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Bad deeds will lead us to hell

A satsang discourse on human qualities, spiritual practice, and purification in the current age.

"Of course, each and everyone says, 'I'm the best.'... but how are we acting towards other creatures?"

"Morning we get up, I am human. Morning, get up and say thanks to your mother, father, or praṇām."

Swami Ji addresses the assembly, examining whether humans live according to their inherent qualities of respect and harmony. He critiques violence towards animals, the pollution of nature, and modern social trends, framing them as signs of the Kali Yuga. He prescribes a return to traditional practices, including vegetarianism, seed preservation, ceremonial yajña, prāṇāyāma, and daily gratitude, as essential for purification and maintaining a human birth. The talk includes a brief, interactive prāṇāyāma demonstration.

Filming location: Jadan, Rajasthan, India

Om Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī, Dev Puruṣa Mahādev Kī, Satguru Svāmī Madhavānand Jī Bhagavān Kī, Satya Sanātanadharma. Om Namaḥ Śrī Prabhu Dīpa Nārāyaṇam. Om Namaḥ Śrī Prabhu Dīpa Haṃsabhādas Prabhu Śaraṇ Parāyaṇam. Haṃsabhādas Prabhu Śaraṇ Parāyaṇam. Om Namaḥ Śrī Prabhu Dīpa Nārāyaṇam. Om Mośirī Prabhu Dīpanārāyaṇam. Hama Śabdhasa Prabhu Śaraṇaparāyaṇam. Om Mośirī Prabhu Dīpanārāyaṇam. Om Om Śrī Prabhu Dīpanārāyaṇam. Haṁsavādās Prabhu Śaraṇaparāyaṇam. Om Namaḥ Śrī Prabhu Dīpa Nārāyaṇam. Na na... It is said that some will go to Brahmaloka, some to Svargaloka, some to this Bhūloka, and some will go into the darkness or hell. The time has come. My dear, the whole world—all countries, more than 240 large and small—how is it possible that everywhere this kind of negative energy attacks all humans, mostly only humans? Other creatures are still not affected because they are innocent creatures. So many people think we are the happiest humans, but do we live according to human qualities? In humans, it is this: we should respect, love, and lead with harmony. It is said that cruelty is mostly in humans. Therefore, what yogis begin to practice are techniques of meditation, yoga prāṇāyāmas, yoga āsanas, yoga kriyās, etc. Many beautiful techniques exist for humans to remain with human qualities. Of course, each and everyone says, "I'm the best." Every child says, "My mother is the best mother." We say this, but how are we acting towards other creatures? There are 8.4 million creatures; only one is the human, which has a better brain and can do more things with more qualities. Yet, a great many percent do not think of other creatures as being so good. Why should we kill them? Why should we torture them? Yes, animals—jīva-jīva-bhakṣati—animals eat animals. But, oh human, you are not an animal. If you are an animal, then you can eat the animal. But if you are a human, then why should we kill and eat animals? In this Satyuga, Dvāpara Yuga, Tretā Yuga, and now Kali Yuga, this Kali Yuga is coming. This time is coming again new, but it will be very cruel. Yes, such a disease is coming. This is also like this: Kali Yuga is coming there. But many humans are very intelligent: many scientists, many people, many great spiritual bhaktas, also very spiritual. The politicians—must not be all politicians—can be not good. Many people think politics is not good, that is not good. Did you ask thyself how you are good? That one who is working very hard in a big country, from one end to the other end, five to six hundred flying the aeroplane. Many languages, many behaviors, cultures, etc. But everyone knows we are humans. So you can say now that fewer people have the respect, love, and see animals as our own children. I am sure, and you can please find out, that those who are vegetarian, those who are vegans—those who are vegans are very near. They were not one or two generations, because in our blood, in our hormones, it is coming from the animals and qualities because of fear, very much fear, and these animals. But the animal cannot say to you, "Please don't kill me." They cannot say anything. Only they can cry, or with their legs and hands they are stretching. Inside, they say, "No, please, no. Oh, human, I think this is not nice." Therefore, it is said this is a circle of the generations, the circle of birth by birth. It is like, let's say, one wheel of a bike or a car. When our car is standing, the wheel down is on the ground, and the whole pressure... it is only a little part of the wheel. But others, they are free, and so they think we are free, we are up. But as soon as the wheel rolls, then it is said, now you will be there, and so the circle of birth and death, birth and death. Birth means someone is born. We can say humans also have a birth, or we can say God or incarnation, etc. But it is the same thing, the same