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Guru can take you across the ocean

The Guru is the foremost principle and the essential guide for liberation. All beings require a Guru, as even divine incarnations followed their teachers. The Guru alone ferries the soul across the ocean of worldly existence to God. Initiation can be received at any time, though Guru Purnima is most auspicious. With complete devotion and dedication to the Guru, all difficulties cease and supreme attainment is reached. The Guru's grace makes everything in life possible and leads to success. Through the Guru's blessings, one is united with the divine.

"Without a Guru, nothing can happen in this world. Our only helper is the Guru."

"Guru Kṛpā. So when you have full devotion and dedication towards your Guru, you will always be happy."

Filming location: Jadan, Rajasthan, India

Śrī Dīpṇayana Bhagavān kī Jai, Dev Purīśa Mādeva kī Jai, Dev Mahāprabhujī kī Jai, Alagpurījī Mahāsādeva kī Satyasanātana Dharma kī Jai. Svasti na Indro Vṛddhaśravāḥ svasti naḥ Pūṣā viśvavedāḥ svasti nas Tārkṣyo ariṣṭanemiḥ svasti no Bṛhaspatir dadhātu. Dyauḥ śāntir antarīkṣaṁ śāntiḥ pṛthivī śāntir āpaḥ śāntir oṣadhayaḥ śāntiḥ. Today is the second day since our beloved Gurujī returned from his journey to Europe. In that happiness, we are going to sing the second chapter of the Guru Gītā. Śrī Bhūtaṁ Bhavatītaṁ Trigura Rahitaṁ Sadguruṁ Taṁ Namāmi. Hṛdambuje Kadika Madhya Sthite Śṛṅgāsane Sthitaṁ Devyā Mūrtiṁ Dhyāyet. Guruṁ Candra Kalā Prakāśaṁ Satcitta Sukhāviṣṭa Varanda Dānaṁ Śvetāmbaraṁ Śveta Vilepa Puṣpaṁ Muktā Vibhūṣaṁ Muditaṁ Dvinetraṁ Vāmāṅka Pīṭha Sthita Devyā Śaktiṁ. Mandasmitaṁ Pūrṇa Kalpāni Dānaṁ Jñāna Svarūpaṁ Nija Bhāva Yuktaṁ Ānandaṁ Ānandakaraṁ Prasannaṁ Yogīndra Mīḍhyaṁ Bhavaroga Vaidyaṁ Śrīmat Guruṁ Nityaṁ Ahaṁ Namāmi. Vande Guruṁ Aravinda Vindaṁ Sundara Śrita Svātma Sukhāṁ Buddhināṁ Janasya Vaiśāṁ Gulikāya Mānaṁ Śaṅkara Hala Hala Moha Śāntyai Yasmin. Sṛṣṭi Sthiti Dhvaṁsa Nigraha Anugrahātmakaṁ Kṛtyaṁ Pañca Vidhaṁ Ca Śāśvataṁ Bhāṣate Taṁ Guruṁ Ha Jit Bāḍab Je Sarva Saṅkāra Dhāvakāla Nālaṁ Svake Brahma Randra Sthitaṁ Moja Madhyasthaṁ Candra Maṇḍalaṁ Akthādi Tri Rekhāpaje Sahasradala Maṇḍale Haṁsa Pāśa Tri Koreca Asmarittan Madhyagaṁ Guruṁ Nityaṁ Śuddhaṁ Nirābhāsaṁ Nirākāraṁ Nirañjanaṁ Nityabodhaṁ Cidānandaṁ Guruṁ Brahma Namāmy Aham. Sakala Bhuvana Sṛṣṭi Kalpita Śeṣa Sṛṣṭi Nikhilani Gamba Dṛṣṭi Satpadārtha Eka Sṛṣṭi. Atagadar Parameṣṭi Satpadārtha Eka Sṛṣṭi Bhavagur Parameṣṭi Mokṣa Mārgaika Dṛṣṭiḥ. Sakala Bhuvana Raṅgas Thāpanās Thambaryaṣṭiḥ Sakarudrasa Vṛṣṭis Tatva Malār Samaṣṭiḥ Sakala Samaya Sṛṣṭis Saccidānanda Dṛṣṭiḥ. Nivasatu May Nityaṁ Śrī Guru Divya Dṛṣṭiḥ. Śiva Śāsana Tathā, Śiva Śāsana Tathā... Idam Eva Śivam, Idam Eva Śivam... Hari Śāsana To Hari Śāsana To... Hari Śāsana Tathā Viditaṁ Viditaṁ... Vijñānaṁ Vijñānaṁ... Vidiśāsana To, Vidiśāsana To... Vidiśāsana Ta Evam Vidad Guruṁ Dhyātvā, Jñānaṁ Utpadyate Svayam. Guru Upadiṣṭa Mārgeṇa Manaḥ Śuddhiṁ Tu Kārayet, Anityaṁ Khaṇḍayet Sarvaṁ Yat Kiñcit