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So, good morning. It is a beautiful, beautiful day; the sun is shining in winter, very nice. But this morning, fewer people visited the holy tree because it was too cold. Now the sun is shining. So, mantra. Meditation without a mantra is a body without a soul. And the king of mantras is Oṁ. But if the king of kings doesn’t have a kingdom, then it has no meaning. Therefore, the guru-bhakti and guru-mantra are the kingdom of the yogīs. So the prāṇa of the mantras is Oṁ. The prāṇa-mantra is Aum. That is the king of all. And the top of that is the Guru Mantra. And the Guru Mantra is the prāṇas and ātmā in the body. There are many different kinds of mantra; every mantra has some effect. But "Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya" is something very unique. Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya, Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya Jaṭā Dharāya, Jaṭā Dharāya Namaḥ Śivāya, Jaṭā Dharāya Śiva jaṭā hai hara Namaḥ Śivāya Namaḥ Śiva Śiva... Gaṅgā Dharāya Śiva Gaṅgā Rāya Namaḥ Śiva O Namaḥ Śiva Gaṅgā Dharāya Śiva Gaṅgā. The śāstra says, the holy scripture says, like the Vedas, Upanishads, this is the whole universe. The Sanātana Dharma is not a man-made hell. Sanātana dharma is the function of everything in the universe. You cannot separate from the universe, like our body. Our body is not just a body. How many organs do we have in the body? How many nerves? Different kinds of nerves. There are 72,000 nāḍīs in the body, and each one has its particular function. And every nāḍī has its meaning. When one nerve is damaged, then the body is incomplete. Bhagavān, or God, or destiny, or Dharmarāja, or Vidhātā, whatever we call them, they prepared the whole body in their workshop. Of the mother’s body, and they checked everything. Before coming out, before sending to the showroom, they have tested everything: eyes, ears, nose, function of that, not only form, brain, glands. So every nerve has its meaning; similarly the muscles, bones, joints, and organs. Every part, and every single nerve and artery, is in the heart and the kidneys. And everything has its own place. So how many engineers were working to create this one beautiful body? And this whole body has its discipline, its principle, and it is used. So, what work is done with the foot sole and our foot, we can’t replace on the head. And what head has a function? We can’t put it on the foot. So everything in the body, whatever we have, has its own meaning. That’s why it is said, yathā brahmāṇḍe tathā piṇḍe: what is in the universe, that is in our body. This body is a work of the divine, and not only us, other creatures also. We have this, what they call, the sand fly. It is coming from Australia. And since the Australian tourists are coming to Jadana ashram, we have so many sand flies, and they fly and multiply everywhere. And they are so small that we cannot see them with our eyes. Only when they bite, then we know where he goes. So, how tiny a function has God done? What kind of tools has God used? Yes, it was. So God’s creation, and what God can do, what God can make, no one can do. So, this is our own universe. Similarly, in the universe there are different authorities: Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva, many, many, many different goddesses, śaktis, all, and the highest tattva, guru-tattva. Understand that. That’s why, finally, after all this, it is said: Guru-brahma, Gurudev is Brahma, the Creator. It is he who inspires us, who is giving us knowledge, and is giving us the thoughts. So he is the creator. So jī guru, jī for generator, so he is generating the energy. And then Guru Brahma, Guru Viṣṇu, and Gurudeva is that Viṣṇu, Viveka, creates the Viveka, gives the knowledge, and Maheśvara Śiva, Mokṣa, Maheśvara Mokṣa. So Guru-Brahmā, Guru-Viṣṇu, Guru-Devu, Maheśvara-ha, Guru-Sākṣāt-Parabrahmā, after that, still not completed. Sākṣāk, itself, is the Brahman. Parabrahman. Not only Brahman here, but Parabrahman in the entire universe. Therefore, tasmē Śrī Gurudeva Namaḥ. Therefore, first adoration, blessing, bow down to the Gurudeva. So this becomes the first worshipped. And that’s called Gaṇeśa. The Īśvara of all, Gajānanda, Ānanda, the bliss, Gurur Brahma, Gurur Viṣṇu, Gurur Devo Maheśvara, Gurur Sākṣāt Parabrahma, Tasmai Śrī Guruve Namaḥ. Who will understand that will be automatically coming to the ātma-jñāna. Dhyāna-mūlaṁ gurumūrti, therefore the roots of the meditation, the source of the meditation, the essence of the meditation, it is called Gurudeva’s form. Those who neglect it are lost. Those who meditate on different forms are lost. You forgot your body. God gave you a beautiful body, and you look to others and say, "I wish I could be so beautiful." God said, "Oh, my love, I gave this person the most beautiful body, but you are looking on the other side." Like in every country of the world, we say, "You see better eating on the neighbor’s plate." But that is