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Good evening to all our dear ones—sisters, brothers, children, grandchildren, elders, and young people. It is a beautiful day. And this day is, for us, the day of our Satguru Dev, Indra Dharaṃsambhrāt, Śrī Svāmī Madhvan and Purījī Mahārāj. Kī Jai. The constellations, the time, the day, the month—these are calculated by the Jyotiṣī. This is based on the precise positions of the moon, whether it is slow or past, and even the sun shows variations. So first, we offer our praṇām to our Satguru Deva, to all our Guru Devas. Let us first offer praṇām to our Sadguru Deva, our Guru. Asab Dās Prabhu Śaraṇ Parāyaṇam O Śrī Prabhu Dī Asab Dās Prabhu Śaraṇ Parāyaṇam Om Namaḥ Śrī Prabhu Dīpam Śrī Prabhu Dīpam Amma śabdhāsa prabhu śaraṇaparāyannam, amma śabdhāsa prabhu śaraṇaparāyannam. Prabhu dīpanārāyannam, śrī prabhu dīpanārāyannam, amma śabdhāsa prabhu śaraṇaparāyannam. Today is a beautiful day. And every day is a good day. Yet, for someone it may be a very good day, while for others it is an unhappy or sad day. These are the constellations. Something happens, good or bad. So, which is good? One thinks, "Today is my best day." Another says, "My bad day: my father died, my grandmother died, our grandfather died." We even say, "My dog died, my cow dies, my horse dies," and so on. For others, it is not so; they have a good dog, a very good cow, the best horse, even a nice baby. So this is different. This difference exists because the positions of the moon and sun are sometimes different. Each person experiences it differently because the alignment of the Sun and Moon is occasionally distinct. Therefore, when we wish to work with constellations through Jyotiṣ, Jyotiṣ focuses more on the moon. After that, the constellation is for the sun. But it affects both the moon and the sun. The sun also has an effect. However, it is mostly the moon, and it is the moon that brings darkness or sadness upon the sun. So we believe, though many now do not. For them, it does not matter. But if we consult Jyotiṣ, it tells us that every lunar day is a different kind of constellation. It is very important to know when we were born—when we came from the mother's body and separated, when the umbilical cord was cut. But we can go back even further. When you came into the mother's body, you were in the worldly realm, in a body. So when did you come to the earth, the earth of the mother? That is when you entered the mother's body. Yet that is still not the same day. Then comes the father's principle, when the seed... The jīva, whatever we call it, comes through the father. But then it is said, no, that was already very late. Therefore, it is not in the father, but in other words. Then it is said to come from the seeds of vegetation. Or from that coming, it is also said to be too late, and then it is water. Everything comes through water, but it is said that is also not at the right time. There is the fire, the heat, and from there it is the heat, but there is a prāṇa. So this, the air, there is a prāṇa inside, it is said. But you were in this space, and then it is said, "When and how do you enter from this space to the air, water, fire?" That is space. But it is said it was not in your hands, but in God's hands. And that God, whatever you believe, is God. So God sent us, but it is said, no. First, they gave everything. They came and they cleaned it all up. Then they brought it to God, saying, "Yes, this is capable; it will now go to life on earth." But when God said it is free, he will beg him. Now, when God says yes and gives him freedom, he can go. Then Dharmarāja comes. Dharmarāja says to God, "My Lord, God, but please wait." God is ending. Dharmarāja says, please. God sends you, but Dharmarāja says, please wait. Because every single hair is counted, it is predetermined. Dharma is determined according to what is past, present, and future. God, you can do anything, and we will not say no, but my duty and my obligation must be done. If something goes wrong, then we will say, "Who has done this?" God, Dharmarāja. Did you check everything? From where did you come? From a past life. Who sent you? How long were we checking you? Let's say we can check, for example, an aeroplane. At the airport, when we are going from one country to another, even to our own country, we are coming from one place to another. We are not saying it is good or bad, but we want to check. Maybe we made a mistake, but still, that was a mistake. Because many people will say, "I did not know, I'm sorry." You said sorry, but it is like that. Similarly, in this way, Dharmarāja said, "Please wait." There are many Dharmarājas. It is everything. They are not saying anything here and there. It is not like a human. There is no one person counting. This is just what we have to tell, what it is. From where did you come? What did you leave behind? And so on. So, do you know? Count it from how many different lives you came, through different kinds of creatures. Yes. Maybe it was completely finished, nothing. Or different. So this is our kismat. Our kismat is from past, present, and future. So in that, if we go to the best Jyotiṣī, then our constellation is like that. Now