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Keep nature pure

A spiritual discourse on the interconnectedness of all life and conscious living.

"Don't think that only we are in this world as living beings. Others are only for eating. No, it is not."

"Every living being knows somehow how to live... So, my dear, we shall think and pray to God."

Swami Ji leads a satsang exploring the sacred intelligence within all creatures, from monkeys displaying empathy to ants predicting rain. He emphasizes living harmoniously with the Earth, which he describes as a living mother, and advocates for a yogic life of practice, community, and connection to nature, free from harmful chemicals. The talk concludes with a Sanskrit prayer affirming the unity of the individual soul with the Supreme.

Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

Alak Purījī Mahādev kī, Devadhī Dev, Deveśvar Mahādev kī, Ārade Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī kī, Indra Dharma Samrāṭ, Satguru Svāmī Madhavān Jī Bhagavān kī, Satya Sanātana Dharma kī. We again pray the mantra to all great saints, our Guru Paramparā, and other Guru Paramparās. All holy saints, we worship them all. Om Namah Siddhi Prabhu Deep Narayanam. ... Hamsabhadas Prabhu Saran Parayanam. ... Om Namah Siri Prabhu Deepa Narayanam. ... Ham sabdhās prabhu śaraṇa parāyaṇaṁ. ... Om namo sīri prabhu dīpanā. ... Oṁ Śabdāś Prabhu Śaraṇ Parāyaṇam. ... Oṁ Namaḥ Siri Prabhu Dīp Nārāyaṇam. ... Haṁsābhādāś Prabhuśaraṇ Parāyaṇam. Hamsabhadas Prabhusaran Parayanam Om Namah Siri Prabhudeepanayanam Om Namah Siri Prabhudeepanayanam Shri Deep Narayana Bhagwanaki. This is our mantra, our prayer, our respect, and asking for peace, harmony, and understanding. With this mantra, first we are purifying our brain and mind, and the mind needs very, very much good mantras. A mind is very, very, very difficult. Sometimes going this direction, other direction there. Everything, so it can be good also and disturbed also, or different directions. We know how much is in our brain. We know many of our scientists and doctors. Also, for many, many years, they have also studied through Ayurveda. And it was known that at that time they also performed brain operations. So you know that in Indian literature, there, etc. Similarly, in the Americas—and not this America, that America—those people also had a science. Also in Africa, the real Africans. They also had their science, their techniques. Many things they could operate, and as well as, like in Russia, Europe, as well as Japan and Australia, that time the British were not there. As well as in China, and now we have modern science, and of course they made it much easier very quickly, etc. So, my dear, that is more or less everyone; they were thinking about God. God, everyone has a different way of God. So, that is the power of the human techniques in their brains and in their thoughts, in their heart, etc. Also, certain animals are helping their animals. A few years ago, I was in Brazil, and when Brazilian... I have many disciples, yoga in their life, and they were calling me to show me what we call the rainforest. And now, our very clever humans, they are destroying all. They said, "Why is it...?" He has no UG, and they're chopping all the forest, and they made that's what they have in Australia, these trees, what we call eucalyptus, eucalyptus, because they are commercial. And for them, the rainforest is not for them. That brain is not good. That though they are intellectual and human and everything, but there they fail. And they're in the forest: air, beavers, dogs, and there are many monkeys. Different kinds of monkeys, big monkeys. They are just jumping like here, here, here. But evening, this time, exactly this time, and they saw me. So there is one, the oldest monkey, male or female, it doesn't matter, and they are sitting like this, and others are coming, and they all come and hug them, and they are giving kisses here and here. And then they are sitting. Another is coming, again coming to the elderly monkey. So they are like humans. Hugging, they kiss and sitting. And if someone dies, and in India also, the monkeys that you see, if there's an accident happen even on the road, all monkeys are coming and they are sitting there like very sad. So the animals also have that science in their mind. It was already about a few years ago, I think, five years, six years, at the time of the Kumbh Melā. And people were going by train. Then, you know, India, how it is. There is no line. If they go in a line, it will be better. But one after the other. Space is only for one or two persons. But there are ten. Because there is no place, anyhow. Why not? They are sitting on the rail. The hole full down and the hole on the top. And some hanging between. Yes, and they are sitting there like this. They say, "Don't worry, we die, die." Anyhow, that is another subject, but at the railway station, people are standing and waiting for the train. And one monkey somehow touched the wire cover. And that one falls down, monkey. And he died, like a dead one. And the other monkeys ran from there, jumping quickly, quickly. And everybody said, "It is a dead one." That was a video, and one monkey came. And he was moving. He was doing this and that. Really. Again, down, up, this, and people are looking, and again this