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Good evening. Blessings of Śrī Alakhpurījī, Siddha Pīṭha Paramparā. How are you, everybody? Warm, that’s right. Remember last seminar in winter? One opens the window, the other closes the window. That is the Sanātana Dharma. Every season changes according to Sanātana Dharma. The entire function, what we call nature, all the seasons, day and night, for Pūrṇimā and Amāvasyā, all is according to the Sanātana Dharma. Whatever we can see through the eye is Sanātana. What you hear through the ears is Sanātana. Everything that is functioning in our body, Sanātana Dharma is the eternal dharma. It is not a man-made dharma, but it is the eternal dharma. Ādi and Ādi, there is no beginning and no end. That’s Sanātana Dharma. So, Sanātana Dharma kī jaya. Very good. How do you know? How did you know that? Alakh Purījī Mahādeva, Kī Jai, Devpurījī Mahādeva, Kī Jai, Satguru Svāmī Mādhavānandjī Bhagavān, Kī Jai, Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān, Kī Jai, Hindu Dharma Samrāṭ Satguru Svāmī Mādhavānandjī Bhagavān, Kī Jai, Satya Sanātana Dharma, Kī Jai, Bhārata Mātā Kī Jai, Gajarānandjī Mahārāj, Mahārāj, Kī Jai, very good, very nice, Akhiyā Satguru Jai. Satguru Swami Mādhavānandjī Bhagavān, Kī Jai, Satya Sanātana Brahma, Kī Jai, Alakh Purī Jī Mahādeva, Kī Jai, Akṣaya Satguru Caraṇome Lagī, Holī Gurujī saying, my eyes, my look, my visions are all the times on the lotus feet of the Gurujī. So, prāṇa. How do you forget again? All the questions will be asked. So you never know in which words Swāmījī speaks. You have to swallow each and every word as a nectar of knowledge and wisdom. Yoga. Yoga is one. Yoga means union, joint, oneness. Our ātmā and Paramātmā, both are the same, but at the present, this Jīvātmā, it is far from Paramātmā. Far means our ignorance between. So, otherwise it is said, "Sabhī Prāṇī Merī Ātmā Hai." Every entity is my ātmā. Sabhī prāṇī mēri ātmā prāṇī. You see, again we are in the prāṇa. Víte, sabhī prāṇī, znovu jsme u tématu prāṇī. Who is having prāṇa? The tree is also prāṇī, and this prāṇī is, all is my ātmā, myself. Ātmā so pramātmā, and this ātmā is the pramātmā. So, yoga unites. Yoga unites. Ignorance divides. Knowledge unites. Ignorance divides. The aim of yoga is to become one. When Krishna left this world, all bhaktas, his bhaktas, were crying. Gopīs. Gopīs means the female disciples. And gopā means the male disciples. That’s it. So you see how many gopīs are sitting here, and how many gopā are sitting here. And Krishna is sitting here, Mahāprabhujī. So we are all bhaktas. When Krishna left this world, the bhaktas were crying, and more pain was felt, mostly by the gopīs. We know that women are more emotional. That emotion of the bhakti, so Uddhava was Kṛṣṇa’s friend. Uddhava was Kṛṣṇa’s friend. In Ujjain, where Kumbha Melā was, there is a school where Kṛṣṇa went to school. So that there are so many people going to see, Ṛṣi Sandīpani. The name of Kṛṣṇa’s master was Sāndīpani, and Rāma’s guru was Vasiṣṭha. Ramakrishna, who is greater than Rāma and Kṛṣṇa? They also had a guru, though they are the god of all three worlds. But still, they surrendered to the Gurudeva. So who are we? That we can’t surrender. So we have here, arrow. Here, we can’t surrender. So this arrow, we have to take it away. Then we can go. Then we can go down, you know, the men. The men. The man, man is the man, always. Man is here, mind decides. Man says, "I have knowledge," so this is the man. And the neck is the woman, by the eyes of her, carrying all the weight of the man. So man decides. Man decides, but man cannot say yes or no. He needs permission from the woman, the neck. If the neck allows, you can say yes. Or, neck allows, you can say no. So this is just frozen knowledge. It is not flexibility. So, thanks to the neck, the woman. So, you know, at home, the married man knows very well. Yes. So, the women are bhakti, devotion. So both should be together. Don’t only use this one, but you have to come from here down to here. Then the message goes from here to here. Then it validates your decision. So decide, speak with