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The Greatness of India and the Path of Satsang

Bhārata’s greatness lies in its sages and ṛṣis, but the path is satsaṅg.

People came from other lands yet remained unaware of this truth. Gradually many turned to wrong actions. The cosmic law is “jīva jīva bhakṣate”—every living being consumes another. Bhagavān Śiva granted humans a way to rise above this cycle. A human must become one who lives solely for God. Satsaṅg alone makes one like God. Wherever satsaṅg is received, that eternal truth leads forward with God. Through satsaṅg, a person resolves to harm no creature. Eating requires purity: wash, sit, pray, then partake. In India now, many have lost this. The hierarchy is Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva, and above them the Guru. The Satguru is the source of removal of all sufferings. Satsaṅg is with the Guru. Everyone must learn to speak in satsaṅg, not merely listen. Understanding the words behind bhajans is essential. Do not just eat, drink, and wander. Engage in satsaṅg and become equal to God.

“Jīva jīva bhakṣate.”

“Jahan satsaṅg, jahan jisko miltā hai, vo bhagavān jaisā ban jātā hai.”

Filming location: Jadan, Rajasthan, India

Oṁ Mahāprabhu, Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Mahāprabhujī, Bhagavān Śrī Devapurīṣa Mahāprabhujī, Mādhavānandajī Bhagavān Kī Jaya, Satya Sanātana Dharma Kī, Māta Pitā Gurudeva Kī, Ṛddhi Siddhi Sabhā Bhagavān Kī, Oṁ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ... Puri, this country of ours, Bhārata, as one comes here, there were plans to go to another country from here, but it was very troublesome to proceed further. And here in our India, it was as if India is not even there. So I said, just three days, only three days, and then I will go ahead. I will go to those countries for two years... two days, and three days for Australia. How many years have passed since I went there? As far as I know, at that time, there was no one there; there was no old lady there, she went there. People said, “You should live in our country. If you live in our country, you will live.” So I said, “I am in your country, but I will live in India. India is great; there are great sages and ṛṣis.” And what has happened is that for many years it has been known from there that they belong to Christians, Muslims, and other people. It happened in the same year, that was India. And after that, people got together, and it happened. Even then, they did not get it. They did not get it. So, it means that all these many countries, many of these, how long have they been from, where was that? How many yogīs, great yogīs? But slowly, slowly, many people said, “I am Christian, I am this, I am that.” Usman was not like that. There were different ṛṣis and munis in Bhārata, and it was so long, so long, but slowly, slowly, people began doing something wrong. All right, they all do, okay. They should also be good now, but they don’t know what they are doing, and what? It is said, “Jīva jīva bhakṣate, jīva jīva bhakṣate.” However many animals there are—whether animals, birds, or insects—all of them are living, but they cannot do so. Everything is in different things. All so, Bhagavān Śiva, on that side they say it, these are all creatures from this side. But now, Bhagavān Śiva, Śiva. They said, “Okay, I give you that you will come out of all these other creatures.” And so, Bhagavān Śiva. So Jīva Jīva Bhakṣatte, all others, all were doing. But Bhagavān Śiva, who brought that again to humans. This human, Manuṣya, wo Manuṣya hai, dusre jānvars hai, pakṣu hai, praśu hai, ye. But now, Bhagavān Śiva, Bhagavān Śiva, Bhagavān Śiva deep. Then he came, and, if not, that was the only way, then he said, “But you, Bhagavān Śiv, how are you doing?” You have nothing. You have nothing. Na thāre madhar hai, mai nahī hai, madhar nahī hai, kuch bhī nahī hai. Main hī hūṁ, tab Bhagavān ne kahā, Śiva ne kahā, Ke tumhe pata nahī hai. Toh pehle toh wo śakti jo hai, wo śakti, śakti toh gai hi. And in the Upaniṣads also, they have said the same thing, to Śakti also, the same is said. But how did he do it? How quickly did he do it? How did he find out? That too happened to him, didn’t it? So that is Lord Śiva. He said that here there is no human being; she is a mother. Or, what do we call her? Women. And on the right side is Lord Śiva. And at that time, Bhagavān said, “I have seen so much of the body.” Here is Śakti, and here is Lord Śiva. And after doing that, he became one again. So he is the same mother. There is no one like a mother, but there cannot be anyone without a father. But as he was