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The nature of Vikara

An evening satsang on the nature of vikāra (modifications) and the light of true knowledge.

"Vikāra is also in everyone. It is not easy to remove the vikāra. Physical vikāra is physical vikāra, and the mental vikāras are mental vikāras."

"Jñāna is one of the best protectors for our life... what to do and what not to do."

The lecturer leads a discourse exploring the physical and mental modifications that affect human beings. He discusses the anatomy of the body as vikāra, and the mental vikāras like anger, jealousy, and ego that lie dormant in the intellect. Using analogies like popcorn to describe anger and a story of a yogi and a skeptical scientist, he emphasizes the role of true wisdom (jñāna) and spiritual practice in overcoming these impurities. The talk concludes with a bhajan.

Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

Śrī Deep Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Jai! Devādhī Dev Deveśvara Mahādeva Kī Jai! Satguru Swāmī Madhavānjī Bhagavān Kī Jai! Satyāsana Tandarva Kī Jai! Alak Purījī Mahādeva Kī Jai! Viśvaguru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvarī Paryamkāṅśī Sāī Maheśānanda Purī Jī Gurudeva Kī Jai! Dobrý večer. Did you have a nice day? How was the anatomy? I did not mean your anatomy, okay. Indeed, your day was also great. We are all people here, for example. Look at how God has done, or Prakṛti, nature, has done the construction of our body. It doesn't matter if old or young, European, Chinese, Japanese, or African—that construction of the human body, the eyes, ears (the hearing system), vision, nose, inhalation, prāṇas—is very, very interesting. The blood, the blood color, organs, all are the same. Why do we make a difference? And then it is called vikāra. Vikāra is also in everyone. It is not easy to remove the vikāra. Physical vikāra is physical vikāra, and the mental vikāras are mental vikāras. Physical vikāra is whatever physical material exists in this body: solid, liquid, etc. So even our bones are vikāra. The bone, called asthi, all kinds of liquid in whatever form, that comes to the water element; the flesh or the muscles are also vikāra. Cough—but we are coughing—is also vikāra. Urine, cold. One day, now it is in good condition, so you don't feel it. But after a certain age, our knees, ankle joints, hip joints, spine, etc., get old or used, becoming vikāra. But though it is not permanent, you see, if you see the anatomy of our thumb or the fingers, only this was part of the body, as our thumb. It is what? A science in it. Each movement, and so on. So everything is controlled from the brain, but every muscle, every joint, every nerve, everything has its perfect, perfect function. And why did God give this? To feel comfortable, to be able to do everything, but to use it in a good way. Similarly, there are mental vikāras. That is not visible. It is dormant under our intellect. Krodha. Krodha is that thief which will steal everything from your door. Kāma, krodha, lobha, moha, ahaṅkāras. Ahaṅkāras also. We can have all this under control or make them weaker, and for that, many, many techniques have been given. Jñāna. The jñāna is one of the best protectors for our life. Ochráncem v našem životě, what to do and what not to do. Co dělat a co nedělat. So it is an āhār, vihār, ācār, vicār. Tak se říká āhār, vicār. First comes from āhār. První je āhār. Nourishment. To je výživa. And nourishment is called sāttvic food. A výživa znamená sattvická strava. And when you make a sattvic... what we should eat, what we should not eat. Even to protect thyself from these vikāras, onion is not good, garlic is not good. But for people who don't eat garlic and onions, I experienced many times that they are, their anger, or, yeah, anger, is like, you know, that is called corn, kukuřič. And when you put this one, makāka dāna, a víte, že když dáte zrničko kukuřice, and you put it on the hot chapati fan, tawape, within no time, it pops up. And that's called popcorn. It gets swollen. What do you call it? It gets swollen. So there are two kinds of popcorn out of anger: zealous, hate, humiliation, etc. And second, out of the happiness for everyone. It doesn't matter, humans or animals, flowers, nature, bees, včely, good food, dobré jídlo, good taste, dobrá chuť. That phūlej ne samajhāyā hai. Kyā kāhe hai? Phūlej ne samajhāyā hai. Now, it means they are so, they come up like popcorn. Čili to znamená, že to vybuchne jako takový popcorn. It was a solid. Bylo to něco tvrdého, pevného. But that heat expands. From that popcorn technique, the bomb is exploding. They have taken how the popcorn is coming: small or big explosive. But it has its limitations: 100 meters, 100 meters, 200 meters, 200 meters, 10 meters, 10 meters, 2 meters, etc. But happiness, from happiness, from joy, that kind of expanding is limitless. Ale když vybuchnete štěstím, tak takový výbuch je neomezený. A tak říkáme, že to je bez hranic, bez omezení. Je to štěstí, které nemá hranice. Now, besides from the vikāra, which is in the mind, in the mental vikāra, immediately, you are jealous of someone. Why is this translator sitting with him every day? Premdata, no? But you don't know, Premlata is from two years with me, and every day, evening, every day at home, she was singing a