TV Channel

Śrīdīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī, Śrīdeveśvar Mahādev Kī, Dharm Cāmbaraṭ Śatguru Svāmī Madhavānandjī Bhagavān Kī, Sanātan Dharma Kī. Good morning to everybody. Blessings of Śrī Mahāprabhujī. Today is Amāvasyā, and many people ask, "What is Amāvasyā?" Amāvasyā means there is no moon, and full moon means there is full moon. Amāvasyā has more power and more vibrance, a capacity of getting more energy from the universe. The moon supplies a lot of energy, but at the time when the moon is not visible, the moon is very near to the sun. Meaning, not in the distance, then we don't have moonlight. It is like this: where the thirsty person has no approach to the water, then they seek and search for the water, where to get it. Similarly, on Amāvasyā, the whole nature opens and tries to get this energy. That energy becomes a lot of emotional pressure. That affects the ocean generally. On Amāvasyā day, the ocean should be very calm, but inside is something pressing up to the moon. When the new moon comes again, the energy comes. It is a balancing of every planet which is moving around the sun. Including our Earth, the Moon is very important to balance this all. Amāvasyā is a day where one should not cut any tree, but they did not know. Today, we are only cleaning. There are three days during the moon phase when one should not cut green trees, not even chip the trees. First is Amāvasyā, second is the 11th day of the moon day, maybe 11 days after the full moon or 11 days after, and the third is the full moon. These three days, vegetation is very sensitive and getting special energy and vibration. Like Kṛṣṇa said, through the moonlight, I enter the vegetation as nectar. And so it is very important. Another thing, these three days, spiritual sādhakas must fast. On the 11th day, there is special preparation, and that's called Aṅkhuṭ. So you eat something, but that is a special preparation from different grains, and that we will explain next time. Amāvasyā and full moon should be fasting. And then, on your fasting day, if you are lucky, then full moon and Thursday are the same day. So you need not fast doubly, or on Monday and full moon. Again, you are lucky, maybe. You need not fast twice. Fasting is for the purification of the physical energy, the development of the spiritual energy, and the achievement of a higher level of consciousness. These are certain days of the moon, which are described and researched by yogīs, saints, and ṛṣis, and they give this science to humanity. Now, if you follow or not, it is your choice. So, these lights, the power of the moon is not only affecting the vegetation, but our body also. We are not different from the trees. The environment, which influences the vegetation, similarly influences all the other creatures: animals, birds, humans, sea life, etc. Now, this is a kind of knowledge to observe and develop your spirituality. Many people think, "No, yeah, Indian culture, Indians are thinking like this: we don't need all these complications, we are living in a modern way," and all people think that we are stupid. Why do you think that we are stupid? It is a big question. Why do you think that people think that you are stupid? And if people think that you are stupid, you will not be stupid. So it means you still did not overcome. There is a bhajan: "So unless you do not overcome liking and disliking," it's a zero point. You are always. And you know how the Master tests the disciples. With one word, the disciple is completely broken, inwardly and emotionally. It means so many years you were practicing, my dear, what you got? Minus and plus is zero. So what you have done your whole life is gone. Why is it not gone? It was not there. If something is gone, it's okay, we can run behind it, but it was not there. It's a beautiful peanut, a beautiful peanut case. You open inside, was nothing. So we are that empty peanut, my dear, because we do not follow the law of nature. The law of nature has nothing to do with religion. Don't keep religion between for your own excuse, yes, it's very easy. In my religion, it is like this: you think religions are different, you think the gods are different too. We don't want to be like that. We don't want to be like this. We don't care. After a day, if we go to hell or to heaven, heaven is heaven and hell is only hell. Hell means a game, finished. In God's Kingdom, there are no dualities, and therefore we shall understand the science of cosmology, astronomy, astrology, and the law of nature. Then you will see that your nature is not that nature which that nature has. Be like a tree. You can go and tell the tree that you are stupid. The tree is happy all the time. The tree thinks a stupid one is coming, saying he is a stupid. So we are here today on Amāvasyā. And why the Amāvasyā became? Why the full moon became? This is a long, long story. Next time I will tell. We cannot compare everyone with everyone. Everyone has different inner habits and inner feelings. But there is one technique which can unite all in oneness, and that is music or bhajans. When you sing beautiful bhajans, you all understand their meaning. Then you are above all others, and you understand everything. When you sing bhajans, then you know the language, then you need not explain extra, because you enjoy, you are in one. When we go all in the ocean, swimming morning, we are all in one ocean. You need not to