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Part 1: The Measured Blessing and the Eternal Guru Hari Om to all brothers and sisters here, and also my greetings to all those who are joining us through the webcast. We come together here to meet Swāmījī, to meet our guru, and it fills our heart. It’s like going to the filling station, is it not? Like for Christians, going to church once per week to get new inspiration. For us, it is at least once per year, to come to the guru and to connect again. In his satsaṅg two days ago in Vip, Swāmījī—and his guru through him—emphasized the guru-paramparā very much. In fact, Guru Pūrṇimā is not dedicated just to the guru, to our one guru, but it is dedicated to the guru principle. That means all saints who are living or who have ever lived in the world. All gurus, all masters, all traditions. And for us, of course, most important is our tradition, our guru paramparā. Swāmījī spoke then, referring to the research that Sādhvī Śānti has made in the Himālaya, especially about Alak Buddhi. For us, our guru paramparā is basically only Swāmījī, and for some of us who knew Holy Gurujī, it is also Swāmijī’s master. What can we say about Mahāprabhujī? I think none of us has met him. But this winter, when I was in Jhadan, I received a special blessing. I had several meetings with Mahāmaṇḍir Svāmī Jasrāj Purījī. Because he lives in India, he is in a position to still collect more information, which we usually cannot reach. There are still bhaktas, devotees living in India now who knew Mahāprabhujī and even some Śrīdeva Bodhicī personally. One of these bhaktas, whom many of you know, is a singer, Āśaramjī in Barikattu. He is a personal disciple of Mahāprabhujī, and as I heard, he even knew Śrīdeva Bodhicī personally. He is a source of inspiration. So we can say our Līlā Amṛt is not ready; there are still many stories to come, which are missing and have to be included in a new edition. One of these stories I heard now from Jasrāj, which he heard from Āśāramjī. It was a time of drought, with no rain at all, as is very often the case in Rajasthan. The farmers in Barikatu were fearing for their crops, that everything would die. Mahāprabhujī was living at that time in a small hut in the village, so the farmers together went to Mahāprabhujī and very devoutly asked him, "Please, can you help us? There is no rain, there is absolute drought, and we don’t know what to do." Mahāprabhujī said, "Okay, I will help you." What he did was go out and search for a certain stick. Then, with his arm, he measured a certain length and broke the stick so that it had this precise measurement. Then he went to a certain place and put the stick vertically in the ground, and with a stone he fixed it. So the stick was there, and the work was done. Prabhupāda then went to a banyan tree, lay down, and slept. That was all. But as soon as he had done this, the clouds gathered. It became gray, and shortly after, it started to rain. The desired rain came. And our Prabhupāda, as you know from Līlā Amṛta, was always protected from the rain for some meters around. He was excluded from the rain and could lie there very relaxed and sleep. The rain started pouring, and the farmers were very happy. Even more rain came, and they were even happier. But then it continued and continued... They slowly began to think, "Now comes another problem, that maybe the whole earth will be washed away." In fact, where the stick was in the ground, the sand was slowly being washed away because the earth is not really hard; it is more like sand. The sand washed away and the stick got more and more exposed. The farmers became afraid that this huge rain—as English people say, it was raining cats and dogs—would in the end destroy the whole harvest. First giving water, but finally destroying everything. They thought, "What to do?" Mahāprabhujī was peacefully sleeping. What to do? But they said, "No, no, it’s too dangerous. We must awaken him." Finally, they chose to awake Mahāprabhujī again and said, "Mahāprabhujī, please, now there is so much rain. We are afraid it will destroy our whole crops." Mahāprabhujī looked and said, "No, it’s not yet enough. The given measurement is not yet full. I cannot stop the rain now." They didn’t know what he meant. "The given measurement was not yet full." In Deutsch we say, das Maß ist noch nicht voll. So he didn’t do anything. What happened? The rain washed away more and more of the sand around the stick, so that the stick was, in the end, only a little bit covered, and finally, it fell down. The moment the stick fell down, the rain stopped. It turned