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Om Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī. Devādhidev, Devpurīśvar Mahādeva Kī. Satguru Swāmī Madhvanājī Bhagavān Kī. Alak Purījī Mahādeva Kī. Satya Sanātana Dharma Kī. Good evening, all dear sisters, brothers, and children. It is a beautiful evening. This day was very good, so we could spend the whole day under the trees. Your sādhanā was also very good. Today is called Guru Day. How was the food for you today? It was good? That is good then. What did you eat? Nobody brought me any. I did not get the khīr either. But what you were eating, the khīr, is something I also eat. Khīr, do you know what it is? It is made from cow's milk. Cows possess many, many qualities. You know that even cow's urine is a powerful medicine. There are people who drink half a cup of cow's milk or cow's urine every day, and many desires and diseases have gone away. It is not a joke; you can try and see. Cow's dung is also a very powerful and good medicine, among many other things, and it is the best fertilizer. We need not use chemicals. It is wonderful and very good. Vegetables and everything grown with this grace are very, very healthy. This is very important. In Germany, they taught about ten years ago or more that some families would go to the farmers in the summer. They had two or three children who were ill with many illnesses, and the parents or fathers were also coughing a little. The children played where the cows were. After three weeks or a month, they returned home completely healthy. Then they told others, and other people came. It is not a joke; it is reality. So many people from Vienna, Germany, and Austria go to places where there are cows. Cow's milk is very good. Yogurt is very good. Butter is plentiful. And then, you know, we call it ghee. That ghee is very powerful. From milk, we make yogurt, from yogurt we make butter, and from butter we make ghee. One of our disciples was with me last time I was in India, and I told her how to make ghee. From cows or buffaloes—indeed, from all milk-giving animals—we can make butter and ghee. This is what we receive from animals. They are like a mother to us. Yet many people slaughter cows and other animals. In this way, many people who have problems in the body can, every day for five minutes, place their hand nicely on a cow's back. One hundred percent of the disease goes away. It is said that these Indian cows are the original cows. Now they are also bringing dried cow dung as a drug to Germany, Vienna, Austria, and many countries. People bring it home. It is not a joke. They put a little of this dry dung, light it, and the smoke comes. They sit there, perhaps with a mantra, inside the house, not outside. The mosquitoes go away. It is very, very nice. You can try. Many, many people are doing this now. Everything about the cow is beneficial. Massaging cows takes our diseases away. They give the best milk, like a mother, and from it we get yogurt, butter, and ghee. Where cows are standing, there is no earthquake. You can observe this: when there is an earthquake, see that where the cows were, there was none. This has been researched here in Europe. Some people talk about ghosts; some say there are none. But who says no? They say there is no ghost because they have not seen one. And if they say, "Who says we don't believe in ghosts?" one day a ghost may come and tie them up. Yes, we are all human, but we also know many things happen to us. It is said that where the cow is, there is no ghost. Or the horse—yes, horses too. It is said that animals which have four legs—buck, ghost, cow—many of these animals are like a mother. They are both male and female. The cow has milk, and the bull... there are two, what do you call them? So it is said it is not a complete man; it is half woman. Only one is a complete man. Is that the horse? Go tomorrow and see. The female, the cow or the horse mother, of course has milk in her udder, but the male does not. Here, all the boys sitting here, they are not complete. Yes. Our females, mothers, they also have what you call nipples. And men also have them. If not, then go to the bathroom and you will see. If you need not go to the bathroom, you can still see it. Sometimes, when a mother has died and there is a little child, the father has, many times, tried to let the little child drink, and the child gets milk from the father. Yes, but the horse is not like that. The horse is a very, very holy being. These are creatures God has given. We should not kill them, not slaughter them. We should respect them for how much they give us. Similarly, let us consider food. The very ancient food is what we call chāwal, rice. Always in pūjā, we need this rice. Yes, it is one of the