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Peace and bliss result of Satsang

The result of satsaṅg is peace and bliss. Yoga is the science of awakening the inner self. Many have practiced yoga for years. A core teaching is to take care of animals and not eat meat. The recent global illness prompted an inquiry: those adhering to a pure vegetarian lifestyle were asked if they fell ill. The result of yoga is evident in a peaceful and relaxed life. Satsaṅg is yoga. If one talks of God but does not give up killing animals, pain remains for all beings. Blood is the same; all possess the five elements. This understanding is a blessing. The highest principle is non-violence. Dharma is the duty to do no wrong. Without satsaṅg, there is no knowledge; without knowledge, sorrow does not end. True happiness is not attained through worldly means but through satsaṅg and the darśana of saints. Remembering the Guru burns away sins and purifies the inner being. Guru's grace alone brings supreme bliss. One devoid of devotion to the Guru is like an animal. Only true knowledge accompanies the soul; all else is left behind. A moment of satsaṅg is greater than thousands of years of penance. Without devotion and a Guru, one may have human form but possesses the nature of an animal.

"Without satsaṅg, there is no knowledge, and without knowledge, there is no end to sorrow."

"A moment of satsaṅg is greater than thousands of years of penance."

Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

Part 1: A Satsaṅg in the Park Oṁ namo śrī prabhu-dīpa hamasabhadas prabhu-śaraṇa-pā yinam hamasabhadas prabhu-śaraṇa-pā rayanam prabhu-śaraṇa-pā Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Devadhī Dev Deveśvara Mahādeva Kī Satguru Svāmī Mādhāvanājī Bhagavān Kī Alak Purī Jī Mahādeva Kī Satya Sanātana Dharma Kī Oṁ Śānti Śānti... Once more, welcome, dear brothers and sisters, all children. Welcome. You have come from a far distance, and you brought a very nice blue sky. Everything is perfect. This place where we are is one of the most beautiful, holy, divine places here. We are sitting on this grass in a beautiful park. We have one park, two parks, three parks, four parks, and five parks here. Each park has a beautiful and very spiritual environment and energy. In the middle of December last year, I was in Australia for nearly two months. We have many bhaktas all around Australia. We have many ashrams there, and they are also very big and beautiful. Many of our friends or brother-sisters from Europe are also there, as well as in America and Australia. Then I was in New Zealand—a very beautiful city and country with a very good atmosphere. We have three beautiful ashrams there: one big ashram in Vancouver, in Wellington, and in Auckland, and one is on the other side. Many people are practicing. After Prime Minister Modijī brought this knowledge and those feelings of what yoga is, people around the whole world again awakened their inner self, which is what yoga is. What did he say? Yoga is a science of humans. And further, so many people come. But some people have a kind of freedom, and they can do yoga in a long way. After a few years, people went to the other side and this side, confused. I was going to Fiji, but then, you know, everybody, the corona. Every government, every country said that every person should be in their own country, or those who are in that country are working there and have residence. So suddenly, in the whole world, people became so unconscious, like unconscious. Many people—and I don’t want to say which country had more fear—and it is, it was. You know all. "Stay in the house. Don’t go out of the house." In some countries, they sent the police. In the streets, nobody should be outside. Many things were a big problem, so I said... And so I went from New Zealand to India. I should have gone to Canada, America, etc., the countries. So I came to India. I thought just for one month. But all airplanes were relaxed, you see? So, where to go, how to go? It was something like, if you are in that country, then you will not be allowed to, you will not be capable of going to your country. Through the ocean, there was no big series. No airplanes, no