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Hanumanji

A spiritual discourse on devotion, divine play, and the lesson of humility through a story of Hanuman.

"Often, it can happen that even the divine, God, can have some kind of test for the bhaktas."

"Go and say to Rāma that... 'Your duty is finished, now you can go back to the Buddha.'"

The speaker narrates the divine play between God and devotee, illustrating the oneness of Shiva and Vishnu through figures like Hanuman. He recounts a story where Bhagavan Rama, sensing a hint of ego in Hanuman after listing his great deeds, sends him on a final duty to deliver a ring to a sage in the Himalayas. When Hanuman arrives, the sage instructs him to throw the ring into a pond, which is revealed to be filled with identical rings from every past incarnation of Vishnu, thereby dissolving Hanuman's pride and illustrating that all divine acts occur through guru-kripa (the guru's grace).

Filming location: Wellington, New Zealand

Gurujī Kī Jai! Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Jai! Deva Dī Deva, Deveśvara Mahādeva Kī Jaya! Dharam Samrat Satguru Swami Madhavānājī Bhagavān Kī Jai! Satya Sanātan Dharma Kī Jai! It is very important that devotion. Often, it can happen that even the divine, God, can have some kind of test for the bhaktas. Bhakta, devotees and God, both are one. But they come in two forms and play on this podium, on the theatre of this world. One comes as a bhakta, and one comes as God. There are beautiful stories with Śrī Hanumānjī. Hanumanjī is a Śiva avatāra. Hanumanjī is Śiva himself. Sometimes Vishṇu comes as a servant or bhakta of Śiva. And then, next time, Śiva comes to Viṣṇu as a bhakta. But it is both are the same. That's why when Nārada comes, then when he comes to the Mahādevas, then he says, "Har Har Mahādeva." And when he comes to the Viṣṇu, then Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyaṇa. So, it is like this: Bhagavān Śiva kyaite Nārāyaṇa. Nārāyaṇa kyāite Śiv Śiv Śiv. So, who are you? Are you God, or you God? He said, "No, we are both one." It is said in the Rāmāyaṇa, in the holy book, and at the last it was said, that Bhagavān Rāma goes back to the Veṅkuṇḍa and he tells Hanumānjī, "Hanumānjī, you stay here." You take care of my bhaktas. So in this Kali Yuga, if you want strength, if you want protection, if you want that which replaces everything, then you should listen every morning to the Hanuman Chalisa. It takes ten minutes, five minutes. So Hanumanjī is very great and very devoted. But what happens with Hanumānjī? This is one day when they came back from Śrī Laṅkā. Bhagavān Rāma is sitting in his palace, Ayodhyā, and Hanumānjī was sitting in the beautiful garden, a beautiful garden park. So many nice fruits, many, many. And Hanumanjī is sitting under the tree and chanting his mantra. What is Rām, Bhagavān, Hanumanjī's mantra? Rām, Rām. From the Manipūra Chakra, from Manipūra Chakra through the Anāhata Chakra, Viśuddhi Chakra, and it comes to Ājñā, Bindu, and Sahasrāra Chakra, then there comes the Dīpak, the light. That is very important. Ram, Ram, Ram. Gurujī said, "Svaso, Svasa, Yāpaka, Sumiran, Svaso, Svasa." O Bhagavān, O Lord, by each and every breath, ascending and descending breath, I constantly have my mantra as Thy name, O Mahāprabhujī. Rām, Rām. So, Hanumanjī did not stop his mantras, always for inhalation and exhalation: Rām, Rām, Rām. But sometimes, what we say that you are gaining, then stops the breath of the mantra for this. So, what Hanumanjī was doing, it means why? You will see many bhaktas in India, Rama's, Hanumanjī's bhaktas. Mostly, those who are Hanumanjī's bhaktas, they are the bhaktas of Bhagavān Rāma. Rāma comes to Nārāyaṇa, but Nārāyaṇa comes to Śiva, and Śiva comes to Hanumanjī. It is something. So when you make like... This Hanumanjī, why are we doing like this? Some other people think Indians are nervous. It is not nervous. Because when you make this chitkī with your middle finger and thumb, you cannot make it with the second, you cannot make it with the ring finger, you cannot make it with this middle finger. You can sing bhajan. Ram Ram... Oat jīva, neither lips move, nor tongue. Ajapa jisko kya japāyī, bin japyā jap hoī. Ajapa, when you get the divine level like this, you have anuṣṭhāna, you have your retreat. And in the retreat, you are like a researcher. Everything is there, but again we would like to research. It is there, but research. That's why it's called science. Science, what does science mean? It has a sense. And what kind of sense? Then we research. That becomes science through