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First of all, I would like to tell you and congratulate you: today is the anniversary of our Yoga in Daily Life Mother Center in Vienna. For 40 years, the divine light, the eternal light, has been burning there in Śikhaṇe Tṛgase. Can you imagine the power of that light? It has spread throughout the whole world. Many bhaktas from around the world come there, and many have performed seva, service, for some years, months, and days. Our Mother Center—what we call the Ālakpurījī Siddha Pīṭh Paramparā—is in Vienna. Also very historical is the place and one organization called the Śrī Svāmī Madhavānandajī World Peace Council. This is an NGO registered in Austria. The Austrian government, and especially the Austrian members to the United Nations headquarters in New York, helped very much. They asked the government of Austria, and the answer was very positive; they said they strongly support us. So our Śrī Svāmī Madhavānanda World Peace Council is an NGO in the United Nations. This International Council of World Peace, Śrī Svāmī Madhavānanda, is recognized as a non-profit organization for many subjects—peace, environment, and spirituality—and for supporting the United Nations. In the United Nations, we have two more NGOs: one is Yoga in Daily Life of Australia, and one is Yoga in Daily Life United America. So we have three NGOs, and each has a specialization. The member or president of our NGOs is known as an observer in public, to observe the situation: what happens, how things are going, and so on. For example, I am the observer of how many people are working for the environment, water, forest, education, etc. This all comes from Vienna, and the mother seat for Vienna is, of course, in India: the Ālakpurījī’s kingdom. So it matches together—the United Nations and Ālakpurījī’s kingdom. It is something balancing. Then comes Kailāś Āśram, Devpurījī. Then comes Khaṭū, Barikhaṭū. Then comes Bolāguḍā, Nīpal, Jaipur, and now Jadān, as well as Lelyāś in New Delhi. So Austria, which you know is your neighbor country, they are supportive, good people. Vienna is in the World Health Organization. Many times, Vienna is the best city for the environment and to live in. Very often, it comes to Vancouver and Vienna; sometimes one other city in Europe. But from our point of view, there is less criminality and less pollution, good air, so nearly every second or third year Vienna is chosen and is on the list. The next is New Delhi, declared as polluted. No, declared Jadān. Jadān Āśram is free of pollution, and we try very hard so water, our trees, everything is very good. Now, there is one city called Pālī, district Pālī, and there is one college for very many years. It has a big, big area of land. Mostly, some functions are held when a few thousand people are collected, gathered—ten, twenty, twenty-five thousand, forty thousand people. In India, that is little. Just now, our Śrī Svāmī Oṁ Śrī Ālakpurījī Siddha Pīṭh Paramparā donated for one thousand trees in that area. It is a lot of money. It will take five years for these trees to grow. There will be care for these trees: tree guards, watering, looking after, different kinds of trees. If some tree dies, we will replace it with a new one. The last time I was there, we planted one peace tree and a thousand trees more. I gave the name to this park: Śānti Park, the peace park. It was about 8-10 thousand euros donated by our organization. Like this, we are doing everywhere. This year, you have to please give the numbers: how many trees have you planted, or what have you been doing that is good for the environment? This would be very good. This divine light in Vienna—for 40 years constantly, this light is burning. It is said that after 12 years, if the light is continuously there, then it is called a mini-yuga. So this light has a power. When we have darśan, we wish for our wish fulfillment, as a prayer for health, for spirituality. That is the divine light. That is the light of Gurudeva. So light in my heart—that is the light from our āśram, Śikhā Nidrā. Many, many people come from far, different countries to have darśan there. Now we have transferred light to Gurujī Āśram, which you know also. That is also the light there, but Śikhaṇedra Gāse is Śikhaṇedra Gāse. Holī Gurujī came to Vienna three times. He stayed there. Holī Gurujī stayed one or two months, one and a half months or two months, in Hemlatā’s house. Because of the three floors of climbing, Gurujī had a problem with the knee. This is a heritage house, so they are not allowed to have a lift. It is historical. Though there is enough space for a lift for 20 people, till now they said no, no, and no. But many of you know, you have been there, and if not, you should go there and have darśan. That light is around the whole world. Since I came to Europe, you know how many thousands and thousands and millions of people have received mantra blessings. So today is the anniversary, and we thank our Austrian bhaktas. This is that. Devpurījī said the seed takes time to grow into a large tree. This spiritual seed has grown so large, it is covering the whole globe. Thanks to all of you, and I admire you, and I am very happy for you that you realize this and you helped far to bring people to this divine light. Many systems and changes, many people changed the path, many things happened. But you all kept together because you understood what is Mahāprabhujī and Gurujī and Devapurījī and now Ālakpurījīs. So in your mind, in your thoughts, in your acts, in your words, and in your feelings, there is always satsaṅg. And so