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Amrit Sagar

A satsang discourse on the spiritual significance of a devotional bhajan and the nature of divine light.

"All the names I have given to you are beautiful, beautiful names. For example, Amṛt Sāgar."

"This bhajan is not only beautiful, but it is the whole cosmos, everything in one."

Swami Māheśvarānanda leads a gathering, reflecting on a recent trip to Vienna and the previous day's program led by a disciple named Amṛt Sāgar. He explains the profound meaning of her name—"Ocean of Nectar"—and the cosmic significance of a bhajan composed by his guru, Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandjī. He shares stories of his guru's compassion and the journey of the disciple Amṛtsāgar, while elucidating the bhajan's key words: prakāś (light), amṛt (nectar), and sāgar (ocean), describing them as metaphors for the soul, immortality, and divine consciousness that permeates the universe.

Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

Om Śrī Alak Purījī Mahādevakī, Devādhi Dev, Dev Purīṣa Mahādevakī, Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandjī Bhagavānakī, Harādhe Bhagavān, Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandjī Bhagavānakī, Ṣaṭ-tir-sa-na-tan-da-ru-makī Hari Om. A beautiful day, with good sun signs. The air is very beautiful, clean, and good. It was not very hot in the last days, but now we have very nice, cool weather. How nice that we are all together. Yesterday I was in Vienna for some programs with the Ambassador of India at the University of Vienna. During the evening program, I was always thinking of you, knowing that exactly at six o'clock you have your programs. There was a very nice lecture yesterday. Who was that? Amṛt Sāgar. Amrit Sagar. And after, in the morning before noon, all was good. Amṛt Sāgar. What can be more than Amṛt Sāgar? All the names I have given to you are beautiful, beautiful names. For example, Amṛt Sāgar. Who knows about this name, Amṛtsāgar? Please raise your hand. Good. And who does not know this name, Amṛtsāgar? Raise your hand. Thank you. And who doesn't have hands, so they cannot raise them? Many don't know what I am talking about. Amṛt. Amṛt is beautiful, like honey from a bee. Amṛt is for the whole life, forever and ever. That is called the nectar. It is the nectar of immortality. Nectar. And what is the nectar? There are many, many names where everywhere we can have nectar. And this nectar is liberation. Nectar. Nectar. And amṛt, nectar, amṛt sāgar. A je to amṛt a sāgar, čili nektar. And sāgar means ocean. An ocean, sāgara means ocean. And seven oceans. There are seven oceans, and all this is very big, big. A všechny jsou obrovské. And all that is the Amṛitsāgar. So, all this ocean is peace, harmony, love, peace, harmony, and going to the cosmic. All the many, many creatures in the ocean are in that ocean, in that Amṛta. And we are still out of the water, so we have to come there again. Amṛtā Sāgar Prabhupāda Mahāprabhujī Kā Bhajan. Then how is that, your bhajan? Yes. Prem Kasa Nektar. Kī Jai. Sāgar śrī dīpā hari mahādhānī, sāre viśvame guñjarāhī. Sāre viśvame guñjarāhī he prabhu kī amarā kahānī. Pūñjahā ke sāgar śrīdhi pahārī mahādhānī, pūñjahā amṛta ke sāgar śrīdhi pahārī mahādhānī. Amṛta sāgar se badalā hayā. Prakāśa Puñja Amṛta Ke Sāgara Śrī Dīpa Harī Mahādhānī, Puñja Amṛta Ke Sāgara Śrī Dīpa Harī Mahādhānī, Prakāśa Puñja Amṛta Ke Sāgara Śrī Dīpa Harī Mahādhānī, Puñja Amṛta Ke Sāgara Śrī Dīpa Harī Mahādhānī, Jisapara Amṛta Varṣā Barase, Sobhāra Bhāgī Jāne. Jisapara Amṛta Varṣā Barase, Sobhara Bhāgī Jhāne. Jisa amṛta mana barake, jisane pīyā amṛta mana barake, avagavana nāśanī. Prakāś puñja amṛta ke sagar śrī Devī Pahāṛī Mahādānī. Prakāśa puñjā amṛtakhe Sāgara śrīdhi pahārī mahā Viśva me gūñjā rahī hai. Sāre viśva me gūñjā rahī hai Prabhu kī amarā kahānī. Puñjā amṛtakhe Sāgara Śrīdhi Pahārī Mahādam, Sāgara Śrīdhi Pahārī Mahādam. Sāgar Śrīdhī Pahārī Mahādam, Sāgar Śrīdhī Pahārī Mahādam, ... Sāgar Śrīdhī Pahārī. Mahādam Sāgar Śrīdhī Pahārī Mahādam Sāgar Śrīdhī Pahārī... Mahādam, sit down and Pave Amaranshani Ashpunja Amritasagashidipahari Mahadhani Ishvame gunja rahi hai, sāshvame gunja rahi hai, prābhukī amara kahāni kāśpunja āmṛta ke sāgarshī dīpā hari mahārā. Thank you for watching. Prabhu kī yamarā kahānī, aśpunja amṛta ke sāgarśī dī pahārī, mahā dhan akṛpālu sambhame satā samā. Śrī Matāñjī kā mahimā bhārī, Śrī Matāñjī kā mahimā bhārī. Varṇatna hāve bhakānī, ākāś punjaya amṛtaka. Sagar Sridhi Pahari Mahādam, Sagar Sridhi Pahari Mahādam. This bhajan was made by our Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandjī. This bhajan is not only beautiful, but it is the whole cosmos, everything in one. We have many lectures and talks about