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Oṃ karoti kalyāṇam, ārogyaṁ dhanaṁ padā, śatrubhūdevinaśāya, dīpajyotir namostute, dīpajyoti parabrahma, dīpaṁ sarve mohanaṁ, dīpān sajate sarvaṁ sandhyā. Bhavatītaṁ Triguṇarahitaṁ Satgurutvaṁ Namāmyaṁ. Gurur Brahmā, Gurur Viṣṇu, Gurur Devo Maheśvara. Gurur Sākṣāt Parabrahma, Tasmai Śrī Gurave Namaḥ. Dhyānamūlaṁ Guru Mūrtiḥ, Pūjā Mūlaṁ Guru Padam. Mantra Mūlaṁ Guru Vākyaṁ, Mokṣa Mūlaṁ Guru Kṛpā. Oṁ Śāntiḥ, Śāntiḥ, Śāntiḥ. Śrī Alakpurījī Mahādev kī jay, Devādhi Dev, Devīspar Mahādev kī jay. Ārādhyā Bhagavān Śrīdīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī Kī Caitanya Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandī Bhagavān Kī Caitanya Satya Sanātana Dharma Kī Caitanya Oṁ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ... Oṃ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ... Blessed self, dear sisters, brothers, and our new generation. First of all, I congratulate you all that, through the blessings of our Guru Paramparā, we found this āśram very beautiful and very good. We were searching many times for more than ten years, but Mahāprabhujī chose this place here. We have to maintain this place with peace, harmony, and understanding toward all our neighbors. Specifically, we must take care with your vehicles—where you park, where you should not park so as not to make the neighbors unhappy. We should also not make too much noise in the evening. In summer, you can be here until ten o'clock, and in the cold time, a maximum until nine or nine-thirty. We have to create a very friendly and happy atmosphere. We should know, and we should show them, what yogic discipline means. That is very, very important. The first step of our spiritual development is to make a good atmosphere with the neighbors. Second, we know this is our ashram. It is Mahāprabhujī's ashram, and it is like our Mahāprabhudīp Satsaṅg Foundation. So we are everywhere from one root. In our own house, we should have good discipline, good harmony, and love. In our own home, we should have a good tradition of love and understanding. Nowadays, even in the family, there is no harmony, and people are searching for such a peaceful and friendly place. We should keep very much to the discipline. You cannot say, "I want to be here until 10 or 11 o'clock," no. We should not give the key to many people, as I have experienced many things many times. In one way, I will say it is my ashram, but in reality, it is an ashram for all. But "all" does not mean we will now do everything we want. This is a very, very important principle. We should not make the sound of the bhajans too loud or for too long. At some point, we must sing and then stop, for we have neighbors. And if not the neighbors, then we have birds, and the birds also want to go to sleep. So we should take care of the environment. This is important, lest someone say, "No, we didn't know; nobody told us." I am so happy that we have now this place. This is a real place. We may do something different inside, and that is the duty of the engineers, but you must keep the engineers in control because they always use so much money. We can make it all together, and of course we must have good materials, but if we all work together, we can save money. Because this ashram is in Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic, there should be our ashram in every four corners of Prague. Now you will say, "Swāmījī, it was very hard to get one ashram," but it will come. If not today, it will be tomorrow. So many of us are sitting here who have been here since 1974. How many years is that? From 1974, it is 45 years. In 45 years, we still have the young people here. They are all powerful. Age is okay, but they are happier, more relaxed. Věk je v pořádku a jsou šťastnější, uvolněnější. And it is thanks to Yoga in Daily Life. Je třeba rozvíjet a udržovat ten systém yogī v denním životě. Clarify our Yoga in Daily Life system as a system, as a scientific system. We need quality, not quantity. And for this quality, we have to maintain it in a good way, especially the spiritual aspect. Many exercises we can do anywhere. But, for example, our Ālakpurījīs—you can't imagine how happy I am for all of us that from the Satya Yuga, the Paramparā of Ālakpurījī reached Prague. In the Himalayas, rivers flow. There is a place called Dev Prayāg. 'Dev' means the goddess, and 'Prayāg' means meeting together. Similarly, this city is called Prayāg. So, what do you call Prayāg? Prayāg, yes? So it has the same meaning. One side has the coming river called Bhagīrathī. Now, many of you may not know, so I would like to tell you. In the Satya Yuga, there were ṛṣis, and the ṛṣi Bhagīratha lived in the Himalayas, devoted to his sādhanā. Gurujī told stories about him. Bhagīratha had one disciple; her name was Gaṅgā. Gaṅgā was the older sister of Pārvatī. So Gaṅgā was a disciple of Bhagīratha. There was a time when, for many years, there was no rain and no water. This part of our world had no water. So the ṛṣi Bhagīratha's disciple Gaṅgā said to Gurujī, "Can we do some work?" Bhagīratha said, "Yes, we must. But how to do it?" So Gaṅgā went to the king of the Himalayas—and every king of the Himalayas is known as Śiva. Gaṅgā went to King Śiva and asked for support in making a channel. People from the Himalayas came and built a beautiful channel so that water from there came to this part of the earth. It was her work, very hard work, but she succeeded, and the channel began which is flowing even now. There is a story because still there was a problem with the