you are inspiring others. Of course, everyone has a household duty; you have your work. But you are on your path, and it was a long time. Can you imagine forty years? And three or four years before that, it was not an āśram. It was, but a different āśram. Someone had an āśram, and they couldn’t take care of it, and they went away, so they invited me and gave it to me. Then, after one and a half years or two years, I left India. To India, everything was closed. But there were so many people, friends, disciples, and friends, and I said, "I will not come back. And if I come, then I will make our own āśram." But I did not want to come anymore—homesick and everything, you know. So it happens to everyone. I went there, and in two months, letters began to come: "Please come back, please come back." And so I came back to Vienna, and then it took me one or two years to establish an āśram in Śikhaṇedra. It was a great support from our territories, from the Soviet Union’s territories, and also from ex-Yugoslavia—they are all here now. It was not as easy as we think today. In India, we used to say, "Gurujī, bhakti karte ho, Gurudev? Are you doing bhakti?" Or sādhanā? So Gurujī said, "So Gurujī, are you doing tapasyā, bhakti?" Tato tapasyā není snadná. There are many different conflicts about culture and religion. But there is life. It is like this: when you make one saṅkalpa, then do not change your saṅkalpa. Especially then, difficulties will come. Especially, some doubts will come. Many obstacles will come—physically, mentally, socially, spiritually, financially. But you keep on with your saṅkalpa, and so it bears fruit. Now, through this, you helped others. How many thousands and thousands have received help, physically and spiritually? This is the biggest or best work. And now it is in your hands how you will continue. That light will always be with you, and that is very nice to know. So let us sing one bhajan. Which bhajan shall we sing? One bhajan we shall sing. The meaning of this bhajan is: whatever obstacles come or anything, forget it. Just repeat the name of Mahāprabhujī. Concentrate on Mahāprabhujī, and all will be okay, because Mahāprabhujī is the divine incarnation, and he is outside and inside, divine and equal. This bhajan is very good. Holī Gurujī wrote this bhajan. So, today our Gajananjī decided to sing again. Dīpanār Bhagavān Kī, Ālak Purījī Mahādev, Devpurījī Bhagavān Kī, Sanātana Rāmaṇa. Śrī Padmanābha Govannakīrti chai. So, Tamasvāmī Karadeva Nātyarānīha bhajjoremanva dhipadayā, ebhajjoremanva jadipadayā, sarjunga-rūpa-daryo Hari-chakme jīva ke prati pāre, jīva ke prati pāre, antara bahara hai, paripūram jyoti hai thara. Viṣad jor e manda budi ipa dayā dhā jor e manda ipa dayā prāṁ puruṣottam asvāmī dhā jor e. Bhava, na chutte. God bless you. Pradabrahma Puruṣottama Svāmī, Pradabrahma Puruṣottama Svāmī. Doing positive work means an interest in all creatures and for the vegetation, as well as to keep clean the rivers, lakes, ponds, and oceans. It is not easy to get liberation because of the acts that humans are doing. It is not that which can liberate them. Many do not know because they are educated in that way. But if love awakens in the heart towards every creature, then the light of God shines in the heart. It does not matter if you have a particular uniform—a uniform of some monk, or a priest, or a paṇḍit, or a svāmī, etc., or a normal person, or bhaktas. The very clear thing is this: if we take the blood out of our finger for measuring the blood sugar, even if you are testing every day, you still feel pain. Maybe some of you do not feel it because you do not do it, and I hope you will not do it. Any kind of pain is not pleasant. To imprison someone, to kill someone—it is not easy for the one who is dying. Now, someone came to me who was in the Far East somewhere. There was some kind of exhibition or something for Asia, and I asked her how it was. She said, "Yes, it was," but I said, "What is ‘but’?" Mostly only meat and fish. Fish is also meat. You have seen definitely sometimes that when a fish is caught out of the water, first they throw some kind of hook. Can you imagine something? Someone throws a hook in your throat and then carries you out of the water. Even when we eat something and it sticks in the throat, that is a coconut when we are chewing long, and we are coughing, and when you are unpleasant, we are coughing and coughing. So, how much is this creature, the fish, suffering? They say, "Like a fish without water." Taḍap, taḍap, marjajrī. Suffering, suffering,... and then it dies. That fish does not die once; it dies every second from that minute when the hook comes in the throat. The throat can be a human’s, an elephant’s, a dog’s, a cat’s, a cow’s, or a buffalo’s—anyone. Now, there is one word which I do not like, and this is developing. Last, some sensories are developing already for a few centuries, and we live a few decades. It is the word "humanitarian." But what is behind this? Now, people think, the children think, the youth think, that to serve and save the humans means all other animals we can do what we will with. So, day by day, they are killing. And how do they kill? How do they keep them? So, how are you going to be liberated instead of doing such karma? So do not say that person said this, and that spiritual said that, or Jesus was giving the fish, and this and that, all. It is said: when there is nothing to eat, then, to survive, you may take a human life. Otherwise, you have no right to eat or kill any life. God gave you life, and God gave others also life. Who are you to take life away? That