research. So, similarly, the God in this is so, Rāma, Rāma, Rāma. So, in this sound, Rām, Rām, Rām. So, Rām did. So, Bhagavān Rāma is residing in his palace, sitting and doing his mantra. Bhagavān Rāma is constantly repeating the mantra. And Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān also, all the gods, they cannot survive without mantra. That's why mantra is very important. And there Hanumānjī had a mālā in his hand, and he was saying, "Rām, Rām,... Rām." Suddenly, Hanumanjī's memory went back. Sometimes we think of our life, what I did, how was it, and sometimes suddenly such a negative thought comes. Then you are sorry for days and weeks and months and years, or lives and lives. Lives and lives, you will never know in which life we will again get that liberation. Be careful. Hanumālji was sitting, oh, nice apples. Sita for what? Hanumanjī said, "No, don't eat Sita for all." All monkeys got order from Hanumanjī, they should not eat this Sita for, what do you call that? Custard apple. The custard apple. Why? Because that time when Sītā and Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, they were in the forest, huh, abandoned there, so they were eating these fruits. So Hanumanjī ordered all the monkeys, "Don't eat these fruits, because this is a very favorite fruit of Sītā." And therefore, the name of this fruit in India is Sītāphal. The fruit of the Sītā, no monkey will eat. You can put it in front of that. They will not eat mango, yes; apple, yes. Even today. Even today? Even today. In the mountains and everywhere, lots of Sītās of all, but monkeys will not touch. So Hanumānjī, Hanumānjī was thinking, "How is my life? How I met God Rāma, Bhagavān Rāma. If I would not have met Rāma, Rāma would not have found Sītā." And if I wouldn't be there, who would jump and fly over the ocean to Sri Lanka? It was me who entered in this small, tiny form into the golden Lanka palace. And it was me who put the fire in Lanka and gave the challenge to Ravana, who dared to do this. Oh yes, not only this. When Lakṣmaṇa got the mūrchā bandha, then I had to go to bring the sañjīvanī. And Bhagavān Rāma, what was he saying? Śaśī ḍhal rahā, śāma ḍhal rahā, Lakṣmaṇa kī prāṇa jā rahā, Hanumān kab āogī, na pātā mere kis janma kī karma phal rahā. So, Hanumān jī is saying when Lakṣmaṇa got the arrow and he became unconscious, and there was no medicine, and nothing could save his life. Vaidya said, "We need the Sañjīvanī herb from the Himalayas." And I was, within no time, jumped from Sri Lanka to the Himalayas, how many thousand kilometers, and again came back. And there was a Rākṣasavidyā. I brought the whole hill of the mountain. That. Ram, Ram,... Ram. And not only this, even Bhagavān Rām got the Nāg Phās. They sent the arrow, and with that mantra, the arrow became a snake and wrapped around the body of Rām, Viṣṇu. And he is lying there unconscious. It was me who went and brought the Garuḍa and freed the Rāma. Rām, Rām,... Rām. And all this. If I were not there, Rama would not be victorious. Ram, Ram, Ram. Bhagavān Rāma is sitting in his palace, and Gurudev knows every thought—trikara darśī—but sometimes we have to tell. God Rāma said, "Oh, Hanumān has a little ego. I have to clean up his ego." Bhagavān Rāma said, "Hanumān, Prabhu, Prabhu,... Rām, Rām,... Rām." Your servant here, yes, sir, yes, sir, sir, sir. Nowadays they say, "Sir, sir... sir." Sir, it's Rao. How many have you lost? Anyhow, Bhagavān Rāma said, "Arjuna, the Hanumān, I am so thankful to you." Hanuman, without you, no one will find where Sītā is. And Hanumanjī is sitting there and said, proudly, "No, Hanuman, it was you who flew, just jumped over the ocean from India to Sri Lanka." Prabhu, Prabhu, it is your blessing, your blessing, Prabhu, your mercy. And it was you who went inside the Lanka. No one can go, no one. In Dharmarāja cannot go. And it was you who found Vibhīṣaṇa and Hanumān. You brought this ring from Sita, and you found Sita and gave her the ring. Not only this, Hanuman, I am so thankful to you, my Bhakta. And the bhakta's ego is coming up, but this is a play between Śiva and Viṣṇu. Bhagavān Rāma and Hanumanjī kī bhakti karne vālā. Those who adore Hanumanjī, no ghost will come in your house. No negative energy will come, no earthquake will come. Hanumanjī is protecting you all the time. Well, but you don't know what Hanumanjī means. It is that divine one, still here for us. Well, yes, yes, yes. Hanuman, it was you who burned Sri Lanka. Yes, Prabhu, Prabhu, and it was you who brought the Sanjeevani, otherwise Lakshmana would have died. What would I have said to my