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Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jai, Deva Dī Deva. Deveśvara Mahādeva Kī Jai, Alak Purījī Mahādeva Kī Jai, Sadguru Svāmī Madhvanānjī Bhagavān Kī Jai. Śrī Rām Jai Rām Jai Jai Rām, Śrī Rām Jai Rām Jai Jai Rām, Śrī Rām Jai Rām Jai Jai Rām, Śrī Rām Jai Rām Jai Jai Rām, Śrī Rām Jai Rām Jai Jai Rām. Śrī Rām Jai Rām Jai Jai Rām, Śrī Rām Jai Rām Jai Jai Rām, Śrī Rām Jai Rām Jai Jai Rām, Śrī Rām Jai Rām Jai Jai Rām, Śrī Rām Jai Rām Jai Jai Rām. Jai Jai Rām, Śrī Rām, Jai Rām, Jai Jai Rām, Śrī Rām, Jai Rām, Jai Rām, Śrī Rām, Jai Rām, Śrī Rām, Jai... Rām, Śrī Rām, Śrī... Rām, Śrī... Rām, Śrī. Blessings for them all by Bhagavān Rām. We are all the bhaktas of Bhagavān Śrī Rām. Bhagavān Rāma lived many thousands of years ago. Sorry, I do not know exactly when. Nobody knows. Many of you know the whole story. Bhagavān Rāma returned to his kingdom, to his palace. Tomorrow is the day Bhagavān Rāma came to his mothers and all his brothers, etc. That is one of the greatest things we know. It is said: first Śiva, then Viṣṇu, Śiva, etc. Between them is Brahmā, who is the creator. So tomorrow is a very holy day for the whole world. That is Bhagavān Rām, and it is called Dīvālī. Diwali means the light, and we mostly have light in the night. So it means a state. Where God is, there is no night, no darkness. Everywhere the light is always. We can see from the whole globe that the sun is always rising somewhere. The yogīs are said to be awakened in the night when all are sleeping. That means that knowledge. In that way, tomorrow is our Diwali, and it will be a very big festival. Then, the day after tomorrow, it is called... everybody will come and welcome and give praṇām to Bhagavān Rāma. So everyone, in the morning the day after tomorrow... Everyone will say "Rām Rām Sā." "Sā" means sir, or what we call the ladies, or the children. To everyone, we said to Bhagavān Rām, "Rām, Rām." And those who will say "Rām, Rām, Rām," our whole year will be very divine, and Bhagavān Rām will always be with us. And Hanuman. You know Hanumānjī. Everyone knows what Hanumān is. Of course, we say it is like a monkey. Why the monkey? It is said to be Śiva. So, there are certain reasons why one has this Hanumanjī as a monkey. Because at that time, Rāvaṇa and many others were doing very negative things. It is said that many bhaktas, even they, like bhaktas... but when they have this time, then they have very much anger inside. The ego comes and says, "I am the highest." We will speak more on this subject next time. All gods who come, one after another through the ages, come for two purposes: protecting and liberating all good ones. For example, anyone who believes in their religion and their God. Some do not say there is no God, but they say only that Brahman. Or what Muslims say, Allāh. So they are all there. So it does not matter, either physically or in their strength. And people are for their worshipping. What is worshipping? There are many, many different kinds. We make many prayers, meditations, concentrations, bhajans, etc. Others also. You know that Christmas is coming very soon. And this Christian, the Christian, what they are making... now it will come very close there. What is that? New Year. And it is very close, when Rāma is coming, and there is also Kṛṣṇa and others, and in that time also Jesus comes. So, is that also when the Holy Mother, Mary, and when Jesus comes, gives birth? That was not... it is said, everybody said, that she was still, how do you call it... virgin. Virgin, virgin... virgin. It is said that even though she gave birth to a son, she was still a virgin. And so also came Hanumānjī in the form of the monkey. Because Rāvaṇa asked all goddesses, and also Śiva, in everybody, he got from them, "Please protect me." Only one remained, and therefore Śiva comes into the form of the monkey, and then you will see, yes, it was Śiva. So let's go further, we will come. Similarly, you know that tomorrow is Dīvālī. And this Diwali is the lights everywhere in the evening. Through the satellite, you can listen and see that everywhere there are lights. It is mostly the whole of India, and many other countries, where many are also lighting again. And the next day, we all come and we make praṇām. So that we know that our Bhagavān Dīp Nārāyaṇa Mahāprabhujī, Dīp Nārāyaṇa Mahāprabhujī, is also as Brahmā, God, with the Lakṣmaṇa of Viṣṇu and Śiva, and Rāma is also Viṣṇu, so