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The Fire of Jealousy and the Path of Sūrat

A morning satsang on overcoming jealousy and the power of spiritual concentration (sūrat).

"Jealousy is a fire. From this world, bad qualities should be burned away. So, whoever is jealous is burned, and the person about whom you are jealous is protected."

"Nothing is faster than Sūrat. Nothing is faster. No rocket, no telephone, nothing. That sūtra is quickest. Just you must hear the word 'moon,' and you are already there."

Swami Maheshwarananda continues a discourse on jealousy, describing it as a destructive fire that harms the jealous person. He recounts a story from the Līlā Amṛta where the disciple Maṅgīlālji humbles jealous sādhus, teaching them to focus their sūrat (concentration) on bhajan. The Swami explains that this focused awareness is the fastest vehicle for spiritual progress, urging disciples to use it to pull the "coach" of disciplined practice (nāma dharma) toward the goal before life ends. He also announces plans for International Day of Yoga.

Filming location: Vép, Hungary

Deep Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān kī, Deveśvara Mahādeva kī, Mādhav Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān kī, Satya Sanātana Dharma. Good morning. It is a beautiful day. We continue with yesterday's subject, which we did not finish. sadāmai ab kyūn karo the moro, terī sūrat bhajan me jodo, sadāmai ab kyūn karo the moro. I need this text. Jealousy exists not only in humans but also in animals, vegetation, and life in the ocean. It is everywhere. God protect us from jealousy. But He said this jealousy is good for the person about whom you are jealous. Why did God say this? I forgot to ask Him last night. I had a consultation—a dialogue—about jealousy. Jealousy is a bad quality, and this bad quality must be burned out. Therefore, jealousy is a fire. From this world, bad qualities should be burned away. So, whoever is jealous is burned, and the person about whom you are jealous is protected. It is our loss; we are in minus. The decision is yours. Ego is a permanent illness, so the person will die quickly. God does not want the quality of ego. There are many negative qualities. When these negative qualities awaken in us, a spiritual doctor declares us an ill person. Sometimes it can be healed, sometimes not. Illness is a kind of sign that the end of our life is close. Health means not only physical health. The first health is mental health. After a long time of mental illness, it attacks physically: anger, hate, jealousy, ego, greed. These qualities are closer; to reach them is easier. The branches of good qualities are very high up, but we shall take those qualities. We can see a person physically from the outside, but we cannot see what is going on inside. We do not know who is thinking what or how. But when negative thinking comes, then be prepared: you will soon have a problem—physical, mental, social, political, economic. Many problems will come. That is the result of our thinking negatively, of giving judgments we have no right to give. This means our spiritual development is nowhere, whether you like it or not, whether I like it or not. If I would like to be constantly developing spiritually, then I constantly have to have a dialogue with myself. In every profession, there is jealousy. And in every human, there is some jealousy towards God. When you speak about God Kṛṣṇa and read the Bhagavad Gītā or other books, many are jealous of Kṛṣṇa. Many, many. Few love Him, but more are jealous, angry. "Why Him? Why not me? How can I be like Krishna, and I will show Him." But in this competition, we will never succeed; we will not win. It will damage our spiritual development. Neighbors are also jealous. Some ask their neighbors, "How are you?" They say, "Good and bad." "Why bad?" "I have a problem. What kind of problem? My biggest problem is that my neighbor is very happy." So when we are jealous of the neighbor but can do nothing against them, the neighbor is happier and you are suffering. Similarly, when someone is on the yoga path or any path of spiritual development, many others say, "Why not me?" When we announced that Swami Vivek Purī had received the Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara position, I can tell you few were happy and more were unhappy. Not because of why he became a Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara, but "Why a Croatian too? Swamiji could at least have made one from Slovenia or from Austria." So it is human. You do not know why one gets some positions. It is not easy. Maybe he was happy in the beginning, but now Kumbh Melā is coming. Yes, there he will realize how hard it is. Yes, it will be very good sitting on the chariot, going bathing in Gaṅgā, to eat bhaṇḍārās, getting a little present. But to organize the whole camp, and to enter the Kumbh Melā as a Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara, and for giving bhaṇḍārās, you have to put your hand in a deep bag, till the bottom, to search if there is something more. Expenditure—a lot. For one Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara, at least 400,000 euros. So if the Croatians are proud of it, then keep your pockets open. Both pockets: Jñāneśvara and Vivek Purījī. Yes, also Śrīmanth. You know, Premālañchī Śrīmanth. This position is one of the best positions. So Premalāñchī is very clever. No wonder he is Austrian. Śrīmanth means only to take money. He should be present so that they can give to him. And Śrīmanth can remove the Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara. And Śrīmanth can choose to make someone Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara. So the Śrīmanth has power. The Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara is only stitched on the altar, so you can close the curtain or open the curtain. But that priest is a śrīmant. All benefit goes to the priest. After Kumbh Melā, the śrīmant again will say, "Mahāmaṇḍaleśvarjī, all the best, and come next Kumbh Melā." With money. So these three, four years, every Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara around the world, with satsaṅgas and so on, whatever donations they get, goes to the Kumbh Melā. Not only for bhaṇḍārās and entry fees, but to design a camp is very expensive. But it is nice and joyful, so you should support them. It represents our Alagporichī Siddhāpīṭha Paramparā. And we do have a very good name of Ālapurīchī Siddha Pīṭha Paramparā, and people are all very nice to them. So get ready. Well, the subject is not Kumbh Melā, but still I can tell you there are millions of sādhus, and they are so jealous of the Mahāmaṇḍaleśvaras sitting up. This is human thinking. And many are very happy that in my akhāṛā, how many Mahāmaṇḍaleśvaras are there. An akhāṛā is happy to make some Mahāmaṇḍaleśvaras. But of course, it has to have quality. Yes, qualities. So, where the master's disciples are also jealous, the life of the master is not easy. But the life of the disciple is more difficult if one would like to be a real disciple. So there is a lot of jealousy. A lot of jealousy. So, around me is like a bush fire. Jealousy means fire. So around me is always bushfire. If Ānandī will come and sit here, it will come with a strong wind, meaning to activate the bushfire more. So Prem Ānandī has chosen a good position. He is only collecting the honey, taking the honey, and the Mahāmaṇḍaleśvaras are the bees going to bring the honey. Anyhow, when we read the Līlā Amṛta, then there are some stories of the misunderstanding and jealousy of the disciples. And they come to Mahāprabhujī with complaints towards Holī Gurujī or somebody else. And even they were so far. So Mahāprabhujī said, "Then ask him, why do you ask me?" Because they think Mahāprabhujī gave all the siddhis, all the spiritual power, to Holī Gurujī. So Mahāprabhujī said, if you want to have the same siddhi and powers, then serve the Mādhāvanāñjī. "No. That we will not do." So Mahāprabhujī said, then you will not get. Ego. So "Why this, and why not me?" This is the biggest obstacle for spiritual development. Many people have this problem, always complaining. "That person is not good. This person is not good. That is not good." Did you ever ask yourself how good you are? "Of course, I am the perfect. I am the best one." So it means that only you are the best. Others should go away. It cannot be. This is an obstacle for that person. As wise you are, that humble and higher thoughts you have. That you have understanding for all, understand the mistakes of others. Great is that one who understands the mistakes, who forgives and supports the persons. And the stupid one is that who does not understand and does not want others to have glory, wanting it only for oneself. These are the two things. So, Maṅgīlālji, the disciple of Mahāprabhujī—you have read the whole chapter in Līlā Amṛta and his bhajans. Mahāprabhujī gave him jīvanmukti, liberation. It does not matter if one has an orange or yellow dress, green or black. Only the dress does not mean anything. Inside, how you are. But those who do not know anything only think, "Oh, this orange uniform, it is holy." Yes, it is holy. But you should know who is inside. So, one is longing to have an orange dress. And when you get an orange dress, you say, "Oh, I am nice. I am a sannyāsī now." Yes, this is the ego. That is only outside. So it is said in one bhajan. Whose bhajan is this? From Lalanandjī, or there is another bhajan. And Kabīrdāsajī said, "Do not color me in yellow or orange or red, but color me in thy color." That is the real color, and for many, many lives, this color will not go out. Bhakti. Bhakti Raṅga. That is very nice. So, Maṅgyālājī was very famous. People were coming to him, having satsaṅga, mantras, many of them. So, a group of sādhus came from Pushkar, because Maṅgyālājī was living in Harṣor, which is about 50-60 kilometers away. These sādhus said, "How can he be a jīvanmukta, self-realized, while living a family life?" So, they came to humiliate him. "We will tell him and ask him questions. Of course, he will not be able to answer. Then we will tell him that you are not entitled to be called Jīvan Mukta." So