he will say, for example, "You said that you want to build a house." I found a field, and now I want to make a house there, and I want to do earthwork. I want to lay the first stone, the foundation stone, etc., and I consult the best astrologer. You will see with your eyes. He will look at your forehead. He will not say, "Let me look." They know, and when he is talking like this, they know what is in the palm, the movements of the fingers. How are your fingers, hand, etc.? The soles of your feet. And so on. When were you born, what time, which day. And so on. How was the moon? How was the sun? And did you look at your land? Yes, there and there. Let's go. That man will say, "This is not good," which is under your foot. Underfoot, your... Why? That I do not know, but this earth, where you will be, this field, you will always have bad things: disease problems, family problems, neighbors' problems, earth problems, water problems. Where is the earth more up and down, or where? You see, many times they made it so, always in the old times. For example, we have this hill here, and that is how it is going, the earth like that. But they made this castle, they made this earth. More earth was up, down, up there. And in that direction, where the sun is rising, it should be elevated towards the rising sun. So we always go to the high side of the sun, and the sunrise just goes soft. And this is, we have to go to the area between the sunset and sunrise on the other side. When I came and stepped on this building, the castle could be on the other side. But no, they made some kind of earth. They cut sound up like this. So, very often, according to the... sometimes they say people with, I do not know, no. So that is other things, looking at this and that. And then more weight there, where the sun is rising, we have to place that down, and we go to the other side. Anyhow, so how many steps are there? So, where is our castle? After the building, we brought the balance here, and then it went down to the little creek. Well, this is if you have a very important and significant thing, then it is okay. Similarly, this jīva, kismat, kismat is with us, whether animals or humans. Only animals do not know, but we know. And now, many of us do not know, so the best Jyotiṣ comes from many, many ages. There is one story, you have seen that. It was with Bhagavān Rāma, and in the Rāmakathā, there is also what happens with God Rāma—how much he also suffered. Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa also, all of them, they all have to go through. Though you are a god, destiny will sit. Wait, please. You know the story; one I can tell you. There was Bhagavān Rāmjī, to whom we come, Śiva. Bhagavān Rāma, and from there it is coming further in spirit. And that week, Bhagavān Rāma and his father Daśaratha, such a great person, and he had his son, God Rāma. But even his father had difficulties and suffered. How much he suffered—it is one thing after another if I tell you. Then the lecture would go in another direction, but we should know this. You know, there is another story: a boy, a man, and he had two parents who were both blind. He was carrying them always, like a soldier. One day the parents said they would like to go on a pilgrimage, and they were going. It was a journey of three days, over the hill of Jaipur. So, whenever this time, sunset like this, the blind parents said... "My son, we stay here. Tomorrow we will go." So they said, both mother and father said, "Here, we need some drinking water." So he said, "Parents, please, I am going to bring water." The water was at a lake, like we have here, a lake. So he went there, and he was there at the water. He drank water. And he was filling the water for his parents; he had a pot like this. As the sun set, it became a little darker. And Rāma's father, Daśaratha, had gone hunting for tigers. There was a practice, a technique that all kings' children had to study, to be very, very strong. He had a bow. He would aim only where the sound was, so he stretched it, and the arrow should go there, to the sound. He went to where he aimed, and there was an animal—but there was no tiger, no animal. It was Śravaṇa, the blind parents' son, who was taking water, the water falling from the pot. He was standing in the water and feeling the water, so there was a sound. Dak, dak,... Dak and Daśaratha shot there, and it hit. He came to it; it was a person. And he said, "Oh, my father." He was standing by a tree because maybe a tiger would attack, but he said, "Mother, father, mother." Rāma. And Daśaratha said, "God." He ran and came. So that son of those two blind parents, Śravaṇa, said, "I do not know who you are. But please, what, my black kismat? I cannot give my thirsty parents water." And Daśaratha said, "Oh my God," he said, "please tell and give water." He died. Daśaratha went with the water and slowly, slowly came. The water... the mother said, "What are you talking? Speaking like this?" The father also said, "Why don't you speak?" And he is only making water, and he just pours them the water. "Why can't you talk?" And somehow, well, anyhow, Daśaratha could not stop, and he told them what happened. Then his father and mother both said, "Your past life was so terrible, and you have your son, God, but you killed my son, and your son will have a lot of suffering, and you will not see your son at the time of death." So yes, Daśaratha died. Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa went into the forest. And his two brothers were in the place of his mother. And so on, and he did not die with his son there. He died without his poor son, and no one was there. So you know that, but how God also suffered. Jesus suffered. Jesus's mother suffered. We know, my dear, Kṛṣṇa's mother, how she suffered. So, my dear, kismat will not let anyone free. So, something which is in your luck, you will get that. In that way, therefore, you and I—how, when, and from where we came, what is in our luck, our kismat, and how the end will be—we do not know. But our destiny is moving all the time in front of us. And where there are both life and death, this is turning around in a circle. Believe or not believe, there are many, many ages, ages and ages, great and great saints in this. They wrote in books and everything. You know that one story in Greece: there was a king, and the king died. He had one son, and it was said that he would marry his wife, his mother. So the king said, "Take this child and kill it." But some shepherds found this child. And you know that story, yes, that he was always turning, because he did not want his destiny. "I do not want to go where my mother is, I do not want to come to my mother, I do not want to touch my mother," but still it happened; you know the whole story. So we are here, and I think, me and you too, we are not crystal clear. And, but our kismat is better than just crystal clear. Our destiny is even better than just crystal clear, and that is actually why we are here. But still it is turning. Light and darkness. And so that Dharmarāja and that Yama. I was laughing one day when I got the word Yamaha for the first time. And you know how many people will die in this Rāmaṇa, and it happens. The name is a name, but still we say, "God, please protect." So we are here turning, turning, turning. How? When will we come? So Dharmarāja will see everything, the whole story. Clean. Everything. Then God said, "God is order. I give you." But still, there is something I have to let you still suffer. It is good. But the boss is the boss. You know the story of the boss? Oh my God. You know the boss? Oh, there was a boss. And they have another politic. And in politics, this minister said, "It is all in our hands." So it was there that if I have no good kismet, if I want the Jews to take me as king or president... So it is said, if not the god, then it is said, the secretary tells. So if not this, then this one, because it is said there are only two. So they said, "Sir, that politics is not good." So they said, "What? One more?" So it is said, if this is not good, and that is not good, then we have the third point, that with the boss. So again, the boss is there. So, this complete name, I have forgotten exactly, did I speak about it 10, 15 years before? That was a joke with the big brother. So everything that God said, it is God. So therefore we come like that. Now we are here and human. So it is said that other creatures cannot have power. Therefore, we do not have good or bad karma, but we are clean. Everything. God said, "I give you free." Then, all who were, God said, "I give you everything you want." So, if it is good and bad, all is good? If it is good or bad, everything is good. Father, I will put you under lock and key. Why? You gave us. Everything you gave. We are free. We can do this or that. I have freedom, so I can do what I want. So, God said. And so God said: My son, I gave you all. I gave you everything, and now you want to do this to me? Is this good for me? I will sit behind those bars, but you know, I have the key. But that key, thanks to that key you will fall here or there, and you will not have any influence on it. I have the lock. And so I have this lock, and this lock, I throw it in the ocean. You cannot get it. Only when I want, I will open it. So, therefore, the human thinks that I am God. I am the boss. Sooner or later, we will be different. Therefore, be humble, very humble, and do the Seva. And in those four, so it is said, the Sūrya and Candra, Sūrya and Candra are very powerful. So the moon is close, and the moon also suffered many times. So he had to go 15 days in the darkness and 15 in the light. But all have to go into the moon. And which constellation is in the moon? And now there is also a difference. One person's day is good for only half a minute. The rest is very dark. So if you know that it was your baby, half a minute that the mother gave the baby out, but half a minute was gone, and the second one is coming, and he is very angry, etc. That is it. This was like that. That one like this. One was more ill, the other was not ill. The other was born after some minutes or days, then died. That is kismet, everywhere we are saying. And therefore, in these conditions, it is said, for example, today is the dark night. But it was so. That is gone after half a day. And then came the new moon already, so actually now