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Part 1: A Joyous Śivarātri Gathering We are very happy to welcome all of you, especially our friends from Hungary, our friends from Germany, our friends from England, our friends from surrounding Austria, and very especially our friends from Ukraine. There are some friends from Ukraine here. We wish all of you a very nice Śivarātri satsaṅg. I would like to point out that, you know, in Ukraine now they have a lot of troubles, a lot of problems, so we pray for them. We pray especially for freedom there, peace—sorry, freedom is also good, but peace is better—for peace there. And we wish all of you a very nice spiritual satsaṅg, a very nice evening together with our friends, also in Austria. It will shine. So we wish you all a wonderful Śivarātri satsaṅg and a lot of experience, a nice time with friends. And please, when you drive home again, remember that it is cold outside, or if it is so far, it can also be that we have ice again. I’m just saying that in advance. Thank you, Hariom. Now we can continue to sing, please. Now, our dear Bhakti will sing a bhajan, then our dear Radha will say something, and then Dr. Sital will tell us something. Please, Bhakti. Thank you. Swamiji had wished that we sing a bhajan from Ādi Śrī Śaṅkarācārya, "Śivo’ham." Oṁ Bhole, Śrī Deep Naryam Bhagavān Kīje, Śrī Śrī Devaśvaram, Śivo’ham Śivo’ham... Dalāśwar Paramahaṁśrī Swāmī Maheśvarānandajī Sattva Guru Devā Kīje One bhajan more, itnā to karnā Gurujī. Oṁ Bhole Śrī Deep Naryam Bhagavān Kīje Śrī Aśvarām. Śrī Devaśvara Mahādeva Kī Jai, Viśvaguru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Paramahaṁśrī Svāmīmaheśvarānandī Sattaguru Deva Kī Jai, Śrī Archalā Rāmjī Mahārāja Kī Jai. There is already a police officer writing the ticket for your car. So, those who have not filled in the parking paper, the parking sign, you will have a problem. Thank you. Any car, it doesn’t matter if it’s from India or from Europe. Thank you. Dr. Radhā is coming. Voidla Sprecher, microphone. This night of Śivarātri, Lord Śiva, the Almighty Lord, is coming close to us in this constellation, and he is approachable for our prayers. We can ask him for his blessing and ask him that he fulfill our wishes, our dreams. This night of Mahāśivarātri is a very special constellation, where God comes close to us, Śiva, the Almighty, as we always call him, where we can also come close to him with our prayers, can ask him for his blessing, for the fulfillment of our wishes. And I’m very happy, we are all happy and blessed that we can celebrate this Mahāśivarātri again here in Vienna with Swamijī. Yesterday, Swamiji was in Mahāprabhujī’s ashram; we had prayer with Swamiji in Mahāprabhujī’s ashram in Shikaneda Gasse. On the evening before the Shivaratri, he said it’s already there, the constellation is already there. And Swamiji told about the ashram, how almost 40 years now this ashram in Shikanidagas is established, the first ashram from which the light of yoga and daily life was radiating and is radiating still. And he said, "How many thousands of students, people, and bhaktas have visited this ashram, where they prayed and meditated?" Yesterday we met here in Shikaneda Gasse with Swamiji for prayer, on the eve of Śivarātri. And who was there? Many were there, remember. Swamiji spoke of the long time, almost 40 years, and this touched me very deeply, this remembrance and these thoughts. I’m also there; I came one year after the opening of the Shikaneda Gasse to Swamiji. And I thought, how many prayers, how many wishes, hopes, tears, and emotions, and love, and all kinds of emotions were in this ashram: meditation, spiritual thoughts, positive thoughts. And also here, it’s almost ten years now, Gurujī’s ashram was inaugurated. How many prayers, meditations, and wishes were here from all the people, the Bhaktas? And it touched me very deeply, as Swamiji just said, and I felt it so deeply, how many thousands of prayers, meditations, thoughts, wishes, tears, joys, loves, what was stored in these spaces, in these rooms. And this, especially on this night, on this Śivarātri night, we ask, like in the bhajan, the bhakti that we sing, please come, Lord, come quickly and give me your darśan. And I pray and I wish for all of us that we can get a feeling, at least, or a darśan of the Lord Śiva tonight. Some