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Om Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ... Śrīdīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavānakī, Devādideva, Deveśvara Mahādevakī, Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandajī Bhagavānakī, Alakpurījī Mahādevakī. Good evening to all dear ones here and in different countries. Blessings are coming from the Alakpurījī Siddhāpīṭha Paramparā in Jaipur, Bhārat, Rajasthan. This evening, I wish to share a glimpse of the Alakpurījī Siddha Pīṭha Paramparā. Where are the roots of this holy seat, this Gāḍī, this Pīṭha, and how did it begin? Without a paramparā, without a lineage, you have no clear path. It is easy for practitioners to follow that path, which is called Sanātana. Sanātana is a highway. Those who do not have the paramparā, who do not have the roots, are on what is called a Pagdandī—a footpath. The main path is Sanātana, which has an origin. A footpath may lead us into the forest for a while and then disappear. This is how, nowadays, many people—after reading some books, practicing some postures in so-called yoga, doing a little breathing and concentration, closing their eyes and calling it meditation—end up sitting a long time and beginning to sleep. What is called Sahaja Samādhi, Sahaja Yoga—that is not the true Sahaja Samādhi. True Sahaja Samādhi, Sahaja Yoga, is still connected to our origin, to the paramparā. We are all Indians, Bhāratīyas. Wherever we go, people ask, "From which country are you?" I say I am Indian. I am Bhāratīya. What is the evidence? My passport. I belong here. Yes, I am a human, and the whole earth is my home. But still, when the question of nationality comes, I am Indian. It is India, and it is the President of India who protects the citizens of India. It doesn’t matter where you are. All our documents state: from our President to this passport holder, please help support this passport holder who is a citizen of India. Similarly, whose son are you? Whose daughter are you? Who are your parents? If you say, "I don’t know," then you are lost, anāth (orphaned). You don’t know where your mother and father are, so you have to adopt somewhere and something. But you are lost. You cannot perform pitṛ pūjā (ancestral worship). You cannot follow your ancestors because you don’t know them. So you have no paramparā. In the same way, a spiritual practitioner, a sādhaka, follows one spiritual path or the teaching of one master. That master was also a disciple; he had a master. The master bestowed his knowledge and blessing upon his disciple, who becomes the successor. When you have no master, you become what is called a manmukhī. There is gurumukhī and there is manmukhī. Who is the gurumukhī? It means one who is initiated by a master, and that master was initiated by his master. There is a paramparā—the lineage, the roots. From the top of the tree, from that branch, you follow down to the branches, to the trunk, and then to the roots. There are my roots. In Kali Yuga, many people are manmukhī, and therefore they have no roots. After a while, this plant will dry up, and with a little wind, it will be blown away. Tumhārā nām niśān bhī nahī̃ hai. No evidence, no sign, no name. You are lost. Therefore, in the Rāmāyaṇa, it is said: Hey Rāma, your whole life you followed your discipline, your rules. Now the last test is: do you want to give death to Lakṣmaṇa or not? You are emotional because he is your brother. You can't do what you must do. If you will not do it, then tumhāre jo maryādā puruṣottam par pānī phir jāyegā. You have seen all happiness and sorrow from birth, you went to the forest, into exile, Sītā was abducted, your father... He said, despite living with all the brothers, there was no one at the end of his father’s life. There was a fight in Laṅkā. You have seen all the hardships, but you have come to the truth. In the end, you had promised that if someone comes inside, he will be sentenced to death. I did not say for what reason someone will come or not. So Lakṣmaṇa came and said, "How do I tell him?" It is very difficult. This means that when you go out of your spiritual lineage, you are lost. You may find other masters, but that is like having adopted parents. They are not your real parents. The love of a real mother and the love of a real father—you cannot compare it with the love of an adopted father. If you don't know who your father and mother are, and you are adopted by someone, you feel they are your father and mother. But when the real one comes, automatically the heart will surrender to that mother, thinking, "This is my mother." In America, once, a lady had a child. She was going to work, and there was a babysitter. From birth until four years, the child was with the babysitter. The babysitter said, "It’s my child," and the real mother said, "It’s my child." So there was a fight, and they went to court. They fought for one year. They tested their blood, genes, everything. But each claimed the child. So the judge said, "All right, I will find out who is the mother. Both mothers are standing there." The judge said, "Chop off the head of the child." They brought a knife. The real mother said, "Śiva, please don’t do this. Give him to her. My child, but don’t do this to my child. This