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Welcome, everybody. Today is a beautiful day, a great day—the day of the incarnation of Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa. There is one Swayambhū, and till now, he has incarnated twenty-four times. Among incarnations, there are two kinds: Nimitta incarnation and Nitya incarnation. The Nimitta incarnation occurs in every yuga. The time that is in Viṣṇu has to come with his full authority, the power of his holy seat. The Bhagavad Gītā contains the very proper teachings and message of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. It was written nearly five thousand years ago or before. It is also the creation of Bhagavān Vedavyāsa. Vedavyāsa existed before Kṛṣṇa’s incarnation. Veda Vyāsa was not only present at the time of the Pāṇḍavas—he is also the brother of the Pāṇḍavas and Dhṛtarāṣṭra. But if we speak about Bhagavān Veda Vyāsa, then a question arises: which Ved Vyāsa was it who dictated the Vedas long ages ago? Which Gaṇeśa Jī was that? The mythological pictures are different, but the explanation and reality are different. The mythological pictures present it in the form of a cartoon. They make a kind of cartoon and say, “Oh, it looks like Gajānanda.” But in reality, Gajānanda is different. Those mythological pictures and tales, like the Purāṇas, try to preserve that knowledge and wisdom according to the future mentality of humans, but not to change the reality. Many books we write and rewrite according to this time, according to what people now like to read. If we do this—if we shall do only what people like—then it is your thinking to give something or change something, or to run your business better. Other people may change, but reality cannot change. They will come back to that point where they lost the way. Many will wash into the water, but many will remain. Those who have the Guru Kṛpā will remain; many lost the Guru Kṛpā, many do not understand the Guru Kṛpā. Many are disguised and blamed in the name of the Gurus. This is called Asurī Śakti. So asuras are working actively, but finally, the victory will be of Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa. If you are to utilize ancient wisdom in a modern way, in modern life, you should not give up the roots of the ancient knowledge. He said, “I will come.” I will come, and the waiting time between is hard for us. But finally, he will come. Wait. Even sunset doesn’t matter. We shall wait, and he will come, definitely. The very ancient literatures and scriptures, whatever you call them, were mostly in the Sanskrit language. Other languages were called the ethnic languages, which everyone has their own way to understand. There were a few languages, and among these few, the main one was Sanskrit. Evidence also shows that our Earth was mostly covered by glaciers. Different creatures and humans tried to immigrate to where there was a piece of land. So at that time, in the Satya Yuga, when Śiva manifested, Gaṇeśa Jī was also there. Now, various people can ask the question: when Svayaṃbhū Śiva began to create the world, and after the request of all—Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Indra, and other Devas—they put Śiva Jī in the position to marry Satī. Any kind of ceremony is there according to the Vedic culture. In Sanātana Dharma, first we shall remember and worship Gaṇeśa. So Śiva and Satī had to first worship Gaṇeśa. Then, after some yugas, Satī passed away, and then Pārvatī was born. Again, they persuaded Śiva to marry, and Pārvatī wanted very much to come to Śiva. It was the same Ātmā which was the Ātmā of Satī, or Ātmā of Pārvatī, and many names. So again, when Śiva and Pārvatī had a wedding, at that time it was Maharṣi Krakacarya who performed the wedding ceremonies of Śiva and Pārvatī. It was Maharṣi Gāgācārya who was the guru of the family of Kṛṣṇa and also organized the wedding for Kṛṣṇa’s mother and father. It is Maharṣi Gargācārya who gave the name to Kṛṣṇa according to his jyotiṣa. So the best in Jyotiṣa, in astronomy and astrology, is Maharṣi Gagācārya—best in knowledge, etc. So they made a prayer, the pūjā for Gaṇeśa Jī. And after certain years, or many yugas, Gaṇeśa is born as Pārvatī’s son, Śiva’s son, and he is also worshipped forever. Now the question is this: if Gaṇeśa Jī is the son of Śiva, then which Gaṇeśa Jī was that before they married, whom they worshipped? So these are only toys for our eyes, but reality is that the principle of Gaṇeśa Jī means lābhā, śubhā. Lābhā means benefit or