out that when Mahāprabhujī cut the stick to a certain measurement, he had given the exact measurement of how much rain and how long the rain should pour. When this was over, by itself, the rain stopped. It was a great teaching for the farmers to have real faith. You see, often we think when we get some hard time, some tests with Swāmījī, some tapasyā, "Oh, how much, I cannot bear it, it’s too much." But we can; it’s measured. But here in this case, the blessing was also measured. And even that is sometimes hard to take. This is one story I heard now from Jasrāj, which came from Āśārām, who was obviously present when this happened. I would just like to end with a small event. When we come to Guru Pūrṇimā, we can connect again to the Guru. But our mistake is that we often actually feel disconnected. In reality, the Guru is always with us, but we tend sometimes to forget it. And what happens? Sometimes the Guru reminds us of his presence, sometimes in a very strange and unexpected way, we could say maybe even shocking. I had this experience a few weeks ago on the computer. Not as you’re seeing now, watching Swamiji TV. No, I was doing some work and going from one website to the next, surfing, as you say. Suddenly one website was blocked. It didn’t come; you have it sometimes. Then comes some error message: this website cannot be found. But the message I got was really specific. That’s why I’m talking about it today. You know what came? The error message was, in quite big letters, "Guru Meditation." I said, "What?" I went back and said, "Okay, once more. What came?" Guru meditation. And I knew Swamiji is thinking of me. So, a very clear message from Swāmījī through the internet. And it’s true what I’m saying. So, thank you. Hari Om. Hari Om. I would like to have a very special guest today. We have here the president of our Hindu temple in Vienna, Dr. Sitar. We welcome him very cordially. Thank you. You have elected me again as the president of Charo. It’s a Hindu society in Vienna, but we have two very big problems here. What we have to do, we have to do together. I can’t do it alone. I need your help. Our great problem is that the Hindu religion is not recognized yet. For that, we need at least 15,000 Hindu signatures. They should not be born Hindus; converted Hindus, or if you believe in Hinduism, then you can also just register as a Hindu, just to recognize our Hindu religion. We have many advantages if, suppose, we are recognized here for schools or other things. The second problem is, still, we are looking for the temple, as Swāmījī always asked me to get some Śiva temple, and that will only be done. It will be helpful if, suppose, the Hindu religion is recognized. I am very thankful to Swāmījī. He has always helped me, and today I am successful only because of his āśīrvād, his blessings. Please give me your support. We will go together. We are together. Thank you. Hari Om. Lakṣam ekam nityam vimalāchalam sarvaddhi sākṣibhūtam bhavātītam triguṇarahitam satgurutam namāmyam. Oṁ Guru Brahma, Guru Viṣṇu, Guru Devo Maheśvara, Guru Sākṣāt Para Brahma, Tasmai Śrī Guruve Namaḥ. Oṁ Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān kī, Śrī Dev Puruṣa Mahādeva kī, Dharma Samrāṭ Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandajī Bhagavān kī. Satsaṅg, Sanātana Dharma kī blessed self, dear brothers and sisters, spiritual seekers here in this hall of our Śrī Gurujī Satguru Dev Swāmī Madhavānandajī Āśram. We are in Austria, and all bhaktas around the world who have been with us through webcast. This is a holy occasion, and this means Guru Pūrṇimā. What means Guru Pūrṇimā? We all know very well. But how does it begin? The light, brahmānandam parama śukadam kevalam jñānam urtim. That knowledge, that knowledge is the light which is illuminating the entire universe. So, it is said that when the Varāhī Avatāra—avatāra is the incarnation. One is called Swayambhū, which is not an incarnation. Swayambhū means he who has manifested himself. After, through that Śivajyoti, Śivaśakti, Śivaconsciousness, Satyam Śivam Sundaram, creation begins because Śivajī, Śiva is known as a Sarjan and Visarjan Hara. Sarjan means not a doctor who is operating. But in Sanskrit, Sṛjan means the creator, manifestor. This all is his manifestation; we are his manifestation. Visarjan, it is he who again deletes, liberates through the creation of the elements, which we call air, fire, water, and earth. Ether was. So the first time when the earth is brought out of the water, in Varāhī, in Varā, Praṇ clearly says this. Vara is that, not a pig, but what do you call that wild pig? War. War, this