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The Bliss of Bhajans

Kriyā is any action, from cooking to walking, performed within the framework of the five elements. The physical body is the first sheath. All activity, including singing bhajans or performing simple stretches, can become divine when done with awareness, unifying the individual with the whole. Even states of consciousness—waking, dreaming, and deep sleep—are forms of kriya. The challenge is steady concentration, as the mind constantly moves. True practice leads to a point of stillness between waking and sleeping.

"Kriyā means doing anything. If you are cooking, it is a kriyā."

"Can you remain on one point? It is not easy to be steady."

Filming location: Jadan, Rajasthan, India

Oṁ namaḥ śrī prabhu dīpa nārāyaṇa. Hamasabhadas prabhu śaraṇapadam. Sathya Sanatana Dharma Ki Jai. Bhajan Om Bali Shatit Narayam Bhagwani Ki Jai. Hindu Dham Samurad Satguru Swami Madhavananji Bhagwani Ki Jai. Vishwa Guru Mahamdaleshwar Swami Maheshwaranji Yogi Raja Ki Jai. Sadubai Sadguru Bhuta Bhagaya. Oh sadhu bhai sadhguru bhuta bhagayaa, sadhubhai sadhguru. Bhūta, bhayā, pāchī, sambhūti, pāchī, Sadguru, Sadgurudev kī chāyā. What was the bhūta? Ghost. Remāṇajī? You, anybody? Ghost. Pañca tattva. Yes? It’s about the tattvas. So that is the subject also in our Kuṇḍalinī Śakti. So they are exactly all point by point. Gurujī has written this on the... Bandh jana hai, r bandh jaga nahi. Appan pegana r bandh jana hai, r bandh jana hai. R bandh saikin kariya chanaher vande tarise legaya pavanoraye. Abke bichre na mile, tura parenge jaye. Pata duta darishe lagai pavanu rai. Abke bichre na mile, dura parengi jai. Mali avatā de kari pūkā phūla chunā liye, Kāla hamārī bār, Śhāī kī na kariyā chānā hai re bandhe. Chagā na hī apare bandhe. Chalatā chakī dekkar ciyā Kabīrā roi, Dui pātan ke bīchame śhabut bachānā koī. Loote sakhi tolu sathya, loote sakhi tolu maki. Loote pache fir pache iga prana, jadha jab chhut pache fir pache iga prana, jaha jab chhut saikin gaariya jana her bandhe, jana her bandhe. Shai ki na gaariya chana re bandhe. Māth kahe kumār se, tū kyā roṅde moī? Ik din aisā hoyegā, meron dunghī ṭoy. Māth kahe kumār se, tū kyā roṅde moī? This day will be like this, I will give you a gift. You can call it wood, but it will be made of clay. You can call it wood, but it will be made of clay. One day it will be like this, I will give you a gift. One day it will be like this, I will give you a gift. Sāyikin kāriyā chānā hē rē vande ban tu kar bandagī tav pahe dīdar avasar munash janma kā pahurī na barambar. Kabīr soyā kyā, chāgh na chāpe Murārī. Ik din hai sovana, lamwe pav pa saari. Shai ki na kariya chana her bandhe. Om bali siti taram bhagwane ki jai. Shashi kabir das ji maharaj ki jai. Very good. Go ahead. He is the creator of the universe, the creator of the universe... The creator of the universe, the creator of the universe,... The creator of the universe, the creator of the universe,... The creator of the universe, the creator of the universe,... Dava tana-mana-una-para-vārdhīyā sabkāche hamāri tana-mana-una-para-vārdhīyā sadhāra-sanātā-svarī. Jagadhyāsi-svāmī-tayālā, jagadhūru-dhyāsi-svatayālā, pāla-nakārī-janan-jānāye, Parabrahma-samākar-sehā. Parabrahma samākar se Devahari didāraye. Dharma sanātana pālanakartā, Gopī Śrī Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān kī jaya. Swami Sivananji Mahārāj Kī Jai, Hindu Dharma Samrāṭ Satguru Swami Madhavananji, Satguru Dev Bhagavān Kī Jai, Viśvaguru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Swami Maheshwarananji Yogī Rāj Kī Jai, Satyāsana Tandarm Kī Jai, Satgur Deva Kī Jai. Juga, juga, jīvo Maheśvarānanda Jī, śrī-dīpa dayā yuga yuga jīva Maheśvara nanda. Śrī Bipālokya Amaranda Juga Juga Jiho Maheśvarānanda Juga Juga Jiho Maheśvarānanda... Bhakti Jñāna Aur Bhakti Jñāna Aur Juga Juga ... Jiho Maheśvarānanda Juka Juka Jī Ho Maheśvarānanda Śrīdhī Pādayāl, Juka Juka Jī Ho Maheśvarānanda, Juka Juka Jī Ho Maheśvarānanda, śukha śukha jīvo maheśvar nanda, śukha samajhkar samajhkar. Śukha śukha jīvo maheśvara nanda, śukha śukha jīvo maheśvara nanda,... śukha Two bhajans more, then it will be five, five tattvas. After that, we will sing the Satguru Chalīsā Maṅgalpurī. Kalyāṁ galaṁ rāma-dulāre, ānāpada aba tere dvāre. He bhaja-raṁ hana-karo kalyāṁ, kalyāṁ pavana-sutaḥ hana-māne kījayaṁ. Nārāyaṁ Mahāprabhujī kī jayaṁ. Hinnu dharam samrādh parahāṁ. Śrī Svayī Mādhava Nadhajī Bhagavān kī jayaṁ. Jai Viśvaguru Parahaṁsṛī Svayī Maheśarānandajī Gurudeva kī jayaṁ. Śrī Gurudevajī kī jayaṁ. Sabkā sarjanā kha vyāpaka antara barame. Paradevanaka Paramadeva Ho Divarumbaramabha