, like the rain in the clouds." Nārad, Bhagavān Viṣṇu knew what Nārad wanted to ask. Before Nārad could ask them, Viṣṇu Bhagavān said, "Nārad kī bāt samajhge." Bhagavān Viṣṇu to ghaṭ ghaṭ ke antar jāmī, sunte jāne vāle hai. Bhagavān comes to know why he has asked me about Nārada. Bhagwan knows, and he comes back with the inspiration of Bhagwan. Bhagavān Viṣṇu says, "Nārada, mera santau mein yantar nai. Hey Nārada, there is no difference between me and my saints, there is no difference at all. O Nārada, there is no difference between me and my sense. Those who have doubts in my sense will go straight into that hell." Nārada was quiet. Nārada was scared. Lakṣmījī was sitting near him. Nārada was nervous. Nārada says, "O God, please forgive me. Please forgive me." Surdhājī Mahārāj says, "Prabhujī, don’t hold onto my bad thoughts. I am ready to give you my name. You can cross it if you want." Nārada says, "O Prabhu, forgive me for my bad thoughts and wrong thinking about the saints and Gurudev. Forgive me, please. You are the Equal Vision One. You love all." Lakṣmījī says, "Should I also say something? There are a number of people who say that I have a bhagat." Lakshmījī says, "Do it." There was a time in the Kalyug. In the Kalyug, there was Rupiyā and Rām. Those who had Lakshmī in their house, they would ask for Ānand. Those who had Māyā in their house, their family would get spoiled. Bring a lot of money, earn a lot of money, but do charity, do dharma. Earn a lot of money, that is Lakṣmī. Where there is Lakṣmī, there is happiness and peace in the house. If there is Lakṣmī in the house, then who is the mother and the father? Who is the mother and who is the father? Your mother has always died. She gave birth to a baby. The father has always sent the father straight to hell. The one who has Lakṣmī in the house, who is the mother and the father? What should I say? Should I say mother and father? I am not saying you, I am not saying them. So, Lakṣmījī says, "Ātā Lakṣmī, arajā karta hai, main santaurī dāsī, jahan jahan mere sant charan dharat hai." Lakṣmījī says, "Bhagavān Viṣṇu, can I tell something?" Say yes. "Yes, I am the servant of the saints. Where my saints step on this earth, I put my palm. They are walking on the hollow of my palms." This means, where the saints come, there goes Lakṣmī. Where the saints come, there Lakṣmī comes. Nārada was so sorry. Nārada went back and said to Matajī, "Mātā Śrī, Māmī Śrī, Mātā Śrī, Mātā... Śrī, Mātā... Śrī, Mātā Śrī. Mahābābanō khadarē mai, mōṭā tilad gharvārī rājī. Āj kāl kaun mahāprabhujī kī sevā kare? Bhakṣālī hotā, wo mahābāb kī sevā kartā hai." Bill Nārad jī bent and mahā se māfī māṅgī. Lakṣmījī kahatī hai ki, "O Prabhu, jitne bhī paisā wāle haiṁ, vo sab mere bhakt haiṁ. Jiske wahan maiṁ nivāś kartī hūṁ, bhakt hai mere." Ha, Viṣṇu Bhagavān ke andar me thodī doubt āyī. Part 2: The Test of Devotion I thought that Lakṣmī was my servant, my wife, my faithful one. But she said, "Now, all these bhaktas are my bhaktas." I said, "No, they are her bhaktas." My devotee will not come today. He has run away from me. He has run away from me. He has run away from me. He has run away from me. He has run away from me. He has run away from me. He has run away from me. He has run away from me. He has run away from me. He has run away from me. Lord Viṣṇu said, "Alright, let’s go." Lord Viṣṇu and Lakṣmījī decided to test whether people are devotees of Lakṣmījī (Māyā) or of Lord Viṣṇu. Bhagavān Viṣṇu took the form of a saint, holding a chimṭā and a tilakya in his hands. He was performing all the duties of a sādhu and went to a village. In that small village, there was a rich man. Bhagavān Viṣṇu, appearing as a sādhu, went to the rich man's shop. The rich man exclaimed, "Narāyaṇa, Narāyaṇa, Bhagat, O Gurudev! What great fortune that you have come, holy man. What can I do for you? Please first have a cup of water, a little juice, etc." Bhagavān Viṣṇu, in the form of the sādhu, said, "O wealthy man, I would like to stay here for four