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We are all equal

The path is one, yet understanding varies. All are on the same journey, like passengers in different classes on a single train moving toward the same destination. The spiritual source is internal, akin to a well replenished by an unseen spring, providing constant prāṇa. This energy flows through the nāḍīs—Iḍā, Piṅgalā, Suṣumṇā—connecting the individual to the universal. Practice and selfless service are the means to connect with this inner source. Confidence in the path is essential, beyond doubt or external validation. The body is a universe, and true knowledge comes from turning inward.

"Do not think that I am higher. Others will say that we are still lower. We are neither heavy nor light."

"I can tell you that the karma yogī will be the highest."

Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

Good morning, all dear brothers and sisters, all bhaktas and spiritual devotees. In the name of our paramparās, we are all on that path. I am on the path, you are on the path, we are on the path. We know ourselves through the whole body—our body, our mind, our thoughts, our feelings, all that we see and are. And so, as we are, we stand before our holy paramparās. We ask for their blessings. We know more or less; we do not know everything. We are in the lesser state of knowing. But one thing we know: we are with you. And so we always sing that mantra, the first of a paramparā: Parvṇīye naśe paramparā. Śrīdīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Devādidev Deveśvar Mahādeva Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandjī Bhagavān Alakpurījī Mahādeva Satya Sanātana Dharma. And today, Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa Dinesh, eṣa Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa. We bow down, we pray, we feel, and we ask God: protect us, bless us, and bring us to the Supreme. OM NAMO ŚRĪ PRABODHI. Om Namaḥ Śrī Prabhu Dīpa Haṁsabh Dāsa Prabhu Śaraṇāpara. Om Namaḥ Śrī Prabhu Dīpa. Oṁ Namaḥ Śrī Prabhu Dīpa Khaṁ Sabdhās Prabhu-Śaraṇa-Parātnaṁ Khaṁ Sabdhās Prabhu-Śaraṇa-Parātnaṁ Oṁ Namo Siri Prabhu-Dhīpa-Dhārāya Oṁ Namo Siri Prabhu-Dhīpa-Dhārāya Asato mā sad gamaya, mṛtyor mā amṛtaṁ gamaya, veśaṁ svastir vavatu, veśaṁ śāntir vavatu, sarveśāṁ sarveśāṁ śukino śrīkeśā. Do not think that I am higher. Others will say that we are still lower. We are neither heavy nor light. We are not lower and not higher. We are one under this tree. Look up at this tree, please. All its leaves and flowers and everything—this tree is like our mother, and it gives us immense energy and happiness. Similarly, our Anuṣṭhāna is like that. But there are different techniques. Some have not yet learned, and some are learning. But it is like this: we are all sitting in one train. One is in first class, second class, general class, but the wheels of the rail roll equally for everyone. Our service, our work, goes in different directions. And again, we will come to our house, which is different for each—a nice bed and everything—but equally we are all sleeping on one bed. So now we are all in the sleeping state. Some will dream, some will not sleep. We are waiting, taking some tablets, but it is the same thing. To understand, we should not make differences among all our bhaktas, our brothers and sisters. When we are going on that rail, the driver in the front will bring us to our destination. But if someone jumps out, that is not a mistake of the driver. And the power of that rail cannot stop you. If they try to do something, they cannot stop the train either; it will take at least half a kilometer or one kilometer. So, that is that. We all are one human. You all have the same path. You all have your masters or God. Understand, if we say my God is good and theirs is not good, then we are confused or negative. Like that, God is God. A train is a train. Water is water. Then why are we making something negative? So it is the same way in our Anuṣṭhāna. Yesterday evening we had just ten minutes on the Kuṇḍalinī. It was a glimpse. But perhaps in the night we will put each chakra. Then I will talk to you about which room, where, which letter, and what it is. You have knowledge, and I have that knowledge. But what I have in knowledge and what you have in knowledge, we have little. It is said: one very big water drum. You know, a very big drum? Clear? Yes. We have water, let’s say, about two million gallons of water. But we will take the water. It will go out later, slowly, slowly. Now we have to bring water from somewhere and fill it again. The second one, the other one, is a water well. This water well is deep, but the water is only about two meters deep. Sometimes, when there are heavy rains like this, it means