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Hari Om and good morning. So, we are on the subject of Patañjali. You understood the Jala Netī? And you have to learn from your yoga teacher. After practicing one or two days, you will know how to do it. Then we had the Kuñjal Kriyā, and this also we know, Sūtradhautī. We have learned this also, and the Basti. So, Basti, we have two different techniques. And nowadays, it was that time when the waters were very pure. And nowadays, unfortunately, very much water is not so clean. No pure water. And therefore, we do the, that’s what we are doing, is the basti, instead of the basti, the Śaṅkhaprakṣālana. We have learned the Śaṅkhaprakṣālana also. Now we are coming to the nābhi, navel. And that is mostly what we are doing as prāṇāyāmas. But when we do this kriyā in the morning in the bathroom, what do we call this? Agni? Agni Kriyā. Agni Kriyā, Agni Sāra. So this is for the awakening and balancing of our solar plexus. It is a fire center. Fire is many different kinds of fire. It is not only the fire that we see, the burning fire. There are many different kinds of fires. So let’s say first this fire, which is burning. And this is, we are concentrating or looking to the fire in this way. First, we can say, on the fire we are cooking our food. We are also making vegetables, or this, we are cooking the vegetables. We are also using the grains, boiling the grains; it’s very, very good for our food. Or we are making our bread, or rotī, or chapātī. It was, and many people still are doing it. In India, and some other countries maybe, Agni Dev. Agni Dev means the fire is God. Everything is God. Water is God, air is God, everything. If you don’t believe, don’t believe. Such a big fire. Agnidev. So we should respect. Anyhow, this is the fire which we are using, and so mostly, going to the kitchen, only the wife. Or the women, they take more care of the purities in the kitchen. And they know what to do and how to do it. There are some men who are good at learning and cooking, okay. But Agni, they only can control the women. That’s why it is said, "Annapūrṇā Devī." So, Annapūrṇā Devī is the only one who can enter the kitchen. It is her temple. In Nepal, there is a big mountain, a very big mountain. And that we call the Annapūrṇā Temple, the mountain. We all worship that Devī. Even Śiva himself went for bhikṣā to Annadevī, Annapūrṇā. So, Anna is the seeds that we are eating. The wheat, the corn, many, many others, all seeds. And the seed is life. The seed is giving further. So we should respect this seed. Now what have we humans done? We destroy, we kill the seeds. They can only grow once. And then they are gone. Now they have this kind of system, that we always have to buy the seed for our food. Also, many fruits and many, many things are destroyed. But some people in the Czech Republic, I have heard, and in Germany also, and some other countries maybe also, they are collecting; it’s called the seed bank. So it doesn’t matter what kind of seed, but the original that we need, we will bring back, but something we lost. So similarly, we humans too, what we eat, what kind of seed, we are also only giving one or two children, that’s all. That’s a pity. Many would like to have three, four, or five children. The children are the wealth of the house. The children are the temple of God. So how nice it is when you have two or three children. But all is lost. And it is said there are too many humans now. Yes, you must have discipline. Yes, that’s it. So, these seeds are getting lost, but the mother, Annapūrṇā, she is the goddess of nourishment. All the forest, all the trees, all the grass—everything that she is giving us is food. So Annapūrṇā. Annapūrṇā, where there is her, we have everything. And she is the mother. So, when you come to the kitchen, you are entering the temple of Mother Annapūrṇā. And when you enter your kitchen, do not go with shoes. But it also depends on the country. It’s very cold, so you can put a carpet, or you have your wooden shoes, only for the kitchen, or other shoes, only for the kitchen. All is said. Mother forgives us. All is said. Mother forgives us. But these shoes are only for the kitchen. It’s very important. Because she, or she means all feminine, they need purity. They need very clean purity. And when there is purity there, then your thoughts are pure, your energy is pure, your thinking is pure, your behavior is pure, everything is according to that. So in your kitchen, it is very pure, very good, and you give your children good nourishment. It is said, do not eat food which is more than four hours old. Sometimes, only one hour. Well, there is also, we have to take that, where is the hot climate? Then we should eat it as soon as possible, otherwise it will get spoiled. The climate, like here, is a cold climate, so we can keep it longer. But we should not eat what you cook in the evening and eat tomorrow. Even if it is in the fridge, it is dead nourishment. That’s very, very important for our solar plexus, for our purities in our body; that’s for Haṭha Yoga. This is one fire where it’s cooking. And when we begin to make a fire, this is Annapūrṇā. And now, when we are making bread, or rotī, or chapātīs, or something with the flowers of any seeds, so what the woman who will cook—you can say the mother, or your wife, or still not born, not married—it