best for ceremonies. Rice is holy. When we see it, it is very healthy. But now they process it and take out nutrients. Still, that khīr—what we call khīr—means boiling this rice in milk. We put inside a little bit of coconut or other things, and kesar. Do you know what kesar is? Saffron, but not too much. Just a little. Saffron is very tasty and powerful, but if you take more, you can drink it and it could cause death. So you should know completely how much of any spice you are using. These are very small things, little details in the kitchen. That is why we say, "In grandmother's kitchen is the medicine." But which mother? That mother is gone now. These mothers, these ladies, they don't know. Butter, bread, butter, butter... or they boil something. Boiled is boiled; the essence is gone when you boil it. How we should cook, how and when, and how we should eat: fresh cooked, and the whole family should eat at the same time. What remains, they give to some animals. Do not leave food from the morning—vegetables you cooked—and come back to eat it in the evening. That is the end for vegetables. Now people kill animals, and we do not know for how many months the meat has been somewhere before you take it in. It is a dead body. You are drinking, eating a dead body. We humans, when someone dies in our house, we remove the body immediately, quickly. Look at the difference. This concerns purity. The first purity is this: do not kill for meat. But many people think and will tell me, "What this yogī says is stupid. When you die and go to God, they will send you away because you were killing fish, rabbits..." This and that. Why did you kill someone? That is it. So that is how we can see what happens if we go to some God or whatever. Never think that Brahmā, God, Paramātmā, are only for us. They say God is only for us humans. No. Each and every ant is included. When Buddha was there, he did not wear shoes and walked very slowly so he would not step on animals. When he went for food—you know, in those regions where mostly Buddhists are, from school until evening, how long they go for bhikṣā—when Buddha went, he went to five houses: "Give me some food." And he came back. He did not do anything, kill anything. No ants, nothing. Then he came to his little house, made of grass. The five prāṇas, the five parts of our body, that is all. He gave first to the birds, then to the fish, and for the dogs, and for the guests. What remained, Buddha ate. He never ate meat, never. But now they are doing it. Okay, they may do, but Buddha, Buddha is a Hindu. What does Buddha mean? Buddha means Bodh. Bodh means knowledge. So Buddha... Oh, you don't have thoughts? What are you doing? You keep me. What are you? You fall down. And Buddha said, "No, no falling down, not this, not like that." That was Bhagavān Buddha. Buddha's story is long; his father was a king in so many countries. So Buddha means knowledge. Everything is very interesting, and he cannot do anything wrong. So that is a Buddha. Otherwise, his name was different. What name? Siddhārtha. Actually, he is Siddhārtha. But the knowledge of that is Buddha. That is a Buddha. And all of us sitting here, you are all Buddha because you have perfect knowledge. Yes. You are all Buddhists, no? Yeah, but you don't know. Talk? It is Buddha said. It is written somewhere in his books, and someone told us; in India we have Buddhists. They don't eat meat, they do nothing wrong, they are very great people. Yes, and so they cook, they do everything. The knowledge is very, very great. There is a long history about Buddha: he was from India, then went to China, after a long time to Sri Lanka. It began like this. In that way, what are we learning? What are we eating? Yes, many eat meat, all animals, but not human. Because animals eat meat? Cows, buffaloes, they are not eating meat. The goat, the sheep, they don't eat meat. Only grass, grass, grass. Yes, alpaca, buffalo, elephant—of course, many, many big animals, so many. We have teeth in our mouth, up and down, but a human should not kill and eat, and so on. So, in that case, we make on Pūrṇimā or on Guruvār something from wheat, and we eat only once. And then we make rice with cow's milk. As you know, buffaloes also give much milk, but cow's milk is special. And then the chāwal, then gourd or sugar for sweetness, a little ghee—not too much. And what was this? Saffron. Saffron is very powerful and good, but do not eat too much. You might think it is very good, make a drink, and sleep. The morning may never come. But there is always something we use, putting it in, so you will not die. I do not want to tell you how to die. Somebody, please don't try. And then, if you die, because Swāmījī said this, please, not like that. So this is the sādhanā, and