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Vaccinate or not vaccinate?

A spiritual discourse on religious festivals, health, and contemporary life.

"From there, all festivals—so they were for Rāma, Sītā, and his brother Lakṣmaṇa."

"And now, what is it? We all now have a time. We had our Dīvālīs, and now we have the Christians, what we call Christmas."

The speaker, referred to as Satguru Swāmījī, begins by discussing the spiritual significance of Diwali, linking it to Bhagavān Rāma and the symbolism of light. He then broadens the talk to encompass other faiths like Christianity and Islam, praising their devotion. The discourse shifts to modern concerns about food purity and health, where he strongly advocates for COVID-19 vaccination based on his positive personal experience, while repeatedly stating he does not wish to force anyone.

Filming location: Jadan, Rajasthan, India

Satguru Swāmījī, Mahādwanājī, Bhagavān, Satguru Swāmījī, Mahādwanājī, Mahāprabhujī kī Ālakpurī jī kī je. My dears, sisters, brothers, in India and all other countries around the whole world, this involves our times. There are many holidays—not holidays to go roaming here and there, but spiritual days. We had very nice two or three spiritual divas, and mostly it was about Bhagavān Śiva and Bhagavān Rāma. That Rāma—today we had Dīvālī. Dīvālī was very, very long ago. At that time, there were no other spiritual festivals. There were many this and that, and because it is a very long year, it is very modest. From there to here, there is a festival of Bhagavān Rāma, and that’s called Dīvālī. Dīvā means light. So that time, for one day, it was the festival with the lights. At that time, there were no lights like these, but only oil lamps, and people were worshipping in the name of God, Rāma. From there, all festivals—so they were for Rāma, Sītā, and his brother Lakṣmaṇa, and two other brothers. It was very beautiful, you know, my dears. And that time, when God Rāma—after, you can know many times, you know this about how it happens—Sītā and this Hanumān came, and all Dānavas, and this was many, you know that. So there were festival days; that time became such a good festival in those years. First was the Satyuga, that time and Śiva. And you know that Śiva, there was before nobody like that, others. And Śiva was one of the best for everyone, very good and so on. And Rāma, Bhagavān Rāma, and the first Bhagavān Rāma, or Śiva, no? And there, from Him, that was Ālakpurījī also. So Ālakpurījī was that time, before the Rāma. We know our Ālakpurījīs, and I don’t know, but I can think millions of humans were worshipping Ālakpurījīs, and with other festivals also many things. But I don’t know, but we know that Ālakpurījī was with Śiva, and now in this... This year, in this, we got about, let’s say, 30, 35, or 25, something like this. We got messages from Ālakpurījīs. But I am sure that many others saw those, many, many ṛṣis. They know, so maybe they did not write something. But in some books, it is there. Ālakpurījī was Śiva and also for everything. There are festivals that do like that to make a light. And the light from that time to everywhere—for the evening they were making some kind of light. Before that, there was also no light. How to make it? So, there was only fire. So, one little stone, bringing some wood, and the wood there, and we make the water and fire. And there was a great ceremony. Then, Bhagavān Rāma’s time, when it came, that was long. At that time, there was no other religion; it was only one. At that time, they made one nice, beautiful light, because it was coming evening, and many people came from different forests. There were no streets like this. And so, everywhere come with the light, and so, and with oil, and made saithā, maybe, to karma. And so it’s like, what we call you, it has come, what we call the Christians in these years now. And these lights, when they came, Hanumānjī was there, and in these lights, more came, very much also before. And so that was given after peace and everything, then they made a light. And with this light on the wood, and like this, and of course, the mother, more like king, and this and some, they are trying to make oils. There was no petrol like this. And so that was a very great ceremony. All was very spiritual. But in that same time, there was both, and like it’s still today also. It’s called the good people are spirituals, and like this, like a goddess. And others were what they call, not the goddess, but they are like devils. Devils and devils and devils. It means not that to do somehow; it is looking, it is inside that, and so fighting, and this whole coming always, always... So light was there, and very nice in this, and from there, because everybody comes to God Rāma, and God Rāma is God Rāma, and then his siddha, and so on. So this cemented that very much, and then there’s one big... A book about two books about Rāma. There is one that was written before Rāma, about how Rāma is, and it will be, it is, everything was written like this. One book, a very, very book, what is that? The Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa. And now, the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa is a very great... Now, coming, and it is very big, and after that, after a long time, this Lakṣmaṇa, Tulsīdās, so from Tulsīdās’s side, then coming, and so on and so, of course, it’s coming also within other festivals, so in different. Forests, some others like