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Part 1: The Essence of True Knowledge A very good evening to all our dear friends around the world, to those who are with us through the webcast. Blessings are coming to you from this beautiful coast. Welcome to Yoga in Daily Life. Nowadays, many try to produce something very simple, not of good quality—so-called "use and throw." Many companies manufacture such things. To make more business, they create products of poor quality so people must buy again and again. In the world today, there are more manufacturers than consumers. This is also one cause of economic problems. Well, neither in a scientific system, nor in science, nor in spirituality, is there any compromise. Therefore, we shall keep to our system and our spirituality, our spiritualness. Many people around the world begin to teach yoga in daily life without our knowing. They mix different exercises to make their business. So, I am very happy that around the world, our thousands of Yoga in Daily Life teachers keep on maintaining the quality. You know, in spring when cherry trees or apple trees begin to blossom, there are many blossoms—hundreds of thousands—but not all will bear fruit. After a fortnight or one month, many fruits are there, but not all will ripen. Many will be destroyed by other creatures and will fall down due to weather systems and conditions. So, only those fruits that remain on the branch will thrive. What we call the fruit lives on truth. The water which enters into the Gaṅgā will be called Gaṅgā water. It does not matter from which channel the water comes; it becomes Gaṅgā water. But the water which flows from the Gaṅgā will flow out into other channels. Why? You can only maintain that quality as long as you stay under the umbrella of the spiritual protection of the Gurudeva. When you turn to the other side, you are lost. You may think you have enough knowledge, that you know the whole system. Yes, but you are not utilizing it properly. I was reading some passport instructions today, written by the authority of that country. It is strictly written: do not write anything in your passport, make any changes, do not fold the passport, do not bring it near heat, etc. Otherwise, your passport is not valid. Similarly, if you try to twist Yoga in Daily Life this side and that side, and think we do not need any more Gurudev, or we do not need this, you are lost. And still, if you are dealing with them, talking with them, you have lost, my dear. In life, money is not everything. This life is given for quality and spirituality, and to achieve our aim of self-realization, to proceed to the Brahmaloka. So, in order to maintain this, you should know that. You see, I have in my hand a beautiful fig from this coast. But I do not know how it tastes. I know it is a fig, given by some good friend. It is said, "From Horn Garden, organic, tasty, very fresh, and coming directly ripe on the tree." My mouth is full of the sliver, yours too, but we still have not tasted. Without tasting, we do not know the taste. Therefore, Mahāprabhujī said in one bhajana: "Cak lenā mūṣā per guṇḍ girī." Taste that guṇḍ girī. That guṇḍ is the gum, the gum of the tree. That is the essence of the tree. You know, some countries take the juice of the trees out to make a syrup or sugar. So that guṇḍāgirī is the essence of the knowledge, the wisdom. But if you have not tasted it, you do not know how it is. So, if we realize that Gurudev, then you will not go here and there and make kusaṅga. I know, I want you all to become Gurudev one day, not now. Not in five years, not in ten years. As long as I am living, you are disciples. Even if you are a Mahāmaṇḍaleśvar, as long as the sun is shining, we do not need the candle flame. So, afterwards it will be decided automatically who can be the master. This fig is a very small one, but how many seeds are inside? The tree made a great effort to produce this fruit and give the seeds inside, with the hope that all will grow. If the conditions are right, all figs will grow. Gurujī told once, long ago there was an empire, King Mahārāja Bhartarī, and India is very well known for this Bhartarī. I told you once his other story. And that sādhu, that saint, he said, "King, I found this fruit, and this is a fruit of immortality. Whoever eats this fruit will become immortal. I thought I already had my self-realization and Brahmajñāna. And I thought, since I already have Brahmajñāna, this fruit has no effect on me. Because what should be, I have already. Many days this fruit has been lying in my hut, because the fruit of immortality does not spoil. After a lot of thinking—even I have many disciples, I could have given it to them—but I did not see them as worthy enough. Because everyone has some quality which does not suit immortality." Do you remember what I told you this morning? Āhār, vihār, āchar and vichār—these four principles. Vichār, the thinking. Out of thinking, when the word is spoken, that word can be one of the most beautiful liberators. It can be the most beautiful; it can be the word of liberation. It creates peace, harmony, love, and understanding. And from the same mouth, with the same intellect, if the harsh word comes out, that is most dangerous, more dangerous than an atom bomb. When you talk negative, each word which comes out of your mouth