it is said that the first thing is this: for one day one should not eat anything, only water or a cup of milk, that is all. That means we will be healthy. Actually, it is for health because our body consumes itself. We are eating everything, and then we should actually fast for 24 hours. So many, many diseases go away. You can eat on Sunday. There are three, four days there. You can do three days, three times. Two days you eat, and one day you leave it. Or three days you have, and then you take one more. One who does this has no disease, but we cannot always do it. At least we should eat less. But it is so sweet, very good, tasty, so we can eat one more and then leave one more. This is how we should think about food. In these countries, there is also very nice, deep, great food. Someone told me that in the First War and the Second War, they were mostly only eating vegetables. Sometimes they were drinking or eating animals. But now, how do they make money? They give the habit to people to eat meat. Everything we do is like this. What we said: use and throw. Use and throw, no? So, use and throw, but where? The United Nations in America—yes, in America—there was a conference about 20 years ago. We were talking about how we throw away so much garbage, and they said we should not throw out so many things. One said, "Use and throw, okay, no problem." But where will you throw? Yes, use and throw. You can use it, okay, but you throw where? There are only two places: on the earth or in the ocean. And what of men? We are destroying so much. And what do you call the scientists? Many, many are doing these things, but their life is also going little by little. Farmers are more healthy, working very hard. So, fast twice a week and see after one year how many diseases leave your body. But when you do not eat one day and the next day you eat so much—double—that is not good. Water is good. This is a part of yoga. So it is said, if I cannot practice yoga today because I have no time, then also do not eat, because you have no time. Do it in the morning, always early morning. When you come to your morning breakfast table, if you have had no yoga practice, we go here and there and... there, and we come back tired. So it is said we should not eat too much in the evening. Eat in the morning and at lunch, and eat less in the evening. Now people are eating at 11 o'clock, 11 to 1. And in the morning they only drink coffee and liver? Coffee and liver... You know that? And we don't eat anything, no breakfast, a little bit. Going to the office, not eating too much, and then going in the evening, we are completely on the wrong side. Because nature said, "Go with us." But we think we are more than nature. This is what I wanted to tell you today. I was thinking of giving a different lecture. I talked so much because nobody gave me khīr, the rice and milk. That was the pūjā. So even the sugar inside, why not? May I take one spoon? So I made the whole story. And then I told you who is the man, and that man is the horse. Go tomorrow and see where your horse is. His power, his energy is very strong. The horse is very, very good for your master, or something like this. The horse will not let you go away. He will run with you, he will sleep with you, he will stand with you. A horse is a horse. When you come to the horse, you should sit like this. He will immediately become your friend. But if you feel good, then it will be just to know how to look at it. We have many horses here. Do you want to ride? Many different little ones and big, big horses, and very big horses. There is also a big horse that is like a bed we can sleep on. This year, when there was much snow, two big horses, and we were sitting on them on a sort of sled, and with this snow we were going to all farms everywhere, not on the road. So it is said in many countries, these are horses, here big horses. We have in Austria, Germany, they are big, nice, four horses. If you have any, if, for example, there is a ghost or something, not good energy in my house or there, come to the horse. All ghosts will go away. Therefore, the horse is holy, very holy. Yes, a horse is a horse. All are good, but certain things are more than that, and that is also it. It was that one ocean when they bring some different, and it went like that. So, I wish you all the best, and I will wait for next Guruvār, as I get my khīr. Om Namaḥ Śrī Prabhupāda. Om Namaḥ Śrī Prabhupāda. Om Śabdāśa Prabhu Śaraṇāpa. Om Namaḥ Śabdāśa Prabhu Śaraṇāpa. Om Namaḥ Śrī Prabhupāda. Om Namaḥ Śrī Prabhu Dīpanārāya. Om Namaḥ Śrī Prabhu Dīpanārāya. Namo Yama, Namo Siri Prabhu Deepa Nārāyaṇa. Śabdāś prabhu śaraṇa pāyenaṁ, śabdāś prabhu śaraṇa pāyenaṁ... Namaḥ śabdaśarapra śaraṇa parāyaṇam yoṁ namaḥ dīpa nārāyaṇam.