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Brahmanandam param sukhadam kevalam jñānam urtyam dvandātītam agganāsādṛśam tasmāsyādi lakṣam ekam anityam vimalāchalam sarvādhiṣākṣibhūtam bhavātītam triguṇarahitam sat guru tam namāmi yam oṁ śānti śānti... Devīśvara Mahādeva kī je, Dīpa Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān kī je, Satguru Svāmī Madhvanājī Bhagavān kī je, Satya Sanātana Dharma kī je. Adoration to the cosmic light, salutation to our spiritual lineage. Dear sisters and brothers, it is a great pleasure, joy, and happiness to be with you, especially on this holy occasion, namely Christmas. Many of you grew up in Christian religious societies, some in Buddhist, some Hindu, and some Muslim. Sanātana Dharma is the eternal religion. Eternal religion is that which is a principle of the universe, not a man-made religion. Man-made religion means we follow the teachings after, or according to, the great saints, holy saints, or what we call incarnations. Sanātana Dharma is that which is balancing, harmonizing, and keeps one in the oneness or unity; that is Sanātana Dharma. How do we understand that? In this mortal world, whatever is created is out of five elements: space, air, water, fire, and earth. These five elements are created by that creator, who is the ruler of the entire universe, as pure consciousness or love or divine principle. That one has no name. We humans give the names, different names to God. Our physical eyes cannot see it. Our sense of smell cannot perceive that one. We can’t touch it, but it is with us everywhere, omniscient and omnipresent. That is in the holy Vedas. The Vedas are the first scriptures which exist on the earth. Thousands and thousands of ages before the Vedas, knowledge was given, and after, it was written. That says Brahman. Christian says Holy Father. Islam would say Muhammad or Allah. Muhammad is the one who wrote or dictated the Holy Bible. God has no form, no name. We give the form and the name. That divine consciousness is working. When we put a seed in the ground, it is that Sanātana which supports a seed to sprout. It is that Sanātana which lets herbs, plants, or trees grow. It is that energy, that power, that consciousness which creates or helps every plant get its buds and fruits. Again, it is his creation. At the end, the purpose is to continue what we call the sustainability of the creation in the form of seeds. The changing of the seasons, balancing the environment, providing all necessities that the creatures need—it is He who feeds every creature. Who are we that we can feed someone? A little corn for an ant and 100 kilos per day for an elephant. Between are all those creatures which live in the water, on the earth, and in the space. Within them is the light which we call life. That life, that light, is the light of God, which means Sanātana. So, Sanātana Dharma is that which is in the entire universe—many sun systems, moons, stars, planets. It is that Sanātana which keeps our earth in balance. It is a flow trick. Earth is not balanced somewhere. It has no foundation, water. These miracles are the work of the supreme. That’s called Sanātana Dharma. In the Bhagavad-gītā, God Kṛṣṇa says, "Mām upaśrita ye jīvā." God says that I dwell in each and every entity. "Mām upaśrita ye jīvā, jīva-loka, jīva-bhūta-sanātana." All these are Sanātana. Now here, Sanātana means relation; place means the light, the essence of the Supreme. In every seed, it doesn’t matter if from grass or the big tree seeds, is dwelling that light, Sanātana. In that cosmic law, which has a different application for different stars, planets, sun systems, and on our Earth. So Sanātana means my relatives, my friends. I have today, my friends, as a guest at home, or my children came from far cities where they’re working; today they’re at home. They are my relatives. So God says that every living being is my essence, my light, myself. This is Sanātana. This Sanātana Dharma, which is balancing, creating... First comes Swayambhū, that God consciousness. Somewhere there is a dormant tendency. Ekohaṁ pahu syāmi, I am one. Now, I will multiply. One seed of the fig tree, very tiny, small. It will sprout and grow a big, huge tree, and there will be millions, billions of seeds. Fig fruit is mostly content as seeds. That is called the will of God. And that begins with the nāda. Nāda means the sound, the resonance. And when the resonance, the sound which is declared by those ancient literatures called Auṁ, Akāra, Ukāra, Makāra, these are three letters, and this is creator, sustainer, and liberator. In English, it’s a very well-spelt God. God, the G for generator, creator. O for organizer, and D for dissolving, God. That comes from that resonance. Nādarūpa Parabrahma. If you want to understand what Parabrahma or what God is, then, understand the resonance, the sound, the music. That sound is given to every creature, not only to our instruments. Every creature has its own language. They have their mental thoughts, frequencies. They can communicate. We communicate through