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Part 1: Yoga in Daily Life: A Bridge Across Continents Our dear Dayāmātā has been a disciple for many long years. We met in Canada, where she also resides. As you can see, she is originally Chinese. She speaks perfect English and has been a sannyāsī for five years. We call her Matajī, and she now teaches Yoga in Daily Life in various places, including China. We also have two other students, my disciples in China, who are teaching yoga in their lives there. So, we also have Yoga in Daily Life in China. We have about four disciples teaching in different places in Japan as well. As you know, I was in China in 1983. I think today Matajī will give us very good lectures. (Praṇām Gurudev.) Praṇām Gurudev. Brothers and sisters, I am so happy to be here. When I am away, I truly miss all of you. I see this big, big family in Europe. When Gurudev was telling the story of Vivekānanda going to America—the story of East meeting West—I realized that now, with Yoga in Daily Life, we are bringing together West and East, meeting in China. Through this system, we are bringing everybody together. I think I need all of your help to expand this hospitality to Asia. Perhaps some of you will come one day to help spread Yoga in Daily Life in China and, later, in more Asian countries. I remember many years ago when Gurudev told me I should go to China. I was very nervous. I did not know anyone there, and although my ancestors came from China, I did not know how to start. I thought about it for a whole year and was troubled. Then, suddenly, the avenue opened—of course, through Gurudev. Just before Christmas, everything started happening. I had Gaṅgā Purī and Ratan Purī from Croatia with me, and they happened to be in Shanghai. I also met with Yaśodā, who was teaching in India before she lived in China. We all met together, and that was the start in 2015. This journey seemed very nice in the beginning, but as I went on, I found it was not as easy as I thought. There were many obstacles. There is lots and lots of yoga in China, but everywhere I went, people were expecting a gymnastic or circus type of yoga. When I was invited, I saw all these straps, balls, and equipment. On the walls were pictures of very extreme yoga. The type of yoga commonly learned in China is gymnastic, almost artistic circus yoga. It is completely different from what we practice. Our yoga relieves stress, brings deep relaxation, and builds inner strength. I hope that more will join us. At least now we have Chanda—that is what I will call her. She has come from China, very bravely, to meet all of you and has taken her mantra. I hope our group will gradually expand. Although we have another from China in Vancouver, she is the first to come directly from China. We must all embrace her. I truly hope she will find that this is her family in Europe. She is quite overwhelmed by the hospitality extended to her. This is her first time leaving China, and she was initially quite perplexed and a little nervous. I hope that after a week, she will be much more relaxed and feel all the love surrounding her. I thank you all, and I also hope that some of you would like to come to China to give me a hand. With current government rules, it is not so easy, but of course, everything is possible with Gurudev. Whatever I do, it is all Gurudev’s grace. Thank you, Gurudev. Thank you all. I really need all of your support. Without you all and without Gurudeva, I would not be here. Thank you very much. (Chandra speaks.) I will try. Thank you, all of you. My English is not good, but I will try my best to express myself. This is my first time coming to Europe. It is a long distance from China, but I think distance is not a problem if you have a big and strong desire. Before coming here, I met some troubles because of bad weather and a typhoon. My first flight was delayed, and my sixth flight was cancelled. At that moment, I cried a lot. I thought, "I won’t come. Why shouldn’t I come?" I felt so nervous and sad. But at that moment, I focused my mind here. I just repeated Swāmījī’s name. I thought, "Viśva Gurujī, you must let me go there. I really want to go. It is my big desire." Later, I thought that all things that happen in my life are the best things. I need to face them and overcome these situations. I really thank my yoga teacher, Matajī. In Chinese, we call her Yù Jiā Māma, like our mother. In China, with maybe 1.4 billion people, many have so much pressure in life. When Matajī came to China, she faced many different situations, different from Europe or her own country. Of course, many people in China wanted to earn money from her and cheated her a lot. I felt so sad. I wondered why we couldn’t use a pure heart to learn this system. It is so nice, so perfect for our life. It is the best thing I have met in my 25 years. From the bottom of my heart, I feel that our Yoga in Daily Life system, and the