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Morning Satsang from Strilky Ashram

The inner sun of wisdom dawns when darkness disappears. The twelve mantras of Surya Namaskar align with the sun's twelve names and the day's blessings. At the highest consciousness, there is everlasting light beyond the sun and moon. The period before dawn is Brahmamuhurta, an effective time for practice. The time of dawn itself is Amritvela, when nectar descends. Sunrise is Sandhya Vela, a junction for prayer. One should share food, even with small creatures, to make it an offering free from karma. The sun is the light of life, given from generation to generation. Discipline in practice and attendance is essential; negligence causes loss.

"Lead us from the darkness to the light."

"In that level of consciousness... there is akhaṇḍ ujjālā. There is no sun and no moon."

Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

Deep Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān, Devīśvara Mahādeva, Dharma Samrāṭ, Satguru Svāmī Mādhvānandajī Bhagavān, Satya Sanātana. A very nice, good day to everybody, and welcome. Today is especially a very good day, even more than yesterday. Bhagavān Bhāskara is very blessed to us. It is neither too hot nor too cold—natural air conditioning. And when we feel a little cool, Bhāskar Bhagavān will warm us again. You know, what is a Bhāskar? Who doesn’t know? Hand up. Oṃ Śāntiḥ, Śāntiḥ, Śāntiḥ. It seems you are not a teacher of yoga in daily life. I will introduce you to Bhāskar Bhagavān. Oṃ Bhāskarāya Namaḥ, Oṃ Sūryāya Namaḥ, Oṃ Puṣṇāya Namaḥ. So, how can you forget Bhāskar? This was the first test of your four-day program. Yes. What did you learn? The twelve mantras of the twelve postures of the Sūrya Namaskār. Because Bhagavān Sūrya Nārāyaṇa has twelve names, and each hour has a different kind of effect, a light on our earth. These are twelve hours where he has his complete, full light blessing on us. So when the dawn begins—the dawn means the ignorance of the night or darkness disappearing, and the sun of wisdom rising in our śūnyākāśī, in our imagination—Tamaso mā jyotir gamayā. Lead us from the darkness to the light. The night has gone. Dawn has come. Wake, my children, wake. Sit in the āsana of meditation, gazing at the lotus feet of Gurudev. So when the inner awakening is there, then the inner sun rises. Then this sun has no meaning. In a beautiful bhajan, Mahāprabhujī is writing, and it is beautiful, he said: Akhaṇḍ ujalā, akhaṇḍ ujalā—everlasting light. How is that bhajan? So, in that level of consciousness, in that space, khaṇḍ is broken, destroyable, changing. Akhaṇḍ is eternal, everlasting. We have sunrise and sunset, then dark night. But when we come to the higher level of consciousness, then there is akhaṇḍ ujjālā. There is no sun and no moon, Chandra, Sūrajna, he says. So there is no Chandra, no Sūrajna. That ujjala, akhaṇḍa ujjala, which never has night—that is the knowledge. That is self-realization. So when the dawn is breaking out, that’s called Amṛtvelā. Before dawn begins, that’s called Brahmamuhūrta. Brahmā is the Supreme, the Highest—not the Brahmā, but Brahmā, this is without a, that’s it. When you say Matovā, Matovśa, so no ka. Brahmā is the creator, and he has his office till one yuga. Then he retires. Viṣṇu also has one yuga. Then he retires. Then comes another form, another Brahmā, another Viṣṇu. Only Śiva is eternal, Swayambhū. He has the office also, and all the papers come from their decisions. So he is the Sṛjan Hara, the creator, and he is Visarjan Hara and Visarjan Kartā. Visarjan is when all is finished, Mahāpralaya. Then again, Śivjī has to manifest it again. So sometimes he has a big moustache; in some yugas he has a long beard. And as the yugas come towards Kali Yuga, it’s very interesting. Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva, nicely sieved powder. Also, Lakṣmī and Pārvatī and all these, Sarasvatī, are also here—Kali Yuga. So this is our feeling, not there. They are different. So they like it when we make a joke. When the children make a joke about the father, the father is a little angry, but he is happy inside. So be sure that Śiva is looking, so he will be more close to me. If he’s angry, then on whom is he angry? So he has to see that person, come closer to show how he’s angry. So at least in such a way, he comes closer. Then I will say, "I didn’t mean it like that." He said, "It’s okay." Anyhow, this is called good chutney in the food. You know what is chutney? Who doesn’t know? Then you can know ketchup. Ketchup means catch up. Two people were standing at the road crossing. One was very thin, skinny, like Premānandjī, and the other one was a little round, two centimeters more than can be complete, like a bowl. So they wanted to cross the street. They looked left and right. Whoever was not fat enough, not so fat, he quickly crossed. And the other one was pulling his pants up and going like this, and the truck hit him on the ground. The other was standing on the other side of the street, and he said to his friend, "Ketchup, come quickly." So how was the ketchup name created? Anyhow, so there in the Brahmajñāna, there is no night and no day. All is light—light, pleasant light, not this