months, for Cāturmāsa, during the monsoon time." That wealthy man said, "What am I? I am the fortunate one! Gurudev, please stay four months in my house. Welcome, welcome. I have a separate beautiful building that will be for you. Stay for four months. Let me show you." He took him to see a beautiful big building with a nice hall and decorated with nice furniture. "Gurujī, you stay here. Gurudev, please stay here." The Gurujī said, "Look, once I place my āsana there, I will not remove it for four months. Do not ask me to remove it. Think it over." The rich man said, "Gurudev, stay lifelong, not only four months." He continued, "Arre Bhagat, my āsana jā ragdata hoon, chār maina pat tak mein uṭhāun lākon hī. Toh baniyo kai keve, Gurudev, jīvan par ati birajo, māro toh baḍo bhāg hai." Then the sādhu said, "Phir chochle Bhagat, phir mat kena ki yaan se uthjao, main phir nahi uthunga." The rich man replied, "Arre Bhagavān, āpko uṭhā vālā kaune, durbhāgī vālā konā hogā? Who will be the unlucky one that will tell you to move your āsana?" Bhagavān Viṣṇu put down his āsana, a nice bed, and relaxed. He began to turn his mālā, chanting "Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya, Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya." (Bhagavān Viṣṇu chants whose mālā? Bhagavān Śiva’s. And Śiva chants whose? Bhagavān Viṣṇu’s.) After two or three hours, Lakṣmījī arrived. She also came in the form of a sādhu: with a tilak, big hair tied up, a kamandal, a chimta, golden sandals, a golden mala, a golden chimta, and a golden triśūl. She chanted, "Om Namah Shivaya Narayan Narayan." She said, "Bhagat, kaise ho? Today I am fortunate, two sādhus have come. What a great day! Āj mahārō kī to moṭo din ugyo, do do bābjī āyī gayā. Kyaṅ śeva karūṅ bābjī, āp kī? Ke behto śeva bād meṅ batāūṅgā." Lakṣmījī, appearing as a sādhu, said, "Ācandiyā. Lakṣmī jī keṭī bhagat, pānī pilāo ṭhaṇḍā, pyās lagīye." The rich man said, "Hāṁ Gurudev, hāṁ. Sāheb, strī ho ya puruṣ gharat, Gurudev hī hote ho." He brought water in a fine silver glass. Lakṣmījī said, "I have my own glass, I will drink from it." She took out a glass made of gold, weighing a kilo. She poured water into it, drank the water, and threw the glass away. She said, "Bring more water." She threw away the golden glass. She asked again, "Did you bring more water?" She put her hand in her pocket, took out another golden glass, drank the water, and threw it away. Then she asked for some milk. She took a big golden bowl, drank the milk, and threw it away. The businessman said, "These are golden cups and glasses, why are you throwing them?" She said, "I use them only once. Even my bathing basket, my eating thali, all are gold. You don't need to provide them. I have them with me." He said, "But I don't see them." She replied, "Don't worry, someone supplies them to me." He thought to himself, "If she stays here for four months... Oh God, I will be the richest person in the whole world." She said, "But I want to stay four months for the monsoons." He was overjoyed. "Oh, I am so happy." He said, "I have one new building." She said, "Let's go and see this one." He showed her the building where Viṣṇu was staying. Viṣṇu Bhagavān was there, chanting "Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya, Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya, Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya." Lakṣmī arrived, her golden shoes going "tuck, tuck..." Lakṣmī looked at Viṣṇu Bhagavān. She said, "I want to stay in this room." The rich man said, "No." He explained, "A Gurujī is sitting here." She said, "Okay, I will go. I need not stay, I will leave." He said, "Please sit in the other room. Gurudev, a great saint has come. He likes this room. You have a new silver throne. Sit there." But Bhagavān Viṣṇu said, "Hey Bhāgata, I told you, I will not move my āsana. I will stay here." The rich man pleaded, "Gurudev, only for four hours. Be merciful. I will carry your āsana as it is and put it in another room." Viṣṇu said, "No." The