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Part 1: The Eternal Quest for Knowledge: Lessons from Dattātreya, Anasūyā, and the Saints Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jaya, Śrī Devpurīṣa Mahādeva Kī Jaya, Mādhav Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān Kī Jaya, Satya Sanātana Dharma Kī Jaya. Śrī Pūjya Bhagavān Dīpa Nārāyaṇa Bhūpān Ke Bhūpān... Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān, Śrī Devpurīṣa Mahādeva, Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandajī Bhagavān, Satya Sanātana, Mahāmaṇḍaleśvarānanda, Śrī Svāmī Maheśvarānanda, Mahāprabhudīp Paramparā, Viśvagurū Jī, Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa, Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa... Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa. To gain knowledge—knowledge is endless. Even if you have completed all the holy scriptures, all the literature of the world, still you are not perfect, because there is something we can learn suddenly. Something new. There is a story about Bhagavān Dattātreya. He was the son of Divine Mother Anasūyā. And that Anasūyā was the sister of our Bhagavān Kapila Muni. Kṛṣṇa said in the Bhagavad Gītā, “Siddha Nām Kapil Muni.” Among all the Siddhas, I am Kapil Muni. Because there was no one greater in Siddha than Kapila Muni. Physical human body, but inside is something great. What can be more God? O Gurudev, at the end, if I see the face of God, what should I do with that, which I never saw in my life? So what is God? God is in that human form as a great saint. Then we give the title of God or incarnation or whatever it is. Kapil Muni, who is the author of the Sāṅkhya philosophy. There are six philosophies, and one of them is the Sāṅkhya philosophy. There are many, many great miracles and stories of Kapil Muni, Bhagavān Kapil Muni. And Kapil Muni is the Iṣṭa Devatā, the personal God, whatever we call it, of our Mahānirvāṇī Akhāṛā. As brother and sister, the brother was great, Kapil Muni. And you think the sister is not like that? She was more than him. You know, my dear, an apple will always give that apple, not a thorny cactus fruit. So that is a quality. That is a tapasyā of the ṛṣis. They were all married, but when they wanted to get a child, they had a great pūjā, tapasyā, prayers, purification, mental, physical, so the ṛṣis, they are the foundation of the human, or humanity. They are the guides until now and in the future too. The great divine mother Anasūyā was residing in the holy mount, Mount Abu. And Mount Abu was brought from the Himalayas, and there is a long story. It’s written very clearly in the Skanda Purāṇa, beautifully. Read the Purāṇas. Those miracles and stories which the Purāṇas have now appear in the Bible. So, Sanātana Dharma is the essence of all dharmas, and the Sanskrit language is the mother of many, many languages. Well, gods are always playing sometimes with us. They must also have happiness and joy. It must not be boring. That’s why in Hinduism we decorate our gods very nicely, with dressing, flowers, makeup; all that is the best we give to God. That’s why it’s known Hinduism is the religion of happiness. Anyhow, I’m not talking about religion, but it comes to the subject. So Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, They are all going to make a test of Anasūyā. How faithful she is, how honest she is, how disciplined she is, how much principle she has. So, one after the other, they try to come. And when Brahmā came as a man, Anasūyā looked to him and said, “Come, my child.” She made him like a newborn baby and took him into her lap. So Brahmājī was saying to Viṣṇu, “You try.” So Viṣṇu is coming also, he is playing his māyā. Viṣṇu likes to play the līlā. So he also came, and she said, “Oh my child, come.” Also, she made him like a little baby, two sitting on her lap. Viṣṇu said to Śiva, “Please come and liberate us; we are caught.” Śivjī thought, “I will liberate them.” Though they knew, but when they do something purposely, then they are caught. Then they have to fulfill their saṅkalpa, so Śivjī came. And she said, “Oh, my child, you came too.” All my three babies, these small, fresh-born babies, looking from Brahmā to Śiva, Śiva looking… That is the miracles, the līlās of the Goddess, and She unites all three together, three faces: Śiva, Brahmā, and Viṣṇu. Now, one body and three heads. Now, this face can’t see the Viṣṇu or can’t see the Śiva. Sometimes things are very peculiar things. We call that, if you want to tell someone a joke, and you believe it, and you try to get that, but you can’t get it. You can’t reach it. It’s with you, but you can’t reach it. So we say, apply honey on the elbows, very sweet, very nice honey, and then please enjoy. Can you lick your honey from your elbow? Try anybody, please. It’s very near, not far. You can’t lick the honey. A dog is better than us. Goats are better than us. They can also lick their elbow. So, giving certain promises, empty promises, so all these three become great; all this is called the trinity in one. And that’s the Bhagavad Gītā, Tātriya. One is Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva. So Bhagavān Dattātreya is the