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The Blessing of Oneness and the Guru's Eternal Grace

A spiritual discourse on the guru's grace, spiritual practice, and universal oneness.

"Blessings come from chanting the name of our Gurudeva: Alak Purījī, Dev Purījī, Mahāprabhujī, and Holī Gurujī. They are always with us."

"When once a real guru takes disciples, even if they go, that consciousness of that guru, it is in everyone. We will know, we will know; we've forgotten. But that guru kṛpā, even the physical guru doesn't know. But it's working in that way."

The lecturer addresses a gathering, emphasizing the eternal blessings of the guru lineage and the pervasive, unifying grace that operates like an invisible positive force. He uses analogies from nature, politics, and a detailed allegorical tale about a procrastinating farmer to illustrate how the guru's consciousness guides and protects disciples through lifetimes, urging consistent practice and awareness.

Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

Good morning. It is midday, so it is not morning, nor is it midnight. This means we are in perfection; in every direction, we have everything. Thank you very much, and see you all. We have all received the beautiful blessing of our paramparā, our Gurudev. Your sādhanā was very good. We have to receive blessings, and how do we get them? Blessings come from chanting the name of our Gurudeva: Alak Purījī, Dev Purījī, Mahāprabhujī, and Holī Gurujī. They are always with us. Of course, there are those great saints, and they have blessings for all creatures—all humans and all life. Where is all this vegetation? They all take care and give love to all creatures in the water, the ocean. They also have their divine light for all other animals. A mají božské světlo také pro všechna ostatní zvířata. But those disciples or spiritual people are searching for that, and they have the Guru. And that Gurudev’s Gurudev, Gurudev’s Gurudev, they are giving us that power, energy, the blessings, goodness, etc. Ale to, co hledají žáci, to, co hledají duchovně hledající, toho mohou nalézt jen u Gurudeva. In the lineage of Gurudev, from Gurudev to the other Gurudev, the line of Gurus, they bring us the strength, the blessing, the goodness. Gurudev is everywhere. It doesn’t matter where you are. If we are close or distant, there is no problem. You see, there is something; it is negative and positive. And now I would say positive, and this positive, or this corona. And these prāṇas are without any vision. We can’t touch them, we cannot see them, but they are coming to us and giving us powerful power in the body. But that is a positive prāṇa, which we call negative; we are clean. Now, let’s say, for example, this coronavirus. No one can see it, no one can feel it, but it will go in, and how quickly it spread throughout the whole world. If that can go like this, you know, how now you can see the positive, spiritual, etc. That is with us. Your mother and father are here, and you are somewhere in other countries. But there is their energy, their memories, their love; all they are is in one place. Or, let’s say that our people, or let’s say in your country, your president, your prime minister, and all that, all the politics. Politics means, not that some people say politics are not good, then who will take care of you? They are protecting your country. They try to protect your country, your people. They try very much for your finance. There are many things. This is a few people, few of which are the president or prime minister, and that takes care of the whole country. Many you don’t know them, you did not see them, they didn’t come to your house, but they are making, in oneness, our country. And there’s not only for humans—our forests, our animals, all our vegetation, our rain, waters, and the same. You’re, let’s say, I’m talking about this politics, and I am not telling that politics are negative. They are all very, very, very good. And they are not only for your inner country. They are getting the connection with all the countries of the world. And where they have a big conference, International conference of politicians, they are all coming and talking about what to do. No one will tell negatively. And everyone will say, "No, that was not good, please, you would..." So, asking that you please take care of this, or you did not do... They are internally talking. So, let’s, for example, question this Czech country. And in this Czech country, your government is taking care of us all, and they are protecting us. They go comfortably back, they can come, they can walk anywhere, any hotels, eating, etc. And the government is also happy because tourists should come, and they also give us money. But you are not giving money in the hand of the Prime Minister; you are giving money in your restaurant, and you are giving for shopping. You take your car and drive. So in that way, you are giving to this country. And this country is also giving us. Similarly, there are all great saints. They are not only for one side. But they are looking and giving energy to everyone. That all the prime ministers or any government, they are not selfish. They will not tell other countries that I am the best and you are not good. And there are people who are collecting, collecting people. And they should only be with me, only with me. They are not like the political government. Politics is not negative. It’s positive, and positive is then negative. So this we have to do. So that is how, it doesn’t matter who is your president or your prime minister. Of