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Hari Om, dear Viśvagurujī, dear friends, brothers, and sisters. Good morning. Today is a very auspicious day—the 15th of August—a day we are celebrating the birthday anniversary of our Master. Of course, it is not enough to simply say "Happy birthday" and present a gift. Therefore, we thought to organize a small program. To celebrate today's birthday anniversary of Viśvagurujī Parmaṁ Svāmī Maheśvarānanda, we would first like to offer a symbolic flower garland and shawl, as well as the dakṣiṇā collected from all the disciples. We also have another symbolic gift from all the disciples. We have asked two people to say a few words about our Viśvagurujī. The first to offer best wishes on behalf of us all is His Serene Highness, Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein. "Good morning. This is a big surprise; I was not informed I had to say a few words. But it is a great honor, of course, to do so on this very special day. What I feel, and wish to express to all of you and all of us, is really to let Swāmījī know how much we care for him and how much love we all want to give to him. I would like Swāmījī to know how much we all depend on him and how much we love him. I remember a song, I don't know by which artist, called 'It's Lonely at the Top.' I think we all have no idea how lonely it can be at the top. So, you know, like President Kennedy once said, 'Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.' In this sense, I would like to ask all of us: don't always ask what the Swami can do for you, but what we can do for the Swami. We should not always demand only from the Swāmī. The least we can do is to really open our hearts and give him the love which he needs and deserves. In this sense, on behalf of all of us, I say: Swami, we love you very, very much. We wish you all the best for this birthday, and we hope that you will stay with us for many, many, many more birthdays to come. Thank you very much." Now we have the second person to say best wishes on behalf of us all: Krishnanand from Budapest. "Praṇām Gurudev, our dear and beloved Master. Praṇām Swāmījī. As Prince Alfred von Liechtenstein said, we should take the opportunity today to give something to Swāmījī for his birthday. But the thing is, we cannot give anything, because what we give is only returning what we have already received from him. What I would like to add today, on Swāmījī’s birthday, is a date of hope, love, and possibility. We can only return what we have received. Of course, what we can give is, most of all, to accept the words of our Guru and to pass on the love that we receive from him—not only the teaching, but also in his name, in his spirituality—to give love to the world, to help what he has brought to this Earth. What we can give to Swāmījī for his birthday is giving further the knowledge and the love that we have received from him. This is our obligation, our duty to deliver this knowledge and this love that he has brought to this earth. Dear Gurudev, there are thousands of disciples present, but millions of people are thinking how lucky they are that you have incarnated. On this day, on the day of the birthday, we again would like to ask you something: please help us reach the goal. Please help us reach the fulfillment and the oneness with God, the reason you are incarnated for. Today we would like to ask you, please help us to reach our goal to unite with God, which is the goal of your incarnation here. And I wish, dear Gurudeva... Dearest Gurudev, we wish that you stay with us for thousands, thousands, and many more thousands of years. Without you, we are lost, but with you, we owe everything. We are lost without you, but we have everything with you. We are very grateful for that. Thank you." The last ones on our birthday wish list are the children. "Do you know why we are so happy today? We are happy because we are celebrating our dearest Viśvagurujī’s birthday together. But what kind of present will we give him? I don’t think he needs any presents. But I remember that once Viśvagurujī’s birthday wish was that we protect birds. So we thank you, Viśvagurujī, in