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Where to find God

The path to divine realization is opened not by intellectual knowledge but by pure devotion and sacrifice. Peace and bliss are attained through satsaṅg. One enters the kingdom of God through the gate of sacrifice, which for a seeker means abandoning bad habits and taking the divine name. A story illustrates this: two brothers, one highly educated but unhappy, the other an uneducated, innocent devotee of Śiva living simply in a forest. The educated brother, pitying the younger, teaches him a Śiva mantra. Later, the younger brother, having forgotten half the mantra, walks on water to ask for it again. The elder brother then realizes the younger's perfection comes from his pure heart and devotion, not ritual knowledge. God resides within the heart. Another tale tells of children asked where God is; one answers that God is everywhere, demonstrating that devotion requires not scholarship but pure love and faith. Doubt and a fraudulent heart obstruct the divine. The thread of love and devotion to the Guru is delicate and must never be broken, for Guru's grace is the ultimate means to liberation.

"Enter the kingdom of the Lord through the gate of sacrifice."

"Without bhakti, you cannot see God."

Vacharan karo barābhāra jor se. Dīpa jyoti parabrahma dīpam, sarve mohanaṁ. Dīpanaṁ sajate sarvam, sandhyā dīpam sarala satyam. Oṁ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ... Bhol Śrī Alakh Purījī Mahādev Kī, Dev Purīṣa Mahādev Kī. Satya Sanātana Dharma Kī, Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī, Sanātana Dharma Kī Jai. Blessed self, spiritual seekers, sisters and brothers, here and around the world, the blessings of Śrī Alakhpurījī, Siddha Pīṭha Paramparā, coming from Holy Bhārata, Divine Jāḍaṇ, bless you all in the name of Alakhpurījī, Siddha Pīṭha Paramparā. Yesterday we were speaking about what? You remember? Yes, I know that you don’t remember. You should remember. Today we are going again to the topic of Guru Kṛpā. For those who have a pure heart and devotion, God said, and Gurujī said, "Peace and bliss are the result of satsaṅg." Śānti or āśīrvāda, miltā hai satsaṅga se. And when you come to the satsaṅg, then it is said, "Enter the kingdom of God through the gate of sacrifice." Yes, agar Bhagavān ke rājya mein praveśa karnā hai, to tyāga karo. Tyāg. Enter the kingdom of the Lord through the gate of sacrifice. For the students, what kind of sacrifice? Bori adāte, bure śabd nahī̃ kehnā, gā̃ḍhī bātẽ nahī̃ karnā, guṭkā nahī̃ khānā, chupke chupke ye sab chījẽ chhoṛ kar ke, keval bhagavān kā nām lenā. And we should always bow down to Mother Saraswatī and study her knowledge so that you will get the knowledge. So, there were two brothers in one family. In one family, there were two brothers and three sisters. How many were there? Five: two brothers and three sisters. Ho gayī pāñc saṅkhyā. So the two brothers and three sisters, the family had these five children, and the children were very divine, very happy. First were the three girls; they married and went with their husbands. And two brothers remained. One brother studied, studied, and studied. He had many titles: professors, and professors, and doctors, and what not. Ek bhai jo tha, itnī paḍhāī kartā ki usne kai prakār kī degree hī degree lī-lī. And one brother who was Bholā Bholā, kyā kede? Bholā Bholā. Pradayī kari nai, lekin uske hṛdaye meṁ bhakti thī, śuddhatā thī, to bhole bhole kaun hai? Bhagavān Śiva. Namaḥ Śivāya Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya Har Har Bholē Namaḥ Śivāya Namaḥ Śivāya Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya Har Har Bholē Namaḥ Śivāya Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya Har Har Bholē Namaḥ Śivāya Namaḥ Śivāya Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya. So the youngest brother was very innocent, very humble, and very kind. He didn’t get schools, educations, and so on. Halā Bhalā. And the other brother, he studied and studied. Who studied, he became a very high position, a lot of money, a lot of comfort, everything. But that elderly brother was always unhappy. Why did my younger brother not study? Why did my younger brothers not study? What a pity! Usne mānav kā janam kho diyā. Paḍnā cāhiye? Badā bhāī kyā kahā hai ki merā choṭā bhāī kyõ nahī̃ paḍā? Kitna mujhe dukh hai? Arre, jaanvar kī tarah rah gayā? Badā bhāī chintā kartā hai. Choṭā bhāī to bas ānand kartā hai. Chota Bhai Kya Kya, ki wo gaon ke beech me nadi thi, nadi se us par me jungle tha, us jungle me chota Śiv jī kā mandir thā, aur us mandir ke andar wo pūjā kartā thā Śaṅkar Bhagavān kī, aur bholā bholā wahā jo hotā so kartā thā, aur thodā bāgīcā banāyā, wahā par sabjā banā dī, gyān banā dī. Makka bana di, wo bana di, aur ek gai le aaya. Gau mātā kī sevā kartā, dūdh pitā hai. To badā bhāī kehtā hai ki kyā karo, merā chhoṭā bhāī bābā band gayā. Kus gyān nahīṁ ātā hai, mantra bhī nahīṁ ātā hai. Bas agarvaṭī kar detā hai, ghanṭī bajātā detā hai, Śivjī ko. Upar pānī dal detā hai, bas ariyom tatsat. Arre, inko mantra bhī nahīṁ ātā hai, kuch bhī nahīṁ ātā hai. Kyā karo? Merā bhāī? So the youngest brother, he left between the villains and in the forest. There was a river, and he went in the forest and there. It was a beautiful small Shiva temple. So he stayed there, he was making Śiva’s worship, pūjā, and he made a little garden. In the garden he made all kinds of vegetables: all potatoes, śakarkaṇḍ, bakkā, bhūtā, kakḍī, nimbū, ām, kehī sab, one cow for the meal. He was happy, but he did not know how to sing the prayer, how to have a mantra. But he used to make an agarbatti, and in the morning he used to drink water and have abhiṣek. He used to know that mantra. Which mantra is it? Oṃ Tryambakaṃ Yajāmahe Sugandhiṃ Puṣṭivardhanam, Urvārukamiva Bandhanān Mṛtyormukṣīya Māmṛtāt. Very good. Bada bhai, the elderly brother, one day he decided that he was going to visit his younger brother. So he took a boat. O nāv mein behat kar ke, wo chhote bhāī ko milne ke liye gayā, baḍā bhāī. Dekha, chhota bhai ke, khali ek lungi pehni hui hai, pair, jute bhi pehne ke liye nahi, mitri mek bhai. And then, just like that, he came, saying "brother, brother," and the two brothers met to talk. Brother, if you have one like Bharat, how is he? Haan, Duryodhana jaisā nahīṁ, Bhārata jaisā. The elderly brother was feeling pity for his youngest brother. Isne apnā jīvana kho diyā. Are, kapṛe bhī pūre nahīṁ haiṁ. Dādī bhī banāne vālā nahīṁ hai. Jabba ho gayī, labbī lambī. Yā tak jaṭṭā bhī sāṁp ne kar pārā hai. Ho gayī kyā rassī kī tarah laṭak rahī hai. Are, Rāma, merā bhāī. Khair, at lunch time, midday, there was a pūjā time, so he went to Śiva to make a pūjā. To mantra karrā tā, to ādā mantra phūl gayā, ādā achāy, kabhī phir chalu kartā hai. So that one, he did not even know how to chant a complete mantra. So, elderly brother told him, "My brother, at least you can sing the Śiva mantra properly." He said, "Bhai, I don’t know how to do it." So he said, "Okay, I will teach you." Then, the elder brother taught the younger brother that Śiva mantra, that small mantra. Ab kyā huā? Afternoon, five o’clock, elderly brother said, "Now I am going." He gave