God or personal deity of our Juna Akhāṛā. And our Nirvāṇī Akhāṛā has Bhagavān Kapila Muni. Niranjani Akhāṛā has Gaṇeśjī. Well, it’s great. So there, in Mount Abu, where Bhagavān Dattātreya was residing, Anasūyā Jī was residing; there is a temple. And there’s a cave. There is a fireplace, the dhūni, where Dattātreya was doing his tapasyā. So that place is called Guru Śikhar. Guru Śikhar means the peak of the mountain. So this is the highest place of the Gurudeva. So next time when we go, we will go there. When we go to Mother Anasūyā, you must go with very pure thinking, because I want to bring you back as you are. Do not think, “Let’s try.” That trial can be expensive. So, what do you think of the Śakti? What do you think about Śakti? Mātṛ Śakti, the mother power. Maṭkā Śilā. We had so many, thousands of great, great... Great Śaktis, mothers, or what you call the women. India is full of holy incarnations and holy saints. Hardly any village was left where there was not some great saint. That’s why India is a holy land. And each and every dust of India has a holy vibration. Maybe it is polluted now, but the vibration is there. This modern way of education, modern way of life, modern way of business, everything has destroyed the reality of that culture, whether in Europe, Africa, any other country, or India. We people have forgotten that reality, the real beautiful culture which is the heart of the humans, which is the decoration or jewelry of the humans. So, the ornament of human life, or of humans, all modern things are destroyed. It’s a great pity, a great pity. Can you imagine how many ages it took to create these cultures and give, according to the climate, according to the land, to the humans, their own cultures? So you can imagine how many centuries it took to develop this culture, to adapt it to the climate, to the people, and we destroyed it all. But Kali Yuga, and Kali Yuga has to show its strength. Some say Kali Yuga is gone, now it’s nothing anymore. That we don’t believe, according to the Vedas, in counting. Some say Kali Yuga just became young, and you know who has ego? Proudness? That’s called Kali Yuga. You know, Kali Yuga walks like that. I will see, where is he? That is a Kali Yuga. The humble one will go like this. There is a difference between Kali Yuga and Satya Yuga, but you have a duty to develop, and in the next life, you are born like ṛṣis to turn Kali Yuga into Satya Yuga. That’s fine, so next life, definitely, we will turn Kali Yuga into Satya Yuga. So, therefore, develop personally, very nicely, spiritually; don’t remain behind. Ne zaostavajte dopredu. When the saints, when the saints. That’s it, so you are those saints now. We shall protect the culture of the whole world, all religions. Protect our natures, cultures, everything. That’s why we are here, anyhow. He had many gurus. The main guru was Anasūyā. As a mother, as a guru, everything. But Dattātreya said, “Even a snake, he accepts it as his guru.” Because when a snake is moving, it has many curves. But when a snake finds a hole, the curves are gone. It’s sliding in. He said, “Oh, this is my guru.” As long as you have ignorance, you are walking like that. But when you find a straight, clear way, you just go. Secondly, when Bhagavān Dattātreya went for bhikṣā, look, even God goes for bhikṣā, alms, or what you call begging. Almost, or what you call the begging. And he came to a small village with a few houses. And he was standing in front of the house. “Bikṣā amdei, please give me food.” There was a young girl, about 25 years old, and she was preparing some kind of food. She was crushing the rice, and she had this in her wrists, this is what you call the rings or bracelet: one, two, three, four, five. And she was working like this, pressing the rice. At the same time, some people came to their house, her house, and they had a talk. The other people who came asked these families, “If you can marry your daughter to our son,” and they asked, “if you can marry your son to our daughter, but we want to know the...” Culture, traditions, everything about your home, your house, family. Parents had no sorrows about their education. They had no sorrows of money or wealth. But they have a sorrow that my child comes to a good house and a good husband or good wife, that lifelong they will live as one and have nice children, educate the children, and give them a human education. It’s very wrong if you put your small child as a caretaker of the house, a baby caretaker. It is a wrong system and education to send the children to kindergarten. So send them to school when they are at that age. Otherwise, the child feels psychologically that the parents are pushing them away. They don’t know. This small child is one and a half years old or one year old. Ten months old, and you give it to the baby caretaker. Now the child does not know who the mother is. Who are my parents? Because in baby caretaker centers, they also love children. And they also love children, but sometimes the caretakers are not so nice. They just sleep, sleep. When they come, the child closes its eyes. When they hear they are gone, they open their eyes and sit up in bed. But the