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The subject is Rāja Yoga. Rāja Yoga is the yoga of discipline. Therefore, Patañjali stated it very clearly at the beginning: Aṣṭāṅga Yoga Anuśāsanam. Anuśāsanam means discipline. And this discipline is not only for some time, but is lifelong. Atha means now. Atha means just now—not tomorrow, not after one hour, but just now. Begin from the point where you have forgotten. So, Anuśāsanam—if we observe our planet and all of life, what is our planet? It is a living planet. Each and every plant, each and every blade of grass, grows in discipline. The trees grow in discipline. The ocean has its discipline. Life in the ocean is disciplined. Therefore, we should not think that yoga is only for humans. Why do we think it is only for humans? Because humans have lost that human nature. When we get up in the morning, we say, "I am human." Only this one word: "I am human." So if we do anything bad or wrong, it becomes a question mark in your awareness, in your chidākāśa. Though we know we are doing wrong, it is not human. Nature acts according to its dharma, but we humans do not act according to human dharma. That is one of the biggest problems on earth. Who knows when what will happen? Sometimes they speak of a big bomb. Who knows? Three years ago—time passes quickly—in the Himalayas, a holy place, the seat of Śiva, it is called... Which Shiva temple is it? Badrināth? Kedārnāth. Badrināth is Viṣṇu, Kedārnāth is Śiva. It is a beautiful place, and from there the river Gaṅgā flows. These are the holy places: Badrināth, Kedārnāth, Kedārnāth, Badrināth, and Kailāś Parvat, the mountain Kailāś. Gaṅgotrī, Janos—this is just a small thing. Gaṅgotrī and the others are such small matters. You sweat on this side, and you sweat from here also. So Gaṅgā and Yamunā are under our armpits and so on. But Kailāś Parvat, Badrināth, Kedārnāth, and the kingdom of Ālagpurījī—people used to go there for enjoyment. What kind of enjoyment? Many, many hotels. Meat, alcohol. Wrong honeymoon. Not married yet, so it is a different honeymoon. The atmosphere became impure. One day, Śiva opened his eyes, and Śakti said, "Lord, what māyā have you created here?" He said, "You don’t like it?" "No." He closed his eyes. Pārvatī did not know what to do, but he worked; he did not need to argue. He closed his eyes and said, "Gaṅgā, come down," and she came. Within no time, when Gaṅgā comes, she has great power. What we call the cloud burst, and they caused it. There was a Divine Mother’s temple. There is a balance between Deva and Devī, God and Goddess. When there is balance, only Abhiṣeka is there. And what we call the rainbow—look, that is Śiva. That rainbow is a mālā, a garland around Śiva. But if the cloud breaks, it is said, as they say, that according to karma, distraction occurs. But before that, God takes their good thoughts, vivekā, away, finished. And buddhi always works in different directions then. Buddhi needs control, like a skilled rider needs control of a mighty horse. Buddhi always works in different directions then. If you come near that horse—my God, especially what they call a Haflinger in the mountains, in the Alps—he is as big as an elephant, and if you ride him, you are just like a mosquito on his body. But a good rider, when he just jumps on his back, that horse knows this is the master. So who controls them? Their buddhi, their intellect, is polluted. And therefore, what can they expect? Call it destruction. So there was a Divine Mother’s temple, and it was in the middle of the dam. They built the dam above Śiva, and they removed the temple elsewhere. That was the Śakti. She came to Śiva. "What is this? You are sitting here and looking." He looked and closed his eyes. She said, "Hmm." Action. Śiva said, "Oṁ." She knew what was going on, so the entire cloud burst. And the dam’s quality was not good because their buddhi was like that, and a big dam broke. Everything was swept away. Five-star, multi-story buildings, villages—villages and villages disappeared, so much distraction. Now they do not dare to build a hotel. There are big holes, and no one knows when it will happen a second time. The last three years. Peace for all is Śiva. All houses vanished. Kedārnāth Temple, where Śiva resides, was in the middle of this flood. The greatest force came. Undoubtedly, this temple would be washed away. There is a Jyotirliṅga. It is Śiva himself. Śakti was standing. "I made a mistake. Now Śiva will go away from here. The temple will be destroyed." Can you imagine a 20- to 30-meter-high flat wave? It is impossible. Many animals, many elephants, all were washed away until Haridwār. Haridwār was also on alert. So a big rock came with this water. Some meters away, in front of the Śiva temple, that rock stopped, and the flood diverted like this. That rock