love. Humbleness, mercy, kindness, respect, tolerance. This all signal comes from the woman. Oḍ bhakti. Carpet bombs are falling there. The bombs are going down, falling down. That is without devotion, without bhakti. Dry intellect is very dangerous. And colored into the, or sink into the bhakti. It becomes divine. So, even God said, "Kṛṣṇa, well, he was a little naughty boy," we must tell, yes, but we love, and where there is love, there is no naughty. So, every little child is a Kṛṣṇa. And they went to Yaśodā to complain that your child is so naughty. He broke this, he broke that in my room, in the house. We closed the room. He’s inside, come and see. So they locked the door. They locked Kṛṣṇa inside. Oh, sister, praṇām! Now, how can they complain? He is here. Other dress. Eating. Saying, "Praṇām." They go home. So many, many, many times. So all these gopīs, ladies, they were very angry. So one day they caught him in the room, and they said, "We will tie him to the pillar." So they tried to tie him with iron chains. They broke. The other rope broke. The cloth tie broke on him. Nothing can tie him, so one Gopī was very clever. Yes, she was very clever. She said, "I will tie him here." And Kṛṣṇa said, "Yes." Krishna was not sure, but that Gopī went to her room and found a little piece of rope, nearly rotten, you can break it like that, and she said, "Krishna, now you cannot break the rope." This rope is a rope of love, so he held his hand like this. They tied him to the pillar, and they all went to Yaśodā. See, Yaśodā, where is your Kṛṣṇa? What is he doing? And all the gopīs were standing there, so Krishna’s friends, Gopā, they said, "Krishna, what are you doing?" You can’t tear or break the rope. Do it. Don’t stand here like an innocent. Yaśodā will come. She will pull your ears. He said it will not be. Then why don’t you break the rope? Kṛṣṇa said, it’s written in the Bhagavad Gītā. So Kṛṣṇa said, "My friends, in the entire universe, there is no power that can tie me, but there is one power that I cannot break." Love. Devotion. To break. If there is a letter, I can read it. But I cannot read to you my kismat. If it’s wood, I can break it. But love I can’t break, and that love is bhakti. So from the heart, the message goes to the brain. And from the brain comes the request to the heart. Both together give the best judgment, so before you say something, from here, you should come here, and let it go from here to here. So these are both together, Māyā, the Brahma, and Prakṛti. These are two, but they have to be in harmony. So, yoga. So these Gopīs are crying, and they went to Uddhava. So one Gopī went and requested, "Hi Uddhava, please tell us, what is the difference between yoga and Vyoga?" What is the difference between yoga and Vyoga? Vyoga means separation. When there is yoga, there is unity. And when there is separation, there is also unity in Viyoga. Yogīs live in the forest. Viyogī ke hṛde basat he, but who feel the separation, there have pain, they live here. So, what is the best yoga? Show us. So, when you unite, you become one. And the separation, you are again all one. So yoga means uniting. Yoga is that prāṇa, that principle which unites the space and consciousness and harmonizes the entire universe. That’s yoga. Now, this is in our body, many different kinds of yoga. Yoga. Yoga is only yoga. That has a copyright, Śiva. Shiva gave the knowledge, or vidyā, of yoga. He taught Pārvatī. He taught for the well-being of humans and different kinds of yoga. So, Patañjali modified the definition of yoga. Before, once also, the same. But Patañjali put it a little bit more systematically. And there he writes four yogas. Patañjali was one of the best psychologists and the best scientists. He knew everything about the body, mind, consciousness, awareness, everything. Patañjali Ṛṣi, but before also. Before, I also knew. So there comes Haṭha Yoga. Vajrājā Yoga, Kriyā Yoga, Sahaja Yoga, Haṭha Yoga, many, many yogas. So, Hatha Yoga. And the definition of that yoga goes to the prāṇāyāma. In the nāḍīs, Iḍā and Piṅgalā, Yamunā and Gaṅgā. So, Iḍā is the Ha, and Piṅgalā is the Tha. So, Ha-Tha. And