the name of all the birds of the world. Thank you. But Viśvagurujī thinks of all animals. Do you remember how he wished that we protect butterflies and bees? Yes, we do remember. Thank you very much for all the butterflies. I thank you for all the bees. I also heard that Viśvagurujī has saved many cows and also helped many homeless cows. So we thank you in the name of the cows. So that the animals and people would not be thirsty, he had the talāb (pond) built in Žadan. Thank you for that. And also we thank you for the pupils from Jadam school, that they can learn there. We also thank you, Viśvagurujī, for organizing the fire brigade in Jadam and providing them a fire engine. Fire brigade. Hasiči. We also thank that Swāmījī is protecting our earth, and he is protecting the peace on earth. And we would also like to thank—don’t say what all we are thankful for, because if you would want to name it all, it would be evening already. It’s better to sing to him." Happy birthday, happy birthday, dear Viśva Gurujī, happy birthday... God bless you. Jai Śiva, Jai Śiva... Avatār Purījī will now sing some Sanskrit mantras. Oṁ śaṁ no mitraḥ śaṁ varuṇaḥ śaṁ no bhavatvaryamā śaṁ na indro bṛhaspatiḥ śaṁ no viṣṇururukramaḥ namo brahmaṇe namaste vāyo tvameva pratyakṣaṁ brahmāsi tvameva pratyakṣaṁ brahmā vadhiṣyāmi satyaṁ vadhiṣyāmi tanmām avatu tadvaktāram avatu avatu mām avatu vaktāraṁ oṁ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ... Oṁ sahanāvavatu sahanau bhunaktu sahavīryaṁ karavāvahai tejasvināvadhītamastu mā vidviṣāvahai oṁ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ... Oṁ yaśchandasāmṛṣabho viśvarūpaḥ dhātā dharmaṇāṁ prabhavaḥ samindro me'dhyātsa notrā amīta āsya devā dhārayanta o bhuvi sāṁ śarīramme vicarṣaṇam jīvā me madhumattamaḥ sambhūtiṁ viśvamā brahmaṇaḥ kośaḥ si medhāyā pitā śrutaṁ me gopāya oṁ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ… Oṁ ahaṁ ṛṣirūpeṇa kīrtiḥ pṛṣṭho giririva ūrdhvaḥ pavitro vājasā saṁ jānaṁ sva jāsaṁ sumedhā amito kṣitiriti tiṣṭhan karvedaṁ vājaṁ oṁ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ... Oṁ pūrṇamadaḥ pūrṇamidaṁ pūrṇāt pūrṇamudacyate pūrṇasya pūrṇamādāya pūrṇamevāvaśiṣyate oṁ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ. Oṁ āpyāyantu mamāṅgāni vāk prāṇaścakṣuḥ śrotramatho balamindriyāṇi ca sarvāṇi sarvam brahmopaniṣadaṁ māhaṁ brahma nirākuryāṁ mā mā brahma nirākarod anirākaraṇamastvanirākaraṇaṁ me'stu tadātmāni nirākuryāt oṁ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ. Oṁ vāṅ me manasi pratīṣṭhitā mano me vāci pratīṣṭhitamāvirāvīrma edhi oṁ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ. Oṁ śaṁ no mitraḥ śaṁ varuṇaḥ śaṁ no bhavatvaryamā śaṁ na indro bṛhaspatiḥ śaṁ no viṣṇururukramaḥ namo brahmaṇe namaste vāyo tvameva pratyakṣaṁ brahmāsi tvameva pratyakṣaṁ brahmā vadhiṣyāmi satyaṁ vadhiṣyāmi tanmām avatu tadvaktāram avatu avatu mām avatu vaktāraṁ oṁ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ. Oṁ bhadraṁ karṇebhiḥ śṛṇuyāma devāḥ bhadraṁ paśyemākṣabhiryajatrāḥ sthirairaṅgaistuṣṭuvāṁsastanūbhirvyaśema devahitaṁ yadāyuḥ svasti na indro vṛddhaśravāḥ svasti naḥ pūṣā viśvavedāḥ svasti nastārkṣyo ariṣṭanemiḥ svasti no bṛhaspatirdadhātu oṁ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ. Nārāyaṇaṁ padmabhavam vaśiṣṭhaṁ śaktiṁ ca tatputraparāśaraṁ ca vyāsaṁ śukaṁ gauḍapadaṁ mahāntaṁ govinda yogīndramathāsya śiṣyaṁ śrī śaṅkarācāryamathāsya padmapādaṁ ca hastāmalakaṁ ca śiṣyaṁ taṁ totakaṁ varttikakāramanyānasmadgurūn santatāśaṅkarān santatāmanato'smi śruti smṛti purāṇānāṁ ālayam karuṇālayam namāmi bhagavadpādaśaṅkaraṁ lokaśaṅkaraṁ. Śaṅkaraṁ śaṅkarācāryaṁ keśavaṁ bādarāyaṇaṁ sūtrabhāṣyakṛtau vande bhagavantau punaḥ punaḥ. Oṁ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ... Oṁ guruṁ brahmā guruṁ viṣṇu guruṁ devo maheśvaraḥ guruḥ sākṣāt paraṁ brahma tasmai śrī gurave namaḥ oṁ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ. Bolo Śrī Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Śrī Puruṣa Mahādeva Śrī Jai Allāh Puruṣa Mahārāj Śrī Jai Hindū Dharma Samya Parmaṁ Svāmī Śrī Mādhavānanda Purījī Mahārāj Kī Jai, Viśva Guru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvar Parmaṁ Svāmī Śrī Maheśvarānanda