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How could we live a happy life

The Gāyatrī Mantra is a Vedic practice for peace and balanced memory, not a sect. Research on the Vedas explores mantras and their effects. Chanting at sunrise connects one to solar energy. Traditional practices, like girls praying to sacred trees for harmonious marriage, stem from unity, not superficial beauty. Marriage was a familial and societal alignment. Life is sustained by prāṇa, the vital energy in all beings, which constitutes the prāṇamaya kośa. This energy is life itself; its departure is death. All creatures possess this prāṇa and chakras. One should not kill while prāṇa remains. Consciousness persists after the body, necessitating prayers for ancestors. These are not fairy tales but realities of the subtle body.

"If you chant the Gāyatrī Mantra for five minutes, it will give you immense peace and your memory will be balanced."

"Prāṇa means life, and Prāṇa is God. So that energy we call God."

For many years, research has been continuing on the Vedas. Mostly in big universities, they are also doing work on Yoga, the Upaniṣads, the Bhagavad Gītā, the Rāmāyaṇa, and of course the Vedas themselves. Many, many mantras are from the Vedas. Now they have declared something about a particular mantra: that it kills away many ills and also makes memory stronger. Many things were on Facebook, all pictures and everything. There is one big movement about the Gāyatrī Mantra. This Gāyatrī organization has exactly the color that we have. This color is from what we call the Vedas. This color they have is from the Gāyatrī Mantra. So, let us chant a little bit of the Gāyatrī Mantra. It is chanted every morning, noon, and evening. If you chant the Gāyatrī Mantra for five minutes, it will give you immense peace and your memory will be balanced. We will chant the Gāyatrī Mantra. Who knows it? Hands up. My God! Nobody feels like this. You are always sleeping. Everyone raises their hand up, but the hand remains like this. Don’t always be with empty hands. Also, you should look in the hand. So I am so proud of you. I am so happy. I would like to say that the Gāyatrī Mantra is not some kind of religious movement, so nowadays you could call it a sect. All are sects. And what does the sect mean? Sector. This sect—where did the word come from? The word came from Italy, from Assisi. The French called it Assisi. He comes to the Pope and is asking about, talking about his preaching. But they didn’t want to, but the ascetic, he explained exactly. And he saw himself, his strength, and everything. God is in this too. So the Pope said, "Okay, you can now make your own sector." You have this Catholic sector, there are other sectors, so it is also the... Which sector is this? Franciscana, yes? So, this is the sector. When you go to a big hospital, you say, "Please, where is the dental section?" Or where is the cancer disease sector? So all religion is a sector. This is a sector. So why do you say that this is wrong and this is not wrong? Okay, understand? So: Oṁ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ tat savitur vareṇyaṁ bhargo devasya dhīmahi dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt. Bhargo devasya dhīmahi dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt. Oṁ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ tat savitur vareṇyaṁ bhargo devasya dhīmahi dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt. Oṁ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ tat savitur vareṇyaṁ bhargo devasya dhīmahi dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt. This is a very good morning, and most people are doing it when the sun is rising. Just like the sun is rising, at that time you take the water in the kalas, lotha, then in the tulasī or in a good plant, or you are in the river, or on a beautiful, nice lake, or in the forest. You offer this to Śiva, Sūrya, but it is not that we are offering to Sūrya, but we are getting this energy, and the whole day and night, this light of the Sūrya. And even if the sun is not visible due to the clouds, we still know what time it is. And at that time, when the sun rises, there we shall chant this mantra. And you know, you see the husband and wife—it’s not for quarreling, not for telling, "I’m best and you are this and that." And you go away, and you will not be with you, and this and that. Now it is like this, unfortunately. But there was a time. So, do you have an interest in learning this? So, the little girls, about ten years, eight years. Until, which is not marriage, and all they go in during the hot summer day. And in the morning, after they all wash themselves, dress nicely, and go offer water to the banyan tree. And this, that kind of banyan tree, which is called pīpal, that’s like a pīpal, and that is the tree, for example, where the Buddha was making sādhanā there. We have many of these trees. In Jaipur, or Nīpāl Āśram, Jadān Āśram, I have, I think, twenty people. And this is very holy. Sometimes it grows on the building or the temple. But they will not cut that. And then, after a while, the roots will go sideways. It will not destroy or break the buildings. So, generally it is said that the girls want