say, hey, look, I am in the ocean. Then others will say, I am also in the ocean. You will say, "Which ocean are you?" "Pacific." And you? "In Pacific." So, everyone has a different technique to swim, but the ocean is one. Element, water is one. So, God is one. Offended. Immediately offended. You know how? Or angry. You know how? A corn on the hot fan becomes cornflakes. Very hot fan, and you put one corn on it, immediately it pops up. That is a test, the technique of the master, to see how much pressure is inside, which will be the little things. We are offended, we are angry, we are unfriendly, we feel unhappy, we feel depressed, and you think you can do all best, but the other is doing it wrong. This kind of thought a yogī should not have. Otherwise, all our sādhanā is for nothing. Therefore, observe here in meditation thyself. Self-inquiry. Don't always observe the Vasudev. Yes, he is a nice boy. He is very helpful, very kind. Why are you always looking at him, making tratak? Yes, I see you are sitting in meditation there, in that special Kriyā, and I see many are looking to Vāsudeva. He calls you Vasudeva. Vasudeva is the father of Kṛṣṇa. Definitely, everyone looks to the father of Krishna, but meditate. So this was an example, okay, Vāsudeva? Don't be nervous, nobody will do anything. So you didn't come here to observe different situations. Think how blessed I am that I am in beautiful nature. So many different trees, grass. Look at the coconuts. Every branch finds a place to grow. It does not fight. Every branch, look at the mango tree, beautiful mangoes hanging. And every leaf, every branch finds space to grow. Are you here to observe someone's mistakes? Not who I am, but how am I in these 14 days? If you will not observe yourself, then your journey was good as a tourist, but not as a spiritual retreat. Tourist means a tourist, so you are all tourists. Do not take risk upon you. I know it's not easy. But it's not impossible. It is said that if something negative is happening, he will remove it. Because Parabrahma Gurudev is Parabrahma. He can make everything; therefore, confidence inside. Inside, forget all kinds of ego, jealousy, and revenge. There was one story: brothers. One's name was Sevapuri? It was not Sevapuri. What was his name? Yes, one was Vāsudev, and one was Govindpurī. Yeah, father and son or friends. Vāsudev and Govindpurī, they both became monk sādhus. And Gurudev said, "Now you both go for 12 years, barefoot, only limited, needed one cloth, dhoti and one shawl." Wash your dhoti, wear your shawl, wash your shawl, wear your shawl. Sleep anywhere, wherever you see the sunset. Don't make a destination where you will go. Don't target some beautiful village and beautiful friends. That is not your tapasyā. To overcome the attachment, overcome the liking and disliking, overcoming all relations: vairāgya, tyāga and tapasyā, bhakti and jñāna. Practice the life of the beggar, the begging monk, and the life of the śikārī, the hunter. Bhikyārī and śikārī, they don't make the place where they will go. He doesn't go to the same tree every day. Maybe today he finds something on this side, tomorrow he will go to some other side and find something. Similarly, Bhikkharī, the monk, doesn't go here and there or to the same place because they have a fear of getting attachment. Maximum three days, maximum. Otherwise, one night, that's all. We know that Mr. Reddy, Sadāśivam, he spoils us so much. He is so kind, he gives us pickles, he gives us nice yoghurt, he gives us nice mangoes. He unfortunately broke all the trees, he made a nice meadow for us. And we are so attached to the dream view that we are dreaming if we will come back again or not. This is attachment. This attachment should not have one monk. If you want to practice your vairāgya, if you want to practice your tapasyā, you are bound to practice. As soon as you feel a little, there is some attachment coming, cut it off, go. Like Dr. Barra, she always has some kind of liquid to wash her hands when going to the toilet and coming back, or when going to the hospital. Infection comes so quickly, even in the ICU, intensive care, they take so much care, still the infection comes. They are so intelligent, they come quicker than you. They are so powerful, they have sustainable qualities; within one night, they can create millions. I don't know how it happens. If you want to achieve that path, then go. So the Master said to the disciples, "Always be together, don't be alone." And after 12 years, on Guru Pūrṇimā, you can come. After a few years of walking, Vasudev and Govind Purī, a beautiful river came. Nice, slow water flowing, nice river. Both brothers were sitting under the mango tree. Oh, beautiful, big mangoes, very sweet. So they caught that mango. And both brothers were hungry. They were... it was a yellow mango, the green? We were going to it, but inside was saffron, this color, no? And you are also green, very good, from the same tree. And came one young lady. The brothers, "How are you?" they said. Sister, very good. How are you? Say, "Thank you. Can you help me, please?" One of the brothers said, "Yes, what can we do for you?" "My father has sent me to another village to bring something. The words of my father are everything, like the words of the master are everything. The village is on the other side of the river, and I cannot swim. If I don't go there and bring my father what he needs, I