is coming like out of a revolver. Each word is like one bullet; it destroys everything. Therefore, in the Upaniṣad, it is said: "Jihvā me madhumattamā"—and on my tongue, in my tongue should be nectar. "Amṛtāḥ śeṣaḥ nobhaya"—amṛtāḥ, spoken, nectar. So, it is a hard nut to open, this nut of the brahmajñāna and immortality. Somewhere in some corner in us is anger, hate, jealousy, greed—many negative energies. It does not go. You understand or you know Paramahaṃsa Rāmakṛṣṇa, the guru of Swāmī Vivekānanda. When Ramakrishna put his hand on the head of Vivekananda, he got immediately centralized. But Ramakrishna did not put hands only on his head. He blessed everyone with the same feeling. But they did not become self-realized. So, it is called supatra. The word supatra: patra means the pot, su means good—where you give your nectar or something. You must know that this pot is nicely cleaned, especially when you have to send some samples. Then that bottle should be cleaned properly with distilled water. Make sure it is very clean, there is no bacteria or anything. That sample will be exactly as it is, diagnosed. Otherwise, there are certain bacteria, and your blood sample may show the difference. It is said, it is believed, that the milk of a tiger you cannot keep in a golden vessel. You can try? Go and milk the tiger, yes? So either the vessel will be spoiled, or before the vessel is destroyed, you will be gone. So, "śīrka dūdh, svarṇa pātr meṁ hī, reh saktā hai"—the milk of the tiger only can remain fresh and good in the golden pot. So that jñāna, Brahmajñāna, is like a tiger, a lion, and the Brahmavidyā, the knowledge of Brahman, can only remain in that disciple who has no infections, no bacteria of the kuṣaṅga. And another thing: in satsaṅg, even hard words are like nectar. There is one bhajan of Mahāprabhujī written in Līlā Amṛta, when Devpurījī appeared in Kāṭhū Āśrama. While saying something—you can read that—all people disappeared. Mahāprabhujī was sitting there. Then, when Devpurījī again dematerialized—our Grand Master, Devpurījī, he could materialize himself and dematerialize. Such a yogī can fly. That is called aviyogī. Yes, Avion. So, when Devpurījī went again, the people were hiding somewhere. They came to Mahāprabhujī. They said, "Sorry, Mahāprabhujī. Devpurījī was very strong and strict. He would get angry with you." Mahāprabhujī said, "No, it was very sweet." "Satguru kara hesoi mita, dina dealu esa dita, Satguru kara hesoi mita." When Gurudev, it sounds bitter—words. No, it is very sweet. "Dīna Dealu Esa Dīta"—He is the merciful. His mercy is on the meek people. He gives darśan in such a way. Otherwise, polite, yes, very good, okay, bye. This is a chocolate, a little bit only, for children to come here to me. So, the word "Brahmajñāna"—that Brahmajñāna can only remain in the heart, consciousness, and intellect of such a devotee, no matter who they are. Brahmajñāna can only remain in the heart, consciousness, and intellect of such a devotee. It does not matter who is who. It means always be humble, surrendered. "Sadovāyī namana jahā jalabhariyā." O my dear sādhus, where there is a valley, there water collects. Water falls, rain falls on the top of the mountain too. And it flows there where the deep is. Similarly, the wisdom, the knowledge goes there where the humbleness, kindness, and purity are. So that sādhu who came and said to King Bharathari, "I thought you are the right person to eat this fruit of immortality." The king said, "Thank you, Guru Dev. Your mercy, your kindness. I hope I will be worthy enough." The king was very touched in the heart, and the sādhu said, "Take care, eat the fruit yourself, eat it yourself. Do not get lost, otherwise it will be difficult for you," and went away. It is said in the Rāmāyaṇa. There are four who know whether they are yours or not yours. First is Dharma. We say, "Dharmaṁ rakṣita rakṣita." If you protect Dharma, Dharma will protect you. If dharma cannot protect you, then this dharma is not your dharma. Dharma dhīraj—dhīraj means that you have enough to endure, impassive, that you wait. And you have the strength to digest, to stand through. How is our energy for enduring? We are like a corn, kukurucī corn. We are like a grain of corn, and when we put this corn on the hot pot, it immediately becomes popcorn. So when we hear something, suddenly we explode like popcorn on the hot fan. Now, this popcorn you can only eat once. It will not grow anymore. That which exploded on the hot pot cannot give any more seed. Lost origin, lost the quality. So, do not explode inside. Do not be angry. Endure. Think over. Use your viveka. Do not eat too hot a potato. Wait. Hot circumstances—very rare and strong heroes can digest and give the judgment. Otherwise, every day we can declare a war, because war is inside. Dharam, Dhiraj, Mitra—and a friend. Your friends are very good. My friends are very good. But in very difficult times, will this friend remain yours, or will he leave you? That is it. So, a friend is good. But who is a real friend? Where he or she will ever be with you? Dharma, dīraja, mitra, or nārī. Nārī means your wife or your husband, so we can put here the word "partner," yes, very good. Part 2: The Test of Love and the Fruit of Immortality You love him, and she loves you. But in difficult times, will she remain with you or