car, maybe the horse, or the bog. And it was in India. People were walking three thousand, four thousand kilometers to their village. As well as in other countries, it happened. Well, this disease which appeared, why only to the humans? Other, no. And then I also asked you. And I asked around the whole yoga and daily life people, all other yoga practitioners, and those who are 10 years, 5 years, they are doing above all, they are vegan. So, I think there is somebody in my new disciple here. Again, he is coming and biting. Jump playing football on my back. Anyhow, immediately, you know, people were asking which kind of animals they are eating, and they commit disease from there and so on. And how the humans are so cruel to the animals. They were burning one part of their body by living. The one leg is completely burning, and these animals are very, very sad. So, and many, how we know what they are? I think I was praying, and I said, "Please, God, protect us in what we are doing. Or maybe all creatures go to God. That, my Lord, so cruel we are not. Why are we suffering so much? And so we send this to thee, O Lord, that ask the humans, please." So, talking in such a way, then I ask the people, the vegans, "People, are you really vegan? How many years?" Some who is going time to time to a restaurant, vegan food, that is not enough. So mostly it was yoga, and in yoga, many, many people in Europe and other countries, but they were many. They were eating also meat. So I asked around the whole world: how many people are vegetarian, no alcohol, no yanda, no egg, no fish, and how many are they, and who have got this illness to you? So in this one man, this person here, when asked, it was the first person that he had this corona. But after some days, he became okay. But how many do you know from yourself, you? It was attached to you. Is there anybody here? So, in 42 years, myself, I’m moving in these countries we call the Western countries everywhere, and my always first teaching: yoga, very clear and good yoga, and second, always take care of the animals and no eating meat, etc. And I have always taught, first, very clearly and purely, yoga, and second, take care of animals and do not eat animals, do not eat any meat, and so on. And Modījī was only four or five years before. But before that, how many yogis were there? And not only myself, there are many other yogis, and they have disciples, and their disciples, we are all vegetarian. But mostly they are vegetarians for one year, two years, or they go away. But around the whole world, yoga is many, many years in Europe also. It was before Jesus being. That yoga was around the whole world. And you are, how many? How do you feel happiness? And you are relaxed, yourself, that nothing happened to me. "Me" means you, okay? So this is the one power that we know, this result of yoga in Delhi. And here you can see one example of the result of yoga in today’s life. And how must we? I teach to many thousands, millions of people right now, whom I respect, good teaching, as brothers and sisters, and their parents, and many, all the parents, grandparents, children, all are in yoga in their life. So this means the result of yoga, and that yogis are, they, like our holy Gurujī said, that what is that? Holy Gurujī said, "No, no, not one in all peace and harmonies," or something, Gurujī. Forgotten his words, yeah? So, that Gurujī said, that is the peace and harmony. Peace and bliss. Peace and bliss. Peace and bliss, result of satsaṅg. That is. Write down everybody, in your telephone or anything else. So, the result of what Gurujī said is peace and bliss. The result of satsaṅg. And that satsaṅg is yoga. If we go to the satsaṅg and we are talking about humans and God, but they do not give up killing animals, pain is for everyone. Blood is the same for everyone; they have the five elements. So in this way, we have to learn. That is what we have got, this blessing in these 52 years, due to you. Otherwise, I would do nothing. So, thank you to you, and you will give further, in the whole world, to teach yoga in daily life, peace and harmony, as Gurujī said. And you know, in the whole many, many worlds, many people are very