mother will not do like that. The mother has a different love. It doesn’t matter how much you will try to give, but a mother is a mother. Therefore, this is completely, in my opinion, a wrong concept. Part 2: Teachings on Family, Marriage, and Spiritual Living When you give your child away, what do you expect afterward? Why are you surprised that your children do not listen to you? Children go wherever they please, sleep wherever they want, and parents think, “Thank goodness, it is gone.” To give a child away is painful for parents, and especially for the mother. The first pain is when she gives birth, and the second pain you should feel is when you hand the child to the caretaker. There is no difference. You put the cows in the stable and take them to the field. The cow is all the time calling, “Where is my baby?” And the little calf is crying, “Ma! Mother! Ma!” We separate them. Similarly, now you are separating your children. You are human; you are not a cow, you are not a sheep. Look at the whole of nature. The mother takes care of the babies in the nest. Therefore, the man has the duty to go and work hard, bring money home, and give it all to the wife. And do not ask her, “What have you done with the money?” She will take care of the money. You do not need a bank account. Your bank account is your wife. If all men work hard and give all the money to women, there will be no question of divorce. And your wife will never let you go out without pocket money, and she will go to buy the best things for you. This is a principle. So at least the mother should be at home until the child is six or seven years old. Not because she is a woman must she stay at home and cook and so on—no. This is a negative thinking now spreading among the people. Some said, “Why not? Then the father stays at home and the mother goes to work.” Yes, they can, but the father has no milk in the breast. So you have to take the child to her workplace every hour, “Please give her milk,” and then come back. That is it. Then you are happy, and your family is happy. All the young generation is totally desperate and confused, and they do not know where they belong or to whom they belong. Therefore, come back to your old culture. Czechs have a very beautiful, old culture. Slovakia also has beautiful old cultures. You cannot imagine. The whole family stays together with great love. The same thing happens in other countries, and also in India, and many, many places everywhere. Now, this kind of culture has been replaced by an education system, and this is a wrong conception that will make humans enemy to enemy. Therefore, when you want to get married, do not marry only for physical love. That should be the last of the last. But marry that heart, that human being who will treat you like a human and will make you great, spiritual. Discuss together about the child, and both should have a saṅkalpa to receive such a divine soul that will be a light in the world. And it is not easy sometimes, because the outer society is very, very… When your child, after two or three years, goes to kindergarten and comes back completely different—brainwashed. So there was a discussion about Mary’s engagement, and that girl, Mary, came to know that someone came and they were talking about her wedding engagement. When the engagement was being discussed, the boy and girl had still not seen each other. You live together for five years, and then you say, “Now we decide to marry.” What are you marrying? Nothing is left to marry. What are you marrying? What a joke! The marriage is that day when, on the first day, you give your hand and the first day you are together. That is marrying. After that it is only a joke. Do not take it seriously. So many times you have already married—nothing more is left—but are you going to marry again? This is a misconception that has created conflict, problems, and suffering, especially for children in this modern system. Why are you wondering? Why are you surprised? How many sitting here, if I ask, how many times have you been disappointed? Maybe raise your hand if you were not disappointed. Maybe some elderly people who are about sixty, seventy, eighty, or ninety. Anyhow, it is an internet webcast throughout the whole world, so it is good that they are listening. That is why I sent a message. Now, in developed Western culture, your children are eleven, twelve, and they want to go to a friend’s house and sleep there—and you know what they are doing now? So when they had a discussion about engagement, the children went out. It was between grandparents and parents. And if they had great-grandparents, always the last word—yes or no—is the grandparents’. And they all respect. Never do anything without asking the grandparents from both sides. Then your family was safe. A joint family is a happy family. Well, when she was crushing the grains, her bangles were making noise. She took one out. Still, it was moving and making noise. She took out the third one. Still, there was noise. Then she took the other one out, until only one was left. Because she did not want to appear uneducated, so that her future parents-in-law would say, “What an uneducated