different things, but such bhajans—no one can see that and can care in our heart. It should go into our heart, and what goes into our heart also goes into our mind, everything. So, this bhajan is beautiful. I was talking about my very dear Amṛtsāgar. This Amritsagar, her name—she was born here, very near here, in the Czech country. She had been everywhere, and then she was in America. Somehow, someone told her to get a book from that Svāmī Māheśvarānanda. Where could the book be available? Someone said it is in New Zealand. And there she went from America. She crossed many, many oceans and came to where? Yes, Australia, New Zealand. Somebody said there is a yoga center, Yoga in Daily Life. So she was flying from there, and she saw this book. That's how I was there also. She came to me and said something like this, and also Czech people were there. In New Zealand, we were walking. It is like hills, many big hills, and we were walking slowly, slowly up. She was close to me, nearer and nearer, so I held her hand because I was walking up, etc. I said, "From where are you coming?" America, from that far. How did you come here? Because of your book. Then I said, "But your voice is not like America." So she said, "Yes, I am from Europe." I see. Where? Czech. Oh, you are there. So how? And she came here, and she got a name. So she has crossed all the countries, therefore I gave her this mantra bhajan and her name. Now, many have also here—not she—I gave many mantras and names like this. This bhajan... because one day Holy Gurujī made this bhajan. Holy Gurujī said once that Mahāprabhujī is not only in Rajasthan, not only in India, and not only in this whole world, but in the oceans and then after that, in the whole universe. So how can one make one bhajan from here to there? We can also make many songs, but how many words we are taking is not easy. Holy Gurujī could make it in just ten minutes, maximum half an hour. So, Holy Gurujī is one of the best; he knows throughout the whole universe. Guruji was... when I was sitting near Guruji, and Guruji said, "Now sing bhajan." I said, "No, Guruji, I cannot." But try to sing. I said, "Gurujī, I have to cook." But Holy Gurujī said, in my name—when I was not a sannyāsī—so he said, "My name," he said, "you have everything within you. I will just open one door." I was not so far; I was about twelve years old, twelve or fifteen, something like this. I said, "What is the ocean, Swāmījī?" I never saw the ocean. Yeah, because there is no road, nothing. Gurujī said, "You will be melted in the ocean. And even you will be, the ocean will be in the sky, and beyond that will be." I said, "Gurujī, what is this all?" Okay, go and read your book. Many things like this. But one day, when I was already, I think, in Europe, so I don't know which day Holy Gurujī made this bhajan, but this bhajan is unbelievable. If I translate each word, it is something we cannot say what it is that far. Tak se to vlastně ani nedá popsat, co všechno v něm je. So, prakāś pone amṛta ke sāgar. Prakāś. Prakāś is the light. Prakāś znamená světlo. Because in darkness we don't know. We cannot get. So, the first word what Mahāprabhujī said: "Prakāśa," and which "Prakāśa"? That Prakāś of the Ātmā, and that Ātmā, the soul—Ātmā, Paramātmā. So that is the first, Prakāś. When your mother gives you birth, this child, what is that when the child came? Then what is it? It is a light in our house. The child, doesn't matter if it's a boy or a girl, the couple says, "We have a child." Not about the boy or the girl, but now in our house, a lamp is there. And now, as if a light has been lit in our home. Yes. That is the light in our house. To je účinek toho světla, and how that within them should be everything. And that should be everything. And that was it, said. Prakāś pond amṛt kā sāgar. Amṛt kā sāgar. Proto říká toto: prakāś puñc. What is a puñc? It's like a sparkling. Everywhere. So for me, you are all my light. I take you as my brother, my master. Maybe if you take me as your guru, and from this, my Gurujī's light, you are all now in the light. And you should have that light you, Gurujī, have given, our father has given. Mother has given, and this earth has given. Prakāś, prakāś, puñj, it is like full of the hands. Not only one. When the sun rises, there is light everywhere. This is like great saints, those who are really realized gurus. It doesn't matter how his body is now. Anything from his body, even when he draws cloth on him, it's also that light. But we could not understand, and many people still cannot understand. But always when I come to this bhajan, if we learn it exactly, we don't need anything anymore. All Kriya, etc., Kuṇḍalinī, all this, Prakāś Kuñj, that is all inside. Kuṇḍalinī, this