suffering, as long as the creature is alive, there is immense, immense pain, and no one listens. We call it mūk prāṇī, except the humans. So mukh prāṇī means they cannot speak to you. They cannot tell you, "Please do not do to me," because you do not understand. We see the slaughtering of cows and some animals. You will not see, but in cows they are whipping out of pain, the tears falling, and screaming. In the body, the spasms—it is not easy to let cut the neck. And so, it is not easy to take a fish out and just kill it. So it does not matter how much you keep talking and you tell the arguments. "But you can do. My religion does not prohibit. We can do." What religion? Do not bring religion between. It is a question between life and death and the pain. That is it. So that is called torturing. That is called hiṃsā. And that should not be. We are human, and we should understand the pain of others, but many do not know. They are not taught, and they do not think. They bring a live fish into the kitchen, hold it, and cut it with a knife. Can you imagine? How can you bring and see this act? Therefore, I can see you are the saint. You understood, and you are vegetarian. You do not kill, and so I can tell you: you are standing on the door of the Brahmaloka, on the waiting list. So, take care and wait. Your number will come to Brahmaloka. But slowly, slowly, slowly. Because sometimes we cannot tell somebody directly; they do not have that compassion that we live. It is just better. It is said: to save means to save. Protection is in protection, and then you can say that it is your way of protection. Protection is in protection. If you want to protect yourself, then you protect others. So if you want to drive and make an accident, then you will die and the other one will die also. So if you want to protect yourself, then first protect others too. So it is not a question of eating what you eat; sooner or later, you will die, and me too. But that kind of food, where one has to offer their life, that Parampitā Parameśvara will not forgive. There is only one God. There are not many gods. We call them human. So there is only one human. So it is okay, how many males and females, but it is one. That is because of the humans. So similarly, is God himself too? Can you imagine? In boiling water, they catch a cat and dip it in the boiling water. And after two to three minutes, they take it out and put it in ice-cold water. And then they take out, like this, the whole skin goes out, and they leave this cat in the cold water, and she is inside still, she is alive still, like this, breathing, and dies. If we, in hot water, one drop comes on our hand, we say, "Ooh, hot, hot..." So that minute, that second, that is the most painful. That jīvā, taḍap, taḍap, marjahiri. That is one bhajan. So, which is the bhajan? Taḍap, taḍap, marjahiri. So the bhajan is, the bhajan is... I know, I know. Eh? Mm-hmm. Pew, pew. Papaya bole. Yeah? Yeah? There is one bhajan. Do we have one bhajan? Yeah, yeah, but it is not... Okay. Siddhi Prāṇa Bhagavān. Satguru Satsaṅghīyārī. First, let the singer. We do not know which melody he or she will sing. And if we immediately begin to sing with them, then we spoil or make angry the singer. Then the singer will say, "Okay, you sing." So let the singer sing a little first, and then after we will join, okay? So you must have good nerves to hold back. Satt guru satt saṅkhī āryālo vissā nena bhara jāvī dāttaḥ. Alo āvissā nena bhara jāvī guru sattva-saṅghi ārya-lo. Nasruvara-haṁsa-bhīrājī, Nasruvara-haṁsa-bhīrājī, utinahito haṁsa-khyākā-bhīrāma, yinayitho haṁsa kya kha guru-sattva-saṅghī-yāryalo, abhessa nena parjāve rām. Abheṣa nena parjāve rām Guru Satsaṅgī Āryo, Eṣa Vedatā, Eṣa Vajabhā. Guru Satsaṅgī Āryo, Guru Sat Āryo, Tap, Tap... Parmān parīyo nīra guru satsaṅgī āryo. Guru sat vajabha esā vajabha vedatā bharu satsaṅgī āryo. Kahi nitha hota jaha satsaṅg, Parbhagi Soi Jan Paave Rāma. Parbhagi Soi Jan Paave Rāma, besā nena bhara jāve Rāma. Besā nena bhara jāve, Guru sattva saṅghi āryo. This is a beautiful bhajan from Mahāprabhujī. To je krásný bhajan od Mahāprabhujīho. And you know all, mostly. So Mahāprabhujī said, "I am longing for all my friends, bhaktas of the satsaṅg." Because satsaṅg is the best time of life. Satsaṅg is a boat to cross the ocean of ignorance. And so Mahāprabhujī said, "I am looking forward to, or longing for, my satsaṅg." Like a fish without water is suffering and suffering and... dies without water. Also the Paramahaṁsa, the swan—there are many swans, but the Paramahaṁsa swan is very rare. We cannot realize which is the Paramahaṁsa, but that Paramahaṁsa does not eat fish or different things; only the pearl which is lying on the bottom. And also, there is one bird. At a particular time—this month now—she is suffering to drink the water, but only that which falls directly through to her mouth. A takové satsaṅgī jsou vzácné. And we all are longing for those drops, means those words of the nectar, words of the wisdom. So, Mahāprabhujī said, fortunate are they who can come to satsaṅg. Do not mix the satsaṅg, but there is karma. What is the strength of your jīva, your soul? It does not have that power. When the satsaṅg comes, then the kāl, the life, the death, the karma gives a slip on the cheek. That is a karmic slip. Move forward for a fair day. Turn your mouth, your face somewhere, the other direction. Požehnání. Ālak Purījī Mahādev, Mādhav Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān, Satya Sanātana Dharma, Bhārat Mātā Kī, Oṁ Śānti, Śānti, Śānti. Viśva Guru Mahām Andhraswastī Svayam Āyuṣvarānandajī Guru, Devakī Jayā.