is her child, take it." The real mother said, "You take it, but 'my child, my child'..." The one to whom the child truly belonged, whose attachment was real, she went to peace. Similarly, on the spiritual path, once you adopt your master, you should not go away. If you go away, you have adopted someone else, and you don't have that love of the real parents. It means you lack the real blessings. Therefore, do not be disloyal to your master and your parents' paramparā. That one will come. So, gurumukhī is one who has a mantra, initiations, and is following that paramparā. Manmukhī is a self-made master, with intellectual knowledge from reading many books, this and that. Vo to kahī na jā, yehī jāyegā. But you are not a master. Tons of theory are nothing compared to a gram of practice. So reality is reality. India has its culture, tradition, knowledge, and research that follow its roots. Nowadays, religions change in such a way that your roots are rotten. You don't know where your roots are. Your roots have been destroyed by the traditions of today. Therefore, our paramparā is the Alakpurījī Siddha Pīṭha Paramparā. Ālakpurījī was a great saint at the time of Bhagavān Śiva. Alakpurījī lived and is still living. Between Kedārnāth and Badrināth, near Swarga Rohiṇī, there is a place called Alaknanda Tāl in the Alaknanda Valley. From where the river flows, it is called Alaknanda. This is in the name of Alakpurījī, and that is our paramparā. There is a cave of Alakpurījī. There is a cave of Devpurījī. For all our devotees, followers, their holy place, holy tīrtha, is there between Kedārnāth and Badrināth, where the Pāṇḍavas traveled, and only Yudhiṣṭhira could go through. So the Alakpurījī Siddha Pīṭha Paramparā is our roots. When we come here and take Mantra Dīkṣā from this Siddha Pīṭha, this Pīṭha will guide you. That blesses you. This is called Dharma. Once, a king came and gave the law for his kingdom. The rājā came and gave all the property of his kingdom and said, "I am making a new rule. This is the rule of our kingdom. All the people in our kingdom will follow this rule. But the Rājā is not bound by this rule. The Rājā will do whatever he wants." Then a Gurudev, a Sant, came. He brought a stick. The king was sitting on the throne of his kingdom. The saint, the Mahātma Gurudev, came and hit him on the head with the stick three times. Whose? The Rājā’s. "Hey Rājā! Dharma daṇḍ! Dharma daṇḍ!..." He will beat you if you disrespect the rules of the kingdom. So the king had said, "This is the law of the kingdom, and everyone has to follow it, the citizen of my kingdom. But the king is not obliged to follow these rules because I am the king." Then the Gurudev, the saint, came with a stick and beat the king three times on the head. "King, this stick is a dharma daṇḍa. Daṇḍa means a stick. This stick is dharma daṇḍa. Dharma daṇḍa, dharma daṇḍa, dharma daṇḍa. This daṇḍa, this dharma will punish you." Since that time, sādhus have sticks in their hands. Śāntakī hāth meṁ daṇḍā hotā hai. Christians also have a stick, but that is called a shepherd's stick—those who feed the goats have the stick. So the Christians gather people like goats. But Sanātana Dharma is Sanātana Dharma. Sanātana Dharma is a science. Sanātana Dharma is universal. The coming and going, the clouds, the rain, everything that is happening, the rising and setting sun and moon—everything that is happening is sanātana. It is not only "my Bhagavān, your Bhagavān." This is not so. There is no Bhagavān, only one Brahman. Ekko brahma dvitīya nāsti. So, jitne bhi avatāra hai, usab usi kān se mame vaso jīva loke jīva bhūta sanātan. Therefore, be loyal to your guru, to the Būgāḍī Pīṭha, our Siddha Pīṭha, the Alakpurījī Siddha Pīṭha. You are all connected, blessed, and followers of this holy chair. After the successor comes, that one will sit. If you do not find a proper successor, there will be only the holy sandals of the master’s holy feet. No one has a right to sit there. We worship the Pādukā. Therefore, it is said, "Guru Pādukā bhiyo namah." Pādukā bhiyo namaḥ. That’s it. When the yogī, that realized Self, possesses that quality, then of course that will be ceremonial. With a grand process, this will be brought and placed on this holy chair. Sobh Mahārvaḍ says, "What does it say? It is not for you, it is for your dhanīrī. It is not for you, because you have the power of Rājgadī. It is not for you, it is for your dhanīrī. It is not for you, it is for your dhanīrī.... It is not for you, it is for your dhānī. Your master is like this. If you have done wrong deeds, if you have done something wrong, then you are not worthy of it. You may be sitting, but your disciple will not get anything. That power will go back." It is not that I have a diploma. I am a doctor. I am an engineer. There is no diploma. There is only one knowledge and devotion. Devotion is the only thing that can take you to God, that can take you to the Guru. That’s all for today. I will end my speech here. Today, that is just what I wanted to tell. Tomorrow and the coming days we will see; we will have satsaṅg and lectures. Śrī Alakpurījī Mahādev, Devpurījī Mahādev, Satguru Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān, Madhavānandajī Bhagavān, Satya Sanātana, Alakpurījī Paramparā.