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Om Namah Śivāya. Om Hara Hara Bho Namaḥ Śivāya. Om Hara Hara Gaṅgī Namaḥ Śivāya. Om Namaḥ Śivāya. Gaṅgā Gaṅgā. Śānti Ālak Purījī Mahādev Devādidev Deveśvar Mahādeva Kī Jai. Ārādye Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī Kī Jai. Hindu Dharma Samrāṭ, Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandajī Bhagavān, Satya Sanātana, Om Śānti Om. Viśva Guru Mahāmantra, Viśva Gopālan, Svāmī Maheśvara Nānakpojī, Gurujī, Sevā, Kī, Jai. Ārādhyā Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī—what does it mean? I often say this: Ārādhya Bhagavān Siddhi Nārāyaṇa Mahāprabhujī Kī Jai. Many of you know this meaning because we have often spoken about it. Yet some may not have understood or do not know. Ārādhya means that God or that Master whom we are worshipping. Whenever we need help, no matter the problem, to solve it we go to the shelter of the Gurudev, Mahāprabhujī, Bhagavad Gītā, and Mahāprabhujī Ārādhya. We are worshipping, asking, meditating, performing āratī, fasting, and doing anuṣṭhāna. You know everybody does anuṣṭhāna and meditation on or about whom? Mahāprabhujī, or Devapurījī, or Holī Gurujī. So, Ārādhya—now you should understand and know what it means. In this word "Ārādhya," Ārādhya is our personal master or God. Now, what is that? If we come to any holy or other gods or religions, we adore in the same way because there is no difference. Water is water. Milk is milk. We are grown; we survived through our mother's milk. Then there is cow milk, which is also mother's milk, or goat milk, or sheep milk, or buffalo milk, or camel milk, etc. Milk is milk, and that all is mother's milk. So, there are different mothers: the human mother, goat milk mother, buffalo milk mother; they are all mothers. Now, there is a difference, but there is only one. We say buffalo, camel, donkey, etc. This is the name of that part of the animal, but mother is a mother. There is no difference. And milk is also like that, and mother's milk is very pure, clean, white milk. Is any mother's milk black or red or yellow milk? So all is one, and that is the mother. That is the mother principle, and that is that milk. So milk is milk. Now, God is God. The difference with God is in culture or language. There are certain different languages, and through that, customs and climate, according to that they are behaving, living, and worshipping. But what we said, God is God. Finally, we said, "God." So therefore, our sādhanā, when we are doing it for spirituality, for the name of God, for our Gurudeva, it is the same. So when we are praying, we will not think that other prayers are not good. No, all prayer is a prayer. Only language problems. So, Ārādhanā. What Ārādhyā, Ārādhanā, Anuṣṭhāna, Saṅkalpa—you know this very well. And that all is one. So we put as our Ārādhya Bhagavān, Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī Kī Jai. So we put it, our ārādhanā, our sādhanā, our practice, to Mahāprabhujī. So we are saying our ārādhanā, that we are worshipping Him and the glory of Him. Similarly, we also said about holy Gurujīs, Satguru Dev. And we are saying many times different Satgurus, but in reality, Satguru is that one who, when he went in samādhi, then we worship as Satguru. Otherwise, we are guru, master, everything. You can see or think that it is a Satguru, but the difference is this. Now you are declared as a Satguru. And after ten years, or twenty years, that Satguru will change his opinion and give up everything, and will eat meat and alcohol, this and that. So what will we do now? Our Sadguru is gone. So he has not finished his duty, and we have not completed our aim. So therefore, we call that Sadguru when he gives up his body. Otherwise, you know how we are saying? Wait. Don't worship the day too early. Yes. When the sunset is coming, then we can worship. But we do worship the rising sun. And we also worship the sunsetting time. This is a person who understands, then it's that way. Otherwise, everyone said, "Okay." So Ārādya Bhagavān Śrī—Śrī means wealth. Śrī means happiness, prosperity. So Śrī Bhagavān said, "Deep Nārāyaṇa." And Mahāprabhujī's name is Dīp, and Dīp means this flame. And Nārāyaṇa is Viṣṇu. So Mahāprabhujī's incarnation is Viṣṇu. Devpurījī is Śiva. And Gurujī is also Viṣṇu. So it is how to understand our practice or our sādhanā. When there is a coming master who gives one lecture and then doesn't come for two or three years anymore, and you have no personal relation, so how will that master, or whatever, liberate you? Yes, it's okay, it will give a good lecture, good knowledge, but who will take care of it? Therefore, that Gurudev must have the relation like mother and child or father and child. But now in this Kali Yuga, even children do not accept the mother, or after some time they don't want to see the mother or the father. This is a Kali Yuga. But you know, it is said, the first loves you who is God, then the mother and father. But above these three—God, mother and father—is Gurudev. He loves you more than anyone. God will tell you, "Go there, that row master." How? It is said. It's not my lecture, not my opinions, but there is that which you know