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So, it is said: day by day, stone by stone. Day by day, stone by stone. We will also do it one by one. Everyone should bring money, and we will make a beautiful temple—we should make a very good temple from marble, the likes of which is not in this country. We should all share and contribute financially to create a marble temple, which will be timeless here. A single stone is very expensive. I can show you our Om Āśrama. I did not build that one. But I have since built one in my village as a memory of my birth in this country, in this village. And one near Mahāprabhujī’s birthplace, and so on. So, you see, we must do something in life. The name remains, not the body. Yes, all that you have in your banks, these letters, and great friends—all persons, women or men—they are remembered. What we have not done vanishes like dust. This was a great year; we celebrated our Guru Pūrṇimā here. Next year, I think I will be in India. How will I come? But perhaps after two weeks, earlier, we will celebrate Guru Pūrṇimā here. This is that deep turn, Bhagavān Kī. And in that context, I want to tell you that we built a beautiful Yajña Śālā. This Yajña Śālā is not found anywhere else in this world; it is here in this country. You can see all the nearby countries. I know it like that, but Vasant, Gaṅgā... Gaṅgā, Vasant. Gaṅgā means the water here, and Vasant means spring. So, Gaṅgā is the water, and Vasant is the spring. And we are also here—my brothers, my sisters, my disciples. I wish you all the best, that your life will rise very high. So, Gaṅgā, come here also. Yes, they are very good. Thank you, Isī also, but he doesn’t know what Swāmījī will do. That is this. Yes, so how we don’t... I say do, that’s all. So, we work here very, very hard at everything, many things. This was for all of us, for this gathering. Good, very good, no? And where I’m sitting on this side, the height... What was the height the last time on Earth? How many meters? Two and a half meters? And then from there to here? No, no. So, all in all, from there, how high was it from there? Yeah, yeah. And then, how much from five meters? We were working for one month, working very hard, and therefore Ālak Purījī has come here, and therefore Mr. and Mrs. Gaṅgā, please come. I am touched by all this, so sorry that what I say won’t be perfect. But I would like to thank very much all the people who contributed to building this—not only people from the Czech Republic but also from Slovakia and other countries. Without them, it would not have been possible. So, once more, thank you to all of you. I would like to add that the names we hear are Vasant Gaṅgā, Gaṅgā Vasant, but it’s all of you. Everyone contributed individually; all took part in it. That Swāmījī says those two names is just his līlā, but the credit goes to all of you. And this mercy, this source, goes also to all of you; it’s for all of us. Thank you to all of you once more. And mainly, we thank you for the opportunity to serve Gurudeva, and that through us, he actually enabled you to serve his lotus feet as well. We thank you for the opportunity to serve Gurudev, and also that you had the opportunity to serve Gurudev and his lotus feet. Thank you once more. Śāntī will speak now. Hara, hara, mahā deva, hara. Praṇām Swāmījī, dear yoga brothers and sisters. Well, I am very touched on this day today. Very, not only very, very... very touched today. Because it is the day of Ālag Purījī. And today, during the prayer, I got a message from Śrī Aḍuk Purījī. But this I will tell you a little bit later. You know how I came to the Himālaya? I want to tell you shortly. After Holy Gurujī went into samādhi, I was—you may know—perhaps the last person at his side for three months, including the moment he passed away. After such an experience, you are not the same again. For a long time, I had the wish to go alone as a sannyāsī through India—just with a little pot, dress, as a real sannyāsī. I wanted to leave my job for one year and go alone. Because when you go alone among people everywhere, you have a different experience than if you go in a protected group. So, I told this to Swāmījī. But he said, "Śāntī, this is not so good for you." So, I had to leave the idea for the moment, but I am a person who never gives up. Are you also such a person? Yes? Then you are in the right place, but your 'yes' was very, very weak. So, are you a person who never gives up? Then raise your hand. Thank you. That is the kind of śiṣya Swāmījī needs. So, as I am a person who never gives up, in my mind I still said, "Okay, Swāmījī, I understand, not alone." Then, I don’t know how, I actually set an aim. I said, "Okay, I will go to Mount Kailāśa." You must know that in the years before, I had three operations, so people always saw me with plaster, bandages, and so on. But I knew that an Indian guru cannot say no if you have the wish to go to Mount Kailāśa. So, I told this to Swāmījī, and he said, "Ah, really? You want to go to Mount Kailāśa?" I said, "Yes." And so, like this, Swāmījī was protecting me. He gave me a sādhu to accompany me. You have to prepare yourself in the mountains before going to Mount Kailāśa, and I chose