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Part 1: Auspicious Celebrations for a Revered Guru Today is a very auspicious day. It is a very auspicious topic, for today is the birthday of our Pūjyatās Swāmījī Mahārāj. A birthday is very important in our life. It is important because human life is a very long life. It is said that we get this human body after 84,00,000 yonis. That is why the Rāmāyaṇa says, "vade bhāg manuṣya tanu pāva." We get this human body with great luck. Now the question arises: why have we come to this world? We have come to this world because we have been told of the three goals of life. The first goal is to attain knowledge. The second objective is that we should do good deeds. And the third objective is that we should devote ourselves to the Lord. For these three great objectives, man comes into this world. The worship we offer to Swamījī today—his entire life is full of these three objectives. For example, we want to live for a person, we want to die for a person; we want to live for others. Life is for those who live for others. Swamiji’s entire life is for the welfare of others. Every night and day, he thinks for others. So the first goal of life is to attain knowledge, to attain the knowledge of the soul. Everyone attains the knowledge of the physical body. We should attain the knowledge of the soul because our Vedic scriptures say: Ātmā vare draṣṭavyaḥ, śrotavyaḥ, mantavyaḥ. We should see the soul, listen to it, and meditate on it. This is the first goal of life, which Swāmījī has achieved through his complete kuṇḍalinī sādhanā. The second goal of life is to do the best karmas. For the betterment of human beings, he spends his whole life, day and night, in this work. Swamiji says that he does not have rest. So he spends his day and night in this work. This is the second aim of life. And the third aim is that we should devote ourselves to the Lord. We should meditate on the Lord, because it is said: "Svāṁs svāṁs paro ’oṁ ke vṛtha janam na koī na jāne, svāṁs āvan hoī ke na hoī." So, every moment we should remember the name of the Lord. The remembrance of the Lord is carried on in the joy of Pūjya Pādaswāmījī. So, today it is a matter of great joy and happiness. We are united to celebrate the birthday of Pūjya Pāda Swāmījī. In our Indian culture, there is a Yajña for the birthday. Because Yajña is the ultimate karma. Yajña is called the ultimate karma. There is Yajña. And secondly, we have a Vedic mantra that says: Jīvema Śaradaḥ Śatam, Bhūyaṣṭha Śaradaḥ Śatam. That means you should live for 100 years, even more than that. Bhūyaṣṭha Śāradaḥ Śatam, and live healthily. So, all of us will make good wishes for the long life of Pūjya Pāda Swāmījī and for a healthy life. First of all, we will start with our Svasti Vācan. I will say the mantra of Svasti. Do the Tilaka of the Kalaka. Oṁ svasti na indro vṛddhaśravāḥ svasti naḥ pūṣā viśvavedāḥ svasti nastārkṣyo ariṣṭanemīḥ svasti no bṛhaspatirdadhātu oṁ bhadraṁ karṇebhiḥ śṛṇuyāma devāḥ bhadraṁ paśyemākṣabhiryajatrāḥ sthirāirangaistuṣṭuvāṁsastanūbhirvyaśema devahitaṁ yadāyuḥ oṁ svasti na indro vṛddhaśravāḥ svasti naḥ pūṣā viśvavedāḥ Svasti na indraḥ vṛddhaśravāḥ svasti naḥ pūṣā viśvavedāḥ svasti nas tārkṣyo ariṣṭanemiḥ svasti no bṛhaspatir dadhātu. Om tachakṣur devahitaṃ purastācchukram ucharat paśyema śaradaḥ śataṃ jīvema śaradaḥ śataṃ. Om paśyema śaradaḥ śataṃ jīvema śaradaḥ śataṃ bhūyaś ca śaradaḥ śataṃ. Oṃ svasti na indro vṛddhaśravāḥ svasti naḥ pūṣā viśvavedāḥ svasti nastārkṣyo ariṣṭanemihi svasti no bṛhaspatir dadhātu. In the end, I pray to Lord Śiva that he gives them a very healthy life and that they serve the human race more and more. And shine like the sun and moon. Wherever the sun shines, all of its rays are destroyed. So, ask Swamiji, wherever you go, be the one to remove all the evil. May Swamiji be very healthy. Now, I will ask the artist to say a few words for Swāmījī’s auspicious wish. Shiva, Dr. Pushpa jī. Yes, Shiva. So, this was Dr. Pushpa. Dr. Pushpa Latakal is a great yoga teacher. Many of you know her. This blessing is coming to you from the Holy Land, India: Vishwa Gurudev Ashram, Jaipur, Rajasthan. The opening program and beautiful words have been spoken by Dr. Pushpa Latakal. According to the Vedas, what does human life mean, and what does a birthday mean? Thank you. Dr. Pushpā jī, now Kalākar Swāmī. So, the day when the tradition of Indian culture begins, that is