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Good morning, good evening, good midnight, and good midday to everyone, all around the world—up and down, side to left, and all directions. We are very happy, and we are blessed with great fortune that we are in our Om Ashram in India, in Rajasthan, in Jardhan. Many good bhaktas from different countries are doing sādhanā and also doing sevā. Sevā is greater than anything. All sādhanā, all meditations, all mantras come after, but sevā is the great. However, sevā must be done with the heart—very much with the heart—giving everything. If you say, "No, just a little bit," if you always hold back, then it is not sevā. So, it is about tan, man, bachan. What is tan? The body. With my whole body, for my whole being, I give myself to make you happy, to help you, to give to you. Then it is called sevā; otherwise, it is not. Tanman—with your mind, give everything, direct your mind toward the others for whom you are doing sevā. Yes, from the toes to the head and from the head to the toes. So, tan, man—the man, the mind, should always be absorbed in this giving. If you think, "I don’t like this person, I like that person," then you are not a sevak. When we are sitting in the āśram, when we are sitting in satsaṅg, when we are sitting to listen to lectures, do not think, "Oh my God, this person is sitting here." Then everything is gone. That’s it. "All in one, and one in all," Gurujī said. Our Satguru Swami Madhavānandajī Bhagavān always said this. So, if we are in the satsaṅg or with all the people, we should not say, "Not this and not that." Sevā means the ocean. You are in the ocean—just one, a little drop—but you are giving your whole body to the whole ocean; you are one with it. Tan, man, and bachan. Bachan, dhan. What is dhan? Not money, no. Again, it is giving all my feelings, all my work, all that I am—that is my true dhan. Money is very funny. For example, it is said in the Gujarati language: when people are sitting together, and a poor person comes to the front and sits, they say, "Please don’t sit in the front. Can you sit to the side a little bit?" He is very poor and has no money, but he cannot hear properly, so he sits in the front. "Yes, please sit to one side." And then, a rich man who has money is sitting at the back. They say, "No, no, please come to the front." Why? Because he is a rich person with money. The other person was cast aside, and he felt very sad. "You have put us out." When people are very money-oriented, it is not good in the heart. So, it is about tan, man, and bachan. Tan is the body. Man—through your mind, with whole sweetness, whiteness, goodness, everything. Tan, man, bachan. Bachan, the word, can be like a knife, or that bachan can be like happiness, joy, love—everything. Bachan means that if we, if you, if me and others, can follow these three—tan, man, bachan—we find it in our bhajan, in Gurujī’s prathānā; we say tan, man, bachan. In that, you become successful in everything; automatically, everything comes. But sometimes, people who are only there for a few days, or hours, or months begin to become greedy. What is greed? What is a greedy person? Whoever is greedy is lost. The elderly and the young are sitting, and a young child—not very little—if someone asks, "Please, can you bring a glass of water?", the youngest one will run to bring the water without saying anything, while others say, "No, please, sit down, I will bring you the water." This shows the young child is not acting for a reason; that one is humble, kind, good, and a giver. That will be the highest and the best, always. The middle ones will stand up and say, "Yes." But if someone asks for water and everyone looks left and right, then an old person stands up, goes, and brings a glass of water, saying, "Yes, please." The young, strong people are sitting there—they can get up quickly, they can do everything. But it falls to the old one. These two kinds of people—male or female—are not ready. For example, a guest is sitting in their house; they may be a little bit sad because it is their house and their water. But after a few hours, they might finally say, "I will bring the water for you. Please, I will clean your water cup." Young children, they show the greatest soul inside: tannā, mannā, bachanā. These three, if you have to follow. Many times, when somebody is coming onto a bus, train, or airplane, you hear, "Let old people go first." But you will often see people rushing in first, pushing up, and then coming out quickly. That means they did not have the knowledge, and their parents did not give them that kind of knowledge. And when somebody is giving satsaṅg, and Swāmījī is talking, someone will rustle papers. I do not like it. That is a nuisance. So, that is what it is: tan, man, bachan, and dhan dedicated to Gurujī. Dhan means heart, a very deep heart. Money is nothing. We call money in India, and perhaps in other countries too, the dirt on our hands that we must clean. So, when we come to satsaṅg, it is like being in the ocean. Not a wave, not a shark, but the sea, where all are contained. Imagine you are going across the ocean on a ship, moving up and down. If you go on this ship for the first time, after half an hour or ten minutes, you will be like an alcoholic person—swaying. It is not easy. So, that is the nature of it. Money is not the path. But still, it is also very okay. Now, in Kali Yuga, money is God. And it is such that people can even kill humans for it—many things, everything. This is why it is Kali Yuga. It reminds me of a beautiful bhajan, I think by Mangilālji, no, our Lalanānjī. A very beautiful bhajan. What is that bhajan he sings? It is: "Nahi, Mai Mangum Bhoka Swarga Ka." Yes, so many things. So, tan, man, bachan, dhan—all I give to Gurudev, to your heart. Holy Gurujī has always said, our Sadguru Swāmī Madhavānandajī Bhagavān, Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī. Mahāprabhujī once said to our Holy Gurujī, "I should not say just Mādhavānand, but I will say Mādhavānandjī." Mahāprabhujī said, "I give you something. I give you money, and you give me blessings, or heavens." Holy Gurujī replied, "I do not need money, and I do not need any heavens or anything. Only I want to have sevā in your Caranakamala." Mahāprabhujī always says this. See, if there are disciples, it will be like that, and if there is a Guru, it will be like that. So, in these bhajans and satsaṅgs, whatever we call them, we are all in one place—happy, joyful. So, let us come to one bhajan. Come on. Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jaya. And then, after your one bhajan, we will come to sing the bhajan. Get ready. So, you come first. Yes? Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jai. Jai... Thank you, everybody. And now you will have your mālā meditation here, and then go to sleep. Hari Om. Good night. Good night. Hari Om. Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jai.