will fail." This is no problem, sister. Come and enjoy mangoes with us. So she also said and ate mangoes. And now they said, "We are also going other side, so we will let you cross." So the strong Govind Purī was little, he told her, "Now you go in the water, you just hold my shoulders, don't press me down." Hold my back, and I will swim, and you will cross the river. I will carry you on my back. And Vasudeva was looking beside and swimming beside, and no crocodile came. They crossed the river. On the other side of the bank of the river, they dropped her and said, "Sister, and your village, where do you want to go? So please, you can go." "Which direction are you going, brothers?" He said, "We have no direction. Maybe we will swim back, or maybe go somewhere." She said, "Okay, brothers, what can I do for you? Help me so much to cross the river, please. Ask anything. What can I do?" The brother who carried her said, "Well, if you want to do something for us, then people suggest you learn swimming, so next time you can cross the river alone." She went, they went. Nine years before, they were approaching towards the Gurujī. They don't know where Gurujī will be, but we hope that this Guru Pūrṇimā will be in that main āśram. They can't sleep. They were so happy. In two days, in three days, one day, half a day, we will see the Gurujī tomorrow. Beautiful rock, nice hills, full moon shining, very beautiful air temperature, and both brothers sitting and talking about twelve years' experiences in life. Say, when we see the Guru, I think he became older, maybe 12 years. He may be wise. How will the Guru receive us? Will he be angry with us, or will he be happy? He will be happy. Why should he be angry? And you know how many Guru brothers and sisters we will see talking. Gurudev will ask, "Did you follow the principles? No staying there, no staying there, not this, this,... Yoga, vairāgya, bhakti, jñāna, this, all. Of course we were doing." Then Vasudeva put a question. Govind Purī, Gurudev told us that we should not touch any woman. Of course, we did not touch anyone. But you know, you did not touch, even if you carry him on your back. What will you answer? Govind Purī said, "Yes, you are right. But what will you answer Gurujī? Say what? I didn't touch her." I know. I touched, I carried her on my back from one bank of the river to the other side. But you are still carrying her with you. You are still carrying in your mind what you will say to Gurujī. This is how people cannot purify inside their jealousy, their hate, their greed, their emotions, their negative qualities, getting angry, getting offended. Still, you have not achieved anything. Jīvatāhi murdasam rahe, nahi siddha, nahi pīr. Therefore, Mahāprabhujī said, "You are living, but you are living like a dead body. Neither are you a siddha, nor are you a pīr. You are a fakīr, dīvānā, sadguru nāmakā mastānā helī." Then automatically, your development will be like that, like what? There is a balloon lying on the road. A balloon lying there, as soon as you pump the air inside, it will levitate. Similarly, if you pump inside the divine energy of God, prayers, mantras, upliftment will be there. But if this balloon is tied to the earth, even if air is there, you will not levitate. If you try to push more air in, it will explode, and when a balloon is exploded, then you can't pump anymore. So anger, hate, jealousy, greed, complex, attachment—these are all those balloons which are exploded. I have to go again back to the factory. The rubber factory, and again I have to make the balloon. And then maybe we are all here, broken balloons, and we came here on the Fiji. It is not easy, so keep busy every day. Clean your attachment, all your movements. All your past memories, don't carry this garbage in Fiji. And if you brought it, then please don't bring it back to Europe. Forget it. The past is past. Otherwise, development is not there. So there are many stories about this attachment. There was one farmer, a very nice farmer, a very spiritual farmer. And he got the best notes at the Dharmarāja in heaven. This farmer is the best: humble, kind, helpful. He died. So they took him to the Dharamrāj, and Dharamrāj said, "Yes, bring him into heaven." Swargaloka. So they took him to Swargaloka. On the door of Swargaloka, the farmer is asking the messenger of the Dharmarāja, "Can you tell me what is Swargaloka?" Heaven. Oh, you are ever young. That's why you see in Indian films, when the gods appear, they are always young, always made up nicely. Satyuga, I don't know what kind of makeup they had, but now they make everything nicely, beautifully. Okay, what more? Oh, you need not eat anything. You have all kinds of taste, and you need not eat. All kinds of comfort, happiness, joy, and beauty. What do you imagine? No suffering. Oh, sounds good. But still, he's not inside. They said, when you are once in heaven, no one has the power to pull you out. Can I go out? No, you don't find a door. He said, "You know that I am the pipe smoker, and I forgot my pipe in my farmhouse." Is there in heaven some pipe? Pipe? No, there is no pipe. So he said, "I quit my heaven, I go again back for my pipe." That is attachment. So even you are capable, you agree to quit your heavenly life only for this one attachment to your... Attachment is not only to human to human, animals to humans, or money, but can be attachment to your habits, doubts. Do not try