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Good evening. Welcome. We are again in this most beautiful hall, with natural air conditioning, nice weather—raining, sun shining, cool temperature. We breathe, walk, eat, and sleep. What more could one want? Patañjali’s Yogasūtra, his teaching, is very authentic. If one follows the teachings of Patañjali, you will definitely achieve a higher level of consciousness. But the question is whether we are able to follow. You have everything in your car: petrol, engine, brake, wheels, comfortable seats. Everything is there, and the driver, your key, everything is there. But if in front of the car, on the road, there is a five-meter-deep hole, then though everything is there, you cannot drive. Similarly, we have everything. First of all, Ādi Guru Śaṅkarācārya said that the soul is blessed which is born in a human body. Thanks to God, thanks to our destiny, we are born as healthy humans. We are not poor; we are all very rich. We have our hands, legs, eyes, intellect, everything. To be rich or to be poor is just a mental thinking. A poor person will never be rich because the thought is poor. You may have millions of currency, but if you still think you are poor, you are poor. And you may have not even one coin, but if you are happy and say, “I am rich,” you are rich. So there is a gap between our will and our practice. So, the first blessing is to be a human. This does not mean we discriminate against other creatures. No. Being human, our prime duty is to understand and to give judgment. What kind of judgment? That kind of judgment which discerns what is what: pain or pleasure, good or bad. We have that intellect to decide freely, but other creatures do not have that much intellect compared to the human. Therefore, the human dharma, the obligation, the duty of the human, also means a very big responsibility. Animals do not have that kind of responsibility; animals have a natural existence. They feel pain, they feel pleasure, they feel happy, unhappy, they feel hungry or thirsty, they feel hot or cold, but they do not have that decision-making capacity. They have love for their babies, they are loyal to their families, that’s all. But humans have more duties, since humans have the intellect. If a human is mentally ill, lacking that kind of intellect, then this human’s mistakes, whatever they do, will be excused or will be understood that this person is—I wouldn’t say mad—but mentally undeveloped. It does not mean that we discriminate against that person, a human who is mentally retired. Similarly, our dharma, the human dharma, is that we should love other creatures. They are innocent; they are not guilty. They live their life in nature, and they are the beauty of our planet. They are beauty for us. Therefore, we should not discriminate against them, but love them. There are many places on this earth where people don’t leave any animals there. They kill everything, whatever is moving. Hardly will you hear some birds singing; hardly will you hear some squirrels climbing from one tree to another, running, because they kill them. It means that nature is halved, that nature is not complete, that nature is destroyed by humans. That means humans do not follow human dharma. Dharma rakṣita rakṣita: if you protect your dharma, dharma will protect you. If you can’t protect your dharma, dharma will not protect you. So here, dharma means what is the obligation, the duty of a human towards animals, vegetation, and towards other humans. Love your neighbor, not your husband or wife. There, you need not tell anyone, “Love your wife” or “Love your husband.” If they don’t love and want to get divorced, it doesn’t matter; you can tell them a hundred times, they will not love each other. So “love your neighbor” means, as it is said in the Upaniṣads and in many Śāstras: Sabhi prāṇī merī ātmā hai—all creatures are myself, merī ātmā, my ātmā. I mean, I am that one. Ātmā, so’ham, Paramātmā, and that ātmā is the supreme one. This is also the first step of self-realization, when you see yourself equally in everyone. So, dharma and karma. If we do good dharma, then we are known as a dharmātmā, a pure soul. If we do bad karma, that is called pāpātmā, meaning the sinner. So in our language, in Hindi, don’t say to your parents, “Papa and Mummy.” “Papa” means the sinner, that sinner who has no place even in hell. The door of hell is closed for that sinner. It’s blackmailing if you tell your father, “Papa.” And when you say “Mummy,” mummy is a dead body, so say “mother,” that is better, or “mātā” in your language. And in our language also we call mātā. Anyhow, we are not talking about language, but directly or indirectly, it does influence the particular person, and that’s like blackmailing. Therefore, it is said, first, we are fortunate, as Śaṅkarācārya said, that we are born as a human. If we do