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Today, we will all chant Aum together, and this is now included in the Anuṣṭhāna program. We are completing what we began last year. This chanting also moves from chakra to chakra, involving the energies, the prāṇa, and the real Oṁ. Generally, we chant three AUMs; that is what everyone typically does. We also chant AUM, but that is only half. Now we should learn: chanting 11 times is very good, or 21, or 25, and so on. Now, regarding numbers: in numbers, we do not put a zero. But it was an Indian professor, or whatever you call him, who gave us this zero. It solved all problems. So there are only nine digits, and then there is a zero. With that, we can count as much as we want, but it always involves the zero. And zero is like nothing. Therefore, nine is number one. Secondly, you know, in many languages—Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Austrian, French, British, Sanskrit, etc.—he gave the insight that there is one letter everyone uses. Whether you speak Hungarian, French, or Russian, among many, many languages, one letter is in all. Everyone has to use that letter. So, number nine. I will say it in Sanskrit: 'nava'. How do you say it in Czech? And in Hungarian? It all comes to the sound 'N'. Yes, our pronunciation is a little different, but if you ask for the letter, the pronunciation is 'N'. Similarly, after that comes the zero. The zero allows us to count further comfortably, but the zero is only zero. That zero is what we call the whole globe, which is many ages old. There was someone knowledgeable about Sanskrit and prophecies, whose name I don't know. He said the whole globe is round. Before that, when we speak of God... How many gods do we have now, up to 24? The 23rd is there, and the 24th, Kalkī Avatāra, is coming now. When that Kalkī Avatāra comes, he will come riding on a horse. Furthermore, you know, everything will come. In the first era, if we were on the globe, the whole earth was covered in water; the land was not outside. God as Varāha, who has horns here, brought the globe out from the ocean. That is the beginning of God's names and everything. There are also the yogīs and yoga. They have their counting for each birth, day to day. It is given from birth to death. It is written when you will be born. Before that, you are already there. When this ātmā, the soul, the Jīvā, enters the mother's womb, that is the birth. Now you are in, let's say for animals, a human body. After that is what we call destiny. How is it in that destiny? It is also written. Holī Gurujī was telling a very nice message. He explained what our destiny will be. If our destiny is written, we say that was our destiny, or that was our life. That which gives us destiny is called the Vidhātā. So this is one Māta, a part of God. It is her duty to write in our kismat. You know kismat, no? Who doesn't know kismat? Okay, so what is the next name for kismat? Destiny. So, you know destiny? Yes. Destiny—yours, mine, anyone's: your dog, your cow, your horse, your buffalo, your cat, your mouse. All, it doesn't matter who. Whoever will be born will die. And what is in the destiny is already therein. There are different elements. One is water, so destiny is the water. Everything is in the water. Then it is called Jalchar, the old animals or everything which is in the water. We came late. All these elephants... they didn't come. It was first inside, like a Varāha and a fish. Yes, and you know that in some European lore, they depict a body, half human and half fish. Did you see that somewhere? Yes. So that is: first was the fish, and from that came the other body—also humans or the horse. Yes. So this is that time when we are coming and looking and thinking. The destiny, she writes everything. She gets the order from the highest and is told, "Destiny Mata, write this, their destiny." What she writes, no one can change. Yes, no one can run from it. If you think your destiny was to die accidentally, but you are in the hospital and remain alive, how? Because destiny has written that you will still live. Whether you are ill or very well, an accident or not, that is also in the destiny. We should all know this very well. There are letters, many written, many scriptures. What is written, many things in India, is nowhere else. And still, only that is written in India. There were many scriptures, very, very old, very ancient. The first university was in India. But when the Muslims went, the Mughals entered India, and one of them said, "I will destroy all the scriptures." He killed many people, or forced them to become Muslim. In Allahabad, you