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Good morning and blessings to all our dear brothers and sisters around the world, and good evening in Europe, Africa, and so on. We have most beautiful weather today. People are always talking about the weather, and the Wellington Ashram in New Zealand is very beautiful—you should come. The weather is good, the climate is good, the air is good. It is one of the cities which has very, very little pollution. It’s a very healthy city. Vancouver in Canada, Wellington, Vienna—all written with a ‘V’—have some special constellations. We have a subject about the Maṇipūra Chakra. This is the Mūlādhāra. So, thank you. Something beautiful. Well, about Kuṇḍalinī we spoke a lot, about Kuṇḍalinī we read a lot, but something which we can use in our daily life is very important. Yes, the Maṇipūra Chakra is that center point of the universe. If you want to know where the middle point of the universe is, that is the Maṇipūra Chakra. Because you are the universe, and the center of your being, the origin from where the manifestation of these five kośas begins to develop, is the Maṇipūra Cakra. Maṇipūra Chakra is a very great chakra, which mostly controls our health. There are two chakras that are more responsible for our health: Viśuddhi Chakra is connected to the thyroid, pancreas, digestive system, and digestive fire—the Maṇipūra Chakra. Today I would like to speak on how we can utilize the energy of the Maṇipūra Cakra. First of all, Maṇipūra Chakra is the seat of the sound, Nāda. If we come to the creation, the universal energy, cosmic energy, divine energy, that is Kuṇḍalinī. That’s called Brahmāṇḍīya Mātṛ Śakti, the cosmic mother energy: Adhyāśakti. Adhyāśakti is also known as the original energy or power, mother: Mūlaprakṛti. So the roots, the origin of the nature: Mūlaprakṛti, Adhyāśakti, Brahmāṇḍaśakti. There are many different beautiful names in Sanskrit or Hindi. It’s difficult to translate because there are many new words in the English language. When the manifestation of this individual phenomenon begins, there are five kośas: Annamaya kośa, Prāṇamaya kośa, Manomaya kośa, Vijñānamaya kośa, and Ānandamaya kośa. Within these five—kośa means the quarters or the layers—within these five is the seat of your soul, Jīvātmā. And within that Jīvātmā is the Ātmā, the eternal one. Jīvātmā, the soul, is individual, not universal. And the Self is the Ātmā, that is the universal one. The aim of human life is to get self-realization, which means to know thyself, to know who you are. I’m not body, I’m not thoughts, I’m not emotion, I’m not intellect, and I’m not this all, but I am. And that’s Ātmā, the Supreme. Ātmā Śrī Paramātmā, that Ātmā is the Supreme, and that Supreme is the Ātmā. Sabhi prāṇī merī ātmā, and therefore every entity is my ātmā, because there is no two ātmās. Many souls, but one Ātmā. So the manifestation of this individual phenomenon, which is beautiful, which is a miracle, is mysterious, is indescribable. It’s a beauty, balance, harmony, resonance, light, love, colors, and what not. Only from one, that cosmic consciousness, what is known as Svayambhū Śiva, and the Parāśakti, Adhyāśakti, Mūlaprakṛti, or the Yogamāyā, Yogaśakti. And that Śakti is not mixed, like feminine and masculine. No. There is no anatomical difference. In men, half part is Śakti and half part is Puruṣa. In women, half part is Puruṣa and half part is Śakti. Śiva and Śakti, the consciousness and energy, that’s it. Consciousness and energy in the cosmic mother’s body, that’s called the space, the universe, empty space. And in this empty space is that ātmā. That ātmā is the cosmic consciousness, endless universe. There’s not a single... A small place is empty without his presence and her presence, Śiva and Śakti. Many people try to make commercial things, selling the books and so on, and they put Śiva and Śakti, men and women, and this is what they call the Tantras. Tantra is a very divine science, and mostly Buddhist literature is known as Tantras, Mahāyāna Tantras, and so on. But here, Tantra means tan means expand, tra means liberation. Liberate, expand, and liberate your consciousness is the Tantra. It means expand your consciousness till the cosmic consciousness, liberation through meditation, through discipline, and that is in the center of the maṇipūra. It is the jewels, and jewels means precious things. And those precious things mean the inner energy, the inner qualities which are within our body. So we can, through Maṇipūra Chakra, gain immense energy and healing powers if we do the correct exercises for Maṇipūra Chakra. So, again, when this Śiva and Śakti, Puruṣa and Prakṛti, concentrate on a particular point, that is the soul. And then the soul comes in this vibration. And this vibration becomes something like a circle, or what we call this turning energy, hurricanes, which are turning. And so it begins to turn when the two principles come together, Śiva and Śakti, like metal, iron, and magnet. So Prakṛti, the nature, and Puruṣa, the consciousness, this concentrates, begins to turn, and there is involved this