we are on that new moon. But we cannot see it. It may be very clear, and we are somewhere up. Otherwise, tomorrow we will have a darśana. So on that day of the darśana, on that constellation, that was Indra, the rain, water. And that was exactly on the new moon, our Holy Gurujī's incarnation. And he was also born the morning after, twenty minutes or half a minute or one hour, no? So half a day. It is that, oh, kismet, let her come. And so, that time is called morning, when the sun rises. And that is the time when all the animals, the cows and goats, they are all... give me something... so they... and that is the time, actually, all those cows, goats, all those animals... so praṇām, praṇām. And that time is good luck because of the cows. There it is good, it is a moment of great fortune, and that was the constellation of our holy Gurujī. And that was the constellation for our holy Gurujī, and praṇām. Of course, the father has to take, and the mother has to, children have to give, or Gurujī. And a disciple, and she was very nice, bring my garb here, but at least she came to praṇām, but then, anyhow, thank you. So, our Holy Gurujī and my family on both sides, my mother's side and my father's side—in both houses came the sādhus. And there are many good things. But it was very hard, and Gurujī also had, not only that, a very... now sit. Gurujī also had a very hard life, but we think that it was hard, but for him, not. When we have a tree and there are nice fruits, but there are also thorns, so to get the fruit, and how many thorns? There is a bush. And little sweet fruits, and we have to go inside to bring them. And there are three hooks of the thorn. So the hand goes in to get the fruit. But when we pull the hand out, this side hook is on the other side. Going back to this side, so is that, and it is sometimes there is a fruit, very nice, sweet, looks like red, and one going in, and that fruit is exploding. What is inside? Only some dust. And how to come out? We are hanged there, so this is the life to come. And then God said, "Wait, I will bring you out. Do not worry." But he said, "Then I will, then we will suffer." So everyone, very nice. My parents were very, very, very holy people. My mother's parents were also very holy. And so, you know Gurujī's bhajana. And also, singing bhajans, you cannot imagine. And you see the many people, they are giving satsaṅg. Sitting in the satsaṅg, and reading the book, and so on. And you see that yesterday, Gurujī had a little lecture for 20 minutes or so. And Holy Gurujī just closed his eyes, and he was talking all whatever we need, because his eyes closed means that he was in the lotus of his guru Mahāprabhujī. And Gurujī said that there is a life and we have to go through this life. It is not that all day is the same day. Sometimes someone comes wrong, talks wrong, many things. But that is a clinic. You know the story or name of Swāmī Vivekānanda? And his disciple was... his guru was Ramakrishna. And the story I am giving, because it is already late, so Vivekananda, he was going to America and everywhere. And Ramakrishna, he was a great sādhu. And it is said that one day he placed his hands on Vivekānanda, and Vivekānanda became self-realized. That story will be for later, and his Gurujī. He was old now; the whole story I will not tell. He got cancer here in his throat, and it was coming out, and it was winter, cold, and Rāmakṛṣṇa was lying here in the garden because the sun was shining. And Vivekānandajī came. There were many people with him, and he wanted to have praṇām to his Gurujī nearly after one year. And Vivekānandajī was a very good personality. Young. When you are young, then it is more, no? And when we are old, then it will go slowly, slowly, no? So, about 20 steps away, Vivekānandajī sees it. My guru lying here, and there is cancer here. But she is coming. And Vivekananda said, he is thinking, saying, "I thought my Guru made me incarnate from the Brahmaloka. But look at her condition, my father, guru." But still he came and bowed down. And Ramakrishna, he said, "Vivek, why are you unhappy? You know that you are thinking about my cancer, and I am suffering, Vivek. If I just will pull my hand with that feeling, that I want this, on the cancer, it will go finished, away. If I only wanted to, it would be enough for me to place my hand like this and the cancer would disappear. But I do not feel suffering. But if I were to heal myself like this, if I were to be cured, then I would have to return to that life again, and I would have to go through, and I would have to live out the suffering of that cancer. Vivek, if you are my child, my disciple, you want this, you see, OK, there is nothing. And if you then wish it, man, look, and nothing is here." But on the other hand, he said, "But I cannot so long," and I again opened. That was the great guru. That is it. So, my dear, kismat is different. Our Gurujī, great, great,... great. Mahāprabhujī was great with him. And many, many great disciples. You saw yesterday in the video. So today is our Gurudev's incarnation, and we all pray to him. Sat Guru, Hindu Dharma, Sat Guru Swami, please forgive us, O Gurudev, and let us come to the divine cosmic world.