the day when Swāmījī was born on this earth, on the earth of India. From India, Swāmījī has established his ashram in different places to convey the peace of the world to the whole world and gives blessings to all people. On this day, we wish them well. May Swamījī continue to spread Indian culture and Vedic culture all over the world. And according to the Guru tradition, your important contribution in establishing world peace will continue to grow. With this, I bow at your feet and present a small bhajan dedicated to the Guru. I am presenting it in front of you. ee kaya mandir mai ji mun Ram se mila ola kainsa mun Ram se mila ola kainsa dhane Shyam se mila ola kainsa. I have come to the temple to meet Lord Ram. Ten doors of the temple. Ten queens and one king, yā kē bājē nopat bājā jī, gurutān to sunāola. Kāiṣā muni Rām se milāola? Kaisā ghana Śyām se milāola? Kaisā kāya hojī? Kāya mandira mahijī? Muni Rām se milāola? Kaisā mandira chhe? Cārumukhaṁ ko. Koji guru mārtu bhagavlā? Kaisha Munrām se milavlā? Kaisha hī kāyā hojī? Kāyā mandir mahijī? Munrām se milaulā kaisā? Mandir mein sūrtā nāche, mandir mein sūrtā nāche. Vato Geeta Ramayana Banchay Unk Rachi Rai Prem Ki Mehndi Ji Guru Suhagan Banaola Kainsa Swami Nijanand Padgaave, E Pad Ko Jo Arthe Bataave, Unki Lakh Chor Asi Mitha Jave Ji, Unki Lakh Chor Asi Mitha Jave Ji, Guru Gyan toh shika hola, Kainsa Munalaam. Se milā holā, Kainsā Munalāṁ se milā holā. I had also prayed that Guru Brahma, Guru Viṣṇu, Guru Maheśvara—all three of us are gathered here in the name of this āśram. Om Deet Narayan Ji, who for six months taught his disciple, Shri Madhavan Ji Maharaj, for six months, that you keep saying to me, "My Jīvanī," and I kept denying that I don’t want to show my Jīvanī. However, even a Guru cannot sustain his Disciple for a longer period of time. We are celebrating Gurujī’s birthday on the occasion of his third birthday. All of us are his disciples. And Swami Mahāprabhū Hindī Samrāṭ, when he gave the permission to Madānand jī after six months, that yes, now the time has come that I too have to go to the Lord’s feet, to the Lord’s feet, then he said, Mahātmā Gāndhī, I am telling you that on the 5th December, at 5:30 PM, I will go to Śivcāraṇo. So, whatever you want, please write it down. And I have a great friend, Śrī K. K. Bhatnagar. He is a relative of mine. A few months back, on the 23rd of December, 2008, Swāmījī remembered him. I went to his house and said that Swāmījī is remembering you. As soon as he heard the name, he ran and brought me here. He bowed at the feet of Swami Neṣṭhā Nandī and said, "I am blessed to have received your darśan today." Before this, Swami Māzānandhī, when I was in Jodhpur district with K. K. Bhatnagar, when he took me back to my home, he said that this world is full of ignorance, but in order to get rid of that ignorance, the avatārī puruṣa come in this world from time to time. So Swāmī Madānandajī has written a book for his Gurujī. I have read the whole book, but I feel relieved when I read it again and again. Then I get some new points: their lives are completely destroyed. How they have made a madman into a madman. Someone has died, and he has been revived. This work can only be done by the avatars. And it is certain that Swami Deep Nayanjī, this ashram is in the name of Swami Madhavānandjī. He has given this ashram to Swāmī Madhavānandjī. And if one of the Avatārī Puruṣa goes to Pahucharno, then one part of the ashram is given to his disciple. This part of the ashram was given to Swami Madhāvānandjī. And Swami Madhavānandjī, this is the reason why such a great book has been created, due to which we all students can do research and work together. I have also heard that Māzā Mañjarī went to Śrī Caraṇam on March 31, 2003. And one of our Gurudev, Swami Meśvarānand Jī, has given his own body to Swami Meśvarānand Jī. Swami Meśvarānand Jī is not a devotee of his own. In fact, the violence and terror that exist in the world today travel around the world to destroy it. And they travel so much that now in India they are less than 365 days. And after traveling around the world for 300 days, sometimes they are in Holland, sometimes they are in Australia, sometimes they are in America, sometimes they are all over the world. There are 185 countries in the world. They spend less than 300 days a year, but we cannot spend 300-400 days. So in those days, the human beings of the world were