course, first they are taking care of your country. But they are protecting. Your government is protected by others. If something happens to the Czech country, the Germans will help. Austria will help. Slovakia will help. Poland will help. All others will come and help us. That is what is called the oneness of the world. We all are humans, and we all have our time, and we are taking care of this. And, of course, everyone is proud of their country, and we are protecting that. Nobody takes our land. Similarly, if there is a real spiritual swāmī, or you should call the guru, they call the guru. But in reality, they are not the guru. They do not protect everyone and do not take out of them, because they do not actually protect everyone and in fact make distinctions. So they are doing and giving to everybody, but you don’t even know them, and they are doing good for us. But there are also those whom you don’t even know about, but they are doing good for everyone; they are helping everyone. Therefore, we are all here together, and you are from many other different countries, but no one asked you from which country you are. Please, you sit there. From which country are you? Oh my God, from where are you? Okay, so we are making duality, and when the duality is there, then we are separating. So we have no duality; we have one unity. So we are one. So this way, we were sitting here in our ashram, and you feel that it is like your own house here. You had good food, good air, everything. But you will go to your country, that’s also beautiful. But we will, in our country, when we go to Croatia or the Czech Republic, see how beautiful the Czech country is. Again, say all tourists, we want to go to the Czech Republic. And all the tourists will say, "We want to go to the Czech Republic or Hungary, in Hungary, where we are, in Vépu, and there it’s beautiful." You know, everybody walking around, and this and football place. So we are that humans, and we are very humble and very kind. You were not fighting each other. So we come this time here, why? We don’t come here when it’s snowing or hot, and similarly, the birds, they are flying. When it’s very cold, they will go to other countries. They are coming to India, and they know their route exactly. And they are, they have also, like, nests and so on, and then. And again, when the spring comes, they are all from there. It will be very hot, very cold at their side, and here it is very nice and warm. All birds come, and they come to their own house. So, in this way, what you made this seminar, we call a seminar. And we call this our yoga center. Some people say, not the yoga seminar. Many call it a retreat. Yes, retreat. It’s a language, more than English. So, there are many definitions. So, retreat. You know what that is? You went to the doctor, and the doctor gave some very good treatment. And after 10 years and a month, or 11 months, you go again to the doctor. Please, can you retreat this again? So, yes. So those who are going to these seminars, Retreat. So it doesn’t matter in which direction you say retreat. We are getting knowledge, and when we have knowledge or some kind of different techniques, it is all giving us retreating, but we have a seminar. So, seminar is something different. So, all within us is Senn. And we call Senn means the best people, sane. You are a sane person. It means that this person is so humble, kind, and helpful. And in other countries, it may be different. But we came, and we got a lot of our exercises, our techniques, and so in that you enjoyed, and you were speaking to all? And sometimes we were talking, I saw they were talking together and talking like this. And when someone comes, then they go. Yes, it is like in India. Or, in some Muslim countries, when any man comes, the woman will immediately cover her mouth. And so, you know that everything is covered from here to here, here to here, and everything is very nicely protected. And only because we see the eyes, and in eyes you don’t know. So sometimes, of course, it can be negative, something. Not negative with this Corona, but you know, many people, let’s say in India—why not my country? It’s in other countries also. But who am I to neglect or to tell other countries? Sometimes people want to go somewhere, and the person was not good. But they have to go, so they get the dress of the women and put it like this. And looking like this, so the eyes are the same. Women or men, and go through. And then there’s a man with a beard, so sometimes that is not good. That’s why at the airport, the control, they say, "Please, can you show your face?" So God has made everything beautifully whole. And every thumbprint is different for all. Thousands, millions cannot be the same; this print is set. Maybe someone is little, one is round. So, there are some people, and they are making some kind of lawyers, and someone who wants to make, he knows that he or she, we have to give them a fingerprint. So that one man, two weeks, every day, every day, is on the stone, so something is wrong there, so the print is not read. Similarly, that means that people try to go in the other direction. No, a tak někdy lidé se snaží jakoby něco obejít, nějak se tomu vyhnout. So, we are sitting here. And we are sitting here. When you are doing pre-practice there in the Anuṣṭhāna. Když děláte to cvičení na Anustaně, and man is tired. Many are already tired. And sometimes people are so into it because the teacher also closes their eyes and does the practice too. No, and sometimes it is such that those people, because even the teacher has closed