prosperity. Śubhā means best, good, pleasant. That’s why also Gaṇeśa’s name is called Vighneśvara. Vighneśvara means he who removes all our vighnas, our troubles. Gaṇeśa has many, many beautiful names. Why I am telling you all this is to understand that with the same roots, same names, the ṛṣis were coming through their generation, through their children. So the children of Max Müller will always be Max Müller, or the children of Polach will always be Polach. So this is how the dynasty name is carried on. In the very beginning, the woman’s feminine name is known, but it will follow the man. So the family name should remain. She had to give up her family name and join them. Because she is known as a Putravadū or Santānavadū, she is the mother who will multiply or give birth to this dynasty. But the name will remain the same. So we are all children of those ṛṣis. All we have in our blood the ṛṣi blood. And ṛṣis were those householders doing their spiritual sādhanās. Some of them developed very far on the spiritual path. Long ago, there was an article in Russian about this, Russia. Russia itself is a continent; it’s a big, big country. What do you think? You fly eight hours through Russian territory by airplane, and even the Russian president doesn’t know which village it is. If he will arrive alone in some way, on some path, they will not see who this is. But the Czech president knows where is Strelka and where is Korychany and goes Malinsky, or the Hungarian president knows where is Ketekhaza, Lukathaza. So small countries are more happy, and they can develop well. But for the small countries, for the small rabbit, a big tiger is just put like this. Therefore, Europe has always been suffering—more wars, more fighting—because many people would like to be king, or many would like to be president. Someone told me the problem of the ex-Yugoslavia was only this: that everyone wanted to become president. From all seven countries—these were seven provinces—they wanted to be president. So finally, they got seven presidents. And what is the beautiful game? Again, unite as a European Union. So, this he said, is a kind of decision of the fakīr. He makes a hut, he burns his hut, and he makes a new one. Or toro and joro—break and unite. So there are certain things. So in that condition, the ṛṣis—the word “rishi” comes from ṛṣis—and Tashkent was a meeting point of the ṛṣis, like Kumbh Melā. It comes in the Purāṇas. The mountains from Afghanistan to Turkey are called the Hindu Kush, where the ṛṣis were living, and it comes from Hindu values. So, short and sweet, we are all children of those ṛṣis. And the ṛṣis have done great, great work, and they left for us wisdom. But we lost our roots, and we lost our literatures. So, Gaṇeśa Jī, it is only a principle, like an element—water element, fire element. So, Gaṇeśa: “Gaṇ” means all kinds, “īśa” is what we call God. That is Śiva Jī kī Gaṇ. All bodyguards and workers and bhaktas of Śiva Jī, they call Śiva Gaṇ. Goodbye. So Gaṇ means all elements or all divines. Īśa means Īśvara, the Lord—Lord of all elements. That is Gaṇeśa. So these are names which give the indication of certain energies in the universe. So Gaṇeśa is known as the destroyer of the negative. He is a protector, a goal man. He is a football goalkeeper. So he is a guard; that is a BSF, the Border Security Force, Ganeshji. So to have Gaṇeśa Jī in different corners of the house and on the entrance, or main entrance, everyone has to go under the Gaṇeśa. So they are X-rayed; he is an X-ray machine. And if you see the anatomy of Gaṇeśa Jī, it is completely different from other normal humans and normal gods. That anatomy is connecting with entire nature and with humans. A few years ago, or two years ago, cloning was very prominent in every newspaper and everywhere. And they said, “Ask if this is possible.” And this is the first time in history that our scientists, our doctors, they succeeded. So there is one famous magazine called Hinduism Today, from Hawaii. Their article wrote, “This is a very old technique.” It has been already long ago. The first cloning was with Gaṇeśa Jī. And second, also at the time of the Satyuga, where Śiva was doing the cloning of Satī’s father. Quickly done, within no time—like you take this hat off and you put another hat on. That’s all. And then again, at the time of the Rāmas, Rāvaṇa himself cut his head and gave it to Śiva to get some blessing. That’s called Rāvaṇa. And then he got his strength alone. He had the strength of ten elephants, and you