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Meditate on Gurudev's form

God is one, appearing in form or formlessness. Different names and forms point to the same supreme reality. The formless Parabrahma, Allah, or Holy Father is the ultimate. Yet, for those in a body, worship of a form is a valid path to that formless truth. Scriptures describe divine functions: Brahmā creates, Viṣṇu preserves, and Śiva dissolves, yet all are aspects of the one. The Guru is the living conduit to this truth, surpassing even these divine aspects. True guidance comes only through an authentic Guru rooted in a genuine lineage. Meditation and worship must be focused on that Guru. Without such a master, one remains lost, following empty signs and gaining no real liberation.

"God is only one. There is no other god; there is only one God."

"Gurur Brahmā, Gurur Viṣṇu, Gurur Devo Maheśvara... Guru Sākṣāt Parabrahma."

Filming location: Sydney, Australia

Oṁ namo śrī prabhu dīpa nārāyaṇam. Haṁsabhādas Prabhu śaraṇāparṇamam. Haṁsabhādas Prabhu śaraṇāparāyaṇam. Oṁ namaḥ śrī Prabhudeepanārāyaṇam. Oṁ namaḥ śrī Prabhudeepanārāyaṇam. O merciful God, Bhagavān Śrīdīp Nārāyaṇa Mahāprabhujī, we adore him, Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Mahāprabhujī. All glory to our God, Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Mahāprabhujī. Haṁsabh Dās Tere. Oh my Lord, we are all your devotees. Haṁsabh Dās Prabhu, we are all your devotees, singing the glory of Mahāprabhujī, or Bhagavān, God. We are all in your shelter, O Gurudev. You may sing about other gods which you believe. It is the same thing. God is only one. There is no other god; there is only one God. But that God, for whom we have different names at different times and in different forms, is the same one. As long as we do not recognize what God is, we will only run behind this body and that body. So it is said in my books, the Vedas, by the ṛṣis, who said, "Parabrahma, Parabrahma." That is what the Christians said, "Holy Father." The Holy Father has no form. But it is said, Jesus said, "I am not a God. I am the son of God. I am like you all." That is called Holy Father, which we call Parabrahma, the highest, the supreme. The Muslims said, "Allāh." So Allāh has no form, and therefore they do not have any form there to adore. But we have now, that is a very important and... To know Islam, they know that in each and every hair of the body they adore that Allah, but Allah is not a form. Now, some can achieve that, some cannot. Similarly, many other religions, they are king. But then it is said in the Bhagavad-gītā. Arjuna is asking a question to Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa in the 12th chapter. Arjuna asks Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa what is better: the one who is in the form of the body, which is called Sākāra, or Nirākāra, which has no form. So which is the best for us? What should we worship? Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa said in the Bhagavad Gītā, "Arjuna, both are good, both are equal. But because you have your physical body, you are still there, limited. You want to see otherwise, you..." We will not, and therefore we adore God in the form, and finally, at the end, we are in Parabrahma. Therefore, both are the same. Also, there are two kinds of God. One is called Nimitta. The word Nimitta means time to time, not all the time. When will such cruelties on the earth towards the humans, towards the animals, towards the trees, plants, etc., end? Then he is coming. God can be Śiva and can be Viṣṇu. Time can come also for Brahmā. But this, again, is the two. So it is said, God, that is Śiva, Viṣṇu, and Brahmā. Shiva is the one who has brought us. Vishnu is the protector, and Brahma is the creator. Brahma is the creator; he made the creation. But how is that? So, Viṣṇu said, "Brahmā is asking, 'Who is my creator?'" God Viṣṇu is telling. So, when Vishnu and Brahmā said, "Who is my creator?" it is said your creator is Viṣṇu. And where? From the navel of Viṣṇu, that lotus flower is coming. That is, Brahmā said, "Viṣṇu has created you." Brahma said, "No, I want to see where." So, he is going into the ocean, a very deep ocean. He is going along the stem of the lotus flower, going through, down and down and down and down and down. Maybe for ages, but he did not find where Viṣṇu is. So again, Brahmā is disappointed. Brahmā is disappointed. Now even Brahmā is disappointed. Who are we? We... Are we not many times disappointing? Yes, we have also been disappointing, and we are