is Sanskrit. Vara or the boar, who brought the earth out of the water with his two feet. Then the earth came out of the water. It is that one who lifted the earth out of the water and balanced it on the water. That was Vārāhī Avatāra. That time, when the first surface of the earth came out of the water and sunlight is touching that, that second, quarter second—in Vedic mathematics, one second is divided thirty-nine times—and so, in that second, the first light of the sun touches the earth, it is Guru Pūrṇimā. And that the first ray of the sun is called Uṣṇe. The ṛṣis were able to catch the first ray. It’s not easy. It’s not easy to get the first ray of the sun with this speed the planets and earth are moving. But the ṛṣis were capable. So that means that light, enlightenment, illumination, that light is guru. Therefore, go means darkness, and roo means the light. It is not compared with the physical body of the Gurudev. But within that body, enlightened consciousness, which is pūrṇa, is existing. Sorry, that has the value of Guru Śakti. Sab ghaṭ mera sāyā, koī ghaṭ khalī nahī̃. In every heart of entire creatures, each and every entity carrying light of the God. No one is without the light of God. But our adoration is to that heart in which that Swayam Bhūḥ appears and speaks. That’s called Guru Vākya, that’s called Chatur Guru Bāṇī, that’s called Amṛt Bāṇī. That we adore. There’s a beautiful box, a container. We don’t know what is inside. Now, there are two, and one, I will tell, take care. Because in one is a very big diamond. One of the biggest, bigger than the Kohinoor diamond. The biggest diamond in the world is the Kohinoor. Kohinoor is a diamond from India. And that, they took it in England, and still in England. And the government of India is still asking to give it back. And therefore, India was known as the jewel. The diamond of the crown of the Queen of England. To give that back means to give the crown. Well, this is another story. If you know that inside is the biggest diamond, then we will keep it so nicely. And we will walk and take bodyguards, so that nobody will take it away. Not because of this material container or box. But what is inside? Because it is inside, that diamond, a very bright diamond. And the value of that, so we have to protect this one. This cargo is the most precious to transfer from this house to that house. Similarly, with this material, a box, a container, hundreds are produced there. But you can forget it anywhere, and nobody will be interested to have it. Similarly, every container has something inside; maybe it’s empty, but it’s something. Similarly, every entity has the light of God, but in that, where the light of that brilliant light is called the luminary, the spiritual luminary. Enlightened soul, we call enlightened, self-realized. Now, in the modern world, this is a luminary, a spiritual luminary, like a star. So the value is that. Therefore, not only this one, there are many dimensions. Oh my God, so many. You see, I can have a handful of all of them. I can just throw it. To you, you can take it and take it with you. So, sab ghaṭme rasaiyā, koī ghaṭ khalī naye, balihārī us ghaṭkī, our adoration to that one whose heart is occupied by that knowledge of the light. My body and your body, my elements and your elements, my indriyas and your indriyas, my limbs and your limbs, my face and your face, my hands and legs, you also have no difference. But the difference is something that you are the one, I am one of the best ones, and I am just a servant. That’s it. Therefore, knowledge is a guru. This is number one. Number two, without a master, no perfection. Entire Western culture, Western system, Western technology, everything is depending on the perfection of the guru. In some other countries, they can do the jugad, what we call. Yes, there is some electrical problem. Anyone will take this screwdriver and do this and that. Say, oh, he is an electrician. Here, you cannot do this work, and you cannot call yourself an electrician unless you have a proper education, diploma, or certificate. True? Ask Dr. Sital how many years he was studying medicine in India, and then he came to Europe, and then to Austria, and so on. And then he got this diploma called doctor, a specialist, an eye doctor. How many people who were getting blind, he gave them light again. What can be more than the guru like this? The most precious, precious organ in our body is our eyes. When the eyes are gone, social life is gone. When the ear is gone, satsaṅg is gone. When the legs are gone, the journey is gone. Everything. So, what you call a