happy and teaching yoga in daily life. There are some people who are very negative, and they have no knowledge, and they become cruel again. That’s like that. But you know, in the beautiful tree, there is an immense amount of fruit on it, but all will not thrive. Many will fall down. Many of those fruits fall down. That is how it is. And so it is... Když zase máme mango, it will remain mango. If you put the cherry, it will be the cherry. And if we put the thorns, they will be thorns. So this sweetness of the mangoes and cherries, etc. It is within ourselves. Everything, the best that we are thinking and feeling, is ourselves. What we are coming, and we came here from a far distance, you had a lot of work. Family members, all may come with a family or half family with you, and half at home. Maybe half the family is here, the other half is at home. And first and best, that park is for whom? Our children play on the ground, so the children are so happy. And from our tilak, at Sevāpurī and Śāntī and Pūnam. They helped, and our dear president here and many others, they helped us with a beautiful park for children. And, of course, there’s a discipline: we will make a lock so nobody can go in. Yesterday, at 8 o’clock, they were still playing. That was not disciplined. Second, in the Bhagavad Gītā, it is said, "Yogaḥ karmasu kauśalam." The yoga is successful through the karma. Karma means work. Work, work, work. This was that. So the two companies, the two groups. Then we have the one group. They are teaching our yoga and daily life from beginning until further. And the fourth, that is that one yoga teacher, yoga and daily life teacher, is training for the teachers. And all will very soon become yoga teachers. That is very important. And the fifth, that many years they are practicing Kriyā Anuṣṭhāna. And so it is called the Kriyā Anuṣṭhāna, and they have a very good Kriyā Anuṣṭhāna teacher. The fifth is the best. And then, for these five, after is the sixth. So it is Annamaya Kośa, Prāṇamaya Kośa, above that is Jīvātmā Kośa. And what is that Jīvā? Beautiful kitchen. Yes. The cook there, that is the life. And we have, last four weeks, already eight weeks, and all were said, "Best food, best food." And it was very hard for me to give up. They could not remain not fasting, so, so good eating. So there is a next time I will fast. That’s, so it means that I know you have a good interest in that food. And then we have all the satsaṅg, so we have yoga teaching. And what I will teach you again now, yoga, will be okay. But what I am teaching you, that is called the real yoga. That yoga is a satsaṅg. And in the satsaṅg, you don’t know when what knowledge will come. So it will be great, very, very nice. And you have got all instructions, and in the last year, the last times, all our children were very peaceful and very relaxed. So, please find out and give them more, further. In your Facebook, you can write it. The research is that yoga, all along, people were practicing yoga and had no illness from corona. Yes, but you know, sometimes we eat something very good, and when the rice falls out, that is, it can happen. So this means your work, what kind of work? You became humble, peaceful, merciful, helpful, etc. Etc., that made your heart completely pure, and so that our ātmā will go up. And ātmā is within you, within me, the divine with you. Where is that guru? Or where is God? There is one prayer, our paramparā gurus, Śivānandjī. In each and every entity, there is this ātmā. So these trees, what we have here, and grass, and etc. This is a boat. We are walking, and these trees are standing in cold snow, in winter, in heat, in rain, and so on. This is all alive. They are life. Just feel it. And grass, that in the Jaina, in India, Jaina sādhus and all the people, so well now people are doing different, but their sādhus, they will not walk on this grass. They are walking on the road where there is cement, etc. And they have no shoes, and when they see if there are ants, they will stop and go steadily out. And as the sun sets, they will not eat anymore; they will not walk out. Many, many have the rules that are called ahiṃsā. Ahiṃsā paramo dharma. Ahiṃsā paramo means