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Today is one of the best days; you can’t imagine. You heard a beautiful song during the morning lecture. We are happy to receive information on what to eat and what not to eat for the sake of our health. So, it’s a beautiful day, and I’m very happy to see you all. We all receive the blessings of the Ālakpurījī Siddhapīṭha Paramparā. It is a beautiful time. Yes, Mother Nature gives us all that she has. She doesn’t keep anything for herself. So many fruits: plums, apples, pears, melons, and what not. There is a lot to eat. Every country has its own system for preserving food. The basement is very nice and cool for preserving vegetables; it is not necessary to use the freezer. It is not so necessary for the countryside, but necessary for the countryside. However, we are not going in that direction. We are going to Rāja Yoga. Rāja is something great. In Rāja Yoga, that means connecting to the king. But the king means not giving troubles to the folk. We say Mother Nature is enough for our need, not for our greed. We should not abuse nature. Similarly, a king should not abuse his folk. But the king must have knowledge, a yogic knowledge, and both queen and king must have it. They did not marry merely because they liked one woman, whether beautiful or not. If you choose based on beauty, that will be a disappointment. Because love is in the heart, and not only in the heart, but in the brain. That love means understanding, supporting, trust, and confidence. They both have the same opinion. Pati patnikā ek mat ho jāye, svarga meṁ sāth. If husband and wife have the same opinion, they have the kingdom in heaven. So, to marry someone is to choose a person who understands harmony. It becomes your own skin. The husband supports, helps, and understands the wife. She supports, helps, and understands the husband. There is one story you have heard many times. Holī Gurujī told it. Long ago, I think twenty years before, I told this story, and that’s why I changed the position; this story comes to my mind. Now you understand why. Well, there was a king who had a little kingdom. Long ago, it was just like Brno. Around one hundred kilometers, there were two or three kingdoms. Everyone was occupying. How many castles do you have? That man was the king, born to take this. So, one king and his wife had a very great understanding. One day, another king attacked this king to take his kingdom. You know, everywhere, even your neighbor tries to get half a meter of length on your side. It is the nature of every creature—not only humans, but every animal. Even ants occupy a place. Yes. If you go to that territory and a stranger ant comes from somewhere, all ants will attack this one. Maybe they will kill it. But humans should become more clear now. So, that one king attacked another kingdom, and there was a war. At that time, you had to fight with your hands. There were no guns and no bombs. They were not hiding behind a tree and shooting. They said, "If you have will, strength, and courage, then fight with an open chest." You know, they always had to open the chest; it was becoming louder. Yes, face to face. Well, this king, in whose kingdom the other king came and attacked, he won. But many of his soldiers were killed. Wherever he walked, his soldiers were lying dead or injured, with cut heads and cut legs. The king became very sad. He got vairāgya. He said, "I will go and make tapasyā. I will get some miracle powers so that no king will dare to attack, and I will liberate all my soldiers." So he went away to the Himalayas, and he gave up everything. He made his tapasyā. Sometimes, there was nothing to eat. Sometimes there was a little wood for making a fire. A little cave, no doors, nothing, snow. On the other side was the queen. She heard that they became winners, but half of the army was killed, and the husband disappeared. He came home, and he just turned back and went away. So she sent a message to find the king: "Where is he?" They were searching and searching; they found nowhere. Someone said he went to the Himalayas and he’s doing some tapasyā and searching for a guru. He did not find a proper guru, so he was making his own food and living without any comfort at all. Someone told that he went to the Himalayas, but no one could find him. The queen was meditating and meditating. One day, when the Master came and the queen went to him, made praṇām, she was weeping, sad, and said, "Gurudev, I know you are my guru. Accept me as your daughter, your disciple, and I want to know where my husband is. Give me some siddhi so I can search for him." The Master said, "Yes, my daughter, I give