way I met her, is the best thing that has happened to me. Matajī came to many cities in China: first Chongqing (my hometown, though I did not meet her there), then Wuhan, Shanghai, and finally Hainan, where I met her. She spent a lot of time staying with us, giving us so much love and care—more than I can explain. She has several hundred students in China. Many come, perhaps because we lack this kind of faith in China. Most people in China do not trust themselves, not gods, not others. The two most important things for them are money and fame. There are many problems, and the biggest trouble is that we are not even conscious of the problem. We think we are fine; we have a nice life. Why do we need a guru? Why do we need God? They think it is their own destiny, that karma is fine, and they can follow their fate. They think it is not a problem. I practiced yoga before, but it was more about flexibility. Many people in China do this kind of yoga all day. They think, "Oh, I am so beautiful, so flexible. I am successful in yoga." People practice with excitement to be the most beautiful, flexible, and amazing. One student in China, whom Matajī taught for maybe a year or a few months, even tried to take over her place. How could she do this with so much confidence? Matajī taught me many things about yoga and explained many concepts, like here. She taught me that we have such a big center in Europe, with so many people. She said, "You must come and see. You will see all the family waiting for you here. They are all your family." Matajī—Yù Jiā Māma, yoga mother—now many students treat her like their mother. I feel a lot and learn a lot from my yoga mother. I think I am a selfish girl sometimes because of the situation in China, where one family has only one child. We grew up without brothers and sisters. Many times, we just play by ourselves. We often do not want to share our experiences, our success, or many things with others. We do many things by ourselves and only for ourselves. We are not used to sharing. This is a problem. Even at university, many students only do their research by themselves. They do not like to work in a group. Most of the time, we close our hearts. I think I closed my heart for many of my 25 years. I did not want to share my sadness, happiness, or feelings with others, so I felt very lonely many times. But the yoga process is more about sharing—sharing love. You can share everything of yourself with others. You can give more. Slowly, I think I need to open my heart. I feel energy in my heart. This is the first time I have met this kind of system. Before meeting Yoga in Daily Life, I had a very strong desire in my heart. I was a Buddhist before, and I thought about whether there was a yoga system with a master where we could find the truth of life. With this desire, I met our yoga mother and had the chance to practice with her. I really thank my yoga teacher. She has given me so much. Sometimes I am loyal, and sometimes I am bad, but my yoga teacher can always understand me. I am very grateful. Thank you. I also thank all of you and Gurudev. From my heart, I feel that this time I have really opened my heart. I will try to open it more and more with my mantra. Thank you all. (Gurudev speaks.) She said she is missing her father. When she came to me the first time, I said to her, "You are not missing; I am your father." Everyone has an immense amount of love and brotherhood. We are together like brothers and sisters. Many who are above age we call as mothers or fathers; when they are younger, we can call them son or daughter. There is a bhajan you sang yesterday, written by our beloved Satguru Swāmīmādhavānandajī Bhagavān. It is: Prakāś, Puñj, Amṛt, Keśavar. Prakāś means the light. Puñj means the source of life. The light, like the sun's light. The sun itself is like Mahāprabhujī, amṛta ke sāgara, the ocean of nectar. Prakāś puñj amṛt ke sāgar dīp, Harī Mahā Dhani hai. Lord Bhagavān Śrī Dīpnār Mahāprabhujī is the giver of blessings. Throughout the whole world, guñjā means the glory. Deep Hari Mahadani and Mahāprabhujī are among the greatest givers. You know this bhajan very well. So, Yoga in Daily Life is the light of Devpurījī, Alagpurījī, Mahāprabhujī, and Gurujī. This light is everywhere: in China, Africa, Russia, Europe, America, Mexico—everywhere is the light of Mahāprabhujī. He came there, and Mahāprabhujī protected him. He blessed me to give these seeds of immortality in every country, everywhere. The sun is all the time around the earth. The light, the prakāśa, and the warmth of the sun are more in the earth than from the sun itself. If you go closer to the sun, it gets colder and colder. As far as we go, we have no gravity. The sun's gravity cannot hold us at that distance. The closer we come to the earth, the hotter it is. All the heat of the sun is preserved in the earth. It does not matter which hour it is; if not on this side, then on that side. If