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This was chanted by the very famous bhajan singer Anup Jalota and his father. He always asks when I visit, "Mumma, I should meet him, and he will sing some bhajans of Gurujī." This was the Hanumān Chālīsā. Hanumanjī is Hanuman, and Chālīsā means forty; there are forty poems glorifying Hanumanjī. It was created by the great saint Tulsīdās. It is not only for Hindus, but for anyone who wishes to receive its benefit. So many people around the world chant the Hanuman Chalisa every morning. For spirituality, there is no difference in religion. There are no dualities. The sun is the sun. My names are different according to languages. We also have many names for the sun, like in the Sūrya Namaskār—twelve names, and not only twelve, there are many. So that is language. In which language, how we call. God is God, but in different languages, different names. So the truth is one: Brahma, Satya, Jagat, Mithyā. This is for everyone. It has been proven that where cows give less milk and cows and calves are getting tired, if they start to play this Hanuman Chalisa in the morning where the cows are, you will not believe—they became more relaxed and began to give more milk. It was a beautiful harmony between the calf and the mother and the other cows beside them. So in many Ayurveda and naturopathic centers, they use this for healing—healing through sound and mantra. There is a power of the mantra; the sound means the resonance. The resonance of the mantra is killing the illness. Every mantra gives different meanings—different color, different form, different feelings—and that is why it is called the color. So sound, color, mantra, and form give peace of mind, a healthy body, and spiritual development. Yes, it has it in it. It has been experimented by many, many people. So it is not only that one made a poem and now everybody must sing. It is the greatness of Tulsīdās that from his realization, from his knowledge, from his experiences, he spoke this. He worshipped Hanumānjī. Hanumānjī was the great bhakta of Bhagavān Śrī Rām. Hanumanjī, Bhagavān Śrī Nām, Nāgya Bhaktaya. When Bhagavān Rām went back to that Brahmaloka, or Viṣṇuloka, or Śivaloka—his name is different, that is all—at that time Bhagavān Rām said, "Hanuman, you stay here on the earth," because all gods and goddesses went with Him. Hanumanjī was also ready to walk with God Rāma into the Brahmaloka. So Bhagavān Rāma, with his very kind, loving, humble words and with full confidence, said, "Hanumān, you stay here on the earth and take care of the bhaktas." And Hanumanjī stayed here. So according to Tulsīdās, the living God is still on the earth in the form of Hanumanjī. He is not a monkey, and even that kind of monkey which is like Hanumanjī, we say they are great bhaktas of Rāma. One example I would like to give you: when Bhagavān Rāma went for fourteen years into the forest, at that time Bhagavān Rāma, his brother Lakṣmaṇa, and Sītā were eating only fruits. In one forest, there was a beautiful and tasteful fruit called a custard apple. It is very sweet, very nice; everyone likes it very much. Lakṣmaṇa found one tree and brought these fruits, and Sītā liked them very much. So Bhagavān said, "Lakṣmaṇa, go and bring more." Lakṣmaṇa said, "In this forest, there is only one tree. It still has some fruits, but they will not be long-lasting." So Bhagavān Rāma said to Hanumanjī, "This fruit should be saved for Sītā." And Hanumanjī said to every monkey, "You can eat all fruits, but do not eat this one. This is Sītā’s fruit." Since that time, we give the name of that fruit Sītā Phal. It is the season in India now. It is beautiful, very sweet, and very nice. So, till now, this kind of monkey, the langur, they do not eat Sītā Phala. It does not matter how hungry they are; you can give them a basket full of the fruits, but these monkeys will not eat because they made a saṅkalpa that they will not eat; it is only for Mother Sītā. So there are many things, my dear. Animals have great knowledge. They have great feelings; they are very loyal, very truthful. They have their limitations, but what is clear is that they are very, very loyal. When you go to India, you can see this. I will this time buy for you the sitāphal, many, many. Then near Nepal, when we go to Udaipur, the whole hills, the Harawri hills, are full of sitāphal. Birds eat, other animals eat, including humans, but the langur will not. They respect. It is unbelievable, the things they are doing. They have so much respect and love, not only this. Someone showed me on YouTube that in Ilahabad, at a railway station, a langur monkey got an electric shock and fell down, and was nearly dead, unconscious. Another monkey saw him, so he ran and caught him, and he was massaging his neck, biting here, biting there, but not biting deadly, just holding. He tried to chew a little bit with the mouth here, some muscles, and put in water and take out, and again he was massaging the back. He was just like a light. He put him up and down, and this, he brought him back again. So the other monkey, which was unconscious, was sitting like this. And this monkey was massaging the back. That is available on