to see the mistake in others. What have you done? Look within yourself. Then you will understand that one can understand Gurudev, Mahāprabhujī. An honī guru kar sake, honī detā mitāī. What is not possible, Mahāprabhujī can do it. And what will happen? Terrible things, Mahāprabhujī can remove. Because Parabrahma Gurudev hai, Mahāprabhujī is Parabrahma Self. Sab kus deta banai. He can create, He can make everything. Nothing is impossible. So, if you have a quality of offending, as soon as you offend, what is your situation? A rotten apple, a rotten banana, a rotten mango, thousands of fruit flies are there. Rotten, sweet skin. How many worms are inside? That flower which has no water and nothing else is completely getting dry. So when offended, your inner self, you harm yourself, not others. Anger is like a bushfire. It will burn everything. Jealousy is a volcano that will burn. Even the stones will burn and flow like water. Ego, oh my God, that will be such a great big rock on you. You will not be able to remove that rock. You are caught in a cave, and a giant came and pushed a rock onto the door of the cave, and you cannot move it. That's why we are here to remove this quality. While living with me, still you have these qualities, then it means you are that spoon in the honey but cannot have a taste of it. So, my dear, we will speak tomorrow about certain qualities inside, how to remove them, only the way: obey, obey... One very great master from Hawaii, Kawaii, he had a big monastery. He had about 2,000 hectares of land, which he bought for a few dollars 80 years before. He had about 100 monks and a beautiful ashram. He had many, many followers in Fiji, all islands. In Sri Lanka, his Gurujī was from Sri Lanka. He was born, I think, somewhere in America. He became a sādhu. His name was Subramanyam Swāmījī, his friend. We met many times. He came to Vienna in our ashram, and we asked him to talk. He wrote many books: "Dancing with Śiva," "Loving Gaṇeśa," and many, many others. They have one magazine, "Hinduism Today," and many things. All my Viennese bhaktas were very eager to hear him, so he spoke five minutes, but five minutes he spoke beautiful points. So our Viennese people were thirsty, hungry for the wisdom. They said, "Swamiji, can you tell something more?" He said, "Okay, what I will tell you, there is after that, there's nothing powerful, some good, yes, the best of the best, then yes, please." Then he said three times, "Obey, obey... your guru." That word went to all my Viennese bhaktas, and when they are naughty sometimes, then I tell them, "Obey." They said, "We know Subrahmaṇyajī said." So I said, "Follow, please." So short but sweet. Words are the wisdom. They are like pearls. They are not like sand and gravel on the beach or the corals. The pearls. So you are all Bhakta's pearls here. So I brought you to go to the ocean and enjoy again your past life, because you were the mother pearl, and now you became that pearl. Recovery, wash away everything. Pigeons are very humble, and they will purify all, all the garbage that you throw in the ocean. The guard: mental garbage, no attachment, anger, no jealousy. Go offending, enjoy, happy. So leave it in the hands of Mahāprabhujī. Whenever I am angry, I also just tell Mahāprabhujī, "You are not accepting that I am angry, but I must." And Mahāprabhujī said, "Chut! Peaceful, sit down. Yes, it's not a picture." Mahāprabhujī is sitting with us. He is listening. If you believe in your Gurudev, He is everywhere. My dears, bhaktas around the world, I wish you could also be here physically. Mentally, you are there, and I am mentally also there. Tomorrow, we will have another beautiful talk about inner pointing, how to calm down the inner, but we have to overcome greed. I give you one example, and that example I learned from someone very, very nice, not only some creature swimming. So there was a conference, a conference on the Vedānta, long ago, about 25 years or 20 years, 15 years, 20 years, 15, between 15 and 20 years. The main head organizer was one Swami who is very well-known, and he was recently also in Vienna, Swami Agni Bhiṣ. You can see in some time news, and he is very active with the European Union. Working in some swami's main organizers, and there was a podium, and there were about 15 chairs in the front row for VIPs. Occupied, some chairs were open. All people came, and he's still not here. And suddenly, we see he's sitting completely in the back. Then they said, "Oh, you are Swamiji, you are the head. First, you come in the front." He said, "I'm everywhere. I'm comfortable here. It's okay." That I learned. My God, I'm organized there and invited. I should sit in the front. I told Agni Bezi, "You are my master. I learned from you today also." It's not important that I sit on the front or the back. To see and to be seen, that's all right. If they need me, they will call, and I will speak. From behind, I enjoy more. I see all the people, how beautiful they are and how they are talking. If I sit on the front row, I don't know what is happening behind. So many things we are pushing ourselves, and when you push, then it means this is an empty pot. So Agniveś is very good. Swāmījī, he spoke nicely. Tomorrow, my dear all, good night. Lakonāj, Dobronāj, U.S. Lokāt, all bhaktas, hari om. Deep night, bhagavānkī, think over what I said. Nahaṁ karatā prabhu-dīpa-karatā, Mahāprabhujī-dīpa-karatā hi kevalam.