Uttarakhand to climb there for training. That is in the north of India, near the Tibetan border. This sādhu came with me. I also told Swāmījī I wanted to visit the Char Dhām—the four holy places in Uttarakhand that all Hindus, all spiritual persons, should visit. They are: Gaṅgotrī, Kedārnāth, Badrīnāth, and Yamunotrī. So, we undertook this entire tour. It would take too long to tell the whole story. One thing was that at that time, Badrīnāth was the last of the four to visit. I was alone with the sādhu. At that time, the road to Badrīnāth was completely closed because a big rock had fallen and destroyed it. They had to construct a new road. So, in the media, newspapers, everywhere, everyone knew you could not reach Badrīnāth; it was not possible. But the sādhu with me had already spent several years in the caves of Badrīnāth and knew how to get there. So, we went through a tunnel—they were digging for a water reservoir, you see. They built a water barrier inside the mountain and had a tunnel across it. We went through and reached Badrīnāth. From the first moment, I was so attracted to this place like nowhere else in the world. It was like my home, and it remains so—not Rajasthan, not Vienna. It is Badrīnāth where I felt so attracted. After this, every year I spent some time going to Badrīnāth. After some time, Swāmījī told me—and I did not understand why I was so attracted—one time Swāmījī said, "You know, you should go and search for the cave of Śrī Devapurījī." You can imagine a lonely European swāmī with no idea of the Himālaya, how to find Devapurījī’s cave? But you know, this is not a question of your brain. Sometimes you are chosen as a channel to fulfill something. In a way, the paramparā and Swāmījī chose me as a waymaker. Through this, I met the right person at the right moment. There was no written record from the time Devapurījī was there, no proof. But I met another sādhu and told him I should search for Devapurījī’s cave. There are many, many caves in the Himālaya. He was a sādhu living at Satopān Lake, at 4,200 meters—'The Way to the Truth.' He knew the whole area and said, "Okay, I will help you in your mission." So, we went. There are different kuṇḍs beyond Satopān—a kuṇḍ is a basin, a plateau in the mountains. We visited every kuṇḍ, but this is not like traveling on a highway. You have to cross glaciers, big stones, and strong water flows from the glaciers. I had very interesting experiences during this time; I will definitely write them in a book. I was not there only once to search; in other years, I returned as well. It was actually Sūrya Kuṇḍ. The kuṇḍ that attracted me the most, and that was clear from the name—Sūrya means the sun. Śrī Devapurījī is definitely, believe me, one who brings you from darkness to light. I had a personal experience with this. So, Sūrya Kuṇḍ made it clear that it must be connected to Devapurījī, who has the power to destroy negativity. Then we searched. I said, "Let’s see the caves here." We looked around. I went to different places and reached one cave. It is quite small inside, but outside it looked to me like Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna—a big rock. For me, it appeared like that. I went very near this cave and felt such warmth, heat in my body, as if a light was shining upon me. So, I knew this must be Śrī Devapurījī’s cave. The sun was shining on me in a special way. We took a photo of this cave, and later I showed it to Swāmījī. He agreed and said, "Yes, that is the cave of Śrī Devapurījī." Then I went to Mount Kailāśa and all these places, but I tried very hard to mobilize all of you to come to the Himālaya. There was no result. I even went to different countries, showing photos and giving speeches. But I knew it was so important for all of us to know this place and come there. Then, after one year, Swāmījī told me, "Okay, now search for the cave of Śrī Ālapurījī." Again, it was the blessing of the paramparā that guided me to the other side of Alaknandā. Devapurījī’s cave is very high and very close to... Swāmījī, I can’t remember the name of the place where Yudhiṣṭhira went into the sky. He went into the sky. Do you know? Okay. Thank you. Very clever. Devapurījī’s cave is quite near to Svarga Rohiṇī, the place where the last of the five Pāṇḍavas, Yudhiṣṭhira, went into heaven. So, it is one of the highest and most holy places in the whole area. Okay, now coming back to Ālagpurījī. Swāmījī told me, "Search Ālagpurījī’s cave." Here, too, there was no proof, nothing written in the Purāṇas themselves. I remember one time I went there, and there were many, many sādhus, highly developed sādhus. I did not know exactly where to go. I asked one sādhu, an old one, very small in stature but with a very big heart, a wonderful person. I told him what I was searching for. He told me a personal experience of his and then said, "I know you will find it." Again, it was one sādhu and a group of friends from Ukraine—thank you very much. We were going near the Alaknandā to Al Kapurī, a mountain on the left side of Alaknandā, opposite Satopān Lake. So, it was also clear: Alakpurī, and the river below, Alaknandā. It was a little clear that it could be there. You must know that the small river