not fulfill human dharma, then we will suffer the bad karma. Bad karma will have a bad destiny, and good karma will have a positive destiny. That’s called fortunate one, lucky one, happy one, or blessed one. It’s not easy for humans to keep that dharma, but you know, nothing is easy. All ease is an accident that we don’t want. It is easy to make a mistake, to destroy something, but to repair is not easy. And that’s why the duty of self-realization is given to humans. Because humans have intellect, humans have viveka, humans can think, and humans know what mistake he or she did and will try to do better. Second, fortunate are they whose parents are spiritual. Because a newborn child is like clay, a raw material, and your parents are artists. How they will educate you, like that you will be. Not education of the school and university, but for the well-being of the human society, for the well-being of your family, and the well-being of all creatures and the environment. The education of the parents is very important. So, lucky are they whose parents are spiritual, and whose parents are not fanatic. Parents are not one-sided. Parents see the reality, and they will educate you. You will grow with them with free education, not fixed to one religion. Dharma means not a religion. Dharma means obligation. Dharma means duty. And in that duty, dharma, the religion is also coming. Religion is that which gives very concentrated instructions for humans on what to do and what not to do, but it is not one-sided. So fortunate are they who have parents who are very spiritual, very free-thinking, and who give a good education. It’s the parents’ duty to think about what to give our children to eat and what not to give. Many people who come to me are very unhappy, very, very sad, because they realize eating meat means killing and torturing animals. But why did my parents give me this to eat? I was innocent; I did not know. And the person is lifelong unhappy. After 18 or 20 years, when you have free decisions, you are grown enough, you can say yes or no, you can decide your future. Then, if you eat or not eat, that is your thing, but before that, what happens reflects on your parents. So you are the raw material in the hands of the parents. And the education, the love of mother and father, that will remain ever with you. Second comes then the school teacher. Also, you are still like a raw material, and now what kind of education you get there? You begin to think in that way. Therefore, in the world, people are trying very hard that in the schools, in the colleges and universities, there should be education in what we call ethics. Last century, the ethics education was missing, and now what they are teaching children in the school is without ethics and without morals. Very often I admire the education in the Middle East, though many people don’t accept how in Islam they are educating children, girls and boys, but I must tell you, they respect so much the feminine principle, they protect so much their daughters, sisters, their wives and mothers. Mothers have all the power of the home, and then the wife too. Reality is different than what we think. You all have different kinds of dresses with different colors, and suddenly I come with an orange dress, and everybody is here. Now, thanks to electromedia, the whole world knows the culture, traditions, customs, and religion of the whole world. But before 40 years, when I came to Europe, I passed by the railway station of the airport. People were looking at me, and they were moving their heads like this. And when I looked there, suddenly they were… and it all went to the neighbor. So it means if something is different, you think that is bad. In reality, the way of education here in middle Europe is not that education which will make a human a loving human, who will care for the family, country, and the world. The subject of terrorism is a different thing. You should know that even the Islams, they are very unhappy about this kind of groups. A name of terrorists, we should never blame or judge a Muslim. That is a big mistake. I’m talking about, I’m not supporting this or that. I’m talking about education, ethics, and morals. The same was in India, it is in India and villages. But unfortunately, the Indian education system is already destroyed because they took the model from Europe and other Western countries. This is not a subject which Patañjali is talking about; I am talking. You know, when they first introduced it, and they are introducing now, young children, 8, 9 years, 10 years, in the schools, to give them education about sex, what stupid things, you know? Even my dog knows this about sex, my dog knows. Much better, yeah. A bird knows, cows know, the donkeys know much, much better than what they are teaching in the school. And my donkey, my dog, my horse, my cows, they follow the