Purījītra Prudente Bhagavān Kī Jai, Avatthāpurījī Kī Jai. This was the blessing of Avatthāpurījī to all of you. And now we will come to Rājendra Purī. After his afternoon rest, he has time; otherwise, he has no access to the telephone. Thank you very much. You are lucky that Ālakpurījī’s Siddhāpīṭa Paramparā—so many of our future, our paramparā, our future of yoga, and the life of juniors are developing, including Avatārpurī. Avatārpurī is now with Ācārya Mahāmaṇḍaleśvar. Rājguru means the guru of the kings. Viśvakānandjī is a very great, learned personality in all Vedas, Upaniṣads, and everything, and he is now with him. You know, all these masters are very strict. Who is not strict is not a master. So Viśvakānandjī is very strict, exactly like Holī Gurujī. So now he is with Viśvakānandjī, and he is learning with us. And Viśvakānandjī loves him very much, so they are all very happy. Thank you. And now he is a good boy. Avatārpurī’s guru brother, Rājendra Purī—you know many of you—he will call now soon, I think. He will also say something in mantras. I got it, and I shall call him, but I don’t think he’s online. Well, we need someone who really knows and studies Sanskrit. Otherwise, all meaning and knowledge will get lost. Like old languages—what you call the old Greek language, Latin language, and the Persian language—they are all rooted from Sanskrit. And he is online. So it is very important for us, especially for spirituality and yoga. And so now comes Svāmī Rājendra Purī. Yes, so now Rājendra Purī will say some mantras. This is our junior... Okay, Bolo Mantra. Their connection is not so good. This is our Rājendra Purī, yes. Thank you. He is in Benares. He is studying in Sanskrit school college, and he is also learning very well. So now we have two who are studying Sanskrit. There is an option for distance learning in Sanskrit, organized by the Government of India. It is the Sanskrit department, and they all can apply. This is especially our Pārvatī knows, and Mahāmaṇḍaleśvar... have been suggesting. So it would be good if you have interest. When you learn Sanskrit, then you will understand more what spirituality means, what yoga means, and also much clarity will come to our self. Language is something. Every language is a good language, from the language of animals... You know, recently when I was in Khatu, we had a little room; we prepared a little Ālakpurījī Siddha Pīṭha Paramparā Āśrama, and the room was still not ready. Some windows were open, so the birds took advantage, and they came and made a nest. And there were three or four babies inside, and I was sleeping there. Of course, I left the windows open, and they disciplined. At sunset time, mothers came, father and mother, then it was pin silent. Babies were also sleeping. At the time of the sunrise, the mother woke up, and the babies too. Okay. Now, father and mother, they are going to get something, a feeder for them. So when the father was going, the mother is looking, watching the children. And when she is going, she is watching. Okay. The mother told them, "Don’t go out of the nest when I am going somewhere." How do I know this language? So I could guess. The mother was standing near the nest, and she was saying something. And she went out. One baby tried to come out, and about twenty meters away, the mother saw and quickly came in. The baby went back again, and the mother said something. The baby was very peaceful, and she flew to the feeder. Then the father came. He was sitting out near the nest, and this baby came out only till here. And the baby was talking to the father, complaining that we don’t like mothers, how strict she is. And he was looking like this, and then he went back, and the father came near the baby. And both the father was giving her baby the love, like he’s kissing the pig to pig. And then came, see, the father made a little like this and went back. The babies went in silent. And mother was angry, looking at father, and father escaped. I was making my mālā in the morning, and I was observing through the window where the nest was. I called Umapurī and I said, "Look how parents are strict." So everyone has a language. Fish