doesn’t matter. But you should be capable of cooking, so make a fire. And when you make a fire for cooking, do not use kerosene or gas. You can put some oil or ghee and make the fire, but do not blow with your mouth. Why? Because when we say it, we are spitting something. And she doesn’t like this, so therefore we should do something like this. This is a purity, whether you believe or not. But you are that one; it is really a Divine Śakti, Divine Mother. After that, she will take a little flower and put it in the fire. This means we are offering. To the Agni Dev, so the Annapūrṇā offering to the fire, to the Agni Dev. Then the mother is cooking, making chapatis. We are talking of my Indian tradition. Yeah, so the first chapati is for the cow or any animal. Second to the dog, because we have street dogs. So everyone is giving them, but they should not come in; they are not coming in. But first is the cow, second is the dog, and third is your child or your husband. This is how there is ceremony, offering. So we are eating something we have offered. In that house, there will be harmony, peace, understanding, and there will always be good nourishment everywhere. So this is first, the Agni Dev, the fire. This is the first, let us say, fire. The second fire is in our body. When we were born, it came with the fire. And we are growing, developing through the fire. If our temperature goes down, then it seems that something is wrong. So, this machine will not function. It will die, so immediately we go to the doctor or this and that. Agni Dev, fire. We live through fire. Without fire, we can’t. These are the five elements. And one of these, after we call these five indriyas and five dignified bodies. So we have all these: Agnidev, Jaldev, Vāyudev, Ardev, and Space. And that is in our body. Endless is within us, and our world is so wide you can’t imagine. O man, follow the path of all elements. The second fire is Yajña, so we are making ceremony Yajña, and that is also Agni Dev, Yajña Deva. And now, this Yajña fire, how are we doing the Yajña? Or we have the candle or the light, or we are making the agarbatī, or we have, like, a censer, which you also have at the Christmas in the church, then this smoke goes, no? That is from ancient times, so we are all coming together. So, this is Yajña Devatā. Yajña Devatā means purification. Protect us. Give us nourishment. Everything, happiness, joy, peace, harmony. Then another Agnidev. That is when someone dies, and we go to the crematory. And we burn the dead body. And that fire, when we begin this fire, it first does his first older son or daughter. Generally, they only let go of the male. And that was a tradition they took, because women are too emotional. And sometimes her husband, young, and he died. And she is so emotional, she will fall into the fire to die with him. So we stopped that, so they don’t allow women to go there. Otherwise, someone was dying or running there afterward and burning the fire. They used to call it the Śakti. And this is a Shakti Devī who offers herself to her, with her husband. And that’s called Satī Devī, and now, by the law in India, they don’t allow any women to burn in the dead body with the husband at all. So when someone is going, the police come there. And they are observing that women are not running and falling in the pyre. But this is also Agnidev, and that we make praṇām. That soul, that Ātmā, this is in the crematorium. Agni Dev, only the Agni Dev can purify this. That is very, very important. So, there are different ceremonies. There are different terms for this fire. Another fire is that burning in the forest. We also pronounce, we say, "Agni Dev, please be merciful." All millions and trillions of creatures are burning with you. Hey Agni Dev, please be calm. And then we take a little water and throw it like this, a far distance. And this Agni Dev will go back, but nobody does these ceremonies. Every year, the Australians are burning. And when the big, big fire, the whole forest is burning. And Australians say that’s the best thing. Now the new grass will come, new trees will come. But that is not like that. We shall control with humbleness. We cannot control with guns. Another fire, this other fire is that, the Krodha. And Krodha means anger. So, whoever has jealousy, it doesn’t matter which kind of jealousy. Jealousy towards your husband, or towards your wife, or towards your brother, your little brother, or your wife, or your neighbors, or your colleagues, etc. You know how quickly you are jealous. You will say, "Aha, yes." Come to some party. You will go, yes? Hello, that’s only. But inside is a fire. Why is the sea here? Why is that man there? Jealous, jealous, we are burning inside. The best is that we should have some Adriatic coast, jump in the water, and calm down. If you go to the other ocean, especially to Australia, then your fire will be completely finished because there is so much shark. So, don’t go. Maximum, you should go only five meters. Sometimes 10 meters, but there are such high waves, yes. Australia is the eastern part of Australia, and that is called the Indian Ocean. So the Indian Ocean comes, touching New Zealand. He is in Australia, and there is this big city called, which... Is that Perth? You can’t imagine how beautiful the white sand beach is from Brno to Bratislava. It’s so nice, you can sit