rich man went back to the other Swami, Lakṣmī. He said, "I have a more beautiful room for you." She said, "I don't care if your room is beautiful or not beautiful. Either here or nowhere. Don't waste my time." Again he went to Viṣṇu. "Gurudev, kṛpā kardo. Āp jo sant? You are a merciful saint." Viṣṇu said, "No, I told you no." Again, he went to Lakṣmījī. "Lakṣmījī, you still haven't fixed your āsana. So, there is a beautiful room." She said, "Idiot, move away, I am leaving." He fell down in front of Lakṣmījī, pleading, "Kripa karo, kripa karo, sāsa tāka na, paka pakāra ke. Within two minutes, Baba yā nahī̃ reyegā. Jā ke ke, Mahārāj, utho ke nahī̃ utho, lauṅg koī lat, thārā bāpro ghar konī hai. Sadhu Chanda sa jaga didī. Mālik ban ko, hatta tau." Bhagavān Viṣṇu then said, "This is not your father’s house. I was kind enough to give you the room, and now you have become the owner of it? Move from here. Otherwise, my workers will come and throw you out." Bhagavān Viṣṇu, in the form of the saint, took his āsana and kamaṇḍalu and went away. The rich man went to Lakṣmījī and said, "Come, come, Bāpujī, the āsana is ready for you." Lakṣmījī came and asked, "Where is Mahārāj?" He said, "Bapujī, he is just a beggar. He has a lot of problems. He has a lot of problems. He has a lot of problems. He has a lot of problems. He has a lot of problems. He has a lot of problems. He has a lot of problems. He has a lot of problems." He had thrown the saint out. He thought, "If someone else comes and throws diamonds, then you will take me out. I don’t want to go to your room." Lakṣmījī went away. After going ahead about two kilometers into the forest, there was a tree. There, God Viṣṇu and Lakṣmī were sitting. Lakṣmījī said, "God, is he my disciple or Ṭhākura’s disciple?" God Viṣṇu said, "I am tired of the Kalyug. I don’t want to die." The rich man had said to Lakṣmī, "Oh, such beggars come every day. They are not great like you. I threw him away. You take his place, please." Lakṣmījī said, "No. You are greedy for my gold. After some time, or tomorrow, someone will come who will throw diamonds, and you will throw me out. I don’t want to stay here." Lakṣmījī also left, and Viṣṇu also left. The purpose was to realize and to know who is who. Therefore, a disciple is one who has discipline. 'Disciple' comes from 'discipline'; that’s called a follower. The disciple listens to the principles and works accordingly. When the disciple says, "Gurudev, I want to serve you," that is very good. But what kind of service does Gurudev need? In Līlā Amṛt, when Gurujī took sannyās dīkṣā, Gurudev Swami Mādhavānandjī Mahārāj asked Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī, "Now what is my service to you, Gurudev?" Mahāprabhujī said, "Go and serve all humanity and protect all the creatures. Service to each and every entity is service to me." So the guru doesn’t need service to his body. He doesn’t need service to money or anything. His service is to give the Guru-Bhakti and Guru-Knowledge, the light of that wisdom to the whole world as originally as it is. On the day when you will lose your bhakti, that devotion, that light of spirituality will disappear from you. So disciples should learn, and disciples should always remain a disciple. On the day when a disciple thinks, "I am the guru," then he is nowhere. Our Gurudev is Satgurudev Viraj Manu, Mahāprabhujī, Holy Gurujī. I am a disciple, you are a disciple. I am traveling around the world as a disciple. I tell people I am only a postman, bringing the post of the Gurudev’s divine message. Therefore, it is said: "Gurur Brahmā"—seeing Gurudev as Brahmā, the creator. Gurudev creates in you motivation, intuitions, and creates in you those visions. "Gurur Vishnu"—he protects through his mālā, through his mantra, through his adhyātmik, spiritual śakti; he protects the disciples. But you have to stay under that umbrella. If you go out of the umbrella, then the hail will fall on your head. And when you are under the umbrella, the nectar will rain