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Guru Charaṇamme Arsatatiratahe, Voh Veda Purāṇame Gāte Hain. It is a beautiful festival, and I am truly happy that I can celebrate it with our dear Master, Viśvagurujī. I am happy that we can receive such a great blessing. Thank you, Viśvagurujī. I am very happy to have the opportunity to be here, especially with Viśvagurujī on this festival of brothers and sisters. I wish that everyone would be happy to be here with Viśvagurujī. There are so many children who will grow up, and we can be together as kids. It is a big blessing that we are all really happy on this day. Thank you for everything. I am very happy to be here with Viśvagurujī and to celebrate Rakṣā Bandhan. I am happy that we are all together here with Viśvagurujī, that Viśvagurujī protects us, and that I am here with my brother and sister. Mom, I love you. My mom loves me. Thanks, Dad. As was said, we are all happy to be here with Viśvagurujī. I think we are the happiest children. Svāmījī is very nice, and I am glad to be with him. I am very happy that we have this festival together with Svāmījī and that we are all together and very happy. I am happy to be here with Viśvagurujī and to have more brothers and sisters. As was already said, we are all very happy that you have given us this amazing opportunity that not all children in the world get. I think we can be very happy that we were the lucky ones who got the opportunity to tie this rakhi on your head. Thank you very much. I think we are more fortunate than other children that we are here and could tie the string on our hands. I am very happy to be here and to celebrate this great Rakṣā Bandhan with my friends. I would just say that maybe I can count myself as a child, since I’m 24. I wish many more children would have the opportunity to be here and grow up with Svāmījī. At least, that’s what I wish we would give further to the world. Such a childhood is spiritual, and who gives love to children? Thank you, Svāmījī. Praṇām Viśvagurujī. Hari Om, dear brothers and sisters. I have had the opportunity to grow up with Viśvagurujī, and I used to be part of this group of kids being around Svāmījī and tying the rakhi to his hand. I feel so grateful for everything that Viśvagurujī has done for me, and I guess for all of you here and around the world, and for everything he has helped us all with. I feel festivals like Rakṣā Bandhan are really something special because if we really, everywhere around the world, take it seriously, then it would help in the relationships between families, friends to friends, brothers to sisters, brothers to brothers, sisters to sisters. It would be a step towards world peace. So please, everyone, enjoy Rakṣā Bandhan. Happy International Day of Brothers and Sisters. And Gurudeva, thank you for everything. My wish for Gurujī is that we can all be very, very happy that we are here together and hopefully see each other again. I am very happy about that. I come from Hamburg, and this is, as Holī Gurujī said, heaven on earth. I wish you all that you live long, and to many young mothers, as Svāmījī also said, feel free and bring us many, many good children so that they can spread our message all over the world. Then it can finally get better, and we will get Satya Yuga, where we can all continue to work here or in heaven. Svāmījī, I thank you from the bottom of my heart, and I wish you all a wonderful summer and a happy time with Svāmījī. Hari Om. Praṇām Svāmījī. I am very happy that I got the opportunity again to come to Střílky and to join this nice seminar and be together with Svāmījī. I am always longing to come here to meet all the Bhaktas and Svāmījī. It is for me always a great pleasure to be able to come here, and this is a blessing of Gurudeva. I am coming from Hamburg, and I wish for all younger people a long, long time and much joy to be with Svāmījī always, as long as possible. I also wish that there might be many, many new children, and that we are all growing up and can spread the knowledge of our Guru Paramparā to the world, to get Satya Yuga spread in the world, and those who cannot do from here can do from heaven. Thank you, Svāmījī. Thank you. May heaven come upon us. Thank you. Praṇām Viśvagurujī, praṇām to all who are seeing us through the webcast. We greet you from this beautiful festival. My name is Sita, and I have been leading the children’s program at these international seminars for many years. Away from our group, I often meet people who say, "Oh, this young generation, the youth, it’s terrible." To those people who think so, I would wish for them that they could be present with us for a few days here in Střílky. You have heard what our children have said, but it’s just the words. I can see every moment they are experiencing here in Střílky. They are drawing pictures full of