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Dharma Is An Universal Principle

The essence of Sanātana Dharma and the path of a teacher is understanding universal principles beyond man-made religion. Yoga is a complete science of body, mind, and consciousness, more demanding than becoming a doctor. Religion is a man-made thought, while dharma is the eternal principle and obligation inherent in all existence. Everything—elements, seasons, relationships—has its dharma to maintain universal balance. Sanātana means universal, indicating our fundamental relation to the one source. A true teacher must overcome all duality and personal greed, realizing the divine in all. The individual is a microcosm; the center of the universe is at the navel and the sky's height is one's own body height, illustrating the inner nature of cosmic truth. Divine presence resides equally in every entity.

"Dharma rakshita rakshita—if you protect dharma, dharma will protect you."

"Mame vaso jīva loke—I live in every entity in this mortal world."

Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

Good morning and welcome to all. My apologies; today is a nice day. It is the new moon, so it is a new program, with new techniques—everything is new on this new day. I welcome all our spiritual seekers around the world and offer many blessings from Devpurījī, Mahāprabhujī, and Gurujī. For the new moon, someone has already given me a silver medal. So, Brahmavidyā, Brahmajñāna, and being Brahman oneself: ahaṁ brahmāsmī—I am Brahman. I am Ātmā Brahma. I am this Ātmā, which is Brahma. These are the four Mahāvākyas of the Vedas. All teachers of yoga in daily life should know this by heart. To become a yoga teacher is not only about knowing how to perform āsanas and prāṇāyāma. That is not enough, and that is not yoga. To become a teacher of yoga is more time-consuming and difficult than becoming a doctor, because yoga is a science of the body, mind, consciousness, and so on. This science of yoga is one of the first to be declared a science, and it was given by Lord Śiva. You know that no god belongs to a particular religion. At that time, there were no words for religion. There was only dharma. There is a difference between religion and dharma. Religion is a man-made thought, of course. These teachings can be given by holy incarnations, which is why I call it man-made religion. The message of Bhagavān Rāma was the incarnation of Viṣṇu, but still he incarnated in a human body, similar to the Bhagavad Gītā and other scriptures given by Kṛṣṇa. Still, it is man-made. The Bible contains Jesus's words; it is man-made. The Koran was spoken by the Prophet Mohammed; it is still man-made. Buddha's teaching is also man-made. Now, all these different gods in the beginning, which are human figures in those particular religions, would not divide. They see all in oneness. The sun is not shining only because of the starlight we are sitting in; it is a beautiful, warm sun. But it shines everywhere, equally. The sun does not make differences, so God does not make differences. Therefore, that time was only called the time of dharma. Dharma is different from religion. Dharma means principle. Dharma means obligation. Everyone has their dharma. A tree has its dharma, and these trees are fulfilling their dharma. Water has its dharma, fire has its dharma, birds have their dharma, the seasons—all four seasons—have their dharma, and even the moon and sun have their dharma. The entire earth has its dharma. According to dharma, the earth is working. A mother and father have their dharma towards children, and children have their dharma towards their parents and siblings. A husband has his dharma towards his wife, and a wife has her dharma towards her husband. When dharma is not protected and respected, then you are not protected. The Veda says, "Dharma rakshita rakshita"—if you protect dharma, dharma will protect you. If a husband doesn't protect his dharma, then that dharma will not protect him from divorce, where a marriage life breaks down. So this dharma is to balance all the energies on this earth and in the universe. Therefore, you cannot say "my dharma, your dharma, their dharma." You cannot divide it. Sanātana means universal. In the beginning, there was nothing, only Sanātana Dharma. Sanātana means relation—that we are all related to that universal one, like every family member in what we call a blood relation. All our friends are our relatives. That friendship is Dharma. It unites us and lets us live in friendliness and happiness. It is Sanātana Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa who said, "Mame vaso jīva loke"—I live