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First of all, hold your hands together and think mentally about God, the divine, and how you feel about Him. We have our Ālagpurījī Siddhapīṭha Paramparā from the Satya Yuga, from Śiva. From there, a beautiful river is flowing through the Himalayas. The name of that river is the Alaknandā River. On one side comes the Bhāgīrathī River, and on the other side is the Alaknandā. Where they meet together—and that is where both rivers begin—is called Devpurījī. There it is called Dev Prayāg. A Prayāg is a confluence. So that Prayāg means meeting together. One side is Bhāgīrathī and one side is Alaknandā. When they meet there in Dev Prayāg, from Bhāgīrathī and Alaknandā, then it is said that the complete Gaṅgā is formed. Before, it is another name: Bhāgīrathī. The great Ṛṣi Bhagīratha. Bhagīratha was a great ṛṣi, maybe from the Satya Yuga’s time, maybe before. We all ask God, because the Gaṅgā river, Gaṅgā is the sister of Pārvatī. After all this, Gaṅgā wanted to go to Brahmaloka. But again, it is said by Śiva, also Brahmā and Viṣṇu, they asked this river Gaṅgā, "Please come back to this earth. Otherwise, everything will be destruction." But Gaṅgā was already in the Brahmaloka. So they all prayed and said, "Please come." She said, in what we call the Kali Yuga, that time this will disappear. But we are all praying to Gaṅgā, Mother Gaṅgā, please don’t go away. You know that Brahmā said, "Gaṅgā, please come on the earth." But she said, "How will I come? How, where will I land?" Prāṇa is power, etc. It is immense power. Also, when it comes from yuga to yuga, some great god comes, the god who is coming to earth. Then, there are many, many things happening. So Gaṅgā said, "I will come. But if I come on the earth, the earth will split." That is the power of the Gaṅgā from the Satya Yuga. So now she is getting ready. But everyone says, "But how will we do it? It will go through the earth." So Brahmā and Viṣṇu and all these other ṛṣis come to Śiva. "Śiva, please." So, what is that? That your Gaṅgā, Pārvatī is here and Gaṅgā is there. So, please, all humans and all animals and all, they are suffering. No water. Well, Bhagavān Śiva said, "Gaṅgā, you land on my head." Like where you will land at the airport, landing the plane. Similarly, Gaṅgā is powerful, but Śiva says, "Don’t worry, land on my head." Śiva was in meditation, and Gaṅgā arrived like water. And then in the Himalayas, this water and all begins again. And so the Gaṅgā arrived here, and since that time we worship. We are making ceremonies. You know that everyone, when we go to the Himalayas and India, it is said from the Himalayas, the Gaṅgā arrives still in the Indian Ocean. You know that about all, so that Gaṅgā is coming that side. The other side is Alaknandā, Ālagpurījī. On one side is Śiva, and on the other side is Ālagapurī. And so, Ālagapurī’s disciple was Nandādevī. And Nandādevī was also the disciple of Śiva. So Pārvatī, Gaṅgā, all these, and with them Nandā Devī. So Nanda Devī was there in the forest. So when the Gaṅgā and the Pārvatī and then the Nanda Devī... So the residence of the big part of the Himalayas and that forest, the big forest, mountains, and everything, is called Nanda. Nanda Devī. And that time, in Satya Yuga time, Nanda Devī was a disciple of Ālag Purījī. And she was with the animals and cows, so one day, a very big tiger comes to kill one cow. So Nanda Devī became a cow. And she came in front of that. All other cows were on one side. And one cow came. She said, "Who are you?" "I am a tiger. Why are you coming here? Because I will eat one of the cows," she said. "It means you will kill me." The tiger said, "It doesn’t matter." Then she said, "I know that you will eat me, but I am Nanda Devī. And I have two wishes: first, you will kill my body, but on this point where I am here, should be my temple." And still that temple is there, a little temple, and people are living there, and those who are going to Badrināth, they also go to have a darśan of the Nanda temple. And second, she said, because I am a disciple of my Ālagpurījī... A disciple has to choose one point. Anyhow, now you cannot do like this. But what to do? So, Nanda Devī said to the tiger, "My two wishes: one is my temple here, in my old forest here, and that is now, I don’t know how many kilometers apart, but in the Nandā River, and in the forest. And second," she said, "I want to be with my Gurudev." Through becomes the Gaṅgā, and there will be Gaṅgā, and there will be Nandā, and we will continue that the holy, holy rivers, one of the holiest rivers. Then the tiger wants to attack, and he comes near, and he said, "I pronounce you Devī Nandā Devī. I was only... making you that if you are strong or not, I came to bring you to this place, and I carry you to the Gaṅgā." Nanda, therefore Alak