there. "Gurudev is Śiva." Shiva means the consciousness, pure consciousness. Shiva means the blessing, and Shiva means the liberation. "Gurur Brahmā, Gurur Viṣṇu, Gurudeva Maheśvara, Gurur Sākṣāt Parabrahma." Brahma, Viṣṇu, Śiva are not Parabrahma. Brahma, Viṣṇu, Śiva are the Trinity, the creator, protector, and liberator. Shiva, Brahma, and Vishnu are the three guṇas: Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas. But Gurudev is that which is called the Brahma Tattva. Disciples ask, "What should I do? Which sādhanā should I do? Which kriyā should I do?" Then, he said, "Meditate on the Gurudev’s form. God, please save me from Kushaṅg. Keep away the evil and the wicked. Therefore, O my Lord Gurudev, in my visions, with open eyes and closed eyes, every second, every time, Thy embodiment, Thy light should be in my heart and in my visions." Dhyāṇa-mūlaṁ gurubhūrti-pūjā-mūlaṁ gurupadam. Worship the holy feet of the Gurudev. Mantra-mūlaṁ gurubhakya. The best mantras, the best sādhana, is the words of Gurudev. "Do this, don’t do this. Do that, don’t do this. Don’t say this, say this." Therein lies our good; otherwise, it’s over. Mantra-mūlaṁ gurubhakya, mokṣa-mūlaṁ gurur-kṛpā. When that complete, full kṛpā will be there, then will be mokṣa; otherwise, no way at all. Rāmakṛṣṇa Paramahaṁsa was Swāmī Vivekānanda’s Gurujī. He was a devotee of Kālī. Kālī appeared and asked him, "What do you want, my son?" He said, "Mokṣa." She said, "I can give you everything but not mokṣa. Go to your Gurujī Totāpurī Jī, and he will give you the mokṣa." Kabīr Dās also was Devī’s bhakta in the very beginning, and his Gurudev told him, "Go to the Guru." Therefore, Kabīr Dās Jī practiced Guru Bhakti, Nirguṇ Bhakti. Tulsidās Jī practiced Saguṇa Bhakti. So, disciples, just follow the practice and develop your abilities and knowledge to serve all the creatures. That is the correct seva of the Gurudev. The other kind is not needed. The Guru doesn’t need your seva. The Guru doesn’t need you. You need the Gurudev. Nature doesn’t need us. We need nature. So decide what you want. There were two or three questions. I answered all in one, and one in all. All three questions were answered. What is the quality of the disciples? The quality? Pure quality. There are three kinds of disciples: Madhyam, Kaniṣad, Uttam. The lowest quality is the latest one. If Gurudev asks for some work, we are still waiting to see if someone else can do it. Madhyam: waiting, thinking the Gurudev will tell me to do it, then I will do it. Uttam: one who comes to know what Gurudev wishes and does it without any question of why, how, or when. Uttam putra jo hata hai—disciple and children are the same. Children should know what my parents want. Otherwise, don’t argue with the parents; that is very important. This is the quality: purity, pureness. Learn, learn, learn. Be ready to be learned. A disciple is gold, and Gurudev is a goldsmith. A disciple is iron, and Gurudev is a blacksmith. Gurudev has two things: one big iron piece down in the earth and one hammer. In one hand, he has a tong, puts it in the fire, and when it becomes red—meaning angry—he brings it out. And with the hammer, pachayi hatharaun thokke. Then comes the villain, ego. Again it is put inside the fire. Finally, it becomes such a beautiful ornament that everyone adores. So that means the ego. The hammer means the Guru Vakya, the teachings. The underground solid ground means the teaching of the Gurudev must be solid. The responsibility of the disciple is to follow Gurudev’s practice. Follow the path. Uttam, madhyam, and the qualities of the disciple, which I told you already. Om Namah Siri Prabhu Deepa Narayanam. Om Namah Siri Prabhu Deepa Narayanam. We are all servants of the Lord. We are all servants of the Lord. We are all servants of the Lord. We are all servants of the Lord. We are all servants of the Lord. We are all servants of the Lord. We are all servants of the Lord. Śrīdhar Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Om Śānti Śānti.