Christians, something long, long also. It is many years, that’s not like this, and then it is coming. Other languages, and also Muslims came, how not very much, and like this everywhere. And so is the time, how people we are. Living, living good, and so the taking the Dīvālī, the light, light, and it was in the trees, and the trees means under the trees they were putting this, and so because the people came and they were sitting under the, because maybe a little raining or not or something. And they were sitting, daytime also under the trees, people coming, and these are very heavy things. So in this way, it is also we ourselves now. And ourselves, we, now we are many, many, coming to different God ceremonies. Now, many, many, if you go to America, you know there are how many different Christian festivals. There are different days, there are different, you know, that America, there is mostly so much. Can you tell something? How many? Yeah, come on, yes. So this is what we are always... we can see, everybody see the best. Why not? Why not? They are listening to this, and they are doing, yes. Please test, yes, Bābājī, but not in mouth, little distance, yeah, in the United States. There are many Christian denominations, and each of them has a slightly different angle on, you know, the Bible and the study of the Bible. And they celebrate major holidays together. Of course, very good and very nice. But they put stress on different aspects of Christianity. And I think that’s the main difference. Different aspects of Christianity and different explanations of what the Bible teaches and what it says. So I would say that’s the main difference. Yes, and the same is like this. The Indians, and Indians, there are also many, many now, Rāma Kṛṣṇa, and many, many also else, that is many peoples, and like so. It is like this, but I was talking like this, so mostly it was in Christians was more. Now, they also, they’re not the Hindus. Hindus are, they are on the completely as it is, was. They are making their ceremonies at their like, and they are also, and then came the Christians and then Jesus and this, and then Muslims. They are also very much dividing, very much and very good, and so it is like this, everybody’s. But it is like this: in this, anyone is where it is that we are happy to have everyone. But it is said that when we are worshipping indifferent ones, we bring the Hindus, then we bring the Christians, and then we bring the Muslims, and then others, unlike this, any. And it is good they are doing themselves; it is good. And now, what is it? We all now have a time. We had our Dīvālīs, and now we have the Christians, what we call Christmas, and we will—Christmas we will celebrate very much, and this and that. And mostly in that, I think, more the... Muslims, they are very humble and very good. They make in there, every day, maybe two or three times, they are making ceremonies or prayers or something. Even at the airport, when we are going and they are making like this. It means that they are very humble, very nice, very good. So this life is very good. And now, according to those, we are coming this way. That we have, maybe our day and our life, our life of our life, is perhaps not good. And why this? Because perhaps we did not properly look about our food, our food and like this, and then we have little time. It was people, they were cooking at home nicely, and they were eating good food, and like this. And now it is just like eating, I don’t know how, in the standing on the street and they are eating and many things like this, that is a health. We are not healthy now, so our food is not proper, we do, and now so many chemicals, and this is a... Problem? Animals, they don’t eat what they don’t like, or they don’t eat, and so they are okay. Of course, animals to animals, they are killing and this and that, but we humans, we know, we know everything, and we can do anything. But from this is that from our, our, the fruit, our, our... Food is not very clean, and not clean means that’s not properly, uh, coconut. He did not cook properly, or different things, and that is also not good. So, so, my dear, we shall take our waters and our food. This is very important for us, and I wish that God will give us that. Now, please, God, give us good health. And then it is like this: I like, or we don’t like. Again, of course, we are humans, and we cannot say anything. And so many people, they don’t take some kind of vaccine or something, and some don’t want. Okay, it is there. Humans say that we don’t want to force anybody, but they see that we don’t force them, but we will allow it. And they said, "Please, please. Can you also take this vaccine, and it will be good?" But still, I don’t want to force anybody. It is there, but it will be maybe not good. It will be very problematic. And I had my vaccine, of course, three times, because in the first, when everybody said we should take it and everything, it was the police, and then this, and then like this and that, everything. People gave to everyone, and people remained healthy. And they think it may not be good, and this person was not healthy, but at that time, they said, "Look, they got a vaccine, and they died," and I don’t know, I’m sorry, maybe or not. But I myself, I got the vaccine that I... I felt very, very, very good and very well. I went to India, and I was there for more than two months, and I wanted to go back to Vienna. And I wanted to have the vaccine