Swamiji TV

Other links



Video details

The Divine Unity of Practice and Grace

A morning satsang discourse on spiritual practice, divine grace, and the nature of truth.

"Whatever we do is not what we have done. Mahāprabhujī has done it. So nāhaṁ kartā—I am not the doer."

"Jagat svapna kī māyā, this world is just like a dream. In this māyā, don't be involved in it."

Following a group meditation, the teacher reflects on the collective energy of practice, using metaphors like an airplane and an ocean to illustrate unity under divine guidance. He explores themes of non-doership, the sanctity of speech and truth, and shares teachings from the Satguru Chalīsā and Kākabhaṭīsī, emphasizing complete devotion and the avoidance of half-truths.

Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

Oṁ Śrī Alagpurījī Mahādev kī, Devādhi Dev, Deveśvar Mahādev kī, Harādhe Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī kī, Satguru Svāmī Madhavānjī Bhagavān kī, Lalanānjī Mahārāj kī, Brahmaṇānjī Mahārāj kī, Oṁ Śānti, Śānti, Śānti. We all fold our hands and look to our paramparās and Gurudevs. We may or may not repeat, but we will receive blessings from our Guru Devas, and we adore them. For Mahāprabhujī, our holy Gurujī, and for all of us here and those listening throughout the world, we will chant. We will sing. Hamsavadas Prabhu Saranaparayanam. Om Namah Sri Prabhu Panarayanam. Om Namah Sri Prabhu Deepanarayanam. Hamsabhdas Prabhu Saranaparayanam. Om Namah Śrī Prabhudeepadam, Śrī Prabhudeepadam, Śrī Deep Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān kī, Devādhī Dev, Deveśvar Mahādev, Satguru Svāmī Madhubānajī Bhagavān kī. Oṁ Tryambakaṁ Yajāmahe Sugandhiṁ Puṣṭivardhanam, Urvārukamiva Bandhanān Mṛtyormukṣīya Māmṛtāt. Oṁ Tryambakaṁ Yajāmahe. Trayambhakam yajāmahe sugandhim puṣṭivardhanam urvārukam iva bandhanān mṛtyor mukṣīya māmṛtā. Oṁ Tryambakaṁ Yajāmahe Sugandhiṁ Puṣṭi Vardhanam, Urvārukam Iva Bandhanān Mṛtyor Mukṣīya Mā'mṛtāt. Śāntiḥ, Śāntiḥ, Śāntiḥ. Bless itself. Požehnaná já, všichni milí, drazí bratři. A sestry, všichni oddaní naší paramparā. You had a very beautiful meditation this morning, very nice—the Kriyā Anuṣṭhāna. There were two or three who felt their legs or knees were not good. But mostly, everyone was very peaceful. It doesn't matter the movement or the non-movement. It is like when we all get into the ocean or a lake; when we are in the water, it doesn't matter if your knees are painful or your back is painful. We are in the same water together, like we are all in one boat. Like we are all in an aeroplane: in the front is the pilot, then all the hostesses, then first class, business class, etc. But all are in the same airplane. They take off all together and land all together. So all are in the aeroplane. If some bhaktas were practicing very concentrated and some were not, similarly, you were all in that sādhanā aura. We have very good teachers for exercises, and of course, many of you know all the exercises. But when we are all together, that one teacher gives you instructions. You are all in the same aeroplane or in the same ocean's sail. Similarly, someone was giving a lecture. I didn't look today, but the teacher was good. It is like this in one school: there are many classes in different chambers. Every teacher teaches a little bit differently, and that's okay. Someone eats with the left hand, and one eats with the right hand. If one has no right hand, then eating and writing are done with the left hand. So all your teachers, according to their feelings, and our students whom we are going to give teacher trainings—all are together. In the beginning, they say the tata mantra: "Nāhaṁ kartā, Prabhuḥ kartā." And also, when it is done, again: "Nāhaṁ kartā, Prabhuḥ kartā, Mahāprabhuḥ kartā hi kevalam." And also at the end of the exercise, repeat the same mantra: "Nāhaṁ kartā." What does it mean? What we said: "Nāhaṁ kartā, Prabhuḥ kartā." What does "nāhaṁ kartā prabhuḥ kartā" mean? It means whatever we do is not what we have done. Mahāprabhujī has done it. So nāhaṁ kartā—I am not the doer. Prabhu deep kartā—Mahāprabhujī is the doer. You see, that's very important. All in the aeroplane: one pilot or two, and whatever we are thinking or doing—some are sleeping, some are talking, reading, looking at television, etc.