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Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī, Devādhi Dev, Deveśvar Mahādev Kī, Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandjī Bhagavān Kī, Alakhpurījī Mahādev Kī, Satya Sanātana Dharma Kī. Today our beautiful anuṣṭhāna and yoga program begins with prayer. So everyone, sit with the prayer mudrā and mentally wish all your good wishes for your good health, for your spiritual development, and for peace and harmony in your home and in your country. This prayer we will do is for our well-being: physical, mental, and spiritual. Mentally, with all your good wishes, wish yourself good health, spiritual development, and peace and harmony in your family and in your country. This is the prayer we are going to sing now. It is for our physical and mental health, for our well-being. Finally, there is a prayer for any situation and at the end of this life, as well as prayer in our everyday lives. Definitely, there is a positive influence on our life when we pray. It doesn’t matter which religion or which language; prayer is prayer. Through prayer, nothing goes wrong, and with prayer there is no negative effect on ourselves. Prayer is one of the best things we can do. So, prayer can be one minute, half a minute, or just a few seconds thinking of God, the Supreme, or your well-being. Or we can do the prayer long. Perfection takes place through the prayers. All different kinds of techniques, all yoga or gymnastics or sports or anything—finally, there is the prayer. So now we will have prayer. We look to the altar, or think whatever you want to think, of course, positive. Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Tan, man, dhana, yāra panaka guru sevā pāta joda, yāra jīka ruhata joda, binati kara charanome śira nāma Hari Om, Jaya Jaya... Śrī Deva Purīṣa Paripūraṇa Ānanda Darasa O Swami Ānandadarasa, Śrī Dīp Prabhusatān Mannase, Śrī Dīp Dālunijamannase, Guru Āratī Gā Hari Om Jaya Jaya... Śrī Pādayāle Kṛpāle Mahāprabhu Aprakolaj Āp binā kaun hamāre nāth hai, jin ko jāye pukārī hai Prabhu? Jahāḍe kuñjā āpai āpho nitya cetan nitya. Śrī Dīp Dayāl Kripāl Mā Prabhu, āp rakho lāj Prabhu. Pāpī aneko āge yubariyā, yabke me vahrī Prabhu. Mujh paramēśvara maṅgatābhī kabhī kyārī Śrī. Śrī Dīpdayāl Kṛpāl Mahāprakolaj, Śrī Dīpdayāl Kṛpāl Mahāprakolaj, dayā karo āp. Nāmasukhā kari prabhu, śrī pūje dīp, dayā karo āp. Kāna śubha kari prabhu, kae Mādhava Nandajī, āpke caraṇ kamal baliyā... Śrī Dīp Dayāl Krī Om Namaste Śrī Gurudev Purī Sadāyālam Nijananda Ānandamaya Śarīram Yakandam Harī Rūp Jase Atītam Anādi Nirākārī Namoḥ Sarvavyāpī Guṇātīta Deva Prabhudīpādijo Sadāś Jai Jai Deva Dayāla Śiva Karṇa Sumaṅgala Mūla Śrī Dīpa Gyāna Vairāgya Mātā Sadāravo Vandau Śaraṇa Gurudevake Śrī Devapurīsa Śukudai Yoga Yugati Jai Śmarati Prabhujānībhāla Timirgai Ārudha Tāravī Bhāi Gyāna Śrī Dīpa Prabhu Sakivinati. Palaka Palaka Prabhu Veenati Namaliya Saba Obare Ananda Otaya Aap Satguru Me Shishyam Amam Prana Paramahansa Gurudeva Jeetina Lokke Shurnara Muni Saba Santa Janani Tota Satguru Samandhata Nahi, Shab Jag Mangana Haar, Raja Kya Badhsa Sabhi Khadare, Rām Kṛṣṇa se kaun baṛe, kuśnī bhī gurukīṁ, tīn rokke na tūve satguru satguru purāṇa brahma he jove śūr naravāta dharṇī cā jāne nāyī yuga yuga ge ye tanvīsa kī velāḍī guru ambarata kī śiṣa diye satguru mine to bhī Oṁ Mā Gūru Rādhur Sākṣak Parabrahma, Tasmai Śrī Gurave Namaḥ. Dhyāna Mūlaṁ Guru Mūrti, Pūjā Mūlaṁ Guru Pādam, Mantra Mūlaṁ Guru Vākyaṁ, Mokṣa Mūlaṁ Guru Kṛpā. Oṁ Dīpo Jyotiḥ Parabrahma, Dīpo Jyotir Janārdanaḥ, Dīpo Haratu Me Pāpaṁ, Sandhyā Dīpo Namo’stu Te. Oṁ Namo Prabhudīpa Vināsi Api Brahma Api Viśva He Kevalam Āpo Vedon Ke Gyātā, Āpo Bhaktruvāsī, Āpo Śatānām Ke Dātā, Āpo Niśvarūp Ke Gyātā. Om Namo Prabhudīp Pranāma, Brahmānanda Nūruvā Bholī Śrī Alakh Purījī Mahādevak, Devādhi Dev, Deveśvar Mahādevak, Ārādhi Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī Kī Jai. Satguru Swami Madhavānājī Bhagavān, Satya Sanātan Dharma Kī Jai, Hari Om. Our Gurudev used to say, every evening and morning, every creature, every bird, they are singing the song of God. Only that we can’t understand their language. But the animals understand our language. Doing morning and evening prayers means that in the morning, when you get up, you go under the water and you get fresh. All day we are working, coming home, and we take a shower. It means that during the daytime, whatever we are doing, good or bad, we purify that in the prayers. Also, in the night, in dreams, and so on, in the morning when we