know horsepower is nothing in front of elephant power. That was the yuga. That was the people. That was the wish. That was enduring something. Tyāga, vairāgya, and strong saṅkalpa: God has to come. Śiva has to do. So these books, these granthas show the past of the human—the foundation of humanity, origin, etc. They were a very small community of humans, and many were in the mountains, in the snow, in the caves. Even though they did not have clothes, they still had a little knowledge. They took the skins of the animals to cover themselves. We know many things about Neanderthals. Dvišoštěl Brno, until here, is a big, big folk. So similarly, Bhagavān Vedavyāsa is writing. It is his creation: mantras, Purāṇas. And so comes the Bhagavad Gītā. And the Bhagavad Gītā has twelve different kinds of yoga. So not only these four yogas—Karma, bhakti, rāja, and jñāna—this is the creation of the thoughts put together by Patañjali. Patañjali minimizes this, but he opens the subject of all eighteen chapters. So in these chapters, everywhere there is speech by Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa, answered and giving answers to, questioned by Hanumān, Arjuna. But before that, there was Rāma. And Hanumān Jī’s birth is nearly one million years. It means Rāma was that time. So there Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa said clearly, “Whenever dharma is suffering, and adharma comes, that time, O Arjuna, I manifest myself, I come through my yoga māyā.” Through that yoga śakti, I come into this world. So clearly, it is a very clear answer that even that God who is incarnating is greater than him is that Yoga Śakti, the Yoga Sādhanā, Yoga Power. And therefore, we should know that whenever trouble comes, then He comes. In other countries, in other cultures, there also have been incarnations, but they did not open, and people did not respect them. There was always big fighting, and for the sake of the dharma and for the sake of the pure souls, God has to suffer. And sometimes he has no choice; all the possibilities are taken away by the Rākṣasa, and God cannot disobey the law and principles. So in that case, he has to incarnate as half animal and half human. So in the European continent, African continent, there is a very clear philosophy, and these tales from the old Greek and Egyptian stories, where they have many, many goddesses or gods in different forms: horse, human; fish, human; goat, human; tiger or lion, and human—which we have also. It’s called matsya avatāra. Matsya avatāra means the incarnation of the fish. The lower part is the fish, the upper part is the human. Narasiṁha avatāra—Narasiṁha, Nara and Siṁha, the human and lion. So, above the body is a lion, and from the chest down is a human. Why does he have to do like this? To find a new paragraph, because as an animal is taken away, as a human is taken away, as a rākṣasa is taken away. So he has to find something new. In this way, the great souls, great saints, or great incarnations come to help us. We should not be blind; we should acknowledge, and we should respect. When God comes, He doesn’t come only for a particular religion, particular caste, culture, or nation. Also, not only for humans, but for all his children on this earth. Each and every entity is a child of God. Similarly, there was a great, great trouble. Pāp kā gharā bhar gayā thā. Pāp means the sin, gharā means the pot. Pāp kā gharā bhar gayā thā. It was overfilled, what we call sometimes the last drop. That then begins to think over and find a solution. So, you know, after that, God has to come. So today is Kṛṣṇa’s, and we will see, we will find. So everywhere he is celebrated and welcomed, and they ask for his blessing. So tomorrow, now today, we will have a beautiful Kriṣṭallnitz, that our children will play nice theatre and we will enjoy. So we have to have one podium free so that the children have more space. It is the work of the organisers. In this way, I wish you all the best and blessings of Śrī Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa, and Mahāprabhujī and Holī Gurujī many times repeat the name of Kṛṣṇa in the bhajans. Bhajan bade bhāg se darśan pāyā, madan muhan gopāl bhajore manvā. Śrī Pūjī Deepā Dayāl par brahma puruṣottam svāmī kar deve najar nihāl, bhajore manvā Śrī Pūjī Deepā Dayāl. So it is said, fortunate are they who can see the Mahāprabhujī. Říká se, že šťastní jsou ti, kteří mohou spatřit Mahāprabhujīho. Když na nás upře svůj pohled, tak pak spatříme, a teď jsou vyjmenována různá jména Kṛṣṇy.