the highest dharma. So dharma is what we call duty, religion. Dharma is a principle that does not kill or do anything wrong to them. Dharma, good things. Dharma, he is a dharma. If you do the dharma, that is the dharma for you also. So, in the morning we will have a program. And tomorrow is the day of Bhagavān Gaṇeśjī. And we will talk then, and we will have tomorrow about Ganeśjī. And I think Gaṇeśī likes laddus, so you will also get a laddu tomorrow. How lucky you are! You came and you got a laddū. Yeah, but this satsaṅg, like this, like any festival, then it’s not donated, not eating from the ashram. It is from devotion, devotion and donation. Donation. So you can give; one person can give for all, no problem. Or you give someone this, that is a dharma. Dharma, dharma,... he. That is this dharma. So we should, tomorrow morning, we’ll get something, and lunch time after, they will prepare, and they will not eat. Anybody don’t touch, not with a finger, like that. Sometimes people, no, then Gaṇeśa will not accept it. So even if you have it in your hand, you should clean it with water, but not in your mouth, and we will bring it here near Gurujī’s. After the prayer, we will have Gaṇeśa’s statue here, or a big picture, and then we will have prayer. Then we will have prayers: Jaya Gaṇeśa. Jai Gaṇeśa, Jai Gaṇeśa. Yes, you know that. Who doesn’t know? Who knows this bhajan or some prayer of Gaṇeśajī? Hand up. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve. Twelve. One more. Very good. I am who will eat the laddu. So we will tomorrow, the Pārvatī will teach you. Mānasa Devī also knows. Puma Puri, also known as Puma Puri. Jai Gaṇeśa, Jai Gaṇeśa, Jai Gaṇeśa. Himāch Gaṇeśa, Jai Gaṇeśa, Jai Gaṇeśa. So tomorrow we will do, okay? Under the park. Good, good, ok. Now, first we do the prayer, and then we will sing this song. And we should see now the best. Now, Holy Gurujī’s birthday was yesterday, and new moon is here to see somewhere, so we will see, okay? So prayer first, so please come. Slowly, slowly, girl. Don’t take that here. Oṁ Namaḥ Prabhupadīpa Vinaśrī Api Brahma... So, please, Prasad, number one, number two, please, we want to see today Holy Gurujī’s video. You know, Devī, yesterday we had Holy Gurujī’s birthday. And the third is now, I think, new moon to see. So you saw this moon? Okay, so I will also come to have a darśan, okay? Okay, hold the darśan. Sit down, please. Anakhī Jai. lajjala sabha kubhda talaja metrāśaḥ. Part 2: The Path of Grace: Satsaṅg, Guru, and True Knowledge Pādaro mēre Gaṇapati devāsāḥ, pādaro mēre Gaṇapati devāsāḥ. Ha ha... Yaha kapha lakha meriya gaṇapati pūjā dhī pada yālu gaṇana uśvāsa uśvāsa aha. Dhīrī pūjā dhī pada yālu gaṇana uśvāsa uśvāsa ima dhāva nañjinī tāra ima nañjinī tāra Mahā dhārome ghaṇapati saha, ghaṇapati deva O rasa, pālaka pālaka merī, yahī pālaka pālaka merī Rāo charasa padhare ghaṇapati deva. Śrīpādaṁ Bhagavānakī, Śrīśivāyī Maravāṇānjī Bhagavānakī, Mahāśaraṇānjī Gurudevakī, Jai. As much as the rain is a blessing for the desert, it is also a blessing for the thirsty. For the human soul, a blessing from an encounter with the king of spirituality, holy Gurujī Śrī Madhavānanda Swāmijī’s Guru is both the rain cloud and the sun—an eternally fresh breeze of saintly presence. Śrī Deep Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Jaya. Devīśvar Mahādev Kī Jai, Sajjanāo. Āj kā din śobhā kī ghaḍī hai ki sākṣāt Bhagavān ke darbār mein hum bāteṁ hai. Isi liye Rāmāyaṇa mein likhā hai, "Bina Hari kṛpā mile nahīṁ santa." The day Paramātmā bestows His grace upon someone, that person receives the darśana of saints and satsaṅg. And from satsaṅg, peace and bliss result. This peace is the result of satsaṅg. Aśānti, bliss, and Paramātmā’s blessings—these are attained through satsaṅg. All beings in the universe desire happiness, but true happiness is not attained through worldly means; it is true. True happiness is attained through satsaṅg. In earlier times, people had fewer means, yet they were happy. Today, through various scientific methods, humans have created many means for pleasure. Still, there is restlessness. There is no peace. Peace is attained only through satsaṅg, through saints. O Śānti, Sukha