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Good evening. Hari Om. Mahāprabhujī’s blessings to us all. It is nice to see you again. I think of you more than you may think of me, which is also good. I have heard your sādhanā, your anuṣṭhāna, is progressing well. I listened to the webcast from here yesterday; it was good. Today I did not see it, but that is fine. Our purpose in coming together is to recharge our spiritual energy, to continue on our path. This spiritual energy is for our further development. In this world, in saṃsāra, there are many disturbances now in every country and society. The meek are suffering. It is said: Sabe sahayak sabalko, kohun nirbal sahay—everyone supports the strong one. In this Kali Yuga, money is gold. If you have money, you can have everything and do as you like. But in this age, there is only one hope. This is called Kali Yuga: Keval Nām Ādhāra, Śumir Śumir Nar Hoi Bhava Pāra. In Kali Yuga, we have only one hope, one protection to hold onto: the name of God, mantra, prayers. Spiritual thinking does not matter which kind or which God. Water in the Czech Republic, water in Austria, water in Slovakia—water is water. Different qualities may exist, but that is not a true quality; it is pollution. We polluted it. Similarly, it does not matter which religion we are. My dear, God is God. But we polluted this too. We fight for our God, for our religion. God does not want this. God created humans and placed compassion in the human heart. From the very beginning, when the ṛṣis began to teach, they looked at other creatures with ahiṃsā. When someone dies, we call it a dead body—it does not matter if it is human or animal. When a dead body is present, a completely different impression is there. If you walk through a forest and see someone sitting, you will say hello. But if you see a dead body, even a human one, you are frightened. You do not say hello; there is no one to greet. It does not matter, human or animal. When it dies, around that area the energy… death is dancing. Death celebrates its victory, and all negative energy begins to enter that body. Therefore, if you touch any dead body, you should purify your hands, your body, change your clothes, because that energy can enter you. Thus the ṛṣis said, "No consuming meat." Killing—it does not matter how you kill—is killing. "Thou shalt not kill"—only humans? Jesus did not say that. He did not say you shall not kill humans but may kill animals. He did not say that because when you come to know you will die, you feel immense pain. Animals understand. Animals feel. They can sense many hours or days before what will happen. Even ants feel a flood will come. They sense an earthquake, but we do not know this; God did not give us this ability. When an animal is taken to be killed, it feels for its family members too. But the animal is known as mukha prāṇī—a creature that cannot speak. We cannot understand their language. We may see them screaming, their bodies shaking with spasms, but still we do not understand. Animals open their eyes wide and look at you. That is the act of sin. What you have sinned is sin. Therefore, it is said: Sabhi prāṇī merī ātmā hai—all creatures are my Self. Ātmā soi paramātmā—every ātmā is Paramātmā. This is why it is written about non-violence, compassion, ahiṃsā, love. Human life is given to purify all karmas. Āyurveda always speaks of pure qualities. When Āyurveda speaks of the three guṇas—sattva, rajas, and tamas—meat is tamas. No Āyurvedic Vaidya would write or tell you to eat meat. Some books suggest meat; that person is not a real Vaidya. They are mixing two things—allopathy and Āyurveda. Knowledge is missing; half-knowledge is dangerous. When you mix, you are neither this nor that. Nowadays, it is very difficult to trust an Āyurvedic practitioner or medicine. They begin to give allopathic medicine and say, "That’s okay, you can take it." You cannot. It is said that among thousands you will not find a real one. Among millions, maybe one or two. But a real Āyurvedic doctor, when he wants to give you medicine, does not have it in a storeroom. He will look at you, feel your pulse, nod, and say, "Come tomorrow." He goes to the forest, sees different herbs, and knows exactly which one will help that person—not quantity, but quality. He goes there. I knew someone like this, which is why I tell you. And it has been told by a few Vedas. They spoke of "my Gurujī, their Gurujī," meaning their Vedic teacher. Gurujī means teacher: harmonium guru, sitar guru, flute guru, driving teacher guru, school guru. A teacher who teaches you something is a guru. The difference is only in language. So, you people should not hesitate to say, "Yes, I have a guru." In your mind, there is a wrong manipulation of the word "guru." Your mother is the first guru. Your father is the second. Your brother or sister is the third. Your friends are the fourth. Your school teacher is the fifth. Your religious priest is the sixth. Your spiritual guru is your spiritual guru. And the eighth guru is yourself, as Taṅga. These are eight levels, so do not hesitate. If you hesitate, it means you still discriminate. You discriminate between your masters, your teachers, because you discriminate language and culture. And what you call a "sect"—the sect was given by the Vatican. When Christians said, "We want to be Protestant," and others said, "We want to be like this," they said, "Okay, the sect means the sector." There is a hospital: a sector for heart, a sector for orthopedics, a sector for dental surgery, a sector for delivery, for children, etc. That is the sector, and they made it into "sect." Now we discriminate again, calling it a sect. When someone asks you about a sect, ask them, "What is a sect?" In that case, all are sects. Even the Vatican is a sect. There are bigger organizations. Hindus are also sects. Buddhists are also sects. So why not? And you yourself are a sect; you are your own self. Therefore, it is misunderstood. So, I will speak of the doctor. He goes to the herb and makes a prayer. He asks, as written in the Āyurvedic texts, with a humble request: "Can I take something from you? Please give it to me to help that ill person." It could be just one petal of a rose, but it contains immense energy. That is Āyurveda. That is Sanjeevanī—a few drops of juice from an herb, and a dead body awoke. I was invited to an international conference in Sydney. A leader, a professor from India, sent an article stating Āyurveda is 5,000 years old. As he spoke, my hand was moving like this. My husband said, "Wait, don’t say anything until you speak." And I spoke. I said, in front of me is an article by a well-known professor saying Āyurveda is 5,000 years old. But it existed before Krishna and Rāma’s time. When Śiva was there in Satya Yuga, there was a ṛṣi who became blind. From Indraloka, there was a dispute between the heavenly Vedas and Indra. Indra sent them back to Earth. They were traveling, unhappy, wanting to return. They met a blind ṛṣi. While playing, young girls saw a ṛṣi meditating in nirvikalpa samādhi for hundreds of years; termites had built a mound over his body. The ṛṣi’s eyes were slightly open, with holes. One girl said, "Look what is inside," and took a blade of grass, damaging both his eyes. Blood came; he screamed. The girl was so sorry she dedicated her life to serve him. The heavenly beings came, saw this, and spoke with the Sādhvī. They asked who this ṛṣi was, and she told the story. The Vedas said, "We will give Āyurveda. We are the Vedas of heaven with perfect knowledge of Āyurveda." For the first time, they made Chyavanaprāśa. That ṛṣi’s name was Chyavana Ṛṣi. Upon eating it, both his eyes opened and healed. That was the miracle of Āyurveda. Lakṣmaṇa’s life was also restored. So how would you explain, my dear professor, which Āyurveda existed in Satya Yuga? Āyurveda was born again 5,000 years ago. Not only that, my dear professor. When the ocean was churned in the struggle to find nectar, God Viṣṇu—you have his statue here—appeared as Dhanvantari and brought the Amṛt Kalaś. Which Āyurveda is that, my dear? So, Swāmījī, please, thank you. I am sorry; we will speak about that. Therefore, my dear, if someone writes or tells you to eat meat or fish oil or such things, that is not Āyurveda. Yes, they used to have bhasmī of cells—dead cells on the ocean beach that were burned for medicine. Those Vaidyas could turn mercury into nectar. They could solidify mercury. Many hang it here as a medallion. Some have made it so you can hold it in your mouth like a nut. Do not bite, or you will have no teeth. If you take this, especially made by a perfect Vaidya, and walk on a hill, you will not get exhausted. One person kept it in his mouth; he had a gold denture, and after a while, it disappeared. Mercury eats gold. Hold it in your hand, touch your golden ring, and it will turn to silver. See? This was the wisdom of the ṛṣis and yogīs. They were the Vidyās. Therefore, do not read such books. Do not run behind them. Eat good vegetarian food: potatoes, eggplants—all that grows in the shadow, all that grows in the earth, all that grows upward. We were grown under the earth; here I am carrying it still. Here we survive in the shadow. Eat limited organic food; it has prāṇa. Eat some nuts, if I am not wrong. It is said that ill people went to Jesus, and he advised them—what we call healing through miracles, psychology, or diets. He said, "You are ill because you do not eat what you should eat, and you eat what you should not eat." Eat grains that grow in the field, nuts, honey, and milk. You will not be ill. He did not say, "Eat chicken in the evening, lamb in the morning, eggs." He did not give those recipes. So, my dear, we misunderstand. Therefore, do not run behind anything. Do your sarvahitāsana. If you cannot do others, sarvahita is benefit for all; it is good for all. Practice prāṇāyāma. Eat limited food if you have too many kilos. Then practice falahārī. Four days ago, I saw a couple; she said, "I feel much better now." I said, "But you are not falahārī." I said in March—what is now, March, April, May, June, July, August—five months ago, to be falahārī. But you are eating potato chips, fried food, pomfret… no. Falahārī is vegetables and a handful of nuts, not half a kilo. So limit it. It is solid, good-quality food. A handful of rice is enough for a yogī. Eat food that produces little stool. But a person who works like you and me cannot survive on one handful of rice. I am sorry. We would survive a few months, or our body would change its system—what is called light nourishment, energy in food. So think it over. Remove conflict and respect everyone. Adore everyone. Do what good you can. If you cannot do good, then do not do bad. And do not ask stupid questions like, "Gurudev, I think you can also eat meat." Do you believe in this book or your Gurudev? Such a book should go into the winter chimney for heating. Therefore, you have a quality; you come here to recharge that energy. So, two things: do not eat dead flesh, and please, not living flesh either. Otherwise, you will say, "Gurudev, I am hungry. You have a lot of things here. Can I bite a little?" That is it. Have mercy. Tomorrow again, I will be with the webcast in the evening, let us say 8 o’clock. I wish you all the best. Have a good rest. Good night. Om Siddhiprāṇa Bhagavān Deva Puruṣa Madhya Madhya Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān Sanātana.