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Hari Om. Om Śrī Alakhpurījī Mahādev Kī. Devadhī Dev Devpurīśa Mahādev Kī. Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandjī Bhagavān Kī. Haradhe Bhagavān Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandjī Bhagavān Kī. Satyāśanātan Dharma Kī. Hari Om. It is a beautiful day, the sun shines, and the air is very clean and pleasant. Lately it was not so tiring, but now we have wonderfully cool and comfortable weather. Though the evening program was taking place, I was always thinking of you—that right at six o’clock you were having your program too. There was a very fine lecture. Who was speaking yesterday? Amrit Sāgar, Amrit Sāgar. And afterwards, in the morning, before noon, and in the afternoon, Alan, Alan Dudinsky… it was all good. But Amrit Sāgar—what can surpass Amrit Sāgar? All the names I have given you… Alright. Hands up. Thank you. And those who do not have hands cannot raise them. Many do not understand what I am speaking about. Amrit is beautiful, like a bee drawing honey. Amrit is for the whole life, forever and ever. That is called the nectar. And what is this nectar? It has many, many names. Sāgar means ocean; seven oceans, and all this is vast, and all that is the Amṛt Sāgar. So this entire ocean is peace, harmony, love—peace, harmony—and it flows into the cosmic. There are many, many creatures in that ocean, in that Amṛt, and we are still out of the water. Therefore we have to return there again. So, how does this relate to the bhajan of Prabhupāda? This bhajan was composed by our Satguru Swāmījī Madhavānandajī. It is not only beautiful; it contains the whole cosmos, everything in one. Many lectures are there, and we have many discussions about different matters, but no one can truly grasp such bhajans, and yet one can cherish them in the heart. It must enter our heart, and also our mind—everything. So this bhajan is beautiful. I was speaking about my very dear Amṛtsāgar, and this Amṛtsāgar—her name—she was born very near here, in the Czech country. Anyone who wishes to find the book—someone said it is in New Zealand. She traveled from America, crossing many, many oceans, and came to… where? Yes, Australia, New Zealand. It was said there is a yoga center, Yoga in Daily Life. She was flying from there and saw this book. We were walking; it was like hills, many big hills, and we were walking slowly, slowly upward. She came closer and closer, so I held her hand because I was walking up. I asked, “From where are you coming?” “America. From America.” “From so far—how did you come here?” “Because of your book.” Then I said, “But your voice does not sound like America.” She replied, “Yes, I am from Europe.” I see. Aha. Where? “Czech.” Oh, you are from there. So she came, and she received a name, for she had crossed all those countries. Therefore I gave her this mantra, bhajan, and her name. Now, this is… okay, many here have also, not just she. I have given many mantras and names like this. And this bhajan—because Holī Gurujī one day made this bhajan. Holī Gurujī once said, “Mahāprabhujī is not only in Rajasthan. Mahāprabhujī is not only for Rajasthan, nor for India, nor only for this whole world, but for the oceans and, beyond all, for the entire universe.” So how can one create a single bhajan from here to there? We can also make many songs, but capturing so much with just a few words is not easy. And Holī Gurujī could compose it in just ten minutes—at most half an hour. Holī Gurujī is one of the best; he knows through the whole universe. When I was sitting near Gurujī, he said, “Now sing a bhajan.” I said, “No, Gurujī, I cannot.” “But try to sing.” I said, “Gurujī, I have to cook.” But Holī Gurujī said— when I was not yet a sannyāsī— “In my name,” he said, “you have everything within you. I will only open one door.” I was not so far along; it was about twelve or fifteen years. I asked, “What is the ocean, Swāmījī?” I had never seen the ocean—no road, nothing. Gurujī said, “You will be melted in the ocean, and the ocean will be in the sky, and beyond that.” I said, “Gurujī, what is all this?” “Okay, go and read your book.” Many things like this. But one day, when I was already in Europe, I think, I do not know which day Holī Gurujī made this bhajan, but it is unbelievable. If I translate each word, it is something so far‑reaching we cannot express it. Prakāś, Poñjā Amṛtake Sāgara. Prakāś is light, light, light. Because in darkness we do not know, we cannot attain. So the first word Mahāprabhujī said was “Prakāśa.” And which Prakāś? That