disappointing the people also. That is it. When we think that "I am, but you are not," so Brahma again comes out. And because Śiva gave Brahma to sit on the lotus flower, so Brahmā is there. And Bhagavān Śiva said to Viṣṇu, after that he creates the Brahmā, the Śiva is creating the Brahmā, not that Brahmā is creating the Śiva or this, and then he said, "Now Viṣṇu, go to the deep in the ocean, and Viṣṇu, protect everything." So it is said he cannot live. Without water, fire cannot live. Without fire, water cannot live. So what is that? It is fire. Fire and water cannot exist without each other. In the water is a heat, a fire. Fire needs the water, and water needs the fire. Viṣṇu is there. Well, Viṣṇu is the... Protector God said, "Protect in this world all creatures, all vegetation, everything. Vishnu, your protection, you are the protector." Shiva said, "You sit on this holy seat." The Christian said, "The holy chair," it is coming from that. Now, Brahma is sitting there, so Brahma said, "But I want to tell who is my, who is my, who protect, who gave me the birth or this?" So Viṣṇu said, "I am your creator." And Brahma said, "No, not that." So Shiva comes again. Bhagavān Śiva said, "Viṣṇu, I create you. And you did not create the Brahmā. I create the Brahmā. And I am Svayambhū. I am the Svayambhū. So, Vishnu, you go, and it is called the milky ocean. There is Lakshmi. Lakshmi is the prosperity, and prosperity is under the ocean. There are very precious things there, all different kinds of stones and this and that. But who can go so deep down? No one. There is that. The prosperity is there near the Viṣṇu. Protect that. But the Brahmā. So then Śiva said, "Brahmā, your duty is creation." And so it is like this: when someone is making a tune, tune... And air condition, then all sound is gone. Therefore, what is that? There is one other Brahma, and name is called the Ātampurī. And Ātampurī is that who is created now in the whole world, everywhere, even in the lake. And there, it is said, there is some different kind of sound. Always, he said, who? Ātmā, Ātmā, Ātmapurī. He is trying all techniques, but there is some kind of sound which is not good. And therefore, in that house of Brahmā and Viṣṇu, there is no air-conditioned sound. Put it off, yes? And close this window also. Yeah, there is someone coming. That is what Brahma said and Shiva said. So Śiva, Bhagavān Śiva, Śiva said. When Śiva came, everything was silent. Viṣṇu is silent. And with the Vishṇus, the Vishṇus, there are two, male and female, always there. And so the Lakṣmī, Brahmā’s Viṣṇu’s, Viṣṇu’s is the Lakṣmī. And what means Lakṣmī? Prosperity. What is prosperity? What do you call it? The Australian dollar, Indian rupees, or European euros, etc. But this is nothing. For Lakṣmī, this is nothing. Lakṣmī always needs something. All are like this. Lakṣmījī gave me this art. Yes, there are. And then what is that? This is also for Lakṣmī, nothing. The, this prosperity means the knowledge, knowledge. No, there is no negativity. Brahmā. So there is very, very much. Anyhow, from there comes Śiva. And Śiva said, "I create Viṣṇu, I create you, Brahmā, and I am the creator." Now, Brahmā, I give you the duty of creation, and so from the five elements, from the five prāṇas, Viṣṇu above Brahmā sitting on the lotus chariot, and from his eyes, from the nostrils, from the ears, and from the mouth, he creates this, and what? Everyone who came, Brahmā created that son, and Brahmā said to the son, "Now you should create, have children. Make the children." And what they said, their bhaktas, their son who came with the dress and everything like this, and... Brahma said, "Now, creation." And he said, "Please, school, but my father, I do not want to create anything. Let me go to the estuaries, go in the forest, and meditate, please." Then came out the ears. They also said, "No." Then from the nostrils, so, etc. From the mouth, second disappointment of the Brahma. First, he did not find Vishnu. Second, he... all this, these are the, what is called, that Sanat Kumāra and all this. So what to do? And then, coming further, I want to read Gurujī’s bhajan and not whole other. So that is that beginning, but what? Happens, this is like in the world. You have different politics. So this year, five years, it is this politician, ministers, and this and that, but the public do not like that. Next time, they will choose another one, and so Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva. Therefore, what is eternal? Śiva said, "I am here and now. When I appeared, I made