Mahāprabhujī. He was born or incarnated at Brahmā time, early morning. After midnight, three hours, then comes the Brahmā time, very great. Our Gurudev Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī, and his name was Dīp. Dīp means this flame, light, and so Mahāprabhujī incarnated at that time. Also, it was Śiva with it. And it took exactly nine months. That is a story you will hear now. So Dīvālī was the ninth night, and Mahāprabhujī incarnated. And with flames, he was gone from the pūjās, but when Mahāprabhujī was born, awakened, then again there, around him, it was all flames came in that village. And it was cold, but some rain came, and all the drops were yellow, like this color. This is like we call this... no, this is the Chandan. And this Chandan is very, very holy. Likewise, we know what our Mahāprabhujī is. So tomorrow is also the incarnation of Bhagavān Siddhi, Nārāyaṇa, Mahāprabhujī. So we are worshipping Bhagavān Rām, Bhagavān Dīp Nārāyaṇa Mahāprabhujī, and all holy saints and holy persons. So it is a very, very big festival. Now, from our Līlā Amṛt book, our Holī Gurujī has written, and I would like you to know that many of you have this book, Bhagavān Śrī Dīpānanda Mahāprabhujī’s. That book is called Leela Amrit, read that please, and in many, many languages that is so. Now our bhakta, our friend, your yoga name, Satya Prakash. Satya means truth, Prakash means light, so that is very important. On this Diwali day, this is the best name given to him on Diwali. Always, Bhagavān Rāma said, "Satya," where the prakāśa, the light, is. So, Satya Prakāś, please, I think you can talk something for us, please. Om Namah Śrī Prabhu Dīpa Nārāyaṇam. Om Namah Shri Prabhu Deep Narayanam Hamsabh Das Prabhu Saran Parayanam. Hamsabh Das Prabhu Saran Parayanam Om Namah Shri Prabhu Deep Narayanam. Sing one bhajan, please, for Mahāprabhujī. Okay? The first bhajan, any for Mahāprabhujī. Very nice. Om. So, till there, yes. Come, both of you. Guru Jī, merā amarācārī le āyā, dayā lo. Merā amarācārī le āyā. Dhanyā gāḍī, dhanyā bhāgā, amara caranoṁ śiṣaṇivāyā. Dhanyā gāḍī, dhanyā bhāgā, amara caranoṁ śiṣaṇivāyā. Satguru, caranī pīḍhī mujhako. Gyānīgoro Chāḍī Pilāhī Mujhako Gurujī, Mera Amadak Chāḍī Le Āyā Dayālo. Mera Chāḍī Āyā Dharmāhe, Tu Avatāra Dhārarī, Mrakhī Vajivāyā Gurujī Rāja Jayalomeyā. O Chaudaloka, Ikīśo Brahma Hī Darśayā. O choudaloka, ikisho brahma namo jama hi darsaya. Aise Jidhi Shibaya Sanjeevna Shibaya Sukha Paya. Guruji Mera Madhachri Le Aaya, Dayalo Mera Madhachri Le Aaya. Dharma dhārāi dharmai tu avatār. Dhārā vahī yā dhyāyālo me āyā, āyā, ... ā Praṇām Swāmījī, Hari Om, Guru sisters and Guru brothers. The Appearance of Lord Śiva As Swamiji told us, Śivarātri, which is on the night of the new moon in February, is when Indians celebrate the festival of Śivarātri. On this night, all devotees, yogīs, and swāmīs meditate until dawn. Traditional ceremonies and celebrations took place in Śrī Udaipurījī’s ashram. On this night, dedicated to Lord Śiva, Śarmilatī Candan Devajī heard that numerous devotees had already been granted a vision of divine form. "Maybe he will also bless me with his darśan," she mused. She vowed to fast until blessed by Lord Śiva’s appearance. In the unshakable belief that she would meet him face to face, she immersed herself deep into meditation and began to chant the holy mantra: "Om Namah Śivāya, my reverence to Lord Śiva." Her devout prayer was heard, and at one o’clock in the early morning hours, God Śiva appeared before her and spoke to her in a pure, melodious voice: "My absence to you, Divine Mother, the tapasyās and prayers you performed in earlier lives shall now bear fruit. Grace is bestowed upon you, as you shall have the privilege of conceiving the highest Lord, King of the Universe. On the auspicious and blessed day of this, His incarnation in this world, the whole universe will be filled with divine light. You and I will meet again, as one day I will come here to greet him. Furthermore, you will give birth to three sons and one daughter, all with pure and holy souls." After this, the form of God Śiva vanished, and Śrīmatī Chandan Devājī emerged from her meditation. As her gaze returned once more to the world, she thought with consternation, "Such grace has just been showered upon me. Lord Shiva himself, the ocean of divine love and wisdom, blessed me with his presence, but I was so preoccupied I could not even present him with the proper reception." Full of awe, she reflected