diploma, how many diplomas do you have? Who gave you this? Your guru. Who is that? Your professor, the dean of the university, or your teacher, your driver’s license, your driving teacher. Everyone who gives you the knowledge, that is your guru. So, we can say that we should be thankful and pay back our debt to them. Matṛ-ṛṇa, mātṛ-ṛṇa, pitṛ-ṛṇa, father, and deva-ṛṇa, the elements: water, this, this, and what is further? Ācārya-rin, your teacher, and ṛṣi-rin, your Gurudev. These are four which we have to adore. If you do anything against your teacher, it is a sin and it is wrong, you know? My dear all young children who are sitting here, very soon, next year, you will have ceremonies that you got your diploma, and it will be... what will they... Speak at university, what oath will you take? "I will be loyal to this university that keeps your name of the Austrian one of the best universities in the world. Yes, keep it high." And the best university for the eye specialist is in Austria, if I am not wrong. Yes? Vienna. Vienna is the heart of Austria. Because there we are sitting. So that’s why the guru is that one who leads us from the darkness to the light. Now, how does the guru lead from the darkness to the light? That’s very interesting. Your age is now 34 years, and you can’t drive a car. Now, you go to Vienna, there’s a beautiful driving school, from their driving, you know. And this driving license is coming in the, you don’t know in what kind of documents it is coming, name of Austria. But I am very surprised, and it is a pity, that Austria does not have that tolerance of religion. It is said that each religion, whatever one person believes, should be acknowledged and respected. And the mother or the father of all the religions of the world is Sanātana Dharma. And Austria does not acknowledge this. What a shame for a beautiful country, Austria. Austria for me is something great. I adore, I respect, and I will always talk best for Austria. But one black spot has Austria: still they don’t acknowledge Hinduism. Part 2: The Eternal Light of the Guru You think that by not acknowledging Hinduism, it will diminish? Forget it, my dear. It is like throwing dust at the sun; it will not reach. Therefore, I request we should all appeal to the President of Austria for no discrimination towards religions. So, Dr. Sital, congratulations that you are president, and we would like to acknowledge you, and we will do our best. But I am not a politician. I think we have to talk to the supreme God or the supreme persons, so you all should please support that. Hungary has recognition, Croatia has, Slovenia has, the Czech Republic has—all these we have. What about Austria? Anyhow, I am not talking about this today. We should all write a letter, sign it, and send it to the President of Austria: no discrimination. They should do it before it becomes too late. Therefore, you go to the driving school, and you sit in the car holding a steering wheel, and your teacher is sitting there. The car is rolling, and you say, "What can I do? Where is the brake?" We don’t know how to roll the car, but the teacher will tell you, "Now move this and this," and here also, control the world. After one week, ten days, one month, or two months, you go for an examination, and you pass. You go on the highway and you drive. "I can drive." What changed in you? You have two ears only, still you have only two eyes and two hands, two legs only. What changed in you? You are the same person. What changed is that your guru, your driving guru, gave you that light of knowledge and confidence. That is how a guru teaches the disciple to come through. But when the disciple doesn’t follow the rules, there is a saint. There is a saint who told me, when one should not overtake, it is absolutely prohibited, you know. I think the Austrian knows where you should not overtake. Don’t forget, otherwise come to me, I will teach you again. And if you make a mistake and an accident happens, it is not a mistake of your teacher. Similarly, if you don’t follow your Guru Vākya, you promise that you don’t follow the Gurudev’s instruction of your Kriyā Yoga and Mantras and becoming disciple, my dear, you are already in an accident. You are in the ICU. What is ICU? Intensive Care Unit. So, when you lost the Guru Bhakti and you went in the wrong direction, an accident is there. But the surgeon will come again and will heal you. Who is that, finally? Gurudev. Therefore, it is said: "Gurudev śaraṇ tumhārī, cintā merī miṭāde. Karke kṛpā dayālu bedā, tu ab pār lagāde." What a wonderful bhajan. So therefore, Gurur Brahmā. What means