they were very angry, aggressive, and they came there. They came and they sat beside him and began to talk. And Maṅgalajī said, "Yes, of course, all answers will be coming. Sit down, please. What can I offer you? Chai, coffee, rabrī, juice, water?" "We did not come for your chai and coffee, and this... do not make any, do not oblige us." "Is it okay? This is the first introduction. Who are you? You are sādhus. But you are talking like some drunken person." "What do you mean?" "I have no meaning for that. Your temperament is showing." And then after one minute, two minutes, they became so humble and they bowed down to Maṅgīlālji. Other people who were accompanying them, it was like a big show. "Oh God, Maṅgilālji put some magic power on these sādhus." So then Maṅgilālji sang one bhajan, and in that bhajan he said, "I did not put any magic. Kyā bharamā karo sansārī jī, O worldly people, why do you have doubts? I taught them the words of the truth. I did not put any magic on them." So the sādhus, they all surrendered. In the Līlāmṛta it is written—read Maṅgyālājī's Līlāmṛta. And Mahāprabhujī was sitting somewhere in his room in Harṣor. So the sādhus sat with folded hands. "Maṅgīlālji, please, bless us. We have lost our time. With our ignorance, we thought we became sādhus, and now we are everything. Help us, please. Show us the right way." Yes, when one awakes innerly, then you accept. Accepting is not easy. Ego, proudness, is too strong to accept our own mistake. Remove our ego and pride. Intellectual knowledge, the śāstras, scriptures, reading—means not everything. So Maṅgīlāljī is singing a bhajan, and through bhajans he is teaching them. Mahāprabhujī, Holī Gurujī, Lālā Nanjī, Maṅgīlāljī, they always answered spontaneously while making a new bhajan. Only that one can do who has the heart, Anāhata Cakra and Ājñā Cakra open. So Maṅgīlālji said to the sādhus, "Sādhambhāī, ab kiyo karo temoro? O my brother Sādhus, why do you waste the time? Do not delay. Terī sūrtā bhajanme joro. Now concentrate. Concentrate on your bhajans, your bhakti, your meditation, your mantras, your spiritual sādhanā." This is the bhajan. Five elements, ten indriyas, and the ten prāṇas. That is twenty-five. Pács patís magyúr lagáker. Five is for the poem, so five or twenty-five. Occupy these workers. Occupy them. These are your workers: five elements, ten indriyas, ten prāṇas. This is your workers. You are the boss. Like Ācāryamjī Mahārāj said, "O Ātmā! You are Ātmā. You are the Lord, the master of mind and indriyāṇa. Do not be a slave to them. Oh, you are the king. This is your people, and you are the king of this city." The city of the body. And he said, in the next bhajan, "Be aware, alert, O Myself. Do not forget. Do not let yourself be cheated. Because this city is the city of the cheaters. They will cheat you by giving you the drugs, the drugs of temptation." So this is the bhajan. Nirākāra bhajan. Ātmā jñāna. Alerting. Making us alert. Maṅgilālji said, "Now break, destroy the castle of imagination." Your illusion. Dharma. Dharma here means ignorance, just illusion. You walk on the road and you see a snake. If you come a little closer, it is not a snake, it was a rope. Bhrama, our ignorance; you did not see the reality. Occupy all your indriyas, your prāṇas, and all your elements to break this castle of ignorance. Break this castle completely and make a road on it. Hurry up. Sunset is very soon. What does "sunset is very soon" mean? Your life is not very much left. When the sun sets, you will die. For what you came, everything is lost. Therefore, hurry up. Break the castle of ignorance. Make the road clear. Time is very little. Nema dharma. Nema means regular, disciplined. Dharma. Dharma means righteousness. Follow the dharma of your body, your mind, your spirituality. Make a coach out of your principles, your rules, and be very strong in your dharma. Make a coach out of your principles, your rules. Again, I am talking about Sūrat. Sūrat is our concentration. Our aim, our imagination. Our intuition. So this Sūtra is one of the fastest things in this world. Nothing is faster than Sūrat. Nothing is faster. No rocket, no telephone, nothing. That sūtra is quickest. Just you must hear the word "moon," and you are already there. March, you are already there. So sūtra is very fast. Sūrtā karlo ghoḍā. Therefore, make your sūrtā as your horse. Who should carry, pull that coach of nāma dharma? So practice dharma as your spiritual sādhanā. Nāma is disciplined. And sūtra is your concentration. Let it pull this coach quickly, otherwise you will not reach the destination. Still, you are on the way. When prāṇa is gone, the soul is gone out of the body, everything will collapse. There, we will not reach our destination. It does not matter how much you read, how clever you are, how intelligent you are, and how much knowledge you have. This worldly knowledge is śūnya. Everything is śūnya when you die. As long as you are alive, it has some meaning. But when this life soul is gone, all your intellect and this and that is śūnya again. There—śūnya means zero. When you come to your path, you