myself. Now I have to act." So then, for it is said, who is the one who is the highest of that and will again bring all in one name? Therefore, it is said, Guru. Okay, what? Guru, that is why I said there are two: one is nirākāra and one is sākāra. So there is a written, "Gurur Brahmā, Gurur Viṣṇu, Gurur Devo Maheśvara." What is said? "Gurur Brahmā, Gurur Viṣṇu, Gurur Devo Maheśvara Śiva, Gurur Sākṣāt." Parabrahma, thus, may Śrī Guru. Way above these three is that Guru power. But Guru, you have to be from the root. Still, there, as long as you are in your body, you will act. But still, you are adoring your master, Guru, though your Guru is not anymore in the body, but he is there. On the day when you will say, "Now my guru is gone, and I am the highest, and I will do," then you get lost. You lost it. You will do like this, but there is nothing. Therefore, even you... Are supreme of the supreme of the supreme, but still you are adoring your guru. So that is why, "Guru Brahma," Brahma is the guru; "Guru Vishnu," that is Vishnu, guru; "Gurudeva Maheshwara," Śiva. But Parabrahma, Paramātmā Gurudeva is the Guru. Dhyāna Mūlam Guru Mūrti. So, where to adore? What should I worship? So then, Dhyāna Mūlam Guru Mūrti. Adore the Gurudeva. Through this adoration to that Guru, not this Guru. Running here and there, there are three kinds of guru now. Yes, a little child wants to drive the cycle, but the parents will teach that. Then you go to the school, your teacher will teach you about knowledge, so everything, this... Now, electronic here in this building, so Yogendra, he is the guru of the electric and this building, yes. So everybody is like this, so everything. And now, the Western creation, where Western, no one can. Make instructions of the electricity without who have the prophecy, and then people will come, what you call the license, and they will see who did and how and where is the satyagata. So similarly, the guru, without guru, no one can have one step. But which guru? Which gave us the knowledge of how to proceed further. And another is then, "Gurur Brahmā, Gurur Viṣṇu, Gurur Devo Vāyaśvara, Guru Sākṣāt Para Brahmā." So that Para Brahmā is the Guru, Para Brahmā. "Tasmai Śrī Guruve Namaḥ. Dhyāna Mūlaṁ Guru Mūrti, Pūjā Mūlaṁ Guru Padam, Mantra Mūlaṁ Guru." Vākyam mokṣa mūlam guru kṛpā. So mokṣa, the liberation from what? All your karmas, all your debts, what it is towards your parents, towards your wife, towards your husband, towards your children, the neighbors, this, that, all. Who will liberate us? Brahma is there, Viṣṇu is there, Śiva is there, but they are also now bounded. They are bounded, and therefore the fourth one is that guru. So one guru is that nirākāra, what I told before, Para Brahma or Allah or Holy Father, and Holy Father has no form, no man. And similarly, that our guru, which is... Physically left now, he is that one. And so, hold him. If you will do something without giving you the permission by someone, you cannot sit on the place. If a proper guru is not there, nobody will ask. Let him ask to sit on this chair. Yes, you know, in the... in the... when one piece of... not a piece of the father in the... When the pope leaves, then they will choose. They will choose very... how long, how much, how it is, this, that... then, with the holy word, they will give you the chair. And that chair is the holy chair. This is... that is... you will go, but this will not go. Understand? So, similarly, paramparā from Śiva itself till today is a guru paramparā. But if you said, "I am a guru," where is your roots? Where is your roots? From which chair are you now? There are so many people who do not adore or... Even they do not have a guru, but now they are telling themselves like a guru, and the disciples are becoming disciples, but they have nothing. What is that? They will have no more children. What means the children? It means... You have everything, knowledge on the surface, but further there will be nothing. You are again on the same way, so this is how that is going. So, guru brahmā guru viṣṇu guru devo maheśvara, guru sākṣāt para brahma, tasmai śrī guru. Vedhyāna mūlaṁ guru mūrti, pūjā mūlaṁ guru. Dhyānamūlaṁ gurumūrti, what are you going to meditate? Dhyānamūlaṁ gurumūrti, now you should meditate on your Gurudev, on his form. And what are they all making the teachers, many, many gurus now? Sit down, close your eyes, look at the sun rising, beautiful light, feel the ocean. Where are you meditating? Where is your guru? Where are you? Where is the sun? Where is the light? Where is