days ago, I got a round letter, an e-mail, Satviśāntī forwarded it to me, and it was titled "Dialogue with God." And a few thoughts of this letter I would like to share with you. Somebody is speaking with a god, or a goddess appears for him, and she or he said, "Yes, it is so uncertain, all our life. We have no hold, it’s all uncertainty, and therefore we are unhappy." Why must we be so unhappy? And the god said, "Yes, the uncertainty is inevitable, but worrying is optional." And she asked more, yes, but there’s so much pain in the world, and we have to worry or suffer. But God said, "Yes, the pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional." And so, also, the pain is simply in the world, in our life, again and again. "You are worrying," because someone is thinking of the past. So God says, "You are worrying and suffering because you are always thinking of the past and have fear of the future, and you are not in the present." So you should not worry or think badly about or regret your past. You should not have fear for the future. You should look with confidence and work with confidence in the present. And this is also good advice for this night, for Śivarātri. Thank you, Dr. Rādhājī. Radha. Now we have here our brother, Dr. Sital, who is an eye specialist, has also been in Austria for 40 years. Many of you know him, and many will come to know him now. So, I would like to invite our dear Dr. Sital. Welcome. Namaste Śiva. Shiva or Shiv. Shiv is this. This is the first name that is Ajanma. Ajanma, never born or unborn, is the name of Shiva. Shiva has no parents, but even then the power is there. That’s why we say that Shiva is unborn, or he is Satya. Satyam Shivam Sundar. Shiva has different names, and he is true and very beautiful, you can say, and he is the power who created this world, this universe, is only created from him, and he created an equal power like Nārāyaṇa, that we call Viṣṇu, and Brahmā. And Viṣṇu has created Brahma, and we are all children from Brahma. We say like that. That means the God is Brahmā, Viṣṇu. And then the third power was the Śakti from Śiva. Shiva Shakti, Shiva’s power, it’s the name of Shakti. We call Pārvatī by different names, Turkas. And when Śiva created this Śakti, on that day we pray for Śiva and Śakti, that is Śivarātri. People have many different views about this Śivarātri. But in our Purāṇas, in different books, you can find so many stories about it. But the first day when Śiva got married to Śakti, he started this night, that is Śivarātri. And we are very lucky that we have this day every year, and on this day we can remember our Ājanmā God Śiva. And there are two different Mahāmantras about Śiva. One, you know, very short, Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya. If you really remember Om, that is more than sufficient. If you say Om Namaḥ Śivāya, it is the complete mantra from Śiva. And second month, as you were just chanting just now, and this is for your health and for prosperity. The divine triumvirate, and Śiva has created so many mantras, direct or indirect. Every month has connection with Śiva. If you start chanting any mantra without Śiva, it is incomplete. That means if you have a guru mantra, even you have to remember first Shiva, and Shiva opens the door for your success of this mantra. It’s very important. Second thing to remember Shiva: this creation is from him, and the only day, that means Śivarātri, is not the day only for Shiva. You can remember Shiva anytime when you see anything beautiful, wonderful thing, all created from God, that you can remember at that time also. Shiva, Shiva is in us, and we are in Shiva’s. That’s very important to accept this theory: one in all, all in one. And Shiva, or Śiva, or Mahādeva, these are all different names of Śiva. And this Śiva, if you remember, or we remember, he comes. Often, of this universe, and he helps us in a form of maybe Viṣṇu or himself, Śiva, or like Hanumān, that is also the second name of Śiva, actually. Today, we have the day to remember the whole night, and this night, it’s very important, not only to get some successful things, but also to do your karmas, because our karma theory is the only, you can say, what you do, you get the result of this, your karma. Śiva cannot help you if, suppose, your karmas are not good enough, and this is also very important, drama. For tonight, change to "Om Namah Śivāya," or whatever mantra you believe in. Chant and remember Him. I will wish you all the best for this evening and for this Śiva Rātrī. I hope you have some blessings from Śiva. All the best. I wish you a very Śiva Rātrī. Thank you, Dr. Sital, Srideep, Narayan. Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya. Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya. Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya... Om Namah Śivāya, Devī Svar, Mahā Devakī. Blessed self, dear brothers and sisters here in our ashram, Gurujī Ashram in Vienna, Austria, and all the bhaktas, aspirants, devotees, seekers around the world who are with us now for the webcast. The blessings are coming to you from Holy Gurujī’s ashram in Vienna, Austria. Around the world, wherever humans are, there is remembered and celebrated Śiva Rātri, the day and night of Lord Śiva, Śiva. Dr. Sital is also named Shiva. So, Shiva has thousands of names. And for many, it’s difficult to understand: how can God have thousands of names? I think not thousands, but millions and billions and trillions. Because in each and every entity, in the heart is that light of Śiva. Shiva himself is living. This Jīva, what you call the soul, the Jīva is not Ātmā. Jeeva is individual. Ātmā is the universal one. Jeeva is the mixture of Ātmā and Atma. It means the light, the reflection, and energy of Śiva in the Jeeva. Jeeva is like we have a drop of water in the hollow of our palm, and when this drop falls into the ocean. So the drop is Jīva, and when it merges into the ocean, it becomes Śiva. The ultimate, ultimate destination of each and every entity is to merge into Śiva. Well, the name Śiva, it is a Śiva, there is no Śiva. In English, when they begin to write the name of Śiva, in every name they write at the end "A," so we call Śiva. It is a yoga. There is no yoga, but they are writing yoga. So there is no yoga. It is yoga. It is a language difference. There is no Maheśvaraṇanda. At the end of my, ending the D, they add the A. So people read Maheshwarananda. In reality, it is Maheśvarānanda. Well, this is a language thing, different. Śiva, Śiva is the universal consciousness which is dwelling in endless space. That’s consciousness. And the space, śūnyākāśa, is like the mother, the body of the mother, the whole space, expanding, contracting, everything, what is happening within, nothing is happening out of the universe, because that is endless. And we are limited ones, that is a limitless one, and we are limited ones. How we, the limited ones, can speak or know about the limitless one? But still, by the great saints, called ṛṣis, through their meditation, through their samādhi, savikalpa, nirvikalpa samādhi. Or sābīja nirbīja samādhi, when they come to the Nirvikalpa Samādhi, they were able to travel up to the 2,100 different sun systems. We are within this one sun system in our solar aura, but the yogīs, they could go beyond that through cetanā, individual cetanā, but they achieved the state of their cetanā, mind through denying the body, overcoming the pain, pleasure, heat, cold, the tīkṣā. Through that meditation, they were able to travel around the whole universe, up to 2100 different sun systems, which they crossed. Within our sun system, there are 14 lokas, the 14 different worlds: 7 below and 7 above. Chaudha, Loka, Ikisho, Brahmāṇḍa, Rathme, Sakal, Pasara. These are all the coaches of this human body, the consciousness of the ṛṣis, they could achieve and give information about everything. Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa said in the Gītā, "Time to time I manifested myself through my yoga māyā, yoga śakti," meaning the power of yoga, and that’s why Kṛṣṇa again and again advised Arjuna to practice yoga. Because Krishna said, "Yoga karmasu kauśalam." Through doing the karma on this smṛti loka, in this mortal world, you can be successful, and that’s why each and every jīva is directed to this loka. And here it is, we have opportunities. Fortunate are they who got human body, but we are not entitled to say the humans are the best. It means we discriminate the other creatures, but humans are lucky and fortunate when they got this human body. Śūnyākāśa Ānanda Hari Ananta, Ananta Hari Kathā, God’s glory. It is endless, endless, and He is endless. So two things