the Suṣumnā is the one. So, Ha-Tha becomes Yoga, Hatha Yoga. When these two nāḍīs join together, then it becomes the yoga. At that time, our individual consciousness, our individual awareness, our sūrat, our awareness, is joining with the Suṣumnā Nāḍī, and it leads the yogī’s, the Haṭha yogī’s, consciousness to the Sahasrāra Cakra. This is the definition of Haṭha yoga. Now, Haṭha has another meaning and definition in the local language. And that’s called willpower. Hatha means will. You say, "Don’t do this." I say, "I will do. Please don’t do. I will do." I tell you, "Don’t do." Why make the husband come? Don’t do this. But he is so angry. He has so much prāṇa, anger prāṇa. So he hits through the glass door. Then he realizes his stupidity. His willpower, his anger, so he had to hold his hand like this. The doctor said, "You have to hold like this for two months." So whenever he looked like this, this hand tells him. Such hatha is not good. Don’t do it again. This is evidence of your ignorance. Haṭha. So, when we have little children, then they also complete the hatha. Baal hat. Baal means child. When a child begins to cry and tells their parents, "I want to have this, I want to have this." And we say no, but they cry further. Okay, so you have here ice cream. He said, "Ha ha ha. Those are the children." I am the winner. So that is the hata. Then second, triya hata. Tria means woman. Women have very strong willpower. Even the husband will say, "Don’t do it." But if she decides to do something, she will do it. The husband doesn’t know anything. So triyāhata. And triyāhata, triyāchāritra. And the trīyās, the woman’s nature. Triyā, which is the feminine nature and willpower, and you can see this in the Rāmāyaṇa, where the mantra she blackmails to the queen, and she sends the god Kṛṣṇa into exile. So you know the whole story. So, triyāhat. Then comes rājahat. Rājahat means king. What the king wants to do, he will do it. Now, your president and your prime minister, president and minister, they decide where to give money and where not to give. So, that’s Rāja, King. Then comes Yoga Haṭha. Willpower of a yogī. So, he will be a Haṭha yogī. Have a strong willpower, and you will achieve Brahmajñāna. Hatha Yogī. Now, generally in the scriptures, Haṭha Yoga is known as a Ṣaṭ Karma. Six Kriyās. In Āyurveda, it’s only Pañca Karma. In Āyurveda, it’s only Pañca Karma, five kriyās. But Yoga has six kriyās. Sat Karma, and these six kriyās are meant for purification of the body. If the body is very clean, very pure, then we are free from disease. But we don’t have willpower, so we are suffering. So, six kriyās: ṣaṭ kriyā or ṣaṭ karma. Netī. You know the netī? No. Netī dhautī. Those who don’t know, say yes. Yes, because you are not in yoga teacher training, we took you exceptionally, so you will now become a yoga teacher. So neti, dhauti, basti, and basti we converted into the śaṅkhaprakṣālana, nauli, trāṭaka, and kapālabhāti. These are the six kriyās for yogīs and yoga practitioners. Now, these six kriyās you must learn practically, not theoretically, and they should only be practiced under an expert teacher. Do not do them alone at home. Because sometimes we say, "I think it’s now finished," but it’s not finished. Teacher will say, "No, five glasses more." Oh God. Okay. But the teacher knows how everything has to be cleaned. So, Śaṅkha Prakṣālana, generally we should do four times. Ending and beginning new seasons. Or, who is doing more seriously than every month, you can do Śaṅkha Prakṣālana. Don’t do too much. Otherwise, you can have some problem with your intestine. And nauli you can do every day. Kapālabhāti every day. And tratak. Tratak is good for eyesight, for willpower, for concentration, for meditation, for imagination, for intuition, many, many things. Tratak is a very good one, but also learn with a good teacher. So, Haṭha Yoga, when I first came to the West, so I prepared a lot of warm water with salt, and I showed him the toilets, and there were three ladies. They came directly from their work, and so I said, "Okay, drink all the salt water." They said, "For what is this?" I