you this mantra. Practice this mantra at a certain time. You will have a siddhi to go with the astral body." And she practiced. Very soon, she could go out of the body. You know, like a little bird. A baby flies out for the first time and comes back again. So she tried to come out of her body, two meters, and again went to the body. She got confidence. You know, when you learn piloting, the first time they say, "Now you go alone, fly with me." He knows how to fly, how to take off, but still inside. The first take-off alone, and then you are in the air, and again the first landing. Mahāprabhujī, thank you, Mahāprabhujī. Take the cap. So, is this life dear to everyone? So she was every night and day making training and flying, going in the astral body, searching everywhere. Then she went to the Himalayas, and she saw the king. Some orange cloth, long hair. There’s no one saving. And she looked. It is he. She went home. She was happy. "Now I found him. Where he is, how he is. But I’m not going to appear to him. Maybe he will be angry or will not go with me." So now she tried to do her spiritual siddhi. She goes a little far behind some rock and manifests herself as a master—long hair, beard, everything. And she comes to the king. "Oh, my dear. You were waiting for a long time to find a guru, so you are good luck. Shiva has sent me. Shiva, I should give you blessings and mantra." He said, "Yes. So, give mantra." "Whenever you will think, I will come." The next day, he was thinking, "It would be good if Gurudev comes." And Gurudev came. "Don’t worry, I know you are a king. It happened like this and like this, but you were in search for me. Your wish is fulfilled, so meditate, practice." Definitely, he is the real guru. How does he know that I was a king? What happened, and for what did I come here? And again, Gurudev came. "Oṁ Navaśivāya Nārāyaṇa Nārāyaṇa." And he stands up, "Gurudev." He stands up and says, "Gurudev, help me." He says, "I know, king, you went away. But you didn’t think about your wife. She is waiting for you. It’s your duty, dharma, gṛhastha āśrama dharma, household. You left your wife in such a terrible situation, then you just escaped. I am with you, go back." Okay, so he begins to make his journey towards his kingdom. It takes time. He could just go like that. Like in a dream, you come immediately. When the mosquito makes zzz, you are already here. So the queen came home, and she was so happy. And she told them to prepare and clean the palace—color, garden, park. Preparation for the king, he’s coming. They said, "Yes, yes, your highness." But they thought, "Is she not crazy now? All the time, she’s closed in the room. Maybe she has some fantasy. He’s coming. We never saw her going out. We never saw anybody go to her palace. Everywhere, the guards were standing." But order is order, so they made a preparation. Then, when the king was staying somewhere, still about fifty kilometers away, in the night, again she came and went to him. "Are you okay?" "Yes, Gurudev, but you are nervous." "Yes, Gurudev, I see here my kingdom border is here, and my soldiers died, and I am afraid. Maybe my enemy will attack me." "No, no... enemy anymore? Don’t worry, go home tomorrow bravely." So he went to the palace, and she prepared everything. The queen was waiting. Before he entered, people welcomed him. The barber came, shaved him nicely, new dress. Nice warm water washed him and gave him the royal dress, and then he entered the palace and the queen’s room. The queen looked at him and said, "So hard is your heart, in such a situation you left me alone. You didn’t think of me." He said, "Yes, dear. But I was so much inwardly hurt. I was thinking of you, but I couldn’t stay here anymore. I went, and I wanted to see the Master, and I found the Master, luckily. And the master is so great, and he told me, 'Whenever you will remember me, I will appear in front of you.'" And she knows everything. She said, "I see, that’s very good." She said, "Turn back, look that side." And there is standing his guru. "Gurudev, praṇām, praṇām, darate praṇām." Gurudev said, "Look there, back side." There is also Gurudev standing. "Everywhere you are. But Gurudev, Gurudev, wait, wait, please wait, don’t go away. Your daughter, my queen, was waiting to see you. Wait, wait,... please don’t disappear." Where did she disappear? Always at the right time, she’s gone. And she smiled and changed her form. Said, "My king, my lord, I was that guru. I got the siddhi, and I found you. I gave you the knowledge, and now I brought you home. It’s me who changed into your guru, so I will give you this vidyā knowledge so that you can also have this