not so, as you think. There is a story about Mahātmā Gandhījī in his āśram in Ahmedabad, and there were many people coming and going. Everyone wanted to become a minister. That Gandhiji will ask them to give them some position. So, that one minister came, and what was the duty? Clean the ashram. Go in the village and clean the toilets of the poor people. Clean the bank of the river. Yes, if you want to become a minister. So they are ready to do anything, and then there was eating. So all were sitting in one line and eating. So that one minister, he had one great wish: to sit near Gandhijī and look at what he was eating. So he had a wish, "Gandhījī, can I sit beside you and also enjoy the meal with you?" He said, "No problem, welcome. No salt, no chili, no spices." Gandhiji got a little dal, just like water, a few green leaves, two chapatis, a little vegetables, and the other person got exactly the same thing as Gandhiji. Then something came in Gandhiji’s plate, green-colored chutney. You know what the chutney is? Who doesn’t know? So this much chutney came. Now that minister is saying, himself, "Everything I got is tasteless." But of course, now I can’t refuse. But this chutney must be tasteful. And this he didn’t give me, only thinking. And now he’s thinking, and psychologically, always his eyes are going on the chatni. It is said that when someone gets their food, you should not look at that plate. If food comes to, for example, Arjun Purī, then you should not say, "Oh, so good food." This is not an educated person. Not a social education. And that food becomes, for that person, not anymore eatable. Because you ate it. With your eyes, you ate it. So never look and say, "Wow, looks good, must be tasteful." So many people in India, they will hold plates and say, "Please, come and enjoy." So never, never make this mistake in India. Otherwise, they will say, "Oh, what an uneducated person." Certain things in Europe you should not do. In some countries, the tradition, you know, our Dayā Rāmjī in summer. So, in the Middle East and in India, we drink tea like this, and Gajānanda cannot resist. Oh God! Gajānanda becomes so nervous. So 80% of his body’s energy is burned out. True. You can tell him. All that I’m telling you is reality. Don’t think Swamiji is making up stories. And then they are eating like this. Oh, God. And I told him, "Don’t eat like this." Then he said, "How can I eat otherwise?" I said, "Close your lips." Close the lips and then eat? How should I eat? I said, like this. He said, bite my tongue. After two minutes, he said, "Let me be Indian." Let me enjoy, and after eating, then hand-washing, water. And already in your hand-washing, water in the... ...Already, this is a brush that you wash your hands and fingers with. Then food is good. Then you have to express how you enjoy the food. That is very important. This tradition has come till ex-Yugoslavia. Yes? Then it’s blocked a little bit. Oh, no. This is not easy. You have to express this to your host. That host will say, "Now he enjoyed." Try to do, even if it can’t, you have to demonstrate. And here, if you make like this, "Oh God, go in the bathroom," so certain things are like that. So don’t look in someone’s plate with, "Wow, must be tasteful." Then you’re eating, it’s not eating anymore. I think here also in European countries, a good civilized person will tell the same thing. Don’t look, don’t say, "Wow," you know. I was living with me, living with Māta Jī Katarina, and she was very fine, and always she was telling me, "Don’t do this, don’t do that." One day she invited me with her girlfriend, who was a doctor, now she’s retired also, and we had a nice lunch. After eating, I was doing like this. The katharinya was twisting my skin. I said, "What, again? I will tell you when we come home." Hands on the table. So also our dear Radha, she’s a very, very, how do you say, educated. She’s a very fine way to think. There are few, but this new generation is hopeless. So, his one eye is on the chutney of Gandhiji. Dr. Shanti said long ago, "When you eat, sit and put your hands like this from here to the table, not like that." Especially when someone is sitting beside you at the table, then your hands should be up. Otherwise, you can do something. So this is a social education, a kind of respect. So what is the difference between ego and self-respect? Big difference. Self-respect is not ego, but you are respecting others. And for that, why do you have to wear a nice dress, a proper dress, clean, etc.? Because it’s not for you. We give our respect to others. That’s it. So again, the Gandhiji chutney. And Gandhijī is sitting, and he takes his chapati, and he takes chutney, and he’s eating. And that minister is still not a minister who would like to be, and he’s thinking, "Must be tested." Gandhijī said to the person who was serving food, Oh, you’ve forgotten to give chutney to him also. Give him chutney. And he said, "At least something with good taste." He describes