you sit in front of a fire, you feel heat here. If you turn your other side, your back is full of heat. That is the sun's energy. Mostly, the energy of the sun is in our earth, and it becomes so hot, as in a volcano. From where does that heat come? Stones melt and flow like water; iron melts. What is it? As I spoke a few days ago, we should get more contact with our Earth. We should walk without shoes and socks for at least a few minutes, or one or two hours. Touch and work with the earth, even if there is nothing to do. Just go and play like little children. They play with sand automatically. Do you know how happy they are? If we are here for one week—with five days left—you should walk without shoes or socks for at least one hour. Clean some of the roots of the earth near the trees or under our apple trees. Many apples are falling down; we can collect them and give them to the kitchen. Or go to the vegetable garden. Try for one week, in these few days you are here, to work in the earth. Children, dogs, cats, all animals, and even birds bathe in the sand. The miracle is not some magic, but it is Mother Earth. Do not worry about dirt. You should have earth and dance in it. On the last day of the course, you can clean up and then say, "How was it?" It was so nice. You will feel how good your experiences are, and your health will improve because this spot of earth has never seen chemicals. Twenty or thirty years ago, there were not so many chemicals. Even in communist times, it was not so much, and the forest was much better. The grass, herbs, and bushes were healthier than now. It does not matter what one thinks about communism, but it was something. I have witnessed this myself for 45 years. Look, our ashram soil is virgin soil. You can touch it; you can even put a little in your mouth, no problem. Under a tree, take a little earth, add a little water, take it on your finger, and brush your teeth. All your bacteria will be gone. You will see how strong your teeth become in one week. Try it. Brush more at the roots of the teeth, on the gums. See what will happen. Two things can happen: either the teeth fall out, or they become very strong. Back to nature, back to Mother Earth. I can promise you, nothing wrong will happen to your gums, mouth, or teeth. But take that soft earth, not the sandy kind. I called him to talk about something, but I am giving him what you call perspiration. You know, from India they make a toothpaste now, worldwide known from Rāmdevjī, Patañjali. There is also a toothbrush. Since I have used this toothbrush, I have had no bleeding from the gums; otherwise, blood would come from paradentosis. On it is a picture of a Neem branch. In India, we mostly used a toothbrush from two trees: either neem or babool. Even now, if you go to a big city like Mumbai, people bring these little branches, cut them nicely, and sell them in the market. People buy them. First, they bite the end, then they brush with it. They have no paradentosis. This toothbrush from Rāmdevjī is called Dantkranti. Many of you have it already? Who has one? Raise your hand. Others do not know. I will ask Rāmdevjī for a commission. This babool, I think Amṛt from Hamburg was talking about it. It is very good in every aspect. For women, it is the best of anything else. And for men also—I always have to support the men. It is the year of the woman, so somehow we should keep our dignity as men. But now we do not know if it is a man or a woman. The creator, God, said, "Be very careful to see if this is a man or a woman, because no one has a beard at all." So God is looking to see if there is a man. That is why I often make it like this, and He says, "Oh, yes." That is why often I have to make it like this so God's heart is peaceful, knowing there are still men. It is a joke, but it is something. All around the whole world, we call Him Sūrya Nārāyaṇa. This element of fire is from the sun. The sun is directly connected to us through our navel. It does not matter how much clothing we have; through any part of the body, the sun's rays come to the navel. That amṛt is there. Immortal amṛt is in the navel. Everything is from our navel. First was the navel, because that is the soul, the seed of our self. Then our limbs and everything developed. So we must take care of our navel. Therefore, there is a very strong, powerful yoga technique. Through it, we can be protected against cancers and many other diseases. We can practice it. If someone has cancer, try this. The bubble water and this very powerful technique—it is very expensive. Of course, I can tell you everything, but for some techniques, I must charge money. It is very powerful. Thank you; you promised me. You have already given me so much money, so now I must tell you. It is called Agniṣār Kriyā. Who knows? Raise your hand. You know it, but who does it every day? Raise your hand. You see? Others are lazy. This Agniṣār Kriyā activates our solar