everyone very well. And I will let you now say this. Yes. So you have to now say. Everyone will say it once. I will not tell you. I will talk with you. But that is, you know, then. So, sit straight. Om. Guru Brahma, Guru Viṣṇu, Guru Deva—you know that. You understood that, need not to explain. So, Guru Brahma. Brahma is a creator. Now, that Brahma is Gurudev. What kind of Guru and Brahmā? It is the knowledge. It is that Brahma gives us knowledge. It gives us the solution to all problems. He is our creator. And that's why it is called Guru Brahma. So Gurudev gives us the knowledge and gives us that sādhanā. Guru Brahma. Therefore, Gurudev is the Brahma in the Cosmic Parliament, after all, in all. Then finally it came: three—Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. But that is changing also. So finally, it is said, all three in one and one in three, that is the one. Guru Brahma, our Gurudev is that Brahma who is giving us knowledge. Your school teacher, doesn't matter if it's from the first class, or college, or university. That is your guru, who is teaching you, giving you that knowledge. That is the Brahmā. And that Brahmā gives you that knowledge. So, forever and ever, the guru is worshipped. Doesn't matter who is your master, she or he. Who gave us knowledge? And that's called guru. You know, there are many different kinds of gurus also. It is said that one day there came a very strong rain, and there was a flood. You know, before ten years, I think more than ten years, there was a big flood in Olomos, and here and there, you know. And we also try ourselves to help a little bit. So, you remember? I don't forget. So, there was a flood. And very cold, so under one tree. Because the tree had not many branches and leaves, and cold air. So one monkey was sitting under the tree near the trunk of the tree. And this monkey was shivering. And on the branch of the tree, on a very thin branch, there is one bird which makes a very nice nest. And that bird which is making that nest, I think, none of you can make like that. Though we have two hands. And she makes such a beautiful nest. And then she had a very nice door, made very nicely like this, so air and rain didn't go in. And she's sitting on the door, and inside is a nice, like, a ball, and eggs and babies are there. A snake cannot go there because it's a very thin branch. No animals. And the bird is enjoying. Do you know that? I will bring you next time. I will not take away. But when the bird has given up, then I will bring you. And I give you one year, if you can knead like this the nest. So that bird was sitting in cold air and rain, but that bird is so enjoying. There is no cold wind coming in, and it will not fall down in the rain, but one drop of water will go in. If you go to Africa or to certain countries, you see this nest. Now the monkey is fearing, so the bird sees so nice. And sees a mother, because she has babies or eggs. And mother have a very humble heart, so the bird said to the monkey, because the bird was so sorry about this, "There is nothing to sit on, very wet, and water flowing, all cold wind." Everything. So that bird said, so there is a very nice poem, and that is, see, monkey or the bird said, and that bird said to the monkey, "Oh, my brother, you are nearly like a human, two legs, two hands, and everything. Why don't you also make some hut or some nest? You will not suffer then. Look, I am a bird, only two legs and one beak, that's all. But look, I made such a nest, only with my beak. I brought a piece of grass and put everything, and so on." Monkey. The ego. The monkey looked up and said to the bird, "Stupid, tiny bird, you give me a suggestion?" And the monkey jumped up, took the nest, and tore the nest, and said, "Will you give me some knowledge again?" So, a poem was said: "Sīk usko dījī, jisko sīk svay. Bandarko, sīk detī, bhaiyā kā ghar jāy." So the bird was giving the knowledge to the monkey, and the monkey's ego said, "What are you doing?" So while giving the knowledge to the monkey, the bird lost its nest. So, such a person, if someone gives you good instructions, the ego will say, "What can you tell me? I have everything. I am this and this and that." So where there is ego, one loses oneself and will damage others too. Therefore, that cannot be Brahma. Brahma is that which gives the good knowledge. So Brahma is faithful. His wife is Sarasvatī. And she is also his daughter. Now, what do you understand about this? Because Saraswatī is Brahmā's wife, but the knowledge is coming through Sarasvatī. So now the knowledge of the Saraswatī is coming from her. So that knowledge, that Vidyā, is also the female. So people misunderstand. How is it possible that Saraswatī is the wife of Brahmā and the daughter of Brahmā? That's it. So that is the understanding of that mythology. So Brahmā. Therefore it is said, Guru is the Brahmā. That Guru will give you the knowledge. And from this knowledge, you will gain understanding. So you are the disciple of the gurus. So your guru gives you the knowledge. You also become a guru, and you give the knowledge further. But you have to give correct knowledge, correct instructions. Otherwise, not like that. So