our language, through our words. Birds also, animals also. So that is the light of the Brahman, the Supreme, which exists in everyone. Ananta Brahmāṇḍa, Śāstra, Sūrya, endless universe, thousands of the sun systems, and this sound, nāda, is balancing, uniting, harmonizing. And let’s continue. Through these five elements, this body is created. Each cell of the body has that resonance. As far as you go towards the deeper part of the universe, you will have the sound, and it is that sound, that resonance, which will guide our soul. So the soul is fluttering on the waves of time and experiencing good or bad, pain or pleasure, light or darkness, and those waves of time are the resonance. The master, whom Mohan was telling about, the consciousness of the master, he can expand, expand till 2,100 solar systems he can cross. That’s called Guru or Gurudeva. You and me, we are beginners, and even not beginners, we have not decided yet. Sometimes we begin, sometimes we stop. But those great masters, their blessings, to see them, to remember them, brings the waves of joy in our heart. So, life means life, no death. Anything moving, we see it, it has a life inside, meaning the light of God, whether we believe or not. Belief does not change that cosmic law, and that is Sanātana Dharma. To understand and adopt this will lead us to that supreme. Should we practice? Should we realize? Etc. So everything comes from one; everything is one. Temporarily, we feel ourselves as if we are separated. Through the elements, with these five elements, we are individual. But as that life within us, we are only one. We are only that resonance, which the car is also making, the resonance. As far as you go in the universe, you will enjoy the resonance. And it is that sound which is uniting. Ekvaṁ bahuśyāmi, I am one and multiply in many, and so different creatures on this earth. There is life on other planets, but not in this system. It has a different system; it must not be in physical form with the five elements. We have different bodies: the physical body, the mental body, and the subtle body. And if we go into detail, there is the physical body, the body of nourishment, the energy body, the mental body, the intellectual or intellect, and the causal body. So when the creation first time, through that sound, appears the light, and that light which is illuminating the whole universe, all the stars and all are sparkling through that light, including the sun. After that, the saints used to say, the manifestation, and that is Śiva, Swayambhū. That one has no father and no mother. He manifests Himself out of that nāda, sound, light, and form. Then begins the different kind of creation, which are 8.4 million different kinds of creatures on this earth. And one is human. So the Swayambhū Śiva, he comes in the beginning, called Sarjan. That is a Sanskrit word, meaning creator. Visarjan, which is dissolving. The dissolving will be then when the validity of this earth is not anymore. Between this is coming, that is called incarnation. And that’s called nimittāvatāra. Avatāra means incarnation. Incarnation comes for a particular operation, for a particular reason. And then they go. When they have done their job, they have to leave this earth. Doesn’t matter which god there is. Nityāvatāra will look after others when Nimitāvatāra only comes once in the yuga. Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa said in the Bhagavad Gītā, "Time to time, I incarnate through my yoga māyā, yoga śakti, yoga power." Between is coming. Nityāvatāra, that other one, Nimitta, is only for a certain purpose. And Nitya is the holy saints. They have the same position in the universe. There are hundreds of thousands of great holy saints on this earth, and due to their being here, we are still surviving. It doesn’t matter where they are, but their blessings, their being here, is a protection for us. That’s called the guru. Guru comes any time, incarnation or for a particular purpose. And so, then it comes: every incarnation, every saint who achieves the higher consciousness will be attacked by the negative energy. They will try to disturb the work of the divine. But if you throw the dust toward the sun, it will fall back on your head. It will not reach the sun. So in this spiritual time of Christmas, how do we see yogīs, the saints, or those who have the knowledge of Sanātana Dharma? Sanātana Dharma, out of that, many dharmas developed, but they are called man-made, many religions. And because it has a principle of the Sanātana Dharma in Hinduism, the Hindu world, the Hindu religion was brought this word "Hindu" by the British; before that, it was only Sanātana. And in the Hindu religion, you will see that we do adore all holy saints, all holy incarnations. You will see in the ashrams or in the temples the signs or the pictures of all other goddesses from different religions. But from other religions, you will not see. In the mosque, you will not see Krishna’s picture; you will not see the Buddha or Jesus, etc. In the church, you will not see Buddha