stepmother? Hanuman, not only Lakshmana, I would also die. And you could have brought the Garuḍa from somewhere far distance. Hanuman, how many things you have done; it was my victory through you. But Hanuman, last, I give you the last duty. Hanuman, no one can do this duty which only you can do, my dear. You are my bhakta. Hanuman, come here near. Hanuman said, "Prabhu, Prabhu, Prabhu," means God, God, my Lord, my Lord. Hanuman, Bhagavān Rāma said, "Hanuman, I have this one ring, one more. I give you this ring." And in the Himalayas, very high up in the glaciers, no humans can come there. So high, so many glaciers, no creatures can go, except those who are living in the ocean or in the snow. Anumadi said, "Yes, say to me, Prabhu, Prabhu, say to me something. What can I do?" He said, "There is Lomasa Ṛṣi, there was a ṛṣi, and you can see, read in the Purāṇas." Lomas Ṛṣi is sitting there, and you go and give this ring to the ṛṣi. He said, "How should I know?" Yes, this ṛṣi has no dress, just a little cloth and one bundle of grass, dry grass. When he sleeps, he has the pillow. When he sits, he has his backside pillow. When the sun is too hot, he puts on his hat. When the sun is, wind is coming from this side, he put so only this one thing. He has all his property, the bundle of the dry grass. And how should I give him introduction? Hanumānjī, merā bhagat hai, my my devotee, my dear one. You know that I am in your heart, it is you will show. My heart, one day you will be opening your heart. Anumanji, what can you not do? You don't need any introduction. Go. Anumanji said, "Yes, Prabhu." Anumanji is jumping and went to the Himalaya, this side, that side, snow, glaciers, rocks, this, that. And suddenly he sees one place, a beautiful little ground, with a little snow and sand and a little water. It was maybe summertime, a very nice, it's called Kund. Kund se Kundalinī bantī hai. So Kund is here, or water well, or Kundalinī of the cakras. Hanumanjī goes, and there is sitting a great saint. Hanuman, you came, my son? Yes, Hanuman said, "Bhagavān Rāma has sent me and gave me this ring for you." Lomas Rishi said, "Hanuman, Ram," so quickly he sent me this ring. He said, "I don't know, Prabhu, anything is only Bhagavān." Ram told me, "Go and give the ring." That's all. He said, "Throw it in the water pond, pond, kuṇḍ." So this little water pond, my God, my Rāma gave me this ring. And how hard it was to come here. And he said, "Throw it in. Should I throw it?" Lama Siddhi, he said, what are you thinking? Throw it inside. But Hanumanjī was a little bit sad. Bhagavān Rām gave me this beautiful ring to give him, and even he didn't take it in his hand and look at it. Just say thirty-ten points. The ṛṣi knew what Hanumānjī was thinking. What is Hanumanjī thinking? The ṛṣi said, "Hanuman, Bring the back of the ring." So Hanumanjī came, "Yes, Prabhu, Prabhu, yes." So he put his hand inside to get the ring. How many? So many rings inside, a handful. Same design, same type, everything. He said, "Yes, Hanuman, give me that ring which you brought." Hanuman said, "Prabhu, there are so many." He said, "Hanuman, whenever Vishnu incarnates on this earth, he has to pay the tax." He had to pay the tax, and so when he finished his māyā, his play, then he had to give the tax. One ring? How many rings are there? That many times Viṣṇu has incarnated. Hanuman, don't think that you were the one who could jump to Sri Lanka and to the Himalayas. And do this and this. This was your māyā; it is the guru-kṛpā. Brahma, Kṛṣṇa, all, they are victorious and successful through the guru-kṛpā. Go and say to Rāma that Goma Sṛṣi said, "Your duty is finished, now you can go back to the Buddha." Such a great sense, such a great bhaktas, such a great incarnation. Those ṛṣis are still sitting there. Who knows what guru is and what guru-kṛpā is? Otherwise, the little ego is like a little mosquito. And this mosquito, to destroy it, like that. But to become from a mosquito to the great, great elephant takes time, bhakti. Therefore, bhakti. Now, this all is within our body. Don't go anywhere in the universe. Everything is in the physical body. After the physical body comes the energy body, the energy. So, annamaya kośa, prāṇamaya kośa, manomaya kośa, vijñānamaya kośa, and ānandamaya kośa. Kośa means the body, the body of nourishment, the body of energy, the mental body, the intellect body, your intellect, and the causal body, which means the cause. And cause means the desires. So ānandamaya kośa means not that ānanda. That brahmānand is different.

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