in danger of losing their lives. They don’t know when and where the bomb will be dropped. They don’t know when and where we will be traveling by train. You are involved in this propaganda. You are involved in this purification. And today is such an auspicious day. It is the celebration of the third day. And on the day of the celebration of the third day, you were born. Perhaps that is why all of my poetry, all of my poetry, even when I wake up at night, I dream of Swamījī. I will consider my life as a blessing if I, if I—I am an Alpagya, I am a Hindi speaker—if I write in Hindi, I will keep writing on my wife’s life. And while writing, while writing, my wife used to do śivikā samay while doing samay. She also did it three days ago. So on 13th June 2007, at 12 o’clock in the night, I will go to Śrīk Cāraṇo. So I pray to God that I will not lose the garland. But while giving it to Gurūjī, while writing, while writing, my life should come to an end. God bless you. God bless you. God bless you, God bless you,... God bless you. Now, Dr. Shanti ji, an example, as Bhattnagar sir said, he is sitting in front of us, in Jainpur, Kailash, near Kattusyam jī. A Sikh husband, in the middle of the night, but his children were also there. Grandsire Gurujī Devpurījī went to the village to take alms. He said, "One child for one roti, and two children for two." Isn’t that right? There are many other divine incidents of Devpurījī, like Bhaulāl Jī, Vedrā Jī, Śarmā Jī. He is from Kelas village where Devpurījī used to live. If we interview him, he and his father will come to know. Even in the Leelā Amṛt, there were thousands of such incidents of Devpurījī. Thank you. Now coming, Dr. Shanti, okay? Thank you. Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday, dear family, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you. Dear brothers and sisters around the world, in the name of all yoga sisters and brothers, I wish you a happy, happy birthday, a beautiful life, and much happiness with all your factors. We are fortunate here that we can be with you. Thank you, Swāmījī. We had a wonderful meeting yesterday with Śrī Devpurījī, but not only with Śrī Devpurījī, with the whole Śrī Ālappurījī, Oṁ Śrī Ālappurījī, Siddhapīṭha Paramparā. And Swamiji is the one who has the big opportunity, the big challenge to bring the knowledge of Śiva in the whole world. He is inspired through Allāh Purī Jī, who is directly the disciple, śiṣya of Śiva. And all of them, all masters are still here. And when I come from a place like Kailash yesterday, where Śrī Devpurījī is there, I feel their presence so strongly. And anytime you come in presence with the sun, you feel the light and you feel the knowledge. And this light penetrates everything; it destroys every darkness. And that is what the guru is. In his presence, the darkness is destroyed. So I thank you so much, Swamiji, for all that you are doing for all of us. Who among us? We are very much in the darkness, and we go on your nerves with all our questions, with all our bad habits, with our jealousies, with our greediness, with our bad words, whatever. And maybe every one of us means wish and English. A decision, a decision on this day, you know, it is not the flowers what the master needs, and it is not the sweets what the master needs, and it’s not the money what the master needs. The master doesn’t need anything from the material world. What the master really needs is that we are growing. So give to him the flower of your spiritual development. And maybe, if it is possible for you, everyone in this moment on this evening, take a saṅkalpa, one decision: what should I change inside of me? Not change others—change yourself, and this is the biggest present we can give to Swāmījī. So, dear brothers and sisters, be always aware that in any moment life can change, and we don’t know who will be the next to pass into the other loka. Be aware of what a precious moment it is. That we can be with Swamiji, and we should carry him on our hands and give him as much love as we can, and to follow the Vedic tradition, it is like you were singing one bhajan. I want very much also to bring to your heart this bhajan which Holī Gurujī wrote just here in Jaipur in April 2002, and he wrote about The Śrī Alāpurījī Siddhārthīt Paramparā, and it is he describes all masters. Please follow me in this, and let us open all our hearts to the divine light. And thank with all