inside, or Gaṇeśa, or Hanumānjī. But it’s not because the Hindu religion is such a tolerant and acknowledging one for all. We accept and we worship equally. If you think of God Rāma, he did not have an easy life, it was very difficult. If you think of Krishna, he had no easy life. And the mother has to suffer a lot. It goes first to the mother. Therefore, in the Upanishads, the Hindus tell, when they speak about who is God, we’ll say first, "Mātṛ Devo Bhava." First, God is a mother who gave the space in her body. Who nourished that with her own blood? She carried it in her body. She took care of everything. So the feminine principle, according to Sanātana Dharma or Hinduism, this feministic principle is the highest. No architect, no scientist, no engineer can make a model and give a soul to the body, and all kinds of happiness, unhappiness, joy, peace, love, harmony, etc. It is that hidden power, talents, natural in the mother’s body, which create a life, a form. Every mother, it doesn’t matter whether human or animal, first adoration, then the father, etc., then the master, etc. Krishna’s parents were imprisoned by the brother of Krishna’s mother. Because when Kṛṣṇa should come as incarnation, one sense said, the Kaṁsa, the brother of Devakī, Kṛṣṇa’s mother, that your sister will give birth to six children, and one of those will be your enemy, who will kill you. So he had the quality of the Rākṣasas, or devils, satans. He put his father in the prison, and Krishna’s mother and father he put also in the prison, and informed the soldiers, "Observe 24 hours. Whenever she gives birth to a child, let me know immediately." He came when the child was born. He didn’t ask anything. He just took the child, a newborn child, maybe some hours old. He took it and threw it against the wall, killed the child. Can you imagine the pain of the mother, the pain of the father? He did it only out of his fear. And fear in us is something which can let us do anything. Therefore, don’t be afraid; don’t create fear in you. And there are many different things according to fear; we will speak next days. Krishna was born, all the guards, soldiers, they immediately fell asleep, like they got anesthetized. All the iron doors opened; the locks were just open. And a voice came that the father of Kṛṣṇa should carry Kṛṣṇa to the other side of the river Yamunā in that particular village. So this story, that side is long. I’m telling you how much parents have to suffer. Now, because of the beautiful Christmas, before 50 years, 80 years, 100 years, not long ago, an unmarried woman will give birth to the child. It was a shame for the family. Everyone was pointing, "Look, this one got a child, this unmarried one," and so on and so on. That time when Mother Mary told Joseph that she was pregnant, it was not easy for him. Don’t know, some said that Yosef, to help her, married her afterward, different things. But can you imagine her life at that time? She had no home. What brought her? What was the reason that she gave birth to her child in an animal stable? Where there were donkeys, chickens, sheep, and dry grass. Maybe out of fear, she went away. We don’t know what the situation was. Why couldn’t she give birth in one room? And she did not even have a cloth to cover her child. Understand that mother, through which circumstances she went. She was an observer of how Jesus’ life was running. And when he had to carry his cross, she had no power to stop. She couldn’t do anything except cry, suffer, and pray. Can you imagine if you are a mother and your child is crucified? You can’t see this. They hanged him on the cross. They went away, and Mother, she was leaning on that wooden pole. She was exhausted and tired. She leaned on that, and her head was on that wooden pillar, and blood drops were falling from her. For her, it was not the blood of anyone, but her own blood, which she shared with her child. What was her condition at that time? How would we explain that, etc.? Now we prize, adore, worship, and pray to that mother and that child, Jesus. They gave everything. They went through all kinds of difficulties and pain to show the path to humans. It doesn’t matter what happens in life. Don’t give up your belief, your faith. Trust in God. As much as you will develop spiritually, you will have more troubles. Are you ready for that? Then surrender and accept all kinds of pain, problems, obstacles, etc. To achieve that goal with one kind of thinking, I want to serve God’s creation. Because that Brahman, God has sent me here with trust to make sevā, service. And that made them great, the holy. The life of Jesus was not simple, not comfortable, not easy. Days and days he was crying, sitting in the dry mountains, no greenery, hungry, thirsty. I can’t do anymore, but it is said that he got inspiration. "My child, I gave you my confidence and bless you. I am sure you will carry on my work." So maybe the Rāma, the Rāma was before Kṛṣṇa’s incarnation. Rāma had to go 14 years in the forest. And you know the whole story: on the day when he came