path. It doesn't matter which mother, animals or humans, come from the mother's womb, or that birds come from the eggs of their mother's womb, or other creatures from the water. But it is coming there, and there is all our suffering. Therefore, in Sanātana Dharma—and there was only Sanātana Dharma—in Kali Yuga, more religions developed. Otherwise, either they know what religion is, or they know it is God and this. So in this coming to us, of course, everybody will say, "My religion is good." Everyone will say, "My religion is the best, and their religion is not the best." Well, the religion of Hinduism, and in Hinduism there are also many different kinds of religions, but they feel, and they have ceremonies. Now, when we make a ceremony in something, will that God tell, "Yes, very good, now you can come to me"? We don't know. But we said we will be fasting. We don't know God said, "Why you are?" Hungry, but not this. The humans were thinking to give this nourishment to others also, and do not destroy the food. That was also the water. Our water is our life, and we should keep the water pure. This is a human. Now they made the water full of pollution, and they put this poison again in our own selves, the humans, and the animals, and the plants. So it means that we see that, I'm sure, those very spiritual and good practicing, they do not want to have the chemicals in the water, and on the forest, and in the farms, in crops, etc. There was the seed, and what we call the seed, we don't know what a seed is at that time. We know our corn, and we say we have the corn, and we will again put it in our field. And again, from the field, these grains will come, corns will come, very nice, beautiful, and we keep some, and we are using it for animals and for us. We don't say, "Where is the seed?" We say, "Where is the crops? Where is the corn?" And what we humans have done, we bought because of money. And we are very, someone very great, people who want to make it very rich and take all in our hands. It took time, but slowly, slowly, all seeds, they made it, the seed, without seed. Once it grows, the second time, the seed will not come. And many people, they are protecting seeds, and you see, we have many again coming. And that seed is good and healthy for all creatures and for the humans too. What did they make? The nourishment for humans from all seeds. And that you have seeds to eat, you will get only one child. And maybe some other seed perhaps comes in the body. You will get the second child finished. The third one will be, the child will not be, or if there will be, very, how to call it, disabled. Why? Because we humans have done this. And that's for who has done, and who is going with it like this. They will go to the Narakas; they will go down. And others, they will go to the Brahmalokas. Therefore, they do so many ceremonies. We are making some fire, and we keep some very good grass, different kinds of grass, and bark of the beautiful, good trees, a little, not to destroy, and we put it as a yajña. And why are we making fire, and why this particular, even the... The cow dung, I can tell you, there are some people here also, and I myself know that for 51 years I am in Europe, people are searching and getting the Indian cow dung for Yajña, what they call them, what they are making everyday. There is one Agnihotra. They give the name Agnihotra, and in this Agnihotra, it is not very big, but in the whole house comes a beautiful smell, and all other kinds of smells go away. That is science. And in Germany, in Austria, and in other countries, many, many are searching, but for which kind of cow? In India, many cows also, only those cows which go whole day grazing somewhere in the forest and dry grass. So, that is, you can take it in your hand, not smelling, very nice. And that we, all the time, we had for our fire, for our kitchen, to put this one, this very nice. And so, also we were making chapatis, and we call them bati. And from these cow dung cakes, and that, the bati, you can see chapati from the cow dung cakes and from the wood, or like, yeah, wood, completely different. So, you know that many, many things are for the cow, and therefore we worship the cow. But people, they do not take care of those cows as they should, with love, and so they are getting more and more, like, etc. So, this kind of dung of the cow you can take. If you can take it, one gunny bag full in Europe, and you can sell it, no problem. Of course, in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, and there, they don't want to give anything out because they have no good luck that they can take a cow dung from that. It is like this, and that cow which they took, but that cow, they are very strong and very good in greenery, green green grass. So this is a little different thing, pūjā. So