our hearts for the blessings and the light which we get in every moment from them. Brahma Śiva Alakanādi Om Brahma Śiva Alakanādi Sī Alaka Purījī Kī Ādi Chalagadī Sī Alaka Purījī Kī Ādi Chalagadī Om Brahma Śiva Lakṣmaṇābhi Unakeśī Śaśivadeva Purī He is the Lord of the universe, the Lord. Of the universe, the Lord of the universe. God bless you. Thank you, Śānti jī. Now, our Dharam Singhjī Sāgar. We prepared, instead of cake, we prepared kheer. There is no cake, only kheer. I know, only kheer. Vedic Sanskritī, only kheer. Kheer means cake, kheer. There is nothing, cake. Yes. Veerbala. Veerbala. Here I had my cloth; somebody removed it. Anyone would like to say something? You should come, Ratnus sir should come, Basuri should play somewhere else. Thank you very much. Pūjya Bāpajī, thank you very much. Thank you very much. Please lift him up. Thank you very much. I would like to thank Pūjya Bāpujī, Swāmījī, Śrī Sāgarjī, and everyone. Thank you very much, and also brothers and sisters. Thank you very much. Mahārāj Śrī was talking about Indian culture and its greatness, and you were giving importance to the fact that the purity of our language should remain intact and the greatness of our culture should also remain intact. Because Pujyā Swāmījī goes abroad and has seen the culture there. When we go out, we feel what is the greatness of this culture. When I went out, I felt that India’s culture is really a great culture. You go to America, sit in a bus, in a plane, in a train, no one will talk to you. He will sit like this, whereas in our country, he cannot live without speaking. He will speak because he is a human being. A human being should speak to a human being; only then can they be loved for each other’s love, for each other’s knowledge. So when we go there, we feel it, and that is why. If you go there, the temples there are very important. The temples are not just for worship like we have here. They are a reflection of Indian culture. So all the Indians who go there, they also have a lifeline. If they don’t go there, they will suffocate and die. That’s why, as the Bābājī is saying, the importance of our culture is important to maintain in the country, and its information is very important in the world as well. I was lucky that I have written three or four books. The first book was by Bābājī Mahārāj, the first lady president. In which I had imagined a presidential election five years ago in America. How a woman stands against a black man, and their struggle continues. It was a completely karmic thing, which came down almost correctly. I was also there in that election, I had also contacted Babshī. I have written a special chapter in it, in which it is written that, in some way, I will not take the name of any other. Part 2: The Message of Love and the Light of Life In some countries, religious leaders spread hatred in their speeches and teach people to kill. In contrast, our great saints like Bābājī, Swāmī Nārāyaṇ Dev Jī Mahārāj, Murārī Bāpu, and many others travel the world giving a message of peace and love. This truly helps maintain peace and love in the world. Those who listen are influenced by it. Now, in reality, an intelligent person can define whether love is greater or hatred. In this regard, a poet from Jaipur has said it in beautiful words. The poet says: The hatred that destroys villages becomes a burden. So love falls on the dry fields and becomes a burden. Hatred is like an arrow, a sword, a spear, or a dagger. Love is like a flower. It is the dew, a pearl, an ocean. Hatred is like Kansa, it is Rāvaṇa’s world. Love is Rāma, it is Sītā, it is Rādhā, it is Kanhaiyā. Where hatred glitters and destroys, Love makes ruined homes and ruined gardens bloom again. Where hatred snatches a child from a mother’s lap, Love gives sindūr to the bride’s parting. Where hatred severs the bond between brothers, Love joins even enemies from the heart. The work that love does, hatred cannot do. Love remains alive; love cannot die. I cannot express my love for you. So, revered Swāmījī, you give the message of peace and love in this world. Please continue to give in this manner. I do not know which birthday this is—whether it is the 60th or another. Whatever it is, from 1945, in your lifetime of over 100 years, please keep encouraging us, keep blessing us, and keep giving peace to the whole world. I wish you all the best and salute you. Namaskāra. My name is Yashwant. I