Guru Brahma and Guru Viṣṇu. So Viṣṇu is that which is protection. So what is protection? So that Gurudev protects the disciple, will not let go to wrong ways. Will not give negative or wrong instructions. And always, it will protect your indriyas. Tan, mana, dhana, bhajana, all these, give to the Gurudeva. That's your master. So your school teacher, or college teacher, or the university teacher, in the hospital, the surgeon, or your Gurudev. Guru is one. The position of the guru is this. And this guru system, or guru, yes, is very, very important in Western countries. Without a guru, you can't move anywhere. Your guru must give you the certificate that you have your knowledge, you've got it. And if you have not passed your exams, and you've got the diploma, then you can say you have a company, or electronics, then you can work. And if you have no diploma, and you work with electricity, when something happens, first you will be guilty. And that's... in India it happens. Everyone, they take the cable down and they make... And even cutting the one wire with teeth. And what do they do? They take the fire, this one, and they put it between. Other wires are there. Okay, yes. But that person one day will have a problem. So even your car, you cannot drive without your license. So everything in western countries, now in the whole world, without a guru you can't move, because that is your guru. So you are a technological guru. Anything that you are learning, you are learning from your master. So you call the master, and we call the guru, that's all. And finally, it's called that guru, that Satguru. Those who have complete knowledge. And that will remain till the last life. Now, this kind of guru who has some diplomas, and you will call that a Satguru, yes. But when he dies, that knowledge will not go with him. It will remain only on the black letters in the book. That's only your book. That's all. Now, this knowledge, if your teacher, your professor, he said, did not write anything. Then what a pity that this professor, engineer, whatever, did not write his knowledge there, and you died. You are gone, and your knowledge is lost also. And that knowledge, no one can give you back, because the knowledge was with your guru. But that guru was only on the surface. And due to his or her ego, they didn't give that vidyā, that vidyā. And that's why the Master's battery was run up. So every one of us, we are a guru. Even when you are going somewhere on the road, and one person comes and asks you, "Please, can you tell me the address of that village or that house?" Then that master will show you the way. That is your master. But what to do? Then we have a scientist master. And the scientist master gives us now another instruction. And what we call this navigation. Now, the one scientist gives the instruction to the whole world. What is a good guru? Yes. So we look in our car, and we put on, and our master will say, "Now go left, go right, go there." Yes. And in that, there are female masters who are perfect. Because they speak so good, clear. And man is talking a little bit like, you can go this way, that way, I know that. So now, that scientist, I hope he's alive, but God gives him long life. But when he will go, die, his given knowledge is on our machines or papers and gives us further. But if you have that science and you don't want to give it further, and you die, then your knowledge is gone and you are gone. This is a difference. But that guru, what we call Satguru Dev, who has paramparā, like you have your parents, parents, parents. And so it will guide further, but if you have no paramparā of the guru, then you made something, your thoughts and stories, but after that, nobody will worship you. It's gone. So Guru Brahma, Guru Viṣṇu. So it is Vishnu, the protector. Vishnu is protecting. So Brahma is giving us knowledge and everything, and Vishnu is protection. He gives the right instructions, the right way. And protects you from what? Ignorance, yes. And therefore, Guru Brahma, Guru Viṣṇu, Guru Devo Maheśvara, and that now the third master is Śiva, Maheśvara. Now he will liberate it. He is not a destructor; he is a protector. Many people said, "Now Shiva will destroy." Shiva can never and never destroy, but there are two things. Shiva has both: the liberation or destruction. What is that? So, Shiva destroys the ignorance, or as the knowledge comes to the Brahman. So, therefore, it gives the position to the three in one. Guru Brahma, Guru Viṣṇu, Guru Devo Maheśvara, Guru Sākṣāt Parabrahma, therefore Guru is that Parabrahma. Tasmai Śrī Guru Vāya Namaha. So I salute my Master. That is completely there. Therefore, then it is said, what to do. There is Brahma, there is Viṣṇu, there is Śiva, and now there is a Guru. And we know that Gaṇeśa is the first one who worships, and then this, that is another story. Shiva's third eye opens and opens the clear way. It is not that he is opening an eye here, but that's called dhyān eye. The eye of the knowledge, that is Shiva's third eye. So now these three, Brahma, Viṣṇu and Śiva, join directly to the guru-paramparā, and therefore it is said that guru-parabrahma. So now Parabrahma, who is that, is the