plexus, which is connected to the pancreas. If the pancreas is powerful, then all disease is gone. Part 2: The Power of Practice and the Protection of Nature That point also, again, comes over what we call the kāya kalapa. After about six months of doing it every day, you will see what kind of power you have, what kind of energy, and how healthy you will be. But not only a little bit; you have to learn, and with an empty stomach, morning is the best after the bathroom. It is the most powerful. If you can’t practice one day of yoga, do it for five minutes only, Agneśarkriyā. Yes. OK? And so we have power. From whom? From the sun. And the sun has a direct connection, even when we are underground, in the mines, in underground mines. It’s everywhere. You touch the stone; it’s full of the fire. Hug the tree, oh immense of power. Take positive. So, more work with the hands, with our hands without gloves and so on. So, this technique, yoga, is the yoga. It is the science of the body. Physical, mental, social, spiritual, in every aspect. But one thing: practice exactly what yoga is. Not like that. Just now, Chandra was telling. Every day, this is not yoga. Yeah, I saw today somewhere when exercising, doing yoga, my disciple. I didn’t teach her, but she was doing something called acrobatic and aerobic, and said, "Aṣṭāṅga Yoga." We are sitting in the Czech Republic, and you will say we are in Africa. It is not Africa. It is the Czech Republic. And when we are in Africa, we cannot say we are in the Czech Republic. In Africa, so one should know, but now it’s like this: enjoy whatever you like. Do whatever you like. Otherwise, you are lost. That’s it. Doesn’t matter if we die or not. Let’s take the drug. I mean, if you use the drugs, it means that you are doing a self-murder; that’s called silent dying. It is also kind of self-suicide, so there are many things. Don’t try. I think in Japan, in China, there are no drugs, no? No. Do people have little? They have a drug of money. It means no drug, but the money. But you know, for young people, if someone will say, "Oh, are you stupid? We are in a new age. We are free. Just try. You never try? What kind of human are you?" And then you say, "No, I don’t want." You are one of the stupid. No, I don’t want to. Next day, okay, I’ll try. So, the chicken is already in the case. Therefore, there are many different kinds of drugs. A habit is also a drug. Laziness is a drug. Not doing anything is a drug, you see. Drug means not only hashish, fashish, kakish, hashish. Alcohol is the biggest drug. How many people are suffering from alcohol? Whole families are destroyed. What money? So in the aeroplane they ask you, "Oh, we take more. Do you want to drink more? Can I give you?" So when I’m in the aeroplane, they say to me, "Sir, what would you like to drink after take-off?" "Water." Okay. After that, sir, what would you like to drink now? "Mineral water." Before eating, sir, what would you like to drink? Okay. "The mineral water with the bubbles." After eating, would you like to drink wine, sir? I say, you know what wine means? In the German language, we say nine. So I like to have nine, not wine. So, how much are they offering and offering? Anyhow, so practice. We shall do the real yoga. And they should have training. And so our Yoga in Daily Life teachers, there are more than 1,000 or 2,000 teachers. And still, they are learning more, so this is this. And that’s why many systems broke. But our yoga and daily life is blossoming as it is. That’s it. So yoga in daily life means, not me. If you don’t like me, okay. I don’t like you, but the system, the techniques, that is the real technique of yoga. That’s it. So, practice, and we will have beautiful programs. I welcome you all, and we will have more and more programs this week, the whole week. Some are only for the weekend. Wish you all the best. Friday, Saturday, Sunday, three days you can enjoy. So, three days, so there are three lokas. So, this material earth loka, so the physical, physical, mental, and subtle body. In three days, you are in the subtle body, but work with the Earth. Really, tell me day after tomorrow. So we have our brother Divya Purī, he is the pillar of yoga and daily life in New Zealand. And so he is working, and he is very hard-working with yoga. In New Zealand, we have three centers. One is in Auckland, one is in Wellington, and one is called Kapiti Coast, and all are under Yoga in Daily Life. Now they have, in Auckland, they have got a very big center. And our Madhuram, he’s working there in Kapiti, and so, for our first time, our Divya Purījī came here. Are you here for the first time? First time in Strelka. So I let him experience it for one week. So now, before it was a shock, is this yoga? People so much? It’s nearly half of New Zealand. So I think our dear Divyā Purī would also like to say hello and something to you. Divya Purī would be glad to greet you and say something