not? Will he remain with you or not? The question is: will she stay? That is very, very interesting. Often, cases come to me where, unfortunately, a wife suffered a disease, a brain hemorrhage, and became bedridden. For one year, two years, the husband was helping. One day he said, "Darling, I’m sorry, but I am going to marry someone. I wish you all the best." What can she say? She only remembers that word. She just remembers those words spoken at the time of marriage, in front of the fire, on God’s altar: "I will be yours in every condition, in happiness and unhappiness; mine belongs to you, and yours to me." And she tells him now, "My dear, you remember your words at the time of the marriage. Don’t talk such things to me, please. I wish you all the best. I can’t," she said. "I’m not stopping you, but it is very hard to cut this thread off." Dharam Dhiraj Mitra Arunari Aput Kala Parakhayun Chari. In critical situations, you can test if something is truly yours or not. In the end, we can say, "O Lord, give me all the duties of my life into Your hands." Will I be successful or not? All is in Your hands, my Lord. All is in Your hands, my Lord. Finally, we trust that One. In the end, that is the One we believe in. So, Americans have written very nicely on the dollar, "In God We Trust." Americans have written very nicely on the dollar, "In God we trust." So, this word is a holy word. So collect many dollars that you can read it on. No, that’s it. A very nice word. We trust in God. Finally, He is for us. Such are the gates to Brahmajñāna. The sādhu went away. I have many mistakes, this and that, but he loved his queen above everything, so he said, "This would be very good for my dear queen," and he kept it on his night table. They were sitting and talking, and he said, "My dear Piṅgalā,"—her name was Piṅgalā, he was Bhartṛhari and she was Piṅgalā—"Today, something miraculous happened. It was one of the greatest days. One holy saint walked into our house. I was so happy that some sādhu stepped into our palace." She said, "Did you greet him nicely or not?" "Yes, dear. I walked without shoes, I greeted him, I washed his holy feet, and I gave him a very good seat. Everything I did, I immediately asked him what I could give him to drink or eat. What can I do for you? O saint, you could have sent me a message, and I would have immediately come to you. Why did you take trouble to come here? But on the other side, I am so happy that your holy feet touched my palace." "Okay, did he bless you? Did he bless our palace?" "Yes, dear. More than that." "What is that?" "He blessed me with immortality." "How nice," she said, but... "What is that?" "My dear, what will I do to be immortal here in this world? I am fed up. I respect, I adore that he gave me this fruit. But Piṅgalā, I think you are divine. You are very intelligent. You are capable of ruling the kingdom. My wish is that you eat that fruit." She said, "No, no... you eat." He said, "No, I mentally decided I offered you." She said, "Then let’s eat half-half." He said that will be half-half knowledge. No. She said, "Thank you." She got the fruit. She was happy. And she took it in her sleeping bag and put it on her night table. Looking at it, thinking of immortality. And when you become immortal, you will be ever young. She is thinking, "What will I do?" She had a relation with a horse boy who was working in a horse stable. And she said, "My beloved one, my lover, I wish he were immortal." So, she called him. The next day, she explained it to him and said, "Please, don’t tell anyone." You know, sometimes you tell someone, "Don’t tell anyone," and then everyone knows. And you ask, "I told you, don’t tell anyone." And they say, "Yes, I kept my word. I didn’t tell anyone, but I told everyone." So he promised, and she said, "You will eat, otherwise you know me." He said yes, he went away, took the fruit, was playing with it like this, and put it in the horse stable. For five, six days he was thinking, will I remain in this horse stable my whole life? I am fed up with cleaning the horse stable and this. I don’t want to clean it. You know, life is complicated. You cannot read their thoughts and their heart. And those are the obstacles to Brahmajñāna; therefore, you have to clean all the layers of many, many lives and become worthy of that milk of the mother tiger. Many lives we have to clean our mind, but still there are some spots. As Kabīr Dās said in a bhajan: when you were born, very pure, it took nine to ten months to make this chakra, etc., but we made it dirty, with our many, many spots on this, our desires, our longings, etc. So, in reality, the horse boy didn’t love the queen; the queen forced him. She said to him, "I will let him hang up." So, poor boy. But that boy, that horse boy who was working in the horse stable, he had a good relationship with one prostitute. That’s called a road, King’s Cross. Yes. King Cross Street in Sydney is very famous. So he went to her and said, "You are the light, the sun of my life. You are the light of my life. Even my mother didn’t give me so much love. No one in the world... you are so kind, so, so, etc., etc., etc." And he said, "I wish that forever you will be the immortal." Yes or no? If she said, "Yeah, no, he will never come," that’s another problem. So she said yes. She took it. And she kept it in