song for me. Which song? Yeah, even it doesn't matter where I was, but she was always—her mother, her father—when they brought her into bed, she was singing, "Good night, Swāmījī." So anyhow, we, not only the humans, but animals are also jealous. The trees are also jealous. It is in the nature, but at the same time, in the nature also, these flowers are opening. The unfoldment of each and every petal of this flower is opening with its own beauty and fragrance. Happiness, but there are some flowers. They are waiting for someone. They are meat-eaters, flowers. Where the bird, the bee, or the animal sits, it closes. And it sucks the blood of the bee. You know this? So that is, in your lips, there are sweet words. Smiling, but in your armpit, you have a knife. So these are the vikāras, and when the jñāna, that doesn't matter. Even if someone beats you with a shoe on your head, the gyānī will not become angry. And that's what also Jesus said, if someone gives a slap on your cheek, don't fight against it, but offer the second cheek. Who has this kind of energy and power to endure? There's rarely any Christian who's following Christianity. Who saw the chick? We don't see a saw the chick; we saw the gun. And when he saw the gun, it was fun for him. That's it. So dhyāna, dhyāna kī Gaṅgā behtī hai. There is a flow of the river of knowledge. So, actually, the purpose of practicing yoga, meditation, prayers, yajñas, mantras, yantras, tantras—everything. A to je účel veškerého cvičení, jógy, veškerých manter, meditací, jantér a vůbec všeho. That is for becoming a human, that kind of human, what we think, as the divine, as self-realized, as wise, and wisdom. There are different kinds of knowledge. And a very great learned person, if someone says, "Ah, stupid lecture was it," will become very angry. Abhiṣek Horak, yeah. So the intellectual knowledge is called being without anything inside, because the moth has eaten inside. Thota chana, bhaja ghana. These empty beans make more sound. But this intellectual knowledge makes a person more, more egoistic. Proudness is called self-pricing. So one day, a science principle. The principle of the science. Science must have some sense. And that one scientist who has the science knowledge, and if he does not understand the sense of that science, then it's nonsense. Nonsense, that was such a wordplay in English. So, and then principle. A pact, ten principles. He went for a walk in the forest. Čili takový vědec šel na procházku do lesa. Nice park. Do hezkého parku. And beautiful park. It was a beautiful park. And there were beautiful big trees. And beautiful cherries. A na nich krásné třešně. Can you close your eyes now? Close your eyes, and imagine a very nice, big, hard cherry. And it falls on your lap. Now you take this cherry in your mouth. Bite it. The juice explodes in your mouth. Don't swallow too quickly. Okay. So there was one yogī sitting there under the cherry tree. A big cherry tree. It was about ten meters. And the principal had a hat, a walking stick, and an English gentleman. And he saw one yogī meditating every day. When he goes for a walk, he sees that one yogī is meditating under the same tree. The principal studied. Primary school, middle school, high school, college, university. What is this stupid man doing every day, sitting under the tree, doing nothing? Must be mad. Have not studied. No knowledge. So the principal had in his heart mercy, compassion, to do something for this stupid man. I should teach him something. So he goes, walks towards this person who is meditating. And then he was doing prāṇāyāma. The principal said he must be mad. He said, "Man, what are you doing here?" He said, "I'm meditating, remembering. I remember, repeat the name of God." He said, "Who's the God? Where is the God? How is God? What does he eat? What does he drink? How does he look like that? Where is that? There is no God." So intellect, as much strong intellect, your spirituality is going down. But there are intellectuals who have read the ancient literatures and spiritualities. So that principal said, "God has no sense." He said, "What do you say? God has no sense?" Yogi, he took his bala under the neck and said, "What do you say, that God has no knowledge?" No common sense. Then he was angry a little bit. That practitioner of yoga, the yogī said, "My vikāra comes out a little bit." Little bit angry, not very angry. He said, "Sir, what is the proof that God has no sense? It's nonsense." So he said, "What do you mean?" "Very simple. You don't want to know, for example, ten-meter-high tree, and which have little fruits. And look in this garden, a very gentle vine and so big pumpkin hanging. So gentle plant, even can't stand up, and so big melon hanging. He should know that this gentle plant can't bear so big a heavy load. God should give big melons on the big trees and small ones for the little plants." The yogī had a good viveka, like our Paṇḍitjī. Immediately he knows. When some ancestors are attacking over there, he already says, "Gurudev." So he said mantra. That yogī said, "Gurudev. This poor man, this innocent man, a foolish man with dry knowledge, God, give him some lesson." So when such a time comes, then God definitely gives you. In such a situation, God has definitely sent you some lesson. A co se nestalo? Ten člověk se