him some money and something he brought, like fruits and such. He said, "What will I do with the money?" He said, "So you will need some time." He said, "But brother, there is no shop, and I don’t know what the money is." Oh, my Lord, even he doesn’t know what to do with the money. He said, because in the forest there is no shopping, there is nothing. All the animals and forests, and sādhus and good people, that’s all. We all have enough to eat, we all have enough to live. What do we need more? Okay, the youngest brother went with the elderly brother to accompany him to the bank of the river. Karata Bhai is watching, the elder brother is going, he is watching. How nice it happened, the elder brother came and met me. Now he is thinking, "Oh, how nice it was, my elder brother came. It was very nice, very kind, very good. He gave me a nice galation to chant, the good mantra for Bhagavān Śiva." And he wanted to chant, but he had forgotten half of that mantra. Phir dekha kī, Hare Prabhu, main toh bhul gayā, āḍhā mantra toh kyā karū? Bhāī ko pūchta ho jāke. Bhāī toh skī nare pāuñch gayā. Bhāī dekh rahā hai sotevāle ko, toh usne kyā kyā kī, vo ḍoḍā nadī ke ūpar pānī pe. Hare Bhai Bhai, Ruk Ruk Ruk, Bada Bhai Kehata, Nadi Ke Pani Ke Upar Chal Raha Hai Ja Karke, Bhai Wo Aada Mantra Bhul Gaya, Toh Bhai Kehata, Ab Tere Ko Mantra Ki Koi Apshikta Nahi Hai, Bhai. So the elder brother was surprised that the youngest... Brother is running or walking on the water, and the youngest brother came and said, "Please, brother, can you tell me? I’ve forgotten the half mantra." So Elderly Brother said, "Now you don’t need any mantra. You are Paripak, you are the perfect, you are the saint. But how did you learn? Who taught you this?" He said, "Nobody taught. It is Śiva, Bholenāth. He is always with us. And that is a matter between him and me. Your hand will not reach there. Jo hāth mein āyegī, mere pās āyegī. Kaunchā Mantra, betā, chhoṭe bhāī? Ke yehī mantra? Namaśivāya Oṁ Namaśivāya Namaśivāya Oṁ Namaśivāya... Har Har Bode Namah Śivāya. Om Namah. Har Har Bode Namah Śivāya." Alakhpurī Jī Mahādev, Devādhi Dev, Deveśvara Mahādevakī, Hindu Dharma Sambhārat, Satguru Swāmī, Madhavānandjī Bhagavānakī, Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavānakī. So, how? God helps us. Therefore, enter the kingdom of the Lord through the gate of sacrifice. Sab tyāg kardo, to Bhagavān tumhārī rakṣā kareṅgī, aur Bhagavān tumhāre ko sab kush dega. Yehi, yehi ek gupt bāt hai. Lekin Bhagavān se pyār karnā padegā. Bhagavān kī prati aisī śraddhā rakhnī cāhie, Bhagavān mere sāmne nahīṁ khaṛe, Bhagavān mere pās meṁ nahīṁ khaṛe, Bhagavān mere pīche nahīṁ khaṛe, Bhagavān to mere hṛdaya ke dil ke andar hai, yē bāt hai. Is it there in Delhi? Yes. So in the school, there were little children, 5-10 years old. So, the principal, sir, there were 35 children in the high class. They came and stood up and said to the principal, "Sir, Hari Om." The principal said, "Not Hari Om, good morning." What are you asking for? Are you asking for good? No, no, good morning, Hari Om Mahārāj Sāhib. Okay, Gurujī, Hari Om Karo. Principal Sahib said, "Children, today I have a 100-rupee note in my pocket." How much is it? I ask the question. Whoever answers it, I will give them a reward of 100. All the children said, "Tell me, tell me, Gurujī, tell me, tell me quickly, Principal Sāhib." So everyone raised their hand up, all children. Principally, they said, "Where is God? Do you know that?" So one said in the temple, another said in the ashram, another said in my cow, another said in my bakrī. Some say that Bhagavān is