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The origin of knowledge

A spiritual discourse on the guru lineage and the vision for a unified ashram.

"In my heart, I tell you that if we have understood and you wish to do this, then you have already received Guru Kṛpā. It has already been given to you—not by me, but by Alak Purījī."

"And you all should be one; we all should become one... This āśram is for each and every one. Yes, all these countries."

The speaker addresses a gathering, tracing a spiritual lineage from Bhagavān Śiva through Alak Purījī to Mahāprabhujī. He emphasizes the received grace of this lineage and expresses a core desire for unity among all attendees and their countries. The discourse shifts to a practical vision for building a large, inclusive ashram through collective contributions, while also advising on spiritual conduct and mutual support.

Filming location: Zagreb, Croatia

Oṁ Prabhudī Panirañjana Śabadukabhañjana Oṁ Prabhudeepa Nirañjana Śabaddukha Bhañjana Oṁ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ... To Alak Purījī, Mahāprabhujī, Dev Purījī, Madhavānanjī Bhagavān, and all our Gurus—from Bhagavān Śiva until today. Alak Purījī was present at the time of Śiva Himself. We know this from the Śiva Purāṇa. That scripture, which belongs to Śivajī, tells us. Whenever people come to Śiva, they should not wander about. Sit down. If you need to drink, go outside. I know the Śiva Purāṇa, and from it, everything originates... what it is... Mahāprabhujī has given it. Please, no one should leave. Drink where you are. Is anyone drinking? Good, no one is getting up. I will simply give bhajans and speak. Be quiet. I give you everything peacefully. Do not tell me anything. You understand? Yes. I will bring plenty of water later. It is good that you are settled. Mahāprabhujī, in his book, was giving teachings. At that time, Mahāprabhujī was very young and very good. Maṅgīlāl Jī was also there, and he was great. From there, Mahāprabhujī gave us two things. First, he told us and made us know about the Śiva Purāṇa. You all know this now, don't you? For some years we were there. Most of us were there; you were there two or three times? Twice we came. It is said... thank you, yes. Because people learned something but did not implement it properly, so they made it like this: lie down and relax. Yoga? Yoga nidrā? Yes, we did all that, me too. But then Mahāprabhujī told me what the holy Gurujī had said. At that time, I was not yet born. When Mahāprabhujī was very young—we have a photo, a picture where Mahāprabhujī is sitting. If you do not know, you can see it in Nārasiṁha, Nārasiṁha Purī. In you, there is a picture of that Mahāprabhujī's state. So, there was Alak Purījī. Alak Purījī gave to Dev Purījī and Mahāprabhujī. That day, when we went there, I said, "I am now in that Parabrahman, Brahmatmā." Yes, Mahāprabhujī, I did not see him. Three years later, I came to Holī Gurujī, Mahāprabhujī, and Dev Purījī. And I received everything. Still, I asked Gurujī and Dev Purījī, "Give me this book about Alak Purījī." And so, we know everything. At that time we said, I said, that we now know about that God, how He was there from the time of Śiva. In those times, it is said, in certain parts of Europe, it was covered in snow all the time, but not excessively. You know that? Yes. So, it is from that direction we are coming, and it was difficult, but not extremely so. In my heart, I tell you that if we have understood and you wish to do this, then you have already received Guru Kṛpā. It has already been given to you—not by me, but by Alak Purījī. Alak Purījī is that one from Śiva. I have told you all many times that we know this. At that time, there were no Christians, no Muslims, and the differences were not great. How and when do they arise? Of course, we are now very good. We see the Christians, they are doing very well. The Muslims, they are also doing much, and others, etc. And Śiva is coming all the time, from the home, etc. He gave one lecture that we spoke of, and you have learned this bhajan, haven't you? Is there someone who knows it? Can you say it? Yes? Only two words. Say it. Only two words, not the whole book. Anyone? Beautiful. Everything is done. Afterwards, we will do... okay? Yes. So, how it has been... there is a very extensive... this bhajan, and we will take it outside later. If we learn, practice, and attain, then you can do it. Of course, I will not say we do not want to. Perhaps some do not allow it, and we are also like this. I have seen you many times, my dears, and I have never said anything wrong to you or told you to go away. I should never, and never have said, "That is not a good person." Then you are not... then you are not... Neither you, nor I—though I sometimes... but I never said, "Go down, I will not allow it." When you have said this, then everything is nothing. That is all. Everything—and your country, this and that, your whole country is very large. And you all should be one; we all should become one. He worked very hard. He was very young, and I was a little bit angry, also a little angry. From that time until now, he worked and worked and worked. But we have to become one: this tree, this house, this āśram. This āśram is for each and every one. Yes, all these countries. And so, anywhere you go, in small yoga centers—maybe they are not like this—but they are practicing. They are practicing... This is what exists now: yogī Janakī, yoga nidrā. So, like this, every day, maybe you have 20 people, or some have 20 people, or some have 100%. Like, as a yoga, all of it is our yoga, yoga in daily life. Then you will see what and you... and this is what I see today. I, because for how many years I was from here... problems, something happens, and that is why I came here. I was very good. I was from him. He was very nice—good eating, very good and everything. I was there, but I said, "I want to have all these people from the whole of this country, from there to there, there... everywhere, where all of you are, pleased, should become one." What? And if you say, "No, I don’t want this, you go," then you are not. Then we are yogīs. Then we are going to God. Then we know