Kuṇḍalinī, everything, this is the everything. Holy Gurujī said you can't imagine beyond of the beyond. Don't need anything. Need not go anywhere. Sparkling. Po punje to září, to punje jako záře. Když Gurujī otevře oči, jako kdyby otevřel i mysl, rozum a srdce, Neviděl jsem nikoho takového, jako je Holī Gurujī. And Mahāprabhujī, of course, I did not see him. I know that Mahāprabhujī was there, but I did not know where is Nāgor, where this is, and where I am, a little village. And my Holī Gurujī, he was not coming anymore to our house, to our families. But when Mahāprabhujī went to the Brahmalokas, then Holī Gurujī came to his birthplace, Nepal. He wanted to make a small ashram because people would know where Mādhavānandajī lived. And so there's a river; on the other side is a village, and on the other side of the river is a Nepal ashram. And on the other side of the river was a village, and on the other side of the river was Madhavana Daji Nepal Ashram. So many, many bhajans and everything. And also Sādhguru Chalīsā. Do you know her? Do you know the hand up? Yes, thank you. And he did it, this, I think, in one or two days. But when I was going to school, Holī Gurujī was in the ashram, and I was, we are more still, little. And only Holī Gurujī was in the room, ashram. I was in the school, then I came back. There was no water in the river, only water in the monsoon. So during one or two days, H.G. wrote this whole bhajan. Many books, whenever, and sometimes also Mahāprabhujī has so many good bhajans, very, very. So, Mahāprabhujī was writing, giving bhajans somewhere, about 200 bhajans, and someone took all the papers, so Mahāprabhujī said, "Where is, where is, where is?" But someone took it. Only Gurujī said, Mahāprabhujī said, if someone has lost or taken, given, I give you five rupees. But at that time, it was very valuable, five rupees. Like now, you can say about many thousands, but nobody gave. And that person, where Mahāprabhujī's name was, there was a bhajan name, and he put his name. Mahāprabhujī just scraped it and wrote his name on it, and he made a book. So Mahāprabhujī said, 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 forever and ever. That was Holī Gurujī, making this very beautiful. So, Prakash, Puñj Amṛt kā Sāgar. So, this bhajan we should learn, this bhajan, and then think over it. It will take time, for everyone, one year or two years. Ocean? How many? Seven oceans, but they are also in the sky. That's also like an ocean, so everywhere. And then, beyond that, more. So this is Vajan Babaji. Holy Guruji said, "Amrit is the nectar of the whole seven oceans, and beyond that, all water is amrit." Now, Śrī Dīpā Hari, Śrī Mahāprabhujī, Śrī Dīpā Mahāprabhujī, Hari, Hari means Bhagavān Viṣṇu. Mahādhānī means such a great person, he can give everything. So, Mahāprabhujī said, "Take it, what you want, everything, take it." One time, there is a written in the book, Mahāprabhujī's book. One day, one thief came to Mahāprabhujī's āśram. It's not so big, our āśram is now. There was only one little room, and little, and there was one from the grass, little, where were the oligarchs. There were many snakes, many other animals, there was no rain, no water, no light. How were people living? Now we cannot live five minutes when the light is gone. Holi Gurujī said, "Light is very great. It will come. The sun will rise." So one day Holī Gurujī was in his hut. Mahāprabhujī was near there. And there was a small kitchen, so one thief came. And he was slowly, slowly going into the kitchens. Many things are there, so he was taking many pots, something, and he was looking toward Mahāprabhujī's room. He was thinking, maybe, maybe there is something. Then Holy Gurujī was coming slowly to Mahāprabhujī. Look, there is a thief. Mahāprabhujī said, "Close your eyes and be peaceful." But why? I will catch him. Holi Gurujī, Mahāprabhujī. Why? Because this thief is a person who is very poor. So let him go, everything. Bhagavān, God will give again back something. And that man was listening. Something is happening. Just say, "Sleeping," and take him. Go ahead. Next day, there was nothing there. But about nine o'clock in the morning, nine or ten or twelve o'clock, so many things came to Mahāprabhujī. Clothes, lectures, food, many things. He said, "Gurudev, please, this is for you, please take it." So, double things were their take. So, Mahāprabhujī said, thieves, they always need something. It doesn't matter. And if they take many good things, so we have lost everything, got it? All of it. Yeah, thanks that we have got a little. Like this, Mahāprabhujī is like that, Holi Gurujī said. And he said, "But how is that?" Mahāprabhujī said, "Holi Gurujī?" Then it is like this. This Holī Gurujī said in this. Prakāś