in my mother, some say that Bhagavān is in my father, some say that Bhagavān is in my sister, some say that Bhagavān is in my father, some say that Bhagavān is in my sister, some say that Bhagavān is in my father, some say that Bhagavān is in my sister, some say that Bhagavān is in my father, some say that Bhagavān is in my sister, some say that Bhagavān is in my father, some say that Bhagavān is in my sister, some say that Bhagavān is in my father, some say that Bhagavān is in my sister, some say that Bhagavān is in my sister. Some say that Bhagavān is in my sister. Some say that Bhagavān is in my sister.... Some say that Bhagavān is in my... Sister, some say that Bhagavān is in my sister, some say that every child says that God is there, God is within me. The other said, "I have a small dog, and there is God in it." There was a rabbit, and I said, "I have a rabbit, and there is God in it." This is the love of children. We are children of the heart, true, and God thinks we are good. Am Nene Munne Bachche I will clean your office once. I will clean your office once. Gurudev, Gurujī, you tell us, where is Bhagavān? The principal started to complain, "You tell me, Gurujī, where is Bhagavān?" Gurujī said, "Who are your parents?" So the principal asked the young boy, "What are your parents doing?" He said, "My parents are doing pūjā, and they are doing yoga in their life." So then, can you tell where your God is? But the child says, "Gurujī, tell us where Bhagavān is not there." What did he say? Where is Bhagavān not there? Gurudev, Principal Sahib, Bhagavān is everywhere. He is not in one place. He is in everyone. Viśvaprāṇī is my ātmā. Ātmā sohī is Paramātmā. That child started speaking. The principal picked him up, made him sit on a chair, gave him a tilak, and put on the garland. He said, "He is very good in our class. You told us, ’Bhagavān.’" The small child told everyone about Bhagavān. Ko, isliye sarvatraha eko brahma ditya nasti, lekin bhakti jo hai. Bhakti does not need intellectual lectures. Doesn’t need your Śāstras. That needs the pure love. Love means devotion. Love nowadays, when you say love, it is a negative word. Everyone who said love, now you don’t know what that is. To śraddhā, viśvāsa, Bhagavān ke andar pratī hamārī bhakti, devotion towards God, that is a pure love. Therefore, Prem, Prem Bina Prabhu Nahi Milta Hai, Kya? Prem binā prabhu nahī̃ miltā hai. So, without bhakti, you cannot see God. So, you have to look within thyself. Therefore, the Upaniṣad said, the Vṛndāraṇī Upaniṣad said, that within thy heart, there is a little cave, a gufā. In that, there is a light, a blue light. And that is ātmā, that is a prakāśa. So, I had two or three angiographies. I was looking into the television, holding my heart. I could see, but I didn’t see that blue light, neither did I see that cave. So that is beyond the physical body; it has a reflection in the heart. And therefore, if you think that you are a great learner, you think you are very clever, and you think that you are a good writer, speaker, and you can do this and that. All that is nothing. It is said, "Kī Pothāpadpad Jugabhaya Ar Paṇḍitabhaya Na Koī, Do Akṣar Premkā Paḍeso Paṇḍita Hoī." While reading, reading the literatures and books and this and that, many yugas have gone, many decades have gone. But you did not become great. As much as you read many books, conflict comes into your heart. One day you read the book of Maharṣi Mahesh Yogī. Oh, this is the, that’s right. Then you read the Rajneesh book. They said, "Oh, Rajneesh is great." Then you read Aurobindo. Oh, Aurobindo said, that