Ātma Gocaram. Jñānaṁ Sarvaṁ Pratītaṁ Ca, Jñānaṁ Ca Manojñātaṁ, Jñānaṁ Jayam Samaṁ Kuryān, Nānyaḥ Panthā Dvitīyakaḥ. Kaṁ Ciṣoha, Samyag Ānanda Janakaḥ, Sadguru Sobhidhīyate. Evaṁ Śrutvā Mahādevī, Guru Nindāṁ Karoti Yaḥ, Sayati Narkāṁ Ghorāṁ, Yāvat Candra Divākaraḥ. Yāvat Kalpānta Koṭibhis Tāvat Devī Guruṁ Smarēt. Gurulopāna Kartavyaḥ Svacchandoya Divā Bhavēt. Huṁ Kāredana Vaktavyaṁ Prājya Śiṣyai Kadācanā. Guru Rāgraṇa Vaktavyaṁ Satyaṁ Tū Kadācanā, Guruṁ Tvaṁ Kṛtya Huṁ Kṛtya, Guruṣa Nidhyā Bhaṣara, Ārādhye Nirjale Deśe, Sambhaved Brahma Rakṣasa, Advaitaṁ Bhava Yanityaṁ Sarvāvasthāsu Sarvadā, Kadācid Api Na Kuryād Dvaitaṁ Guru Sannidhau. Dṛśyavṛṣmīti Parayantaṁ Kuryād Guru Pādārchanam Tadṛśasyaiva Kaivalyaṁ Na Chatadvaitirekira Apisampur Tattvajño Guru Tyāgī Bhavedyadā Bhavate Vahitasyānta Kāle Vikṣepa Mudkatam Guru Kāryaṁ Na Raṅgheta Na Pṛṣva Kāryam Ācharet Na Hyutiṣṭheti Senatva Guru Sattva Sovitāha, Guru Sati Svayaṁ Devī. Pariśaṁ Tu Kadāchana, Gupti Samnā Vaikuryāt. Tathā Chedrākṣa Śobhāve. Śrī Dīp Nayana Bhagavān kī Jai. Devīśra Mahādeva kī Jai. Madan Purjī Sadgurudeva kī Jai. Śrī Śrī 1008 Viśva Guru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Paramahaṁsa Svāmī Śrī Māheśānandjī Purījī Gurudeva Kī Jai. Gajānanam Bhūta Ghaṇādi Sevitaṁ Kapita Jambū Phala Cāra Vṛkṣāram. Umāsutaṁ Śokha Vināśakārakam. Namāmī Vighneśvara Pāda Paṅkajaṁ. Sarva Maṅgala Māṅgalyai Śive Sarvārtha Sādhikai. Śaraṇye Tryambake Gaurī Nārāyaṇī Namo Stute. Kalpura Gauraṁ Karurāvatāraṁ Saṁsāra Sāraṁ Bhujagendra Hāram. Sadā Vasantam Hṛdayāravinde Bhavam Bhāvanī Sahitaṁ Namāmi. Śāntākāraṁ Bhujaga Śayanaṁ Padmanābhaṁ Sureśaṁ Viśvādhāraṁ Gaganasadṛśaṁ Meghavarṇaṁ Śubhāṅgam. Lakṣmīkāntaṁ Kamala Nayanaṁ Yogibhir Dhyāna Gamyaṁ Vande Viṣṇuṁ Bhava Bhaya Haraṁ Sarva Lokaika Nāthaṁ. Manojavam Mārutatulya Vegam Jitendriyaṁ Buddhimatāṁ Variṣṭham. Vātātmajaṁ Vānarayūtha Mukhyaṁ Śrī Rāmadūtaṁ Śaraṇaṁ Prapadye. Nīlāmbuja Śyāmala Komalāṅgaṁ Sītā Samāropita Vāma Bāhuṁ. Pāṇau Mahāsāyakacāru Cāpaṁ Namāmi Rāmaṁ Raghuvaṁśa Nāthaṁ. Gurur Brahmā Gurur Viṣṇu Gurur Devo Maheśvara. Gurur Sākṣāt Para Brahma Tasmai Śrī Gurave Namaḥ. Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jaya. Devī Svara Mahādeva Kī Jaya. Mādhavaṁjī Bhagavān Kī Jaya. Śrī Viśva Gurū Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Paramaṁ Svāmī Śrī Maheśvara Ānandjī Purījī Gurudeva Kī Jai. Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jai, Devī Svara Mahādeva Kī Jai, Madan Purījī Satguru Deva Kī Jai. Śiṣya Eka Zarāta Viśva Guru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Paramaṁ Svāmī Śrī Maheśvara Nāmāḥ Miśra Miśāna Nirvāra Rūpaṁ Vibhuṁ Vyāpakaṁ Brahma Veda Svarūpaṁ Nijaṁ Nirguṇaṁ Nirvikalpaṁ Nirīhaṁ Cidākāśam Ākāśavāsaṁ Bhaje'ham. Nirākāra Mūṅkāra Mūlaṁ Turīyaṁ Girajñāna Goti Tamīśaṁ Girīśaṁ Karālaṁ Mahākāla Kālaṁ Kṛpālaṁ Gurāgāra Saṁsārya Pāraṁ Nato'ham. Tuṣārārdra Śaṅkāśa Gauraṁ Gabhīraṁ Manobhūta Koṭi Prabhā Śrī Śarīraṁ Sphuraṁ Mauli Kallolini Caru Gaṅgā Vilasad Bhāla Bhālena Dukāṇṭhe Bhujaṅga Carat Kuṇḍalaṁ Pūrṇa Netraṁ Viśālaṁ Prasannānanam Nirantaraṁ Dayāluṁ. Vṛṣadhvaja Caramambaraṁ Undamalaṁ Priyaṁ Śaṅkaraṁ Sarvanāthaṁ Bhajāmi. Pracaṇḍaṁ Prakāṣṭaṁ Pragalbhaṁ Pareśam Akhaṇḍam Ajaṁ Bhanukoṭi Prakāśaṁ Trayaḥ Śūla Nirvāraṇaṁ Śūla Pariṁ Bhaje'ham Bhavāni Patiṁ Bhavagamyam. Kālātīta Kalyāṇa Kalpāntakāri Sadā Sarjanānanda Datāpurāri Siddhānanda Sandoha Moha Pahāri Prasīda Prasīda Prabhuman Madhāri. Nayavad Umānātha Pada Ravindaṁ Bhajanti Haloke Padeva Naradaṁ Sukhaṁ Śānti Śānta Panaśaṁ Prasīda Prabhusar Āpan Namāmi Śaśāṁbo. Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jai. Devīśvara Mahādeva Kī Jai. Alagpurījī Mahādeva Kī Jai. Madan Purjī Sadgurudeva Kī Jai. Śrī Śrī 1008 Viśva Guru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Paramahaṁsa Svāmī Mahiṣān Purījī Gurudeva Kī Jai. Oṁ Śālakpurījī Mahādeva Kī Jai. Devadeva Devaśvara Mahādeva Kī Jai, Śrī Dīpa Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jai, Hindu Dharma Samrāṭa Paramahaṁsa Svāmī Śrī Mādhava Ānandapurījī Satgurudeva Gavāna Kī Jai, Viśvaguru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Paramahaṁsa Svāmī Śrī Maheśvara Ānandapurījī Ogirāja Kī Jai. Oṁ Namo Gurubhyo Guru Padukābhyāṁ Namaḥ Parebhyaḥ Para Padukābhyāṁ Nata Ananta Saṁsāra Samudra Tāra Navakāyatābhyāṁ Guru Padukābhyāṁ Namo Namaḥ Śrī Guru Padukābhyāṁ. Sadāśiva Samārambhāṁ Śaṅkarācārya Madhyamām. Asmadācārya Paryantāṁ Vande Guru Paramparām. Sannyāsukta: Na Karmaṇā Na Prajayā Dhanena Tyāgenaike Amṛtatvaṁ Ānaśuḥ. Pareṇa Nākaṁ Nihitaṁ Guhāyāṁ Vibhājate Tad Yate Yo Viṣante. Vedānta Vijñāna Suniścitārthāḥ Sannyāsa Yogādhyāya Acchuddha Sattvāḥ. Te Brahma Loke Tu Parāntakāle Parāmṛtāt Parimucyanti Sarve Dharaṁ Vipāpaṁ Parameśma Bhūtai Yat Puṇḍarīkaṁ Puramadhyasat Gṛstaṁ. Tatrā Viduḥ Paraṁ Gaṇaṁ Viśokas Tasmin Yadaṁ Tastupāsitavyaṁ. Yau Vedādau Svaraḥ Proktau Vedānte Ca Pratiṣṭhitau, Tasya Prakṛti Līnasya Yaḥ Parasa Maheśvaraḥ. Hariḥ Oṁ. Namo Sunantāya Sahasra Mūrtaye Sahasra Pādākṣi Śiro'ruhāve. Sahasra Nāmne Puruṣāya Śāśvate Sahasra Koṭi Yuga Dhāriṇe Namaḥ. Namaḥ Kamalanābhāya, Namaste Jalasāhine, Namaste Keśavānanda, Vāsudevo Namastute. Vasanād Vasudevasya Vasitam Bhuvanātrayam, Sarvabhūtāni Vasosi, Vāsudevo Namastute. Śaṅkaraṁ Śaṅkarācāryaṁ Keśavaṁ Badarāyaṇam. Sūtra Bhāṣya Kṛtau Vande Bhagavantau Punaḥ Punaḥ. Īśvaro Guru Rājmeti Mūrti Bheda Vibhāgene Vyoma Vāt Vyāpta Dehāya Dakṣiṇāmūrtaye Namaḥ. Gurur Brahmā Gurur Viṣṇu Gurur Devo Maheśvara. Gurur Sākṣāt Para Brahma Tasmai Śrī Gurave Namaḥ. Dhyāna Mūlaṁ Gurur Mūrtiḥ, Pūjā Mūlaṁ Gurur Padam, Mantra Mūlaṁ Gurur Vākyaṁ, Mokṣa Mūlaṁ Gurur Kṛpā. Akhanda Maṇḍala Karaṁ Vyāptaṁ Yena Carācaraṁ, Tat Padaṁ Darśitaṁ Yena, Tasmai Śrī Gurave Namaḥ. First of all, I welcome you all to the Charaṇakamalam (lotus feet) of Pūjya Gurudev Viśvaguru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Maheśvarānandapurījī. As I said in the mantra, "Sadāśiva Samārambhām." So first, I bow to our Ārādhya Śaṅkara Bhagavān, "Sadāśiva Samārambhām, Śaṅkarācārya Madhyamam." After Śiva, I bow to Śaṅkarācārya, and then to my entire Guru Paramparā. Today, our