physical light. If you meditate and you don’t see the light, it is very natural. Because there is no bulb inside, I can’t see anything. Of course you can’t see. You are very honest that you don’t see because you have closed your eyelids. So if you want to see, then open the eyes. So these are chocolates for children: inner vision and this and that. It comes, but that is a completely different light, a different picture. Anyhow, so Brahma Mūrta. At that time, if you practice your mantra, it is more effective. And students who can’t pass the examination should always get up at that time and study before sunrise, until sunrise. They will have the best memory. But our children are going to sleep when the dawn begins—a hopeless, hopeless situation. Therefore, one of our good brothers or friends or disciples here in the Czech Republic is going to design a beautiful theater—future vision. So please support everybody. What is our future vision? A happy, healthy, peaceful, harmonious world. We don’t wish for money. Like, what is bhajan? Yes, I don’t. Ask for the joy of heaven, neither the kingdom of this world. Only one, O Gurudev, the holy dust of your feet. So what we wish is a happy, healthy, harmonious, and peaceful world. That we wish. Our benefit is in this. Protection is in protection, so we should not fight. Then the dawn begins. So that Brahmamuhūrta calls Amṛtvelā. Amṛt is the nectar, and Velā is the time. That time, the Tao comes down on the vegetation and on the earth. That is Amṛt, and that is what these creatures drink. Then they live the whole day happily. So that time is Amṛt Varṣā, meaning the rain of the amṛt. Amṛt is not in liters. A very fine drop, like a very fine drop of the fog. It’s not a glass full of amṛt. That is water drinking. When the sun rises, then it’s called the sandhyā velā, the time. This means the night and day join. Evening sunset is also sandhyā velā, where day and night join again. So this is a time for pūjā. That time, making prayers that are directly heard by Bhagavān in the form of Gurudeva or any divine or Bhagavān Bhāskara. After that, it is called Gaudhulī. Gaudhuli was, in India we used to say, morning, that time when the cows go in the field. And the dust from their going, that’s called the dust, dhūlī. So it must not be only cows; it can be goats, sheep, buffaloes, etc. This is the time where now everyone is awakening and going to do the day’s duty. Now, one sādhu, the system, group of the sādhus, when they go for eating, bringing the eating, they say gochārī. Like a cow goes in the field, eats, and comes back home to give you milk. And some sādhus in our sannyās too, it’s called Madhukarī. Don’t listen only, write. You are all yoga teachers. The question will be asked after ten seminars. So, Madhukarī. What is that? Beautiful. Madhu is the bee, the honey bee, and she goes to different flowers, takes the nectar, and brings the honey to the beehive. So when we are here, we see that is the house, so the sādhu goes and brings this; it’s called madhukarī. Madhu is nectar. Further, then it is said, "byakṣa." Byakṣa is the almoze. So this is something good. So what an ancient time of thinking. And then comes the time for eating, to share with all. Now we don’t have time to share, or we have nobody with whom we can share. Yes, share with ants, birds, different creatures also. Don’t eat your food before sharing with some creature. Even a very small creature, then your food becomes free from karma. That’s not selfish. Now it became a real prasāda. So, generally, it is said in India that at least for one, two, or three people, food should go outside to the needy people. So this is a great idea, a great discipline principle. So Bhāskar Bhagavān, the sun, that is great. That’s life. That’s light, the light of our eyes. Yes, the mother, the young mother and father, when they get a child, they take it in hand and say, "Oh, you are the light of our eyes." How happy it is. Yes, you gave the light. The sun will never go down. Generation to generation, this light continues. You look to your baby, and the baby looks to you. You know how great it is at that time. The parents give the light to that baby. Now I give all that I have. You are one who is inheriting. And so, further give. If you don’t have any child, don’t worry. Your light will not stop. You will give the light to any child you see. Maybe a little rabbit or a little creature, so your light, our eyes, will never go lost. To whom you look, you give the light to them. This is thanks to Bhagavān Bhāskara, so Bhāskara, Sūrya, Bhāskara Sūrya, Puṣṇī. He has many names. Puṣṇī is the name the first ray of the sun comes out. There is no camera which can catch the first ray. But ṛṣis were able to count and to know what is the first one. So the first light, first ray is called puṣṇe. And therefore, in the morning, when you drink water during the dawn, and when the sun rises, this Amṛtvelā, that’s called Uṣā Pāna. Uṣā is also this Amṛtā Velā, Bhagavān Sūrya’s. Uṣā is also this amṛtā velā, Bhagavān Sūrya’s. And pāna means to drink. So, in the morning, if you drink first one glass of water at room temperature, or two glasses of water, it will definitely improve our health conditions, but we go to dark water