individual soul, and that soul has to go through so many experiences. So many destinies are even more unpleasant than this life itself. Descending from the astral planet, from the astral level into the physical, it is immense work and going through many, many tremendous experiences and sufferings—all beautiful. It is called destiny. And finally, you enter to one point where all the light’s care of the cosmic mother is concentrated on you. And there are five kośas, which means five bodies, or five layers, or five different phenomena developing. It’s called Annamaya kośa, the body of nourishment, the physical body. But the physical body cannot survive and cannot exist without the Prāṇamaya kośa. Prāṇa is like a cement holding two bricks together. And so the physical and astral body are connected, united with the Prāṇa Śakti, Prāṇa. The science of the Prāṇa is the science of life. No Prāṇa, no life. Imagine there is one apple, and this is a real apple. Believe me. How should I know if it’s real or not? Because I’m touching, I’m feeling. How should you know that it’s a real apple? I will show you it’s a real apple. Hmm, yes, it’s a real apple. Why? It has Prāṇa. And now there’s a plastic apple. That’s also an apple. But that I cannot buy. I can buy it twice only: first time and last time. So Prāṇa, the Annamaya kośa, this physical body, cannot exist, cannot survive, cannot function. No organs in the body will function, no glands in the body will function, no circulation will function, no brain centers will function, no joints will function, no muscles will function, nothing will function if there is no Prāṇa. And so we call Prāṇāt. Pranat. Nat means God, and prana means Prāṇa. You are the lord of my Prāṇa. You are the source of my Prāṇa, and therefore, in many bhajans, we call God as the Prāṇātha. Without that, we cannot exist. Imagine the bulb, a light bulb, is illuminated, yes, constantly, but the Prāṇātha of this bulb is the powerhouse. If they will put it off, they... will switch off immediately, this bulb will be dark, no light. So, God, it is He, and that mother of the Prāṇa is our source of life. If there is disconnection, no doctors can save your life. Nothing, nothing in this world can keep you alive. How long will you do? You may put the machines and beat the heart and beat this and that. How long? How long? The death has attacked. You are in the mouth of death. How long will you try to escape or do something? When you see on television a tiger or a lion catch an animal, they know exactly where to catch. They don’t bite here only, you know. In nature, they know that this animal should not suffer so very long. It should quickly die. Even there is Ahiṃsā. There are few animals who do not attack you here on your throat. They just begin to eat different parts of your body. But real hunter animals, they are different. So when a tiger, for example, catches the throat of a deer, how long will a deer try to become free from the mouth of a tiger? And he’s holding, and he sits down. So long till the limbs of the deer become loose. Now he knows Hari Om is finished. And so, when from the destiny, the cosmic supply of the energy, Prāṇ Nāth, disconnects, nothing can save our life. How long will you keep? You cannot. So the Praṇ Nāth is in our Maṇipūra Chakra, the Viṣṇu Śakti, the fire. And so Prāṇamaya kośa, Annamaya kośa, then comes the Manomaya kośa, mind. Without that mind, mental energy, this body can be just like an animal. The mind is very important. If one is mentally tired, it’s very poor. I think it’s the biggest punishment from destiny for someone who is completely mental. They know what is a mind, or we know what is a mind if we see someone mentally suffering, mentally ill. And that also attacks even to our, what we call, depression. Depression is also coming because the Maṇipūra Chakra is not active enough. And also, what we call in the medical world, they say, schizophrenia, hallucination, and restlessness, fear, or you cannot sleep. This is all because the Prāṇa and mental body are not there functioning. So therefore, Prāṇamaya kośa, Manomaya kośa, the mind, the mental body. And then comes Vijñānamaya kośa, the intellect. If the intellect is not there, the decision, then the mind will just do what your indriyas tell, what your desires are telling. Then it’s called how the animals, they have a certain instinct that they do what their senses tell. If they are hungry, if they are thirsty, if they are tired, and that’s all. But the human has got the most powerful tool, and that’s called Buddhi. And our seat of the intellect is in the Ājñā Chakra, but again, governed and controlled by the Maṇipūra Chakra. And then it comes, Ānandamaya Kośa, the body of bliss. It means the desires. That’s called the causal body. The body of the cause, the desires, that kind of ānanda, that kind of happiness, which makes you happy with your sensual enjoyment. Maybe with the smell, maybe with the taste, maybe with the touch, maybe with the hearing, and so on, that you experience pleasure. When it is very hot, you put on the air conditioner and you