great and fortunate Pūjya Gurudev has come to India. It has been two days since his arrival, and now he is present here in Jardhan Ashram to bless us. We all have a Guru in this world. The Guru is first and foremost. He is above all. Like in the āratī we sing, "Who is greater than Rāma and Kṛṣṇa?" He too is a Guru. That means Lord Rāma and Lord Kṛṣṇa, who themselves were incarnations of Lord Viṣṇu, also had their Gurus. They too followed the orders of the Guru. So why don't we human beings follow the Guru and make him our Guru in our lives? The Guru is the one who can ferry us from this shore to the other shore. Without a Guru, nothing can happen in this world. Our only helper is the Guru. The Guru is the only one who can make us attain God, who can make us attain Mokṣa. People say we can take Guru Dīkṣā anytime, or on the day of Guru Pūrṇimā. Many have this question. Guru Pūrṇimā is the day of the Guru. The best thing is to take Guru Dīkṣā on Guru Pūrṇimā. But Guru Dīkṣā can be taken anytime. The Guru's blessings will always be upon us, and we will be able to overcome all difficulties. We will be able to attain the highest rank and reach the highest world. God's blessings will always be upon us. As I was saying in Hindi, I was talking about Guru Kṛpā. As our beloved Gurudev always says, "Guru Kṛpā." So when you have full devotion and dedication towards your Guru, you will always be happy. All your problems, all your sadness, everything will be gone. The Guru is that one person who can cross you from one shore to another, who can enlighten you, who can make you one with God. Without the Guru, I don't think anything is possible in this world. You should always be devoted to your Guru. When you have a Guru, there are blessings. Everything in life is easily done with his āśrama upon you, with his blessings on your hand. You will always be successful in life. As Holy Gurujī always took care of Samjī and always blessed him, and as Gurudev is always channeling what Mahāprabhujī and Gurujī are saying, so Mahāprabhujī is with Gurudev, and Gurudev is with all of us, blessing all of us. May he always be with us, and may his guidance and blessings always be with us. We all pray for his good health and long life, that he always protects us. That is what I have to say. Thank you. Very nice, very nice, beautiful. Our disciples, our children, are very good artists, singing very well. Thank you. Tomorrow again you have to tell, okay? Very, very good. Also very good, very good. And everybody was listening, very good. That's a must, and nobody will stand up and go out. That's... very good, thank you. And I was whole day... that's it. I have done my job with them. Good all the evening, and good night. Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jai. Hari Om. To devotees in different countries, yes. You have seen very beautiful bhajans, and Sanskrit and everything. Thank you. Tomorrow will be more, something beautiful. Hari Om.

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