was like a Nandi protecting Śiva’s temple. It was a big disaster. You could not see how terrible it was. Hundreds of kilometers on both sides, the banks of the Gaṅgā, buildings were falling down like this. That is called destruction. Why? No discipline. That is all. O human, you should have discipline. Take care of nature. Mahāprabhujī said, "If you go against nature, nature will punish you." And so, now we see how many illnesses there are. Did you ever hear that there are so many hospitals in this world? There was a time when people had to go from Brno to Prague to see a small doctor, a little clinic, because everyone was living healthy; they had everything. As many hospitals as there are, there are even more ill people. Thousands and thousands of bad hospitals, and still we are ill. Because there is no discipline. Rāja Yoga gives us that kind of awareness. And so Rāja Yoga provides us with a certain awareness: awareness of punishment—punishment of eating, punishment of food, punishment of taking things from nature, punishment of controlling our anger, hate, jealousy, and knowing that I am human. That is Rāja Yoga. Ātma Yoga Anuśāsanam. Therefore, anuśāsanam, discipline. Everything we do, we should have discipline. Road traffic, traffic regulations, are given for discipline. Red light, stop sign, speed limitation, careful, wildlife crossing, school children—how many indications do we have? We neglect them, and afterward, the next tree, you are hanging. Why? Because we did not follow the traffic rules. "Don’t drink and drive." So they put "don’t," they deleted it. What remains? "Drink and drive." So it is in their mind. Don’t delete it, so no discipline. So in Rāja Yoga, it makes humans disciplined in a positive way, with humbleness, kindness, honesty, truth—many, many things. So, Yama and Niyama, these first, what we call the very important and very valuable, these ten commandments. When we pass this, then we go further. But do not think it is only for one day. This is a lifelong practice. That is why we call it yoga in daily life. So these ten rules to follow lifelong. If we do not follow these, then yoga will not be successful. So, to achieve success in your practice smoothly, straight, and speedily, it leads to mokṣa, because we now follow these principles. So it is lifelong, lifelong. Then yoga practice—āsanas, prāṇāyāma—they will come by themselves. And if you do not do āsana, prāṇāyāma, it does not matter. You will breathe until you die. Even if you practice or not, God has given automatic prāṇāyāma. All the time we are inhaling and exhaling, and between inhalation and exhalation, automatically there is a kumbhak. It takes time to change what you call kleśa. Now, please observe your breath. Very normal, do not change anything. When you inhale, it takes a few seconds to exhale. Some seconds again, and we inhale. So kumbhak is automatic. Pūrak, before recak is kumbhak, and before recak is kumbhak, and before pūrak is again kumbhak. So we will have prāṇāyāma. When you walk, you have prāṇāyāma. When you go, you have prāṇāyāma, and when you sleep. We are very tired. How many hours are you practicing prāṇāyāma? In beautiful rhythm. That helps us, not just these two minutes. That is it. How many hours? And then, automatically, after a certain age, we come to Kapālabhāti or Bhastrikā, and God automatically gave everything. And before waking up, we stretch. That is good exercise. You are doing it also naturally. Work is your exercise. We concentrate. And when we close our eyes, it is already meditation. Samādhi. Do not worry. Permanent samādhi. It will come one day. You do not need to train anything. That is called eternal samādhi. And we pray for the soul to come to eternal peace and light. So, these things God takes into his hands automatically, but God gave them to us because we are human. And that is that Yama and Niyama that we should follow. So, Rāja Yoga is about self-confidence, self-awareness, bright intellect, very wise vivekā, and a wide space of consciousness. Everything is there, and the ātmā is inside. So God gave us everything. In Rāja Yoga, there is this principle: a Rāja Yogī is comfortable, and a Rāja Yogī is ever happy because he follows the Yama and Niyama. So today our Swami Vivek Purī did great work. He made such a big white screen, and he warned that with white, we make it colorful. So give the children some pens. They will draw something. For that we have a projector. Pro, pro you. It is pro you, pro everybody. But we have to have energy, jack up. Projector, everything is hanging there, so very soon it will come: Rāja Yoga PowerPoint. And I am looking forward. I have to learn. Maybe they have put something great. My PowerPoint is different. My PowerPoint is my words. Are my words. Yes? Yes. With one word, everybody is in. Just one word, and