is great. And then, it is said, Sivanandajī said, "Oh, Sivanandajī was good." Sivanandajī said, "Within you, within you is the ocean of bliss. Within you is a fountain of joy, and within you is the divine God. Lead the divine life and get the realization." Oh, that is good. Sivanandajī said, "Very good." Paramahaṃsa Yogānanda said, "My Lord, I will be Thine. O Prabhu, O Bhagavān, main āpkā hī rahūṅgā." Swami Paramahansa Yogananda said, "My Lord, I will be Thine." When Paramahaṃsa Yogānanda went to America, in which city did he stay? Los Angeles. Lost angels, lost angels, what kind of angels are lost? They are lost angels, but there are some angels who are there, so you are those angels in there. So somebody said, "Irsa." Irsa means doubt, jealousy, hate, etc. So they were jealous of Paramahaṁsa Yogānanda. To the Gurujī, what was his name? Yukteśvar. So people said, so people said... Kuna kare thāri sevā, neune thek pute bhej diyo, are hum kare sevā, āśīrvād deo, bhakta hum hai, to letter likhawā, Gurujī ne, kī betā kab āogay, tum te itte dūr ho, hum akele rahe, iye rahe, aur kush log kyā kehte hai. So the Yukteśwar Jī sent a letter to the Paramahaṃsa. Yoga Land, and I’m asking my son, "You should come back." Life in America is not so good; it is not good for your emotions and such. You will lose the Guru Bhakti, and when you lose the Guru Bhakti, you lose everything. When you have little doubt in your Guru, then you are lost. And then past lives, all the sin, all the negative energies, all the craziness someone has, then all comes back. When the sun sets, then the darkness comes back again. But as long as the Guru Bhakti is there, there will never be darkness. Then Paramahaṃsa Yogānandajī wrote a letter to his Gurudev. Gurudev, He Prabhu, main hameshā āpkā rahūṅgā, chāhe main itnā dūr jāūṅgā, sitāre sūdhain, sitāre vahān tak, phir bhī main āpkā hoon, aur chāhe bhakta āye aur bhakta jāye, main āpkā hī hoon, aur he Gurudev, agar main samay par nahī̃ āyā, agar merā śrī... Chut gaya, to aap merī āṅkhoṅ kī talap dekhna, ke main āpkā hūṅ, mere nain kaheṅge ki main āpkā hūṅ, my Lord, he is my Lord, he is... Mere Gurudev, Mere Bhagwan Ho Aap. My Lord, I will be Thine. Gurudev, I will be Thine. Devotees may come and devotees may go. Chele Aayenge, Chele Jayenge. But my Lord, I will be Thine. Even if I go far, farther than the stars, Hey Gurudev, mein taaron se bhi pare chale jaunga. America, what is it? There is no distance. Even if I remain so far away, still, I will die for my Gurudev. And all, phir likta ho Gurudev, even I die, agar main kahin śarīr chhūṭ gayā, even I die, look into my eyes, mutely they will say, my Lord, I will be die. That is a Bhakti. He can only overcome it. Otherwise, a Kattur whose heart is filled with doubts, who has doubts in their heart, who is a cheater, who is a fraud—God cannot live in a fraudulent heart. That is why, Kedāta Kesūr, nahīṁ to rahiye banj mat gamāye nūr. Tīṁ sajāvat deś ko satī, sant aur sūr, yeh hamārā Hindustān kī saṁskṛti hai. Aur tīṁ lajāvat deś ko kapaṭī, kair aur karūr. That is so ham nene mune bachche haiṁ, Bhagavān ko lakṭay haiṁ achche. Aur hamāre pās me itnā gyāne me paḍnā hai. The child who studies will learn, and the one who misbehaves will forget. Then later on, it’s okay to feed the goats. You need someone to feed the goats, right? You need someone to feed the goats, buffaloes, etc. So don’t read, why are you reading? We will bring two goats, go and do this and that. We will bring the goats. Wow, we will buy a goat, won’t we? Do the rāī? And if you read the second one, yes, sir, how are you? Very