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What is spirituality?

The soul’s unquenched thirst is the path of sādhanā.

A bird refuses lower water, longing only for the drop from above. That yearning symbolizes the soul’s desire for the divine, not worldly satisfactions. Such longing begins sādhanā. Sādhanā is essential; without it, the seeker has nothing. It includes meditation, concentration, service, and love. Love, pyāra, is the heart of sādhanā, directed to all. The guru’s bhajans carry hidden truth, given instantly from divine inspiration. The heart holds both good and bad; through sādhanā, it becomes purified. True pearls are the teachings of sādhus and saints. Imitations cannot capture the real essence. The heart must fill with love for the all-pervading God. When prema is full, all problems dissolve. A mantra is a personal transmission, kept secret between guru and disciple. The thirst of the soul must be turned upward, not to fleeting things. Without this turning, the seeker remains stuck. The sādhanā of love and surrender brings fulfillment.

“She only suffers, looking upward: 'I want to drink that water, only that water from above.'”

“Sādhanā is everything we need; without it we are nothing.”

Filming location: Vienna, Austria

Om Śānti Śānti... So, did you understand? Yes? Very good. Then you must tell others. Yes, my dears, we know this. Here, first I will say it: Oṁ Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavānkī Devādhidev Dev Purīṣa Mahādevkī Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandjī Bhagavānkī Alakh Purījī Mahādevkī Satya Sanātana Dharma. Who knows this? Hands up. And those who do not know, thank you. Now, those who do not know this, hands up. Who doesn’t know? Hands up. So you all know it. Then all of you, hands up please. Thank you. So, you know everything. That is wonderful. If we know these words, why would we ever say, “I will not tell”? We should learn them, and we should tell others what they are. These bhajans of our Gurudev, Madhavānandjī Bhagjī, are so beautiful. This bhajan is very great – all bhajans are great, but this one especially so. What is this bhajan? We should never think, “No, I will not tell.” If I want to learn, I say, “Okay, I know,” or “I don’t know,” and in this way we bring the knowledge forward. If it is present, then it is fine. Otherwise, it is different. Because of the language – the German language – everyone here knows how good it is. But others cannot see it; they don’t know what it means. Over the years, we all try very hard, and I know that many of you are learning everything. So then, what do I become? A Swami? A Yogi? I know, I am spiritual. So all of this is very good. Yet always I am thinking about this, and he knows very much. He is looking here. What is what? You have learned many things at one time, and now is the time for this. Now, how shall I say it? This is the time. This is the time, now. Consider that one bird. She does not want to drink water from down below. She is very thirsty, but she refuses that water. She only suffers, looking upward: “I want to drink that water, only that water from above.” So these are certain people. They are like birds, and beautiful. Pew, pew… you know that “pew, pew” means “I am thirsty, I want to drink, but I am suffering for that alone.” What does this mean? We are all here, and we know. Yet still, we have not acquired that thirst. The thirst is there, but we cannot obtain it. If all of you are like this bird, then you have everything, if you know. But if someone has nothing, then it is not. Even snakes or animals will try to catch you, but they will not get away. Pew, pew – what is that “pew”? This “pew” carries such profound words. And what is it about? There is a young man, or a husband, or a wife, a girl. That young man suffers to have the best: my wife, my girls. But those that come, he does not want. And she also says, “I am suffering for my husband.” There are many such people, why not? So many in the schools, and further in the universities. Yes, in universities, but now the person is everything. He is not doing everything, yet he cannot obtain that person. What is that one? That means my thoughts, my thoughts directed toward whom? And where? Yes, and you are not that one. You are all sitting here; you have your husbands, your friends, girls, your mother, your father, or your very dear friend, and everything. So this person, she does not want anything else. She wants to marry her husband, and he is also suffering, wanting to marry her. In this way, our spirituality – our spirituality will come, and you cannot throw away this and that. How is it? In our heart, it does not matter if it is good or bad. Bad will also come, and again good will come. One day it will come. We should not say, “Don’t go out.” That will not help. Then it is like this. What does that mean? That person may not be good, and we think this and that. But still, I see him living, a living person. And sometimes in his heart, there is something good. It does not matter what, but it is there inside. And there we must act, otherwise we are lost. And there, Pippaya comes, and he is suffering. That is that. So when we know that we are a yogī, that we are spiritual, that we are great, and we want to obtain good things, good. If someone has negatives, then what do we do? No words, do not speak. But inwardly, tell yourself that one day it will