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What is the most precious thing in life?

A spiritual discourse on attaining the most precious quality of life.

"The first wealth is good health." "Non-violence is the highest principle."

The lecturer addresses an audience in a large hall, exploring the essence of a precious life through health, Sanātana Dharma, and the influences of Kali Yuga. He explains the manifestation of Svayambhū Śiva, the descent into religious division, and the conflict between divine (Devī) and demonic (Āsurī) forces. Using parables about brothers in conflict, he illustrates the era's strife and concludes that the ultimate solution is to "renounce and enjoy," advocating sacrifice and non-violence to realize one's relation to God.

Filming location: Maribor, Slovenia

Śrī Deep Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Jai, Devā Jī. Dev, Deveśvara Mahādeva Kī Jai. Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandjī Bhagavān Kī Jai. Satya Sanātana Dharma Kī Jai. Good evening, all dear ones. It is a beautiful day, most wonderful, in this big hall. We are in this beautiful city on the bank of the river Dravo. The subject is what is most precious in life. I think all of you know: the most precious thing in life is good health. The first mantra of Āyurveda is called, "The first wealth is good health." Yoga is designed for good health: physical, mental, social, and spiritual. Therefore, yoga is that science of the human. Yoga is given to us, this most precious gift, by Svayaṁbhū Śiva. Therefore, it is said, Ādi Anādi Svayaṁbhū. The most ancient, or the oldest, or the first, is Svayaṁbhū Śiva. We all know the Svayaṁbhū. So the real God, what we will call, is Śiva. Svayaṁbhū means that he was not born; he had no mother and no father. He was not born from the womb of the mother. He was not there for nine months. Within no time, he manifested. "Eko'haṁ bahusyāmi." That cosmic self, we may call, said, "I am one, and I will now multiply." Like you have one thought, some vision, that you will build a certain kind of house. That kind of house was nowhere. Nowhere, nothing. But when someone has the wish, then everything is possible. Anything that you wish will be realized. But nowadays it is not easy, because we do not have a solid Saṅkalpa, a very solid Saṅkalpa. You are not able to remain as one married couple. So you failed here already. You married, or you met someone, and you give up. Again, you got someone. Again, you gave up. Then you married, then you divorced. Many humans now have no solid Saṅkalpa, and therefore, we cannot be successful. Okay, some study and do some computer courses or this and that, and you said, "Okay, I am the professor," or this and that. But that is not only that. So, it is said, where there is a will, there is a way. But you cannot now, in this Kali Yuga, walk till the end of your path. And therefore, you have no most precious life: physical health, mental health, spiritual health, and social health. This is what we have to maintain. In my opinion, please do not be angry, none of you are, how to say, masters, except these four- or five-year-old children. So we lost. A few weeks, months ago I had one lecture, "The Eternal Journey of the Soul." So, you are that one in an eternal journey. You do not have a precious life. We do not know from where we came. This soul was in which life it was, and we do not know in which life we will go. But as that Saṅkalpa, God Śiva made a Svayaṁbhū. But he was not existing. He was not existing. Not visible. No elements. No aim. No place. That is something. Then who said, "Now I will multiply. I am one, and I will multiply"? And that can only be that God. And so began to touch the different elements: the space, the air, the solid material, fire, etc. So the first comes in the space: "I am one, and now I will multiply." And that is called the sound. The resonance is the highest, the supreme. Then come the other elements. From that Nāda resonance comes the light. That light is life, the fire, and from this fire comes the manifesting of Śiva. He who had that Saṅkalpa, "I am one and will multiply into many," was not only the human body but 8.4 million different creatures. And he failed. Still, he failed: 8.4 million different creatures. Jalchar, Thalchar, Navchar—all these creatures in the water, on the earth, and in this space. This all is his manifestation. At that time there was no religion, and that is why it is called Sanātana Dharma. So this Sanātana, also, there was no Dharma. Sanātana is the oneness, one in all and all in one. The life in everywhere, that is Sanātana. The elements, vegetation, water, fire, air—this all is the Sanātana. Not a God and not a religion, but the Sanātana is the light of that God. So in this, where one comes, the human, and that is the Śiva. So from the beginning, we are the Sanātana. We are in this life, we are in the Sanātana. But someone was in a hurry. After the human changed their opinion, they changed their path. They lost that spirituality. And everyone tried to create one for each other, what we call religion. Okay, very good. The religion. The definition of religion is to realize your relation. Is religion what I should realize? Realize your relation. There are two kinds of relations. One is God Realization, and when you come to the God Realization, then you get Self-Realization. And when the Self-Realization comes, then you become one. God and your Ātmā are the same. So now practice, practice your yoga, practice, or any practice to realize. What would you like to realize? We have many aims, but our