know the right techniques. Yes, right techniques. There are many, many techniques. But the right technique is that which Gurudeva gives us. Do not think, "Oh, only like this. Swāmījī, give me some duty and sādhanā, that I read so many books every day. I cannot do this." You know why? Because I love you. So, it goes straight. Very straight, and the technique is so easy. You know the needle? And you know the needle's eye? You know the needle eye? A thin needle. And there is a needle's eye, and you have to pull an elephant through this needle's eye. Not only one elephant, but a hundred elephants at once. Through this, I knead. That is called master work. And to teach this will take me a maximum of three seconds. But I keep reserve, that this disciple will not fail. Then, elephants are stuck inside. So it is possible, it is possible that you can pull the elephant through the little eye. Understand me or not? Who would like to know? Yes. I do not sigh. Nobody wants to let an elephant through. Okay, I will do it. What I promise, I do. Yes, so those who raised their hands up, you can pull me also through. So first pull me, and then I will show you how to go to the elephant. So it is true. It is true. So do not take complicated ones. They are tiny mantras. Therefore, Guru Vākya. When Gurudeva said, "Do not do this," it is eternal word, eternal truth. You will say, "Ah." My master always tells this: do not say. It may come in one year, two years, one day, half an hour, or in twenty years, but it will come. Then you lost everything, and not only are you lost, you are in trouble. What beautiful thoughts. So bring your coach of your body, sit in meditation, and let your śruti go there to Brahmaloka. Dhyānamūlaṁ Gurumūrtiḥ, Pūjāmūlaṁ Gurupādam, Mantramūlaṁ Guruvākyaṁ, Mokṣamūlaṁ Gurukṛpā. Śruti, śruti is the biggest, strongest, quickest, best one. It can destroy, or it can help. It is like an electronic instrument, the electronic saw. If you are not careful, it does not take time to chip your fingers off. So sūtra is like that. It goes through every cell of the body. It is beautiful. Understand that. Every animal has its own skin. You know this big, what you call the snow bear? Yeah, ice bear, and also big grizzly bear. 40 kilometers, they can smell, so quickly, and now their Śruti is there, and they are walking slowly, slowly, but they will come there. So, when you have that Śruti test of the Brahman, spirituality, then slowly, comfortably practice, you will come there. From here, Brahma Nagar is far. Drive your horse quickly. From here, the Brahma Nagar, from this world, the mortal world, till Brahma Nagar, the Brahman, Brahma Loka, is very far. From here, Brahma Nagar is far. Drive your horse quickly. Let your horse run. Though the horse is very quick, you have to make him run quickly. On the way, there will be many rivers. How to cross the rivers? But do not, do not lose your willpower. There will be many rivers, but be sure your horses will pull your coach through and through, not a second. The thing is, "I cannot." Yesterday we spoke about how to achieve any aim in life, any achievement. When you fail in it, you think, "I cannot, I will not be successful." Then your willpower becomes less and less. It is like when you walk through the forest in the night, very dark. And you say, "I am not afraid of ghosts, I am not afraid of the ghosts." But Bhūtātmā is stronger than the Jīvātmā. So you are brave. "There is no ghost. I do not..." You are walking through the forest. Dark. Alone. And one woman climbs up the tree. Big tree, many branches. And you are walking, and she said, "Hoo!" Nothing else. Though you are not afraid of ghosts already, your hair goes up. You see, hidden will, hidden fear awakes. There is nothing, but walking carefully, going, looking all the time. After 100 meters, again, "Hoo!" There is some other woman. "Come." So that is how the fear is. Therefore, do not be afraid, do not give up. Be a hero. So, in the spiritual path, there are a lot of temptations and frightening things, and having fears, but how to overcome? So, if it happened to anyone, anyone anywhere, then you should not be frightened. Never be afraid. Never be fearful. Otherwise, the fear is such energy, it will loosen all your screws within no time, and it will make you powerless. It does not matter what the fear is for. Now in the world, there is a fear. How to survive? Existence fear. Day by day, becoming more and more a slave. Depending on this company, that company. You know why? Because you study. This is a result of your study. You study only one profession. Now this company you have in their hands, they dismiss your job. You are on the road, but if you had been a nice farmer, you will not depend on anyone except on God's kind of season. You can live happily. You have to sleep, you have to eat everything. Therefore, do not make the mistake of giving your children that kind of education, which is only one-sided. You are capable of working at anything and surviving anywhere. This is the time that has come when we must have multi-knowledge. Only a computer cannot download