tam opíral o hůlku, skřížené nohy, prostě takový anglický gentleman. A trošku zafoukal vítr, and one little cherry fell on his head. On the head of that gentleman, the principal, he made like this. Yogi said, "What happened, sir?" No, just this little fruit fell down. No, no, it's not, no. Can you imagine what your science will tell if God would have hung such a big melon on the top? What would have happened to your melon? Your entire science, all the universities and colleges, and what you have learned, all is gone. Všechny ty vaše univerzity a všechno poznání by bylo pryč. Then he said, "Oh yes." Ten gentleman řekl, "Aha, ano, we must research this." Podrobíme to výzkumu. He said, "Sir," řekl, "pane, it is not necessary to research. There is something, so it is." What are the vikāras in our body? There are certain centers in the body, like chakras, also in the brain, centers in the heart, centers. They are also holding that kāma, krodha, lobha, moha, ahaṅkāra, and many, many things: jealousy, anger, hate, etc. You see, those are not killed, but even humans are killing humans. We should have that heart. So practicing yoga, or, as you call, as a religious person reading the holy books, but if someone talks a little against or something happens or you come a little late, then you are angry. Then this vidyā is nothing. Vidyā is that what we call vidyā. Vidyā is that vidyā where there is no avidyā. Knowledge is that knowledge where there is no ignorance. Light is light, not darkness. And we go close to the light to read or see. And darkness will always be darkness. Therefore, understand what we are doing. First, understand your body, understand the whole anatomy of the body, and where the chakras are, and then see how long this body will last, and for what the body has been given. What we should give up and what we should put away. Then we can proceed. I don't want to tell you that you should drink alcohol and eat meat. But sometimes these people are more calm than those who are vegetarian. So this is having the tāmasic guṇas in the body, tāmasic energy in the body, that you cannot remove by changing the food. Then you become more angry because, kāma, tākat, guṣābharī, a person who is very weak has more anger, and a person who has more strength has less anger. So the anger is sitting in certain chakras. And the person who cannot express anger, you are angry, but you don't open up. If you are angry, then you should tell it; it was finished. Don't chew always, like a chewing gum. Yes, just swallow it, finish, digest, and it will go away. So those who take in and make the tension in the body, and immediately attack your Mūlādhāra Chakra. And the Mūlādhāra Chakra begins to burn, like a chili inside. So in our language we say... Siddharam, Siddharam,... Siddharam. Sītā Rām, Sītā Rām,... Sītā Rām,... Sītā Rām, Sītā Rām. Je potřeba, abychom v sobě probudili Vivekā. Je intelekt, který je spíš na straně mozku, ale to skutečné poznání, to je pokora, porozumění, laskavost. When two are fighting, then a wise person comes and says, "Stop, don't fight." Why are you hurting your body? Wait. Peacefully, we will solve. But whoever has mūlādhāra burning, he will say, "Don't worry, I will solve it." Very soon, him. Therefore, knowledge is very important. Therefore, it is it. Very nice bhajan from Holī Gurujī. Sādhānā jara karo hari pyārā, sādhānā jara. Jīna se hove mokṣa tumhārā, jīna mokṣa tumhārā. Sādhan jara mokṣa tumhārā, jīna se hove mokṣa tumhārā. Sādhānā, tyāga, karohāri pyāra. ... Vekha vicāra sādhānā, vekha vicāra satya. Satya, satya, kāraṇaya. Satya, satya, kāraṇaya. Sādhanācāra, Karohārī Pyārā, Sādhanācāra, Karohārī Pyārā. Jina Se Hove Mokṣa Tumhārā, Sādhanā Tyāga Karohārī Pyārā, Sādhanā Tyāga Karohārī Pyārā. God bless you. Sadānāth yāra karo hari pyārā, jina se hove mokṣa tumhārā. Jina se hove mokṣa tumhārā, Sadānāth yāra karo hari pyārā. Sadā natyāra karo hari pyāra. Dharma dharma śraddhā o rati tīkṣā. Dharma dharma rati tīkṣā. Kara uparāma samādhiṁ vicāra. ... Sādhanā chyāra karo hari pyāra, Sādhanā chyāra karo hari pyāra. Chota sādhanā he mokṣa kī chā. ... Kabā hove jaga dukha suthārā? ... Sadā na chyārā karo hari pyārā. Sadā na chyara karo hari pyāra, jina se hove mokṣa tumhārā. ... Sādhanā jyara karo hari pyāra. ... Sadā na jhārā karo hari pyārā, jina se hove mokṣa tumhārā. Sadā na jhārā karo hari pyārā, sadānācārya, karo hari pyāram. Śrī pūjā bhagavāna, dīhīpa nārāyaṇa. Śrī pūjā bhagavāna, dīpā nārāyaṇa mādhavānāma jī kāhe, sadānācārya mādhavānandajī kāhe, sadā nātyāra. Sadā nātyāra karo harī pyārā. ... Jīna se hove mokṣa tumhārā, jīna se hove mokṣa tumhārā. Sādhanā chyāra karohāri pyārā, sādhanā chyāra karohāri pyārā. Śrīdhar Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandjī Bhagavān, vikāra. These are different kinds of vikāras. And because the antahkaraṇa is not purified—manas, buddhi, citta, and ahaṁkāra—and because there is impurity, māla, vikṣepa, and āvaraṇa, we have to work on this subject. It doesn't matter how long you will keep your body. Healthy and body building and everything. One day this body will go under the earth. It is said, "Rikās hai, Maātī kahe, Kumār ko, tu kyā rondoge? Ek din aisā āegā, mein rondūngī." To Hari Om, Diptān Bhagavān kī jaya, Sanātana Dharma kī jaya, Hari Om.

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