siddhi. Stay here. Enjoy your kingdom." And they hugged each other. "Gaṇeśa, Śrī Gaṇeśa, eight o’clock. Eight o’clock. One, two, three. This is Gaṇeśa. This is the first Gaṇeśa. Śrī Gaṇeśa, namaha. Śrī Gaṇeśa, namaha." And they lived happily. So this is a story in the Purāṇas. So, how about each other? Who is marrying? It was also that age; the time was like love marriage, but without the permission of the elderly members of the society, not only of the home, and looking at the astrological constellations. Who will be lifelong your faithful? slovesa spojit se, that the Danube is connected to the sea. Yes. And when the Danube enters into the river, it’s not any more Danube. It’s the ocean. Similarly, when husband and wife decide to marry, marriage means merging into oneness. Then husband and wife become one soul, and the body becomes two wings. That swan flies to the Brahmaloka, but lifelong. That’s it. Anyhow, so Rāja Yoga. These are all stories about the kings, and it could also be cruel things. But a king is that one who has Rājavidyā and Yogavidyā. Rājavidyā means knowledge about politics and the kingdom. In the Hindi language, we say niti and rāj niti. Rāj means the king, and niti means the ethical principle. So the niti, the ṛṣis have brought the niti. So finally the ṛṣis have to govern again. And those who did not understand then begin to fight. Also, corruptions, ego, etc., etc. There are some people, like one who is a member of parliament, and he is so poor that he comes home and has a little garden. For his family and his wife, they are digging and making vegetables. He doesn’t take any money from the government, but he gets a payment, and that he distributes into the whole territory who voted and gave him the election. That’s it, giving everything. So, Rāja Yoga is beautiful but also very disciplined. The first principle of Rāja Yoga is called Yama. It means to endure the situation. Withdraw thyself from external temptations. A niyama controlled from inside, your ambitions, or your wish. May you like something, something. But don’t fall into the temptation. The neighbor’s apples, cherries, they are very nice. But it does not mean that you just take everything. Though the branch is in your yard, you have to ask the neighbor. You know? The neighbor’s fruit creates many times a war. It is a story about Rajasthan, the desert. So the kingdom has a border. In one kingdom’s field, watermelons grow, and the plant went to the other king’s field. And the melon fruit was there, but the plant was in the other king’s. And there was a war, fighting soldiers for that. "It is our territory. It is our territory," so this is like this. That’s it. So, therefore, the king has to understand and must not be stupid. From your kingdom’s park, deer run into the other’s kingdom’s park. Now, whose deer is that? So there needs to be mutual understanding. So withdraw from the external world and control from the inner world. Saṁ Dhām. This is coming from Rāja Yoga, Jñāna Yoga. Sām, Dham, this is part of Jñāna Yoga. Sādhanā cāra karo, jin se hove mokṣa tumhārā. Sādhanā cāra karo, sādhanā cāra karo. So, śam, dam, śraddhā, titikṣā, etc. So you see how jñāna yoga and rāja yoga are hooked together. Bhakti yoga and karma yoga are also hooked together. So all these four are holding the hands: east, west, north, south. Now the question is, first, Ahiṃsā is non-violence. Ahiṃsā is non-violence. Now it is very hard to do, not to do hiṃsā. Now is the time to drive a car, especially in May, June, and at night. When you drive the car, how many moths fly on your front mirror? How many killed? Now, what do you say, my dear? You must answer me. What to do? It means we don’t drive. Then, to come from Navisar to here for the yoga seminar will take you ten days or twenty days. You come to this retreat that I am for a yoga seminar here. My friend is already two weeks ago. So what to do? So the Hiṅca, this is killing different creatures. When we walk on the grass, there are also many beautiful plants coming, grass coming, and we step on it. In Jain tradition, they say to step on the green grass means that you step on the pregnant woman’s stomach. Now you will think, "We will not go sleeping, we will remember this." Then you come in the room, and mosquitoes. So, definitely, we are not 100% followers of nonviolence. With inhalation and exhalation, we also kill many, many kīṭānus. So they have a cloth around their mouth. Because when we exhale, there are many, many creatures here. We don’t see with eyes. And our exhalation, toxin from our body, is such a poison, we kill them. So that’s why they have a cloth, and when they read holy book, then they, in