—but one pilot controls the whole plane. Similarly, we are in different chambers. One gives you food, water, or drink, etc. Others give differently. But they are all inside, and nobody is hungry, nobody is thirsty. Similarly, we are in our yoga classes, yoga and daily life, and you know we are all in one boat. We have teacher trainings, and one teacher gives the teacher training, not yoga training. Then, of course, we have very high levels of education. We can say diplomas, and diplomas are about five months, up to 12 or 15 years. That is high class. When you're in high class, they will not tell you to do it like this. They will do it because they know what they are doing. So, that is our children. Yes, that is the highest class. Do you remember them? When one comes, it is like a very fresh flower opening. Our ashram is like a universe. What is a universe? There are two kinds of universities: one is the university of this worldly life, and Gurudev's class is the supreme, cosmic class. So there are two universities: one worldly and the other cosmic. You are so happy and healthy and good that we have both together. One wing is the worldly, the second is the cosmic, and mokṣa-loka. In that, they are getting cosmic. They will come again, landing nicely. Similarly, in our Yoga in Daily Life, what we are doing is not only one subject. In that subject, we even have a cooking class. You know, bus, oh, bus, okay. So it's coming; we all come in one class every day, and that's the class of our nourishment. Our stomach will not say yes or no. The stomach will not tell us yes or no. A jazyk také necítí chuť. Například vyplázněte jazyk a dejte si na ten jazyk med. Nebude mít žádnou chuť. Ale když se dostane pak dovnitř na dásně, tak tam tu chuť ucítíte. Tongue. But this tongue has immense different kinds of energy. In our mouth or gums, there is the most taste. Sometimes you drink coffee or tea very hot, unconsciously. Then you have no taste for some while. You know, the best remedy in our body is the tongue. But when it's gone to the stomach, it's finished. Then, maybe sometimes, intense time will not take. Then, either constipation or diarrhea. One month, two months, three months, four months, diarrhea, diarrhea. You will go to the doctor. They will give some kind of medicine for one hour, two hours, or one day. Again, diarrhea. And if you don't have that, you have constipation. Then you have to have Saṅkt Prakṣālana, good, yes. So the Saṅkt Prakṣālana is in our yoga. This is in these āsanas, prāṇāyāmas, and these trainings. In that way, this is the lower parts. It means on this earth, there are many great, great learned, but on it. And others are what? Going spiritual. It is said, one bhajan from one other good saint, Sadhu, and he said, "Please, if I come back again on the earth, please, Gurujī, bring me to your holy feet. Even if I became a dog on my ashram, or a bird, or one cow, etc., but on your door, my Lord. So that after that, I will come up again, and I don't want to go anywhere. But with thee, O my Lord, God, wherever you will bring me, you should be with me." Gurujī said, "You are very intelligent. You took everything from me." He said, "Yes, but I am thine." In this way, what you have done this morning in this school—some slept. But even if they slept, they were in our boat. But you should not do that also; then the boat will be empty. Therefore, it is very, very important in yoga how much we are doing. Our holy Gurujī was giving this beautiful talk about what we call the Satguru Chalīsā. And you know that? And Kākabhaṭīcī, that was the best. This evening we will show you our kuṇḍalinī chart. Look in your Yoga in Daily Life book. Then it is what we call Kuṇḍalinī Yoga—hidden powers in humans. Each chapter in that is very nicely explained. It is said that this letter, which we have in India, is Sanskrit. The Sanskrit language is more or less the mother of all languages. Slowly, slowly changing, but it is Sanskrit. Whether you speak European languages, African languages, the Muslim languages, everywhere we have, it is coming from Sanskrit. Všechny ty jazyky pocházejí ze sanskrtu. A z toho Sanskritu vychází i Latina. Je s tím Sanskritem velice blízká. Je to jazyk. In which country? What is your mother tongue? We don't say father tongue; we say fatherland. But mother tongue—maybe some other countries are changing. Maybe in some other languages it is different, but in English and in Czech it is the same. Okay, the men said, "The tongue." Yes, and the woman said, "My land." I don't know, maybe in some countries. That is a very, very clear thing. Mother tongue, and father don't know. Father has given the seed and gone, but it is the mother, she knows. I taught the day before yesterday, or yesterday morning, I think. That is what Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa knows. Krishna knows what is Bhagavad Gītā. I don't know. Maybe after that we are making this book. But Bhagavān spoke the Gītā, so though Kṛṣṇa was not there, it was His words. So Kṛṣṇa knows what the Gītā is. And who is the mother? That is your child. Māta jāne so pitā. Therefore, the mother knows who was my child, my father. Similarly, what you are doing all in this way, we have both inside balance. So, mother tongue—mother knew before that child didn't come to the mother, but she's searching. She knows, and it will, extra. So many are sitting here, mostly females