the chapati or a pizza. You can type inside and put your credit card. The credit card brings the number 0000. There is no money on it. No money, no funny, no pizza, nothing. Go for a walk. You will find a lot of herbs, salad. Mother Nature will give you many things: multi-knowledge, multi-qualities, multi-talents. Do not make the mistake to learn one subject. Do not make the mistake to learn only yoga, sitting, sitting. Your wife will say, "Can you iron, please?" "What is that? Ironing. Yeah, but what? Which asana is this? I only learn yoga." So, multi-knowledge, multi-talent. And that yoga in their life, people will do now. You know, the United Nations gave a promise last century that in 25 years we would achieve sustainability. And they failed, so now they are again asking, not promising, but asking how to fulfill the promises from the past century in this century. My answer is always clear. Unfortunately, they cannot accept. Otherwise, the answer is crystal clear, transparent. But they do not want this. People do not want this. United Nations tries very hard. No one wants to give up. That is the problem, but there are many different ways. You know, now people are making beautiful, they call them vegan shoes. I was so, I said, no, yeah. But they kept on giving me shoes, pair after pair: one pair, two pairs, three pairs. I reject all, but then I thought I should wear one. And I am so happy and so comfortable in my vegan shoes, no killing animals. No, this, this. Very pure, very good. That is it. At home, look in your children's rooms. What kind of pictures are there? Make some spiritual pictures. Hang nice calendars. Where are the spiritual pictures? We have now the calendar from all our ashrams, very beautiful. You know that bhajan about the calendar? Premanenjī, you know the calendar for three months? You know the calendar bhajan? Yes, calendar bhajan. Which one? Bhajan? No, no, no. That you also do not know. Rivers coming on the way means temptations. Many temptations. Wild water is there. How to cross the wild water? So, all these indriyas, the horses, will become wild. Everything is lost. But keep your sūtra straight. The horses have no chance to go left and right. You will cross the river. Oh, my brother sādhus, bhaktas, like this, you will achieve that goal. You will come there. Mistake written. Otherwise, you will suffer in the middle of your journey. Neither here nor there. You are lost in the wild water. So Maṅgīlālji said, "Understand in your mind, in your sūratā. Otherwise, you will get nothing in this world." So, sūtra, our visions, good pictures in the house. Good calendars. Calendar bhajans. So many years you are with me, and you do not know the calendar bhajan. Oh, Herr God! What will you do when I am not here anymore? It does not matter even if one has learned all four Vedas perfectly. If you do not know the meaning of these bhajans, all Vedas are lost. So you should be like that. You are a yogī in daily life. So you do not know the calendar bhajan? Who does not know, honestly raise your hand. And whoever does not raise their hand has to sing. Okay, thank you. I can explain it to you in no time. Now you know? Yes. That is it. You must read the thoughts of the Master. If the Master reads your thoughts, that is not something. That is very natural, but to read the thoughts of the Master, that is extraordinary. Therefore, Gurudev darśan dhan ho. So there is one bhajan. When you see Gurudeva's photo, tasvīr. When I saw the picture of Gurudeva, my mind became so happy, all desires disappeared. It is a beautiful bhajan. So, short and sweet: where your concentration goes, remove all obstacles and turn all negative into the positive. Otherwise, the trouble will come back. When trouble is there, then there is only one way: go through troubles. Go through the troubles, but say no, there must be one way. More than that, there is another very beautiful way. It is said, "No, no, no, you cannot read the thoughts of the master." I do not know if Master Gondwara has heard this. So, this is the second way. The first way is, if you have troubles, well, go through the troubles, because that is the fruit of those negative vṛttis. But when we come to Gurudeva and seek the shelter, then everything will be okay. There is Satguru Rakhe Lāj, Sintāmad Gana. So, therefore, when we accept our mistakes, that we lost the path, then we again begin. Well, we have some news. I told you something very good news yesterday. Well, yoga is the most beautiful path for humans. To protect the environment and other creatures, to bring peace and good health, harmony in the societies, understanding, mutual understanding in the multiculturalism, etc. Of course, some people, they do not want this. But it is their ignorance. So you get the life you know, and all the yoga is acknowledged as the World Day of Yoga. So this was suggested and worked by the Prime Minister of India, and almost all countries, including the Middle East, and so on. The European Union was a little bit like this. Then there was a G20 conference in Brisbane, Australia. And Modijī was there. And the German