be okay. One day we will be okay. Yes? And those who cannot, they say, “No, I will not anymore,” and finish. Then both sides are not good. They remain stuck. So, this bhajan, a single word that Gurujī gave, holds so much. And he will go further. Please, go ahead. Mahāprabhujī kī Karatā Mahāprabhujī kī Karatā… So you know what I told you: what we are searching for and where we go. You are sitting here, so many people, and you are many. You have some friends, good friends, to acquire some great friends, but this is not all. And so in sādhanā, it comes – sādhanā, sādhanā cāra, that is also one bhajanīya. What is that? What is this number? Yes, a moment, very good. So, what? One word? Two words? Tell. There are four words, four things. This is all for that one. And that is in this. Come. Pyara. You know pyara? What is pyara? Yesterday, I was giving a lecture. Where? In Croatia, in a very nice, big hall; the whole hall was full, and I just talked about this, about how I want, how I do this, and everyone was there. Sujya Svarva Sadāyu Sat – Oh, my dear, give me that, so that my all will be fulfilled; everything will be. That is it. Otherwise, this and that, and no and that. You cannot imagine all this bhajan of Holy Gurujī. And when Holy Gurujī was composing this bhajan, Mahāprabhujī was sitting there and singing bhajan. And so, just like that, Holy Gurujī did not take a month, or two days, or one day to compose one bhajan. Mahāprabhujī said to Holy Gurujī, to Madhavānanjī, “Madhavānan, bhajan.” And yes, and instantly, no one can do like this. I can do it all. So, apply it. Thank you. Vairāgya. What is vairāgya? You all know vairāgya? Who doesn’t know? Hand up. Can you hand up? Vairāgya? Okay, only one person, very good. So, yes, because he has not seen it, that is difficult. It’s good, very good, and the others, they all know. Satguru Swami Mādhavānandajī Bhagavān Kī Jai, Satya Sanātana Dharma Kī Jai. So, what? Holy Gurujī is beautiful, and there he was sitting, and he was offering this beautiful bhajan to Mahāprabhujī. And he explained everything, each and every word – things that are not good, he brought into the light. Good, always, everything, this. And so what he has given, write it thus: sādhanā, sādhanā, sādhanā has many aspects. For example, you go into your house and you have nothing inside. Then what do we do? We gather this, we have this, we have this. So, sādhanā. This is a sādhanā for a car, this is for this, this is for that. Sādhanā: everything that we go out of our house for. I have something golden, but I will take it out. Gold is not so easy to come by. So in my house, if I have nothing to open, nothing is there, or I give nothing – then everything, this is a sādhanā, sādhanā. Everything that we need, without that we are nothing. So this is one word. Another also: sādhanā cāra. So it is said that Gurujī said they are all for that money. It is all Siddha, and that means also meditation, concentration, acceptance, Siddha Sādhanā; Gurudev, Mātā, Father, Pitā, your room, cleaning your things, everything. This all is that. What is that? Sādhanā. Sādhanā. So, without sādhanā, there are difficulties. When this is gone, you may have a very good house and everything, but still there is something missing – and nobody is there. Now you have to go through Veda, again from Vienna, the Vienna garage, yes? And you have to go back down, take your key, and then come back. Sādhanā cara and sādhanā pyāra: pyāra is love, to everybody, pyāra. Yesterday, I came from Croatia. Many people came to the airport also. Many people, officers, and all were very kind to me. And there were two people; they are also doing spiritual work there. So, the day before yesterday, she had satsaṅg, and she asked me, “Can you give me a mantra?” I said, “Now I will give it. Can I give you? Tomorrow, give me the mantra.” So, tomorrow before I went into the ashram, Lakshmī came to me and said, “Please give me a mālā.” So, I gave her a mantra. So, mantra, this and that, and then this and that. She was very spiritual, and she was very determined, and I said, “Okay.” I gave her mantras, and we were going, then she said, “Please, can you give me your name?” My name? I said, “This is my name.” “Yeah, but my name also.” Yes? Okay. So I said, “I give the mālā mantra or the mantra name. Don’t tell anybody. Only I tell this name, your name, okay?” “Okay.” I said, “I will give you.” And then she told me, she works at the airport, very good, there are two also, and she said, so I said, “Oh, so I will open your name.” She said, “Please tell me the name.” I said, “Okay,” and I received the name there. And what is the name? Please, what is the name? I said, “This is the name.” So, but what is the name? Okay, Pyārī. Prem Pyārī, Prem Pyārī. Now you know what Pyārī is? Do you know someone? Yes. Pyārī Premī. Premā Pyārī. You know what a Piyārī is? A very loved one, a beloved one. Yes. And then, secondly, that same word is like this. And that was your Prem, love – mother, little child, your everything. This is such a good name for this. And I did not know that I gave this number; I had never given anybody this name in my life, but she received it, she got that name, Prem Pyāre. Yes? So look, this, yes? So said, who says? That says, “Who is he?” Like, taking this, yes? Pīyālā means “my whole full,” yes? Yes. Whole water or anything, whole. That much. I want the whole. Fill my hand. Prem Kā Pyālā. Pyālā