have a language. Butterflies have a language. Every creature has a language to understand, and similarly, we also have a language. They have a language through their body, their movements, their looking. Even a snake has a language. So humans also, we have a language with many, many giving indications. The best language is through the eyes, and we understand. So always like this. You’re talking, "Yes, how are you? Good, and thank you," and no, and you sit. So our hands are language: fingers, hands, body language. The folk language. But there is another language, what we call the language of philosophy. Serious. There are also jokes, there is also something, but it has that kind of language which makes your brain fresh. And from that, Sanskrit language is great. But people have no time to learn. And there is one main reason why people don’t learn Latin, Old Greek, or Sanskrit, because people think these languages will not give them survival, existence. So people learn languages like English or different languages to get work, a job. So, this is it: to survive. But if all will learn this best language and best knowledge, you will get the job. You see, the Japanese, they have their own language. They have their own alphabet. And it’s not necessary that they say they learned English. If they don’t understand us, they should learn Japanese. That’s it. So, of course, in Czech, when you come, everywhere it is written in the Czech language. And in Slovak, if you write in Czech, then you have to write the same thing in Slovak. So this is not because of nationalism, but to keep that culture of the language. And many people do not, and they lost their culture; they lost their meanings. So now it is the time for yoga. And as I told you, this year they have a slogan: "Yoga for body and beyond." It’s good, no? And so, if you learn that language of yoga, then you will understand. Then you will understand āsana, prāṇāyāma, many things. So, Sanskrit is still that language which has a scientific effect and knowledge. So the Government of India has given the fund, millions—maybe millions is too little, billions. It is lying in every state of India, in Rajasthan, in Gujarat, etc. They support learning Sanskrit, but people don’t want to learn. And now they expanded, so you can study the distance, study. And I think they even finance, then, something that I don’t know, that she will tell. As well as the embassy of India offering the yoga teacher course. Of course, compared to our Yoga in Daily Life, that is a kindergarten. Why not? It is most important. But they will give you more āsanas and prāṇāyāmas. But you get a certificate or a diploma from the government, and that meal in the future is good for us. So we should have both Yoga in Daily Life, as well as what the government offers us. So in Prague, there is also a course, and I think in all other countries. Yeah, so it’s good to have. We should have at least 50 yoga teachers here in Czech, or 100, that are the government certificate holder, so that we can support yoga for the well-being of a human: health, physical, mental, social, and spiritual. Now in this Kali Yuga, if we want to bring peace, there is only one way: to be in the heart of others. And that is possible now only through yoga. Different cultures, different religions, nationalities, languages—that is, we are fighting. But yoga brings one heart to heart. The meditation, the relaxation, it gives us immense energy and intuition. So, as we put as a subject last year, yoga is a path to nonviolence and peace. That’s it. So yoga leads to nonviolence and peace. So, yoga for body and beyond. So, think it over, and more information you can look up on the internet from every Indian embassy, or our Pārvatī can give you some instructions this evening. I think the headquarters is in Nemec, where we had Kumbh Melā this year, and so there is more for the Vedas. I wish you all the best, all dear brothers and sisters around the world. Bless you in the name of Ālakpurījī Siddhāpīṭa Paramparā, and thank you for good wishes for my birthday. So as long as I live, we will create more spirituality, happiness, and health. So, thank you.