discipline principle of the nature, law of the nature, and what they are teaching in the school is not acceptable. It doesn’t matter what they will tell, because this is going internationally around the whole world. They should again have the model of respecting and teachings from Eastern countries. That’s it. Otherwise, the human roots are destroyed. There is no love between brother and brother, no love between brother and sister. No love with parents because children hardly see their parents. Both working in the office, and evening is babysitter, that’s all. So sometimes they love more the babysitter than the mother. The mother is only occasionally there, or the father. So education makes a human, and that education comes from the parent side, and I admire and congratulate those parents in the world who educated their children how to be good, behave, love nature, animals, humans, neighbors, and so on. The third point, what Patañjali and Śaṅkarācārya tell, is blessed are they who have the interest in spirituality. This is from past karma: born human, parents are spiritual, but the child must not be, like, the child can be different. The son of, I have forgotten the name, but many, many, Hiraṇyakaśipu, his son was Prahlāda, very spiritual. But Hiraṇyakaśipu was very devilish. His parents were very spiritual. Kaṁsa was like a devil. His father and other brothers, his children, they were very spiritual. Aghrasen, King Aghrasen, was very gentle, very spiritual, very kind. That is a destiny which comes, and the constellation also. Yesterday you saw in Śivapurāṇa, yes? At the sandhyā time, evening, sunset time, now this time, and morning Brahmamuhūrta, and midday, these are not advice for humans to create children. Look, good constellation. That’s it. Okay, we will not go further. So, it is a past destiny and divine blessing and your good karma that you have a spiritual interest. Then, the fifth one is meeting a spiritual master, Satguru Dev. Then it means definitely you are in mokṣa, in brahmaloka. So, the human life, spiritual parents, spiritual education, spiritual interest, and the guidance of a Satguru, a master. So we are fortunate that we met on this planet, again on our spiritual path, Alakpurījī Siddhapīṭha. You know, in Mahābhārata, sorry, in Mahāśivapurāṇa, that time when Śiva, also there was a great saint, and that was the Alakpurījī, Alakhāpurījī, there is a very beautiful story about that. That’s why it is called Siddha Pīṭha, the lineage of the Siddhas, the perfect ones, and also what we call Pīṭha means the holy chair, and this energy protection is coming from there. Don’t think I am sitting here now and from me it is coming, then you are lost. Once I was in London and driving behind one car. Because I want to find the address, and behind that car was written, “Don’t follow me, I am also lost.” So don’t follow me; I am lost also. So similarly, it is our ancestors, our spiritual luminaries, the heavenly worshipped, universally worshipped. It is their guidance which comes through. So one has to become an instrument, a medium for that. So similarly, on the day when we will think, “I do and I did,” now your direction is going downwards. So many yoga teachers, many came to the practice of yoga, they got a little spiritual light, and then they were thinking, “Oh, I know everything,” and they began to teach on their own, “I am the master,” and now you see their condition is totally lost. So, ego, and that is what Patañjali is saying, the vṛttis. Kliṣṭa vṛttis, these vṛttis can destroy us. Now, there is one thought which is an obstacle for your vairāgya, or an obstacle for your spiritual path. Then try to get rid of that thought and replace it with a positive thought which is supportive for your vairāgya, to keep your vairāgya steady and keep your spiritual path clear and steady, inspiring you all the time and gives you the strength to have willpower and to practice. Never say that you don’t have time. Holy Gurujī said that when someone says, “I don’t have time to practice,” he does not believe it. Gurujī said, “It doesn’t matter how busy you are; if you are an alcohol drinker, you will find time to drink.” From where did you find this time? You are very busy. If you are a smoker, it doesn’t matter how busy you are, you find time to smoke. Where did you find this time? So, a great Mīrā, a holy Mīrā from Rajasthan, she said, “Mai amalī harinām kī,” I am addicted to the name of God. So one who drinks coffee or alcohol, so on, those sitting on the computer take sips, so for the name of God and for mantra, you don’t even have to move your hand like this. You just repeat your mantra and be aware of your mantra, that’s it. That will make you great, not negative criticizing, negative thoughts. Now we know that electronic media is very, very good. Televisions are very good. It gave us opportunity to know the