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Mahaprabhudeep Ashram is a spiritual place

This ashram is a permanent spiritual foundation, bound by strict preservation rules to honor its legacy. We cannot alter the historic structures, like changing windows or adding toilets. Government authorities regularly inspect and control even natural elements; we cannot plant or cut trees without permission. The land is kept pure, free from chemicals, with clean earth and a separate water system. It is a healthy, peaceful place with abundant oxygen and nutritious food that sustains without causing weight gain. Multiple halls support various practices, and a nearby pure-food restaurant, Tilak, serves the community. This center, unlike others, is a fixed sanctuary for all who seek harmony.

"From time to time, people from the government or other authorities come and check everything."

"Therefore, here it is so peaceful, harmonious peace. Hey, what do we want? Kyā chāhiye?"

Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

We do not know how long we will be, but we should do something that future generations will take care of. Our Mahāprabhujī's ashram—this cannot be removed. This castle, we cannot put in other windows. We cannot have a toilet there; we cannot do everything. Yes, okay, we can have a color like this, but we cannot make the same windows as others. No one can take away the buildings and make something else. From time to time, people from the government or other authorities come and check everything. Other yoga centers can move; they can go and come. Therefore, this is very, very important, and it is for everyone. But everyone has to work and do good work for everything. You know, we cannot pick one tree in this border; every border is defined. From that, we cannot plant a tree, and we cannot cut a tree. If a tree falls down, we leave it there, and officers will come. They will say, "Yes, you can cut it and take it." But we cannot plant a tree there. They are the government, and they will tell us which tree. We have the fountain. Always, where is our fountain? And there we cannot do anything. On the other side, where we have apples, it's okay there. Our lake is there, but it is outside. So we can also make the colors as we like. Sometimes the government gives some money, but that is very little, only enough for our tea. But our brother Vasant is very nice; he is always going to the officers, and he has done very well. Also, around this house, there was one tree. This tree was very old, and we wanted to put another one, and they said no. They brought this one tree. Maybe it is good or not, but they do it; we don't. This is one tree; it will be very tall, and the roots will go very deep. It will not fall down. And so, in all rooms everywhere, they are coming and checking everything. That is why it is according to the Swami Mahāprabhujī Satsaṅg foundation. The foundation is different, and the other is different. So "foundation" means it is a foundation. It cannot be changed. And they know that we are taking such good care of it. We have very spiritual everything, and this is our ashram. We are coming; we are doing. And we have how many halls? We have different kinds of practice we can do. We have one hall for children, a second which is very nice for us, and then outside there is one more. There is one hall outside, not on the farm. There is one very big one. The other one is where the cafeteria is. So there are many, many places. And that is very nice, very peaceful, and very good. It is a little village here, not a very big city, and therefore there is no other kind of disturbance. This, our ashram, is completely the best; there are no chemicals. The fish is coming from the water, from the city or village. All water goes; other water cannot come in. About the road and the other side, also, this water cannot come. On the other side, there is a lake, and water is flowing out. So our earth, anywhere, does not have chemicals inside. You can take earth, yes, and it is clean, nice. And you can eat it. It is healing, very much. From nowhere, anywhere, this water is coming from elsewhere; it is not here. Only on the roof, and that is coming through the going water out—channels. Therefore, here is a very healthy, healthy place. So come near the tree, sit with the tree. Anywhere you are, it is much better than the hospitals. In this, about, let's say, eight or nine months, I was here. And no, was any corona there? Oxygen, very much oxygen. Yes, we are practicing exercises. That's our technique. But our oxygen is very important. Our food is very, very good, and people eat a lot, but they are not gaining fat. Yes, there is one of my disciples here, and now she has been here for nearly one month, and she is eating very good salad and this and that. But she is going out. Health is coming. There was another one also. Who had this also like this? A little bit more kilos. And she was here for two weeks, and she was eating well. Because one person at home cannot cook always. If there are two or three people, then we can cook more and this and that. But if it is only one person, then we cannot do like that. And therefore, here it is so peaceful, harmonious peace. Hey, what do we want? Kyā chāhiye? Yes. So, it was two weeks. And that person said, "Nearly two kilos in two weeks." But not feeling something, like not eating or something like that. Eating very much. So you can come to all our yoga centers from any country. Come for one week or only for one weekend. It is beautiful here, and the spiritualities, bhajans, and all are happy people here. And if you want to have, let's say, I want to eat something different and more. Then we have here the Tilak. And Tilak has completely pure, pure, all things, all oils, this, this, many, many things for cooking, eating. Pizza is very famous in the Czech Republic because it is good, healthy food. So people go from the road, they are turning back here for five, ten kilometers, and then they eat, and they take more, and they go. Have you been there one day? Who did not go there? You did not go there? Here to Tilak? Okay, then you go to Tilak, okay? Yes. This is also our ashram. This building is our building. So, my dears, we had very good yoga classes. Our teachers were very good, many, many, and you were doing very good exercise and everything. So my teachers, they remember me more than I forget them and everything. And they are coming from very, very different countries. One came from America, you know this? And she is from Czech. But many years in America, she is my disciple. And she was working a lot, and a lot. She is very humble, very kind, and she is not making lectures, this and that, always. So now, two or three days she should be here and see everything, and they are all very good. And all of you who came here now, thank you.

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