it was said that all these ceremonies are not only maybe for God or spirituality, but this has given, we should do this, otherwise it will not be like that. So one will say no, the third will say, ah, the fourth will say, I don't like. But 150 will say, "I want to have this." What? For example, marriage. "I want to marry," she said, "but I want to have a good husband." And also, the husband boy said, "I want to have a good girl." I'm not looking at whether she's beautiful or not, but at the qualities and the nature of that person. The nature, how do we know? Young girls are okay, they make them many pink blumps, I don't know what they call, so I can say only blue blumps and so, but everyone likes, when you were little, young boy or a young girl, you look always in the mirror, no? And you should like, boy looks like this and this, yeah, and then. Girls, they are doing like this, and young children, of course. Why not? Everybody would like to be, because the human doesn't know how to be beautiful, but animals, they don't make this, and animals are... very beautiful, their eyes. They're these, they're this in their nature, they are so beautiful. And if they, some kind of animals, want to make it beautiful, then they go near the water, in mud, and then go there and go out. Why? Because of the mosquitoes. And so on, but we see, we see that you will know what kind of tree this is. And if you don't know, farmers and so on, then we will say, "This tree only, I will tell you when the fruits come. Yes, then I know it's an apple, it is a banana," it... is a papaya, etc., etc. So similarly, how is your parents and house, parents' parents, etc.? Then we see the whole generation, very beautiful. And I can tell you still, more people in India, they are waiting that I would like to be married with some girl or this and that. But the boy will not say, "Father, I want to marry now." The father will say, "What? No, no, I'm sorry." And the girls also, "Mother, I want to marry." It's not your, it's not your duty, it's my duty, my daughter, okay? I'm thinking more than you. Mother said, "I think more than you for you." To have a good marriage and this and that, who are you to say that? "I will marry." Okay, mother, I will never say again. And the same thing, the boy will say, the father will say also. And the father, a child, in front of the father, he cannot tell. When he will say to his father, "You can ask any Indians, any Indians, if the boy will tell his father, 'Father, when will I marry?'" But this boy, never and never and never he will see. But he will say it, not to him also, but he will tell his wife, "Wife, now we have to choose a nice marriage for our son, and we have to see." So, parents, they are looking, and then you like good, and that like is. But there, sitting, one Paṇḍitjī, and he said, "There is a constellation called the Kāla Sarpa, and we have in our Om Ashram Dvādaśa Jyotirliṅga, and there have been that Kāla. If any girls and boys have the problem..." This, they should go and make a pre-krama every Monday, every day make a pre-krama. And this, the girls and boys will be so happy, but they cannot go together. She should know that, she should not know that boy have been and boy will. Also, do not tell that she has been there. There are many good things, maybe we don't like it. It is stupid things, but it is a balancing control that we can lead the social life in good, better, and now everybody is good. And someone's now run away from boys and girls somewhere, and I, after some months or days or somewhere. They married, and they went to the court, and they got something from the court, and then came home. Parents are very sad. Mother is very, very sad. Father will say, "Okay, boy, okay." But mother is very sad. She said, "My daughter, why did you not?" Say that you want to marry her, definitely. Then we will do it in a very good way. But this is the Kali Yuga, it is the Kali Yuga. Therefore, Kali, Kali, Harasāvatāya, Kali—there is one bhajan, a beautiful bhajan. So therefore, this is coming in positive energy in the body as a human quality. Human means not only your body and mind and that you are human, but as I said every morning, get up and say, "I am a human." And when you have destroyed yourself there and here and here and now, then you don't know where you will go when the soul goes, in which direction this soul will go, where it is going, there now where it is going, there suffering and suffering. Therefore, pūjā, meditation, good health, for yoga's many things, my dear. And many will be saying now, "Who's listening?" They said, "Ah, stupid Swāmījī, what are you telling now? We are in this century's living." Yes, I know that in this century, you, you... know how it is now happening in whole countries, and now in India is beginning very much in