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How to practise mantra and kriya

The day is beautiful, and the work done was harmonious for body and soul. The Guru lineage is present, deserving devotion and praṇām. Modern science preserves the voices and forms of great beings, making them accessible as if present. Yet, science also creates weapons and negativity, becoming a destructive force. The essence is to cultivate the divine within, not the demonic.

Today, mantra initiation was given. Mantra is not magic; it dispels fear through knowledge. The word 'mantra' means that which brings the mind to happiness and completion. Correct practice is essential. First, write the mantra exactly each day. Then pronounce it correctly. Next, chant it mentally. The fourth stage is silent, internal repetition without movement or sound. Finally, the mantra moves spontaneously within, leading to deep spiritual progress. This is the foundation for further yogic science, including Kriyā involving the chakras.

Kriyā practice requires sincere commitment. A minimum practice, once daily, must not be interrupted. The energy moves through the chakras from the base to the crown. This is a pure, positive science, not a negative or tantric distortion. The practice brings quality and strength. If abandoned, the progress is lost.

"First, write down your mantra. That’s called Likhita Mantra. If you do not write and pronounce it exactly, then your mantra will not be powerful."

"The fourth one is called udāsī. And this udāsī means neither tongue, neither word, neither sound, nothing is pronouncing. That time, then, you know, now your mantra will begin to function."

Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

It is a very beautiful day, with a beautiful sunset and beautiful white clouds. All our plants, the trees, the grass, and the bushes are very happy because they had good water. And it seems we have one, two, or three days more of this. You did a great job. What kind of job? Our body, our soul. Everything. We worked very nicely, not very hard. Very comfortable, our inner self, and, of course, outside. And so now we are here, and our Guru Paramparā is with us. Therefore, we give the praṇām—folded hands, devotion, peace, harmonies, etc. Bhagavān, Mahāprabhujī, Devapurījī, Holikurujī, you gave us immense protection. And we also have a lot of devotion to our Gurudev. Whatever I give to thee, O my Lord, I am thine and thou art within me. I am within you. In that oneness, through what? Through our devotion. So we make the praṇām. Śrī Prabhupāda, Śrī Prabhupāda, Śrī Prabhupāda. Yesterday we had a beautiful program; there was a beautiful talk—I would not say a talk, but a blessing. In many different words, the words of the great saints and Gurudev also. And then we had, because our holy Gurujī, it was his day of incarnation. And you have heard the words of our Gurudeva, holy Gurujī. There are many words, many bhajans, many books, many lectures, etc. And one thing that is very, very important came to all of us: this modern science. We got beautiful videos; we saw the voice, the colours, the whole body, everything, as if the person is still here. We don’t know how Kṛṣṇa was, how Rāma was, how Brahmā was, how Viṣṇu was, etc. But this science has given us that, yes, it is that. Long ago, once someone gave a lecture and said, "Gandhi is not here." But Gandhi’s words are renowned in the space. And many people said, "Wow! Gandhījī is in the sky, and he is speaking from there to us." The children said, "Oh, he used to go home and said, ‘Gandhījī was speaking with us, Gandhījī was speaking with us.’" And it came to reality that we have brought this, and this will remain for many, many years, ages, and we also will remain. And still there will be more. That is science, and what the great people, the scientists, are trying hard and harder. But sometimes such scientists fall to the other side. Why do they make these bombs and negatives and killings and like dead? That is not necessary. Otherwise, it has become like God and Rākṣasa. So we both have inside, and we don’t want to awake those rākṣasas from us. And we should only become like God for all creatures. But sometimes we are spoiling. It is said that we make a very nice, very nice ice cream, very tasteful, various things, but then they throw inside something poisonous. That’s not good, but it will come more and more. And they are, even they are making something like a human body. And it is always with the batteries, and they are coming and killing us and running, and this and that. Why is it not necessary? But