hearts and wishing to give them to our dear Master. Without our inspiration, as soon as they can write, at least a little bit, they write, "Svāmījī, I love you so much." We all know how children are pure, and therefore they feel how important it is to be here with Viśvagurujī. I think that we could learn from them the truth that is in them. As my daughter Bhajan Devī said, if this festival were taken seriously, it would be a great step toward world peace. I would like to ask, in the name of all of us who have these rakṣīs of brothers and sisters on our hands, as during the Vedic marriage ceremony there are promises made in front of the fire and devīs and devas, and when we tied these rakṣīs... In front of Viśvagurujī and in front of his eyes, it’s a lifelong promise. So let’s enjoy the beautiful relationship and let’s spread this message wider. Hari Om. Hari Om, brothers and sisters. I ask God to give the world more opportunities to know our Master Devpurījī, our Master Mahāprabhujī, and so that our Master Viśvagurujī can give the most blessings to people all over the world. Thank you very much. In all my prayers, I wish very much that more and more people could experience the blessing of our Śrī Devpurījī, Śrī Mahāprabhujī, and Śrī Viśvagurujī. Thank you. Praṇām Viśvagurujī, praṇām all of you. This festival is for me an opportunity that brothers and sisters can share satsaṅg. So let’s spread the satsaṅg’s net all over the world. Thank you. This holiday is for me about that, that brothers and sisters can share a bag with each other. So let’s spread this bag. Thank you. Hari Om, I love this festival very much, and I think that all of the people are the same as me in this topic. In my life, I had the opportunity to experience the love of my brother, and it is the most beautiful love I have experienced in my life. Unfortunately, my brother is not alive anymore. But it is a very special love between brother and sister. It is something very different from between parents and children. When I was born, my brother rang the bells and went to all our neighbors, and he told them that he got a baby sister. He was seven years older, and he was the proudest brother as could be, and he always took care of me and always helped me. He protected me like a brother should. It’s a very pure and very beautiful love, so I’m very happy for this. I wish all of you could experience such love. Praṇām Gurujī, praṇām brothers and sisters. Sometimes I ask a question: who is actually Svāmījī? Perhaps you are asking the same question, and sometimes I get the answer that he is our older brother, and he is searching in the world for his lost brothers and sisters. We all know that we are all brothers and sisters, and that the whole world is one family. But perhaps we forget about it. I am thankful to Svāmījī Viśvagurujī that he reminds us of this and that he is using this beautiful opportunity of the Rakṣā Bandhan Festival to tell us again and again that we are brothers and sisters, that he is teaching us to be brothers and sisters, that he is teaching us to be again human. Thank you very much for everything, Viśvagurujī. Hari Om. Devadhī Dev, Deveśvara Mahādeva. Alak Purījī Mahādeva. Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān. Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandajī Bhagavān. Sisters, brothers, kī jaya. All dear ones around the world and here, I wish you a very happy Rakṣā Bandhan. Many did not know, and still many don’t know the value of Rakṣā Bandhan. The last, before last, speaker moved the heart of all. You know, many girls wish to have a brother. They don’t have a brother, and many brothers are longing to have one sister because the relation of brother and sister is great. In some ways, much better or deeper than father and mother. How many single persons, who are only children, look forward to having a brother or sister? What we call brotherhood, only we can bring peace, harmony, mutual understanding, kindness, forgiveness. Supporting and protecting the word of promise, that is the relation of brother and sister. So maybe you did not find that feeling towards your sister, but this Rakṣā Bandhan reminds you that you have a sister and you have a brother. Make a call. Write a letter. Say sometime, "Sister, how are you?" Yes. Nowadays, relations are getting lost. So the ancient festivals were not just any festivals; they were there for us to remember in our hearts what bonds, relationships, and what we have promised. Husband-wife, master-disciple, and friend-to-friend. These are the relations which do not depend on intellect or emotion. That is something which is soul to soul, heart to heart. It doesn’t matter if you are a scientist and the other one is an engineer or a farmer or doesn’t have any title, is a housewife or not married. That doesn’t matter. It matters that that relation