said, "It’s for Saṅkt Prakṣālana." What is that? Hatha Yoga? No, some exercise. I said, this is not Haṭha Yoga, but in the whole West, now they are talking Hatha Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Hatha Yoga. But still, I don’t say Haṭha Yoga. So, a yoga teacher knows, and a yoga teacher should correct, make corrections, to define which kind of yoga is which. So, that is the first duty of the teachers. So, then, slowly, slowly, even they are calling, "Do you teach your Hatha Yoga?" So I said yes. That’s it. But in ancient and real classical literatures, they explain, and according to that, if you practice, you will be healthy. Be healthy. And most probably, you will get self-realization. There, you will need Guru Bhakti and mantra. And for a Haṭha Yogī, there should also be mantra. And the Mahāmantra of the Haṭha Yogī, you don’t know? Oh yes, you all know. Then comes yoga, Hatha Yoga. Hatha Yoga: so "Ha" and "Tha," then uniting yoga, Hatha Yoga. So learn, please, practically. Learn to swallow a two-meter cloth. Yes, that’s very, very good. Morning, without drinking coffee, chai, bread, anything, no fruit, nothing. And about so wide, cotton cloth, linen, very thin. And two meters long. And you suck it in, the salty water, salt warm, like neti water. Then you sit in Utkaṭa Āsana. You sit on the foot. Like you are going to the WC, in the toilet or in the forest. And then you catch this cloth on one side. And fold it. It’s very simple. And sink deep in the water. Then, and then, now, so, you know the hedgehog? The animal hedgehog? Do you know the hedgehog? Hedgehog, hedgehog. Hedgehog, yeah. Do you know the hedgehog? When he drinks milk. And so, Hatha Yogī also. Yes, like a python, a snake. Jako hat. And if you swallow completely, then don’t try to bring it out. It will take two days. Stomach will solve the problem, so then you pull out. Suddenly it stacks. You can’t take it out. So, don’t be nervous. Don’t be afraid. So this is how the master must be. A teacher exactly explains to you. Otherwise, you say, you call your wife, and your wife will say, "What are you doing?" What are you doing here? I am doing Haṭha Yoga. Call the doctor. The doctor will say, "Are you doing self-murder?" But it is not so dangerous. It is not harmful. What do we do? We take a little sip of water, drink water, and again it will come out. About 80 centimeters, it comes yellow and bitter, and so on. All that is here, what we call the heartburn, gastric problem, everything. And that is all. So someday you do sūtradhauti, sometime you do kuñjaladhauti. So that’s why the teacher should be perfect. And the teacher has to demonstrate himself. So once, it was in Vienna long ago, in ’72, so I told them, "Tomorrow I will introduce you to Haṭha Yoga." So fifteen people were there, and they said, "Yes, tomorrow we will come for practice." And I saw them, Sūtradhautī. The next day, no one came. I prepared everything. No one came. So, salty water. I cannot drink alone. So it was like many, these are good, many experiences. So, a yoga teacher should know the practical, theoretical, and technical aspects of how to teach. And you should answer everything. You are teaching Haṭha Yoga or Āsanas, and someone asks you a question about Kriyā Yoga, so don’t answer something proper, or someone asks what is Vedānta, so we should learn the yogic philosophy. Theories and practice both. So, tomorrow we will buy cloth to do the sūtradhauti. So, all who came for yoga teacher training, yes, and we will sit near the lake, and everybody will get one mug of warm water and a two-meter-long cloth. So those who are on the list, buy the cloth and take care that they don’t disappear at night. So practical knowledge is very good. So, don’t worry. Should I never do this? Terī Satguru Rākhe Lāj Chintāmātā. So, don’t worry. Gurudev will do all. Means your teacher. Let him first follow. And then let him come out. Then you do, okay? Thank you. Thank you. Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān. Śrī Śrī Dev Purīśamādhe. Madhav Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān Kī Jai, Alakh Purījī Mahādeva Kī Jai.