happen: Yuga and Pralaya, Mahāpralaya. So after the Mahāpralaya, the new creation begins. That is a duty or a function of Śiva. After the creation, when the ages are changing, Satyuga, Dvāpara Yuga, Tretā Yuga, Kali Yuga, Yugas, Manvantaras, Kalpas. So in Yuga, after the creation, Kṛṣṇa comes as a Seva. Therefore, it is said that Mokṣa and Seva were both measured on the scale. Shiva had more, more, more value or more weight than Mokṣa. And therefore, Vishnu quits his comfortable life in the immortal milky ocean and comes into this world to help Shiva. But the creator is Shiva. So in Ānanda, imagine, there is a completely dark, blue dark. There is nothing, no movements. Everything is like frozen. That time, in that consciousness which is within, the body of the mother is the universe. Like in the egg, there is life, and a baby develops, and out of the egg comes this baby. This is a symbol that very soon the Eastern time will come. And you are celebrating Easter time and taking the eggs and painting, and there is a lot of meaning to it. But the real meaning is this: the life in the egg. There are four different ways for the soul to enter into this mṛthi loka, and one is through the egg. So, through the bark, through the bacteria and egg, and like we are born, all, including the animals. That one consciousness only, prevailing in endless, no dualities can make anything. There is no duality; it is compact. The Vedas said one mantra: "Eko’haṁ bahu syāmī." I am one, and now I will multiply. Who? When there is no one, nobody, no elements, no suns, no moons. So it is that spūrṇa, the vibration, awakening, that awakening has this, and that’s called sound, resonance. Vedas say it, nā dharūpa para-brahma. The form, the embodiment of Brahman, the Para-Brahma, is the sound. And which sound? Oṁ. Oṁ Kār Vindu Sayuktam Nitya Dāyanti Yogīna Kām Dambokṣinam Cheva Oṁ Kārāya Namo Namaḥ. So all the ṛṣis and yogīs, they only could go through that resonance of the Oṁ. They can break through the entire universe, up to 2,100 universes. Dr. Seethal said that you may say Shiva, but if you put the Aum, then it becomes complete. No mantra is complete without Oṁ. Without Aum, the body is there, but the soul is not inside. That’s it. So, the Aum is highest, and nothing can begin without Gaṇeśa. If you do something without first remembering Gaṇeśa, you will not be successful. Doesn’t matter if you build a house or this. Anyone who will come in this house and leave after you, always they will have problems. Śiva, through this nāda, from the vibration nāda, then appears the Śiva Jyoti. Oṁ Deep Jyoti Parabrahma, Deepam Sarve Mohanam, Deepanam Sajyate Sarvam Sandhyā. Deepam Sarvashatyam Shubham Karoti Kalyanam. These mantras, which remove the obstacles, remove the ignorance. There it begins. First appears Śiva. Then Brahmā, then Viṣṇu. Śiva creates Viṣṇu through his nāda. Akāra, ukāra, makāra. Akāra is Brahmā. Ukāra is Viṣṇu. Makāra is Śiva. And Ukāra is Śiva, Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas. These are the three guṇas created. Through, it is believed, in mythological pictures they said, from Viṣṇu’s navel, it comes a lotus, or comes from the ocean. And the bottom of the ocean is that Viṣṇu Śakti. It means balancing, balancing, protecting. Then, Viṣṇu is under the water, and Śiva is in the entire universe; nothing happens. Chetan ke toh ichchhā nahīṁ, aur jar se kus nahīṁ hoī. Consciousness has no desire, and this matter cannot do anything; it is just on. So between this, chetan ke toh ichchhā nahīṁ, jar se kus nahīṁ hoī. So only consciousness can’t do anything, and the inert material can’t do anything. Between these two, which is the cause of the creation, that is called Icchā Śakti. Ichchā, desire, wish. That, then the divine Śakti of that universe joined in this Icchā. So, Śiva, after—I don’t know how many man-mantras or the yugas—thinking, after this Mahāpralaya, Viṣṇu comes in every yuga, and Śiva himself, as a Swayambhū, manifests after each Mahāpralaya, again, new creation. This is the difference between Viṣṇu and Śiva. Viṣṇu is ordered by Śiva in every yuga to go, but at the same time, it is said, one yuga is too long, too long. Therefore, the fourth one is coming: Gurur Brahma, Gurur Viṣṇu, Gurudevo Maheśvara. Therefore, the title of Gurudev is given for. He is the Brahmā, meaning he is