to you. Divya Purī. Divya Purī: Chandra will be a very hard act to follow. She spoke so well. It was quite inspiring and a little bit daunting. Is it difficult to refer to Chandra because her speech was very inspiring? Less dialect. Less dialect. Swamiji recommends less dialect. It’s a great pleasure to be here with you all. I’m reminded of a joke I read not so long ago, that most people actually have a greater fear of public speaking than they do of death. And I think I’m counted among those. But nevertheless, with Swāmījī here, I’m ready to face anything. We’ve been blessed in New Zealand with Swāmījī’s regular visits for many years. And also, with the generosity of Swāmījī and all of you, in allowing bhaktas and teachers from over here to come and share their experience and teach us. We have Bhajānand, Premjyotī. Sevā Devī and Kāmlā Devī, and of course, Swāmī Madhurām. There are others I have heard of but did not meet, Sadhvī Hiradayā Kamal, but I believe she did a lot of work many years ago in helping set up in Auckland, and I believe in Christchurch too. But now we have, and I came, like Chandra, I started with another yoga teacher. It was more in line, I think, with someone from the Sivananda tradition, so it was similar to yoga in daily life, but it was just one teacher teaching alone. And then when she left Wellington and closed the studio, I looked around and found, on Jessie Street, Yoga and Daily Life in Wellington. I started taking classes and have stayed there since. And I’ve come to appreciate just the breadth, or I have a small appreciation of the breadth and depth of the yoga traditions which are carried through this lineage, and the amount of wisdom, the amount of knowledge that is still to be gained. I’m not sure, but I certainly appreciate the tradition that is in our yoga lineage. And still, as Sadhvi Umapurī was saying this morning, there are the four paths of yoga, and personally, the karma yoga I would prefer. I find the bhakti yoga is great in an environment like this. But the devotional aspects of bhakti yoga are still challenging my intellect. Still rears its ugly head from time to time. But slowly, slowly, dearie, dearie, over the years I have been to India and to Kumbh Melā, and now to Strelky, and to just feel the love, or as we call it in New Zealand, the aroha, in this community is a great blessing, and of course to have Swāmījī’s guidance and love. na Anuštáně. Thank you. Yes, thank you. Děkujeme. We have also someone who is spreading our yoga in life and is now in San Francisco. So I think it’s also called Amṛtsāgar. So I think Amṛtsāgar should come and say something. She’s a great yoga practitioner and teacher. So, Amritsagar. And then after Amritsagar, there is someone who brought yoga into my life in Brazil. And she brought yoga into life in Brazil. She brought me also into what we call the rainforest. How beautiful. And you know, Brazil is also very big, and in the center of the United Nations in Brazil, there in the ground of the United Nations center, we planted the beautiful World Peace Tree. And so there are many bhaktas; one is a Judge, and her husband is a very, very great singer. And with his, you know, with Patañjali, yes. Yes, he was in Jaipur. So, Amṛt, please. Czech, yeah, and she will translate English. Amṛtsāgar: I’m very happy I am at home among you. And for 28 years, I’ve been living in a part of the world that is changing so much that it’s difficult to even see all those changes. I don’t know whether you are informed by the news, but I live in the San Francisco area in California, and there are a lot of fires around, and there is a strange energy or interesting energy there. It is interesting to see how people in the West feel the nature and how they feel the elements, and what nature and the elements bring us. In the meantime, I have heard in the news that all forests should be cut down as a prevention for fires. Children are taught that nature is dangerous and that they should not go into nature because they can make fire there. Now imagine how it is to teach in such a surrounding or environment, how it is to teach yoga, to teach love for nature, love for each other, and compassion. I think that the environment I live in keeps giving me lessons, and that the role of yoga teacher is inspiring for me in a way that I was not expecting before. I will tell you something about the group we have in San Francisco. There are about 10 or 12 disciples, some are coming, some are going. And we had a very beautiful ashram in a commercial area or space. And a year and a half ago, we had to move from this space, move out, because you cannot imagine how high the prices are. I remember when we were moving out or when we were relocating, Vishwagurujī told me, "Take the floor with you." And I remember that when we were moving out from this space, Vishwagurujī told me, "Take the floor with you." a já jsem si říkala, and there was a beautiful