know Allahabad where we are in Kumbh Melā? There is a very big castle. The Mughal king said, "I want to wash my body with warm water. Heat that water for me by burning all those Hindu scriptures, and on that fire, heat my water. And I will wash myself with that warm water." You don't know these old stories. They keep it. Also, in your countries in Europe, there were many, many good things. All kings tried to keep it. So this is destiny. All is destiny. Destiny can be that first you come through an egg, and then from the egg comes the body. But it has... Also, many eggs are in the water. And there are some creatures born like us. So the destiny mother, it is she, mostly always the females, is a great power, and we cannot fight against destiny. Well, a surgeon comes, a doctor comes, gives an injection, performs an operation, and gives life again. And then they said, "The destiny..." What did you say? She said, "Yes, it is my destiny that he is still living. Doctors, professors, everybody worked because my permission is that he still has to be alive. Those doctors succeeded only because I, as destiny, allowed him to still live." No, we all have it like this. You know, there was the time of the god Rāma. At that time, Rāvaṇa was a Brahmin, a very great reader, very learned. He had immense power, all knowledge, and many, many things. But he had negative thoughts, and that destroyed everything, his whole family and all. So, in Sri Lanka, where he was... Rāvaṇa. You know the constellations? Rāvaṇa said, "All constellations, stay on my wing. Anything you want to go against me, I will put it under." All goddesses, all under his foot—a lot of knowledge and everything. And he had ten heads because he was killed many times, but again his head came back. That's why it's called Daśaharā, the festival. 'Daśa' means ten. So he had ten times that his head was cut, but again he came back. And so, for long years, ages, all were under him. If he wanted to bring something from Czech, that's it. Yes, no one could go on the way. He would not go; he gives up our order. Such power. Do you want that? Even in the Himalayas, many, many ṛṣis were there. You should know about that. You should read that book, the Rāmāyaṇa. Anyhow, let's come further. He had many children, and his wife was very nice, very great. Rāvaṇa was sitting outside on a nice platform. Someone was entering his palace, not visible, an astral body. It was Vidhātā, destiny. He said, "Who? Rāvaṇa. Who are you there?" She said, "My salutation to you, Rāvaṇa. I am the destiny." "Where are you going?" "I am going to your palace." "Without my permission?" she said. "I am the destiny." "Oh, you are? You don't know who is Rāvaṇa?" She said, "I know. I brought you also through my destiny." Can you imagine the power of women? But now they are lost. Yes, but still hidden in them, that's called the Śaktis. But the Śaktis have to follow all discipline, all purity, and nothing else. A lion is a lion. A lion will not eat anything, but a cat will eat everything: eggs and this and that. So this is different, but many of you could be like that. Anyhow, Rāvaṇa said, "Where are you going?" "To Rāvaṇa, the king, your wife is giving birth, and it will be the one who will give birth. I can give it to you now or when she comes." "Okay, go. When the birth of my child is there, what will you write for my child's destiny?" He said, "That I cannot. Why are you going there?" She said, "It is in my hands." "What is that?" "My pencil. With my hand, destiny writes. Now I cannot tell you. I don't know how it will be." It's a real story, not something. Well, Rāvaṇa said, "When my child is born, when you go, can you tell the destiny of my child?" "Yes, that I can do." So, he comes back. "Vidhātā, tell me, what is my child there?" "It's a beautiful, beautiful daughter." "I know my daughter. She's a daughter, the best, beautiful children, my great. But what is written in her kismat?" "Yes, I'm sorry, I did not write it myself. It's my pencil, and that was moving from the highest." "What is? Don't make time. What is the luck of my daughter? Comfortable, beautiful, everything." But Rāvaṇa said, "What is a 'but'? It is about her husband." "Yes, my daughter's marriage will be to the greatest of the greatest person." She said, "Your daughter's husband, the child, the man, will be from the hand. His legs are very like this. He cannot work. Our hands will be like that, and we look like that. And when he will speak, water falling from my mouth, and not so beautiful." Rāvaṇa said, "I will put you under my feet." She said, "That's not in your destiny." She went. Rāvaṇa was so