have been coming here for 27 years. It was a very happy day for me when my elder father told me he went to Nepal to study in Jhadan. Thousands of people were present there, and I saw Bābājī from a distance. At night, I went to my job. My sister used to work at the school there and serve there. Bābājī called and asked, "Has Jaswant not come?" Roshna said he had come. Bābājī said he had seen Jaswant in his dream. He asked if Jaswant had not come, and was told Bābājī had come. What great luck that I was seen in Bābājī’s dream. Paramahaṁsa Svāmī Maheśvarānandajī and all honorable members of this august assembly, first of all, I, on my behalf and on behalf of everyone sitting here, express our heartfelt felicitations, congratulations, and very happy wishes for his long life to Svāmī Maheśvarānandajī. I am a retired IAS officer from the post of Principal Secretary of Home, Government of Rajasthan. I have been associated with Śrī Svāmījī for the last 15 years, since I was holding the charge of Divisional Commissioner, Jodhpur. At that time, he and his Guru, Mādhavānandajī, were kind enough to invite me to the inauguration and foundation ceremony of Om Āśrama at Jhadan. There, as an officer, I went and saw the aura and appreciation from people all over the world. I was impressed that a man born in a small place in the district of Pālī has a following of great, learned, intellectual persons from all over the world, from different countries speaking different languages. Since then, I came into his contact, and with his blessings, I must say, I achieved all kinds of worldly success one can aspire to. By God's grace, I had all the achievements as a worldly person. All my children are well-educated and have good postings. My wife and their spouses all have very good postings and good health. We have sufficient wealth to live on, and also character, which is the most precious thing one can aspire to have. This is possible only with the kindness of such a highly intellectual Guru like Svāmī Maheśvarānandajī. I am grateful that he personally invited me to be associated with this function. Much has been said, and many more words of appreciation have been spoken. Words cannot match the appreciation he has earned. Our body, mind, soul, and heart—everything is impressed by his presence and by the yoga kriyās which he, as a Guru, teaches us. We believe in it. Wherever there is faith, reason doesn’t work, and wherever there is reason, faith doesn’t run. So we should have faith in him, and faith, and faith only, can give you salvation and the pleasure of both worldly and other-worldly realms. On this occasion, I wish him longevity of life so that he can pass on the message of our Indian culture of world peace and love all over the country. I am thankful to all those viewers, thousands in number in 184 countries, who are viewing this. On this occasion, they are receiving peace and the blessings of Svāmījī through darśana of the air and broadcast, etc. Once again, I am so grateful to you, sir. I can only wish that your kindness and blessings continue to be showered on me, so that I may always be there in your service. Thank you very much. The Urdu was very good. I didn’t understand Urdu, but I understood a little bit. Oṁ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ... nāma karta prabhu-dīpa karta mahā prabhu-dīpa karta hi kevalaṁ hari. Oṁ Śānti rabhavatu. Salutation to the Cosmic Light, the Lord of our hearts, omniscient and omnipresent. In His Divine Presence, a very nice good evening, dear brothers and sisters. This Divine Blessing is coming to you from the Holy Land, India—Bhārata. Dear brothers and sisters, the practitioners of yoga in their life, spiritual aspirants, spiritual seekers, and also the followers of different spiritual paths and practices of different yoga techniques, I wish you a beautiful day and a beautiful evening. After a long time, I’m again with you through the webcast, and you are fortunate enough to have the darśana of our āśrama and our dear brothers and sisters of India. It happens to be today, the so-called birthday of this body, this embodiment of pañca, the five elements, which captured one of my countless souls to come on this planet and to surrender my service for the well-being of the entire planet. It is said, "Jīye to mānav ke liye, jīnā hai to insān ke liye jīye"—If you live, then live for humans. I do not accept this. It is a wrong slogan. "Jīnā