water, and people were suffering. So the ṛṣi went to Brahmā and asked Brahmā to bring the river, the water, as Gaṅgā. Gaṅgā at that time had gone back to the Brahmaloka and would not come anymore. But because of the name Gaṅgā, they went to Brahmā and said, "Please call back Gaṅgā." Then she said, "Okay, I will come." She comes like a stream of water. But she said, "Where will I land? If I land on the earth, it will be a very big earthquake; this earth will split. Who will take my power?" They were asking how to do it. This is not a fairy tale; you can see it in many books, in the Mahāśivapurāṇa and many other stories. They were searching, and Bhagīratha, the great saint, said, "Don't worry." He went to Śiva and prayed to Śiva. "What can we do?" Śiva said, "For the sake of this earth and for the people, vegetation, animals, and all other lives, I will receive it. Let Gaṅgā land on my head, like an aeroplane lands." And so from the Brahmaloka, coming with such speed, it landed on Śiva, who was sitting in meditation. Gaṅgā landed there, and then the water came from Gaṅgā. You will see many photos and pictures of Śiva with a female image of Gaṅgā, and the stream is coming, and the water flows further. On the other side is Ālakpurījī. That was the river known as the Ālak River. Before Pārvatī's birth, there was a great Devī. She was a disciple of Ālakpurījī—Nanda Devī. And so came about the river of Ālakpurījī, and she also asked to be joined, wanting the waters to connect with the Ālakpurī river. So, on one side is Bhagīrathī, and on the other side is Alaknandā. These are two mighty rivers that merge in one place called Dev Prayāg. 'Dev' means goddess and 'Prayāg' means merging into one. From one side comes Bhagīrathī, and from the other, Alaknandā. The Alaknandā supplies more water than the Bhagīrathī, but when both come together, it is called the Gaṅgā. The real Gaṅgā begins from Dev Prayāg. The Gaṅgā, who came from Brahmaloka, gave the promise that in Kali Yuga, "I will go back." This river will dry. But many ṛṣis, many yogīs, are all praying and performing yajña. This is the holy river with many miraculous things. We are from that source of the Alaknandā, and Alaknandājī in Ālakpurījī was very close, near to Śiva. They are called Siddhas. Siddhas are like Incarnations; they are above the five elements—space, heat, air, water, and earth. When Siddhas practice, they become pure; they become above this. They can come into the elements, but they can disappear anytime. There are many saints, many ṛṣis there. Our paramparā is here in Ālakpurījī's territory. I think now from this Devpurījī we came here to Prague. So we said we shall bring water from Devpurījī, and one day we shall pour this water in the Devpurījī river. What do you call this river? The Vltava. Does Devpurījī also merge somewhere? Where? That's it. Were you also merging somewhere? Where? That's it. So we shall bring the water one day, and all should go and make prayer, and then we shall put this water inside. And we shall also bring water from there and put it here on the earth, sprinkled water. This is not only physical exercises for us; we are real yogīs. You have to study not only āsana and prāṇāyāma—that's all—you all should study all yogic scriptures. In the summer, we will do nice programs. We have to remain coupled together if we want to achieve our soul at the highest level. Therefore, there should be harmony, understanding, respect, and love. So don't say, "No, I want to stay here tonight." No, not likely. If someone says, "This night I will stay here," no. Discipline. In Patañjali, in the very beginning, Patañjali said, "Atha yoga anuśāsanam." The anuśāsanam means discipline. The first is discipline. Patañjali said 'atha'. Atha means just now. Don't think that tomorrow I will think it over, and next month I will maybe begin. Then you cannot be successful. Just now, this is the opening ceremony of our āśram here, and we take the discipline. We should take the discipline; that is very, very important. Come, practice, and we have discipline. We should have discipline. We have a time for tea; if you have tea, it is the time for tea. In the interval, you can have a cup of tea, or if somebody has brought something to eat, then all at one time. The kitchen is closed and very clean. You can look in the kitchen; every pot is nicely clean and dry. In these countries, in Europe, we are saying okay. But in America, if you go to a retreat center with a limit for 25 people, you cannot have two more there. Number one. Number two: if there is a kitchen, then no one can enter the kitchen. You cannot go for cooking; you cannot enter the door. There is a window, and you wait. The cook and helper will give you food through the window. The person working in the kitchen has to show a certificate—a health certificate. It is so strict. One day I just wanted to go inside and take water. They said, "Please go out, please go out." I said, "I'm not dirty." They said, "Sorry, sir." But they always say "sir" to any man. Even the minister will say to the sweeper, "Sir" or "Ma'am." Their discipline is like that, so much. You may think Swāmījī is making a joke. Of course, some of you are saying Swāmījī is making it up for you. But I can give you the real answer, the proof. Thank you. One of your persons from Prague, who is in the ministry of the Czech Republic and twice served in Washington—he is our disciple. So I will ask the disciple to get up and please tell about this discipline in America regarding eating and this. Please, can you tell us? You have to come in