monkey can't breathe, and he put in the water, again out, and suck. Really, in five, six minutes, this other monkey brought him life where he was not completely dead, but he was, for all, like he died, so he was touching. Where he was touching something on the body, so not only like this, but at a certain point he was touching. So, these animals have life also. Also, the deer. The cows, buffaloes, many, many, many. So there is in everyone, even our tree, all this forest, all these trees. All these trees know what to do. You can listen. I told the last program all. Please try to touch one or two old trees every day. Don't hug, doesn't matter, but just change. In Jordan, we have a very big neem tree, and when I come from my room to the office side, I touch this tree, not standing, I just touch and go. Many people say, "What happens?" So I have to give some people to do what it is. So it is energy. It is that kind of energy which is for our life, but people will think it's stupid, so I say it: there is a miracle in this and this will happen, and this will happen, so all Indians and Westerners, this is a miracle. All workers and everybody says, "Yes, a miracle inside." Of course, a miracle. This tree is alive. So every living being, you know, the ants, how much science they have? When you will see here also, but in countries like India and dry places where there is no rain for one month, two months, three months, and one day the sky is completely clear, with no clouds at all, but you see... That on the trunk of the tree, there's a thread or a road. Each ant has a white egg, and they're bringing this from down somewhere. They bring the eggs of the ants, and they know how far it will be, and they know where the holes or something are in every tree. Why? Why? Because they know that in 24 hours, there will come the rain, very strong. And all our children, our eggs and children, they will die. So this is one of the best that we know now. It will rain very quickly. So every living being knows somehow how to live. Každá živá bytost nějak svým způsobem ví, jak vést svůj život. A jak dokážou si navzájem pomáhat? Jednou vidíte, když šlápnete na nějaké mravence. A mravenci mají několik nohou. A nějaká se zlomí. Concentrating, looking, because this ant was, I stepped on it, and then I said, oh my God. And within two, three minutes, one minute, three, four, five ants came. Someone was looking at one leg, then the other leg. I don't know what they did, and that one began to walk, and they brought him. I don't know what he was doing; their long leg was broken, and I saw how one brought a leg to this side. So, oh man, don't think that only we are in this world as living beings. Others are only for eating. No, it is not. We should, that's what we call, how to live on this earth. How to live on this planet. Our Earth is not a planet. Our Earth is like a living one. I don't know, maybe they are living somewhere. But if you are going there with many, like a moon or some others, and something is there, what is that? We cannot even breathe there. And how many billions of dollars they bring all up somewhere. And if we can give to poor people and some other countries, that would be good. So we think, "Let them die." But let's see how it is there. There is not. Now, of course, the science, medicine, and this and that, I don't know. And now you see, there are so many birds here. And you know how many of these little, little birds, thousands and thousands, but they can fly, nobody is crashing. And if we are a little here, how are we scared? We go here and there. Their eyes are so strong, and they are pink. And they have how quickly they are running, how they are catching, and we, we take our chapati slowly and then we make like this and fall down. So what is a human? And also their words are sometimes wrong, always not sweet words. So that is what we call, of course, everyone, they live now, they are living, but I'm talking about how to live with this earth, this planet, on this earth. I said, everyone has their own way of life, but I'm talking about how to live here, on this planet, on this earth. And nowhere is it as beautiful as it is here. So from many, many places, or what we call the stars and all this, They are looking for India, Australia, or New Zealand, or Czech, yes. So everywhere we are searching, how nice it is. We will die, and we said, "God, please give me this such an earth planet, how I have everything." We are coming, and we are going. Like one tree is beautiful, green. Then, before winter is coming, all leaves fall down. And very nice in the wind, and again, coming new. They are growing, coming and growing. This tree has made a lot of leaves, and for us, as soon as it comes now, September, October, and we are coming to our very nice leaves. So, my dear, don't try to run away. There's nothing. Then neither you nor me, we don't know if you will be there and if I will be there. It is a little ass, and dust is gone. And that dust also will come back, so we shall adore our earth. And this is like a mother. We are sitting in the lap of the mother here. Yes. And all this is the father. The father and mother, we are here, but it means not that only for humans. And now, how many creatures have we destroyed? How many? That you're spraying the poison. Though we're all very intelligent, and we