what to do? That will also go away, and something more and good will come. Well, so I was talking yesterday, and I want to talk on this subject more. But when I was coming here, from this, my place where I am sitting, till there to here, Mahāprabhujī made some other words, and this is for us very important to know this, very practical things, that practical will be in reality. And further, so we got today Mantra Dīkṣā. And we have a little one, about eight years old. And she is eight or nine years old, I think. And, of course, her parents are divine. They came from the atmosphere of yoga in their life. It was organized up, so we are different, but quality is coming out. We go out walking in the forest, and there are many, many mushrooms. But one knows which is good and which is not good. The good mushrooms we are bringing home, we dry them and use them from time to time, making some soup or something. Or fresh mushrooms. So similarly, some are different and some are different, so we are like those good mushrooms, which we can do in every direction. And that is also where our knowledge goes. Well, there is something similar, but if it is all you think, we think it’s very simple, but it is not simple. And that we need, and so, mantra-dīkṣā? So there are many mantras. So, many, many,... many different kinds of mantras. People think mantra is magic. It’s not that. It’s making people confused. There is nothing that can kill you. No. But it kills you from the fear, and they can kill many people. They will say, "Now you should die." And people are also very, very stupid. They have so much fear. It happens, unfortunately. There was one person, and that was very intelligent, very good. But fear, fear. And so he was alone, living. And when he was in his house, he was only afraid, only afraid. And even out of fear, he threw the dress away. It seems that somebody wanted to tell me to take away the dress and this and that. And he was hiding himself under his bed. It was a weekend, and he was suffering, suffering, and died. After a few days, they found out that the person had died. From the fear. So fear, we should get out of the fear, and the fear is not easy to get out. For example, let’s say now a big lion comes, "Oh my God!" Will you all look like this? What is happening? Or a tiger jumping. Will you say, Swāmījī, what should we do now? Swamiji will say, "Yes, yes, get up, go." Fear. So you know all these stories like this. So similarly, in our learning, we should know that we should not be full of fear, but we should be alert. We should have knowledge. We should not be ignorant. That’s it. So, there are many, many words which mean mantras. And Gurujī said, "Mantra": Gurujī said, "man" is the mind, and "tra" means happy, or like when you are thirsty and you drink water, and your thirst is quenched. Or we are hungry, and we eat very nicely, and we say, "Good, eating was good." So when we are happy and good, and others say, "I’m hungry," troubles, then something we give words or something. So mantra is words for everything. With this mantra, we make our house, we make our cooking kitchen very nice, we are making our furniture nice. It’s also good things. So many things are there. So, about Guru. So Gurujī said, "Mantra": "man" is mind, and "tra" means good. So our mind should be complete, happy. And there is a... we should have such a word that always remains with me and will work with me. So today, after this, I said, "Okay, how to practice the mantra?" I have a mantra, but what to do now? Okay, I will repeat my name, mantra. But when we go to the science of yoga, and not only āsana and prāṇāyāma, this is just a little thing. We are going further, and so the first mantra is that chanting. Like speaking. Oṁ namo śrī prabuddhi pānara. This we pronounce. We are chanting. We have to make it very clear, very good. But if you cannot pronounce it, then it is said, first we have writing. So writing means that it goes to our mind, mantras, our brain. That’s it. So, writing the mantra, so, likhit mantra. So, every day, five minutes, two minutes, one minute, one hour, when you have time, whenever, write in your book your mantra. Some people say, "Don’t show my mantras to anybody." It’s only for me. My Gurujī said, "Don’t tell this mantra to anyone." Otherwise, it’s gone. You know why? One master has ten thousand disciples. Does he have two thousand mantras? Therefore, he has only one mantra. What is it? The other is also... Then he said, what did your Gurujī say? Nothing. Gurujī said, "Tell nothing." Others said, "Why did Gurujī say it?" Guruji said, "No, nothing. Is