realization is God. So, realize your relation to God is the religion. So, at different times, in a few religions, they begin to, in these Yugas. So in Kali Yuga, it is split into different religions. In Satya Yuga, Dvāpara Yuga, and Tretā Yuga, there were no different religions. But okay, there are many people; the human race is multiplied. And according to their feelings, they think this is God for them, so religion began. But in reality, it is only one God. That is Svayaṁbhū, who manifested Himself. And that is why he is Lord of all: animals, humans, birds, the life in the water. As well, he is mastering and maintaining the harmony between the two: the devils and goddess. It is only Śiva who manages all this. In the beginning, that time came two: the Devī Śakti and Āsurī Śakti, Devīc Śakti and Āsurī Śakti. So Śakti means power. Śakti has many, many definitions. That Śakti is in this microphone, in that camera, in that light, in everywhere. This Śakti is called electricity; now we call it power. And this Śakti can save our life, and the same Śakti can kill us. We should know how to handle or maintain the electricity; it can kill us. Or it can save our life nowadays in an operation theater, how they are working with the electronic instruments. So we know all what it means. So the Śakti: one is Devī Śakti. Devī Śakti means positive, spiritual. And Āsurī Śakti is negative. Where the Āsurī Śakti is, then you can, even you kill the animals, you kill life. So, it does not matter who is who; whoever is killing another creature has within that one an Āsurī Śakti. And if you are connected with Āsurī Śakti, then your life is not precious. But if you are positive, having love like your own child, you cannot kill. No question. And we know when we will dare, that somebody will kill the child. Because we have Devī Śakti, we see the child, the life. And therefore, that is our best quality of life. So, either you do not kill, but you eat. Or you get a Tāmasic liquid, you are using, like alcohol or different kinds of drugs, which influence your consciousness. So that is no more Devī Śakti, it is Aiśvarya Śakti. And when the Āsurī Śakti is there, you have known the Daivī Śakti. Do you understand me? Do you understand? Sorry. So this is not my opinion. You give the judgment. When you love, you cannot kill. So in Kali Yuga, the quality is suffering. And when the Kali Yuga entered this world, then in Kali Yuga it came to one king. And that king, who was now the king of this Yuga, said, "I am Kali Yuga. Can you give me the place?" So the king asked him, "Who are you? What is your quality?" Then he told all this, what is happening now: killing humans, killing humans, wars, atoms, weapons, killing other creatures, poison, all chemicals, etc., etc. Then the king said, "No, I cannot allow you to come to this kingdom." He said, "You cannot stop me. But I am kindly asking you, sir, I am coming here in your kingdom on this earth, and this is the era of the Kali Yuga, and I am the Kali Yuga." The king said, "What do you want?" "Give me space." Can you invite, if someone comes, can you invite some devil into your house? All negative things? No. We will not allow it in our house. Does not matter who is who. But he said, "But I will come, but I have little mercy. I am a little bit humble, give me space." The king was thinking, and the Kali Yuga said, "Please, sir, do not waste the time. Every second of the Kali Yuga is passing." Then the king said, "I want to give you the smallest of the smallest space." Then tell me, what is the smallest thing on this earth? Kali Yuga said, "It is a very rare metal. Called the gold. Please give me this place in the gold." And the king said, "Okay." The Kali Yuga sat on the crown of the king. He said, "I am governing now. You cannot change now anymore." So, in one way, as a king, the king is the governor of everything and gold. Is the money? Everyone will fight for the gold, and that I will be the successful one. As a Kali Yuga, more will be Āsurī Śaktis. King, you cannot defeat me. I am on your crown. So even now, the president or the prime minister of the country is a slave of the gold, the slave of that chair. And it does not matter how the people will suffer, because only this one is governed by the crown, the chair, the gold. Similarly, such a quality appears in the human, and the human becomes selfish. And they said, God said that humans, God gave the principles, the rules for the humans. But when God gave freedom to humans, then they said, "Father, we will kill you." Everything is now mine. God was always clever because he said, "Give me, or I take it. Do not waste the time." So the king said, "God said, 'I give you all my wealth and my power and everything.'" But God is that I give. I make you a God, all the qualities within you. But the God made a, what you call, a combination lock. And this combination and locks are our Chakras: Mūlādhāra, Svādhiṣṭhāna. You cannot open. You cannot open. And if you try to open, you will become crazy. You are lost. Now God is disappeared, and we are struggling, we are struggling, life to life to life. So we are searching for that best quality of life. But that life we do not want. If you want to have that quality, then Ahiṃsā Paramodharma. Non-violence is the highest principle. That is it. And what is that? It is called Ahiṃsā, non-violence. Even do not violence yourself. And that is what is called the best quality of the human, or the best quality of life. Now you ask yourself, are you enjoying the best quality, or are you struggling in such qualities? Therefore, that is said, realize your