four meters in height. How much water is inside? It’s not very much. That is our capacity. Now, some who did not want to come to that one path but take something out—when the water is not anymore in the tank, then it’s gone. That means prāṇa is gone; it died. Because there is no water, and we have the source of the water. That source of the water, we don’t know from which side it’s coming. But, coming as much as we will take water out, it will all the time be two meters high. That is the source. Now, you all, my dears, you have the Hidden Powers book, Kuṇḍalinī and Chakras. You read, again you read, and again you will read. Always, from even one chakra, it is the source of that knowledge or that prāṇa constantly. Every chakra has petals, and every petal has its different energy. For years and years, that real Guru’s path we are on is going and going and going. And also me. I have perhaps a little more than you. Now, the difference between you and me: I have the water from the same well. And because you are with me, connected to that, our well—water will come. One day you will go away, and it is gone. So this source of energy, prāṇa, is the same water. Whether you are first day or whole life, water is coming pure from anywhere we don’t know of under the earth. Now, what is that earth? The earth is a mother. And what is that water coming from? It’s mother’s milk. And where is the mother? In her breast. And now you have to come, or cry, to come to mother’s breast. And you drink and you drink. It’s fresh and good. Which you have preserved milk from different animals—from the cow, buffalo, or goat, etc. Yes, that milk. But still we talk from separate, and then again we are giving to the others. How long? So now, this is the example I’m giving. Mother Earth is that; she is a mother. And the nice source of that water is the milk of the mother. And we are the children. And we are drinking the milk of Mother Earth. Time will come, then we will make some other water well again. So this is exactly our anuṣṭhāna, what we are doing. Do not think outside. You should become Ānand. Now you are going through all your different nerve systems: Iḍā, Piṅgalā, Suṣumṇā. Vajrā Nāḍī. All the nāḍīs. In each nāḍī, there is a coming from a different source. And that is like the roots of the trees. And we don’t know which root of the tree is bringing more water here. It is the mother, and it is coming from within us—all these branches, everything. So Mother Earth, and we all vegetations, we are also humans. So, if we will understand that now I understand what is my path, then it is great, and we will all go again. It’s going; each and every leaf is going away. But they will not be coming together anymore. But they know that one day they will merge into it. So there is one poem which I have told many times. You know that? Yes. Either like this or say yes. Oh, God. Besides, you can... So these are all these leaves, and this tree is a mother. And the milk, the source of our mother, comes through the roots. In the Bhagavad Gītā, it is written exactly about this. So we all have leaves, children of mother, these three. But we will become old, and we are getting yellow, and then wind comes. Mother tries to hold, but a strong wind comes. And all leaves will fall down. Where will they go? What will go? Months and months, the mother will say, "My children, where are you?" Then the mother is praying, and again the children come. And the children come again. If you don’t speak, then it will listen. Yeah, but this is not for that. Oh God, in the wrong place. So it is it. But ta-tu-ta-da-li-si, the leaves from the branch of the tree fall down. Legi pavan udai, and wind came and took this leaf far. Where? Fall down somewhere. When will I come and meet back again? It’s gone. Pata, tuta, dala, se, le, gayi, pavana, buddha. So only three days more. If you can, before today, it will be okay like that. I’m coming, I’m coming, coming, coming. So these leaves will go. But prāṇa is there, and then prāṇa will come back. And someone lost negative thinking, therefore we should always think good and positive. And if somebody tells you something bad, say, "Please, I’m not here for you. Thank you." So that anuṣṭhāna, that is the prāṇa, chakras going on. And you know, all that, these are the three nāḍīs, the three nerves, whatever you say. These are the, what we call, our nostrils: left nostril, right nostril, and connected with that from far is called the, which one? What is that? We have three nāḍīs: iḍā, piṅgalā. Left nāḍī, right nāḍī, and center nāḍī. And that all comes together again. These three nāḍīs are very strongly connected to our brain. And we know that many of us have problems. Often we have problems with our brain, including our