Brahmā? Brahmā means creator. Brahmā is that intellect that creates in us what? Good thoughts, good vṛttis, good manifestations. That is Brahmā’s work. And the devil’s, the asura’s work, is that good quality pushes down and pulls others also back down. That is the Rākṣasa. They are in ICUs, and from ICUs they will go to the Kāpāla. I will not translate because you understand Hindi. Aiśyus. Brahmā, who is inspiring us, who is creating the good thoughts for all. Viṣṇu. Guru Brahmā, Guru Viṣṇu. Viṣṇu is the protector who protects us from the ku-saṅgas, who protects us from the negative thoughts, who protects us from going in the wrong direction, and protects our spiritual sādhanā. Gurur Devo Maheśvara, and therefore he is Śiva, who is liberating, leading us towards freedom. Gurur Sākṣāt Parabrahma. Therefore, it is not only Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Maheśa, but above that. Who is above that? Śiva. Parameśvarāha. That is the entire universe. Tasmai Śrī Guruve Namaḥ. So I adore, bow down to that supreme consciousness. Dhyānamūlaṁ Gurumūrti. Therefore, what should we meditate on? On the mūrti, the form, the light, the wisdom, the direction, the guidance, the abilities of that Gurudev. Don’t look to the metals of your car, carousaries, but look to the inner quality and ability of your car, how comfortable it is, and who is sitting inside. There was a little joke. Should I tell it in satsaṅg? One should not joke, but there was a joke. There was a meeting of all the presidents of the world. So it was in the University of Vienna, the United Nations building, thanks to Austria and thanks to that Mr. Krajewski, Bruno Krajewski, he was a very nice man. We met several times, me and the doctor, and especially the doctor’s wife; we were sitting, standing in the airport of Innsbruck. And only me and Lekha and Krajewski, we were three waiting. Anyhow, they were nice people, and they are also nice still. Anyhow, the meeting was there. It’s called, I think, Salt Gifel. The president of America and the president of Russia, and so on. So, traffic. So one driver was driving slowly, carefully. Red light is getting up and so on, and the president was sitting behind—the American President—and he said, "Why are you stopping? Go quickly." He said, "Yes, sir." But he was still careful because a very, very precious cargo was inside: the President of America. The President says to the driver, "Stop. You sit behind, and I’m driving." So, the president was driving, and the police did not stop at all. And he said, "Now you see? Why didn’t they?" They said, "You see? Because they think when the American president is driving, the back side must be the most important person, you know." So, the Gurudev’s way is always clear. Don’t think of the car and this and that. So dhyāna mūlam guru-mūrti, pūjā mūlam guru-padam. Adore the Gurudev’s feet. Yes. Now, people say, "You wash the feet of your Gurujī. Why not?" Ask Jija why he washed the feet of the disciples. And ask Jesus why he bought the feet of his Gurujī. Don’t forget this. What is in the church when you go to the right side? There is something called holy water. What is that? Caraṇāmṛta. Rājadena Guru Samoye Caraṇa Kī Rājadena Dayā Caraṇakī Bakamala Kī Guru Caraṇam. Therefore, mokṣa-mūlaṁ guru-kṛpā. If you lose the guru-kṛpā, you lose that path. You lost that; your chain is cut off. When you don’t follow the rules and regulations of the doctor, being a doctor and then a member of the society or committee, whatever you call it for the doctors and for medical departments, if a doctor does wrong, he or she will lose their diploma, right? In Austria, also, you can lose your diploma everywhere. Similarly, when you make a mistake, you have lost the diploma, you stand somewhere, you are in a dilemma. Then you say, "Where should I go? Can I get something?" Say, "Go back to Naraka and then come again. Then get the stamp there. Stay in the queue back." Oh God! You cannot go between; you have to go again to the end of the queue. So these are the same principle. I am so happy that Western culture, system, education, technology, everything is perfectly tied 100% to the guru principle. We, it is a Sanskrit word, we call guru and you call teacher. We call Satguru, and you call professor. Who is proper? He is a sir. And who is not proper is not a sir. He is the principle who is following the principles of the all. Therefore, it is a problem in the language. When someone speaks Urdu, he says, "Oh, he is a Muslim." And when someone speaks German, oh, he is a Dutch. Language is a problem. If you tell in Urdu language or you tell