pray, all the negative dreams and qualities are purified, and it shows the path to the good path. Yoga is not only for yogīs. Yogīs have already decided to live somewhere and practice only for themselves. But more yoga is useful for the household. Also, those who are working in some factories, companies, etc. It is said in the Bhagavad Gītā, “Yogaḥ karmasu kauśalam.” Your yoga sādhanā will become successful when you do good actions. And when we do good actions, then it is said, “Yoga Agni, Karma Dagdhani.” The fire of yoga, the power of yoga, can burn all our sins. Yoga has more steps. First is the nourishment. And there are four principles. And that’s called ācāra, vicāra, āhāra, and vihāra. Ācāra means to make your actions better. Your attitude: do good, think positive. Ācāraṇ means behavior. That’s very, very important. The behavior towards all, but some people, they have inside a bitterness. Such bitterness very quickly becomes anger or rudeness toward someone. It means that your yoga sādhanā, your yoga practice, is not successful. It is said, what is the difference between self-respect and ego? Self-respect and ego. So self-respect means we have to respect ourselves in relation to others. How do we express self-respect towards others? Which we are doing all very good. It means when you get up from your bed, and you get up and go for work immediately, it’s not good. At least you brush your hair, clean your face, and maybe you make something like this, you know. Yes, and good dress. This is not only for you, but you are presenting in front of others in a good manner, so that one who looks towards you also feels happy and clean. That’s it, like this. So, self-respect and ego are different. When you have a lot of jewellery or this and that, okay, there is a little bit of ego everywhere. And without ego, we can’t survive. We are completely egoless; we cannot live anymore. But positive ego, not negative ego. So, it’s called Ācāra and Vihāra, where to go and where not to go. In the Holy Rāmāyaṇa, Tulsīdāsjī writes, he speaks, do not go in that house where there is no bhakti. But Tulsīdhārājī said, “Āv nahī̃, ādar nahī̃, nahī̃...” Āv nahī̃ doesn’t welcome you. If you can, okay. Okay, come in. There is no respect. Ādhār nahī̃, ādhār nahī̃. Ādhār means respect. Ādhār nahī̃, ādhār nahī̃, or nahī̃, nahī̃,... and in your eyes there is no love. There is no humbleness. Your eyes will say, when your best friend or a good one comes, then your eyes are, “Oh, how nice, welcome, welcome, how nice, oh my darling.” Otherwise, you said, “Okay, come,” but looking like this, “Okay, welcome.” When four come together, then sixty-four flowers blossom. When someone welcomes you with happiness, then four come together. Sometimes it can be three. Four means four eyes: two mine and two yours. But one may be blind on one side, then there are three. So these four meeting together, thirty-four blood-sucking, what? What? We have 32 teeth in our mouth. So, 32 mine and 32 yours. How many? 64. So when someone is your good friend, and then we say, “Oh, very nice, hello,” no? Means our mouth opens and all twenty-four teeth are showing nicely. Otherwise, we will say, “Come on, that’s it.” No welcoming, no respect. Nahi nainan meṁ neha, also no humble days in love, respecting in our eyes. Tulsī, us ghar na jāiye, “Jai kanchan barse mī.” O Tulsī Dās, don’t go in that house, even if there is a golden rain there. Even the golden rain is there. So if there is no respect, no welcome, then it doesn’t matter, even if the gold is there. And then again Tulsīdāsji said, that’s why it is said, yogī. Everyone is a yogī, but if they behave in that way. So, āhāra, so ācāra vichāra, ācāra, the behavior, vichāra, the thinking, then, the āhāra, the diet. Diet is also very good. And this diet, it is said, there are different kinds of diet. When you drink juice, water, milk, good water, etc., you speak very nicely, and if you drink alcohol, then you know how we will talk when you are drunk. Because the buddhi, our intellect, our wisdom, is dimmed down through this liquid. The biggest drug in the world is alcohol. How many families are destroyed? How many children are without parents? How many accidents happened on the highway? Etc., etc. But in Kali Yuga, it is money. Jaisā pīye pānī, vaisī bole bānī—what kind of liquid you drink, like that you will speak. Jaisā karegā saṅg, vaisā lāgegā raṅg. With whom, which people, with whom you are there, what kind of society, like that you will be. If you take drugs, all friends are together, then