YouTube. What knowledge do they have? He was a doctor at that time; he saved the life. What would you say? So the animals, they are our family members, they are our beauty. Without them, the world would be just lonely and lost. It is our great mistake that we destroy and kill all the wildlife. Many, many animals have disappeared. If you see an animal somewhere, they run behind it and kill it. This should not happen. He said, "Protect all creatures." They are all creatures of God. So, like this, there are so many other animals. They support each other. And they are the beauty of our world; without them, our balance on this planet is gone. Mountains are being destroyed for many highways, for many buildings, but we are not being destroyed. This is the question. And we are destroying the humans too. How many people are suffering? This is because spiritual knowledge is missing. And so, Tulsīdāsjī or other saints, whatever they wrote is for all humans—not for Hungarians, or not for the... where are we? In Hungary, yes. And not only for Hungary, it is for Croatia too, for Poland too, for India too, for everywhere where there are humans and animals. That is the beauty. We shall open our heart. We shall make everyone aware of this. Awareness in our consciousness is many, many things. There is one book written by Paramahaṁsa Muktānanda, the disciple of Nityānandajī, near Mumbai. Muktanandjī passed away, and he wrote a book called "The Play of Consciousness," "The Miracle of the Consciousness." Within the consciousness, so many things, but we are not aware of that. So if we become aware, then we will say, "Wow, so is this." When we are aware and we see, then we got it, and then we remain on that, our path. So the consciousness is just a space, but within that is awareness. Awareness is connected with the jīvātmā, and then is connected with intellect, the mind, etc. So every spiritual word, every spiritual sentence is uplifting, inspiring, liberating, and removes the fear. So, Hanuman Chalisa, Tulsīdāsjī created it to remove the fear, remove all negative magics, the ghosts and spirits—how Hanumanjī can save life. And so, Tulsīdāsjī creates the glory of Hanuman and what Hanumanjī can give us, and what Hanumanjī means. It is a beautiful poem. So first he said, "Śrī Guru Caraṇa Saroja Rāja Nija Mana Mukura Sudhāri." This is very nice; you have it with you. Śrī Guru Caraṇa Saroja Rāja Nijamana Mukhara Sujāna Baranau Raghubara Vimala Jasu Jodayaka Phala Pāja Syāvara Rāmacandra Kī Jai. Śrī Guru Caraṇa Saroja Rāja. In the lotus feet of the Gurudev, Śrī Guru Caraṇa Saroja Rāja, the Gurudev’s holy feet are like a lotus on a beautiful lake. Śrī Guru Charan Saroja Raja, the dust of the Gurudev’s feet, those lotus feet—the mind should understand and always meditate on it. I am going to tell the glory of Raghuvara Bhagavān Rāma, His glory. What you wish, that will be fulfilled. What you like, He will give the fruits with the devotion. So Tulsīdāsjī first adores, worships, and prays to the Gurudeva. Tulsīdāsajī is full of the Gurudevas, everywhere, beautiful, beautiful. So this, Tulsīdāsjī begins with this first mantra, "Śrī Guru Caraṇa Sarojarāja." Śrī, you know, Śrī means wealth, prosperity, happiness, wisdom. Śrī. Śrī is Lakṣmī. And if Lakṣmī comes, then everything is done. But it should be real Lakṣmī. Otherwise, the name is just Lakṣmī and you have nothing to eat. Then what kind of Lakṣmī are you? So when you get the name Lakṣmī, then you should know that you are the prosperity. So, develop the quality of Lakṣmī in you; that is why you get the name Lakṣmī. So Śrī Guru, Caraṇa Saroja Raja, so this Lakshmi is the dust of Gurudev’s feet. It is not easy for worldly people to understand the glory of the Gurudev. It is something to first understand. And who does not understand cannot get anything. Rare are those who can write such things like Tulsīdāsjī. Our Gurujī, every third word from Gurujī’s holy mouth was Mahāprabhujī or Gurudev. And so, Tulsīdāsjī, Bhagavān Rāma, or Gurudev. Śrī Guru Caraṇa, Caraṇa means Holy Feet, Śrī is Lakṣmī, Guru is the Knowledge, leading from darkness to the light, Caraṇa Raja, so the Lotus Feet of Gurudev’s dust, and every time the mind is meditating on the Gurudeva’s lotus feet. Yes, and what he said, Tulsidās again, such a great person, who had so much knowledge, but still he said to God, "I have no buddhi, I have no knowledge, O Lord." A wise one will say that he is not singing his own glory. The great one never said, "I am the great." The poet Rahim Das said—Rahim Das—when does a diamond tell us, "I am a diamond, and my price is so much"? A diamond does not introduce itself as a diamond. But the quality itself, we are obliged to say, oh, beautiful diamond, so much cost, so expensive. Similarly, a great person will not say, "I am the great one." So it is said, as long as you did not speak, you were the wise. And when you spoke one sentence, we knew what you are. This is otherwise. With little knowledge, they always try to come to the front, push themselves back, fighting with elbows to come in the front, because I am this and that. So again, Tulsīdās is such a great person. We do not have that intellect, but we should meditate