coming from the glaciers of Alakāpurī is named Alakā. Another glacial river comes from Svarga Rohiṇī. They join exactly at the base of the Alakāpurī mountain. There was again a beautiful cave, not completely down but maybe 700 meters above the river Alakṇandā. We stopped there. From there, you have an exceptional view of Svarga Rohiṇī, a view you don’t have from other places. I spent several hours meditating in the cave and also had a kind of vision of light there. I knew this is Ālagpurījī’s cave. Again, I took a photo and showed it to Swāmījī. He said, "Yes, that’s Ālagpurījī’s cave." Since that time, I did not know anything about Ālak Purījī. But afterwards, I developed a strong connection to him, which I still have. I received several instructions from him, which I will tell another day, another year perhaps. As I told you before, for twelve years I tried to get people from yoga to come to Badrīnāth. One time in Badrīnāth, I sat by the river Alaknandā, and I was angry—not just angry, very angry. Do you want to know why? Yes? Then say yes; otherwise, I will not tell. I was angry because nobody was coming from Yoga in Daily Life. My age is increasing, so when will they come to understand the value? In this mood—inside only, not outside—I came back to Austria. It was summertime, I don’t know exactly when, but it was a seminar here in Strelka. No, sorry, it was in Vép. I was already dizzy from traveling and everything. You know, Viśva Gurujī Maślava says something: you never know what will come. No matter what condition you are in, you have to do it, right? Yes? Okay. So, I came there, and after a few moments in the satsaṅg in the evening, Swāmījī suddenly said, "Yeah, and now Śāntī came back from the Himālaya. Śāntī, now you go and speak." Then I said to myself, "I will make a fire speech." You know what a fire speech is? With all your śakti, all your power, you try to motivate people. That was a click. Also in the Czech Republic, it made a click inside everybody. And afterwards, Viśwagurujī and I started to organize trips to the Himālaya. I thank you all, and especially Viśwagurujī, for coming there, because this road will be forever open for you—not only for you but for your children and grandchildren. It is such a holy place; you cannot imagine. It’s a completely different spirit. You can have more spiritual experiences there than anywhere else. Now, I come to the beginning of what I spoke. We had already, I think, two, several trips to Badrīnāth, which I had the honor to organize. It was one of the last groups, with very few people, so I said to myself, "Now I can have a little rest." I was sitting in the cave—you may know it from pictures—facing towards Svarga Rohiṇī, my back to the Himalayan range, looking at the mountains and the heavens. My eyes were open, not closed. I was just looking at the mountains, the heavens, without any wish, just being inside myself in connection with the outside. Then suddenly, over the biggest mountain there, appeared the face of Ālakpurījī. It was not a small face; it was huge, so big, like half the mountain. I saw the face, especially his eyes. I will never in my life forget those eyes and that face. It was so big, and he was looking at me. His eyes were so full of love; it was incredible for me. Today, I understood something from him. One thing I want to tell you: you never know when God gives you a sign. It must not be that you are on top of the Himālaya and then Śiva will appear, or that you do one month of anuṣṭhāna, fasting, or something. God can tell you something or appear at every moment of your life. Maybe when you stand by a tree, look at a flower, or look into the eyes of another person, suddenly you understand something God is telling you. Today, the whole story from Swāmījī and all that happened afterwards... That’s why I am very, very touched that Ālagpurījī is now in a material form, you could say. During the prayer we made this morning, I had this picture in front of me the whole time—the picture I saw between the mountains, in the clouds, especially those eyes full of love looking at me. I understood that Ālak Purījī is giving love to me, but not only to me, to all of you. It is like this. Believe me, this was during the prayer this morning when I understood this. So, all of us under the umbrella of the paramparā, do not think that you are not loved. Do not expect love only from others—not from your partner, friends, children, or boss. You get everything from above. Whether it is Ālagpurījī, Devapurījī, Holy Gurujī, Mahāprabhujī, or Swāmījī—it is not important. They all give us love. You know, flowers also grow only with the love of the sun. So, love is the most important. I am so thankful I had this experience today. I cannot tell you; I had tears flowing from my eyes, and I understood this message from Ālagpurījī. That’s why I tell you this: we are always loved, every one of us. And not just a little bit, but with complete love. They give to us, they surround us, they live with us. We are blessed. And also, my Prabhupāda, in his golden preaching, says the last step of self-realization is through love. And as Swāmījī says, the last step of self-realization is through love. Thank you very much.