world. The world, but ati sarvatra varjante: too much is everywhere prohibited. So, boys or girls, it is not advised that till 2:30 or 3 o’clock you are sitting in your bed and looking at the laptop. Be honest, please. Who is looking every day at the internet, or what is called the net, webcast, or what do they say? You, not, not. Yeah, anything. You are looking at this, what you call the laptop. One is called e-mail, and the second is called… Okay, good. Well, I was looking to the, my, my, what is? No, no, one word is gone out. Not laptop and optop, it is internet. Yes, I was just looking on the internet. What do you look at till two o’clock on the internet? Boys, two o’clock is the time to look into the cosmic net. The dreams, beautiful dreams. Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. And then, in the morning, you say, “Oh God, I need this watch.” You say, “What is it? What do you call it?” Yes, Allah and Rām. Both have to come to wake this lazy man up, Allah, Rām. So practice your āsanas, a little prāṇāyām, not too much, otherwise you can’t sleep, and practice your meditation and sleep. It is very important that some email comes or some about video, what they call films about nature, and then of course you can see something. Otherwise, that’s called not only brainwashing, but brain destroying. So that’s what Patañjali is again and again saying about vṛttis. And this internet, when you enter into the net, and then there are networks, then there are so many nets, which you choose. There are good, and there are bad. Therefore, you should also know how harmful the radiance is when you are looking at the internet or computer. Most harmful is, now they have proved, a cordless connection to the internet. And many, many people, now they have a cordless connection, they can lie down in their sleeping room and look all the time. Three o’clock. So, boy, be honest and raise your hand up. Who is looking every day, evening, after 11 o’clock, on the internet? One. Thank you. Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. Thank you very much. I don’t want to insult you, but nobody looks there because you are behind. And they are so honest. Now, what will be the effect of the Master’s few words when you are looking hours and hours into the Internet, which is only rabies? It disturbs you, disturbs your vṛttis. That much you can do: your mantra and look to Mahāprabhujī. You will be a completely different personality today. But nevertheless, boys are very honest. Now come the ladies. So maybe there are some ladies also looking into the internet because the husband sleeps in the other room. Yeah, is there someone? Very honest girls? Aha, one, two, three, four, my God. Thank you, girls. I don’t want you to raise Krujī Rakṣābandhan. I must protect you. Now, visiting yoga seminars, going to the satsaṅg, going to the master, wearing the mala around the neck, it doesn’t suit you to waste your time. That is sin to waste the time, means the sin. Dharmarāja above here in the sky, he is looking that you are sitting in front of the internet, and he said to Yamarāja, “Call him quickly, that’s it.” But Yamarāja said, “No, but he has so much.” If life I can’t change, then find some way to shorten it. Such a person is not worthy to be in a human body, because there are so many people waiting for the vacancy. So many souls are waiting for the vacancy to have a human body. So, what to do with them? Oh, put them in somewhere; they will be closed like chickens. Then you can look out of the net. Quack, quack,… qu. That’s called a Kuśaṅga. But there are sometimes very nice films, holy films. That’s what our ancestors always tried. Keep near your pillow a holy book: Vedas, Upaniṣads, Rāmāyaṇa, Gītā, Bible, Quran, Guru Granth, and so on. These beautiful holy books mean you will have a very divine sleep. These books have a lot of radiance, the aura of these books, because how many times, how many thousand times there is a name of God. Doesn’t matter in which way you call, where you call Allah. How many thousand times is the name of God mentioned in the Holy Quran? Or Rāma, or Kṛṣṇa, or Īśvara, or Buddha, or Jesus, or whatever, father and mother too, of course. Then, or Līlā Amṛt from Mahāprabhujī. Oh, when you have Līlā Amṛt the whole night, you will have Līlās. No, you will drink the nectar of Līlā, Amṛt. The nectar of the Līlā means divine play, divine glory, divine. So Patañjali can tell as much as he wants. We are addicted now to the internet. Now, people will say, “Swamiji, it’s midnight, and I’m looking at your video.” In Australia, many are sitting, trying to be awakened, drinking chai. Yes, they are looking to the vape caste. You know, we have many castes in India, but now one caste is more, that’s called the vape caste. Have you anything against the vape caste? Yes and no. So if something is satsaṅg, then it’s okay. Therefore, your