hai to prāṇī mātra ke liye jīo." Therefore, if you live, then live for all creatures. Each and every entity is myself. "Sabhī prāṇī merī ātmā hai. An ātmā so pramātamā." Myself, the ātmā is the supreme one. "Eko brahmāditya nāstri." Therefore, there is no duality, either human or animal. Secondly, mostly people are saying, "Humanitarian, humanitarian, the service to the human is a greater service," which I do not accept. I reject it very much, and I regret very much that in the last few centuries, humans began to speak a wrong slogan. The service to the human is a greater service, which is completely wrong. Discrimination in yoga, in Vedānta, in spirituality, in religion, in the presence of God—there is no discrimination. Discrimination is allowed only in one sense: that we live for all, and service to all is service to God. Therefore, it doesn’t matter; the soul will find its way. Again, on this planet, there are 8.4 million different creatures, divided into three categories: Jalacara, Thalacara, and Nabhasacara. First, our destiny is created; then, according to the destiny, a decision is made on which kind, or which form of life, you will get. What is destiny? Destiny is the fruits of your actions, your karma. Where there is action, there will be a reaction, and where there is a reaction, there will be action. But as Dr. Pushpajī said, among this, we are fortunate that we got the human body. For what? Not for killing, not for destroying, not for discrimination, but for one thing: to be a protector, to serve, to help, to love. For the animals, it is said, "Jīva jīva bhakṣate"—life will eat life. But what a great question, a big question and problem: How to come out? Then, there is one chance: that is a human. And for humans, there is no provision to eat other creatures. Sāttvika āhāra. Therefore, animals—love them, feed them, but don’t eat them. That is a great message of the great saints of India to the whole world. That’s why India is known as a holy country where millions of great saints incarnated, and twenty-four or more incarnations took place on this soil. If you call it the holy country, then you have a right to say India is a holy country. Unfortunately, the present situation in India is not acceptable. Unfortunately, the constitution of India, which wrote 'a secular country', is misunderstood, and mostly this original culture, original tradition, and original religion are suppressed and neglected. The result will be very bad. India is now a country which gave birth to spirituality and religion, where now religion is suppressed. Once upon a time, Hiraṇyakaśipu was there, and like this, religion was suppressed. No other religion was supported, and that situation is now here. That I do not accept. But the time will come. Many constitutions are changed. It will change. "Satyameva jayate." The truth will have victory. India gave to the whole world great cultures. India gave the whole world great spirituality, yoga, and wisdom. Nothing can be compared with Indian culture, tradition, literature, poetry, art, knowledge—whatever you call it. That’s why it’s called Atulya Bhārata, Incredible India. Why do they say this? Even Indian dance, you know—I am not talking about this Bollywood, Bharata Nāṭyam dance, and there are many. It is not a dance. That is a language. That is a devotion in you. But the modern dances are like this, something like snakes are hanging here, scorpions. That’s not India. What you see on television, what you see in modern television, videos, films—that is not India. Do not judge India according to these films. Anyhow, dear brothers and sisters, it happens to be my birthday today, and I am here in the Jaipur āśrama. I want to tell you three things. Difference in culture, but without discrimination. I am changing, only saying it differently. On the birthday pūjā, we will light this flame. Sāī Vāta Gini. Also in Western countries, in Islam I don’t know, but in Christianity and European culture, they will also light a candle or a flame. Is there similarity? But what does this flame mean? Jīvana Jyoti. This is the flame of your life, and this flame should not go out. It should burn for a long, long time—meaning, live long. In Western culture, after saying happy birthday—and I will not do that—but I want to show you, and then you may... you kill your life. Oh, that you should not do. Therefore, everywhere around the world, dear brothers and