Kā Sādhana Satsaṅg, Sant Darśana—these are the true means for happiness. Therefore, one should perform satsaṅg, have the darśana of saints, and remember Gurudev. Remembering Gurudev burns away all sins and purifies the inner being. To purify the inner being, prayer to the Lord and remembrance of the Lord, and ultimately Gurudev’s grace are essential. Gurukṛpā hi kevalaṁ śiṣye ke paramaṅgalam. For one upon whom Gurudev’s grace alone rests, supreme bliss and auspiciousness prevail in this world and the next. Therefore, one should constantly remember Gurudev. If you sing this bhajan, it is the essence of the Vedas. In your heart, the śabda of the Vedas is manifested. The bhajans which have emerged from the Mukhāravinda of the Supreme Lord Mahāprabhujī are greater than the Vedas. They carry the thread of the Vāhuśāgāśra. That is why one should sing the bhajans of the Supreme Lord Mahāprabhujī, and you should read his Līlā Amṛta, and you should enjoy the texts of Gurudev, which can make your life divine. Without any penance, without any difficult austerity, by remembering Him, divine life can be attained. Therefore, if you wish to make your life divine, then you should keep remembering and worshipping the Mother of God. Śrī Deep Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Jai! Devāśvara Mahādeva Kī Jai! Jai Śrājanam! I am very happy to see this program today. And Guru Dev’s devotion is the highest devotion. Rāma and Kṛṣṇa also devoted themselves to Gurudev. There is no other God other than Guru Dev. That is why Bhagavān Rāma says that a tree has its branches, fruits, and flowers. All are based on the tree. So, however many Devas, however many Avatāras, however great they are, the Guru is the foundation. There is no one greater than the Guru. Guru means ghoomana andhakāra, roomanā prakāśa—He dispels darkness and bestows light. The darkness of one's own errors, of ignorance, that is the darkness. The one who dispels that darkness and gives light, who gives true knowledge and removes ignorance, that is the Satguru. The glory of the Satguru is greatly written in the Vedas and Śāstras. And He is an ocean of grace, Gurudev, who gives knowledge to His own. Until today, in this world, whoever has attained true peace, true happiness, has attained it only through the Guru. Therefore, the glory of Gurudev is supremely great. Guru Śiva—even Śiva and Brahmā received knowledge from Gurudev. Those who recognize Gurudev are very few devotees. Those who recognize Guru Dev, who is in the form of the Supreme Lord, become that very form of Paramātmā. And by the grace of Guru Dev, knowledge of the Ātmā is attained. Knowledge of the world and its beings is attained. Without satsaṅg, there is no knowledge, and without knowledge, there is no end to sorrow. Gyāna binā jīva kā mīṭe nahīṁ ronā, agar mile śakala vibhūti, gyāna binā sab ṭhaṭṭā lonā. Jīva rāj jī dūkha meṁ rota hī rota retā, sāye tīn loka rāj mile... Jīva Rāj jī dūkha meṁ rota hī rota reta... When knowledge dawns, his weeping ceases, his sorrow ends. Even if one gets the philosopher's stone fulfilling all desires, or gets the body adorned with jewels every year, still, without knowledge, the jīva’s weeping does not cease. Even if one gets sovereignty over the three worlds, still, in the end, one will have to leave it. That does not come with you. Only knowledge comes with you. And by the knowledge of His form, His knowledge is attained; then one has no pain. There is happiness in all the worlds. He can also give Gurudev. Therefore, Guru Bhakti Hīna Paśu, Śyāmānā—one devoid of devotion to Guru Dev is like an animal. Devotion is the supreme wealth. Consider Mīrā Bāī, Bhagavān Buddha, the Ṛṣis, Rāma, and Kṛṣṇa. All of them left behind everything and devoted themselves to Gurudev. And Gurudev gave that wealth which remained with them for all their lives. What is the knowledge of wealth? The secret is not happiness; happiness is with knowledge. And knowledge is given by Gurudev. Without knowledge, one is considered an animal. That is why we should attain knowledge and remember the meditation of Gurudev. He gives us peace of mind and God. That is why Guru Pūrṇimā is a great mountain. God Himself created this