yoga sādhanā, your meditation, your spiritual aim cannot be realized or completed as long as you will not change your life in a positive way. Only looking sometimes to Swamiji, Prashin, Swamiji, Vatashka, what? I have this problem. Yeah, you have a problem, but what have you done to solve it? So many, many problems are here. And then someone thinks there is black magic, there is some other soul, there’s a grandmother soul, a grandfather soul. No. Grandmother, grandfather, soul will never disturb you. They are your grandfather and grandmother. They will take care of you. They will help you. So there is no such black magic, there is no black energy which is coming from black magic, there is no ghost. There is only one ghost, and that’s your mind. And then, when that ghost comes in your mind, then awakens in you a very weak energy, and that’s called fear. And when the fear is there, then your whole body is trembling like this. Anger, where is anger and jealousy? There is a hidden fear. If there is no fear, you are not jealous. The jealousy is on the surface, the bubbles, out of your fear. Because you think somebody will take it away, or you will lose it. But when you have nothing equal, you are not fearful. That’s it. So we can talk as much as we like, but if you don’t change yourself, it will not help, all these lectures and this. So, again, once more, I will not ask you now personally to raise your hand up or down. If you wish for your better future, for your better health, for your better mental health, social health, and so on, make a saṅkalpa now if you want. Nobody knows if you need it or not. My neighbor doesn’t know what I’m saying or speaking within myself. Make the saṅkalpa that you will not see those internet or television programs which create fear and restlessness within you. And that much time you will dedicate, if it is possible, for your meditation, for mantra, or reading some divine holy books. That will help you. I would suggest that you read our Hidden Powers in Humans: Chakra and Kundalini. Read the Lilāmṛt of Mahāprabhujī. Get Patañjali’s book. Also, try to get what you call the Vivekaśuṇḍamāṇi of Śaṅkarācārya. Get the Upanishads, read them, and come to the satsaṅgs. Next year, your aura, the rays from your body, will be completely different. So today is all. Wish you all the best. Very good evening. And please don’t misunderstand. I didn’t want to support any religion or criticize any religion. Also, I didn’t want to humiliate anyone. But reality is like that. And therefore, I have to tell that we should change ourselves in a better way. That’s it. God bless you. And tomorrow is Rakṣābandhan. Very rare—the two, twice full moon comes one day to the other day, and in very rare time, three times in a month. There is what you call the moon eclipse and the sun eclipse in this month. This means something, a very bad or a negative hint, an indication for the whole planet and especially for humans. The last full moon, Guru Pūrṇimā, also was the moon eclipse, then was on Amāvasyā, the sun, before fourteen days, and today again is full moon, but Rāhu has swollen, so today is more for prayer for this planet, prayer for all creatures. And it is doubted that some new illness or epidemic will break out because of these three times. Let’s hope that it will not be. We have to pray, because humans have a responsibility to pray for the entire planet and all creatures. Thanks to God, tomorrow the moon is free. I have no more, for a long time, no more credit debt, karmic debt. And tomorrow is Thursday, Guruvāra. When it is Thursday and full moon, it is real Guru Pūrṇimā. So tomorrow we are also here for Guru Pūrṇimā. Together, master and disciple is a long story about Rakṣā Bandhan. Rakṣā means protection, and this is the day of the brother and sister tomorrow. Bhakti or Liji, if you have Rakhi here, if you can show me one, please. So that sister comes to brother, and she ties one thread around his right wrist. And this means this tie is a tie, or the knot of protection, that we—that I, as your sister, and you, as my brother—we are by nature tied together as brother and sister. But there is also, you can adopt a brother. Or you can adopt a sister, and that means that you have to give this thread around his wrist. It was a long time story about this. There was one lady, and the king fell in love with her. He called and told that they should bring this lady to the palace. She knew what was going to happen, and so she brought with her one nice thread. When the king said, Come, please. And she came, and she put this thread there. He said, “What is this?” “This is a protection. You are my brother, and I am your sister, and this is the knot and thread of protection. You have to protect me as your…” Sister, you can’t imagine, his entire feelings changed, his entire feeling changed, and he adopted her as