there nothing?" All say nothing, nothing. Then what is that? So this is, we call it hocus-pocus. So why can mantra not be open? So if we sing "Namo Śivāya, Namo Śivāya," is it bad? Everyone is chanting. The whole world is chanting. Then why not we also chant our mantra? So it’s not hidden, but we must not spread what you want. And if you want to do it, then it’s good, because it’s the name of our Gurudeva. You know, like, the people are saying, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Gurudeva. Yes? American, begin. And it is that Guru Chai, Guru Chai. Now, drink Guru tea. Guru, Guru, you know, Guru Chai. They say, "Guru, you know sugar, the cane sugar?" So that’s called ghur and chai, early morning, ghur chai, ghur and chai, ghur chai, ghur chai. So now guru and chai have become guru-chai. So every day, write this mantra which Gurujī has written, and we should write it every day as much as we can. Some people have so many names: Rām, Rām... What he was doing? He was in an airplane, he had a big book, he was writing, "Ram, Ram,... Ram." Now he has so much, why not? He said, and that is really there in that area, is a completely other atmosphere. So first, write down your mantra. That’s called Likhita Mantra. If you do not write and pronounce it exactly, then your mantra will not be powerful. So in that case, our Gajānanda, he is right, that he always writes exactly, letter by letter. So, first is writing. At least five minutes, you should write. This is power inside. After that, pronouncing. So we can say, "Write with Rām." So writing and pronouncing both become one. So it is writing and learning, so it is that pronouncing. And if the pronunciation is not good, then it can be a mistake. In India, their pronunciation here is different. So we have made from the grass one cottage, and that cottage is where Gurujī is living. So what is that? It is Gurujī’s cottage. Now, what the Indians say is Gurujī’s Kutya. You have a cottage, and we say Kutya. She didn’t pronounce. Now, your pronunciation, 99% all here. You say, "Gurujī’s Kutiyā." And what is this? This pronunciation is called "dog." Kutya is a cottage, but you cannot pronounce this. You cannot pronounce that "Kutya," so you say "Kutya," that is it. And they said, "Where is Guruji? He is with his Kutya." It was Guruji with Kutya, with dog. So it is pronunciation; I cannot pronounce properly. It holds so many years, and I cannot speak still the Czech. I could have changed and sing, but always pronunciation with me. So then, why should I? I am talking, and the other talking is okay. That’s it. So Gurujī and Gurujī is Kutya. Kutya, Kutya, and Kutya. Kutya, Kutty, a female dog. Kutya is a female dog. So this is, so it means first we have to write. And write, pronounce exactly. When we go to Vienna or Austria, then they say, "In my kitchen," and the Czech, Slovak, they say, we have, how to call this, you see, what they are saying. Then pronounce the word that we should loudly. This is the first and the third, this is called mānasik. Mind in the mind, in the mind we shall pronounce the mantra. So when we have the mālā, then we will sing "Oṁ Prabhu Dīp, Nirañjan, Sabduk Banjan" or any mantra: "Guru Dīp, Guru Dīp." We don’t pronounce them; we are in the mouth. But still, the tongue is moving. So it is silent, but still the tongue is moving. So, pronunciation, writing, speaking, and then coming close to the vocal cords. So, the fourth one is called udāsī. And this udāsī means neither tongue, neither word, neither sound, nothing is pronouncing. That time, then, you know, now your mantra will begin to function. Then you will have that spiritual development. And then it is said that without words, without thinking, without speaking, that mantra is going with us. Said, without pronouncing anything, it is going through in our body, your mantra. Then you will go very deep towards your navel, and then our prāṇa sādhanā continues. But it’s not easy. In our anuṣṭhāna, but still we are all moving the tongue. So this is the five-mantra chanting. Then we can proceed, otherwise not. We cannot just read something or chant something, and that’s all. Likid writing, and then bakery talking, then mental, then udāsī, and then ajapa mantra. Ajapa, jisko kyā japa? Japa bin japyā kyā hoī? So then you are perfect, you will go. You have got the first step of yoga. That’s it. Āsanas and this, this is our body. But further then we go, so that is our Holī Gurujī, when he was sleeping in the night or daytime, a little of half an hour, one hour, but his fingers were moving like he was doing mantra. So