mountain of Guru Pūrṇimā to purify the human being, to make the human being happy. When we meditate on this Guru Pūrṇimā, there is no penance equivalent to it. Muni Śukadeva says, "Hariśiva śola varṣa, gurusevā pālacāra, toh bhī nahīṁ bharābarī vedana kī ubhicāra." If one performs sixteen years of unbroken penance and serves Gurudeva for four moments, those four moments cannot be matched by sixteen years. So great is its worth. There is a dialogue between Muni Vasiṣṭha and Viśvāmitra. Vasiṣṭha Muni was a great Jñānī, and Viśvāmitra was a great Tapasvī too. Vasiṣṭha Muni says that we should call ourselves Brahmaṛṣis. Vasiṣṭha Muni says, "I am not a Brahmaṛṣi until you are not made one." In that endeavor, he angered Viśvāmitra and caused the death of his sons. Vasiṣṭha Muni’s actions involved a cow, but Vasiṣṭha Muni did not get angry. One night of Pūrṇimā, Vasiṣṭha Muni returned, and the moonlight was very bright. Filled with bliss, he saw Arundhatī, Vasiṣṭha’s wife, and said, "How beautiful is this moonlight, how bright, how peaceful! Nothing is equal to this." Vasiṣṭha said, "In the same way, in this world, no one’s penance is equal to Viśvāmitra’s penance." And Viśvāmitra, taking up weapons to kill Vasiṣṭha, was hiding in the bushes. When he heard, "I killed his sons, I took the cow," still Vasiṣṭha praised him. This is great. The pride of Viśvāmitra was destroyed. And he fell at his feet. The priest said, "O Brahmaṛṣi, this was the only pain you had for so many days. You did not say 'Brahmaṛṣi.' Then I did this work. Now you said 'Brahmaṛṣi,' so I have become a sādhaka. I have a penance of 60,000 years. I give that penance to you. I made a mistake for that." Vasiṣṭha said, "I give you a moment of satsaṅg." Viśvāmitra got angry. "Is a penance of 60,000 years equal to a moment of satsaṅg?" So, Vasiṣṭha said, "Brother, please do justice to this." He went to Viṣṇu and said, "Is penance greater, or is satsaṅg greater?" Lord Viṣṇu said, "This is beyond my understanding." He went to Śaṅkara and said, "You are the master of all, you are the knower of all. You say, is penance greater or is satsaṅg greater?" Śaṅkara said, "Śaṅkara says, I did a lot of meditation, I knew everything about this, I didn’t even walk. I had a master. His house was a satsaṅg, and all the satsaṅgīs of his house—his wife, children, all—the mantra given by Gurudev, the meditation given, he used to chant and meditate; everyone used to meditate." He had a grown daughter. He did a lot of meditation. He received the grace of God. He became self-realized. But he had to get married. He saw a house for his marriage. He got a house worth crores of rupees. Those who worship God, what do they not get? He got married. He went to his in-laws’ house. He was a pious man. He worshipped Guru Dev in the morning with the image of Guru Dev. He was sitting and praying. The next day, someone came and said, "Look, he is doing something wrong." He was sitting and praying. He was sitting and praying. He was sitting and praying. Bhai kere Rām Rām, ye to māyā ke kīṛe haiṁ. Mīrābāī ne kahā hai, padle rehtī, padlamanī śunī nahīṁ, gurumukh bāt, beho śī, bandhriyo phirī ugādhe gāt. Mīrābāī kere, bahārī mahārānī haiṁ, aur uṣṇā Gurudev kā bachan nahīṁ sunāye. So he died when he was a monkey; he didn’t get clothes, he was hungry, he ate a lot, then he died. Tulsī Dās Jī says, "Tulsī, Hari-Guru kī bhakti bhī na rānī bhī kuṭṭī hoī, alāī gaṛiyā bhujaḍī phirī ṭukaḍā netā le koī." So Bhai says, "He is going to go to Hengpushra Jodi." His husband was smart. He told them to worship the Guru. It is a sin to look at the face of a Nugra (one who has not accepted a Guru). The sin of two thousand people lies on the face of a Nugra. The husband was very loving. According to the wife, the Guru worshiped the Guru. Then the mother-in-law said, "Speak sweetly." The mother-in-law said, "Mother-in-law, at last you will know." ... I have eaten food from this house; it is my duty to be good to this house. God heard his prayer. The true self-willed saint suddenly came and called out for alms. All the merchants were sitting on their chairs, chatting and talking. And the other ṛṣis also saw that there was no difference between God