his sister, and forever in his heart she was a sister. And that was a day which continued, and till now we are continuing. It means a protection for the feminine power in this world. We know women are very strong, women are very clever, women are very capable, women are in every aspect very good. But, time to time, men tried to overtake this power, and they did injustice. And therefore, time and time again, this consciousness was awakened, that man should know he had to respect his mother, his sister, his daughters, and so on. And therefore, this is to awaken again the consciousness that yes, she is my sister, and I accept this as my sister. When your sister is older than you, she may give you some presents too. But if your sister is younger than you, then you have to give her presents. But even if your sister is elder than you, she will give you something, but you have to give more than what she will give you. So nowadays there is a beautiful, this is what we call Rakhi. Rakhi, and today, tomorrow is Raksha Bandhan. And so you tie it on the nice hand. And then the brother is in the memory, carrying all the times. No, also, it must not be sister. You can make a brother to brother, you know? When a boy gives the boy rakhi, don’t misunderstand, they are different sides, okay? So they are… this is a love, brother to brother. There was a tradition also, I think, in… Ex-Yugoslavia and Romania on that side, they adopt a brother, and they were cutting little wrists here and there, blood, and they touch the blood to blood, just so, like they become like a blood brother, but now it is not recommended because of many illnesses, at times we were living more sattvic, more pure, more healthy, and we didn’t have that time then so many infections, disease in India. The brothers, they changed the turban. So there are two men who would like to be brothers. Like adopting brothers. So this brother will take his turban, put on the other one, and he will take his turban and put on the other one. That’s a little more protection, no? It’s very good. And so also, girls have also, they can also make a sister to sister. No problem. That’s your sister, and sometimes they give them a sari or something. So every year we have here the Rakṣā Bandhan festival. Some time in Hungary and some time in Strelka. So tomorrow after our walk, or we can do it before the walk. Eight before breakfast, okay? It takes you only 10 to 15 minutes, that’s all. So that’s what I’m saying. You will have coffee, you will have tea, you will have some fruits. So you can get this rakhi, I think Leela has one, and also Arjun Puri or Muktanand, maybe he has one also. So they are in the shops. These I brought especially from India, very nice. It looks beautiful. Manpreet Singh, come here, come here. We can become brother, disciple, master and disciple. Also, we can put it on. Yes, look. It looks beautiful. Bless you. Very good, no? So it looks nice. He’s jealous. Come, come. I can put you also, good? Yeah, jealousy is a big thing, you know. A little more down. Okay. Thank you. For the master, you tie the Rakhi on his right big toe. You tie the Rakhi on his right big toe, or you put it on his foot. But I am very cold, so I will not put the toe out, okay? So tomorrow will be Rakṣā Bandhan, and all our sisters will be very happy. They have many brothers, but one thing more, boys. If you have in your mind that in the future you would like to have this girl as your wife, then please don’t do it, yes. Because once you said you are my sister, then she is your sister forever and ever, and you cannot marry your sister. So, boys, this is one thing, okay? And girls, avoid it also. Girls have such feelings for some boys, maybe he can be my friend or husband, then don’t make a temptation with the Rakhi to put on his hands. Okay? Keep in your mind, please, there should be a very pure relation of brother and sister. If not, it doesn’t matter. But a brother has a duty, very much so, on every Rakṣā Bandhan day. It doesn’t matter where you are in the world, phone her or transfer the money bank to bank. The sister has nothing against, okay? Hi, sister. Today is Rakṣā Bandhan. I’m sorry to be so far away. I can’t be there, but I transfer you two million dollars for Rakṣā Bandhan. Then, sister will write, “My dear brother, I thank you very much, and I bless you for the generous donation, SMS.” Okay, so tomorrow then we will do Rakṣā Vandan between 8:30 and 9, and then we go for a walk. Okay? While walking, boys, keep your hands free so that everyone is jealous that you have a Rākhī. Okay? You will walk with a Rākhī. Rakṣā Vandan. Wish you a good appetite. Hari Om, and if the sky is like this, we will have satsaṅg outside. Deep Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Deveśvara Mahādeva kī, Mādhav Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān kī, Sanātana Dharma kī Jai.