Prakāś of the Ātmā. And that Ātmā, the soul, Ātmā, Paramātmā—that is the first, Prakāś. When your mother gives you birth, when the child comes, then we say that light has come into our home. It does not matter if it is a boy or a girl; the couple says, “We have a child.” It is not about boy or girl, but now in our house a lamp is there. Yes, that is the light in our house. And how everything should be within us—that is what it said. Prakāś Puñj Amṛt kā Sāgar. Amṛt kā Sāgar Prakāś Puñj. What is a Puñj? For me, you are all my light. From this light, I take you as my brother, my friend—maybe you take me as your guru—and from Mahāgurujī’s light, you are all now in the light. You should have that light which Gurujī has given. Our father has given it, our mother has given it, and this earth has given Prakāś, Prakāś, Puñj. It is like a handful, not just one. The sun rises everywhere—light. This is like the great saints, those who are truly realized gurus. It does not matter how the body is now; anything from his body, even the cloth he draws over himself, is also that light. But we could not understand, and many still cannot. Yet whenever I come to this bhajan, if we learn it exactly, we need nothing else—no kriyā, no kuṇḍalinī, nothing. Prakāś Puñj, that is everything inside. Kuṇḍalinī? This Kuṇḍalinī is everything; this is the everything. Holī Gurujī said, “You cannot imagine beyond the beyond.” You do not need anything. Sparkling everywhere. I know that Mahāprabhujī was there, but I did not know where Nagor is, where this place is, and where I am—a little village. My Holī Gurujī had stopped coming to our family’s house. But when Mahāprabhujī went to the Brahmalokas, Holī Gurujī came to his birthplace in Nepal and wanted to make a small āśram, so that people would know where Madhavānandajī was. There is a river; on one side is a village, and on the other side they built the Nepal āśram. There are many, many bhajans and everything, and also the Sadhguru Chalisa. Do you know it? Hands up? Thank you. He composed it, I think, in one or two days. When I was going to school, Holī Gurujī stayed in the āśram. I was still little. Only Holī Gurujī was in the room, in the āśram. I was at school, then I would come. The river had no water, only during monsoon. So in one or two days, Holī Gurujī completed this bhajan. Many books and bhajans were there, and sometimes Mahāprabhujī also wrote so many good bhajans. He was writing, giving bhajans somewhere—about 200 of them—and someone took all the papers. Mahāprabhujī said, “Where is it? Where? Where?” But someone had taken it. Gurujī said that Mahāprabhujī announced, “If someone has lost or taken them, I give you five rupees. If someone finds and returns them, I will give him five rupees.” At that time, five rupees was a lot, worth many thousands now. But nobody returned them. That person put his own name on Mahāprabhujī’s bhajans and published a book. Then Holī Gurujī said Mahāprabhujī simply remarked, “It doesn’t matter. Anyone will learn and make more. It’s good.” So first we should know that such a saint who is coming is here forever and ever. That was what Holī Gurujī was making very beautiful in this bhajan. Prakāś Puñj, Amṛt kā Sāgar, Śrī Dīp Harī Mahādhānī. We should learn this bhajan and then reflect upon it; it will take time. Like one or two years, or how many? Seven oceans—but they are also in the sky, like an ocean, so everywhere, and then beyond that, more. Holī Gurujī said, “Amṛt ke sāgar.” Amṛt is the Nectar of Immortality, and this nectar fills the seven oceans, and beyond. All water is the Amṛt. Prakāś Puñj Amṛt kā Sāgar, Śrī Dīp Harī Mahādhānī. Now, Śrī Dīp Harī: Śrī Mahāprabhujī, Śrī Dīp Mahāprabhujī… Harī means Bhagavān Viṣṇu. Prakāś Puñj, Hari Sāgar, Hari Dīp, Hari Mahādhani. Mahādhani means a person of immense wealth, one who can give everything. Mahāprabhujī would say, “Take whatever you want—everything, take it.” Once, it is written in Mahāprabhujī’s book, a thief came to the āśram. Our āśram then was not very big; there was only a small room and a little kitchen. Nearby there was a grass hut, where oligarchs lived? There were many snakes and other creatures. No rain, no water, no light—yet people survived. Now we cannot live five minutes when the light goes out. Holī Gurujī said, “Light is very great, and it will come. The sun will rise.” One day Holī Gurujī was in his hut, and Mahāprabhujī nearby. A thief came. He slowly, slowly went into the kitchen. Many pots and things were there; he was taking them, and he kept glancing toward Mahāprabhujī’s