Ṛṣi, Muni, Sava, Santa, Jana, Jape, Tumhara, Jātma, Jñāna, Gata, Pā, Nirbhaya, Sata, Guru, Chali, Sahaja, Jopare, Ura, Guru, Dhyāna, Laga, Janama, Vāda, Te. Kha, Sata, Guru, Chali, Sakha, Riddhi, Siddhi, Sukha, Pai. Manāvañcī takarāja sare janama safala hojā, Oṁ na dayāla janama ke upajā bhajīva hojā. Koṭi kalpa panāśa para kṛpā deha rahe jina, khe gara guru deva pādharena java bhakta jana masūrena. Rāma lakṣya jānī viśva vijayī sataguru, kaṭi pāśya kare jāna śiṣṭha guṣaṣa. Sata guru chalīsā pare sune chitala. Śrī Madhavānanda Ānandakare, Dukha Dharidra Mitaja, Samvata Do Hajāre Iskā, Āśara Mahināja, sata guru chali salikā nipāla nagara pramā śrī pūjā sayā baḍī pahāṛī sata guru paramadayā śrī madandabāya. Palame kiyaniha nagara nipalme Nārāyaṇa Gaṅgā na diketi Darśana seduka dūra bāge Nirmala hoya śarīra Nirmala hoya śarīra Himālayan siddhava tarsi Alak Purījī Mahā Deva kī jaya Deva dī deva Śrīśrī Deva Purīṣa Mahā Deva kī Jaya Aradhe Bhagavān Śrīdīp Nārāyaṇa Mahāprabhujī kī jaya. Hindu Dharm Samrāṭ Śrī Parahant Śrī Svāmī Madhava Nandajī Bhagavān kī jaya. Viśva Guru Parahant Śrī Svāmī Maheśvara Nandajī Gurudeva kī jaya. It’s a great song. It’s from Chahar Svār. Bhole Śrīdīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān kī jaya. Deprīsā Mahādeva kī jaya, Indutram Samrāṭ Satguru Śrī Madhuken Sīr Bhagavān kī jaya, Viśvakuru Mahāmalya Svāmī Śrī Meśvarānand Satguru Devī Bhagavān kī jaya. Satguru nāma le tapa ṭaka jāve re, Antaryāmī nāma le tapa ṭaka jāve re. The path of the path of... the path. Today is the day of the bhajans, and that’s why the good bhajans, very good bhajans, yes. Copyright © OSHO International Foundation Thank you, Manmohan of the Kailash Ashram, thank you. Those who are on the path of the divine cosmic self, and that’s the path of the yoga. All the techniques, everything is a yoga, but many times the practitioner brings his thoughts in different directions, good, not bad, towards the mountains, towards the ocean, towards the desert, to ṛṣis, forest, animals, the rivers, etc., and also, they have some different paths, so those yogīs, they know their path, how to do. So we do a technique, Kriyā Yoga. What is a kriyā? Kriyā means doing anything. If you are cooking, it is a kriyā. Eating is a kriyā. Going to the toilet is a kriyā. Working in the farmer kriya, working is a kriya. Kriya means activities, and this activity which is in different five tattvas, which we will speak tomorrow about this. And this first is, let us say, our body, and the body is annamaya kośa. This body, this physical body, there are many thoughts coming also. So our body, our thoughts, our desires, many different kind of desires. Some people like early morning to get up and walk, walking a few times a day. That’s kriyā, and that kriyā is a very divine and very powerful because this Kriya, when we walk, then our whole physical body is getting energy and sometimes becomes tired, but tired is going very quickly out, and in the body, cells are very strong, powerful. Also, when we walk through the forest, in the park, and there... There are so many different kinds of birds, and these birds do not tell you that now we will change, but they are chanting, they are speaking, and not only one kind of bird, different kinds of them. Similarly, different kinds of desires, the nerves, the muscles, everything is. This body also, someone likes to go swimming in the fields. In the swimming, they are completely relaxed, but also they are getting tired. But it has another power, and it’s like it’s therapy, happiness. Or someone is walking in the forest. And singing birds are singing, and we are singing a bhajan. So this kind of, what we call the bhajan, and bhaj means think on God, love of God, and so we sing. And what happens? When one is singing, all are enjoying, all are understanding. They are not making different sounds, and so one bhajan makes the thousands of people who are in the satsaṅg, with one bhajan, all become one. All dancing, all saying jai, all making kīrtans, all one and one in all. Or they would like to go to do the yoga exercises. And that is yoga. Yoga is different. Nowadays there are acrobatics, this and that. Yogis did not do this. No computation, nothing. They see their organs, their body, muscles, nerves, all organs in the body. It makes them happy. Come morning, and you see how it is. When you come from the bed, go to the bathroom, wash your hands, your mouth, your lower body, and we are coming. We must not run, but just we are stretching, just like this. How is that? And we come down. Now, all who are sitting here, interlock your fingers and place your palms upside down on your head. Make your body now. Already your body is becoming so happy. Now, there will