wooden floor from little blocks, and I thought, how is it possible to take it out and move it? And we had discussions with other disciples about how to do it, how to take it out and put it away with us. And then I realized that Swamiji was not speaking about the wooden bricks or wooden floor, and that he spoke about the light of Swamiji, Vishwagurujī and Mahāprabhujī and the whole lineage, and how we will spread the light forward. So we continue with our activities. I happened to be in an interesting situation because I teach yoga to Indians. So now I teach yoga in a beautiful ashram, and I have a class for children and a class for adults. But all of them are Indians. I still learn cooking, and sometimes I cook for them, and they ask me what I put inside because it’s so tasteful. And we have a beautiful little house there, and Umapurījī knows because she was there, and Vishwagurujī was there every time he came to San Francisco. And when I was thinking about the floor, then I put all the furniture away from our living room, and now I have yoga classes there, and we keep gathering there. Thank you. Děkujeme. So the situation teaches me still a lot, and we have some mental ideas how it should be, but when we open ourselves to other possibilities, then it goes in a way it is meant to be. Unimaginable ways, which we just have to let go of that. I thank you. It’s a very nice story. She was born here, near in Czech, it’s called the mountains, where is the big mountain, Beskydy. And she went to America. And then she read somewhere about yoga and the life book, and she looked in what we call the internet, and she found it available in New Zealand. Yoga in the Life book, and then I was in New Zealand. So she came from San Francisco to buy that book in Wellington, and so she met me there. So, you know how is the karma? So many years I was here in a neighbor’s house. Thank you. Paris from Brazil. And she has been working many, many years with American Airlines as a hostess. Thank you. Come here, this side. This side. Thank you so much. Yeah. Here? Yeah. Paris: Well, hello, brothers and sisters. How are you all? First of all, I want to say thank you. Every time that Swamījī calls me to the podium, I say, "Thank you." And especially this Ashram, I’ve been here in Sīvakāśī for a month and a half, and everybody was so nice to me when I got here. Very kind, so thank you so much, Swami Parvati. Thank you so much. And yes, Swamiji went to Brazil a couple of years ago. He was plus 20, he went to Rio de Janeiro, and he also went to my hometown. What a big gift, he came to see my family, my city. I think it’s time that you go back soon, Svāmṛjī. It’s such a big city, such a big country, so we should go back again soon. And how many trees have we planted? Oh, yes. So, Swāmījī planted in this beautiful park in Rio. We planted about, uh, three... about twenty-one, two, three, four, five in Rio alone. And then in my hometown, of course, first in hometown in São Paulo, then in the São Paulo with... São Paulo, and then at the United Nations in the park, officially, so there were two trees we gave the name Ṛddhi and Siddhi, and then the United Nations and one in the rainforest, yes, we did. So, in Rio Plus 20, Swāmījī was the only Swāmī there. The only light in Rio was Plus, and the media loved him. They followed him everywhere. He was in all the news for the time that he was there. Swamiji, Swamiji, I’m sorry. Such a big country, but his light is there, so we should go back soon. And all our brothers and sisters, and once again, thank you so much. Thank you so much, and all of you, thank you. Where did you meet me? I met Swamiji in Alexandria. I had never heard about Swamiji. I was practicing there, and as he mentioned, I’m a flight attendant for American Airlines, and I saw his posters. And that day I was supposed to fly, and the flight got cancelled, and I didn’t feel like going home, so I drove by the ashram. I was embarrassed, I didn’t know I was late, but I went inside the ashram, and Swāmījī just spotted me, big smile, and my heart. My heart was pulsing really fast, and he asked, "What is your name?" So I answered, "Deborah," and that’s how we met. I couldn’t leave the ashram; I couldn’t leave Swamiji. And then, right away, he invited me to go to Slovenia for the World Peace Conference 2006. Even being a flight attendant, I didn’t know where it was, with all due respect, so I looked it up on a map and I went, and then my life changed for the best. And again, I’m going to say thank you, and thank you, Swāmījī. Thank you. So many of you have definitely visited Brazil. It’s a big, big country and the biggest rainforest. Unfortunately, they are chipping off the whole rainforest per day, some hectares, and planting the eucalyptus trees, which is not good for nature. But that is because it’s a commercial wood. Used for the buildings. They said, "For what is this forest used?" Many, many animals