Sikh also, when they read Gurū Grantha, they speak like this so that it doesn’t come, that gas from your lungs, and kills some other creatures. So on every step and every breath, we are harming something. And for that, for the humans, the ṛṣis designed a way to overcome this sin, as a forgiveness. If we did it purposely or not purposely, "Lord, forgive us our sins." And for that we have prayer. For that we have mantra. For that we have a humble thinking. "God, forgive us. If I have done anything and harmed or offended someone, consciously or unconsciously, my Lord, forgive me." And for that there are certain mantras, certain pūjā. So don’t think it is a blind belief. Don’t think that it is fanaticism. You go to the church because you have many churches here, that’s why I’m telling you. You also go to the church, I call it a church, because you have many churches here. When you enter into the church, on the right-hand side, you have holy water. What is that holy water? Caraṇāmṛta. God’s holy feet water. Guru’s holy feet water. Charanāmṛt, holy water. So you touch this holy water and put it on the tongue and on the mouth. So that we take something from this holy, then there is a candle, light, then there is agarbathis, this particular kind of the gum of the tree that we call googul. It’s Google. So Google gives messages everywhere. So you see, it is a copyright of the name. Took the Google from that Google. And so there is smoke. What is that? A co to je? That’s called, it’s called the Havan. Every day you do the Havan. So many people are doing it now in Europe, at home. Now there’s a special pot. And cow dung, and that cow dung which only eats grass. So they are importing from India, from Gaushala. This is dry cow dung, and when you give a little fire to it. It has a good smell, and again, hiṁsā means many germs are mokṣa. Agnihotra every morning, there are many people doing Agnihotra ceremony for our own purification, constantly or unconstantly, if we have done anything against, or we killed or hurt. So prayer, satsaṅg, āratī, light, prasād. This is, in this Kali Yuga, we have only one shelter: the name of God. Mantra. Sumir, sumir, repeat, repeat. Hoi bhava para. Yes. In Kali Yuga, bhakti is pradhāna. The most powerful in Kali Yuga is bhakti. Bhakti lost, everything is lost. Then Guru Bhakti is lost, and then you have lost your whole life of sādhanā. And guruka drohī, who is against the guru, who criticizes the guru, you will not get any further. Maybe you accept some guru, but it will not solve your problem, so don’t challenge your guru. When you have accepted first, it’s your devotion that will grow inside. So you have to understand, it’s not intellect, but it’s a devotion. So in devotion, the intellect is different. So tan, man, bachana, dhana: through the body, through the mind, through the words, and through your money, power, or position. Do not harm anyone. That’s how we can protect ourselves from violence. And that we follow this non-violence. So non-violence has a great sādhanā. This is a great sādhanā. Now, words, through the words and through the mind, when you think negatively about someone, you commit a sin. Backbiting. You did the violence, and that’s also a hiṁsā. So, clean your mind and clean your words. Mantra cleans your verbal expression, whatever you say. And your bhakti, your sādhanā, your devotion, is the cleaning of your mental action. Alert, careful, helpful, physically helpful. So the first step is ahiṃsā. Purify the karma, don’t create negative karma, and never think negatively about your parents. Maybe they are, but don’t think that. And don’t think negatively about your master. One master said, "Oh Swamiji, don’t make me think." I said, why? "Don’t tell them, don’t think negatively about the master. Let them think." So at least you can give all negative karmas from others to this person. So that you are a little bit less weight, you have. How will your karma go then? So, who is thinking of the negative? One hundred percent sure, it will come on you as a curse. The word "curse" is too hard. Unfortunately, it is true. Listen to Guru Gītā. Guru kā drohī sabse burā, uskā kām hove nipuṇ. So tomorrow. Morning, 10:30. Enjoy, not in the dream. Be angry, that will awake again these old karmas. And in the night, a mouse comes. How nice of him, he doesn’t disturb you. You are relaxing, let him also enjoy a little bit. So it’s nice of you that you put some food down. If you don’t give, he will search in your bed. That’s it. Śrī Rām Jaya Rām Jaya Jaya Jaya Rām, Śrī Rām Jaya Rām Jaya Jaya Jaya Rām, Śrī Rām Jaya Rām Jaya Jaya Rām. Oṁ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ...