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Oṁ Brahmā, Guru Viṣṇu, Guru Debu Maheśvara, Guru Sākṣāt, Parabrahmā, Tasmai Śrī Gurave Namaḥ, Dhyāna Mūlaṁ Guru Mūrtiḥ, Pūjā Mūlaṁ Guru Pādaṁ, Mantra Mūlaṁ Guru Vākyaṁ, Mokṣa Mūlaṁ Guru Kṛpā, Oṁ. Good evening to all dear sister-brothers, to yoga and daily life around the whole world, to all our students and teachers. With respect to all yoga teachers from other countries, other ashrams, and other programs, I welcome them. Because we are all one, as our Gurudev Swami Madhavānandajī Bhagavān said: "One in all and all in one." We respect everyone from all other countries, all humans, of any religion or no religion, for they are great souls. We should feel that we are human. God has created us as humans, and all other creatures, but they do not possess as much knowledge. Other creatures only know sleeping, waking, eating, and so on. Yet they all know pain, any kind of pain. If we walk on the earth, on stones, thorns, very hot sand, or very cold ground, all creatures have these feelings. They know they have pain. But humans know that all animals, everyone, even the trees, have pain, and we humans should help them, not kill them. Of course, we all humans on this earth, even in far, far distances, are also eating and killing animals. Nobody may respect what I say. But if we know, Mother Earth has everything. These are very simple things I am telling. I will tell this till the end of my life: I love you all, first the humans. Respect them, and I also feel love for other creatures. That is why, always in my satsaṅg on this holy place, the holy seat—the seat where we are sitting, the holy chair—you know, from many different religions, the head of that for many, many years sits on that one chair. That chair is very spiritual and very holy, and one should not sit there; only one person should. Others should feel and offer praṇām to that chair. This holy chair... we all respect one person, and everyone says, "Yes, this is spiritual and very good, and it will make everything for us on this chair." For example, many of you know, because I am here in Europe and there, about Jesus. There are different kinds of religions, but they are different from Jesus. The Christians, the different Christians, they have a Pope, and they have other similar figures with different names. But they all respect and worship nearly this chair. And we, for our India, all Buddhists, all Hindus, all others, we say this one Gaḍī. This Gadi, which is from that holy master, Guru Śaṅkarācārya’s, is called the Gadi. And there are other names: Vyās Gāḍī, Śaṅkarācārya’s Guru Gāḍī, and so on in other names. Everyone who comes there respects it, and only that one can sit on it. Many do not even want to come close, only from a distance. But on the other side, for example, there is a holy chair or the holy gāḍī, and a little child comes quickly, running, and comes to the Gurujī, or Śaṅkarācārya, or Jesus, or others. They will not push away the child. They will hug them, kiss them. How much love will they give? Smiling, those who are sitting on that holy seat. And when we are grown, then after some years—10, 20, 30 years—they will say, "Please, a little distance." Why there? Because little children are very pure. They have no negativity. It is said little children are like God. This is very important. But then, after they are developing in other directions into the whole world, of course we respect them very much. But also, those who are sitting on the gāḍī or the chair, they also respect you very much. Who sits on that gāḍī or the chair? We respect them, but who is sitting there should not say, "I am the higher and I am best." Then it means you are not capable for this gāḍī. We must be more humble, more respectful, and more loving toward one another. After you leave the holy chair, we go out. Many will just fold their hands, or many will hug us, and some will show the ring or the hand; these are different traditions from country to country. But we have to feel that, and then the same thing: we should have humbleness, kindness, and love for every other creature. If some holy person sits on that chair and a very little, beautiful bird comes and sits there, they will not kill her. No, they will say, "Oh, how beautiful is your world." Yes, we all have feelings. It doesn’t matter which country, which religion. In that way, it is said—and I always used to say it—protect them, feed them, but don’t kill them and don’t eat them. That is, on one side, love. And now we have in our house many little animals: a dog, a cat, anything. How many people I have seen now in my programs, many times here, many through the Swāmījī televisions and so on. It is said, "My cat, my doggy," and some men are holding them in their arm, and this dog is licking your chest or your mouth. Yes, you love them. They are also life. But others, they are killing them. Sometimes, you know, we have seen a dog or cat held with a chain, with gas burning the mouth of the dog, and also burning them from their buttocks. Where is that dog which is at home in our test? And others like this. So we celebrate, how can we come? That is this. We should feel about the others, too. This is the first point. So if you want to go for, let’s say, meditation, practicing yoga, or other kinds of techniques, going into a temple, a church, a mosque, and others, you see? And there, how do we feel? First, we shall follow in our heart these creatures and all humans. After that, it doesn’t matter: āsanas, prāṇāyāmas, concentration, meditation, football, ball, everything like this. It’s very good: swimming, running, good. After we come to another level, another height of our human consciousness, then we are thinking of meditation, concentration, closing our eyes. And others who are only running or playing or anything, they also, afterwards, come and relax. They will relax, they will say, "Ah, very nice, very good running, good friends," and we are now all relaxed. We were playing with a football, kicking this side and that side. But then all these football players, I think eleven by eleven, afterwards they all come together and drink water or some milk or some fruits, etc. Or those who are going for yoga, practicing āsanas, prāṇāyāms, etc., then they lie down. It is called relaxing, or yoga nidrā. Mahāprabhujī has given a beautiful picture of the bhajan about this: "Yogī Janakī Yoganīndra," this beautiful bhajan. One day we will translate it again. Then, after that, we have another step. There we are, from the whole body, not ourselves, to feel relaxed and comfortable. But we try to go from our relaxation or meditation; we go to other bodies’ power, to other people. First, we are going to our friends, families, etc. But then something is happening. There are earthquakes, and many people died, or like this. Then, all of us—it doesn’t matter if you’re a yogī or another player or something—everyone says, "Oh my God, the poor people, my other people." That is in our heart, that you open the door of our heart: "My God, how it is." That time means now you know that in our heart and in our mind, in our brain, there is humbleness to everyone. Then this is another height developed, our height. And after that level, then we can understand all above from the whole earth and then towards God. When such a feeling is there, through prayers, meditations, concentrations, and helping... There are many levels in yoga: Haṭha yoga, bhakti yoga, jñāna yoga, etc. After that comes the highest, and then that time we go within ourself and we expand outside. All then, it’s like one beautiful tree, a big tree, an old, old tree, and beautiful flowers come, and beautiful blossoms and fruits, and how many creatures are enjoying. Such humbleness comes in the heart. That person, that kind of person is such that he or she will sit on this holy seat. In many religions and in many things, they only put on such a chair the male, not the female. I don’t know why. But there are many, many holies, and they are also sitting on the high seat: Śiva, Pārvatī, Viṣṇu, Lakṣmī, Brahmā, Sarasvatī, etc. And what we call Śiva’s Śakti. And that Śakti, you know, when she died, Śiva took her and went into space. How many long years or months were they only there, Śiva and the dead body of Satī. But Śiva was not there; he was in his space. Always, they went and said—they said—and came Viṣṇu, Brahmā, and all others. They said, "Please bring Śiva back." But who can do this? And then Viṣṇu sent his Sudarśana. Sudarśana was given to Viṣṇu by Śiva, and so Sudarśana went, and the Sudarśana Cakra cut it into the 52 parts of the Śakti. And where are all these scattered? In the Himalayas, in many parts of India. And there is called the very, very, very holy temple. Because that was the Holy Mother, the Śakti, and we go there, we worship there. So we should not say that only women cannot, only the men; not like this. And we are worshipping. There are many, many days where we are worshipping the female. How must we worship and respect and adore the Holy Mother of Jesus and others also? So, how do we go further there? At that time, you will say, "Yes, now I am on one seat." And in that seat—it is a seat—at that time, in which religion, there is your holy chair. So, that one who is sitting on that chair, he is for the whole range of their religion. There is that one. And that we can come together. So, like this, that time when he comes on the holy chair, sometimes one said, "Oh, now I am like a god." That time, that person said, "Not that I am on the chair as a god." He said, "No." Now, the responsibility of God, he gave me, and therefore I should all as one. Not only if you have your children or this; there are some religions, they also marry and have children, but only when you come at home, matching your children, maybe. Otherwise, it is not your house, and it is not yours. You belong all around the whole world, varying in religion and traditions, and we have to respect, not control, but relax. We should bring together and pray and give to them, etc. And so that’s why then comes the other state. Now, one must not become a holy person on one chair. That is for one. But there are many more highly spiritually developed beings, many, many, everywhere. And that’s why in different temples, churches, or ashrams, it is sprouted all there. So they all help, take care, and they take them to the supreme highest. Then you will see, yes, now I am going higher. And if I will say, or we will say, "I am great, and I did it, and I do it, and this is only for me and not for you," then it is like this. And all, one day, it will be like the birds. When once, maybe, I go like this, all are gone. Therefore, let’s say a rock, like in the Himalayas. Climb on the Himalayas, but slowly, slowly, slowly. Don’t hurry up, otherwise you will fall down in the chariot. So what means that? How far are you going in your consciousness? Will I go or not? And there are many saints, many others, not only those who are sitting on the chair. So, in yoga in daily life, you are all the time getting all this, that kind of knowledge, lectures, etc. Holy Gurujī told once a very nice story, and it was a story. So there was one Guruji, who lived mostly a little outside of the village. For example, this is a Strelka, that’s a little village, and there’s a road. On the other side of the road, there are yogīs, and they are sitting because it’s more peaceful there. So one day, one man came and he said, "Swamiji, I want to become your disciple. Please, can you teach me? Can you give me mokṣa, etc.?" Gurujī said, "Okay. Come, stay with me, and we are on it, too—you and me. So bring your water. I will bring the vegetables. You should cook vegetables like this." And he said, "Gurujī, you should sit down. I will do everything." And Gurujī’s evening, giving some satsaṅg, some bhajans, about five months, years, but one day he said, "I am five years with Gurujī and working and cleaning and this, but I have not got my kuṇḍalinī. It didn’t go up." So one day, early morning, he went out and went away. He asked people, "Where is my bhakta, my disciple?" People, he was here, what happened? Some people said, "Yes, I saw he went on." Others said, "Other villages, he was going." So he went away. After a few days, or weeks, or months, there was another Gurujī somewhere. And he went to the Gurujī, "I think you are very holy, and you are the best one." He said, "What do you want?" He said, "I want to become your disciple, and I want to become a spiritual and very..." "Did you be with some guru?" He said, "Yeah, but it was not a real guru. You look to me very guru." Well, he gave the mantra and he was with him, and he was also helping. He had a few disciples with him as well. About 14 days, a month, or years. One day he will run away. "This Gurujī is also not good." Likewise, he was going, going, going. So it was about seven different Mahātma Gurus. Then he became that disciple who wanted to become a disciple. From all, he became a disciple, and one day he became so angry. And where? This one other ashram somewhere. This was the 12th sādhu. He said, "There are only..." And only they take us for working, and this and that. They are nothing. I lost my life. I hope I will be, but nothing. I hope I could have, I think I could have married and had my children, and my children would help me. But now I can’t marry; I can’t have a child. I’m old, no one will become husband, now wife. Oh my God! So, he gave the undress away, together, and he was talking very negatively to this master. Then he was going to all twelve sādhus or gurus, and everywhere he went, he was shouting. And he came to the last one, which was also the last one, the first one and the last one. And he came on the door of the ashram, and his guru said, "Oh, my dear, where have you been? You are so old already, but I am so happy that you are here." He said, "I don’t want to tell you anything." He said to me, "I will bring me to the mokṣa and this and that." And nowhere I got nothing, so I will tell everybody some negative things, and you know, there are a thousand people, and one will say negative, and they can also split the whole thousand people’s dough. Like what? When someone tells us things, then it’s like when we, with our hand, like this, all birds go away. When we do like this, all gone. And then he said, "Gurujī, I worked so long with you. And I tell you, you are not Guruji, and I worked very hard, and you should give me money. You couldn’t give me mokṣa?" he said. "Now I can give you the mokṣa. Will you?" I said, "Yes, I will give you the path now. How long? About 12 days, then you will come onto a very good way, and then you will be on the right path." "Thank you, Gurujī. Thank you, Gurujī. You took me to your heart. Yes. What can I do, Gurujī? What can I do?" Gurujī said, "In my ashram, it’s about 500 square meters. And there is no water at all, so please, can you dig a water well?" "Yes, Gurudev." So the next day he got tools, and he was digging a water well all day, very hard. About one and a half meters deep, and two meters by two meters. Evening, he came to Guruji’s, and Guruji said, "I’m tired." He said, "No, you come and eat and drink and sleep." Morning, they came to the breakfast, so Gurujī said to the disciple, "Where you were digging yesterday, it will be very rocky, very hard. So dig somewhere else." And he did, next day, on the other side. And the third day, Gurujī said, "There is very bitter, salty water." So he went to the third to dig a water well, and he comes back in the evening and says, "That water is not at all. Tomorrow dig there." So he was digging and digging. Twelve holes he made, no water there still. And on the seventeenth day, Guruji said, "There was water." No, he said, "Don’t talk to me. Take your tools. You don’t know where the water is. And no water? All my hands are swollen, and you say that water? And there is no water? If in 12 days I could drink in one place, I would have brought you the water here." He said that is right. What does right mean? Yes, I told you. Twelve gurus, no one gave you anything, and this, how many years you would have here? You will be mokṣa, mokṣa? I will have died. He said, "No, no... you will get samādhi." Then Gurujī said, "I will do so." He said, "Then now I give you other step of mantras." So, chakras by chakras. And every day, he begins to give very, very divine consciousness. So it is not going here and there, here and there. We shall go ahead, practice, practice. Every day, something new. And therefore, Gurujī said, "Don’t run there and don’t go there." It means you are only having that you want to be great and everything. God bless you. Jeevanamukta paramako brahmānandamesh, brahmānandamesh gurusaunadesh paktora tāraṇame ca lūsau nāde nīvo deṣa me ākandā ujālā jāndra-sūrā ca nāhi se nīvo deṣa me ākandā ujālā. Tora taraṇame jhanu saunade, Agham adeśame santabhīrāje pade... Śrī Dīpakāya Pādāyāsa Mānavē Nahi Jñāna Madhāreṣ Sādhārāsīn Āsanāje Sādhārāsīn Āsanāje Eṣavo Vegāmādeśa Eṣavo Vegāmādeśa Guruvaraṁ Saunādeśa Pāka Tōrā Tārā Na Mē Cārū Sāunā De. Lo kālā ca sāp tā cā kē kāpānā... Dārā ke vērā vēs, tārā ke vērā sāunā de. Om Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Jai. Śrī Śrī Devīśvar Mahādeva Kī Jai. Śrī Svāmī Madhavānandjī Bhagavān Kī Jai. Viśvakuru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvar Viśvakuru Mahādeva Kī Jai. Śrī Alak Purīcī Mahādeva Kī Jai. Satya Sanātan Dharma Kī Jai. Guru Brahma, Guru Viṣṇu, Guru Devo Maheśvara, Guru Sākṣāt Parabrahma, Tasmai Śrī Guruve Namaḥ.