say, "Ah, it was hot." That is enjoying. Your body’s senses are enjoying, and you feel inside now; it feels good. Or it’s very cold, freezing, and then you put the heater on, and you say, "Oh, nice, warm. Oh, God, I was freezing." That is also feeling. And this change takes place from our Maṇipūra Chakra. So, this manifestation of the five kośas, in which then enters the divine light. Can you imagine? Something white and beautiful enters in that, between these five different colors and lights. That’s your soul, you are a swan, a white swan, Paramahaṁsa. Or a crow, or a fox, or a snake. Depends. Destiny, my dear, destiny. We cannot influence that destiny if we tell God, "Okay, I give you some billions of dollars, Lord, give me that beautiful body." God will say, "You cannot make me stupid with your money, oh man." To get that beautiful, healthy, good body, you have to, you should deserve it through karma, through your actions, through your spiritual life. Do not change your feelings and deeds, and do not play with your heart’s feelings. Always, then it will bring you to the other quality of life. Man, human, is born to develop the discipline. And that’s why Patañjali tells in his Patañjali Yogashūtra, the first, "Atha yogānuśāsanam," he tells his disciples, yoga begins with discipline. No discipline, no success, and we are very weak. We are very weak. Let’s say today is a fasting day and someone invites you for lunch or dinner. And you said, "Thank you, I have fasting today." And then someone brings it home, a piece of nice pizza. You say, "No, thank you, I am fasting." Then someone said, "Oh, I have a nice apple pie." You say, "Thank you, I have fasted," you say. And then someone comes, "Hi, I brought you homemade nice ash cream." You say, "Thank you, I am fasting." And everything is lying on the table, people are enjoying it. You say, "Now come on, tomorrow you can fast, today please come." Your inner self says, "Why not? Tomorrow I will fast." That’s it. That means we are very weak. We are very strict to others, but we are not strict to ourselves. And that’s the problem. And for yogīs, the opposite. Yogīs have to be strict to themselves and kind to others. And that’s why it is said, you have to die to live. In the testament, it is said, you have to die to live. What does that mean? You have to kill your ego, you have to kill your selfishness, and you have to kill your desires to live for others. Doesn’t matter what happens. Lord, I will be Thine forever. Devotees may come and devotees may go, but my Lord, I will be Thine. I may go far, farther than the stars, but still, my Lord, I will be thine. So, if your beloved one is far somewhere, don’t think, "Oh, it’s gone." No, it’s not gone. There’s one song in the German language, and it is said, "Real friendship will never vanish." But when death takes my life, I will stop being faithful to you. And I said, "Oh, God, what a painful..." You have to be faithful forever and ever. That is that. So I corrected that song. It’s a very old song. I said, even death will take my life, I will not stop to be a faithful one. That’s it. Humans know what is a faithful day. Your dog knows what a faithful day is. Your horse knows what is faithful, day. Oh, yes. But the human makes exceptions, and that exception is dangerous. Even I die, even I die, look into my eye. They will mutely say, "I will be thine." So even I died already, but my Lord, do not think that I am not yours anymore. I am still thine, O my Lord. And that one will be successful. That one will have a door open from one level to another level, from one phenomenon to another phenomenon. Off he goes to Brahmaloka. And for others, when one comes, the door goes closed. You knock, and another door opens. You go there, and there is one door again, closed. And you come again there, where you were. So we wish that our road is a highway, with no crossing roads over, and no traffic lights. And that depends on you and your Maṇipūra Chakra, how nicely you will develop your energy in your Chakra, and so on. That is the central point of the entire universe, the endless universe. We don’t know where the end is, but we know where the beginning is, where the center point is, is the maṇipūra. Yathā brahmāṇḍe, tathā piṇḍe. What is in the universe is in this body, and what is in this body is in the universe. What is not in this body is not in the universe either. And so, you are that one. You are the center point, and there is this energy. Prāṇa and apāna come here together. The triangle is a possibility: either descending, going back to Mūlādhāra, Hari Om, or expanding consciousness and becoming one with the universe. There is the Śakti, Kuṇḍalinī. When it enters, it makes you the most happiest one, and you become completely independent. You become fearless, and that Prāṇa begins to purify in your body, and the body becomes healthier and healthier. So there is one science called Kāya Kalpa. In Āyurveda also they call it Kāya Kalpa. In yoga also we call it Kāya Kalpa. Yes, the name Kāya Kalpa is very often used and abused. But it doesn’t happen. Kāya kalpa means regenerating of the body. It has been done that someone who was many hundred years old would like to be very young again, like 10 years or 15 years young, and he did. He did it through his Prāṇa, through the science of the Prāṇa, Prāṇāyāma, and discipline and nourishment, many, many things. And he wrote Kāya Kalpa. When people came to know you can become young, everyone said, "Yes, I want to go to the seminar to get a Kāya Kalpa." To become young, gray hair becomes black, they will be, what you call, the skin, wrinkles, or what do you call? Wrinkles. Suddenly, your wrinkles disappear, and your beard becomes darker. So I began this Kāya Kalpa. My hair from the head has become darker now, you know. I hope it will become here also darker, and then suddenly the beard disappears. Oh, you go like there’s no more beard, hormonal change, and you become strong, and skin is very gentle and everything. And now your voice is changed like a 15-year-old boy. How nice. I’ve been trying for the last 57 years to find this technique, but still I haven’t gotten it. My God. And on the day when I will get it, I will pack it in my suitcase and run to Wellington and give it to you. So it is said, the mind is ever young, the desires are ever young, but the Annamaya Kośa is exhausted, it is not anymore. Because the purpose of life is not what you think. The purpose of life is different, and therefore, in India, we adore the gray hair. We adore the gray hair. It is said in India it is very hard to have gray hair. My children, you have to go through so many disappointments and so many difficulties, and recently schools and examinations and that many, many things, till you will come to your gray hair. Know, like if some bodybuilders or someone, they are all proud of their body and muscles, you know. So the people, elderly people, they are proud of their gray hair because this is the wisdom. Finally, you came to the wisdom. And some people, what they do? Their wisdom light, they... put in the dark again, back into the black color. The person is about 75 years old, and everything is colored just because the hair looks like that of a 20-year-old. But that is called makeup. And makeup we call in Hindi language nakhra. And nakhra means na khara. Na means no. And khara means real. It is not reality. It is only make-up, an imitation. Similarly, people are making imitations in different ways for their own lives and playing with their own lives. That will not lead your soul into the beautiful destiny. So, Maṇipūra Chakra is that chakra which will give you energy, long life, and a happy life, and that is the seat of the sound and the seat of the soul where it entered into the body, and that is the Viṣṇu Śakti, because Viṣṇu is the fire, and Viṣṇu is residing in the ocean of the nectar, Kṣīr Sāgara, Akṣaya Jala. The Viṣṇu is residing in that. And from here, the lotus comes out, where Brahmā is created again. So the creator of Brahmā as well as the creator of Viṣṇu is that Svayambhū Śiva, and all these elements are created by him. Maṇipūra Chakra, the best exercise for Maṇipūra Chakra is Agniśāra Kriyā. Who knows Agniśāra Kriyā? Very good. And who doesn’t know? When you raise your hand like this, I cannot see. Please like that. Thank you very much. Someone is raising like that. Agniśāra Kriyā is very powerful, very, very, very healthy. And a person who is doing Agniśāra Kriyā every day, I challenge that you will not be a victim of cancer disease. Challenge that you will not be a victim of depression, hallucination, and schizophrenia. And challenging that you will enjoy a healthy, long life. One in all, all in one. All exercises are included in one. And how long does it take? A few minutes. Two minutes. You can do it in your bathroom after taking a shower or this. Do it, and then rest and do yoga. No matter where you are, you can do it. Agniśāra Kriyā is a very powerful Kriyā. Now, I’m not giving you only the... I’m not serving you the picture food, you know. When you tell the hungry person, you know, this is a very nice pie, these are vegetables, and this is halvā, and these are purīs, and this is spaghetti, the hungry person gets more and more appetite, but he cannot eat the picture. And so what I’m doing is showing you the picture. Oh, God, that’s not nice of me. That’s not Ahiṃsā. And therefore, we will now have Agniśāra Kriyā demonstrated for you, and you all will do it now. Okay? Good idea? Very good. So, boys, who will show the Agniśāra Kriyā? Very good. He did yesterday, so come here in the front. Please, the camera, concentrate on him. Stay near the Maṇipūra Chakra. Yes, please take off your t-shirt. Sorry, ladies, excuse us. Turn to my side. Legs together, stand straight. Hands sidewards. That’s now straight. A little bit turn. That’s very good. I wish I could have such a nice stomach. I would have shown you the Maṇipūra Kriyā. But you know, I’m happy because I have to demonstrate different exercises. And that’s called a master exercise. And the master must have that stomach, otherwise you cannot demonstrate. And Agniśāra creates a disciple exercise, so a disciple