in German language, it is the same. Same divine. The Quran is such a divine, holy book. So divine words are in the Quran. And the same words you can find that are coming from the Vedas and Upaniṣads. Same words you read in the Bible. Where is the difference? The difference is in our mind because of the culture and language. You call it the Christian religion, others call it the Hindu religion, others call it the Muslim religion, others call it the Jewish religion. If we take out the first word, only religion remains, my dear. God created religion, not the names. And therefore, that knowledge has to be obtained. India is a country, mother of all religions. Now, you look, how many Christians are converting every day, the Hindus. No one says anything, okay? And then they are sorry; they become Christian. I say, ask them, why did you become Christian? They say, "No, I am not Christian." They gave me money, and I took it and signed it, that’s all. I have my mālā, I have my Hanumanjī. I have my Kṛṣṇa in my pocket. Okay? And once I did also cross that King Varanasi Swamiji. I said, "Yes, very good decoration. You will find only Hindu and Sikh, and the temples where you see all the signs of every religion." We call Īśvara, Allāh, Teru Nām. If you said Allāh or Īśvara, different is the language, but it is the same God. Never were they fighting between Hindus and Muslims. Who brought that, this dirty politic to create the dualism in the people’s mind? Today, people are fighting in the world because of the name of religion. What a narrow thinking of my beautiful country, Austria, that is, if you don’t acknowledge Hinduism as a Hindu. You think you will not acknowledge, and that will disappear? It will never disappear, my dear. That’s it. So because Sanātana Dharma is a great... Austria is a great... But these rules, they are complicated. I don’t say great, complicated. So this complication, only we can do. That, we must have tolerance and respect. Mention Rechte. The human rights, if you don’t acknowledge this, there are no human rights. Don’t raise your hands up, as if you are, as if you stand for human rights. No. In this way, thanks to our many, many countries, what they call, what was it, England, what was it, Commonwealth. Because someone told the queen, "Why do you have in England so many religions? Why don’t you have only one?" She said, the queen, then after in her speech, "Please don’t tell me this. They are all my children, and Commonwealth respects and adores and acknowledges all the religions of the world." That’s it. So, anyhow, today is a Guru Pūrṇimā, and I pray to Mahāprabhujī to give us blessings and that light, and those who lost, may they again turn back. This is only a little bit, "you turn." So there is written, "you turn." I will not turn, you turn. So you have to turn, not I have to turn. So you lost the out part, you lost the exit. So you turn back to find the right exit. Where is that right exit? That right exit is very, very good. I can tell you finally: "Gurudev, śaraṇ tumhārī cintā merī miṭā de. Guru de śaraṇ tumhārī cintā merī karke dayā dayālu bedā tū pār lagā. Karke dayā dayālu bedā tū pār lagā. Gurudev, śaraṇ tumhā. Cintā merī miṭā de, Gurudev, śaraṇ tumhā." Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān kī. Finally, Gurudev, I seek thy shelter. Remove my worries. There was a great saint. He wrote many beautiful bhajans. He was blind by birth, but his bhajans were so nice. And in one bhajan he says, "Hey Prabhu, Lord, I am the bird of your boat." The boat is in the middle of the ocean, and sometimes I try to fly away because I don’t like this boat. Someone told me there is a better place for me, so I fly away hundreds of kilometers, but I didn’t find shelter. Again, I come and sit on your boat. Accept me, please. Let me cross the ocean to bring the mainland, so we are on that boat sitting. There is no other shelter, only one Gurudev kī śaraṇa. So, Guru and disciples, like Swami Śivānanda of Ṛṣikeś, they are tall ones. There are two candles; one candle is burning, and the other is not. The candle which is not yet lit, you bring to that candle which is burning and take the light. You now have abilities; you also give the light. But take care that the wind will not blow and blow off your candle. You are still not strong. "Sabhe sahayak sabal kī aur kohun nirbal sahāye pavan jagavat āl ko aur dīpahī detā bujāye sabhe sahayak sabal ko." Everyone tries to support those who are strong. Nirabalā sahāyā. Nobody tries to help the meek ones. Like pavana jagavata āgako, the wind will support a small spark of the fire to make it a big