room, thinking perhaps there was something valuable. Then Holī Gurujī came quietly to Mahāprabhujī and said, “Look, there is a thief.” Mahāprabhujī replied, “Close your eyes and be peaceful.” “But why? I will catch him.” “Shh! Why? Because this thief is very poor. Let him go, let everything go. God will give something back again.” The man heard something was happening. Mahāprabhujī said, “Just pretend you are sleeping, and let him go.” The next day there was nothing left. But around nine or ten or twelve in the morning, many things came to Mahāprabhujī—cloth, lectures, food, many things. People said, “Guru Dev, please, this is for you. Please take it.” Two offerings arrived. Mahāprabhujī said, “Thieves always need something. It doesn’t matter. And if they take many good things, we have lost everything? No. Thank God we still have a little.” Mahāprabhujī is like that, Holī Gurujī said. He continued, “But how is that, Mahāprabhujī?” And Holī Gurujī answered through this line: Prakāś Puñj Amṛt kā Sāgar, Śrī Dīp Harī Mahādhānī. Mahādhānī—dhānī means give, give, give. When we have prasāda here now, someone might wonder, “Why so much? Only one?” Don’t think like that. God has given. And what is your hand? You are great now. When you give to someone, you become God’s house. It will give you more and more. And who is taking? All should regard it as prasāda. So it doesn’t matter if it is a handful of fruit or only one. Every day we receive prasāda in our body, here in this āśram, where they cook so well. They are fortunate to be making the food. Our cook, with so much love, peace, and heart, says, “Yes, this will be very good.” Then the food they prepare—and we all ask, “How is the food?” It is not only that the food tastes very good; the cook’s heart is reflected in the food, and that is what makes great food. So the cook is like the giver. We give vegetables and everything, and the cook makes it all into something more. A delicious meal, giving everyone great satisfaction. When our stomach feels good and full, the cook still says, “Can I give you a little more?” We say, “Oh, I am full,” but they offer more. In India, when we eat, everyone says, “That was excellent,” and then “I am full.” Here in Europe, if you say nothing, people think you are still hungry. So you must express your satisfaction. This is what is meant by Prakāś Puñj Amṛt kā Sāgar, Siddhi Pahārī Mahādhānī. Only these two lines—how much insight! Prakāś: no darkness—not this ordinary light, no. Even a blind person can have immense inner light, that Prakāś, the light of spirituality, or we can say sādhanā, realization. For realization comes in many forms; sometimes you lose something, search, and find it—just like opening to the light. So deep. Dīp means light; this flame is a dīp, and this light is forever. Why do we perform prayers in the morning and evening with the Dīpak? Light inside—and this is also the name of Mahāprabhujī’s Dīp. Dīp means light. And Holī Gurujī then said: Sare viśvame guñj rahī prabhukī amar kahānī. So all light is there, everywhere. I will give you this bhajan tomorrow as well. Please keep it and write it down; it is very important. And if there is a person who can sing it with understanding of its meaning in your language—not only “light” and “ocean” superficially, but deeply. Siddhi Pahārī Mahādhānī: Mahāprabhujī is giving everything, still giving. When we see the face, the picture of Mahāprabhujī, light pours out, very much light. Mahāprabhujī said, “Sare viśvamī” — all the world, the whole world — “Sare viśvame guñj rahī.” Guñj means sound, resonance. So this light and sound—sound means our transcendent knowledge. That is knowledge. Knowledge means the light. How to understand this one word? “Sare” means everywhere. Viśva, the entire world. Guñj means sound. So everywhere in the whole world the immortal story of the Lord resounds: Prabhukī Amar Kahānī. Prabhu means God, also Mahāprabhujī, the Master. Amar means eternal, immortal. So the immortal story of the Lord—Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān. Good morning. Now, because we have to work with our kuṇḍalinīs and chakras, we must bring that knowledge to people: what is kuṇḍalinī. Otherwise, kuṇḍalinī is like a snake. Don’t touch that stone! And don’t touch the cobra or any other snake. Go away. If you touch it, they are so quick—pssht! So let the kuṇḍalinī be peaceful. Keep the kuṇḍalinī in peace. But when we proceed, this is what I want to bring out now about kuṇḍalinī, and that’s why I am preparing to explain what kuṇḍalinī truly means. Kundalinī… thinking.