be something for my energy, my nourishment. And so, stretching. Now these fingers we have all together, palms are upwards, the elbows are near our ears, and our arms are stretching our joints. And our arms and our shoulder blades, very nice. Oh my God, shoulder blades need very much, very much. And so, when we are... the whole shoulder blade is stretching. And what is this? There, from the top of our fingers to the palm, arm to the ankle joints, the arm and... Upper arm, the shoulders, the shoulder blades, and going towards the side of the whole body till the hip joints and buttocks. It is going completely more down, and so when we are stretching the whole body, that is the life, that is the knowledge, that is yoga, that is long life, and we are going to God, we feel God, we feel it. And again we slowly come, like this. Why? We interlock the fingers behind the head and just feel. There are hundreds of movements, only sitting like this. One hour, only this position. One hour, only with these two hands, arms. Many, many,... many movements and sitting still like this, comfortable on the chair or anywhere or on the floor like this. So, when we come here and then we sit, oh my God, yes, and to the chest and again further and toward the chest, and I stretch and go up again and look up and down, neck, back, front, and touch your upper arm with your ears and the other side. But not like this. That is straight. This and this and this, and come, bless. And this side, then we come like that, and then we can see. Om Namah, Om Namah Śivāya, Om Hara Hara Gaṅgī, Namah Śivāya, Om Hara, Namah Śivāya, Om Hara Hara Gaṅgī, Namah Śivāya, Om Hara, Gaṅgī, Namah Śivāya, Om Namah Śivāya, Om Namah Śivāya,... Om Namah, Om Namah Śivāya, Om Namah, Om Namah Śivāya,... ... Om Namah,... Now, the hands like this. Feel like that, and bring the heel. And stretch your chest. Touch your shoulder blades. Touch your shoulder blades like this from that. So now, very nice: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Brahma pura sotam swami, parbrahma sotam swami, devinajaraniya bhajore manva, śrī prabhu deepa dayā bhajore manva, śrī pūjā deepa. So kriya, that is a kriya yoga. Kriya means movement, actions, doing something. Even deep sleep, this is also kriyā. Because when we go to sleep, there are three points. Do you know when, how you just fell into sleep? And when do you go into the dream? You did not know where you would go in the dream. And how does the dream come again quickly back? Some we remember, some we don’t remember. So if we can understand and follow these three actions, it means go to sleep, go to the dream, and come back again to the dream. So these are awake, dream, sleep, and dream. So that’s called Jāgrata, Suṣupta, and Svapna. These are the three. And that, a yogī, if we come to know, you are a great yogī already. Even we don’t know how we are awakened. Many times we are unconscious. We are running for that and running for that side. Jagratā we are, but Jagratā we are sometimes making accidents, many things. Then śrapṇa, jāgrata, and dream. So these all belong to the kriyās. So, therefore, the guru said, the master said, the yogī said, the awakened said, that not only should you learn and say, "Yes, what he is talking," and then you are talking. How long can you concentrate? Maximum two minutes, or one minute, or half a minute, or one second? Can you remain on one point? So you said, "Yes, I will," and now, "I will not think." You are already moving. We are willing, like the... Flame of our deepak, and it is already moving. It is not easy to be steady. Therefore, guru kṛpā hi kevalam māla. Mala chalti rahe, and then go in. There is coming a sleep, and that sleep is neither awakened nor sleeping. It is somewhere between, but it is on the one point always. Yoga, Kriya, this, there is a very, very important point. So we can make all the people, they cannot move, they cannot walk properly, we give them in the sofa or in a nice chair, and we say to them, "Sing a little bit," and then maybe they can tell that, look. One and two come to one to come, my dear, and to it so. And this come to come. Let them be. You give them healthy people. Really, oh, I’m so relaxed, yes. So there are many movements, and then talking sometimes, and... Sometimes it is not good, and sometimes people are sitting and talking and talking, and suddenly one person says, "Yes," and others say, "What are you talking about? Oh, okay, no." So suddenly one is putting concentration there, and that’s not good, so we let’s... We will come tomorrow again and have a nice, nice, good night. Okay, that’s it. See you.

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