eyes and is practicing themselves. A ty ostatní lidé to dělají, pak tohle to, takhle to vypadá. Takhle. Therefore, who should be alert, and who should not be alert doesn’t matter. So it is said, when everyone is sleeping in one room for 20 people or 5 people, and all are sleeping on the mat. All are sleeping, then you never know that anything can happen. And they will all die. Or some negative thing comes, so they said it comes when a very poisonous snake. And he will bite one, other ones like this. So few will be bitten, because they all were sleeping; they did not know. But one was awakened, and he saw there is something coming like this. And when they are crawling, no sound. Where is it? But who is awakened will say, "Get up, there is a snake coming in." Then all will be awakened, alert; everybody will be alert. Otherwise, it will harm many, many. So I saw it, in this program also I saw it, that that teacher was also standing on his toes. Very pressing, so that he or she doesn’t sleep. So, the awakened one can awaken everyone. And so, in your sādhanā, you are doing very good, and now this is given to you, for example, like an injection. You know, there are these ticks falling down, and they bite us. Going, they can kill us, a very little one, but we get an injection, and after three injections, then two, three months, nothing. They can bite, but there will be no harm. So, similarly, we have to be awakened. And that injection of awareness, of that "I know I would like to have this," our Anuṣṭhāna Kriyā, Anuṣṭhāna, it is like vaccination. You are now vaccinated with the wisdom of what you have gained, what knowledge you have gained now on your Kriyā Anuṣṭhāna. And there is also this Kriya, so this is the Kriyā Anuṣṭhāna. And second is that Kriyā, which is for every day. And then you have the Kriyā, which you have for every day. And those who don’t make it properly, or go this and that, or one should not listen to some negativity. Because there are, in the group, maybe someone who is making some kind of negativity. And especially, who is the best person? They will attack that person. There are so many, and then they are going again into negativity. And in that negativity, they will go deep into the where? There was one story. There was a story that one Gurujī, one sādhu, one day he came, he was walking on foot, and there was a very beautiful, nice farmhouse, so Gurujī went there to drink water, and the farmer said, "Gurudev, what great luck in my house, in my farm." Please, not only water, but give you eating also. So he gave nice drink water. Guruji was sitting under the tree. The farmer made a very nice bed there. Guruji was sitting and always Guruji was making a mālā. The farmer said to his wife, "Please quickly, quickly, Guruji may be hungry." So she was making nice food. They gave the Gurujī food. Gurujī gave the blessings, and he wanted to say, "I’m going." The farmer said, "Please, please, don’t go." Guruji said, "I’m going further." So the farmer said, "I lie down on the path. You can step on me and cross me and go." Gurujī said no. Now the question. This is very long, so if people are going, some bus is coming, no? And you will eat also, and Swamiji is talking and talking. So that was a story I will tell next time. So a few days he was there, Gurujī. Then he said, "Gurudev, you are the best and God." Please, Gurujī, I want to be your disciple. I want to go with you. Gurujī, I want to be with you, I want to travel with you. Guruji said, "Okay, tell your wife and let’s go." So he said, "Yes, Guruji. I have one child, and that is a young one, and he cannot work. So he should become a grown-up, better." Gurujī said, "OK, I’m going." He said, "Please, Gurujī, don’t forget me. I will go with you then." In two months, yeah, two years, Gurujī came back. Gurudev, Gurudev, I was nearly crying and dying. Two years, my Lord. Please, Gurujī said, "Okay, I’m a long way, I was, and again eating, everything. Please stay here some days." Then he said, "Gurujī, I want to go with you, but you know, my son is still not married." So we will marry him first, then I will go. I don’t want to stay here. So Gurujī went. After three years, Gurujī came. Gurujī, Gurujī, so late! Yes, but your son, oh, he’s so nice. And he got one, my God, one grandchild, a boy. He’s about two years old, but you know, my son is very lazy. And we get a lot of money and spend it on the marriage. So I will see, and I go. He came again and said, "Gurujī, I will go with you." But there, one child died. And said, "And you said you have one like beautiful cow and calf?" And he said, "Yes, this calf is very good, and it’s working very good for me. I have other son, and he’s growing very nice." And so he said. Okay, then you come with me. No, please. When the child, and my very nice, very nice, the child who had died, and it said, "Gurujī said it was that your friend, your son, and become now the cow, or his cow." So he said, "Okay." So, two or three days later, Gurujī comes back and said, "Oh, my calf is very nice, and he’s grown, and he’s working in the field, and very nice." When he came back next time, that car also died. How did it happen? He was so nice, and he was running for my work. And while I kneaded the luggage lot, he could not walk. He fell down and died. Where is your heart? He said, "I don’t know." Then Gurujī looked into your cosmic self, Gurujī se zahleděl do kosmického já, no, and from that little body became a dog, and so that dog is now here and says, "You have a good dog here," and that dog serves me so well. I can sleep here and the dog won’t