instead of going to white milk. How nice, good milk. The white cow has white milk, and the black cow has black milk. Yes, so it doesn’t matter if it’s black or white, milk is white. So don’t look if the cow is black or white. Look to the milk quality. And for health purposes, and for Āyurveda, the milk of a completely black cow, and the butter and ghee from that, are very, very useful in Āyurveda. Yes. So it doesn’t matter if the sheep is black or white, but milk is the best. And without black sheep, we cannot have a very beautiful blanket or something. The white wool is nice on the corner, black. Beautiful. So it doesn’t matter how you are as a yoga teacher. Or how you are as a guru. Important is your knowledge. That is important. So we feed mostly our cow because it gives the milk. So you feed me because I give satsaṅg. So always at night, vitamin drinking. People may think he can’t talk without drinking. Yes. As many heads, then many thoughts. But reality is different. Only that knows how it tastes. So all these twelve names of Sūrya Namaskār are dedicated towards the hours of the day, our health, our work, our protection, our harmony, our peace, etc. That’s why we adore Bhagavān Bhāskara. Yes, now you know something? Very good. Now it comes Khaṭuparaṇam. So there is a difference. A horse is a horse. One is called Lipiçana, a beautiful black baby born. And as it grows, it becomes white. Between other horses and Lipičani, it’s different. Now, look at the Marwari horse when he’s standing and looking at you. My God! So both are horses. Sūryanamaskār is good, and Kaṭhupraṇām is good, but Kaṭhupraṇām has a different effect on us. It is not only about Sūrya, but about all the seven lokas and all our chakras, mantras. And it is true that it improves our immunity. So, tomorrow, my dear, in the whole meadow, we practice Kaṭhūpraṇām, including children. Yes? And then we make a five-minute video. And we ask you, what do you practice? Kaṭhūpraṇām. Other Kathupranam. Little baby, what? So this is what we have to improve. The world that Kathupranam is spiritual and very effective for our body. But we should not compare. It is not a part of Sūrya Namaskār. Neither Surya Namaskār is a part of Kaṭupāna. Everything is different. We have 32 teeth in our mouth. Every tooth has a different effect on biting or chewing. Elephants have two kinds of teeth. Two are to show us. But real biting is inside. So in India we say an elephant has two teeth to show, but real biting is inside. So outside you are smiling, yes. But inside is... But when one speaks very nicely, explains all this amṛta, then even the camera is stuck. It doesn’t move. You see, it becomes one-pointed. So one-pointed is not good. Many times people complain: "Swamiji, we know you are beautiful, and we know that everyone likes you. All pay attention to you, even the camera also. Don’t you think, Swamiji, that we are also beautiful or not? Don’t you think that we would also like to be in camera?" Don’t blame me, the master of the camera, so don’t be paralyzed. Go ahead, so I will speak something different then. So Kathuparanam is great; we have all mantras inside. Then it’s called Gāyatrī Praṇām. And we will have another creation of the Gāyatrī Praṇām with each mantra. Dī mahī, dī yo, yo na, pra cho, dā ya. Beautiful. Oh, that is something we have to add into the yoga in life. So these are the questions which will be asked of you. And another thing: many people were not disciplined. They just didn’t come, or they left. Střední cesta. Někde uprostřed. Or some attended only three days. This will not be counted as your attendance for the whole week. If you missed half a day, you would not be counted as having attended the whole week. I was happy and not happy. I was happy that our Tilak makes beautiful business. All our small children are sitting there like bees on flowers, sucking their ice cream. That’s okay, but participants are sitting there and sipping coffee during class time. And it was surprising. When I came there, more and more collected from there. I said, "You are participants?" They said, "Yes." So there are two things. First is the organizer’s mistake; second, the teachers who are teaching them, their mistakes. Who comes late, do not let them in, and who wants to go out must get permission from them. How many minutes will you go and come? And then, the mistake of the people who have no interest. You know, it’s called a micro-sleep by driving a car. What can happen? So even one second, you are upset. You lost something beautiful: Amṛt, words of your teachers. I look every day in every hall. I have a long telescope from my window to your side. Some are sitting like this. That’s not a posture, and teachers themselves are also sitting like this. So both hands make the sound. So both the teacher and the attendants are also guilty. So tomorrow, in the afternoon, you should be disciplined, or you borrow my telescope so I can’t look through. That’s it. Therefore, Chalūsa Lokālāja Sabatā Tāja Kalpanā Lokālāja Sabatā Tāja Dharke Bairagana Dharke Bairagana Gurū Ārāme. God bless you. ... ... ... ... ...... ... Thank you for watching. Satguru Svāmī Mādhvānandajī Bhagavān Satya Sanātana

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