and the male. It said, "True, make it one." I was just telling. But for mother and father, in this, under these trees, we are all one. That's it. So it is said, the mother knows who the father is. And Krishna knows which is Bhagavad Gītā. Similarly, in our path, that kind of knowledge is given by my teacher or my guru to the disciples. But what percentage remains? And it is natural. That is all it is. When, after the winter, the apple trees blossom, cherry blossoms, how many? The whole tree is white. We don't know how long they will stay. May comes the wind, and many leaves fall down, and the flowers. And the bees will come. They are taking the nectar. And with this nectar, these bees are bringing. My dear ones, if we are like this, so much pesticides—pesticides—we will not have honey. We will create only sugar, and sugar we will make liquid, and say this is honey. You know what is honey? And sugar. So if you make from the sugar, you make honey. You put it on your dress, and it will touch it. And bring now real honey and put it on your dress. It will all go down; it will not stay on the cloth. This is the first. What means the sugar and what is honey? So, but don't take a lot—one tablespoon. And then, of course, before falling down, you can eat. So, quality. In that quality we have to come. So, in that way, in this sādhanā, the practice, teachers, etc. So, for me, for you now, who is here, our devotees, who is there, all my yoga teachers, yogīs—we don't ask, "Is this a female yogī or this yogī?" We tell, "Yogī." Yoga teacher who is practicing yogī, therefore you and me, we are one. But when we come to the worldly part, then we are mother and father. Similarly, what is coming in ourselves, that if we are sore, then how many leaves, or from the tree, the blossoms fall down. Then what about the fruit? The wind came and broke it again. So, how many percent of the apple will remain? Even if it's very nice and good, how many will remain? And so, my dear, you and I, we were the blossoms, and now we are a little fruit, and bees are coming still. They are looking something like this. But there are different kinds of bees. But real honey, that is different. So, how many percent goes out? Those whose kismet, you know, in your kismat, and the other is gone. In this way, our practice, our talkings, and therefore Holy Gurujī wrote one beautiful thing about all the letters, and it's called Kākabaṭīsī, and there is this, the word, this is from beginning, and of course. All the saints, great they are not immediately writing something. They will write some, at least some, some picture, some flower, something. What means that? And after, write something. What is that? And then you are writing, and someone just writes it and signs it. That is called dry wood. But this is not dry wood. It is green wood. Then we'll speak, give many things. Dry wood lying here, here standing, and this wood like is that. Similarly, when you want to put one seed, and how the tree will grow. Čili když zasadíte semínko, můžete sledovat, jak roste strom. Ale může se stát, že všechny ty třešně bez užitku popadají. Skutečnost a neskutečnost. So, one king was sitting in his living room, and sometimes his friends or someone would come. The king is in a beautiful hall. And there are beautiful, different flowers and trees, and like that, little. And one on this side and one on this side. All different, very nicely. There's a water pot. And someone comes and asks, "Which is real and unreal, flowers and trees?" And it's so beautiful. Exactly. No one can think, oh, this is plastic and this is other. Then they give the water down, and like this. So the king says, "Who will tell me which are real and which are not? I will give you a prize." So there was one very intelligent person. Like Parvati, a very intelligent girl. So she came. And Parvati came and told the king, she said, "I give you the answer, but please give me time for one hour or something." Potřebuju hodinu. And he brought a nice butter tree. Butter, no, the butterfly. And she brought a butterfly with her. So she came in and said, "Your Highness, the answer is here." Mám tady odpověď. And he said, "Oh, where?" A on říká, "Aha, tak kde?" Do you know this, or do you not know this, or that? She opened her case, and a butterfly was going. And she went to the real, or plastic? On the real. Again, she laid it on the other side. Again, he was flying, and there were some real trees or flowers. So the king said, "You are right. What can I give you?" He said, "You are the best one, king, so you can test everyone." So, many people are just like plastic. Many times they said, "Yes, Guru, okay, yes, no, yes, okay. Gurujī is there, he is coming, let's go. Gurujī will come." But I think we are going today to search for the mushrooms. You can go tomorrow. Gurudev is gone. So, there are many