this is all because today we had our mantra; the children, they got a mantra. And many of them are from my long, long time; they were little children, now they are big, and they have got mantra. And someone has awakened such a feeling inside for mantras; little children also need it. We have these little children here, two years old, one year old, and they are speaking something. So here they are, but it is the parents’ teaching, and it takes a long time. There are many steps where we can lose. There are many steps to cross. And so, when we come to the mother’s body, then from the mother’s body it comes out. Then talking, etc., school, university, etc. So likewise, this is yogic science. So this is what we have, our mantra. Those who were here learned. Many who have been here for a long time, they know, they are practicing. And in the last few years, we did not pronounce it constantly, always. So now again, I have opened this subject. So first, about this mantra, and in this mantra, first, how to pronounce the mantra. In this case, the other subject is the kuṇḍalinī practice. And how to learn this, how to become this. Kriyā sādhanā, so that Kriya, which is expanded further, but others cannot understand. From which time to which time to go somewhere and speak? So in this way, we have to go further. And so here is a Kriya. Kriya Gurujī, how, please, can you teach me the Kriya Yoga? There are 64 Kriyās. So, many I know, others I have forgotten, but it is in my awareness, in consciousness. There are many, many kriyās. And if you cannot do this, you cannot go further. For example, make one chapati. We don’t know what is anything there. You bring us chapati also. So in the home, there is no chapati flour. Go to the market; there are no real chapati seeds. Comes back. Now you get this kriyā, and if you cannot, then you are again lost. So cooking is a kriya, cleaning is a kriya, etc. So, from where are we getting this also, kriyā? A doctor is only working in his kriya. Who is making a dress? That’s also kriyā. So, how to make this kriyā perfect? And similarly, the inner kriyās. There are many, many kriyas, not physically, but inner kriyas. So, moreover, how many eating kriyas, cooking kriyas, water, from where to come? How will water drink? There are many things; these are the Kriyās. You will pronounce and come close, not only speaking so many that goes all touching to the chakras. And now, how many chakras are in the body? As many nerve centers, double that are chakras in the body. But of course, we need not touch all that. But we have to go through. Now some say it is magic. There is no magic. It is a science, yogic science. And so, out of all these many chakras, we have other chakras, from the Mūlādhāra to the Sahasrāra chakra. And in these chakras of the human, every chakra has its meaning. Many things can be done from there. And first is that pronunciation and learning. And learning has the alphabet to learn. So we have to come and master these letters. So in that way, when it comes to the chakras, then our body has three points. The posture, or the circle, is what we feel physically. But it is reflecting like in the body, but that is not reality. It is only the sound of renunciation. So, from Mūlādhāra to Sahasrāra Chakra, and this we should learn. And many people, they had Kriyā Anuṣṭhāna. They had the Kriyā practice; many people, after about 20 years, gave up. Now you have lost everything. This Kriya that we have from Mūlādhāra, Svādhiṣṭhāna, Maṇipūra, Anāhata, Viśuddhi, etc., these are all chakras. Tomorrow we will give initiation. Today was the chakra meditation, the mantra dīkṣā, thank you. So mantra dīkṣā is not only just some football. Now you have got an initiation, and you should follow. And if you will not follow, then you will not know what will happen. Nothing. What is nothing? There is nothing. You are neither there nor here. So in every spiritual path, and in our yoga, that is very important. Many people are only running behind, only for physical muscles and this and that. So, there are also many, many chakras inside our voice, in the tongue. There are so many chakras on our tongue. And that is what we are talking about. This and that, pronunciation, et cetera, is very much in our vocal cords and the tongue. So similarly, all these chakras, after you do the yoga in daily life and we are real, you want to do, think over, and then you should get. Then you should not stop, and if you stop, you are lost. And what did you lose? Everything from the past. Like you lost your key, now where is that key? How to open? Similarly, if we