they will also tell you, “Come try, come try.” If you go there for the first time, what? You didn’t test. You must experience. This is a modern life. Come on. Try, but that try will catch you. It will torture you lifelong. That’s it. So, and when you go to the good companies, good people, there are many, many good people, more good people in this world. Then they will make you happy, and they will give you good advice, good guidance, etc. And when you have a problem, go to your grandparents. They have many experiences in life. They will give you very good advice. And even only the blessing of your grandparents is a holy blessing. So, good society or satsaṅg, what we are talking about is always the satsaṅg. So, therefore, it is said that when yogīs, who want to practice yoga, come to the yoga path, they do so to make their life divine, pure, clean, and oriented toward the Cosmic Self, God, or whatever we are thinking. This is the beginning of Yoga: Ācār, Vicār, Āhār, and Vihār. Write down, understand. Ācār, behavior, vihār, good behavior also. Ācār means positive thinking, good food, and good company. After that, Patañjali said, “Atha yoga anuśāsanam.” So, the yoga begins with the discipline. If you have no discipline, you will not be successful. Even if you want to practice your physical exercises, like there is one person who wants to do bodybuilding. Every day, early in the morning or at a fixed time, he will go and do exercise. He will do it every day, and day by day, he or she will say, “Oh, my muscles are getting better.” Meditation, practice, discipline. Similarly, meditation, mantra, prayers. So, after this body, the second body, and this second body is called prāṇa, energy. Good energy. The strength of our body is the energy. And that energy is not visible, but it is powerful. Otherwise, sometimes something happens to us, and we say, “I am ill, I have no power at all, I have no energy, I can’t get up.” Yes? So, try to create good energy. Now, good nourishment, but also movements. If you will just relax and relax and relax, okay, two, three days, okay, but then you are getting into the laziness, and that is in Āyurveda said: Sāttvika, Rājasika, and Tāmasika. So the Tāmasika Guṇa is laziness. You want to sleep a little more and more. Now your whole body is filled full of this negative energy, Tamas Guṇa. Then you have no, your mood, I have no good mood, I cannot walk, I can’t think, I’m tired, because you are coated with negative energy. What should you do? Get up, go for a walk, come back, and wash your body. And 11 rounds, 12 rounds, Bāḍīkhaṭu Praṇām. Yes. And then do Sarvaitāsana. No, no,... do it, do it. It will take you three days to use your willpower. On the fourth day, you will be blossoming energy, prāṇa. So prāṇa is within us, but there are other prāṇas which are the dead prāṇas, and that is what we call the laziness, tiredness. And laziness is the biggest enemy of the human, so practice āsanas. Prāṇāyāma, prāṇakośa, the prāṇa, the energy body. Then comes the mental body. Mind is also accepted as a body. But we don’t know. The speed of the mind is one of the quickest speeds. Yes, there is no one who has that much power, stronger than the mind. For example, we are sitting here, and how quickly I can bring you somewhere. And it is about 14,000 to 15,000 kilometers, or 1 million kilometers. Within no time, you will be there without money. Without a ticket, without a passport, don’t worry. That is the mind. Let’s go today to Jupiter. Okay, we are already there. The mind is already on Jupiter. Where to begin? In Tokyo. Oh, we are already in Tokyo. No, no... Budapest is good. So, the mind is one of the quickest ones. And therefore, the mind has to be controlled, and yogīs should purify the mind. If in the mind you have impurities, you have something in the mind, other thoughts; nobody knows. Nobody knows what you are thinking, but there is someone. There are two who know what you are thinking, yes, in this room. One is yourself. You know that you are thinking. And second, who knows? God. You can’t hide from yourself, and you can’t hide from God. And therefore, even if you keep in your mind, don’t worry, you and God know what you are doing. So, purification of the mind. The mental situation should be good. Otherwise, sometimes Americans used to say, “Oh, Swāmījī, I changed my mind, I will not come today in the satsaṅg. But tomorrow I will definitely come.” Oh Gurudev, I changed my mind, I am going swimming. So I changed my mind. Why don’t you change your