River. So Alak River becomes Alak Nanda River. But many, many rivers in the whole Himalayas, there are thousands of rivers. So in the whole Himalayas, it is a holy mountain range. And that’s why all incarnations, and the like, are landing there. And so, first was this, and second is the Gaṅgā. Now, there are two stories. And this is that also: there was a time when there was no water. All the glaciers were gone, so in this part of the north side to the west side, there was no water, so it was dry and dry. So that Ṛṣi Bhagīratha, and he had disciples—many disciples—one of them, her name was Gaṅgā. So she came to Bhagīratha and said, "Gurudev, there are people and animals, and they are all dying because there is no water." So what to do? She said, "We will, from the different rivers, little little rivers, we will lie on one river." So there was water coming from the Himalayas, very high and big rocks, and from inside there was coming strong water, and that is called the Gaṅgā River. O Gaṅgā Devī. So she said, "Guru Dev, what can I do?" So she goes to the king of the Himalayas. And so he gives some kind of support. Maybe there was no money on that side, but something, I don’t know what. And so many, many thousands of people, or hundreds of people, all were helping, and directed this water to one river. And so it goes, this Bhāgīrathī, the river Bhāgīrathī. Bhagavān Śiva is the king of the Himālaya, so they came, and Bhagīrathaṛṣi, Bhagīrathaṛṣi said, "King, I have done nothing. It is the work of my disciple, Gaṅgā." Therefore, we give her the name Gaṅgā. So Bhagīratha comes. But then it has to know the Gaṅgā. Alak Nanda is also named Alak Nanda, and Nanda is coming together. So Gaṅgā is that Śiva’s daughter. So that Śiva brought the Gaṅgā. Pārvatī, Bhāgīrathī, all these are there. So now what to do? There are all these Gaṅgā, Bhāgīrathī, Nandā, and other rivers. And that’s why it becomes a holy river. So, mostly rivers which they are calling as feminine. And I think river is also as a masculine, no, feminine, sorry. So this is holy, and you know that because all women, all this, they are holy. But when the holies also go here and there, then they lose everything. Because, like that, the Gaṅgā, she went from Śiva, Gaṅgā, and Pārvatī, and then she went, and then again they call him Brahmā and Viṣṇu, "Please bring the Gaṅgā, Gaṅgā Devī, come on the earth." And then she worked to bring the water here. So, this is what we call our work of those devīs. And so with that, the Alaknandā, and Alaknandā is that time, Satya Yuga, with the Śiva time, everything, and still they are there, it will be there, but those who wash, they were washing themselves in the river of the Gaṅgā. Those who are taking a dip in the river of the Alaknandā, where is the source of that river? And in that, if you can wash in that river, then you are, your all negative and all, whatever it is, impurities, are cleaned up. Then you will have feelings. Yes, you will have feelings. But some people, like we all, people, some of us humans now, we need many times to dip in the river, yes, yeah, in the Gaṅgā, dip in, yes, yeah. It doesn’t mean cold. Cold is first, then suddenly you don’t feel, you know, when cold water you go in like this. But just go in, the prāṇa in our... body, this fire, annamaya, prāṇamaya, all this power, suddenly the fire comes out. You don’t feel cold, but when you come out, then again the air will come. It is the air that is making you cold, you know that? Yes, and when we are under the water, the air cannot go, so there are many things, you know, how we can do. But it means not that you are swimming long. Then Nanda Devī will say, "My sister, you can remain here in the form of the glaciers." So, if you are long there, then you are eternal until some Kali Yuga comes again, and glaciers are melting. So, those who went with me in the last few years, and what we have done, don’t give anything inside. First, let it cool, and then we... So, similarly, we also purify ourselves. There are certain thoughts we have, that kind of desires. So, if the river is not clean, you will also go to the river. In the rivers, it is very pure, but the water gets out of the village or city, and all the dirty water is growing inside. But at the beginning, the river is the cleanest, but then when it flows through the village and town, all the dirty water gets into the river. What do you call these channels? Canalization. Which one? All from the villas, toilets, this, that, everything. And again, you go into that. Oh, my God. You make your bath in the Gaṅgā, you clean your body, and now you go to the Nandā or you go to the Alaknandā. So Alak is there and Nandā, that female, purified all women’s all negative goes out. And Alak is there and Nandā is the woman who cleanses all the negative; all of it disappears. But when you