is a love which is not in a negative way. But in this love, one is lost. Therefore, we have to come to the ethical principles. Don’t always repeat love, love, love. Respect is love. Protection is love. Kindness is love. Humbleness is love. Forgiveness is love. And help without any expectations. If we will spread this in the world, there will be peace in the world again. So it is a brotherhood. And brotherhood thoughts are coming from the Rakṣā Bandhan Festival. So, you know, many of your hearts were overwhelmed. Maybe your brother is not nice to you. That’s also hurting your heart. I wish that my brother would be so kind and see me as his only sister, and not fight for dividing the property of our parents. A brother is ready to offer everything for a sister. When the parents die and there’s a question of dividing the properties, here it is. The brother says, "Sister, here it is, everything. Take whatever you like." That is a brother. And the sister will also say, "You take what you like. I love you, my brother." This is a family education. Social education. Many people do not have a social education. And who does not have a social education? He speaks the heart’s words to the friends, brothers, sisters. So, social education means politeness, humbleness, vivekā, many, many good qualities. That is love. Don’t just say "unconditional love." God is love. Everyone gives love to everyone. But how and where? That’s only words. Dry words. You know that story? There was a poor man, and he went to make tapasyā at the beach of the ocean. It took him a few years, but he wanted God to give him something. "I’m very poor." Well, God came out of the ocean and brought with him one conch. And he said, "My son, your sādhanā is successfully completed. I give you this conch, and this conch is such that whatever you ask him, he will give you. Anything: money, cloth, eating, house, car, everything. Food, house, car, everything." "Thank you, God." So he took this conch in his bag and went home. On the way, he stayed with one friend. Now, you know how to know who is a good friend, dear dharma mitra or nārī. Parakhāyun apatkāl, parakhāyun chari dhīraj, dhīraj, that you have power to wait. In person, dharma, your dharma should protect you. Dharma Mitra, your friend is forever in your favor. Only you know if they are real or not when the most difficult time is in your life. Then you will know if this friend was your friend or not. If your wife or husband were real, they said, "Yes, I will be thine," etc. So he stayed with his brother, yeah, friend. And they were eating in the evening, and he said to the friend, "My dear friend, I was five years at the beach making tapasyā. And God gave me this beautiful conch. And you know what is the specialty of this? If I say, 'I want one million cheque money,' what is it called? Conch. When I say, 'I want a million crowns,' or one million pounds, or a million pounds, or one million dinars. What do you want?" He said, "No, that’s not possible. My friend, I am not so stupid." He said, "Yes, brother, my friend, believe." "Then show me." So he took his conch out and washed it, and made a bath for it. He made a tilaka, flowers, and made a pūjā, and said, "O Lord Kāñc, I need one million forint." He said, "Yes," and one million came. "O my Lord Kāñc, bring us a nice dinner." This, this... this. All this is prepared for him. "Oh, my Lord, we would like to have first ice cream." And everyone got ice cream. Then they said, "Oh, Lord, a nice new blanket for the night so that we are not cold." It came. So the conch said, "Something more?" He said, "No, thank you." And then he put it back in his bag again. The friend was thinking, "If I would have this, I will be the millionaire. Somehow, I shall steal it." So this other friend was very tired and was sleeping very deep, and he had in the house a similar one, so he put it in the bag, the wrong one, and took the real one with him. The man comes to his village, and he tells his wife, his children, and the village people, "I have a miracle conch. I will feed and invite the whole village for lunch." And he made the pūjā. Nothing happened. Nothing happened. People were laughing. He was so sad, disappointed, and angry, and he ran back to the ocean and threw this conch in the ocean. "God, this is yours. Why did you make it like this? Well, in front of all, I was humiliated." Well, God came. "My dear friend, he, your friend, has taken the real conch. And this part you throw is your old one. What to do now?" God brought another conch, and he said, "Take this. What is the specialty? If you ask him, 'Give me a million dollars,' then the conch will say, 'You are very naive. Only one million dollars? Take it. One billion, please. Can you bring one dress for me for the whole village? A beautiful dress.' 'Why only just one? I want to have one Trabant.' 