the ocean? Where are these beautiful flowers? Are you searching for this one, or are you searching for that guru? And have you that your Gurudeva? So that Dhyāna Mūlam Guru Mūrti. Pūjā Mūlaṁ Guru Pādaṁ. Dhyāna Mūlaṁ Guru Mūrti. Meditate on that Gurudeva’s form completely. Completely. Everything is there. Dhyāna Mūlam Guru Mūrti. Pūjā Mūlam Guru Padam. Padam means the feet. Our both feet, and that the nails, the toes, both big toes, they are for Guru’s worshipping. You can worship all five, ten, but from those toes there is a light, and this, whatever is further, you can see. Dhyāna mūlaṁ Guru mūrti, pūjā mūlaṁ Guru pādam. Whom to worship? Be to the Guru. There is a source. That will come to that Brahman. That is it. Dhyāna mūlam guru mūrti. Pūjā mūlam guru pādam. Mantra mūlam guru bhakyam. Which mantra are you practicing now? Yes. Do not give that and that mantra. Mantra mūlam guru bhaktyam. Bhaktyam means the word. What Gurudev tells you to do, that is your mantra. What does that mean? That you should go on the right way, this way, that way. Sometimes, even if you do not like it, sometimes Gurudev is strict, has a big, nice stick. But nowadays, in Kali Yuga, you cannot even say the chapati, you know? So there are these... so it is like a pavana, it is going like a pavana. Pavana means the air, the wind. And that is why it is said, "Guru Vākya." If you have not learned and understood, sometimes here and sometimes here and... sometimes there, then you are also in confusion, and all your disciples, they are all confused. Yes, sometimes people are running in such a certain direction which is not exactly... There was one house, and this house for the... Mental ill people in someone’s house, then there are about 100 people, and if the government and they are looking and there and there, but they are running away sometimes. Sometimes, how to know? So what were they doing? They were cutting the... Hair like this only, yes. So hair was cut like this, from here to here. So when someone goes out, they will say, "The mental, the mental, mental ill person." Have you seen somewhere how? Because hair are like this only. Bring it back, but the person, the barber, he made a joke for everyone. He cut hair like this, and now in the whole world, even the pilot has hair like this. Like this, it does not look anything beautiful. It is not like this, but that was so. This is that. That the snake is gone, now you are beating only the sign of the snake, and you think it is that, but it is not that. So, that is, people should know what it should be, the reality. Okay? So, do not cut your hair like this, Puṇḍam. Okay, yeah, you also, do not do. It is otherwise, I will not let you sit here. He should go there because he is not normal anymore, okay? So he was also cutting. He is a doctor, and he is cutting anyhow. Namaḥ Śivāya. Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya. Oṁ... Har Har Namaḥ Śivāya. Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya. Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya, Oṁ. Namah Śivāya. Om Namah, Om Har Har Bho Namah Śivāya, Om Namah Śivāya Om Hare Hare Bhava Namah Śivāya, Om Namah Śivāya Namah Śivāya, Om Namah Śivāya Om Hare Hare Bhava Namah Śivāya, Om Namah Śivāya Om Namah Śivāya... Har Har Bho Śivāya Om Har Om Namaḥ Śivāya Om Namaḥ Śivāya Om Har Har Bho Har Har Bho Śivāya Om Namaḥ Śivāya Namaḥ Śivāya. So Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva, they have beautiful meetings and talking there. That time when they are three talking, then the other one, there is what we call the other master. And that is what, when Śiva, Brahmā, and Viṣṇu are discussing, then they look to the other side, yes, look to everybody to bless, so that they can. Similarly, it happens with me: when I look somewhere here, my master should turn my camera that side, yes. That is a parliament. Sitting so in the Parliament, sitting, the President is there. And when the President has to ask someone something, immediately the camera goes to the others. Yes, turn. He did not understand now. So when your master is moving hands, legs, looking here or there. Immediately, you are on that side, okay? So this is called teaching, alright, yes. So we go further. What was it? Point, nimitta, incarnation of God. Why was I talking too much? That was the limit. So when everything is too strong, then Viṣṇu will make it all down. But finally, there is Śiva. Śiva is which one? Giver, and he will also again dissolve. So I am projecting, and then again finished. Śreṣṭhī. That is called a Śreṣṭhī. And