come out again... So it is said when the animal, the very big animal, the elephant, goes for swimming. There are two stories about that. One is that when the elephant went swimming, a big crocodile held him like this, and now he is pulling him down and down. An elephant is going sick, down and down and down. Only his trunk happened to open. Už jenom ten chobot tam na hoře, and he was calling God. God, please, Brahman, Śiva, so God. And then the God. And then God: Brahmā, Śiva, and Viṣṇu. So Viṣṇu was listening about the elephant, and the elephant was telling Viṣṇu, "God, God, please, Bhagavān, Bhagavān." So Bhagavān Viṣṇu said to Garuḍa, "Let’s go quickly." And Garuḍa spins his wings very quickly, but still Viṣṇu said, "Your speed is not enough until that elephant dies." So Bhagavān Viṣṇu himself, and then Bhagavān himself, Bhagavān Viṣṇu jumped in and caught the elephant. That’s a big story there, a very big story. Yes. Similarly, also in all other duties, the Bhagavān does everything. But again and again, you are getting in. Then you are gone. So when we are in the Gaṅgā, that’s the holy water. You can have many, many years; the Gaṅgā water will not be dirty. But that water will go out of the Gaṅgā and go into other channels. Again, you will begin dirty, but those who are going dirty into the Gaṅgā, they are purified. So when you go once, and again you go out, you are completely, you are in the, what you call, very spiritual. Not spiritual, very dirty. Similarly, Nandādevī. And when you have been in Nandādevī, you have become pure of the Alak Nanda, Alak Purījī, and direct Śiva. We are purifying, and we come to the Alaknandā river, and all dirt is cleaned. What kind of dirt? Negative thinking, negative working, negative feelings, doing many other things which I don’t want to tell. Therefore, that is the ṛṣis, and so the Gaṅgā Devī comes there. And there is also that river and that very beautiful, beautiful forest. And in the forest, there’s not only little, little grass, that’s all, there’s no big trees, but there are other things. There’s another beautiful story, but if I do everything, tell you the next time, you will not come. That’s enough. So this is how we are purifying ourselves. And you should purify your families. And that’s why many, many people, there are many, many men telling me something, or many girls, they are telling me very much. It is said, Swamījī, I want to marry, but I want that man to be for me, lifelong, as a husband, and the husband will feel that this is my wife. Otherwise, it’s animals. So you are an animal, then you will go again into the animals because the animals’ impurities are inside. But animals don’t know, but we know. So don’t be, don’t be in desires—the desire of God. Brahmalokas, and our desire is to help everyone be kind to all, to help them dwell. That is our duty. We have to respect and also do for our parents, and there are many stories which I may tell you sometimes more. Therefore, when we are on our path of the Ālag Purījī, Dev Purījī, Mahāprabhujī, and our Holy Gurujī, and after, we don’t know. Are you willing to be better than me? I am trying very hard to purify all my bhaktas. But after some years, they run into the whole alcohol, the meat, and what not. So this, now we are till the last minute of the birth, the breath of our life, then God will take, "Yes, now you are purified here." So, men, very rare masters and disciples and gurus will tell you such deep things as I am telling you. Znáte obilí? and we put one, and how quickly there is a cocaine? You can eat also, but the seed is gone. Your seed is gone because your desire is that fire, and you exploited everything. So, we sail, go to those holy rivers, or three things. Definitely in Europe, in Africa, in Mexico, and there in Australia. And so, there must be some very holy water. But many don’t know. I don’t know where you are. People know the name of that river. I don’t know either. But you know that the Jesus Gurujī, he put Jesus and gave him what do you call this, baptism, gave the blessing with this water, purified, and then took out, that’s it. Now when that brought you out of that water, you didn’t make any impurities anywhere. And that water, when you go to some church or somewhere, you touch the water with your finger and put it on your head or in your mouth. That was purification. But you are making the time and time, this time day and this time day, then you are impurifying the water. It is a white kind of water, or it is a garbled. Therefore, let’s see, Swamījī. Satguru Swamījī, Satguru Swamījī, Satguru Swamījī... Satguru Swamījī, Satguru Swamījī, Satguru Swamījī, Satguru Swamījī,... Satguru... Swamījī Satguru Swamījī Satguru Swamījī Satguru Swamījī Satguru ... Swamījī Satguru Swamījī. God bless you. Charaṇakamalapadaṅghriyādāro, Charaṇakamalapadaṅghriyādāro.