everybody is sitting like this. So, the PowerPoint. So the PowerPoint. Śabd pyārā lage, śabd sanehī, mārī jātrā marhelī. Śabd sanehī, mārī jātrā marhelī. So we will materialize the Gajānand. Gajānanda Ānanda Karo, Gajānanda Ānanda Karo, Strelky Park, K&R. Yes, this is Strelky Park. Gajānanda Ānanda Karo for everybody in Strelky Park. So, we will talk every day for our yoga teacher training. Discipline. In everything, discipline. Eating, cooking, cleaning, washing, taking a shower, brushing teeth—soothes. Clean shoes. Socks. Change your socks once a month. Every full moon day. So, sorry. And we see the beautiful day of Puruj’s light, the sunset. You see? Beautiful. So, śabad pyārā lāgesā. Śabad. Śabda means word. And in this Yama and Niyama there are the words, śabda. And this one word has so many good meanings. And opposite to this, one word has so many bad things. So, short and sweet. Śabd Brahma. Śabd Brahma.... The word is Brahman. The sound is Brahman. Yes. That is why every god, every incarnation—every god, every incarnation—they have no title. Just Rāma. Only Rāma. No, the Dr. Rāma, Professor Rāma, Engineer Rāma—we have many Indians. Any Dr. Rāma, any Engineer Rāma, any Professor Rāma, those are only Indians who are named that and are professors, doctors. "Hello, who is there? Hello, kdo je tam? Oh, I’m Dr. Rāma. Rāma. Oh, my Lord. Oh, my Lord. When did you make the doctorate? And when did you get your doctorate?" Cokor de Krishna. Yes, Buddha. But Buddha was a Siddhārtha. He is not a Buddha. This name was given afterward. Buddha means enlightened intellect. Bodha. Bodha means knowledge. So, Bouddha became Buddha. Jesus. Or the director, Jesus? No. Mohammed. Did he write the Koran, Mohammed? No. Allah. You see, only two words, Allah. Krishna. Krishna. Rāma, Jesus—very short, but powerful. The smaller it is, the more powerful. That is why I call it the atom. It is not a honey atom, or it is not an energy atom. Just atoms. And so we have in our body also just cells. So, short but compact. So, śabda. Just the word. Nādharūpa Parabrahma. So, śabda is very dear to those who understand my language. Not the language like Hindi or English or German or Austrian or Czech or Slovak. Who understands my language? It means my feelings, my knowledge. That is my friend. I am longing for that. Otherwise, you are always fighting. You said wrong, and he said no. You said wrong, and this is wrong, and that is wrong. Quarreling. Where there is no wisdom, there is quarreling. Jñānī se jñānī mile kare jñān kī bāt. A wise one meets a wise one; they discuss wisdom. An ignorant one meets another ignorant one, and they become lost and foolish. One or two come together, either boxing or kicking. So when horses come together, it is nice, and when donkeys come, did you see how donkeys are kicking? So never go behind the back side of the donkeys, and do not go in front of your boss. These two principles, so Gajānandjī will make sabbath, yeah! ... ...... ... ... ... Sabdon se denā rahā, sabdon se karnī hai bāt. Bāt mārī helī, śabdasnehī mārī jā rahā, mārī helī. Ranyāve māre dāī mārī helī, śabdas nahī mārī jā rahā, māriyelī. Sabdon se sujhe rahā. Sabdaam se pūjhe, sabdaam se sūjhe raa. Sabdaam se pūjhe, sabdaam se chān māre sāth sāth mariyeli. He walks with me with words. He does not pay attention to words. He does not pay attention to words.... Śabdasane hi māri jā, Amariye prāṇayaye jāriye. Śabdaon se yodhaon se jugati, śabdaon se sahaj udhār, udhār māriye li. Sabdo se saij yoda nudhar mariyeli, śabda sanāyi marija tera mariyeli, śabda sanāyi marija tera mariyeli. Abhe marida aidae mariyeli, ternaya aida śabda sanāyi marija marija. Śab-jong-se-sura-guṇa Śab-jong-se-dī-pa-dī-da Dī-dar-ma-rī-eli Śab-jong-se-dī-pa-dī-da Dī-dar-ma-rī-eli This is my caste. This is my right. This is my caste. This is my caste.... This. Is my caste Amari? Heli, Sabad, Sandehi, Amari Jaat. Bhagavān kī Devādideva, Devaśvara Mahādeva kī Sā Rāja Yoga, every yoga teacher should have the knowledge of Rāja Yoga and read a good translation of the Patañjali Yoga Sūtra. The Patañjali Yoga Sūtra, Sanskrit ślokas, they are very compact, but we need a commentary on it, and so only an experienced one can do it. In books, you cannot write everything. But when you have a satsaṅg or a lecture, then you give different color to it. So, Patañjali Yoga Sūtra translated by the Gita Press Gorakhpur is a good translation. And we have our own translation. So, every student should know what the different branches of yoga mean, and what is Rāja Yoga. So tomorrow morning, again, we will have a 10:30 webcast. Wish you all the best and have a nice time. Welcome, all of you who came today. Deep Nanda Bhagavān. Devadhī Dev, Devīśwar Mahādev, Satguru Swāmī Madhavān Jī Bhagavān, Alagpurī Jī Mahādev, Satya Sanātana Dharma, Oṁ Śānti Śānti...