fire. But the same wind can blow off that candle. Therefore, you got the light, but now you have to protect the light to come to your house. But take care. You think you are protecting, but sometimes you make a mistake. What? You have the flame in your hand, and you are protecting it against the wind, and then you say, "Ahem, oh God, the flame is gone." Your own coughing, your own breath, blows out the flame. Means your own doubts, your own mistakes, your own ignorance will blow your flame away. Again, you are standing in the darkness. So it is said, "Jyoti se jyoti jagate chalo." Wherever you walk, light light, the candles flame to flame. "Jyoti se jyoti jagate chalo, prem kī Gaṅgā bahate chalo." Wherever you go, let it flow, the Gaṅgā of love. "Rāha me jo āyī dīna dukhī." If you see someone suffering on the way, "sab ko gale lagāte chalo," hug everyone like your own ātmā. That is the message of Gurudev. That’s the message of the Vedas. That’s the message of Sanātana Dharma. Serve. Serve. So Śivānandajī has the four Mahāmantra: serve, love, meditate, and liberate. Enlighten. Realize. Serve, meditate, love, and realize. These are the four principles. So here is first service, then love, then meditate, and then you get self-realization. This is it. So these are the mahā-vākyas of the Vedānta. Therefore, Swami Sivananda’s system is called the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Society: Yoga Vedanta. So, my dear, every guru is working in the world so positively, and some don’t like this. But I told you last week, I had a saṅkalpa and a vision that I am preparing all of you, that in the next life when you are born, you have to turn Kali Yuga into Sat Yuga. No? Yes. Those who are in doubt, their hands are like this. Those who are in doubt, they have Hathagiri, Karmaki. So, I am preparing you for the spiritual way. Love all humans. Love all animals. Love and protect the environment. Bring the peace, bring the harmony. Where there is hate, I bring the love. Where there is suffering, misery, may I bring the happiness. Who said this? Assisi. So, the friends from Assisi said this: "So, you are that. I am training you. Don’t think that you can do tomorrow Satyuga." You are creating Kali Yuga if you don’t understand. So, this life you have to work and follow the principles. Next life you will come like a holy saint. You will work further to turn Kali Yuga into Sat Yuga. This is our saṅkalpa today on Guru Pūrṇimā. And second, how many trees did you plant? I gave the saṅkalpa last Guru Pūrṇimā. So, still there are five days left. In five days, you should send your data. How many trees have you planted around the world? And this Saṅkalpa is, we will turn Kali-Yuga into Sat-Yuga. But when you make a negative society, negative listening, going with them, eating, they are talking negative, and you are eating with their mouth, dirty words, air in your mouth, what is that? The bee, the honey bee, will never sit where someone has wound and stink. But the other fly, the dirty fly, will sit on that wound to eat that dirt. Stink? Will the bee sit there on the stink? No. With them, never. Did you ever see a honeybee with the other flies? When many other flies, honeybees fly away to these beautiful flowers. So you are a satsaṅgī. "Kusāṅgī kā muh nahī dekhna chāhi." Do not even see the face of the ku-saṅgī, because they have killed themselves. They are just body, but inside they are empty. So, guruā kya? You are a guru? You are still kangaroo jumping here and there, and I want to make you guru? I will hang a mālā in your neck, so you have to learn: "I am Brahma smita. I am Brahma smita. Śivo’ham. Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya. Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya..." Oṁ Namaḥ... So the message of Guru Pūrṇimā is: serve, love, meditate, and realize. See in everyone the light of God, and try to realize that light in you. So that you turn from disciple to the Guru. This is the eternal message. This is Sanātana Dharma’s message. Don’t block it, this lineage. When this is, then it is a darkness. So all around the world, all bhaktas, all people—it doesn’t matter from which spiritual lineage you are, from which religion you are—do something so that in the next life you come with great light and knowledge, with a great sense to turn Kalyuga into the Satyuga. Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān, Devīśvar Mahādev, Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandjī Bhagavān, Satya Sanātanā, Om Śānti Śānti. Om Pūrṇamadaḥ Pūrṇamidaṁ, Pūrṇāt Pūrṇamudacyate, Pūrṇasya Pūrṇamādāya Pūrṇamevāvaśiṣyate. Om Śānti.