in every entity, in this mortal world (jīva loka). I am with them all the time. Krishna said it does not matter through which way you will come or go—which religion, which belief, which practice—finally, at the door, I will be there. Now, "Kṛṣṇa" means not only that Kṛṣṇa, but all holy incarnations. And you know, your small child we call Bāl Gopāla. Every small child is the embodiment of Kṛṣṇa. Every small child is Rāma. Chandan hai meri desh ki mithi. Tapo bhūmi har grām hai. Har balā hai devī kī pratimā. Baccharā, baccharā rāma hai. Bachcha, bachcha rāma. Chandan hai meri desh ki mithi. The soil of my birthplace, my land, my country, is like sandalwood for me. I respect Mother Earth. Every village is tapo bhūmi. Tapo means tapasyā, austerity, sādhanā. So in every village, there are people living, many of whom are spiritual people. Nevidíte je. Be on the wrong side, and the radio announcement is about there. Be careful, one ghost is coming opposite, driving. And that man was driving with his wife sitting beside him, and he said, "Stupid. What means one ghost? There are so many coming." You see? So who are we to judge someone? So, everywhere in the whole world, according to their belief and capacities, people believe they are very great. Tapobhūmi we call holy land. So where you are born, that is your holy land. Where are you going to search? That is your holy place. Every girl there is the embodiment of the Divine Mother. And all these children, they are God Rāma. Such equal vision, such divine thoughts—it is for your benefit. That will uplift our consciousness. Therefore, God does not make differences. In God's eyes, we are all equal. When we fight against this or that religion or this and that culture, then our cosmic parents are not happy. Neither Shiva is happy, nor Shakti is happy. Neither Brahmā nor that divine Śakti. So, the science of yoga, Sanātana Dharma, that knowledge was given by Śiva, Svayaṁbhū. So Krishna said, "Mame vaso jīva-loké"—I live in every entity. Jīva-bhūta-sanātana. All these beings who have these bhūtas, the five elements—earth, water, air, etc.—who is living in this? They are my relatives, my sanātana. My light is in them, and that is very important. So, becoming a yoga teacher, you have to overcome all dualities. You have to overcome your greed; then you can become a teacher. So Brahmavidyā cannot come to you like this. But if something is yellow, we have said it is yellow. If it's green, we say green. So you cannot say this green is yellow. But you are constantly saying yellow. So the other one goes to court. This person is saying the green is yellow all the time. Everything is yellow, and the other one said, "No, it's green." So that man said, "I'm going on holidays. Who said yellow?" And in October or November, there will be a decision. Our aura is always crossing with different energies. How many energies do you have in your body from others? How much energy do you have from dead animals? That we have to clean up. So this is a Brahma Vidyā Kriyā now, which we will see. And we have to check the middle point of our life, where the very beginning of our life is that. Your navel is the middle point of the entire universe. Yes, if you want to know where the middle point, the center point of the universe is, it is in your navel. And how high is the sky from here? How high? What is the height of the sky? So you are a Brahmagyānī. You must know. So you can say, "I will fly into the universe. Look at my flying, but I can only fly. If you raise up a little sky, to see my flying, raise up the sky." So how high is the sky? Still, I didn't give you the answer. The sky is as high as your body's height. That's all. There the sky begins. If you are 170 cm, 180 cm, or 190 cm, that is the height of the sky for you. For this tree, it is about 40 meters. Similarly, the center of the universe is at the navel. And who are you? I am the Brahman. So knowledge comes through our way of living and how we are teaching. Then Brahmagyāna will come quickly. So we shall check our navel today. This Kriya, which is a powerful Kriya, I will take your time today a little longer because I came twenty minutes late. I had wonderful, beautiful people there; they got mantra dīkṣā, and they hypnotized me, so I was relaxed there, sitting. That's, you know, sometimes the master is also the master only. So thank you. The evening will be the webcast, and I wish you a very nice time, my dear ones. To become a yoga and daily life teacher means to become a Brahmagyānī, a ṛṣi. It is a quality, and quality does not need compromise. Bless you all. Hari Om.

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