Chancellor, this lady, what is her name, Markle? Marklein? She was sitting, they had a meeting, and she was sitting near Modijī. And Modijī asked her, "Do you watch Aditya Yoga?" The European Union seems they do not like. She said, "No, no... the European Union accepts it." She signed and gave the letter in the name of the European Union. So the whole world, because where there are humans, there is yoga. And where there is yoga, there are humans. Anywhere in the world you go, if you say yoga, they know this word yoga. And you know how many millions or billions of people are practicing yoga. Every third person in the world is practicing yoga. Must not be this kind of, that kind of yoga. Some give this name, that name, but yoga is yoga. If you talk about sport, research from where sport is coming. From yoga, long, long ago, there were Akhāḍās. And in akhārās were all kinds of sports, many, many kinds of sports, and that was a part of the yoga. So those who are talking about sport, that yoga is not a sport, it is like Gandhijī said, that those who think that religion and politics cannot go together, so Gandhijī said, this person either does not know what religion is or does not know what politics is. Gandhijī said, "Politics is the body, and religion is the soul." So, will your body function without the soul? No. Will the soul function without the body? So you cannot separate religion and politics. Similarly, you cannot separate sport and yoga. The best champions of this kind, let us say Austrians, they practice yoga, meditation, and vegetarians, concentration. Not all, but the best champions only. So many, many in the world. Therefore, those who think yoga and sport are different, they should not give a statement because of culture or religion. They should be very fair. Ask your wife, "Do you practice yoga or not?" She said it is her problem. Is she a sports person? Yes. Did you practice sports? When I was little. And did you practice yoga? Yes, I did for a few years. It was good. So, sometimes in their life, they practiced. It can be judo, it can be karate, hockey, swimming, cycling, etc. And we have the swimming in yoga and in life, the fish posture, cycling, everything is from yoga. So tell me, what is not suitable to the sport? And the sportsmen, maybe a football player, or a swimmer, or a skier, many. These champions, they go there if they are Christians. They are doing, they believe, they close their eyes, they concentrate. They relax. Meditation. So, how can you separate the yoga from the sport, or the sport from yoga? To separate the sport from yoga means you separate your children from your family. Because yoga is good, and some people do not like to be good. Anyhow, 21st of June is the first day of yoga, International Day of Yoga. And yoga is a culture which is coming from India, a system coming from India for the well-being of humans: physical, mental, social, and spiritual health. And so Modijī asked all the embassy people, wherever the Indian mission is. On this day, every ambassador should organize some festival, so it means, according to the ambassador's capacities, there will be an official program, and then some lectures, some demonstrations, and, of course, it is invited from all different kinds of yogas. Yoga in daily life is a very old one. Sivananda yoga is a very old one. Yesudian yoga is very old in Hungary, and then many branches came out. So all who are doing yoga are invited. So it is a morning program. So you should go to the embassy. And from your country, someone should speak something. Three minutes, five minutes from the different yoga schools, present your yoga and daily life. On this day, or we can do one week of free yoga classes in centers, in parks, at the beach, in different old homes, wherever we can. And register how many people, which place, country-wise. Make three copies. One, give it to the Indian Embassy immediately. One, keep a record in your center. And one, send it to the fellowship. So this is very important, to support yoga and yogīs in their life, around the whole world. So please do not forget to bring your friends and families, and make some photos and films. But you write how many people practice freely, without money, and this and that. Make a chart and send it to the embassy. So if you cannot reach the embassy, it does not matter. Wherever you are, teach. Make some posters. Make a t-shirt and write, "I-D-Y, International Day of Yoga," and give it a title. So, "Yoga in Daily Life," and then you write, or just write, "International Day of Yoga." So this is for children, for the young, for all. So please, organize this, and I will see. I have many more embassies and invitations, so I will see where I will be. Thank you, and we will celebrate some days earlier and later in Vép, or here where we are. This is promoting, supporting. Thank you. Sarveṣāṁ śāntiḥ, sarveṣāṁ maṅgalam. Oṁ sarve sukhino bhavantu. Na kartā, prabhu, dīpa kartā, Mahāprabhujī kartā. Hi śāntiḥ, śāntiḥ, śāntiḥ. Deep Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān kī.

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