sisters, on your birthday you may have five candles, ten candles, fifty, seventy, eighty, ninety—however old you are. Let this light become an eternal light, and it should not be blown off. Second, in this bowl, katorī, there is a spoon, and inside is what is called khīra. What is that? Pure cow milk and pure rice. The rice is one of the ancient grains on this planet, and rice has that strength of life. And milk is the first food for a child. When the rice and milk come together, they create in you Ojaḥśakti, also the memory, also strength in the body. Therefore, for every holy occasion, this nice khīra was cooked and then offered. Now, the modern culture makes the cake. What kind of strength do you have in the cake except sugar and some fat? And eggs. Eggs are one of the things which are very quickly spoiled, and all this, whatever is in the condition of the egg, the nutrition is not acceptable for the human body. If you are a doctor and carefully read and study the eggs, then you will not advise anyone to eat eggs or anything containing eggs. Paramahaṁsa Yogānanda, a great yogī who lived in Los Angeles, said, "If you eat one egg, for fifteen days you cannot meditate." "Ek aṇḍā khāoge to pandrah din tak āp dhyāna nahī̃ kar sakte ho." Yes, you can sit down and close your eyes, but there is no meditation. Therefore, cake is neither healthy nor has much nutrition, and it also only tastes of sugar. Try to make khīra and then test it. What will you see? The taste of the khīra, strength—and this is very scientific, very ancient; therefore, we made khīra. So two things: no cake, but rice, milk, cooked a long time together, a little saffron inside, a little cardamom, and then a little rose water. Oh my God! The cake you can throw in the garbage. This khīra, my God, that is the nectar from that cow milk. So the flame should continuously burn, should become eternal. The milk and rice should give strength and become a nectar in our body. And another thing: we should not say, "I wish you twenty more years or a hundred years," but we always say, "dīrghāyu." I was in the living room of the president, the vice president of India, and there was a beautiful picture of a great saint. I asked him, "Your Excellency, from where is this picture?" Then he explained—a long story, I will not tell you—that picture was of the Mārtaṇḍa Ṛṣi. Mārtaṇḍa Ṛṣi had only seven years of life, but because Nārada and the other great saints said, "Teach the child to touch the feet of all to get a blessing," when our children bow down and make a praṇāma to us, automatically... It doesn’t matter who we are—parents, neighbors, or strangers—we will say, "Bless you, bless you, cirañjīvo, cirañjīvo—long live, long live, happy." And if he comes and says, "Good morning," then you say, "Hi, good morning," there is a blessing. When you go to school, make a praṇāma to your mother and father. Your mother will say, "My child, please be careful. Walk carefully. Look left and right when you cross the street. Come back healthy. I bless you." And I bless you that your mother Sarasvatī will be blessed upon you. But now children say, "Mom, bye, bye." She says, "Jai, jai, jaldi, mom, mom, ho gayā." Usme kuch rahā hī nahī̃. That’s it. Therefore, a very clear picture your children are showing you: they are calling you "Papa." Tell me, how do your children blackmail you in the morning? Paramahaṁsa Yogānandajī says, "Whatever you hear and whatever you speak, the brain waves that are there, sooner or later will come back to you and to the person where you are targeting." Modern psychology calls this blackmailing. Pitā Śrī and Mātā Śrī, in the language of our country, the language of God, it is said, you can’t compare with the ancient wisdom in this modern world. But yoga and daily life are the ancient wisdom for the well-being of the modern world. That I am teaching. Thank you for your good wishes. Thank you for your coming. Bless you all, dear brothers and sisters. I am sorry if someone didn’t like it. I know you like the cakes. But when you will taste a good khīra, the cake will be rotten somewhere on the table. You will never look to it. That’s it. So thank you. And tomorrow, same time, we will speak about prāṇāyāma. Yes, it will be in the English language. You are most welcome. First will be prayer, and then about prāṇāyāma. The difference is in different kinds of prāṇāyāma. Thank you. Bless you. Oṁ Śāntiḥ, Śāntiḥ, Śāntiḥ.