all look nice, and we say we are great, but how many creatures do they kill? And not only this, also the vegetation and all our food, and this destroying, and no one said no. That is, I'm sometimes surprised. But there are one or two countries somewhere, They don't have one little piece for our two fingers. Some chemicals there? No. There you can see: eat water, vegetables, air. Long ago, not too far, we were taking earth from the earth here. And we take the earth as a paste, take it on the finger and our tooth, yes, and also cleaning. The best soap is our earth. And now, it is all when we put on our skin, it may be all skin will go out. So, my dear, we shall think and pray to God. That God, what we call somewhere, we don't know. We can write many things. Many things we will tell. But still, we are living together, and we are speaking. India is, or Europe, the whole Earth is very, very big, but on this spot, we are all sitting. And you know, what is beauty? What's good feelings? How? What is thinking? Mother, father, daughters, grandmothers, husband, wife, that little girl, the student, someone is thinking, "I will marry someone." We are here, we are moving like this. Inside, we are making a soup, everything inside. So, please, we shall take off our earthly good. Now, we have one very good ashram. And this ashram is this spot, and there is nothing which can come from any other field to this field, like poisonous water. From that side of our land, the other side is going to water. Other side going other. From there, it doesn't come; it goes there. So, and that may be before, but now we don't put any kind of poison inside. We are doing something for our trees, but not poisonous yet. So this spot, that is a living mother and a living father here, and another field, the mother is suffering, has a cancer. The earth has a cancer. All there, if they will not give medicine, the pesticides again, it will not have food. Because, and it will, at least somebody say, "I don't know, it takes 12 years." Your one field, 12 years, till how much water will come and purify? Water, rain, then we have organic. There are some creatures that come, but also they are doing from the sky. We think it is like this earth water, but it is something chemical. So, my dear, we shall choose some place also, and there we should have our āśram, which is on three sides, so the water doesn't come to here. And therefore, you feel here on this spot. You can lie down. You can sleep. And if you are strong, you can go barefoot. It's great. Of course, we don't know which is hot or cold. So we should take something warm and lie down. If you have a nice sleeping bag, and these people are doing it in the mountains or somewhere, You can sleep here at night. In your room, there is snoring. Take your bag, come here, and sleep. But there is someone more who is making noise, and it is, you know, you know what it is? Hedgehog, hedgehog. There is one or two; they are coming sometimes. I'm talking satsaṅg, and he's sitting. And he's coming, and he's eating. And when it's cold, may he go in your sleeping bag. And then you will sit on this side. Oh, the needles. So, really, when there's no rain and it's good, why not? Really, your passport, your money, everything is inside here, and this is very soft, so try to experience it. Sometimes people go to the mountains, and they sleep there in this. So next time when you come, bring a beautiful, nice sleeping bag. Mat, and maybe a little yoga mat or with the air. Enjoy. Why? You will sleep so well, and don't worry, there are no ghosts, because there are many ghosts, those living ghosts, someone is there, someone is there, they are our brothers and sisters. So this ashram, this time I've experienced more something about these trees, and therefore we said, "Take your food and come here and eat," to eat our lunch or breakfast or dinner this time, like farmers long time, and lunch time farmers they stop and they eat. We were eating in their field. They eat more there than at home because of good air, a good atmosphere. So it is very important to live in this life, and so we are also with yoga. In the morning, I gave you more about yoga, and you know, today I had this ceremony. And that is what is called the Kriyā, and it's Kriyā Sādhanā. And I was about five or six years, I did, but a long time not. And then, because I'm not doing this Kriyā, And then I said, "Very good, I was very good, I see it." But for one point, I was stuck. All the techniques were great. But there is better. Then I was doing like this. From here. And he said, "Yes, that's it." So techniques are working, we should work. Even if you know and you don't want to do, we should continue our sādhanās, our work, everything. Because when we have those techniques, we have to continue with them. We have to continue with that seed, we have to work with it. Many people who are going to the office are finished. And they go to pension, they go to retirement. And you are at home. So now, one week is very good, two weeks is good, five, one month is okay, then the person is slowly, slowly getting old, depressions, nothing. So they try to go and work something, but there is no more work. Television, television, they are getting day by day more quickly old. So we should be in yoga; we should not be retired. So many, many techniques, many, many