creating the inspiration in the people’s minds. Therefore, he is the creator, the motivating Guru Brahma, Guru Viṣṇu. He is protecting us from negative qualities and guiding us toward positive qualities. Part 2: The Principle of Śiva That is the principle of Viṣṇu. They are all within us. Guru Devo Maheśvara. And he is the Maheśvara who destroys all the negative qualities and karmas. Without his grace, karma cannot be deleted. Therefore, after Viṣṇu—because the yuga is very long, spanning millions of years—what should we do? Therefore, come the saints, the ṛṣis. This is called Nityāvatāra and Nimitāvatāra. In this creation, Nityāvatāra means that every day, every month, every year, saints are born or come into this world in the form of saints. And when the yugas come, there is Viṣṇu. But after the Mahāpralayas, where everything is finished, then again Svayambhū takes over. On that lotus appearing in the ocean—the lotus is a very spiritual flower with deep meaning, mostly dedicated to the temple—you can read about the beauty of the lotus in Hidden Powers in Humans. Now, how to begin the creation? Śiva doesn’t have any desires. So then he creates Brahmā and tells him, "Please take a seat on this lotus, which is fluttering on the ocean of immortality." No one is there; it was only sound, only light and sound, no form. Brahmājī is looking left, right, down, up, endlessly. He thinks that before he does something, he should know his origin, who created him. This is a very long research work, a very beautiful one, called the Mahāśiva Purāṇa. The videos are available in the shops. There, Brahmā goes to search for his origin. He goes through the stem of the lotus, going down and down, yuga after yuga. Time passed endlessly, with no end. That was the first disappointment, as Dr. Radha told about this message, about the dialogue with God. The first disappointment in this creation was the creator himself, Brahmā. He comes back, sits on the lotus, and thinks, "I can’t find my origin, my creator." Viṣṇu said, "I am your creator, Brahmā." Śiva was thinking, "No, no, that would be very, very terrible." Then again, Śiva appeared. That time, Śiva manifested. He said, "No, Viṣṇu, I am the creator of Brahmā, and I’m the creator of Viṣṇu. I am that Śiva." So they both realized. Then he gave the duty or work to Brahmā, and then the Saptaṛṣis, the seven ṛṣis, were manifested by Brahmā through his jñānendriyas, and after that the creation begins. So Śiva is the first. He is the balancing principle in the entire universe. He knows that the āsurī śakti and daivī śakti both begin to develop. When you want to grow some crops, the weeds grow with them. You give water to the crops, but the weeds also get water automatically. So you can’t destroy them completely. Therefore, Śiva tried to keep peace and balance between both negative and positive. Ultimately, we have to come to Śiva consciousness. Therefore, Satyam Śivam Sundaram. Satyam Brahma, Satya Jagat Mithyā. The ultimate truth is that Śiva. Not the form of Śiva, or whatever you call it. But what we call Śiva is the ultimate truth. The rest is only our gossiping in this world. We’ll change everything. We are living in the world of change. Satyam, the ultimate truth, is that. That’s why I call Śiva: Satyam Sundaram. And that beauty of the entire universe, whatever you think is beauty for you, doesn’t matter what. But in that beauty is the reflection of Śiva. Satyam, Śivam, because that is Śiva. Sundaram. That is the beauty of our life and yoga. There are many, many stories given in the Purāṇas about Śivarātri. But as Dr. Śītal said, the real Śivarātri is there where the meeting, merging into the oneness called Śiva and Śakti, occurs. Now we are celebrating, making pūjās, ceremonies, abhiṣekas on the Śiva Liṅga. What is a Śiva Liṅga? Śiva Liṅga means Śiva is the entire universe. The universe is round. Everything is round. The drop, a very fine drop of water, is round. Everything is like a ball. The Vedas said this. Swami Vivekananda talked about zero. So everything, all atoms in our bodies, are just round, because the entire universe is round, and that’s why Śiva is round; his embodiment is that entire consciousness within that universe. That is the Śiva Liṅga. So it means when we adore the Śiva Liṅga, we are approaching, adoring all the divine souls and all others, Ṛṣis