girl! We do not want to marry her.” When a guest comes, you tell your children, “Be nice, sit straight, hands on the table. Hold the fork in this hand, the knife in this hand. Wait, do not begin to eat.” And if you do not do that, others will say, “Oh, what a spoiled child.” The wife will say, “I do not want such a child.” The guest will say, “Never in my house; I would not like such a child.” No social education. So when only one bangle was left, there was no noise. Then Dattātreya said, “She is my guru. She saw me clearly. When there are two, it is quarreling. And when there is one, it is only oneness. Therefore, remove the dualities. Dualities are conflict—when there are two. And so Vedānta means one, non-duality, ātmā.” This is the way the great saints were learning, giving examples, and they left this whole treasure for us: their science, their wisdom. So, do not go to a psychologist who does not know anything about how it was in the past. The best psychologists are your great-grandparents. Go to the elderly people. If you do not have grandparents or parents, then go to your neighbors, the great elderly people. They will give you good suggestions. Some may not, but generally, all have life experiences and they will tell you. We do not ask, and that is what we are doing. We do not ask them, and what we are doing is what they see. Old people say, “We do not understand anything anymore.” So, you like modern education because you want money. You want to be a slave? If you are a farmer, you are no one’s slave. Maybe you are working in a multi-billionaire’s company, but still, you are a slave. Buy a piece of land, grow your own potatoes, carrots, all root vegetables, pumpkins, and tekvice. Store them in a cold place, and during the whole winter you have nice vegetarian food. Eat and be happy. A happy future for the human is to learn certain works. If you are a doctor, it does not matter; you can work as a farmer. You should. Do not say, “I am a doctor, and I do not know how to put potatoes in the earth so they will grow.” I am a doctor, but I do not know how to plant potatoes and how they grow. Even now, children do not know what a vegetable or a strawberry plant looks like. And many people think meat is in the supermarket—that is all. They do not know how the animals are killed. You have no experiences, so learn certain talents. If you do not want this job, you can get another job. Use every square meter in your house or balcony to grow some edible things. And the second step is to learn cooking. You do not learn anything. You do not need any language or anything—just the language of cooking. What do we need? Head to mouth. And when you take money from the bank, you take money; it does not go in the mouth, it goes in the pocket. It is the wrong pocket. If you cannot cook, your life is seventy-five percent senseless. Cooking means cooking, not only boiling and putting salt on it and eating. If you cannot cook, I cannot promise you that I will visit you. Because you cannot cook, I will be hungry. So if you want to invite me, then do not invite anyone else for cooking. You cook yourself; then I will see how my stomach will answer the next day. So these ancient great saints, they were householders. Ṛṣis—Ṛṣi Patañjali, the ṛṣi’s wife, and the children—they were ṛṣis. So we are known as ṛṣi children. All humans, our background is some great ṛṣi. So try to go toward that spirituality. Otherwise, at the end of life, again, you lost the chance. Now, sport is very, very in: football, hockey, skiing. But you know, when they lost in football and some other country won, then the host country, where they had the football game, was so sad. They were not so sad when their father or mother died. So it is like that. Your soul will say, again, “Nothing had you here.” Completely empty. You must have a solid brain like a yogī. Spirituality. Let us continue our talk this evening. Therefore, every master and disciple had that confidence, that faith, and those experiences, so I can tell you with one hundred percent certainty that my Gurudev is great. Therefore, Holī Gurujī said: “Bhajore Manva Śrī Pūjā Dīp Dayāl.” O my mind, repeat the name of Mahāprabhujī. Because he is Parabrahma, Purushottama, Swami. He is Parabrahma. Purushottama, the great among humans. “Karādevī Najara Nihāla.” If His kind look, even for some second, falls on you, you will be liberated. Therefore, we look at that merciful look of Gurudeva. Mahāprabhujī is looking; he is not a statue, he is alive. If you do not understand, then you are a statue. Otherwise, he is alive. You can try sometimes. I am sitting and having darśan in this mirror, you know. And sometimes I ask something, but I am talking. Then Mahāprabhujī looks like this. And then I said, why? He is looking that way. As he wills, so his divine blessing and grace are there. Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Śrī, Śrī Devpurīśvar Mahādev Dharm Saṁbhārat Śrī, Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandjī Bhagavān, Satya Sanātan Dharma Kī Jaya. Om Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ… Vishvagurū Mahāmaṇḍaleśvarānanda, Vishvagurū Mahāmaṇḍaleśvarānanda Purījī, Purījī.