and pray to this tree, "With that mother, please bless me with a beautiful, healthy, strong, wise husband who is very friendly, like we are both one, not two." Otherwise, please don’t bring me someone, and there is. And they are putting this rag cloth like this, and they put it around that tree. Also in Japan, in China, in all these Asian countries. So they pray, they pray that the girls, and the girls talking to the mother, that mother, please, do you think I will get a good husband? Father, no. If they tell the father, the father said, "Shut up. We want to go away from me. It’s our house." Yes. So the father loves more than the mother. So, mother is doing her job, and father is doing his job. And then mother said, "You know, your father is searching to choose the best husband for you." And the boy said, "And what about me, father?" "Yes, my son. I will give you a beautiful, very big, nice piece of land where you can harvest everything, for the crops, everything." So, boys have to work. Anyhow, this is how they are thinking. And when they marry, we believe in constellations, and who, what is like that. So, they don’t choose a beauty. No. All are beautiful. God made everyone so beautiful, you can’t imagine. And you cannot do something beautiful for yourself. God made all beautiful. And if you are searching for something like, "This is beautiful," then sooner or later we’ll be quarreling. Because beauty is in the heart, and that’s all. So this means this is like one seed, let’s say one bean. And when we open this bean, there are two parts. And so this is husband and wife, is this two, but in one cupboard. That is a very, very important point. And that’s why, so that was the time that the whole family, the whole house, and the whole village were really like one family. And so, there they were also chanting mantra. Mantra, Gāyatrī Mantra, for all: Oṁ Bhūr Bhuvaḥ Svaḥ, Tat Savitur Vareṇyaṁ, Bhargo Devasya Dhīmahi, Dhiyo Yo Naḥ Prachodayāt. So, let’s choose from your parents and from your destiny. Then it will be the best. Otherwise, it’s gone. So everywhere, everywhere... In every Europe or Africa, anywhere, in this subject of wedding or marriage, it was with the parents, chosen by the parents. Yes, so once more. Sit straight, five times, seven times. That’s very good. Savito Kareṇyam Vargo Devasya Dhi Mahi Dhiyo Yo Naḥ Prachodayāt. Oṁ Bhūr Bhuvaḥ Svaḥ. Tat Savitur Vareṇyaṁ Bhargo Devasya Dhīmahi. Dhiyo Yo Naḥ Prachodayāt. Oṃ Bhūr Bhuvaḥ Svaḥ, Tat Savitur Vareṇyaṃ Bhargo Devasya Dhīmahi, Dhiyo Yo Naḥ Pracodayāt. Oṃ Vāreṇyaṃ Bhargo Devasya Dhīmahi, Dhiyo Yo Naḥ Pracodayāt. Mahāprabhujīp Karatā He Kevalam Mahāprabhujīp Karatā He Kevalam... Pūrṇam Adaḥ, Pūrṇam Adaḥ. Oṁ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ. Oṁ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ... Oṁ. In this pranayama, what we learned yesterday, the 72,000 nerves, and now many, many nerves we also know, but they are only surface, and many we don’t know. But those who are learning medicine open the whole limbs of the body and research on it. But many nerves have disappeared. When one dies in old age, many nerves are gone. Similarly, many bones also disappear, but what we see there is the prāṇa. So, solid food is going through our intestines, digestion, etc. And the second is called the energy, the prāṇa. And this prāṇa is flowing through the nerve channels. So many nerves disappeared, broken; we didn’t take care. Now, this prāṇa, which is flowing through the whole body, this is the prāṇamaya kośa, and so prāṇa has two different definitions. For example, if we are hungry or thirsty, then we drink water or eat something. And say, "Ah, now I have prāṇa again." So, though it’s solid food, liquid, etc., the energy coming inside, that is prāṇa. And this prāṇa has strength, and it’s indescribable. Can we accept the doctor, the eye doctor? Do we know how many nerves there are and what is inside? I’m always wondering how God has done this, that we can see everything. Okay, if the bones are broken, we can put it inside. So there are many things. Purījī Prakāś, Purījī Prakāś... So, we still will not be able to do anything. Some are born blind, and now doctors are doing very, very big research, and it seems that someone made the eyes inside their body, and they could see. Day and night they are researching, but what God has done, we still cannot do. So this prāṇa, the solid body is called the food. Then, Prāṇa. Prāṇa means strength. Prāṇa means life, and Prāṇa is God. So that energy we call God. And when this prāṇa is gone, it’s gone. So we said, "Oh, this person died, or this dog died, or the cat dies," and so prāṇa is gone. And when the prāṇa is not anymore, then your body, you can burn or do whatever you want. But until the prāṇa is in the body, we have the pain. We are suffering. Therefore, as long as there is prāṇa in the body, please do not kill. And nowadays, day by day, people are getting towards the milk. Karata Meat, but now in the western part, a lot of them have mercy in their heart. And they give the vegan food. It was a few years ago in Prague, the city of Prague. But in that city, in the prāṇa, it is the life of the people there. And everything is inside the prāṇa. So the