let anyone in. And when the thieves come, he wakes me up. Oh, very good. Now, you can come with me? No, no, no. We need a little work. And my dog is very good. Swāmījī went. Well, after one and a half hours, again Gurujī was walking by and said, Oh, František, where is your dog? Oh, Gurudev, my dog. You see, my dog was so great, very, very, very nice, alert. But one day, my wife and I went to another village. And we stayed one night somewhere there. And the whole night, that dog was walking, and thieves were going. And thieves said, "I don’t go in their house every night. The dog is wow, wow, wow." So they killed him. The next day when they came, "Franticek, oh my god!" Well, Gurujī came again. Then he said, "Oh, where is your dog?" Guru, the dog was so good, but somebody killed him. Well, everyone’s life is only that much. But is there anything more? Yes, I have a little baby. From my child’s side. So what happens? That was, his son was there and the father died. And that father is getting from there the cows, then the dogs, etc. And Gurujī is looking with his third eye. So, where is your dog? The dog is gone. Gurujī meditates in the same tree, the same āsana for Gurujī. And see, it became a dog, a snake. Oh, my God! Gurujī said he went to the lower and lower. Now, his farmer’s daughter, or son, was working in the field. And Gurujī came, so he said, "Please cook something for Gurujī," and so on. So his wife said, "I will go and bring good fresh water from the water well." And František is working there, and her daughter, her wife, she put the child in the cradle, and the child was in. It was a little cold, so it was nice, covered over, a little open. She went for water about 50 meters away. And the child began to cry. So this Gurujī said that one became a cobra. And Gurujī said, "Let him go. I will see something." And a snake comes, big, and he stands over the cradle. And making the sand from the sun, and this cobra. It’s my child, my baby, my son, cobra. And that lady came and she saw the snake over my child. Oh God, she threw her water away and ran. And her husband came, "What happened? What happened?" He says, "There is a snake." He brings the stick. And on the cobra, he beats it two, three times. Gurujī said, "Moment, moment,... please, please." I will give mantra to this cobra, and he will die. We will go. That farmer, boy, František, he said, "Gurudev, my stick is the best mokṣa." So, it will go. Gurujī said, "No, no, moment." Then Kobra said, "Baba Jī, before Gurujī," and now said Bābājī, "What have I done to you, Swāmījī? Why are you running behind me? When I was there, I gave you food, you were my disciple." Then, my son, my bum, this kind of bum, bull, and this. Why are you behind me, Bābājī? This is my child. If he kills me or burns me, why are you behind me? Guruji said, "He goes to Naraka," the snake died. Now, Gurujī came after one year, two years only. One year, and there became one bee. One nice bee, and he said, "Gurujī said, ’Now you want to come? Please don’t run.’" But the bee went to the lotus flower, and he went to it, and there was nice sweet juice. So he was drinking first there, and it was afternoon. And that flower closed. What was that flower? Lotus flower. So that bee was closed in. Gurujī said, "It is my duty because I gave one person a blessing, that you are my disciple and I give you mokṣa." So it remained in this. Gurujī took that flower, and in the morning he came to Bhagavān Śiva and opened that flower first in front of Śiva. And that was Mokṣit Bhagavān. He said, "Send him back." Bhagavān says, "Send him back." But Gurujī says, "Why? I will not take him." Just take him back. Put him there. After a few days or one month, that being was thick and fell down. Then it became a worm. That worm again, this bee brought into the flower and again brought to Śiva. Now Guru Dev said, "Bhagavān Śiva, it is the latest, and latest after will not be." And he said, "Now it’s too late, it’s too late... it’s too late." and went to Brahmā and made him liberation. This is the story. So when once a real guru takes disciples, even if they go, that consciousness of that guru, it is in everyone. We will know, we will know; we’ve forgotten. But that guru kṛpā, even the physical guru doesn’t know. But it’s working in that way. Therefore, one has to become the best guru, guru sister, guru brother, guru sister, is for me all, they are like disciples. So, you are my son and you are my daughters. But that is not that. Now you will not marry this and this. You will marry, Marry the best one, because that is your disciple and your disciple. And you will have nice times. So, this anuṣṭhāna that you have done, in this anuṣṭhāna all five elements are purified. Annamaya, Prāṇamaya, Manomaya, Vijñānamaya, and the Ānandamaya. And this has brought all in your purification. Purification, and now go at home, practice, meditate, prayers, etc. With this, I wish you all the best. I pray to Mahāprabhujī, Devapurījī, Holy Gurujī, that our holy Gurujī, please bless me, that what you have given me, I can give further to all. That’s it. With this, we pray. S tím se modlíme. Om Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇam Om Prabhu Dīp Nārāyaṇam Om Namaḥ Śrī Prabhu Dīpa Nārāyaṇam... Prabhu Dīpa Nārāyaṇam. Om Namah Śrī Prabhu Dīpanārāya. Om Namah Śrī Prabhu Dīpanārāyaṇam... Devadhī Dev, Deveśvar Mahādev, Haradhī Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandjī Bhagavān, Alak Purī Jī Mahādev, Lālānandjī Mahārāj, Śivānanda Mahārāj, Brahmananda Purī Jī Mahārāj.

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