is this one. So we can say Prem Kā Pyālā Hari. Who is Hari? Bhagavān, the All-God. She is talking about God. Prema kis kā hai? Prema kis kā hai? When your prema is like this, you have no problems; it doesn’t matter, and that, my dear, you know. How many of you are coming? You are sitting here, and you do it. This is the pyārī, premā kā – this is inside, this bhajan. So, Sādhu, Mahātmā, Sant, they are giving such mantras and words and songs; it is like the whole within the body, everything. Everyone has feelings, but my mind will be filled, yes? I am with you. I am with you. What is happening? Is it your feeling? No, feel it. It is I. Please help me. Is it open? So. And so it is that Mahāprabhujī has recited all these two, three bhajans. I was thinking of different meditations to sit down for, but this brought me Mahāprabhujī’s and Devpurījī’s coming. Our Devpurījī’s coming after Saradev is Dev, Mahāprabhujī’s, and in the city of Kailash, there is Devpurījī’s āśram; there was. And all the people there, they are coming that day for his praṇām, for Devpurījī. And something happened suddenly. The next day, Devpurījī gave it to me. So I was born – my birthday is that day, so it will be there. I come there mostly, but always, always something is coming, and so people are always thinking, “This time Maheshwarānandajī, Maheshwarānandajī will come, Maheshwarānandajī.” I said, “Yes, yes,” but it is, everything is there. Everybody always pushes me into Vienna. Yes, so it always is. We had a very nice ashram, and our Radha was looking one day and saw this building, and there were so many little rooms, you know, this and that. But now we are very, very great. Mahāprabhujī has given Devpurījī and everything, so this is a beautiful ashram here. And we are here, mostly all of our disciples. They are very peaceful, and they are very good persons who are taking care, evening and living here. We have to live and give, so at that time it came to me. She was then, she said, “Can I tell others’ names?” That’s what people were saying, “Yes.” And then it was the name Prem Piyārī, Prem Piyārī. And then suddenly came one Indian lady, not eligible, she’s… A young lady came running, running, and said, “Swamiji, Swamiji, please!” and she made praṇām, and this is an Indian girl. She went to this swimming somewhere, or some camp. And her name was also Premlata. Yesterday we saw. So, it is like this. This one bhajan which Mahāprabhujī gave, the one about the Himalayas. And in the Himalayas, there is only one, very nicely – what do you call that? The nautical Haṃsa. And so the Haṃsa is there, and this is how Gurujī gave the bhajan about that, very beautifully. Those are Hathole Gurujī’s words. Where are they? Yes, and there is also the third one, another. There is one little bird, and she wants to drink water, but not from anything – only a drip that comes directly to her. Yes, and there are also animals, many, many animals. They are – you can, now it came to the Jadans, and there you could see, there are they, you can see them. Such a world like this was washing very much. So, many animals, many things, not whole years, all day, but certain days. And this is certain for them, that this means they receive a mother and a child. This is the child. And so, also, there is in the ocean, in the ocean, where there is one like a fish, but this is a very good fish. This is there inside. There is the one beautiful – these pearls. And these are the pearls that are. And if you can get that, that is the real. Others, they are just imitating. Yes, so they are very much doing in this. You know it, you have seen that, but they said this is it; they cannot get anything. They only come out, and something, how is it going for them? Furthermore, we can learn from this. So this is also how it is coming to be. And so, in our heart, in our heart is our… from this, from the… that… not a bird, the pearls, yes, the pearls. And that is, in that time, it comes like this. And so, there is also pew, pew, that was a pew. So these are the sādhus, sants, ṛṣis, and munis, who are great. They may be speaking in other languages, but they know the same thing, and they are telling it. That is the truth. Otherwise, there are many simple lectures and this and that talking; okay, that is not that much. But that was given to Gurudev by many, many sādhus, great sādhus – not only Holy Gurujīs, but other Mahāprabhujīs, Devpurījīs, Maṅgīlāljīs. And another bhajan I will bring when I come next time, or we go there from that Maṅgīlāljī, who is Mahāprabhujī’s disciple. He is Mahāprabhujī’s sister’s son, Lalanandjī. Great. We should tell; really, Bhājī will learn this from his bhajans. One of the best, great and all, and of course, Maṅgīlālji – Mahāprabhujī said that he was the very greatest, the greatest like this. So, there are those that come from the heart. But if one is sweeping only for me, and then it is me, and then it is not, and this is not that, and this is… Then we are not still. We are not still. But it is, then it is like, how, when the bird will stay up like this. And each and every word, other than riddles – what is that? The pulse, and it’s going how? And this, then the riddles, everything, and it’s going. So we should be like this. And if one has that, then he cannot not go – no? That’s it. Oṁ Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavānkī.

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