have not got this mantra and blessings and everything, renouncing for the disciple, renouncing or giving, so this is very, very good, and many of you are here, but you have to learn. This Kriyā Śakti, Kriyā on what we are doing, minimum 25 minutes. And only once a day. And once a day means in 24 hours. During the practice, 25 times, 27 times, we should not break. Therefore, don’t answer the telephone or close the telephone. Or if somebody comes, don’t talk, don’t stop, because 27 times it should go with your breath. And your breath from the Mūlādhāra to Sahasrāra and from Sahasrāra to Mūlādhāra. So, this is one round. But you have to go through all chakras, Mūlādhāra, Svādhiṣṭhāna, Anāhata, etc. Through that, you go there, and we come to the Sahasrāra Cakra. That is a Sūrya. That is a Candra. And you know that we have in our prāṇāyāma, what we call there, Anulom Vilom Prāṇāyāma. So these are the three, Iḍā, Piṅgalā, and Suṣumṇā. And what I spoke to you last time, Vajranāḍī. So when you come to Kriyā, then Vajranāḍī will help you very, very much. That’s it. It is that Vajranāḍī that keeps the trunk of this big tree. And so, day by day, you are getting strength straight. So, 27 minutes minimum. After doing this kriya, then you can go further. How long depends on you. If you give up, then you cannot reach anything again. So neither there nor here. Lost it. Therefore, our techniques of our Kriya are very beautiful, very pleasant, and very joyful. And we should have the Kriya. That is Kriya, Kriya Anuṣṭhāna. That, you know, the people there ahead, those who have the Kriyā. There is no such thing as a miracle. There is no joke. This is your body, your breath, and your thinking. Always, always, every day comes quality, quality in our body. But you should not teach anyone. And if you do, if somebody tells you, then you lost, and that loss, their knowledge is gone. But you are free, and nobody stops you. But then you will think, "Next life, something, I." So, Kriyā Sādhanā from all the chakras, and our one book, which we have, Hidden Powers in Humans, this is based on that Kriyā. Yes. And that Kriya, or they call the other, they call it, like, what is that? Something miraculous. But it is not a miracle. It is more that they practiced and are practicing, the Buddhists and Jainas. But not negative. Not black, very good, but there you have to be very careful, because it needs very much purification, very clean. And this is what people are saying, that some kind of books, and there are what are called the books, they are for like sex, etc., in the Kriya. What? Tantra. This Tantra. And people think Tantra is something or the wrong thing. That’s not like that. It is people who have, after, made it like this, and they made it more famous in the West, because they were all Nazis, in the books. She and he together, and everything destroyed all this knowledge. The Buddhists, they don’t have it like this. Buddhists and Jainists also don’t do it like this. And a yogī doesn’t do it like this. But there are some who want to make it like this and this and this. If somebody will say someone gives initiation, and how will 5,000 people be there? And it will say, "Free. Oh my God. Let’s go." And that person who comes here takes the money and goes home. And many will become mental problems, which is not true. There is no yoga, so people have spoiled it. Therefore, our Kriyās are very positive. So what is true? There is no teaching of, for example, sex. Even the mouse knows. Yes, the snake knows, and even the mosquitoes. No one needs to know how to do it. That’s better. So that is, but someone really, they made and make money. Then there are books, and that is so quickly, these books are sold. So once someone told Gurujī, they brought this book. So Gurujī said to me, this book is good for making fire for the chapatis. So, what you need, you have. That’s it. So these śaktis, these kriyās, they are all very pure, there is nothing negative in them. The Buddhists have so many books, the Jainists have so many books, there is nothing negative like this. So, whatever they say, we have very simple, very pure, and very great. And before I die, you should have the Kriya, the Kriyā Sādhanā. After, I don’t know which Kriyā you will have. Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya, Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya,... Oṁ Mahārā Harapoh Namaḥ Śivāya, Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya, Oṁ... Mahārā Harapoh Oṁ Śānti. Oṁ Śānti. Oṁ. Pure, clean, relaxed, comfortable, that’s all.

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