eyelids. Our ears, our nostrils, our mouth, all this that we have, they are all connected to the inner functions of our brain. Further, of course, the gods, they are all the doctors, surgeons. And you know, if surgeons and doctors want to learn, it takes many years, not two or three years. Learning first to become a doctor, then learn what it is exactly, and slowly, slowly, then you become a good surgeon. But what do they do? When someone dies in some countries, they are taking everyone through the surgeries. And in some other countries, it’s different. Or in some countries, they ask them, "Can we take this body for our study?" That, you know, everybody. And so then they put it in the frozen. And then they are putting some kind of chemicals, I think. I don’t know. And from the hair to the skin, and all, one after the other, what is in the body, we have to learn this, study this, and which nāḍī goes to where. There are many doctors sitting, you know. Doctor, like Dr. Vera, and she’s laughing. Swāmījī doesn’t know. But let him. And when I speak about yogic science, what will I say to her? So please, everybody. So many doctors we have, but what I am telling is on my way. So experienced, I got something. Long ago, about, let’s say, 30 years or more. So, I had one operation. That’s not an operation, but in the heart. So from the thigh, they gave me a needle inside. And suddenly, the needle was in my heart, and I didn’t feel anything. The first time I was also like this, but the nurses were very nice. The doctor is okay, but the nurses are nice. They will tell you good, and it’s okay. And the doctor comes. Everything is done with nurses, then you know, that going to the heart, and it came out again. So where is my thigh? What we call this part? My thighs? So it went in, it went out. Hurry home. But I said, "Doctor, I did not feel anything." He said, "Because I am a doctor." So you need, they are learned, they know. And if you are some doctor who has only studied a little, they are learning still, even for the needles. And it was again, it’s always, in medicine, it’s going more, always better and something. And now they put it here from the wrist, from this wrist here, the wrist. And he was... I was angry. One said, the nurse said to the barber, "Take the hair away from Swamiji." I said, "OK, only till here." He said, "No, no,... dress out." And this was, sorry, but it was in South India. So he saved me till here completely. Otherwise, I didn’t have so many hairs in my stomach. And in Vienna, twice I had. I think four or five or six times I had this anesthesia, and this. So, let’s say here went a needle, but it’s going in, a needle, not a needle, but a catheter. And I was looking, it was going in and out. I’m looking at pictures, and automatically, where it should go and where it should not go, what doctors are doing in the heart. I think you should not have fear. If you have a problem, then you should say, "Doctor, please do something." No, doctor, give me medicine, that’s enough. It is good. All surgeons, all doctors, they really do their best. Sometimes something can happen. Otherwise, nurses, doctors, they will not do anything purposely wrong. Maybe some we don’t know. Similarly, in our whole body, that is exactly what we saw yesterday in yoga on the screen. And that’s why, you see, long ago, the first operation was on the brain, and it was in India, in the doctor’s hospital. And exactly like that, and no painful editing. It is written there. The book is there, when it was, everything. And the doctor of the doctors is a yogī. And so in yoga, they also go through the nerve systems. And in our systems, we are taking here now what we call the kuṇḍalinī. And in kuṇḍalinī, there are only iḍā, piṅgalā, and suṣumṇā—that’s all. And how they are following is like a serpent. And so the prāṇāyāma that we are doing—we are doing good pranayama, everybody. But when you become a surgeon, a yogic surgeon, then you should sit in this anuṣṭhān, and there you should concentrate. And prāṇa, not too long or not too much. From which side to where, and this. So if you think that I will do long, no, any result, or result is there but wrong. Similarly, everything in that, in our, that’s all this book, what we have. And there is one book which is about Svaryoga, and Svaryoga was very much about Holy Gurujī Mahāprabhujī and Devpurījī, of course, beyond our thinking. But not only that, they are sādhanā or something, but they have been through this body, and this, our body, is a universe. If we go within ourselves, then I told last time, but I will tell you again. And so, within ourselves, we are looking out. It means we are lost. We are only a dry fruit which falls down on the ground. But we are beyond that; we