things, people, they are dry. Yes. Many, many, many. Because now we don't know. We don't know which is good or not. Our butterflies are not here now. Also, butterflies are killed. How many? And now it came from one China bug. So he also knows what is right and what is wrong. Anyhow, so the inner heart, then, is further. So Gurudev was saying, Sri, we always are Sri. Sri means peace, harmony, prosperity. All Brahma, Viṣṇu, Śiva are in one it. In India, we always say Shree. When we write a letter to anyone, at least we write Shree anywhere, only when you are sending a letter for what we call someone who died, then we don't say Shree. But the dead bodies, who were mother or father, then they will also write the name there, the name Śrī. These are many things for humans. So Śrī is very important. Śrī is very important. Śubha and lābha. Śubha is morning. And very great things. Subha is very nice, good things. And labha, prosperity. Śubha, labha, upaśrī, then labha, and so these both are together. Then we write the letter, how the letters are written, what kind of glory. When you write a letter at that time, the quarter prasāda is only giving the good words, good words. Riddhi, siddhi, etc., etc. And one word is there. My daughter is marrying, so please come. But the whole letter is so beautiful, because my daughter, and she will marry and go to another house, she will not come like a beggar, my daughter, yes. And the boys will say, "Yes, my boy, my boys." So they are looking not only at the face, but the quality, the quality is inner. If you don't get it, it doesn't matter. You must not buy marys. Means that not going together, and hurry home. So even in the old times here in Europe, also, when the male and female went, they should marry. Now it is like everywhere, the China bugs. Yes, Hari Om. Nobody is giving an answer. You are not a bug, yes or no? They are bugs, that's all, Hari Om. They will all eat it, eat it, eat it by Hari Om. So, when you write something, one word, every word, A to B, B to C, and C to T. Everything, your language or other language. Every letter, or this is only one letter. It is divine. A, B, C, D, only this, but this is a holy, divine, great. But you can put it in the negative things; then you are destroyed. Every word there is in your language, this is your whole country, and you are all. It is a glory for you, the name of your country, the name of this, this, that. The letters we should adore, each letter. It is. Then if you take any one alphabet and look at only one, any one, you have 26. Maybe two, three left and right, no problem. Can you make beautiful, beautiful quality or write something about this one letter? Yes. Then you should say, "What a beautiful, from A to Z," and it is there, it is there, you have, but you have no brain inside, because before was the others. Yes, now, one letter by letter. So they will say, "B." What is B? I don't know. B, B, and many things. Gifts of divine animals are good. We love them. We are good, but still... So, every letter, please, make something divine. About friends, parents, beautiful things. Something. That is what I am, day and night. I am trying very hard for you to learn, but nobody is learning. Oh God, I am sweating. You know why I am sweating? Because today is hot. So I have till now... No, no, no. Learning somebody sweating, others not me. So, when I'm sweating, then this is my perfume. So my perfume is so good, nobody can close it. You have a lot of perfumes. Mahāprabhujī has given me this because I think he sent me to Europe. Other countries, and the smell will be different. So I don't know what the smell is, good or bad. I don't know. Something happened in your house, and you cannot go in. You send me, so I will bring the smell out. I don't know what it is, except one. Something like only one. I got the name that something when you are ill, and so then you are smelling something, so that is coming out. Kaffir? Menthol? Menthol. Jedinou věc, kterou čichově jako rozeznám, je taková ta mentholová záležitost, když jste nastydlý a potřebujete se uvolnit dýchací cesty, tak může tak. Ale musí to být opravdu hodně intenzivní. This is not here. Burning, it's like a burning chili. Yeah, burning chili. So, many things. So, do you know what Gurujī told yesterday? What I said yesterday, of course, my disciples are the perfect. They listen in this ear and go in that ear. No, no,... not dada. There's no dada. Yeah, Dada, Dada, Dada. Yeah, but when Pārvatī is learning, listening, she's learning. But she cannot pronounce. I cannot pronounce Czech. Nearly more than half my life here, but I couldn't learn the Czech. Is that okay? So, yesterday Holī Gurujī had this. So, "Jagat Svapan Ki Maya," it is said, it is said our life in this saṁsāra is a māyā. Maya means illusion. We were born, we came out from our mother's body, and onto the