the great saints, and he was coming. So that is why I came here to this part, and it is very great. But people still did not come, because they did not know, or there were many workers, or something like that. More than this, if we go further, when he comes, then all will come more and everything, however many we are. So this is that one point. This is the one which I tell you, and one thing I was... I said something to myself, you know. I was coming up, and I said, "I am coming." Yes, and so I, from my side, tell you. But if you only—everybody wants to do, okay. But I said that in this, step by step, if we can do something and we can work... how do we call it? Elevator. So there is no elevator. And so, from my side, there are young people, boys here, who can go, but there are so many who cannot. And so I was thinking that from each and every contribution of money—little or big—we will take this and build our large āśram nearby somewhere. This I want. I want that. Please, you do it. But if you said, "No, no..." Then, I don’t want... I don’t know. I don’t know, did they say yes or no? So, number one. First, I give to you, so that you will say, "We want to have this. We will not take another. We will be here." You can say it, and now is... This Mahārājī, if he will say yes, then we all say, "Please, yes." I will not say anything, none whatsoever. No, no. But then he said, so that he’s... I did not, okay? Because he said, and I was like this, and he said, "I didn’t want to implement my ideas now." Because I am not coming up here, but the staircase... and many elderly people. So, my... you are my disciples, you are my workers, you are my everything. And we worked hard, very well. I have seen everything also. And there is our very good person who worked very hard here, till upstairs, and like this he died. What was his name? Yeah, yeah, yeah. So it means that I cannot say next, "Tomorrow we will buy, we will see how good and everything," and each and every pin, the paisa, we will all give it to them, and then we will see the land and everything, and we are building that āśram. Okay, so then you lie. If you said yes, then now you can say yes, yes, God. God should not act like that. Like, one year there was already a problem with the earthquake, and at that time we all were like that. And you know, no, come here up, but he was coming up and looking up there. But he was also looking like this. So anyway, we will have a place nearby somewhere, and we will make a very nice āśram. And this āśram is for everyone. No? This āśram is also for everyone. Every āśram is for everyone. What did you say? I said that this āśram, every āśram, is for everyone. Yeah. Okay? Yes. Yeah. So you should say yes. Yes.... And that, it means that I was, I came... there is one house, very big here, that I, the first time I came, I was sleeping there, and he was there—a young boy, and I also a young boy, and that other one who died, like, yeah, so yes, so, so every... Many people are there, and so it is like this: there is one seed, and it became two, and then from this came slowly, slowly, so many—the whole Kṛṣṇa, okay? And from this, it does not matter if it is from a distance or here, we should have our yoga in daily life. And this is the seed, or the seed, of that is Maheśvarānanda, yes? And Maheśvarānanda is... how long will he be now? But it will be the whole of this before even I am not anymore. Now, but it should be completely, we are all ours, then we will come more good, and I will tell. You don’t tell me something because I did not come yesterday only for satsaṅg. So some people, they do not understand. They do not know how to do it. So there are two things. Many people, please do not tell somebody’s mistake to anyone, and also do not put it on my head if it is. In the whole country, among these people across these countries, some did not... they do not have money or anything. And they, through practicing yoga, get some money. And I will say, "Please, let them leave it, money." You know? One has come, this boy, and he said, "Yes, but now we have no money." Some, there are. So I will tell him, "No, practice yoga and this, and give it like yoga, but you should have money." Do not say. Do not say that, no, I will take separately. He said, "No, no... no." So we will give our people that if someone has some mistake, not what I said. So, we should, if one said, "I have no money, and this and that," then what do we do? All we will come and come one day. He said, "What is so money? Kareem, from where?" Falling from there. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Yes. What is happening? Me or he or there or he, he will say, "Don’t worry, I give you, please, don’t worry." If you have no money, and you are poor or not poor or anything, I help you. Yes? That is, and therefore, sometimes, you know, there are three children, and they are little, little children. Yes, and one is like this, and one is a tiger, and this, that happens. But they become, we become our brother, sister, and we are happy. So I want to see, with that in my pen, that all our countries should become very great. And you know, I tell that there is one drop, and here is the ocean. So, this we will bring it like that, and it will become ocean. And that ocean means we all become spiritual and great, and we go to the guru paramparā and the ṛṣis, and then we will go in this way. So please, we should help each other, okay? Yes, please. And you know that, in the whole, you see, from... I came to London, and from London to come here, and Germany and Austria, and then on all the other sides. But I did not say, "Give me the money." How? Because this is my money, half of me, and this and that. I never have said that, "Give me money," and money comes so quickly. Yes, but did I say it? Anyone? That is in Vienna, Austria, New Zealand, America, Australia, Burma, in those heavy. And then I tell you, my dear, that I got it from Vienna. And in Vienna, they told that if you give me money, then like this or not, otherwise you work. And I said, "Yes, I will work." I tell you the truth.

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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