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Prabhūdīpa Nirañjanā Sabhā Dvambhān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jaya, Divyadī Dev Deveśvara Mahādeva Kī Jaya, Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandajī Bhagavān Kī Jaya, Alakhpurījī Mahādeva Kī Jaya, Satya Sanātana Dharma Kī Jaya, Sab Ṛṣi Muniyoṅ Kī Jaya. Good evening, my dear sisters, brothers, all yoga teachers, yogīs, practitioners, and all the different kinds of yoga practitioners around the world. This is now a time when Kali Yuga has become very strong. The question is: in what way can we help, and how can we get away from the troubles of this Kali Yuga? Many of us throughout the world are chanting and performing pūjā. There are many different religions, but two things stand out. One is performing pūjā, offering prayers to God through the path of the religions, yet some are not following ahiṃsā. There is hiṃsā and ahiṃsā. Hiṃsā means killing other creatures, and not only killing, but eating them too. It does not matter whether the animal is big or small. They also feel pain. They may think, “God has given me human life.” And indeed, God has given us protection for all creatures, and for ourselves as well. Jīva jīva bhakṣate. One life kills another life and eats, but not the humans. So those who kill animals are committing hiṃsā. But hiṃsā is not only about killing creatures or humans. It also includes speaking painful words to someone. Animals understand this, and many animals run away from humans. There are some birds that sit peacefully on animals, or beside them. But as soon as a human approaches, all these birds fly away. This is because of a certain energy; they know that humans will kill us, and so on. It is a kind of instinctive feeling. Similarly, one can be cruel within the family—toward the husband, wife, children, the children’s spouses, or anyone in the house. It is not that they are humble, kind, and friendly. Many people shout at each other. That is also not good. That is adharma. And dharma is different. Beyond this, there are many other aspects concerning the trees, the grass, and so on. Even about water it is said that water is our life. Jal jaha jagadīś. Where there is water, there is God. Many people call water Vodha Jīvot—water is life. So we know that whether we are swimming in the ocean, in a pond, or even in the bathroom, we should not use water unnecessarily. Some people go into the bathroom, turn on the water, wash a little, step aside, pick up the soap, and let the water keep falling—then wash again, and so on. Water is water. Water is your life. You are the water. If there is no water, we will not live even for a few minutes. Our body contains water, and water surrounds our body. Water is in the air. If there were no water in the air, the air would not go in, and if it is dry, we would cry and die. Our body has five fundamental principles, and among them are water and the breath—inhalation. Many people say, “We have enough water; we can do everything, and it is okay to use it freely.” But the person who truly reflects on water will, first thing in the morning, take water in the palm and see how precious it is. When we are very thirsty and have only a little water in our palm, can we drink? How? “Ah, now I will live.” That is the attitude. Do not destroy water. Do not behave carelessly. Do not destroy. As for the breathing nowadays, what we talk about is oxygen. You know what oxygen is, don’t you? And what is oxygen? It is water and air. Air is life, and when mixed with water, it is best. So, dharma and adharma. You know, when we go to the water in the morning, at sunrise—and mostly ladies do this; men can do whatever they do as well—they go and take water from a pot or with their hands and offer it to Sūrya Nārāyaṇa. “O Sūrya Nārāyaṇa, you are there, and this water is that—by this offering we will leave from this.” And in this act, with each and every drop of water, what they often do is say, “Tulsī, the little plant, Tulsī.” And what is a Tulsī? Tulsī is the goddess of Bhagavān, Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa’s Tulsī. But people do not understand. Because that plant, the tulsī, and this plant, which is female, possesses a great power, prāṇa, very, very much—and especially in medicine, it is very, very powerful. We all worship Tulsī in this way, and there is water in that worship. Many people who worship Tulasī every day, for many years, sometimes see that Tulasī plant become very big and very beautiful. Then they arrange a marriage for the Tulasī. They perform a marriage ceremony for the Tulasī plant, yes. They may have brought a Tulsī plant five or ten years before; someone may worship it, and then they make a marriage of the Tulsīs. From Gujarat or somewhere far away, they brought Tulsīs by aeroplane for pūjās and such. And Bhagavān came—Kṛṣṇa is right there in the soup. It is very close, nearby, near the place where we went. We went to Premanājī, brought these plants, Rāṇī, after the Rāṇīs. Truly, they came by aeroplane, because these people know in their heart, in their feelings, that everything is that. Yes. This is not merely a plant; it is like God Itself. And so it is with all trees. When we touch their leaves and look at them, it is something very great. The Jainas, many Jainas who truly follow their pūjās and their path, do not walk on the grass. Yes, and that is also why they do not wear shoes. Many, many things like that show what is dharma and what is adharma. So it is not only that—okay, I will worship something, perform pūjās and rituals—but on the other hand, you are killing animals and eating them. What is that? Oh man, yes, if there is truly nothing to eat, no greenery and so on, then of course humans are the first priority. So they may eat some fish, or find food in the ocean, or in the glaciers, or something like that. That is called the sādhanā, and that is either dharma or adharma. Oh men, dharma or adharma! Do not think negatively of others. If you tell somebody, “This is stupid,” or “This one is not good,” whether spoken vocally or in your mind, that word is also called backbiting. And backbiting is like you are already killing someone. Our holy Gurujī composed a very beautiful bhajan: Sādhana cara karo pyāra, sādhana cara karo, jīna se hove mokṣa tumhārā, jīna se hove mokṣa tumhārā. Devpurīśa Mahādeva Kī Jaya, Mādhavānandjī Bhagavānakī, Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavānakī, Satya Sanātana Dharma, Oṁ Śānti, Viśvaguru Parahaṁsa Maheśvarānandajī Gurudeva Kī Jaya. Good evening.