that direction. Europeans are going back, Europeans, they are not more, not more crying for marriage. They are happy and going, yes. Now it came to India, so that's India. Not Bharat. We are in Bharat. Hindustan. So, I mean, this is a practice, is what I want to tell you. That, what? Morning we get up, I am human. Morning, get up and say thanks to your mother, father, or praṇām. Then come to the water, welcome and receive, and feel very happy how the water is. And also nourishment, food, etc., etc. So, I think, please, those who are—can anyone from the whole countries, out of the whole world—can you tell me if some who are vegetarian, long time, if they got this disease, and if they died from this disease? That is a reality. So, yoga is purifying that kind of energy from the body. And where is that? More is Prāṇāyāma. Our, that Ram, Rāmdevjī, he is practicing very much and telling everyone. And we should also do now, now, come on, come on, yes, do it 25 times, please, everybody. Ramdevjī, thank you very much. You practise with me now, 25? I did not count, how much? 30, I can do it. Yes, very good. Oh, the whole stomach is so, everything is activated, activated. Very good. Nothing will be there. Yes, and then our, that was kapālbhāti, and now bhastrikā. Like a locomotive, starting the locomotive with the coal. That's it. Bhastrika and Kapalbhati, let's begin today. Tomorrow morning, 25 times Kapalbhati and 20 times Bhastrika. Then we will go see how it begins. But now, I am sorry that I made you practice now because you had your lunch, dinner, and everything is in your stomach, and I have no... so that's why I can see now. I have to come to Ramdevjī, because before when I went to Ramdevjī, he said, "Swāmījī, you are far distance from me," when he makes a joke. So, and now it will be like this, so it is very good. Yes, it has prāṇāyāma. Prāṇa, prāṇa is a very great thing. Prāṇa gayā to sab kush gayā. Prāṇa has gone, everything has gone. And as long as prāṇa is... there we are, life in this is the body. Therefore, practice, practice sādhanā. Don't worry if you don't like it. Is there a problem? You should practice, practice āsanas, prāṇāyāmas, vastrikas, kapālabhātis, and mantras, and kriyā yogas, everything. If you said, "I have to practice in my..." Aeroplane, and if I do, everybody will say, "What is he doing?" No. Look, those who really have that "I will do, and it is mine," these are doing. For example, Muslim people. When their time comes, they're sitting in the airport, they're somewhere, one side is sitting a little bit, or near there, and a person is putting his cloth and he is making his namāz. And nobody is laughing. Everybody said, "Oh, he is Muslim, he is doing his love." And all the airports, everywhere, international airports, there is called the prayer club. And mostly, you will see only Muslims. Yes, and some Muslims, they build very nice there, and they have some pictures of their... So that is, we must have confidence and faith. Faith can do everything. There is a very beautiful story of faith Gurujī told once, and from the faith, how it is... and it is so beautiful, the stories when Gurujī told this. Long, long ago, and now it came in my mind that I should tell you this story, but as unfortunately time is gone, Śrī Deep Nārāyaṇa Bhagavānakī, Dev Puruṣa Mahādevakī, Sadguru Svāmī Madhavānandjī Bhagavānakī, Namah Śivāya, Om Namah Śivāya. Om Namah Śivāya. Om Namah Śivāya. Om Har Har Bholē. Namah Śivāya. Purification. Purification, we know how many things went into our body. How many different energies come to our body? Maybe someone was eating with you and gave his body, eating in your mouth into his mouth, many, many things. Now, how will you purify the energy? The same water, the same alcohol, and same alcohol, no? So, this is many things. How much this energy went inside, and how? We will take out mostly for pranayāms, mantras, meditations, good thoughts, and never, never think negative towards others. Yes? Think for yourself. I can tell you that you never think negatively. And you are laughing. Why? Because of Hopi. Yes, good. Samījī said, "Nice. But what is in your nābhi, in your navel?" Ha, ha,... Wow. When you said, "Yes, no, no..." No, no, you see, no, no,... here is that, you know, and yes. When you said, yes, good, yes, yes, then you are full of the stomach, happy. And when it's negative, no, no,... I did not say, no, no,... Look, how is that? That is a body. That's called body and mind. So, look at your body. How to check up your body? Clean, clean... And that's why when bhaktas come to Gurudev, who becomes a sanyāsī to the Gurudev, so how the Gurujī's day and night was doing prāṇāyāmas, mantras, mantras, mantras. Deep Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Hari Om.

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