Gurudev. But you should know who is a guru. Now, many, many gurus are running here and there. And you know how these things are happening, and we see that you all are sitting here, everywhere in this country, that country, everywhere. I have a very deep relation to all. Like what deep relation? Like mother and father, even for one disciple. I will travel from one country to another country. Because that is the relation of the master and disciple. And so we see our Mahāprabhujī, our Gurujī, Devapurījī, Alagpurījī. So what to do now? What Brahmajī said, now what should we do? Viṣṇu said, "Yes, what can we do?" Śiva said this also. So, what should we now worship? Whom should we worship? Brahma, Vishnu, or Shiva. Then it is said, Dhyānamūlam Gurū Mūrti. Meditate on the Guru Dev, the embodiment of Guru Dev. And those who will worship and be one with the Gurū Dev, you will definitely come to your Brahmaloka. We respect all. But we have our paramparā, and we are getting blessings from the paramparā. That's very important. Dhyānamūlaṁ Guru Mūrtiḥ: worship the embodiment of the Gurudev. Dhyānamūlaṁ Guru Mūrti means meditate. When you close your eyes, what should I meditate on? So many, many people who are not worshiping their master, their guru, create new meditations, new things, and on that tree, and on that fruit, and that on this, and that on that. The sun is rising, and many, many things. And when they don't know what to do, he said, "Now, only Sunyakas." And now, who will lead you? So, that is very important. Dhyāṇa Muralama Guru Murthy, so meditate on the Gurudeva. Dhyāna Muralama Guru Murthy, pūjā mantra. Vākya means the word. What is said, promised is promised. And after a time, then you lose it. Well, one man had a saṅkalpa that he would always speak and tell the truth. Yes, truth is truth. He made a saṅkalpa. One day, that man came home and he said to his wife, "I must tell you, he is laughing." "I must tell you," she said, "what?" "Yesterday, one woman came and she took me in her house, and she slept with me," and he said, "Ha, ha..." He said, "Are you, are you?" And she said, "I will divorce. Write the letter." He went to the police, and he said to the police, "I did this and this, and my wife wanted to write this and this." And he was laughing, laughing. So the doctor said, "First you should go to the doctor." The doctor will give you some treatment. So he went to the doctor, and was running to the doctor and talking like this. "What is your problem?" "I have no problem. Only that I tell you, I only speak truth. I cannot lie." So he said, the doctor said, "Well, we can give you some medicine." "No, no, medicine doesn't function. No, no,... no. I will always speak truth. Give me something, immediate treatment." Well, the doctor said, "Well, 200 euros. You give me, I will give you an injection. So that your truth talk will go to the lawyer to lie." "Really? Yes, yes. You said two." The doctor said yes. It means 200 euros. He called his doctor, he called his assistant, and she said, "In the injection, there are many, many different worms, and we will give an injection, and your disease will go. Talking lies, and not truth, always." He said, "Very good, very good, that is very good. I will go to my wife and tell her that I got an injection." Well, the doctor said to his assistant, "Give this one injection," and he gave her an injection, and he came out. Doctor said, "Money." He said, "Yes, yes, of course. Two pennies." He said, "No, no, 200 euros. No, no... no. You said, 'Only two pennies.'" So they said, "Two." He said, "No, you are lying." He said, "Yes, you are right. You gave me an injection to lie, so I lied to you that only two pennies. I go there, otherwise I go to the police." So, like this, there are sometimes such things; people are changing. So that is not a Sadguru. That is not a master. Mantra dhyāna mūlaṁ guru mūrti, pūjā mūlaṁ guru pādaṁ. Gurudev ke caraṇa, foot and the big toes, worshipping. There is the source of the nectar. This story is from long, long ago. There was a problem in the mortal world. People were suffering: war, this, that. Kings, they were cruel, etc. So, one ṛṣi was very angry and went to Viṣṇu, and Viṣṇu was resting. And Lakṣmījī was giving a massage to his feet. And the ṛṣi came, very angry. He said, "Viṣṇu, in this mortal world, all people are suffering, all creatures. And you are nicely resting, and your wife is massaging you." So what did the ṛṣi do? With his one foot, he kicked Vishnu in the chest. Bhagavān Viṣṇu said, he held his leg and said, "Ṛṣi, I got all that I need. Your holy feet on my chest." He said, "Don't talk like this. Let's go there, in Kali Yuga." He said, "Ṛṣi, did you hurt your leg? Because my chest is like iron. And your foot is so soft, like a lotus flower. Please forgive me." Who said? Vishnu. But Vishnu said, I give you the blessing that in Kali Yuga your feet will be worshipped, because that was on my chest. And since that time, we are worshipping, washing, and taking amṛt from Gurujī's feet. Look in the Mahāpurāṇa. So, dhana mūlaṁ guru mūrti, pūjā mūlaṁ guru pādaṁ, mantra mūlaṁ guru vākyaṁ, mokṣa mūlaṁ guru kṛpā. So, that is very important. This is very important.