good. That too is not useful. So what will we do? Rām Rām Sā, Praṇām Sā, Bhagavān kā nām lo sā. Thalo koī nām hai re? Kyā re Bābjī, maro koī nām hai? Nām to Rāmjī ko hai. Maro to choṭo so nām. Āp jārī logo ne likh diyā hai, kī maro nām hai, kī Rām Nārāyaṇ, koī hai? Rām ne Nārāyaṇ, dono nām lo nā? Boaṭ ho gayā. So therefore, when the doubt enters in your heart, then it is something like a building earthquake takes place. And when the earthquake takes place, then there is a crack in the wall. Then, when the crack in the wall, you can repair, but still it is not to join. Therefore, it is said that love—do not break the thread of love. If you break it, it will not join, and if it joins, it will become a thorn. Therefore, the thread of love is so gentle, so fragile, so intertwined with ignorance, with your doubt, with your anger, with your jealousy—it doesn’t matter what it is. Do not break that thread which is very, very gentle, the thread between you and Gurudev. And if it is broken, you try to connect, but it will always not be between. Jab motī jāyegā dhāgā ke andar, to jahāṁ kahā thay, wahāṁ ruk jāyegā. Lekin jo dhāgā chūṭā huā nahī̃ hai reśam kā, uske andar me motī jāyeṅge, tarararar, bahut acchā jāyegā. Gurudev Bābajī ne kahā, "Maheś jaise motī motī iske dhāge ke andar jātā hai, reśram ke dhāge meṁ vaisā hī Gurudev kā mantra day and night it should go so smoothly, mantra Gurudev, Gurudev..." Saran Tuma Chinta Meri Mita Gurude Saran Tuma Chinta Mita De Kar Ke Daya Daya Lu Beda Tu Par Laga Gurudev Sharan Tum Chinta Mithade. Gurudev Sharan Tum Chinta Satguru Devakī, Devadhī Dev, Alakhpurījī Mahādevakī, Devadhī Dev, Deveśwar Mahādevakī, Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī, Hindu. Dharma Samrāṭ, Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandajī Kī. Om Śānti Śānti... Om Dhyāna Mūlam Guru Mūrti, Pūjā Mūlam Guru Padam, Mantra Mūlam Guru Vākyam, Mokṣa Mūlam Guru Kṛpā. Om Śānti Śānti... I bless you all. Guru Bhakti. There is no devotion, no bhakti greater than Guru Bhakti. Only through Guru Bhakti can we achieve our aim. Therefore, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśa, they are all coming and going. They have protocol. But the protocol to get to the Brahma Jñāna is only the blessing of Gurudev. Like yesterday, I told you about Paramahaṁsa Rāmakṛṣṇa, that Mātā Kālī gave him, "Go to Totāpurījī, he will give you mokṣa." The same thing was with Kabīr Dās. Kabīr Dās was also a devotee of Kālī, and also, Mātā said, "Mokṣa, go to your Gurudev." Therefore, Gurur Brahmā, Gurur Viṣṇu, Gurur Devo Maheśvara, Gurur Sākṣāt, Parabrahma, Tasmai Śrī, but Gurudev is not only physical form. In this, Gurudev also has pain, hunger, and diseases. But that heart is in him. That is in the heart of that Gurudev, and that light is in his mind. Prakāś Puñj Amṛt Ke Sāgar, Śrī Dīp Harī Mahādhunī Hai, Sāre Viśva Meṁ Goñj Rahī, Prabhu Kī Amar Kahānī Hai. Prakāś Puñj Amṛt Ke Sāgar, Śrī Dīp Harī Mahādhunī Hai. Prakāś Puñjaham Hṛdik Śrī Dīpā, Sāre Viśvameṁ Goñjarai, Sāre Viśvameṁ Goñjarai. Prabhu kī amarā kahānī prakāś punjāham hrithak śrī dīpa. Therefore, Guru Tattva, Guru Tattva jo hai, o Brahma Tattva, Brahma Viṣṇu Śiva Tattva saipī pare hai, o Guru Tattva hai. Therefore, it is said, "Brahmanandam param sukhanam kevalam jñānamūrtim dvandvātītaṁ gagana-sadṛśyaṁ tasmādyadilakṣyam." Ekam Nityam Vimalāchalam Sarvadhiḥsākṣibhūtam Bhavātītam Triguṇarahitam Satgurutam Namāmiyam. Bhol Satguru Deva Kī. Wish you all the best, and next, when we will have a webcast, we will announce. Om Śānti Śānti...

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