this, not Gandhiji, that person. So he gave one teaspoon, and this person couldn’t resist. He said, "A little more, please." So he gave him two teaspoons. And he took his prasad, chapati, and his hand went automatically to the chutney. And nearly one spoon he put in, he caught the chutney and he ate. Now he doesn’t know what to do. Now you don’t know what to do. If you spit near the garbage, it’s lost. Swallow, it’s a horrible taste. So, like that snake, there’s a particular mouse, and when the snake catches this mouse, then the snake comes to know immediately. If he swallows, he will die. And if he let him out from the mouth, this mouth leaves such a gas, immediately this thing will become blind. So if I leave, I will be blind. If I swallow, I will die. What to do? So the snake is searching for water, a water well, or anything. He dives deep and leaves the mouse out. So that kind of mouse, the snake doesn’t touch. So now he’s trying to swallow, and you know what it was? Gandhiji was eating and looking at him, his face. And Gandhiji said, "Tasteful?" He said, "Yes, sir, that chutney was out of the neem leaves, only neem leaves. That was Gandhiji’s favorite." So therefore, don’t think that on the other plate is something better. God gave you your body, which is most beautiful. Don’t neglect your body. So it’s beautiful. That is that. So what God has given in this world, similarly, these principles are in our body and in the universe. So, dhyāna mūlaṁ guru-mūrti, the most beautiful object for meditation, is the statue or the form or picture of Gurudeva. There is one bhajan, and I am looking for that book, searching for it for a long time, and I only know the first line. I saw thy face, O Gurudev. I don’t like any others. That is because there is a truth and the light, and that is the most divine object for us. Similarly, when you marry someone, you choose your husband and your wife. So the most beautiful woman in the world, in the whole universe, is your wife, and your husband. When you look somewhere else, you make sin. And God is not happy with you. Therefore, it is said, take time. And it will come, what should be yours. Otherwise, it is temporary, then again suffering, again suffering... Similarly, for a spiritual aspirant, when once you choose the Gurudeva, then there is no other anymore. Yes, wisdom you can learn from everyone: their wisdom, their satsaṅg, their blessing. But finally, you have to come to your Gurudev. And worshipable in the whole universe are the holy feet of the Gurudev. And there is one long story. There was one ṛṣi, I think Durvāsa or something, and there was a big problem on the earth. So the ṛṣi was angry. What is God doing? All are suffering. Where is God? All are screaming, "God, God, come God," and he is not here. So that ṛṣi got up and looked, "Where is Viṣṇu?" So he went to the Viṣṇu Loka, to Vaikuṇṭha, and there Bhagavān Viṣṇu is resting like this, and Lakṣmī is giving him a massage, and the ṛṣi became so angry. Vishnu, what are you doing here? All creatures are suffering, and you are resting here. The ṛṣi was so angry, he kicked Viṣṇu on his chest with his feet. There are the ṛṣis, these are the yogīs. They dare to kick God, and God will not be angry. God will bless him, but you have to be like that yogī. Otherwise, you can’t come even near. So, in the Purāṇas, I have written this whole story about what I am telling you. And there is a beautiful poem on it, but I have forgotten. I am getting old. Bhagavān Viṣṇu holds the feet of the ṛṣi, and Bhagavān Viṣṇu said, "I am sorry. Your lotus feet, I hope it was not hurt. My body is like iron, so hard, and your feet are so gentle, O Ṛṣi." And he’s holding the feet and washing his feet, please. Don’t be angry with me, but you kicked my heart, so I give you a blessing: always your feet will be worshipped as holy feet. And from that time on, washing the feet of the holy saints is coming from God Viṣṇu. That time, when these people... Are you not doing in four gates? Then the Master has to explain them. So they did not wash the feet of Jesus. So at least he brought them to wash their feet. If it is like that, but Jesus was washing his Master’s feet too. So it is not only fairy tales, the reality is there. So you know what padam padam... means? Feet, and padam means lotus, lotus. Charanakama Fadha Anganien Data, Charanakama Anganien Dharam, Kodina Nishik Adsoyate Isachandakaro Charanakama. So, in our bhajans, the whole essence of the Vedas, Upaniṣads, Gītā, Bhāgavata, all are in our bhajans. And this is from those times of the ṛṣis. So the best mantra is the Guruvākyā. And if you follow the Guruvākyā, you will be successful. Don’t deny the Guru Bhakti. Don’t try to say, "My knowledge, I am better, you are wrong." There are so many disciples; they argue with me a lot. They want to show themselves as best, so I said, "Yes, my dear, you are the best one to go down." So Guruvākyā, all holy scriptures are Guruvākyā. All Vedas are Brahmavākyā, Guruvākyā. And