again in Europe, but I said, because it is two and a half months, so that, so I, of course, India also has the best vaccine. There, you think that it’s not good. Everybody is, how to say, one talking this and that. And you know that how much everybody was. But I came to, I headed here, and then after one and a half or two hours, I had gotten my third one when I came back. It’s okay. And so, yeah, that is a little bit. It was a little bit warm and something like this, but nothing. And then I, I feel very healthy. I feel very good, and many also said, but others don’t want, and I don’t want to force anybody, but I... I would say that something is this. Now, governments are then not forcing, but they are doing just something that everybody should have, and otherwise, you can be only in your house or something. So, this is a—it is there, but I would say I would not force. But I will say that we should give all, we should take the vaccine and be nice. We will be happy, and they will not, definitely. Like this, die or this, if in this two hours or years, I think, or one and a half years, they have got many infections, and they had not like this, but some said died. Of course, one will die when we are old or this and something, and in that way, it is not good when people are thinking that like this, and that is not good. And, of course, I don’t want to say, not forcing you. But in myself, I would do it again if they want. I will take it. Everything we want to do, and actually also our people, our people in ashram, and we want everybody, they should have these vaccines. If not, then it’s not good, so either who has... Who have the vaccines and go out because the sun does not have, or if they don’t get the vaccines, then they can have in other rooms or other where we will continue. Cut to not cut to in cows with Kagura, very nice, very nice. Beautiful, one, two, three, and it’s very nice, very nice... So, so, but I’m—I don’t force you, but I think it will be good because sooner or later, and many things that people, they—they don’t suffer. Super, yeah. But today, now, there are many people; they don’t want to give the vaccine to others, and they haven’t—they... They are from another country, and they said, "No, we don’t want to get the vaccine." From my disciples, my disciples from other countries, and in that other country, that person did not want to have any vaccine, and like this, and now he has some kind of fever. He has some fever, and also he suddenly begins some kind of, maybe some problems, health problems or something. And that person doesn’t want to give. I said, "Now then," I told him, and that person said, "Please, but they don’t want to give, because the person is not from their country, because their country is other, but this one is working in other, not properly given the office." So many things happen, but of course I don’t want to tell you which country and what not, please. But like this, it is like this. Now they cannot come, and they will not go. And like this, it may be very soon that it will be all countries. People have to go to other countries. And then, what is that? Many will stop the aeroplanes. I will be in Vienna, and you will see yoga, you will have your ceremonies, and I will see only with the telephone, yes? They said, because, you know, many, many aeroplanes are finished. They said, "No, we don’t want it now." Yeah, in that, from the other countries, sort of army. So, my dears, all my brothers, my sisters, from every country and from here, from my thinking, I could say that we should make a vaccine and properly everything, but of course, I don’t want to force you. And then it is because now they said, "You can, I don’t know, maybe they will make another city." Yeah, in your country, okay, make one city. And that’s all, and they should go to the other, in your countries, a new city, very good. And so in that city, you cannot go if you have no actions. Okay, and others won’t have. No, we don’t want actions. It’s also like this. So we have two cities, yeah, it can be like this. So, thank you, my dears. We will, if you—I don’t force you again yourself—but then we have to put not Jadan, but Gaguda. You will get everything. We will get nice milk, nice cows, good waters, good air. There are deer, deer, and many things. And I don’t know who will go to buy somewhere—that’s also problems, you know. So they will come and stand down and give the vegetables and give you back, but you don’t know. You don’t like your food because it is a cronia, so it is like this, but I think you will not die. And another thing is, sooner or later we will die, that’s it. So all my brothers and sisters, please, I think we have to... the whole world is not only our India. Or not the Czech, or not Slovak, or not America, but everywhere it is happening, everywhere. So we have to do something. Hare Om. Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Devpurī Samādhi Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandjī Bhagavān Satya Sanātana Dharmakī Jaya. Om Śānti.

This text is transcribed and grammar corrected by AI. If in doubt what was actually said in the recording, use the transcript to double click the desired cue. This will position the recording in most cases just before the sentence is uttered.

The text contains hyperlinks in bold to three authoritative books on yoga, written by humans, to clarify the context of the lecture:

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