back to Ayodhyā, to his home, people were coming from different parts of India, and they illuminated the trees with oil lamps so the people could see. They hang some sweets and something for children and fruits, and they will find that the people were walking day and night to come to see this Rāma. So there’s a wonderful, beautiful decoration they did on the trees, we call the Dīpak Jhaḍ. Jhaḍ means tree, Dīpak means the light. And that, when I see the Christmas tree, it reminds me where the origin of this Christmas tree was, coming home back, God, Rāma. And so when we light the candles or decorate the Christmas tree, because we know in the evening they will decorate and put some presents under the tree, and we’ll say, "Jesus will come and bring you the presents." In his honor, we decorate the tree. It was in his honor to Rāma that they decorated the trees. So here we are. Therefore, first we, those who have more realization about God—not a dogma, not cultural conflict, no nations, no cultures, no religions—should create the boundary. All boundaries and borders should be deleted. Everyone has the right to approach the supreme; it doesn’t matter from which country, culture, or religion we come. So first we pray and adore the Divine Mother, maybe it was Kauśalyā, maybe the mother of Kṛṣṇa, Devakī, or Holy Mother, Mary, or the mothers of all saints. So first we say a prayer and think of her, that she gave birth to the child, whom we see as God. Similarly, many, many great saints, as highly as they develop, the worldly ignorance, does not understand and creates lots and lots of problems, difficulties. Even they kill them. So, in this way, we remember the birth and death. Life is a struggle. Life is a mystery. Life is a journey, not a destination. Further destinations will be reached through those great souls, whether female or male. In Vedānta and Sanātana Dharma, there is no duality. And first place has the females. When you’re seeing the kīrtans or something, you call Sītārām or Rādheśyām, Lakṣmī Nārāyaṇa. First place is the mother. Every feminist woman or any animal’s mother is the mother. We shall serve, help. We can’t pay back what she did for us, but at least we should try. Mata bhavati na kumata. Again, the Shastras say, the scriptures, a mother can never be a bad mother, except in cases of mental illness. If we all understand this principle, our world, our earth will be beautiful. People kill the animals; a small calf they take away, or the calf is there, they slaughter the cow, the pigs. Mother sees, children see. Don’t think that they don’t feel; they do feel. That’s the first principle, that we are vegetarian. We don’t let them kill animals. In this way, my dear, I remind you that we shall pray and we shall worship. And first, we shall adore Holy Mother. I pray for thy mercy, O Holy Mother Mary. It is a mantra. In every woman is He, in every woman is only Mother Mary or Devakī or this. And in everyone is that father who was suffering. Daśaratha was suffering, Vasudeva was suffering, Yosef was suffering, and Buddha was suffering. It was not easy for Buddha. Even after his enlightenment, he had to run away, escape from those people who did not understand. So for the saints, sometimes it is not. So I pray to the Almighty to understand and bless that light and soul of the Divine Mother. And pray to Jesus that, in spite of all so many troubles, He didn’t give up. To the last drop of His blood and the last breath, He remained on the path. That’s why He’s adorable. If we understand this, our meditation, our thoughts will be pure. So, we should use this spiritual time, because, accurately, we don’t know which was the birthday of Jesus. Catholics worship on the 24th, Protestants or Evangelicals, they are worshiping on the 25th. Orthodox, 7th of January, but it doesn’t matter. Some said he was not; he’s only made a story. That doesn’t matter. Even if he was not there, we have created him. For us, they are here. And just to remember them, our heart will be receiving that karuṇā, that mercy, compassion. And with that, compassion means it enters the eternal love in our heart, in our consciousness. So life is given to us as a human to serve. Collecting money, buying houses, making business, suddenly you had a heart attack, you died. What happened now? What? Not that you left behind your house and money? No, no... You left burdens for others, all complications. So whatever comes to you, just give it to charity for the needy ones. Otherwise, everything you left and saw went away and settled in the forest. There is more to pure life. In this way, I wish you a happy, Merry Christmas. God bless you with light, love, and happiness. And according to the Western calendar, New Year’s coming. Wish you great success and spiritual development. Adió. Bhavatu sarveśamaṅgalam, bhavatu sarveśampūrṇam, bhavatu lokasamāstha sukhino bhavantu. Nāhaṁ Mahāprabhū Dīpa kartā, Mahāprabhū Dīpa kartā hi kevalam. Oṁ Śānti, Śānti, Śānti hi. Deepānayana Bhagavānakī Devāśvara Mahādevakī Mādhava Kṛṣṇa Bhagavānakī Satya Sanātana.