poñj amṛt ke sāgar śrīdīp harī mahā dhani. Mahādhani, dhani means give, give, give. For example, when we have now prasāda here, we give to everyone, give, give, prasāda, give, give. Otherwise, somebody said, "Why so much? Only one?" Don't do like this. God has given. And what is your hand? You are great. You are great now. When you can give to someone, you will become God's house. It will give you more and more. And who is taking? All should think like a prasāda. So it doesn't matter if it's a handful of fruits or only one. Every day we have a prasāda. A prasāda in our body. In this ashram here, what they are cooking is so good. They are lucky that they are making food. And our cook, with how good love. Peace, heart, they said, yes, this will be very good, this will be very good. Then their food, what they are making, and we always say, "How is the food?" It wasn't useful, always saying like this. Because not only is the food very good, but also the cook's heart. And there he made this very beautiful food for eating. So, a cook is like a giver. We give, but they are the giver. So we bring the vegetables and everything, and our cook makes it all for more. We give only vegetables to the kitchen, and the cook prepares them very nicely, giving everyone a very nice meal. So, when our stomach is nice, it is very good and full. And then the cook still said, "Can I give you a little more?" We said, "Oh, it's full, my stomach, please. No, no, take one more." He said, "No, my stomach is full." Yes, that's why in India, when we eat, everybody says, "It's a good coming out very nice of us," then says, "Okay, I'm full." And here in Europe, if people do like, "Oh, pshht," mother said to child, "Pshht, no, no, pshht." Or the father said, "No." So if she eats something, then she says, "Like this only." And now, you know, in that part of India and different countries there, if we will not say, they say, "What? She's still hungry." So, that's called only these two lines. How much inside? Prakāś, no darkness. Not this Prakāś. No. So if the blind person, but he has inner light very much, so Prakāś, that Prakāś of the spiritualities, or we say our sādhanā realization. And so what we call realization? There are many different kinds of realization. Like this, you have lost, and we are searching, and we got it. Yes? So, like, we are getting everything, opening the light. So, deep means the light. So this is the deep. This flame is the deep. And this light is forever. So try to... Why are we making prayers morning and evening with the Dīpak? Light inside. And that's also the name of Mahāprabhujī's dīp. Dīp means light. And this light, Holī Gurujī's way, then said, Sare Vishvame guṇḍyārahi prabhukī yamra kahanī. So there, all light is there, and everywhere is. This bhajan, I will give you tomorrow also. Please keep it there and write down that bhajan is so important. And if there is a very good person who can sing this, what it means also in your language, but not only saying light, and this, and ocean, and like this, no. Each and every word in this book is unbelievable. So, Prakāś Poñjā Amṛtake Sāgar Mahāprabhujī is giving all, still giving. When we see the face, picture of Mahāprabhujī, it's going light, light, very much light. Then, Mahāprabhujī said, "That's why Mahāprabhujī says, 'Sarī Viśvamī,' all world, in the whole world." Sari Vishwamī guñj rahī. Guñj means now in the sound. So this light and sound. Sound means our dead knowledge. That's knowledge. Knowledge means the light. So, how to understand this one word? What is it? "Sare" means "everywhere." Vishwa, sare voldme. Gonj, gonj means sound. Gunj je tedy zvuk gunj rehe he, so everywhere the sound is in the whole world. Prabhu ki amṛ khani he, then prabhu. Prabhu means the God. Prabhu to znamená Bůh. Mahāprabhujī also Prabhujī. Prabhu ki amṛ, amṛ means eternal. Amar znamená nesmrtelný, věčný. Cāre vyāśvoké, nesmrtelný, věčný. So, Prabhupāda's stories, Mahāprabhujī's knowledge, Mahāprabhujī's body, Mahāprabhujī's everything, Amar kahanī. Amar is immortal forever. These words will always be kept, but otherwise, they are gone. So, sare viśvame guñj rahī hain prabhukī amṛt kahānī, śrīdīpna and bhagavānakī morning next. Because we have to have our kuṇḍalinīs and chakras. So we have to bring that knowledge to the people: what is the kuṇḍalinī. Otherwise, kuṇḍalinī is like a snake. Don't touch that stone. Camo, Cobra, or any. Go away. If you will touch it, they are so quick, like that. So they let them, Kundalini let it peacefully. But a problem about the Kundalini is, this is what I want to bring now about the Kundalini. So that's why I'm making this now, preparing what the kuṇḍalinī means. Kundalinī.

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