and many, many Śaktis in the universe with one, as Holy Gurujī said, one in all and all in one. If you hold to one thing, you will master everything. If you try to do a little here and a little there, you will lose everything. So Sanātana Dharma respects and adores every religion, every saint, every incarnation, everything, but they have one, that one guru, that one thing. Through this one, you can reach everything. If you try to go a little this way and a little that way, you will not reach. You drive to go to Budapest; after 20 kilometers, you say, "No, I don’t want to go there, I want to go to Salzburg." Then you drive 100 kilometers, you come till the halfway St. Pölten, then say, "No, no... this is the wrong way. I will not go there. I want to go to Ljubljana." Then you drive towards Graz and say, "Oh God, this is also not. I go to Prague." So we are going here and there. We are nowhere. Understand, Hansen? Kṛiyānand. So we are nowhere. Don’t make shortcuts. You are making so many cuts in your life. Decide one and then proceed. This life is short. Time will not wait for anyone. We shall respect the time. In India, we say, "Do not neglect the time." Neglecting time is a sin, the biggest sin, because that ultimate, supreme one gave us human life in limited time. All the changes will bring you problems and problems. There is a joke. One man couldn’t swim, and he fell into the water. The other one wanted to rescue him, but he couldn’t swim either. But he loved the person very much, so he jumped in. That was a great bhakta of Hanumānjī, and the other was a bhakta of all. So, the one who was believing in all said, "Śiva, Śiva, please come, Śiva, Śiva." Śivajī was getting ready with his bull. Then he said, "Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa." Śiva said, "Kṛṣṇa, you go. He is calling you." So, Kṛṣṇa took his Garuḍa to fly quickly, but still, he gave up. And he said, "Rām, Rām,... Rām." And then he said, "Gaṇeśa, Gaṇeśa." So everybody is getting ready to go, and they said, "No, he is not calling me, he is calling you." Meanwhile, he sank in the water, drowned, and died. The one who said only "Hanumānjī, Hanumānjī,... Hanumānjī," Hanumanjī came, pavanaśrita like, stronger than our wind, took him in his hands and brought him out. Everything can happen, and then Hanumanjī was bringing him out. The other one, who was holding his leg, also came out into the water. You see? So if you can’t believe, hold on to the thumb of the bhakta. That Bhakta will save you. That’s it. Therefore, Holy Gurujī said in bhajan, "Tere dāsan ke dāsam hove, ho yeh prasann sevā merī lījo. Dīp dayāl āraṇ sun lījo, kar kṛpā mohe satsaṅg dījo." Oh Lord, if you don’t like that I serve you directly, then let me serve your servants so that through your servant you get my service. So they can rescue us in many, many ways. All great saints who came into this world, anywhere, it doesn’t matter, they are the light of God. And in everyone is the presence of that Jīvā. Where the Jīvā is, is a Śiva. So from jīva becomes Śiva, and from the layer, the waves of that, and the strong waves push or heat the big rock. And then, you know how water is splitting. Many, many drops through the steam, parā, rise up. We said, "Oh, there’s steam, the parā, a cloud begins to rain." Oh, it’s raining. Oh, water is flowing. Where? Into the ocean. So ultimately we have to come to that divine. Śivarātri is when we are harmonizing these two principles, the energy and consciousness. These both begin to then work. Śivarātri, Śiva’s glory is endless, and it is believed that Śiva is one who can quickly help us. He doesn’t see negative and positive. His principle is to help. If a rākṣasa comes, then Śiva will help them. He said, "Yes, very good, but come peacefully and live there peacefully. Don’t make any disturbance." So they will follow him. In one Śiva temple, there was hanging a water pot with a very nice chain. The pot was made of copper, expensive. In the rainy season, one thief, a boy 14 or 17 years old, wanted to steal it. He had no shoes. Thieves are mostly poor. It doesn’t matter how much they steal; they will always be poor. So his feet were in the mud, completely muddy and dirty. He came, but he couldn’t reach that chain. So what did he do? He climbed on the Śiva Liṅga. My God, we are praying, putting flowers, and it is holy