are inside. But still, we don’t know. And if we know, but we don’t want to do. So, when should we drink? When should we not? When should we drink, and how much? And that is very, very much. So we have those yogīs who are practicing even at home; they are going to do it. You know that one book, the little booklet from Holy Gurujī’s disciple? And he said to me, "Who said, ’I give mantra’? Please, can you give me mantra?" He said, the man asked Holi Gurujī if he could get a mantra from him. And Holi Gurujī said, "I am retired." And where am I? I am here. So he said, "Who will come? You can give me a mantra." Gurujī said, "Wait. He will come." Like this it was. And you have this little booklet, yes? It is written in Hindi and English, exactly. Do you have somebody? Yes. This book again you have to bring. And that is because, at that time, there was no telephone like this. He was writing me the letters, and it was a letter written also from Gurujī, and he found Gurujī. And every letter that he wrote, for what? By that merchant. And what was he asking? And what happens? So he was a devotee of Krishna and Rama. So always he said, "Krishṇa." So that is the story in the book everywhere. You will think that Swamiji is making a joke. So that after the mantra, he saw that he saw Krishna, but Krishna was very restless. "I cannot concentrate, Swamiji. I am not here. There is a Gurujī there. Well, what should I do?" So Holī Gurujī said, "Tell Mahāprabhujī." It’s not my duty. Maheśvarānanda is not here. But please tell me, what is that? So Holī Gurujī said, "Tonight, morning, early, Mahāprabhujī will come, and Kṛṣṇa will come." And the truth, either the person was lying, or maybe I was like. So Mahāprabhujī came and Kṛṣṇa came. So Mahāprabhujī said to Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa, with a finger like this, Mahāprabhujī said, "Sit down." Let him meditate and learn from him. Who? Mahāprabhujī said to Kṛṣṇa, "Kṛṣṇa, you should learn from this bhakti." And so there are many, many things. At the end, there was one friend and an old man, about 90 years old. And he was a friend of that other man, and both they were going every day to the Kṛṣṇa temple in Jaipur. Now he cannot go because he is so old and he is dying. He will be in the old bed. But he called his friend, the Gurujī’s disciple. He said, "Please bring me to Krishna’s temple." But you cannot, so he said to Guruji again. "Please, Gurujī, what to do?" Gurujī said, "Don’t disturb me always. I am also looking at Mahāprabhujī." It’s written in the letter. So he goes there, and Gurujī said to him with his hand, "Look to this person who is lying on the bed with his palm." And he looks there, and the temple in Jaipur, the spirit of Kṛṣṇa. Beautiful looking as it is. And that disciple of Gurujī, he was an old man also. And Mahāprabhujī said, "He saw him in this palm, just saw him over him, and see the Krishna on it." Now, this old man, does he lie, or is it real? And his whole family, they know. And similarly, when he passed away, what kind of miracles were there? So, my dear, there is. It is. We should have confidence become complete. Otherwise, you are talking negative to this, negative to that, this, that, everything. This book saves you, and we will write again more. Everybody should have this. Some people say, "No, it is nothing," but still I am living, and Gurujī is. Now Gurujī is in Brahmaloka. We will come up. So some are like this, some are like that. So understand what you are doing. And who is not doing? And those who are not directly on the Anuṣṭhāna program, they are also doing Anuṣṭhāna. It is a joke. We are all in Corona. We are all positive, and they are all negative. Who? We are in negative? No. We are positive, but not in Corona. We are in Ānanda, in such a way. So this is to learn, to feel, confidence. And many times, some will attack you, like all birds, cows, or animals are here peacefully, and someone comes and bites them and takes it away. So, my dear, there are three nāḍīs: Iḍā, Piṅgalā, and Suṣumṇā, and another one is called Vajranāḍī. And Vajranāḍī is an iron rod. Very good, strong. You know now, a German lady, they don’t have a prime minister, but they have a different name. And they call her the Iron Lady. Yes or no? And if not, go and ask her. So, and well, Germany is a little country. With India, yes. But she comes there, and she’s also like, everybody is coming and saying, "Yes, yes, she’s a very powerful girl, lady." In Britain, in Britain also, that lady. Yes, you know, yes, they call it iron, and dead. You are iron. Yes, you understand. What happened? My God, exploding. Did you do something? And so you are humble, spiritual, great, and like an iron. What does that mean, "like an iron"? My sādhanā, my