on the prophecy revealed to her, and she kept wondering when and how it would happen. This same night, Smṛti Chandan Devājī had the experience of a glorious, radiant light descending upon her, filling her body and soul. Thus, she received a gift from heaven, Viśva Dīpa Jyoti Paramātmā, the Divine Self, whose radiance illuminates the entire cosmos. As we heard from Swamiji, nine months later, on Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights, Shmati Chandan Devajī had a dream at exactly 3:30 in the morning, in which she had a vision of Lord Viṣṇu arriving. Seated on Airāvata, his white elephant with seven trunks. In his hands, Lord Viṣṇu held his insignias: Śaṅkha, the conch shell; Cakra, the disc; Gadā, the club; and Padma, the lotus. He was accompanied by Lord Śiva, clad in a tiger skin, and riding on Nandi, his bull. From his long matted hair flowed the Ganges, the Gaṅgā River. Half an hour after this dream on Diwali, at 4 a.m., the hour of Brahma Muhūrta, on November the 8th, 1828 AD, the protector of all creatures incarnated on this earth, Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī. At the moment of his birth, he appeared to his mother in a vision as the divine child Kṛṣṇa, who endears himself to all. Matajī Chandandevājī realized that her son, conceived by the grace of the Lord Śiva, was a divine incarnation. In this memorable hour, several miracles occurred, as we’ve already heard from Swamijī. The oil lamps within the village houses suddenly lit, although they were empty of oil, and they lit of their own accord. And white flower blossoms gently fell from the sky. On waking in the morning, the villagers were filled with an inexplicable inner joy. First, they were amazed to see the burning oil lamps. And then the streets were covered with white flowers. Some attributed the miracles to Lord Rāma, in whose glory Dīvālī is celebrated. Some believed it to be the good work of the spirits. And others thought these miracles were performed by an invisible divine power of the universe. No one knew how all of this happened. Śrī Udaipurījī Mahārāj, overjoyed that a divine son had been born to him, gave gifts to the priests and the poor, and reverently thanked God in his prayers. It is a tradition in India that after the birth of a child, an astrologer is summoned to cast the horoscope and choose a suitable name. Therefore, Pandit Prem Shankar Shāstrāchārya, a great scholar of astrology, was consulted. On completing his calculations, he said to Śrī Udaipurājī: "This is indeed a special day. Such a planetary alignment is extremely rare, and only exceptional personalities are born at such an hour. Your son will be gifted with extraordinary spiritual and supernatural powers. He is a great soul, a divine master, and his name shall be Dīp, which means light. Those who receive his blessings will experience spiritual peace and enlightenment. This child will be like the shining sun, not only for his family, but also for all of India and the whole world. He will be highly renowned, and it is my good fortune to have been chosen to name this great soul." Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jai, Śrī Śrī Devpurījī Samanevā Kī Jai, Śrī Śrī Mādhava Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān Kī Jai, Śrī Svāmī Manaśvānanda Gurudeva Kī Jai, Satsaṅgatana Dharma Kī Jai, Āj Kiyānanda Kī Jai, Ṛṣi Munī Mahātmā Kī Jai. And so, tomorrow is Diwali, the incarnation of Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Mahāprabhujī. And we will worship tomorrow, and all my dear brothers, bhaktas. Everyone worships on Diwali, and Bhagavān Dīpanā and Mahāprabhujī’s... the next day we should give further to everyone, like on Christmas when after Christmas begins, then say that Jesus was coming and give everyone something. Similarly, also in the Diwali, which is thousands and thousands and thousands of years old. That is the tradition. So we all got the blessings, and on that day, if someone had some kind of anger, hate, or something, day after tomorrow they all will forgive everything and again they will have the brotherhood. And each other, they are giving something. That we will do everywhere in the whole world. Especially from our side, Yoga in Daily Life. And not even the Yoga in Daily Life, but all bhaktas. So we said, worship all together, all countries and wherever you are. I pray to Mahāprabhujī to give us blessings for peace, harmony, and good health. Then, health and wealth until tomorrow.