and repeat the name of Hanumanjī. What does he give you? First, a ball. You know what is a ball? Huh? A flower. A power, yes. Hanumanjī is a symbol of the power. Not strength. Hero. So, Hanumānjī is a needer. You know what is a needer? Fearless. Hanumanjī has no fear. That is a needer, that has power. He is strength, he is strong, fearless, a hero, and very humble and very kind. Do not use your power in the wrong way, even with your words. When you use your words as a power, then it means your end is very soon here. It is your call. Your death is talking. So that very soon you will be finished. So, but Hanumānjī’s strength, why should he be afraid? Why should he have fear? He is very clean, very wise, and has strength. Hanumanjī’s strength is unbelievable, unbelievable, but not used for negativity. And Hanumanjī had many, many siddhis. He could become small, and he could become big. In Hanuman Chalisa it will come. Hanumanjī was going to Śrī Laṅkā to find a siddha. And the sun came down on his way, coming down. What to do? So Hanumanjī opened his mouth, and he swallowed the sun. And he continued on his path. So if you make an obstacle on his path, he will swallow you. So everywhere was dark. People said, "Oh God, what will we do now?" They would say a prayer to Hanumānjī. So Hanumānjī said, "Go!" He was just coughing, and the sun came out again. Now, can you imagine who can swallow the sun? It is not a joke. It is not a joke. It was. And it is not easy. Even we cannot look at the sun. So that is symbolic, that it is He who has the power and He who can achieve and give us everything. So, though we are not very intelligent, though we are not very clever, though we have no siddhis, we shall remember Hanumanjī. O Hanumānjī, please give me the strength. Buddhi, intellect, vidyā, the knowledge, harahun kalesh vikār, and O Hanumanjī, please, remove all my troubles, and all the vikāra, my illness. That is a beautiful bhajan. That is it. What Tulsidasjī’s words, we could say, from out of his mouth, are coming beautiful pearls—the pulse of the wisdom. Every word should be so balanced, so perfect. No one can say this is not good. Quality, our behavior, our words, our knowledge comes through guru kṛpā, as a guru kṛpā time. Śrī guru caraṇa saroja raja nija manamukha rasuja no, so from Gurudeva, Gurudeva. So Rāma, Kṛṣṇa say, "Con body, who can be the greatest and clear?" Bhagavān Rām and Kṛṣṇa kill at nagyob, mint Bhagavān Rām and Kṛṣṇa. Usne bhi gurukin, they also had a guru. Though they are the Lord of all three worlds, they are surrendered to the Gurudev. To understand this tattva, we have to understand this tattva. What is that? So, do not compare with the physical body. The body will be gone, but that tattva will remain, the guru tattva. Yes. Then, now begins the fourteen poems about Hanumānjī. Jai Hanumān jñāna guṇasāgara, jai kapīs tyunloka ujāgara. Hanumanjī, Jai Hanuman! Thy victory, O Hanuman! You are the ocean of knowledge. Jai Kapila Thiyu Loka Ujagar, the glory to thee, O Hanumanji, Kapish Hanumanji, Thiyu Loka Ujagar, you make the light in all three worlds. You gave again the sun out. Rāma Dutra Tilbal Dhamma, you are the ambassador of the God Rāma. And you are the strongest. Anjani putra pavan sutta nama, and the son of the Anjani. Pavan sutta, you are the son of the pavan, wind. So when the wind speed is, that is Hanumanjī’s speed. As high as he goes, the wind is getting stronger. So as high as Hanumānjī goes, he goes like a rocket. Otherwise, he is very kind and slowly walking peacefully. Very wise. So we can go to India and see many, many Hanumanjī. I was going from Udaipur to Nepal, and on the way, we were driving downhill, and there was an ashram. And there were many people staying, and they fed the monkeys, hundreds of them. So I stopped, and I opened the window, and I had prasāda laddus. So I was giving one laddu to the monkey, the other one jumped on the car, and he put his hand like this. Suddenly I thought, "Oh God, what is this?" He took it and went and sat down, and he distributed all. And then now they have, now they have discipline, very great discipline. They have one master. You can see that; I am not making a joke. So every monkey has its own place, and the other one is five meters away. So if someone gives you something to eat here, others should not come. So everyone is waiting, and everyone will get. And if someone gives it to one, then the boss comes and he takes something, or calls some monkeys, and they serve it. Very disciplined. Also, when you come to the Delhi ashram, you go from our Devpurījī ashram. At seven o’clock in the morning, there is a park, and on the wall of the park, monkeys are sitting about ten meters away. People who are walking, going for a walk, give something, bring from the home, and all are sitting in their own place, and everyone gets, so they are so disciplined. Animals, every animal is very nice. So, Hanumanjī, the great Hanumanjī. So, the whole summer’s work, you know. You think, do not think that I will finish all now. When then should be explained properly. Otherwise, I can tell you everything in half an hour. But then it will not be the test. You should know how to make halvā.