relation means the realism. To realize who I am. Which I often speak about in my lectures. What is the purpose? From where did I come? Why did I come? For what did I come? And where will I go? We are struggling in these questions. So, it is said, if you want to enjoy the best quality of life, then there is only one: renounce and enjoy. For example, you have a case. And you have one house, a beautiful villa worth about 80 million, 80 million euros, and you are two brothers. One wants to have everything, and the other wants to have this, and they go to the lawyer, and they are fighting. They lost the brotherhood. The money is going from one lawyer to other lawyers, and everything is restless, you will die. The house will remain. Therefore, brother, said, "You keep it. Everything, I am so happy. I do not have to pay electricity, the water, and rippling and this and that. I am so happy, brother." And you are also happy, my dear brother. So renounce and enjoy. You take your backpack and go on holiday. Stay in Slovenia, in Croatia, and sometimes in Germany, and sometimes in India. Anywhere you are, free, that is it. So renounce and enjoy. So all we said is, "Mine is not yours. Mine is only my Jīvātmā, my soul." Even the body is not mine. Can you even renounce? We are so attached because of Kali Yuga, Kali Yuga. So that is Kali Yuga. Is making this all fighting and wars and this and that? On the day when Satya Yuga will come, Kali Yuga is finished. All courts and judges and lawyers have nothing to do. Finished. Yes, all are free, happy. It is very easy. Renounce and enjoy. Therefore, Holy Gurujī said, enter the kingdom of God. Enter the kingdom of God through sacrifice. So sacrifice everything, then you can enter the kingdom of God. So we are in the form of a human, but each of us has different qualities. We have different problems, and we are struggling, struggling,... struggling. There was one man, a real story, and he had a little land, and for this little land, his neighbor was taking away. And that person went to the court, and for 65 years he was going and coming, going and going in the court. And the lawyers, some died, and they took the new lawyers. Finally, one day that man came in the court, and he said to the judge, "Sir, it is more than 60 years I am coming to this court, and no one gave the solution." In front of you, I give my life, and he sought it. That is it. This is Kali Yuga. That is it. So brother to brother become the enemy. What a human. So there is one little story. One father had two brothers. One brother was very humble and kind and not so intelligent. But he was very good because his heart was very clear. So they divided everything. Two things remained. Everything took his clever brother, the elderly brother. He took everything, and two remains. But how to separate, divide? So one was beautiful, like this blanket. So the clever brothers and other brothers, they want to divide. How to divide? So the clever brother said, "From sunrise till sunset, this blanket is yours. All day it is yours. And from sunset to sunrise is mine, because at night it is cold." And he used that, and the other brother is freezing and sitting when the sun rises. The clever brother said, and he moved. "Take your blanket, take care." Second, he got one. There was one buffalo, a milk buffalo, so how to divide? So the clever brother said, "Half is yours and half is mine." He said, "How, brother?" "The best part is yours. The half of the mouth, and this all is yours. And from the back is mine. Is it okay, brother?" So he said, "What means to have my part of the buffalo? Give him eating, give him water, everything. And what about the half back side? Yeah, milk is mine, the dung is mine, okay? So he has to feed, but he cannot take the milk." Then, in some countries, they said you should harvest the oil seeds in your country. But in the law, you cannot take oil out, so the seeds are mine. So the oily seed is mine, but you have to produce. There is written in certain testaments or in law. Well, the brother who was a very simple person, sometimes some master comes, a good master, also not so like me. So that man went to the master, and he solved his problems. "The whole day, I am carrying the place. And when the cold in the night, he had to take it." Master said, "No problem. I give you one suggestion. What is it? Master, daytime is yours, yes? Till the sun sets, I can do whatever I like to do with this." So Master said, "Twenty minutes before sunrise or sunset, put the blanket in the water and give it to him. Yes, yes. Now he cannot cover his body with the wet blanket. Hardly it dries by morning. And daytime, he is sitting on it, like this. And before sunset, he dipped in the water and gave it to him." Said, "Please, brother, do not do this. We will sleep together. And daytime we will keep it." So one problem is solved by the Master. "But how should I divide my buffalo? He said, 'No problem.' He said, 'But I am giving the feeder, and he is enjoying the milk.'" So his Master said, "The front part is yours." He said, "Yes, Master. When he begins to milk, take the stick and beat Bapelo. And Bāpelō will not give the milk. So whenever he wants to milk, he goes with the stick." So he said, "Please, brother, do not do this. Then we share: half is mine, half is yours, and half you feed, and half I will feed." So, like this, there are clever people creating such problems. But this is the situation now in this Kali Yuga, so there is no best life. So there is only one solution: renounce and enjoy. That is it.

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