path, my guru, my techniques, no one can break out. And so we are all here together, all. Someone will be in Anuṣṭhāna, and someone will only be in Karma Yogīs. I can tell you that the karma yogī will be the highest. You are getting step by step. Why? Because karma yoga, karma sukha ślama. Yoga, karma suko ślama, when you practice yoga, karma yoga, that is the highest one. What kind of karma? Any kind of service. Someone is sitting beside you, and your glass of water is empty, and one little girl or a boy is sitting about five meters away. And he comes and takes a glass and says, "I’ll bring you water." And there is sitting beside the other one. And always he sees that the glass is empty. But looking like this, but who was far? Didn’t you say, "Can I bring you water?" "Please, I bring water for you." That means karma, karma yoga, karma yoga śuklaṁ. The third chapter of the Bhagavad Gītā. Read again. There is no book like the holy book, the Bhagavad Gītā. Can you send any one letter? You can turn to the other side. Then, definitely, you can do it. But then it looks like we have one tooth out, like if we had a tooth outside. So that is gone out. Somebody will put in, but that is not a real one. So, my dear, our sādhanā, our anuṣṭhāna, what you are doing is good. Everything is good. But what is it? But. Not bug, but everything is good. I have everything for you. Everything, but... Oh God, what is "but"? It’s not here. You can, I can give you. I’m not talking about you, okay? And also, there are other people in that, which can be called a politic. Tomorrow, you bring it, I will give it. He said, "What? Oh, you come, my secretary will talk to you." Go out. You know that everywhere is like this, you know? So that is not good. We are all brothers and sisters, and I am equal to you. And you know, if I’m like a balloon going up, how long will it go? It will get gone. Where is that? So let me down, please. I am going on the path with you. Sādhānā will be, it is our sādhānā. So Gurujī said, "Beautiful bhajan." Gurujī sang a beautiful bhajan. Chota sādhanā he, mokṣa kī chā kavā hove, jaga dukha chūṭa kā jā, piyā chā sādhanā kare. Om Śānti Om Shanti Om. My dear ones, all, today is the day of Bhagavān, God, Brahman, the Kṛṣṇa. You know, the whole universe and the whole globe. We all know about Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa. And you know, when again comes yugas. So you know, that was a very hard time, and then Kṛṣṇa comes. If we make a video, you will see what the Kali Yuga was. And so, at midnight, Krishna was born. And mostly, all people around the world, those who believe in Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa, and all today they may drink water, that’s all. Of course, if you have a problem like diabetes or something, you can eat. And till midnight, no. And after that, when Krishna was born, then we give puja. And then, you know, we have his cradle. My Krishna is here. So this evening we will do very nicely. There are some girls and boys, and they are doing. They will prepare till now, whole day, and after that we have prayer. Then we have eat something, and then we have Kṛṣṇa praṇām. You know that everywhere there it is, I don’t know, but they said the Bhagavān Jesus. What time was he born? I don’t know exactly, but you may know. And you know, at least we are worshipping very nicely, as the Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa’s or Jesus’ day. And every country is different. Australia wants to have a very hot day so we can go to the ocean. And we want here white snow completely. That’s it. So there is spirituality, but some people don’t believe. Then, at least we give them good eating, so at least they say, "Oh, okay." So, everywhere, so this evening, please, on the time, I will give already on that seven o’clock lecture, and then prayer, and then will be Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa’s day. And after, we will give the prasāda, because I did not tell you yesterday or the day before yesterday that we should fast. So, anyhow, next time we have to have confidence. So many, many days are there, spiritual. Wish you all the best and good lunch. Anyhow, we have breakfast, so we will eat also lunch. And after the lunch, we will say we are tired, so we eat dinner. Otherwise, thank you very much. All the best. All the best. Om Śānti Om Śānti Oṃ Tryambhakaṃ Yajāmahe Sugandhiṃ Puṣṭivardhanam Urvārukamiva Bandhanān Mṛtyormukṣīya Māmṛtāt Oṃ Tryambhakaṃ Yajāmahe Sugandhiṃ Puṣṭivardhanam Urvārukamiva Bandhanān Mṛtyormukṣīya Māmṛtāt Oṃ Tryambhakaṃ Yajāmahe Sugandhiṃ Puṣṭivardhanam Oṃ Śāntiḥ Oṃ Śāntiḥ Oṃ Śāntiḥ Oṃ Śāntiḥ Oṃ Śāntiḥ Om Śānti Om Śānti... Om Śānti... Om Śānti.

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