Rāmāyaṇa, Gītā, Qur’ān, Bible—these are all holy words. Understand and follow. So mantra mūlaṁ guruvākyaṁ. The roots, the essence of the mantra, is the instruction, the words, and that mantra which your master gave you. Follow on, how it will be, but only for the selfishness. Don’t follow. OK, I will try. There is no bargaining. In Gurudwara’s kingdom, there is no bargaining. And if you don’t follow, temporarily, for your happiness, you will be happy. Finally, you will be crying again, again lost. Moksha, liberation, ātmā-jñāna, will finally only be through the kṛpā of the Gurudeva. Kripa means kindness, mercy, happiness, blessing. That will cut the thread to let us enter into the Brahmaloka: Mokṣa, Mūlaṁ, Guru, Kṛpā. So for that kṛpā, we are working. What we are doing is guru-sevā. For what we are doing, Seva. We hope that Gurudev is blessed. He has blessed me. He’s happy, and I am blessed. But it takes a long time. Not that you do today’s seva and in the morning you think you are liberated. In the morning you are not liberated, and by the third day you say, "No, it’s all nothing." Many, many lives. So there are many different bhajans that I have made my whole life. Therefore, mantra is that power, and that power, the mantra, is a seed. It should go in our heart. Our heart is that field; there is the best soil inside, and that is love. So love, bhakti, the jñāna, vairāgya, tyāga, etc., this comes in our heart. When this seed comes in the heart, then it sprouts. So Gurudev gives you only a seed. Now you have to put it in the heart. Or you think, "These seeds are very good; I will fry them and make my salad." Little seed, I got it, okay? Good. And the bird will eat it, so whatever we get, it is holy for us. Of course, you must not do... I am telling myself, whatever things remain from Mahāprabhujī. Whatever we could get from me is the holiest thing, and whatever is from Holy Gurujī remains. All our bhaktas preserve it as it is, especially our Swāmī Phūlpurī in Jadān. Everything from Mahāprabhujī, Gurujī, and Devapurījī is kept so holy and carefully. So we have in Viena ashram Mahāprabhujī’s holy sandals, Mahāprabhujī’s shirt, walking stick, water pot. What do we need more? So many things from Mahāprabhujī we have in Vienna, slowly, slowly I got from India, and there is one pair of shoes which I got. It is in my pillow, and suddenly from my pillow disappeared one, and it’s Mānsā Devī’s. Pillow, so she’s also having Mahāprabhujī’s shoes. Why not? It has a value. If you have a value, then you utilize it, but not utilize to wear shoes of Mahāprabhujī. Never, never. It is a holy. So it is our inner feeling that is our bhakti. Where there is love, nothing is dirty. Where there is love, there is nothing old. And when there is no love, then everything is gone. So Guru Vakya, mantra, that is beautiful and important. Then our sādhanā will be perfect. Otherwise, searching here and there, changing things, is not good. Changing partners, you will not be happy. You can do it, but I can tell you as a Guru Vakya, you will not be happy. One German philosopher said, "To see the blue sky, you need not travel anywhere." You will see the blue sky here where you are. So, Guru Bhakti, very good, very nice. You know one story in Līlā Amṛt? One man came with his young son. His son was about 20 years old, and they were singers. 20 is a little child. No, till 30 years, 25 and 30, we call this a young child. Still, the milk of the mother is reflecting on the lips, so at least preserve this mother’s milk. After 25 years, you can decide to marry or have someone. If you prefer to do it, then you are lost. So this singer, yeah, you have to come again next life. So it was by the sunset time, and both decided to go to Kato. From Duna. And tomorrow morning, at 10 o’clock, they want to go by train. And from Duna to Ashram is just one kilometre, one and a half kilometres. Mahāprabhujī said, "Don’t go, it will be dark and you will not find a way." They said, "Well, we know the way." And often we come and go. Mahāprabhujī said, "It’s your choice." But you will have problems if you’re getting dark. So they went, and when they went about, let’s say, 300 meters far, there came such a storm, a sandstorm. You can’t see left and right. Maximum, 10 meters. So they were walking towards Kathu. But they were walking in a different direction. Three, four rounds they went around the Dūnāśram. Then they came to one tree. So they both, father and son, climbed the tree. Because of the wildlife, they spent the whole night on the tree. And barding, when the dawn came, and the storm was finished. They see the Duna, Mahāprabhujī’s, about 100 meters away. They came down. Mahāprabhujī said, "I told you." But you said you will do, and you will go. I was thinking to send a blanket for you, but you should experience that you do not follow the Guruvākya. He said, "Gurujī, I will never, ever say it like that." So he was always a follower, a faithful follower. So with this, this program finished.