and walk, and there are incoming Indian waves, and there are Indian white sharks, and they said, "Come on." So please, when you go, don’t go more than your navel. When you can’t touch the ground in the ocean, then you are okay, because the shark has had dinner already, or lunch already. Anyway, my dear, jealous. In the fire, there is a jewel. The face to face is a jewel. Animals too. This is a fire. And we make āratī, and we worship this fire. Jaṭhāgni, this is the Jaṭhāgni, the fire of our digestion. And then, Vulkan. You know what kind of is the Vulkan. We have seen it all many times. In television, and when this fire comes out, we should see from half a kilometer far. The stones are flowing like iron is flowing like water, so be there. And then there is another fire, and that is a very strong fire, that is the fire of the coldness, that in the winter, no summer, no winter, winter, very cold, very cold. And this cold air comes from the north side. And it burns over all leaves of the trees. You see in whole Europe, yeah. The trees look burnt. That is also many, many agnis, but the most powerful and very negative, or something is jealous. Jealousy, anger, hate, these are the fires. Then another fire. Fire, another fire. First, you love that fire, yes? How? First, you take something, then you make the fire. You love it, how you are loving your cigar. Then after, then, you put this fire down and with your shoes—that’s respect. Of the fire first here, and then you are kicking the fire. Agni. Agni is the sky. Agni is in the sky, Agni is in the water, Agni is in the ocean. Agni cannot live without the ocean, fire, or water, but water has so much energy, and that’s why even the God Viṣṇu is residing in the ocean. It’s called the milk ocean. He also cannot stay without that, so fire is in the water also. So these are the elements, and we should respect every element. We respect the fire. We are suffering from the fire or the water. So water and fire, they are friends. That’s how, don’t worry if you put water on the fire. Okay, the fire will go calm, but that is not that one. So, Nābī, Nābī Kamal, so this is our Haṭha Yoga. Hatha is the fire, and fire can be so strong. It was in Australia, in Melbourne. Once, fire came so quickly. About a few kilometers up the hill, a strong fire came. One of my disciples went into his house and brought the camera. He just ran in and brought the camera, even though the fire was already in the garden. So it’s fire and petrol, but how far is it? Yet, how good of friends they are. The fire and the petrol, so good friend. Oh, my dear darling, come, I hug you. This is this fire, fire, Agni Dev. And so, the Annapūrṇā. So we worship, we pray to that Devī, Anādevatā. Annapūrṇā on the Himalayas, in the snow. There is a temple, a beautiful temple. So the yogī controls that fire through our navel, nābhi, and there we have Agnisāra Kriyā. That’s it. How is that? But breath, hold. But do morning Netī, Dhautī, and then Agnisāra. Every morning, it takes you ten minutes, seven minutes. One minute Agnisāra, enough. So what means Agnisāra? Awakening Agni, purifying Agni, calming Agni, and so I think we all should take the Agnisāra Kriyā. Yes, and it doesn’t take more than one minute. In your bathroom, take sour, or first take the sour, and then do Agni Sāra Kriyā, no? Finished. How it will digest? The system in the whole body will be very good because our higher element is active in the body. 80% of our diseases are because our agni is not active. Our digestion is not enough. In the blood circulation, it is not good. In the heart beats less, everything needs the fire, fire,... But sit on the fire, nothing will happen. And what is that, sitting on the fire? Sit in your meditation posture, and you will see your āsana becomes warm and beautiful. So this is also Haṭha Yoga Kriyā. Then comes Naulī. Oh my God, that is very good. So this evening we will do. So, Hatha Yoga is very great. We cannot achieve our aim without Hatha Yoga. Rest is, of course, Guru Kṛpā, prayers, mantras, etc. But our body is our everything. You can say your body is your God, your body is your mother, your body is divine, your body is all goddess, in my body is everything, I am, but no krodha, don’t become krodha. When you become angry, then it’s called Rākṣasa. That’s it. Whoever has the Rākṣasic vṛtti, it doesn’t matter if you are a wise one. As you are wise, you are more with the Krodha. Therefore, peace and bliss. Gurujī said, "Peace is the result of satsaṅg." So, satsaṅg is the best. So, Agni, they, how many, there are more, many, many things, Agni inside. We can awaken the fire now in our body. Yes, should we do this? Make the fire in your body, okay? Then take care, because some people said, "I don’t like yellow dress," it will go in the fire now. So yes, come. So we see the fire in our palms. It is your fire. Very strong. Is that fire or not? Yes? Very good. Thank you. Yes, that’s very, very, very good. So, there is one beautiful bhajan from Holī Gurujī, but I’ve forgotten. Also from Mahāprabhujī and others also. So, wish you all the best. And we sing the bhajan. Which bhajan? About Haṭha Yoga? Devpurīśa Mahādeva Kī Jai, Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandajī Bhagavān Kī Jai, Alakhpurījī Mahādeva Kī Jai, Satyasanātana Dharma Kī Jai. Om Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ... Hari Om.