must be like that. Thank you. It should be done with an empty stomach, and I know that he didn’t eat very much because his wife is busy in the yoga program. And I didn’t prepare breakfast, so that’s good. It is done with the stomach movements, and the first is called: you inhale, and then you exhale, okay? And slowly bend forward, bend your knees, and support your hands on the thighs. So please bend your knees, yeah, and hold your breath outside. Come up. Thank you. So, while exhaling, then you hold the breath inside and bend forward. So, exhale while bending forward. Very good. Hold the breath outside. So, this is a basic posture. Come up, please. It doesn’t need a lot of space. When you come down, you exhale, then hold the breath outside, and then you move the stomach in and out a few times. It means, so long that you can keep your breath outside, when there’s a need that now you have to inhale, you come up. And then inhale and have normal breath. So, our Chitrapurī will demonstrate, please. Chitrapurī, now please turn this and have a few normal breaths. Yes, no fasting, no dieting. You eat whatever you want, do every day this, that you, and but still. You have a good stomach and figure, like he, my God. How? You know, eat as much as you like, whatever you like. No dieting. Eat butter, jam, these honey, funny, tiny, gunny, everything. But this will digest everything and burn other, other, or unnecessary things from the body. So, again, can you do it normally also? Momentum, thank you. And then promoting to the one higher level, which is a little bit difficult to practice or to learn. It takes a long time to learn. It needs complete control over the muscles, and it’s not easy to have control over the muscles. But practice makes the master. And when you can do this after the Agniśāra Kriyā, I guarantee you the best condition of your health. This is really from the exercise of the Ṣaṭkarma Yoga: Netī, Dhautī, Bastī, Naulī, Trāṭaka, Kapālabhāti, Stala, Naulī. And also, it should be done only in the morning. The basic principle is the same. Then you have to slowly bend forward, supporting your hands on your thighs, and then the breath is held outside. Now you have to make the Uḍḍīyana Bandha and then pull the muscles out, and then churning of the muscles. Easy to speak, difficult to do. If you try every day until I come next year, you will be able to do it. So please, Chitrapurī and Chitrapurī can have a once-a-week class for this, only for one kriyā to learn. You have to come in the morning without breakfast and without your coffee. Otherwise, when you make it, the coffee will make, yes, there is, you know, like a wearing drink in the water. He had a tea, we could feel it. Oh, glass, how are you, you know. So what the master tells is true. You should believe the master because somebody was making it like this. Then I said, "Coffee will make," and so on and so forth. So once more, please, other direction. Thank you. Thank you. Moment, moment. Did you make sound with the stomach or with the mouth, perhaps? Thank you. Well, we remain with Agniśāra, okay? In and out, that we can do, yes. And then, slowly, slowly, learn. There are a few of our yoga teachers, all... They know how to make Agniśāra Kriyā, Korea also, and then one is also very good for the maṇipūra chakra, and that is called the Naukāsana boat. So you will do it like this. So now, sitting on the no, no, looking to me, very good, and bend your knees very good. Go a little this side, please. Thank you. Interlock your fingers and slowly bend backside and knees, stretch up. That’s all. Remain like that. It will also influence your maṇipūra cakra very much and is also very good for the stomach. Slowly come back after. Half a minute or like this, you repeat three, four times, and then the boat is on the beach, and with the waves slowly moving, how do you call it, swinging, rocking, so a little more moment, moment, come back. The boat does not have buttocks, which are only rocking. It is everything is going so down and then so much up. Once more. Is that? Yes, something like that. Very good. Thank you. The problem is this: yoga teachers don’t know when the master will call them to demonstrate what. And so, this is a Maṇipūra Chakra. It is practical if we would like to know what it is. This all dwells, this and that. It is for our good health, and give time, 15 minutes every day, for your Maṇipūra Chakra. You will, in one month, find a great difference in your health. The body will become lighter, and you will feel very relaxed and very comfortable. You will have very good digestion, you will enjoy your eating more, and you will digest everything properly. The body will take all the nutrition that it needs. Maṇipūra Chakra is one of the best chakras which we can activate and utilize the energy for the well-being of our physical, mental, and spiritual health. For social health, we have to come to the Ājñā Cakra. Yeah, we spoke so much about Maṇipūra Chakra, and now its digestive fire is active. It needs something. Fire needs something to calm down, and so I wish you a very good appetite.