earth again. What is that? So, jagat svapna kī māyā, this world is just like a dream. In this māyā, kyu bhar māyā? Therefore, in this māyā, don't be involved in it. Nenechte se do ní zatáhnout. Jaja jút chodori bhai. Therefore, jaja proto jaja jút. Víte, co je jút? Lai. To je ta lež. Chodori bhai. Lai. Give up. Proto se vzdej lži. Sác bina mukti nebhai. Truth if is. Without truth, you will not get mokṣa. Bez pravdy nedosáhneš mokṣi. Tathā tek pakadre purī. Tathā, take. Hold this. Hold this. Take Pakadre Purī. When you want to do it, and you did it, then we should not put away. Like you fall into the water, deep water, and you cannot swim. And you feel some thorny bush. But still, you will not leave out; hold even the thorns. We will come out, so we should not give up. We should hold our satsaṅg, bhagat, mantras, everything, our school, our learnings. Hold this. Koy mat chodo bāt adhūrī, and do not say half talks. There are some people, many of you here also, but I don't want to tell, because they will also not give again. So let them. So it is said. Thatha, always keep for the bhakti. Then you will get the palace of bhakti. Take, pakāro purī, koī mat chhoḍo bāt adhurī. There are some people talking, you know. This person said, but I don't want to tell. No, no. You know that she came to me for coffee and tea. Thank you. Leave it. I will not tell. That means you put a needle in that person's heart whom you will tell only half. Either tell or don't tell. But this person cannot digest. Either diarrhea, or vomiting, or telling half things. Either don't tell. Let it be in your stomach. You can digest, maybe, but half you cannot cut. Yes. Do you know such things? Is there a hand up, please? I mean, are there some people who can, can you raise your hand up? You see, no one dares to say it. But I didn't say that you are bad, I am only telling that someone told you only half and not further. So, can you tell at least this? Yes. And who is telling half? Me. I am telling you half. Why? That I will tell. Evening satsaṅg. Do not leave it half. You should have love, bhakti in you, completely. Then you will have, like, a king's palace in the heaven. He didn't say heaven. But in Mukti, in Mukti Mahal, beautiful. Dada danka mat satka dena, dada danka satka dena, dada dada ... is like that satka, truth. Dada znamená satya, pravda. Tell the word of the truth, čili říkej pravdivá slova. Darna mat nirbhe sirena, speak the truth and nobody will kill you. Or do anything. Don't be afraid. Dada, Dada, dundu brahma khajānā, Dada, search Brahma. Brahma, Brahma is that above the gods. And that, the treasure of this Brahma, have mokṣa mahāsukhapāna, then you will get the mokṣa. Mahāsukhapāna. Mahā means great. Pāna means you will get this, so we will go to the Brahmalokas. No one will stop us, and we will all be in the best of the best. All these five tattvas are separate. Where we die, very soon our body, all five elements, will be gone. With my breath, inhale and exhalation, oh Mahāprabhujī, I am with you, inhale and exhale, 24 hours. Nadechhuyu a videchhuyu akhim sem s tebou. Om Namo Gurudev Gushāyī Sudh Budh Gyān Dijo Prabhu Mohi Brahma Viṣṇu Maheśvara Deva Sabhī Kare Tumhārī Sevā Terā Nām Sarva Sukhkārī Sumre Sukhī Hoye Narnārī Tumhī Sab Devān Ke Deva, Sadā Dī Jo Caraṇ Kī Sevā. Jo Satguru kā dhyān lagāve, janm maran ve nahī̃ āve. Kakka batīsā kā pāṭ jo kare, so bhava sāgara sahaja kare. Kakka karo kamāyī sāchī, man mein mat lāvo re kachī. Kakka kharab ādat ko chhoḍo, man prabhu mein cho jhoḍo. Gagā garb kabu nahīṁ karnā, ek din tumko nīch hī marnā. Gaggā ghaṭ ghaṭ mein sāyī, Guru bin bhed nahīṁ āve bhāī. Chaccha chandan jiyu sitl reyna, Karwa bachan kabhu nahi kahna. Chaccha chhodo ās parāī, Jokush karam likhā so pāī. Jajja jagat svapna kī māyā, is māyā mein kyo bhar māyā? Jajja jhūṭa chhoḍ re bhai, sāca bina mukti nahīṁ pāī. Tattva tek kapara le bhaurī, koī mat chhoḍo bāta adhūrī. Tattva tattva rakho bhakti kā, jab pāvo tum mahala mukti kā. Dadda Danka Mat, Dadda Danka Satka Dena, Dharna Mat Nirbhay Sirena. Dada, tuku brahma khajana hove, mokṣa, mahā sukha pāṇa till 18. Evening will be next, further, okay? Večer budeme pokračovat dál. Deep nayan Bhagwan ki Devpurī samādhi Satguru Swāmī Madhvanājī Bhagwan kī.

This text is transcribed and grammar corrected by AI. If in doubt what was actually said in the recording, use the transcript to double click the desired cue. This will position the recording in most cases just before the sentence is uttered.

The text contains hyperlinks in bold to three authoritative books on yoga, written by humans, to clarify the context of the lecture:

Email Notifications

You are welcome to subscribe to the Swamiji.tv Live Webcast announcements.

Contact Us

If you have any comments or technical problems with swamiji.tv website, please send us an email.

Download App

YouTube Channel