for us. But the thief, with dirty feet, with a lot of mud on them, climbed on the Śiva Liṅga to reach this, and Śiva appeared. Śiva appeared. He was frightened. Śiva said, "My child, don’t be unhappy. Don’t be disturbed. I come to bless you. You are great." He said, "No, I was stealing, and my feet are dirty." "No, no, my son. No. You see, people give me only flowers, but you have already given me yourself. So I am very happy. What do you want? I give you this pot, and I bless you: you will be very rich." So, Śivajī, whom he wants to bless, he will bless. That’s why his name is called Bholenāth. Bholenāth is also Śiva’s name. Karuṇākenāth, Śiva, many, many names. Śiva Śaṅkara, Śaṅkara, Gaurī Śaṅkara, many, many names. But one in all, and all in one. So on this Śivarātri, people are fasting more. In every holy festival, there is fasting. Fasting calms your indriyas, lets you think more, and gives more power to the mantras and prayers. But fasting should be with discipline. People are fasting here. Dr. Sattva, Dr. Śītal, you know, I achieved many things in my life. But in one thing I felt, not myself, but to bring my, all these Western devotees, clarity on what fasting means. I explain every time, but they can’t understand. "Ek bhais ke sāmne, dī rāt bhar brahmaīn paḍhī, subhe bolā kiyā ke hān ācāra dedo." You see, in this thing the Muslims are very expert and very good. When they have a roja, they don’t even swallow their own spit. They don’t spit it out. They don’t swallow their saliva from the mouth. And my bhaktas are fasting. They are very good fasters. But Swamijī said, "Allow to eat fruit." So one fruit quickly. Biscuit is okay. "Do you want to eat?" "No, I am fasting, but milk production, okay, cheese. I am fasting. Oh, one big glass of juice. This is allowed." They consume more than they would eat normally. So fasting is very, very important, and it has a very spiritual vibration, energy in that, that you don’t take anything in your mouth. Okay, you can drink water, but two people should not fast: those who have diabetes or must take some medicine and have to eat something; second, pregnant women; and third, underage children. For others, fasting is very, very important for spiritual development. But then don’t take it like this. Your friend will come and say, "Come, we are going to eat today. There is a very good vegetarian pizzeria." We go to the pizzeria, come on. Then you say, "No, no, I am fasting." They eat at the pizzeria. He said, "Okay, I will eat also, then evening I will not eat," you see. So there is no okay, there is no compromise in spirituality, in the quality, in the achievement, in the sādhanā; there is no compromise. You have to be very correct and very precise in your sādhanā. I went yesterday to Dr. Śītal, and I had a very nice lunch, but of course I was not fasting, yeah. And then I had something with my eye, and he’s an eye specialist, he’s a doctor. So my tear ducts, I asked him, I think because I have some problem, if he can drain them. Now you see, all organs of the body are very gentle and very important, but the eyes are very, very important. And now the person goes with the needle. Inside, you know, my heartbeat is always very peaceful. But when it comes, my heartbeat quickly goes to 120 without running. Confidence, trust. But sometimes we do trust, but again we call, instead of Hanumānjī, Gaṇeśjī. And with the needle coming, gently find the channel, clean it, flush it with water, and then take it out, and I feel nothing, no pain, no blood, nothing. How concentrated his hands go only there. Just a little mistake, the needle can go in the other side. That’s it. Similarly, when you are fasting, if you practice yoga, then you must have discipline, and fasting discipline is one thing that is missing. I fail in this to explain them. And Dr. Sahib, the second thing is to keep mauna. They can’t, no, no,... not the ladies. Mostly the boys. I must support the ladies, yes, Doctor. Sahib, Kali Yuga is a woman’s Yuga, so you should be nice to them. And now, my dear brothers and sisters, as much as we speak about Śiva, it’s very little. So he’s endless. So he’s endless everywhere. So let us do the prayer, Śivārati and then Sadguru-Ārati. And if we stand, then no one has a view of the altar. So we will do it sitting. First, we will do Śivārātī, and then we will do the Sadguru Āratī. So please make the light. You are all welcome to join today’s prayer with us through webcast. So our Ukrainian bhaktas, we all were praying, and we are praying for your country, for peace. And understanding, God bless all, and peace should turn to your country. Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī, Śrī Śrī Dev Purīṣa Mahādeva Kī, Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandjī Bhagavān Kī, Satya Sanātana Dharma Kī. Oṁ Jaya Śiva Śaṅkara Svāmī, Paripūraṇa Deva Śiva. Sab jag ke pratipālak, sab jag ke lak, ghaṭ ghaṭ meṁ rahe Har Yo Mahār. Har Har ghaṭ Sirāyu Gaṅgā badī so, o Śiva Gaṅgā badī. Staka chandra kalahe mā, staka chandra kalahe, Tri bhuvanamo, hari om harahama, Vibhūta vīrāj, unda mā, o Śiva unda mā, God bless you. Śrī Rija Gaṇapati Nande Asava Hari Om Hara Hara Śikar Par Tak Baḍā Ra O Śiva Tak Baḍā Vidyā Ga Vidyā Nalaga Śuṣa Man Mesa Hari Om Hara Śuddha Buddhi Bodha Karake Satyaham Koḍi Śiva Satyaham Koḍi Dās Par Kṛpā Karake Bhava Para Hari Om Hara, Hara Mahādev, Puruṣa Dūta Ātmā, Paripūraṇa Paya, O Śiva Paripūraṇa, Sab jag ke pratipād, sab jag ke pratipād, gata gata me rahe, har yo hara, jaya guru deva, Jaya Jaya... J God bless you. No, no... Hari Om, Jaya Jaya... Pant Chalekali Yuga Guru Samaja sabh ko prabhuji samja hath aatam batla, Hari Om, Jaya Jaya... Tan man dhan harpan guru sevā, pā o swāmī guru sevā. Pā koday karu hat jo vinatī karu charaṇam śiraṇam. Vṛṣaparipūrṇānanda darśaḥ yo swāmī ānanda darśaḥ. Śrīdīpa prabhu satan manas. Dīpā dayālunija manas Guru āratī ga Hari Om Jaya Jaya... Guru Dīpā Dayāl Kṛpāl Mahāprabhū Śrī Dīpā Dayāl Kṛpāl Mahāśivāya Prakor brahman... Vyāpak Viśvāchāracharame Hari Chetan Jyot Tumah Prabhu, Vyāpak Viśvāchāracharame Hari Chetan Jyot Tumah Prabhu. Nirguṇ Se Saguṇ Banyāya, Tānke Hithaka Shirdi Padāyal Kriyā Mahāpaki Śaraṇme Āyapade. Ham Durbal Das Dukhyari Prabhu, Aapaki Saranme Aayapade. Ham Durbal Das Dukhyari Prabhu, na jarni ro parayu taro. Kabir dha sri dhyan paad Mahāprabhu, Aap bina kaun hamare naath? Jin ko jaya phukari. Hey Prabhu, aap bina kaun dinat hai jinn ko jaan. Prabhu, jahan dekho, jaan aap hi aap ho, nitya chetan niraka. Shirdi padayal kripal Mahāprabhu, aap rakho la. O Lord, I have sinned many times in my life, O Lord, please keep me safe. I am a beggar, I am a beggar, I am a beggar. Prabhu kahe, Mādhavānandajī, āpke caraṇ kamal yā... Shirdi pādāyāl kṛhal Mahāprabhu. Namaste Śrī Gurudeva Purīśa dayālam. Nijanandāyanandamaya kiyālam. Śarīram yakandam harirūpa jase. Atītam manādhe nirākar. Agam bhajoni aparāyaliptam sarūpam suśudam. Namoh śarāvyāpi guṇāti taleva. Prabhupādījo sadāś Vighna Haraṇa Maṅgala Karaṇa Aṃdhāraṇa Parāśa Pārvati Nandana Nāvo Śrī Dīpa Śaraṇa Jaya Jaya Deva Dayāla Śiva Karaṇasu Maṅgala Mūla Dīpa Jñāna Vairāgamata Sadāravo. Vandau śaraṇ gurudevake, śrīdeva purīśaśu kudai, yogayugati jai smṛti prabhu jani, timir gaye arudhata ravi, bhai jani oji, śrīdīpa prabhu sarivina pī suna jo. Namo Namo Gurudevajī, Koṭi Koṭi Praṇām, Pālaka Pālaka Prabhuvī, Amalya Sabāyubāre, Ānand Hotā Yāpar, Āp Satguru Mein Śiṣya Ho Āp Mām, Paramahaṁsa Gurudev Jī, Tīna Loka Ke Deva, Sūr Nara Munīs Kartā, Satguru Samdhātā Nahī, Sab Jag Maṅganā Har, Kyā Rājā Kyā Badśā, Sabhi karalita, Rāmakṛṣṇa se kaun bade? Kushne bhi gurukin? Tīna loka ke nāṭ, sata guru ke ādita. Sata guru purāṇa brahma he, joveshura naravata nugra nicha jāne na niragelita. Ye tan visakive laḍī, guruya amṛta kī khān. Śiṣadiyai sata guru mile to bhī, sata guru mūrti mukha candra mā. Oh Guru Brahma, Guru Viṣṇu, Guru Devo, Maheśvara, Guru Sākṣāt, Parabrahma, Tasmai Śrī Gurave Namaḥ. Dhyānamūlaṁ Gurur Mūrtiḥ, Pūjāmūlaṁ Guruḥ Padam, Mantramūlaṁ Gurur Vākyaṁ, Mokṣamūlaṁ Guruḥ Kripa. Om Dīpo Jyotiḥ Parabrahma. Deepam Sarve Mohanam, Deepanam Sajjate, Sarvam Sankhyam, Deepam Saravu Sankhyam. Om Namoḥ Prabhu. Deepa Vināsi Āpi Brahma, Āpi Viṣṇu, Āpo Nāradī, Āpo Śāradī, Āpo Śeṣukarāsi, Āpo Dhyānī, Āpo Jñānī, Āpo Yogyā, Āpo Devasavadevī. Āpo Śūrprakāśī, Āpo Brahmanirvāṇī, Āpo Cauvarakīvāsī, Āpo Vedonke Gyātā, Āpo Bhakturvāsī, Āpo Śatānāmke Dātā, Āpo Niśā Rūpālī. Oṁ Namo Prabhudeep Pranāma Brahma Tandurvasi. Koli Śrī Deep Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān, Śrī Śrī Dev Purīśamadeva, Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandī Bhagavān Satya Sanātana Dharma Sābarīṣi Muni Mahātma Mahātma Pitā Gurudeva Hari Om.