āsanas, prāṇāyāmas, kriyās, anuṣṭhānas, singing bhajans. To know what bhajan it is. So, after our duty in some companies or somewhere, then we have that technique that works, and that is our yogic techniques. Then we will be long life, healthy life. Go for a walk here, there. Not only one house, but also come to the house. It is your house. Don't change one house to another house. In America and Australia, I saw that one company has, and that company you are working for, and your house is about 20 kilometers away, and 20 kilometers is a lot of traffic. So, two and a half hours you are going there in company. Coming back also two, three hours. So what should they do? So they sell this house, and they come near the company. And after some years, the company is bankrupt. So they search somewhere else, and this is like one bird has a nest in this tree, next time on the other tree, like this they are like birds. But we in Europe, still we have our homes. That is one of the best parts of this globe. So don't think you should be happy that Europe is the land of the best. So when we are retired, and retired afterwards, what to do? And therefore, do the yoga and read the yoga book. So, many of you will retire. Don't worry, we have enough work here: some vegetables, some good trees, the fruits, the grass, satsaṅg. Evening satsaṅg, morning satsaṅg, prāṇāyāma. What a life! We become young. We are young, but what to do? One of my partners died. So what to do? What to do? Then someone comes also. Also, my partner died. Then lunch under the tree, so somehow, boy, definitely this man will ask you something, and she will ask something. It means not like again husband and wife, but still like a friendliness that we need, and you know, generally. The women need some work, yes, but what kind of work is that? She said, "I bring you chai, I make you bread," etc. They like it. Why? Because mother, mother love, mother feeling. And men, he is also bringing the wood, is making, is doing hard work, repairing the house, etc. Again, they become one partner. It's mostly a part of that they want to have a child again, but this is like a brother-sister, even. But together. So we feel the feeling of the females and the feeling of the male. We go for a walk. Both of us have a different kind of talking. But very good. So you will come here. No problem, bring your weight home and all property here. And tell Parvati or Vasantavi, don't worry, your money, we will use it. So we will leave something everywhere. It must not be here. So I want to say that we should all the time come together, go for swimming, go far somewhere, to one village or one country, and come to yoga centers. In Jadan, in Kathu, every Kailash is beautiful. So let's say that we will be when we die, then we are going up. And others said, "I will come a little late." We said, "Now, we are all going up." You said, "Yes, but I have to do work for you, and then I will come." So this is a cycling, again and again: Gurudev, sādhanā, practice, prayers. Go to the church, go to the temple, go to the mosque, anywhere where you will have so many friends. Spiritual things are like this. Life is life. And this life inside we enjoy, then we don't know where we are. That this soul, the jīva, is finished. You know, when they go out from here like this, it's only that much time. Takes where? Gone where? How are you? Far away, and we said, "Where are you?" He said, "From above. Enjoy, bye-bye." So we don't know, therefore, how is our soul? Therefore, in one prayer, our prayer said, "Śrī Guru Ātmā Paramātmā Om Ātmā Puruṣottama Sakala Jagake Yantra Jāmī Cārakyā Ātmā Prabhu Cāra Cāra kī Śrīguru Ātmā Paramātmā." Homatama puruṣottama, sakala jag ke antaryāmī, charā-achara kī. Your own one, your soul is not only you. All charā-achara, chara means movable, and our rest is standing here like a stone. Chara-char, chara-char is that we are coming, or he is still, but we are Śrīguru, Śrīguru, Śrīguru. Ātmā is ātmā, Śrīguru, ātmā, Paramātmā, and this ātmā is also Paramātmā. Śrī Guru Ātmā Paramāho Mahātmā, that is Mahātmā. You are all Mahātmā, not only Gandhi Mahātmā. So, Mahātma Śrī Guru Ātmā Param Om Ātmā Puruṣot Sakal Jag Antra Jami Charad Charaki Ātmā Prabhu Charad Nabh Rūpa Vyāpoh. Nabh is that space. Nabh is that space, completely space. So, you are that, and I am that, and I am that, I am that, and I am that. All are that in this earth. How many? Everything is here, everything is there, everything is here. Where is all of that? To jsem vše já. Yes. So, where are you? How are you? Where are you? So where is it then? Jak to je? So, this tomorrow morning, give me the subject. This prayer, and it is written in a holy book, also in our four gurus' ashram from there, and so many, I was telling you, too, but this is sometime I will teach you again. Therefore, now it is the time. To remember the Supreme God, and what the Christians said, "Father," Muslims said, "Allah," Hindus say, "Parabrahma." Parabrahma, everything, but all is one. This sky, when all clouds are gone, like this, we are here, my dear. So, "become one body" is different. We have so many bodies, but in reality, we are one. Many machinery within us—there are a lot of these tools in us.

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:

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