body? Why? That I cannot change. You see? But our mental action, mental thoughts, mental power, that is the most powerful thing in our body, our mind. And where is the mind? Where does the mind sleep in this body? And where is he sitting? And where is he resting? Where is the mind? In the brain? In the heart? In the stomach? In the liver? In the kidneys? Where is the mind? We can’t catch the mind at all. And we don’t know if the mind is in our body or outside of our body. Mind is like a reflection only. You look in your mirror and you see your body, and there is some spot on your cheek, and you take the cloth and you clean the mirror. Still there. Ah, mind! You clean the mirror. The spot is more clear. That is the mind. But if you know, then you know, oh-ha, and then you will do like this. The mirror will say, the mind tells, “You caught me.” Then the mind has no more power. So, the mind... Manā, saba kho yore kusaṅgī āke saṅga. O my mind, you lost everything with the negative society. After that, mind, then comes the vijñāna. Vijñāna means the science. So either we say vijñāna or you say science. So this science, vijñāna, our knowledge, and knowledge is more than the mind. But this knowledge can also be manipulated. When you drink alcohol, then you talk differently. When you drink nice, clean water, you speak very beautifully. Or, what you call that, someone can manipulate your thoughts. So, the fourth body is called Jñāna, Vijñāna, the intellect. Annamaya Kośa, Prāṇamaya Kośa, Manomaya Kośa, Vijñānamaya Kośa. Then comes the Ānandamaya Kośa. Ānanda means bliss. If you have pure, clean, good thoughts, then ānanda. Ānanda means happiness. Now you are at the highest level of consciousness. Or you fall down again. So, it all begins, our attitude, our problems, our disease, our everything, from the Ānandamaya Kośa. From the Ānandamaya Kośa, come to the Jñānamaya Kośa. You know that you should not take drugs. So it is your jñāna, your knowledge. But now your knowledge is polluted. And then your mind will also become like that. Your prāṇa, your energy will be like that. And then this body will become ill. So any kind of disease we have is beginning from the upper part, not from the lower part. In the 15th chapter of the Bhagavad Gītā, it is said that the trees have their roots down and branches going up. But in humans, roots are here and branches are downwards. Everything begins from there, and so if we make the purification, tomorrow we will begin with what is called Haṭha Yoga. I think we will try to give very clear techniques and explanations of what it means. We will do Haṭha Yoga tomorrow. But if you are not doing, then nothing is helping. It is said, Upāre bhare, Guru Dev is giving from the upper, filling your glass. Nice se jhare, but down is everything dripping out. So we are filling in the upper, but down is the hole. And this hole is our weakness, so first we should repair here. Then the knowledge will be there, so yoga begins. Ācār, vicār, āhār, vihār. And for Ācār, Vicār, Āhār, Vihār, we need Aṣṭāṅga Yoga, Anuśāsana. And then, what happens? We have to understand these five bodies. This is the five tattvas. And these five tattvas are also clean; they are called the air and space. This, the air, the fire, the water, and the earth. So these are the five tattvas. And these five tattvas are the best in Ayurveda to treat our diseases. But now, our earth is polluted. I remember when I was little, it was nearly about 98 years. The morning when we got up, we took a little water. Went out of the house, we put water on the earth. And we took it, and we were brushing our teeth like this and cleaning it. So pure, good, the earth. And now, if I do like this, Oh God, my mouth will be swollen. I go to the dentist. Then he says, “What have you done? The earth.” Oh God. There is a good toothpaste. Use this good toothpaste. Toothpaste is also polluted, so what? So everything is: water is polluted, air is polluted, earth is polluted, fire is not polluted. And the space is also polluted. How to survive? But a yogī can survive, and you are the yogīs. So welcome, you all. Tomorrow the program begins, and our dear Swāmī Umapurījī will guide the kriyānusthāna, and another teacher will guide you in the āsanas. The programs will be announced after this lecture. My duty is finished. Wish you all the best. Those who are going home today, I wish you a good journey. Very happy to see you all, and God bless you. We will chant a mantra. Do you want to sing? Asato mā sadgamaya, tamaso mā jyotirgamaya.