what is a Śreṣṭhī? So the whole sṛṣṭi, what we see in this world, is it will be all finished. It will be only what? The ocean, and then new creation will come. So after many, many yugas and yugas and yugas, how we are? So Nimit. Sorry. So that is the number one, number two. Look how Mahāprabhujī’s beautiful photo is. Yes, that is called the... okay, there is... I do not know, there is some word, anyhow. So is that how it is? That, and also what? That the whole world, the... The whole world is turned, that is called the Master’s, yes, Master’s work. Second, nitya avatāra. So one is nimitta avatāra, and what is a nimitta? Time to time, time to time, and then nimitta and nimitta avatāra and nitya avatāra. Nitya avatāra. Means every day God is incarnating, and that which one is called the guru, and so the guru is guiding the whole world. For example, I was sitting from New Delhi, and my flight took off to Bangkok, and from Bangkok to Perth, and from there to the Sydney now, what is for me that Master Nitya? That master was guiding everyone directly, brought the aeroplane safety down, and so is the guru. That he is a guru pilot, you may say, joke, then go and sit there and say, "Take off." There are a hundred people or three hundred people. Very big, and you said, "Pilot, you sit down. I am the boss of the airplane. I will do it." The pilot will say no, or he said, "Okay." He is sitting there to take off, and what will happen? The person says, "I cannot, please, I cannot. It is moving. Pilot, please, you come here." That is it. Understand what I mean? So, nivṛtti, nityātmā, paramātmā, gurudeva, to completely master now. All right, you have learned, you have learned. You read the very book, a very nice book. There it is written how to operate the liver. Everything is there now. You tell your wife, "Lie down, I know I will." So therefore, this is that you cannot, you cannot master. So mastery means that there are two kinds of gurus. This is the guru which is in the worldly life, and this all in science, etc. Second, again, the guru is nitya, but it is that satguru which belongs to this and that. So, about this, how is it coming? So Gurujī said here that I will translate now. So, Bhajan Singh, okay? Yeah. All right. That is very param guru. Okay. Makkah pya lahari ka ba mera bar se, jo tere ghar maya dhaba kush paaya. Yagh nai koi aap ke ghar se. Taw lahari ka bha ma nam vikari ha makar e ka. You see? It is on my face. God bless you. Ka pyālā harī kā, merā bhar se luḍhatā kyō nahīṁ? Sun se hī paḍhāyā, luḍhatā kyō? Sun kyā hu se yā kīrti? Prem kā pyālā harī kā, nabī kārī hamā khāḍe kā. God bless you. So, I will translate in a very simple way. Prema kā pyālā hari kabh merā verse. When my bowl will fill with the prema, means the love or the bliss. Anant bhikārī hum khade khade tarse. I am the beggar on your door, and please give me your prema, your bliss. In your house, there is nothing without for anyone. Why do I go empty with my bowels? Who came to your door? Everyone got everything. And they were, so those who were at your door, they did not come with empty hands. Jīśmar prem kī narāj bigharī, on whose, oh Lord, your side was in everyone, and everyone got it. Prem amṛt hari behad barse, and there is so much, like rain is, rain is coming, that the nectar for the Gurujī. I am asking you, I am calling you, I am asking you. When will my bowl be full? Kabhī toh dayālu dātā, dayā hum pār kī che. But I know, my Lord, one day you will be merciful, that you will also fill my bowl. Meera, Narshi, Kashi, Kabir, or Tulsi, there was a great saint. Meera was a great saint. Nārṣī was a great saint. Kabīrdās was a very great saint. And Tulsī Dās, all great saints were there. Anant Bhakta, Sant Pyālā P.P.P. said that all such saints, they had to pull off their bowls with the nectar, and they were drinking. Mayrī Śrīdeep Dayālu Dātā, kyo nahīṁ sunse? O my glorious, my Gurudev, why are you not listening to me? Akhil Khajana Tera Kya Hote Khar Kharse, you have endless, endless wisdom and worlds. And if you take something, give it to me for my power, nothing will be left. Shri Mādhavānanda ke prem ānand barso. Holy Gurujī said, "Please give me the blessing of your blessing as the ānanda, that I feel happy." Jabhi merī ātmā har se. And then my ātmā, my soul, it will be happy and complete. Thank you. All the best. Oṁ, deep nayan bhagavān kī, devādhi dev, deveśvara mahādeva kī, satguru svāmī mādhavānandajī bhagavān kī, alak purījī mahādeva kī, sab ṛṣi-muni mahātmāoṁ kī.

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