her drawer, Lord. Thinking, Lord. God, you gave me life, but not a good one. Please, liberate me from this life. I don’t want to be immortal and do all these things. No, I will not eat. Every day she used to say to herself, one day looking in the mirror, with her make-up on, "In this world, there is no one greater than our king. Such a spiritual king, fatherly nature. And no one suffers in this kingdom. I wish such a king should remain forever, for the sake of mankind. Nature." So, the next day she wrote a letter. Sent a message: Your Highness. A very normal citizen of your kingdom seeks an audience with you for just five minutes. Please allow me. He read the letter. And immediately, he invited her. He said, "My daughter, how are you? How are you? Everything is okay." Of course, he didn’t know that she was this and that person. "What can I do for you?" She said, "I just want to have your darśan. I just want to have your darśan. And I brought something for you. But please, Lord, promise me. But please, Lord, promise me that you will tell no one. That you will tell no one." He said, "I will tell no one, but don’t tie me with some words." So, you know, you can’t trust anyone. It is very rare to find a friend whom you can trust. You need a strong stomach and digestion to digest. If your stomach is not strong enough, then either you will have constipation or Sak Prakshananda. She said, "My lord, I don’t dare to call you my father, but I am your daughter, because you are our king. I got one fruit of immortality, and I wish that you eat it." The king was thinking, "There must be one tree which gives so many fruits of immortality that the sādhu gets so many." He said, "From where did you get them?" He said, "I am sorry to tell you, but that is my business. And one of your horse boys, he brought and gave. Please don’t tell him. Otherwise, he will kill me." "No one will kill you. I give you land, house, guards. Enjoy the life of the kingdom. From today onwards, you are free." The king began to think. He called the cowboy. He came and saluted. "Your Highness," he said. "How are you?" "By your mercy, I am fine. How are the horses?" "In good condition. They are ready to ride. The horses are always ready to ride. Your horses are ready for you. Did you ride them?" "Yes, every day. Did you go to the forest? Always through the jungle. Did you meet any sādhu there? I’m not a lucky one. There are not so many saints. But what can I do? You got one immortal fruit. From where did you get this? How did it come to your hand? That doesn’t matter. From where did you get it?" He had to tell the truth. He said, one day, our Her Majesty, Queen Piṅgalā, King Piṅgalā was just walking by the horse stable, and she said, "Come, I give you prasāda." And she told me, and what she said, "I must eat, don’t give anyone." It was nice of her. The king said it was nice of her. Thank you, go. Now, boomerang. In Australia, there is one weapon that the Australian Aborigines used for hunting. When you throw the boomerang, if you are very good, it comes back to you. Karma is a boomerang. In the evening, the king was sitting. And the king said, "It’s a very interesting story. What? My God, I always get the fruits of immortality. Someone gave me this today again. My Lord, this is divine blessing. Now, this one you must eat, so we both will be immortal." He said, "Green." And he said, "My queen, this is the fruit given to me by that person." He took the fruit and left the palace, and he didn’t come back anymore, and he became the great saint. So sometimes you need such a disappointment to become such a saint. Until you don’t hit your toes on the stone, your eyes don’t open. Sometimes, a very serious accident happens, then you realize what life means. Now, this story goes further. King Bhartari became a sādhu, and that I will tell you tomorrow morning. It is too long, because in some countries people are going to sleep, and it is already one hour I am talking. So there are those who understood this message of Gurudeva and who realized, who know what for us means Brahmajñāna, what is the Gurudev. So, in Lili Amrit, you can read the story of Udaipur, and there was a great poet, and unfortunately he passed away a few years ago. I will try to get his photo. I don’t know his house and all this, but I will trace it out. So when he saw the Gurujī, he saw in Gurujī that divinity and said, "Gurudev, please give me mantra. I want to become your disciple." Gurujī said, "I am a disciple. I can’t give you a mantra. But I can give you something, the address of Guru Deva, Mahāprabhujī. Go, and Mahāprabhujī will bless you and give you mantra." So he goes to Mahāprabhujī, and Mahāprabhujī said, "Well, it was not necessary to come here. Mādhavānand could have given you mantra." That man, I was feeling like a golf ball, but as soon as I saw Mahāprabhujī, what I saw in him, he made one beautiful bhajan while coming back from Kaṭuā, and he said to Gurujī, "Gurujī, I cannot tell you how it is, let me sing," and his eyes were full of tears, what was Mahāprabhujī? That is called how a disciple realizes in the master. So we let her sing, okay? My voice is a little bit too high, and her voice is beautiful. Come on. Our Bhaktī Devī will sing. First she will sing, and we will sing after her. Please give her a good voice, a sound, loud speaker, or louder.