front of people, not the back side. He is a very spiritual bhakta in many countries, but his first priority is always his yoga, and his son and daughter also. [The disciple speaks:] Hygienic standards in the United States are generally very high. Everywhere you can see in the restaurant the sign that no one other than the staff can enter. In the schools, in the school canteens also, no one is able to enter. Everyone has to wash their hands before entering the kitchen. They use quite a lot of sterilizers for the hands. And what are we doing? This we should not do. It means we have to be careful about many things in the kitchen. Nobody can enter inside except those who have the duty. Do you understand me? So, in the beginning, I tell you, and not after. In this ashram, we want to do only Yoga in Daily Life activities, our bhajans, our prayers to Mahāprabhujī, Gurujī, Devapurījī, etc. I know that you are devotees of Gurudeva. I do believe, and I trust, that you will develop very much spiritually, and the other generation also. I believe, I have faith in you, that you will develop a lot spiritually, and the next generation as well. We are all one. For example, there are many, but I can tell you two or three: Paramahaṃsa Yogānanda. His organization around the whole world is one. And Maharishi Mahesh Yogī. They are all very nice people, very disciplined, but in one place. So, like this, we have to become like that. If you go to, let's say, Střílky, it is like you are this ashram, and that ashram is the one. Or you go to another city where there is Yoga in Daily Life; we are one. So we have to, like me—you see in India how I maintain our Guru Paramparā's āśrams. It is very beautiful, and I can tell you, people, that you were helping me a lot. I know how much respect, devotion, and love you give me. Very, very much. And I too. I also respect and love you very much, and I pray to our Guru Paramparā for our development and our spirituality. No one should say, "I am higher; I am now a master." No, no. As long as I am in this body, I will serve as your servant and the servant of Guru Dev. But when my body will go, then you will see that I am now giving you blessings. So this is death. Otherwise, if I said, "I am great and I am big," then it is lost. Then two are suffering: you and me. If I have ego and you have ego, then we are suffering. So we are on one level, but Gurudev has given me the duty, and so I follow the duty. Of course, Gurujī gave me all that the Guru Paramparā should have. We will see who will be the next. Anyhow, it is a beautiful, very nice ashram. I have to see around how many trees there are, how the meadows are. I don't know because it was raining so strongly today. So nice, all was clean, nice. So I thought, well, Mahāprabhujī, Holī Gurujī is prepared. And Maheśvarānand is coming, and he will not say, "This is dirty, and this is dirty, and this is dirty." So we are in one, and I bless you. Congratulations to you all that we have our ashram here. We will merge all our ashrams in oneness. People ask me in India, "How many ashrams do you have, Swāmījī?" I said, "I don't know; I cannot count." They said, "But you must have a document." I said, "I don't have a document. In your ashram, you have no—" They said, "No, but you will be rich, Swāmījī." I said no. All my ashrams, where I have no doubt, I have to make a signature that it is my ashram? Neither do I give you an ashram, nor do I take an ashram. You have freedom. And they say, "Why?" I don't want burden. So many ashrams, and everywhere I have to eat—these I don't want. I give all to my Bhaktas, and they are doing it. You are really, really great, and you are loving each other, and we have no fighting. That's it. So we should not split. Yes, we should not split. We are one. Thank you. A nice ashram. Very nice. I will look from outside a little bit more, and we will pray after. Dīpa thaṅg, Bhagavān. Dīpa thaṅg. Should we have all satsaṅg in this place, or can we have some satsaṅg also in Blanická, the old place? Everywhere. One here, one there, one there. I said we have all four directions. So we should have satsaṅg. Mostly we should learn about our Guru Paramparā and Mahāprabhujī, Devpurījī, and Holī Gurujī. Now came one more. Who? Who came more now? Now we are complete. Now each and every cell of our body is in Ālak Purī Jīho. I am surprised how many bhajans there are from Mahāprabhujī. There is one very nice bhajan Mahāprabhujī wrote when Gandhi met Mahāprabhujī, and Mahāprabhujī sang the bhajan. Exactly those words that Mahāprabhujī was saying, Modi is talking—the Prime Minister of India. Really, you can't imagine. Like what Mahāprabhujī was talking about. It is in our Pañcabhīrāṇī of Mahāprabhujī, bhajan number 50. You can look now, and you will find out. So in many bhajans, on many sites, Mahāprabhujī is talking about Ālakpurījī. I'm so happy that we achieved our aim in the Himalayas to achieve Ālakpurījī. I'm so happy that we achieved our aim in the Himalayas to achieve Ālakpurījī. That's it. And for anything else, if you want to make anyone who is taking care of this and that, the committee should decide. Yes, the committee has to decide, and when something is not coming, then you can ask me, and I will tell you what to do. So we don't want to do that: someone has no home, or this and that, "Can I stay there, and I will do that?" We don't want that. Then a second one will come, then a third one will come. A lot of things are happening in Střílky. If you have enough money, you can buy an ashram where you will send these types of people.