died, many birds died, and even in the United Nations, they were asking to stop destroying the rainforest. So I was there, I was invited in that forest, and it is also Paras’ relative who is taking care of that forest, and he has a very good history of him. He had a hobby for hunting. And that first animal which he will see, he will shoot. So, many years. And one day, God changed his mind, and he gave up. From that day, no more killing animals. And now he’s a protector of the animals, many, many creatures, and also beautiful birds there. It’s so colorful, so colorful, and so many different monkeys. And there is some kind of monkeys; they are hugging monkeys. So before sunset, the monkeys, which were here and there, they are coming there like at home. And the eldest monkey is sitting like this, and all the monkeys come and they hug him and give him a kiss. So, all coming and hugging. How nice it is. And then they are sitting together, and if you see that, it is something beautiful. And we don’t know what they are talking about. But they are making wow, wow, wow. And unfortunately, they lost their forest. So we also planted there one tree. The name of the tree is called Brazil. And the word called the Brazil wood. And so, there you want wood. So the colony went from Europe, Portugal. And then they began to cut the trees, because when you cut this tree, it is coming like our blood, exactly the same color as human blood. So they chipped many, many of these trees and brought them here for coloring the fabrics. So what humans have in their mind is non-productive, not good. And now, what they are taking, cheap, all trees, there will be no fire. There is one nice poem Holī Gurujī wrote, that very beautiful forest, a hill, big hill, and many, many different trees. And there grows one bamboo. So when the bamboo grows, there the whole forest was crying. Why? So it is said, on this earth, the bamboo grows. The whole forest is very sad. Why? They are the whole forest unhappy. Because they said one day will come and the whole forest will be burned. And that is the bamboo, with the wind, is moving like this and creates the fire. And then the whole hills, everything is burning. So it is the cause of certain things in nature; fire comes. And on the other hill also, there grows the chandan. Sandal. So the whole forest is very happy. Very, very happy, celebrating. So they said, "Why are you so happy?" Because the Chandan, the growing. What do you mean? It is said that where the chandan is grown, the whole forest is very happy. Why? Because the day will come, and the whole forest will be protected, and our value will go high. So when one person in our village, or in a city, or in our country, is like Chandan, who can make a great name for our country, or one is someone like that, who will destroy everything. So nowadays we are human, destructive. We are born for protection, but we are destructive. So we have to love our nature. So, which I was talking about, earth, soil, you go on the hill and there is no chemical. Sit there, and at least when you are tired, touch your hands on the earth and sit like this. And automatically, we are sitting like this, and our tiredness is going. We are getting energy, prāṇa. That’s why we call her Mother Earth. Yes, Mother Earth. So, it’s very important. And, other than that, the food. Food is not only for eating, but it is our life. And we should love, not only love, but worship our food. And there are some people who have love for the food. It means to prepare the food, bring good grains and vegetables, and want to give to the humans and animals the healthy food. Not killing. There are people in the world who talk and talk and talk, telling... Please eat human food, don’t eat the dead animal’s food. We can pray for you. After death, we can also pray. But if you have eaten meat and are eating meat, it doesn’t matter if it’s your father or mother; we can’t help them. Only one thing is good: that when they die, you don’t see in which condition they will be, your parents. And so, still we can do something that, as innocent, we did. So life in Brazil, such beautiful forest, beautiful trees, many, many animals. But now you see only these eucalyptus trees. Nothing grows under the tree. No animals can live there, etc. Maybe some bird or something. And you see all animals because the trees are growing up, and people hunt them, animals. So finally, one day it will come that humans will shoot humans, because there will be nobody else to be killed. Well, let us do something; we should save ourselves. So in India, on the highways or on any road, there is a written one on the signboard by the road: "Government: Protect is in protect." So you should protect others so that you will also be protected. And if you make an accident, then they will die, and you will also die. So protect in protect. If you protect others, you are protecting yourself also. Alakpurījī Mahādev Kī.