angry, but he had no power further. He said, "Destiny? I will show you that my daughters' husbands will be the most beautiful. I will show you again, and I will push you under my feet." "Hey, destiny," she said, "you can try." Look, should I continue this story, or tomorrow? So the girl was beautiful. The daughter was very nice, very learned, everything. Now Rāvaṇa said, "He sends nice paṇḍits, brāhmaṇas. Please search anywhere in the world for a beautiful, beautiful boy with a very rich father, a king." They were searching and searching. Well, what happened on her birthday? That girl, there was a young boy. When she was born, there was one boy, and he was not very good. It was from another king, it is said, some king who had no children. There was a sweeper cleaning the streets, and he got a child, and the child was not so good. It seems they were unhappy. So what they did: they put the child in a wooden box with grass on the side. Someone put it in the ocean, so from a far distance, through the other child's crown, to the other beach or whatever, we can soar. So, on that side, there was a king, very great, and his kingdom was there. The queen and he went in the water. They had no children. The queen and the king were swimming and saw something. The king said, "Oh, there is something coming." The queen said, "Oh, beautiful." So the king said, "This box is mine." His wife said, "What is inside is mine." Destiny—I'm talking about destiny, my dear. That child, who was handicapped, was somewhere else, and he came until here. So the king took it home, and all was taken care of, and the boy was good. Now, Rāvaṇa sent messengers to find the best husband for his daughter. My God, they said, what to do? Whatever boy they brought, he said, "No, no, I don't like it." So one day, they found this king. He had a big kingdom also, and his son—what is beautiful, that I want. "Can I see?" The king would not show his son, that beauty. "How many girls are standing there?" He said, "Oh, how and when? You will see." So I have to sort. And so they came. And the king said, "For my daughter's wedding, many, many beautiful things are there. What is the marriage?" And he called many kings from many, many cities, and these, and these music, and these, and that. And Rāvaṇa is always sitting, oh, I am so happy. So they brought the boy. "Can we go to see this worker on the Brahmin seat? Your Highness, please, don't humiliate these boys. They will go back." Okay, so they made a marriage. Will he stand? You tell this. No, he is sitting like this, while Mary is in everything, sitting like this. So they married and everything, and then they gave a beautiful palace for the daughter and this boy. And the people who were there brought him, they disappeared anywhere, and they put this boy on a very nice place, some good bed or something, what do you call it? And that girl comes, and Rāvaṇa also is coming to, "I want to see my, my son's husband." And three persons lift him up like this, looking like that. And Rāvaṇa says, "What is this? Is he the husband of your daughter? Where is your destiny?" She said, only with voice, "I told you, my destiny, no one can take it away." Therefore, Rāvaṇa was also not successful. So, my dear, I'm talking about destiny. And don't go here and there, and there's a husband and there's a girl and there's a boy and this and that. No. Better not to worry. Marry? Your destiny will bring that. But take time. So even Rāvaṇa could not change destiny. So that is what we are talking about: we have destiny. And in many ways, not that destiny will not be. After some time, it will go away through yoga practices. So don't worry. It is it. Everyone, God will give. What? The little ant and the big elephant, it is God. He will give to all creatures. The destiny is in the hand of God. Why are you worried? Just do your sādhanā, do your work. Everything will come, and that will be the best. Be dead? Someone has destiny. There are lots of impurities because, many times, animals' lives and animals have different destiny. But we are human. So, from many, many ages, our past lives now have this destiny: that within thyself, not in myself, get your peace, harmony, good things, etc. So, in that, we should do something. Who wants to have marriage and this? Don't ask me tomorrow, not today. So it is great, it is very great. Therefore, what we should do, O Mahāprabhujī, we know what we will do. Please, we will worship our destiny. We make a light of that Śrīdīpa and Bhagavān Dev Puruṣa Mahādeva Satguru Swāmī Madhvanājī, Bhagavān Indra Dharma Samrāṭ Satguru Swāmī Madhavanandajī, Bhagavān kī Satya Sanātana Dharma kī.