'Why only one Trabant? There are many trabants still.' But then you should say, 'Thank you.' Because this conch is only speaking, giving nothing. So go back, visit your friend, and tell him that you have something very special. That’s all." So he went, and the friend was very nervous. He said, "Oh friend, how are you? I was again in the ocean, and God gave me a conch. If I ask for one thing, he’d give me many things. He advised me, and he guides me, and he gives me double." He said, "No, it’s impossible." "No, I will show you. God comes. 'I want one million dollars.' He said, 'Ha, ha, ha. Always, you ask me so little. Take five billion.' 'Oh, okay, thank you. I need a diamond necklace for my wife.' 'Why only a necklace? Earrings, necklace, rings. Many, many things.' 'Okay, thank you. Kāñc or Śaṅk, can you bring good eating?' 'Oh, that is a good idea. I will bring you organic and the best taste. Just wait a minute.' He said, 'OK, then tomorrow, please.' And he said, 'Let’s go, good night.'" The friend thought, "This is the best one." So what did he do? The original good one, which he had in the house, he brought it and put in his bag, and the fake conch he took and went home. Now, the name of this Kāñc was Śaṅko, who was a stupid one. So when you say to him, "Give me one million dollars," he said, "Take five billion." And if you said, "Yes, they give me, please," then he said, "Are you stupid? I don’t give. I only speak." So sometimes someone promises you, but these are empty words. So when you promise, when you have friendship, then you don’t put the values between. Then don’t be angry. But if you are not really understanding, then you will be suffering. You will be suffering inside. Therefore, for the relation, there are no conditions. If you are an expert or you are not an expert, this is one thing. So, brother and sister, there is no condition between. Father and children, no condition. Wife and husband, no condition. Master and disciple, no condition. Otherwise, when you lose your words and your promises, then you lose this life. And you don’t know what will be the next life, so that’s it. So this is, if we cultivate such a relationship, very hot soup. So Rakṣā Bandhan is something to create brotherhood around the whole world, to create peace. So this means if you don’t have a brother, you can adopt a brother, and you don’t necessarily have only one brother adopted. You can have ten brothers, you can have fifteen brothers, twenty brothers. Now, no one can do anything to you; you have twenty-five brothers around you. You can walk anywhere in the night and day, and if you have ten sisters or twenty sisters, you can say, "Oh, relax now, sister will do everything." So how nice to listen. So this is this. But if you are searching for wrong things always, you are creating bad energy in you, bad feelings in you. So kindness, humbleness, blessing, mercy, forgiveness, brotherhood—those are good words to know, and blessing. If your sister is younger, then you can send her your blessings. If your brother is younger, you send blessings. Always, an elderly person gives the blessing. And the Master gives you blessings. You don’t write to the Master for blessings. Parents can bless you. You should not say, "Parents, I bless you." "I wish you good health. I wish you all the best. Good luck," etc. So, this is also respect to the senior and junior. So, still, there is how many hours left to choose the brother or the sister? But not because of my lecture. You should think over. Yes, I have a brother. It doesn’t matter if your husband left you or you lost everything, but you have a dear brother, and my brother is a brother. The whole world can be against me, but I have my brother. He will not be against me or opposite. My sister, yes, you know, sister replaces your mother also, and brother replaces you like father, that’s it. So I wish you a happy Rakṣā Bandhan. Yes, and now children are hungry, so we have to have something, no? So, our Muktānanda from D&M shop, he has cake for all sisters. Means all females, and all boys, of course. And the men got something very nice to serve them today. Bring them good cake. Maybe sister will say, "No, brother, half for you and half for me." That can happen. So, I wish you a good appetite and wish you a very happy Rakṣā Bandhan, and the program will continue then. Little bit, there is karma yoga and enjoy. If you have a guru sister or guru brother who is not here, you can phone, you can send SMS, good wishes. Cha ṣakha tva meva vidyā draviṇam tva meva tva meva sarvam mama deva deva tva meva mātā cha pitā neva tva meva bandho cha sakha tva meva vidyā draviṇam tva meva tva meva samam deva Alak Purījī Mahā Devādi Deva Deva Īśvara. Mahā Deva Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān, Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandajī Bhagavān.