and a saint. Oh! The Rāmāyaṇa says that Nārada is the link between God and a saint. So, the saint came to me and said, "Sākṣāt Prabhu āye, mere naina saphal hue, merī āj śubh ghaḍī, usne pās sāth roṭī leke, aur vikṣya deke, praṇām kiyā, mātho ṭeke." Sant vichār kīdo, ke veth hai, buddā buddī, jodhā hame nī bhale, nā āp bhaīye, jo ko dekho, mātho ṭeke, ne krodh pati rā ghar, lākho krodhā nā, jamārāt vairī vaḍā, mātho ṭeke, praṇām kario, jarūr ho, mātho, inke koī śachchā, guru, and she is her disciple. So the saints say, watch her. The saint says, "How old are you?" "Mahārāj, I am ten years old." "God, I am ten years old. Śāstra, I am sorry. God, I have done a foolish thing." "And how old is your husband?" "He is three years old. He has just come, Bābājī. Oh, his in-laws have left him. How old is your mother-in-law?" "Mother-in-law is God. Bless you." Then the Mahātma said, "Shet, sit quietly." This lady spoke in a saintly manner, in knowledge. I understood and said the truth. He said, "Mahārāj, this is not a lie. Is this your saintly manner?" If you do not listen to lies, then say, "Mahārāj." Then the lady said, "Brother, if a girl is married for ten years, either she is small or she is not seen as big, how will she tell ten years?" "Mahārāj, it has been 10 years since I have worshipped Gurudev, since the birth of man. Before that, the form was of a minute, the sign was of an animal, an animal. And it has been three years since my husband has worshipped Gurudev, since the birth of man. And it has been one and a half years since my mother-in-law has worshipped him, since the birth of man. And my father-in-law, who is a true devotee of the Guru, is sitting in the corner of the house. And he says that I am a human being, but if I am not a human being, then I am an animal in the shape of a human being." This is how the owner of the big house understood. He said, "You are right, my friend. And in fact, I am like an animal. Today, God has blessed me. If you see me, then also make me a human being. Aur mujhe paśu mat rakhe." Therefore, Śāstra says, as long as there is no devotion and no Guru, one is a Nugra; then in form one may be a human, but in essence one is merely an animal. Therefore, one should not remain a Nugra, and one should perform devotion to the Guru. And if there is no devotion, then what is my brother? Without devotion, one is an animal. What does it matter if one has the form of a human but the nature of an animal? One Mahātma said to his disciple, who was living in the ashram, "Mahārāj, there is a fair near the village that I want to go and see." He said, "What do you want to see?" I said, "Let it be." He said, "Bābā Jī, please do me a favor. I want to see it." He said, "Okay, do this. Take one of these wings with you. And from this wing, see how many human beings are there in the fair." He took it and went. From the wing, he saw that there was no human. There is a donkey, there is a dog, there is a cat, there is a dog, there is a dog,... there is a dog. Everybody wants to personally approach Holy Gurujī and Swamījī to see Him and to be seen, to touch Him and to be touched. This is a privilege of a Guru Bhakta. So, thank you. It was Guru Pūrṇimā’s program. It was the last time. And here, this tree, morning, afternoon I was looking, because Gurujī’s room was there where Gurujī was living, and always on Guru Pūrṇimā I used to be here in Europe, but this time Gurujī said that I should come. This year, on Guru Pūrṇimā, and then after one month, or two weeks, three weeks, or something, I was sitting here. You had all had lunch, and from Gurujī’s big vision came the vision of Gurujī. Said Mahesh, "Come to Guru Pūrṇimā Satsaṅg." And on that day, immediately I gave the programs and I said, "I go to India this year with Holy Gurujī." And then Gurujī gave me many lessons, many things, and unfortunately, you know, that Gurujī on that day, that year, passed away. So, Gurujī, now many of you have, many did not hear, you saw the feed video, and maybe some did not, you saw the video. And many of you have seen Gurujī, and those of you who have not seen him, you have seen him in the video. Adió.

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