trees also have prāṇa. So anything you eat is prāṇa. And those kinds of prāṇa, the animals, they are very highly developed, all this, and prāṇa, we should not destroy it. So we are searching for the prāṇa. So, Annamaya Kośa, then Prāṇamaya Kośa, prāṇa. And this prāṇa is in every creature. In this tree, the branch of the tree, and all limbs, and they are full of the prāṇa. They see, they understand, but we do not. When you go, the prāṇa goes down. Then you come in such a balloon, and you see that balloon, there is a strength inside. And when this is gone, then you can eat this animal, and anything you do. But though someone has cut the body of the animals, but still, in the veins, in the cells, there is life. So it is said, it’s clear that we say this is a diet, but the brain is living. Still, the brain is living. And therefore, you should not kill them or bury them quickly. Or, in many generations, people burn the body. But there is a Kapāla pūjā or something like this. So the eldest brother, or the son of the father or mother, or anybody—when they are burning the body, the body is burning completely, but the brain is not. So the eldest brother or son, with a bamboo stick, puts ghee on it and something more; I don’t know. A sannyāsī doesn’t go to a funeral, but a sannyāsī, a sannyāsī goes to the funeral. So, there, then the bone of our brain that breaks, then puts on its gi, so that it burns completely. So, there are some books written in some Vedas. So life, only that you cut someone’s bone, is still not dead. It became unconscious. But there is still a very fine soul there. And when this kapāla kriyā is done, then the soul goes out, and that is called our ancestors. Then you are going to give the ceremony for the ancestors further. And so, every death day, they go to the grave. And on the time of September, that is called the Pitṛ Pakṣa. So it is a Pitra time, and from Pitra they come and expect that my children, my daughters or my sons, will they liberate me with certain pūjā or something. And so there is also, you are going also, Christian, on these days, for holy saints and for others. So life, especially this human life, is not easy to go away. We will go like a football, quickly. But we have to do practice now, and not only for ourselves. You should pray, you should chant mantras for all your ancestors, from the past and for those who will be in the future. Don’t say something to your father and mother; I don’t care. Now the situation is like this, but that will wait for you. And you will come there. He will have more suffering than the other one. So, you know, they are also called the hell or the heaven. And that’s why it is said we should worship, we should pray. So it is not fanatic. All know, all know, all know about God. So the prāṇa. So annamaya kośa, prāṇamaya kośa. And prāṇa is a very fine energy in our, even our mind, our brain, have that prāṇa. And after the prāṇa, it is called the mind. And the mind is also a very, very strong power. So the body is gone, but the mind is still there, like the astral body. So that also you have to do something. So there are so many things, so many. Now you will say, "Nah, yeah, these are the fairy tales." Okay, my dear fairy tale, but after, when you will be under the earth, then you will know if this is a fairy tale. We go all after burying them, and midnight then comes the satsaṅg of your souls, ancestors, and they will come and they will take you, and they will bring you further, my child, now we go. And that’s why, you know, many people don’t go in the night to the graveyard. Don’t go. It can happen. So the graveyard is a very holy place. A very holy place. We respect, we worship. Yes. Yes, because that which gives us support is like the waves of the ocean, one after the other. Yes, okay. So again, where are we from? From yesterday, the nāḍīs. Chandranāḍī, Sūryanāḍī, Brahmanāḍī, and Vajranāḍī. What happens with your chakras? Animals also have chakras. God has given chakras to all. This tree also has chakras. There is life, there is everything. We are. You will learn, you have, you have learned all. Just remember again. And you can do good things, very. Yeah, people think it’s like a sect now. So the sect was given by the Pope to San Francisco, and that is not wrong, not wrong. The Pope said he did very good. He only said this part and these two sides, but this street on this side and this street on that side. Otherwise, before, there was no letter like this, what we call the sect. And now, what are we saying? Fanatic. What a wonderful word. But can someone really tell what it is? What is that? There must be two. And who is not fanatic? Then who are the others? There must also be something, eh? So, this is only if someone has in the heart or in the mind some kind of negative feelings. Or that others can, and I cannot. That’s it. Better to be a fanatic than lost. So, Kuṇḍalinī, chakras, we are all in chakras. Everywhere, we are in different chakras. Day and night, we are in the chakras. So, further we will, so after, wish you a good appetite. We talk about everything, but the Annamaya Kośa is first. Rest after. So, good, good, good appetite. Adiós.

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