walking, the man, he was working and walking, it doesn’t happen that he will do this. Lekin mailā jo hain, seed taking from the bachā, hotate tak unkā śarīr miltā hai, ātā hai, mā kitnī ho, hei mā, to mā bhī hai, pittā bhī hai. Hote, keval mānuṣya hī nahīṁ, jānvar bhī, pakṣī bhī, sabhī wo bhī unkī wo hotā hai. Har ek pakṣī jo hai, wo bhī aṇḍā to ātā hai, lekin wo uskī mā kī jaisī usko lekar ke, jab tak usko, jab tak pakṣī uṛne lag jātā hai. So, God has given us Jīva Jīva Bhakṣyate. Jeeva Jeeva Bhakṣyate means we eat, we do this, we do that. So, what should we do? So, being human, we have to become such that we are for God only. But then he comes. There is Rākṣasī, and there is God. So, the Rakṣasī that happens, they become more and more. Purījī, Purījī... Karata Mahāprabhujī, Karata Mahāprabhujī, Karata. So that’s why Bhagavān says this to all of them. But in our India, those who are still very good, those who are not going to eat meat and vegetables, but if they are going to eat, then they will have to go back to that place, Satsaṅg. Satsaṅg, hi, satsaṅg. Jahan satsaṅg, jahan jisko miltā hai, vo bhagavān jaisā ban jātā hai. Jaise hī satsaṅg hogā, sat, sat, vo satat jo hai, vohī hamāre ko bhagavān ke sāthe āge latā hai. He prabhu, mujhe kuch bhī nahī̃ chāhiye. But, O Lord, at Your feet, I cannot harm any animal, bird, or anyone. I will do so. You are very great, and look, now see, that such a saint as You is seated, and has been speaking in the satsaṅg. It feels very good. Lekin koī doosrā ātā hai, dhor se khāte hain, rotī khāte hain, dhar dhar... Pṛthvī ke pās mein rehte hain, vahān to bas isīlie to kahān se kahān se āye hain. Itnī thodī dukhoṁ kāj ke āye, khāyā pheṅkā, khāyā aur pheṅkāyā. Voh karte karte dekhiye ki jahān par jāte, voh īśā kar jāyā to kyā? Kaise? Eat and dikotisam end job? If we have only this much, will it be clean? It will be fast, and it will not be in our mind. How many months, how many years do we eat this? How many months do we eat this? It is there. How much is it? It is there in it. It is there to be eaten. Is it there or not? Oh, there is paper. So, there is something, or there is nothing. Nothing is there, but what do they do? They say, “Why do we wash our clothes? Why do we cook vegetables?” They do it and throw it on the floor. They are not human beings. So it is possible. So we have to eat, wash our hands, sit, and pray to God. We eat first, so it happens first. And that’s it, and he broke it while eating it. He cleaned it up a little bit. He washed his hands and feet. Isn’t there such a thing in the shop? When there is a wedding, the bride goes out, and the groom throws a little bit of food. So they are humans. They are humans, but there should be peace; there should be peace. Sabī ko jānte hai manuṣya, maiṁ manuṣya hūṁ to isī liye it is very great we are in India. But now in India is also very much like that. There was not always we eating, sitting, and then we were giving prasāda or khāte, laḍḍū ke kuch karate the. He made Dalda in him and made Karia in another. Karia became Karbi, that became... Did you see? Did you see? So, slowly, slowly, what did the human give him? So, we are all the same, you are the same, and even if you pray to God, yes, don’t tell anyone that you are fine, that you are not. It is not necessary. This is all there is. Sahab, Aigya Sahab, Paro Sahab, itra hi hai, ne to bhai wo kahi kya je Dailat Thapar, jag wo hun mein kahi hai. But here, how do we see this kiss? So, there is a hole with thorns. In that, there is a little bit of Rukhadā and Mātā. You get all of that. You know Kākḍā and Mātā. You know that fruit. You know that fruit. If you don’t catch it, it will happen. It happens like this. Bor. There is Bor, and there is other too. Whatever happens, so manuṣya has to say that, “O Lord, protect me, O my mother, protect me, O my father, protect me.” And then, how much was there of everyone? Now, if you get married, it has been five years, or nothing has happened. He says, “I will not get married.” I said, “I got...” Married, I am married, I am... married. Puri Jī, Puri Jī,... Puri Jī, when you say that this is a child and this is a child, then now we have to get her married to my sister and that to my brother, so that is there, but we will bring the tipnā. We don’t have a tipnā. You know what is a tipnā? Deepanā Tov Bhuvana Heng Egane Janang He... Deepanā Tov Bhuvanā Heṅ Egane Janāṅ He. What do we call that? Pañcanā. Yes. Not even Pañcana. So in that book, it is seen that this is your okay, and his husband, that boy, that he has that. Now we will see in this how it will be in this and this, yes. So what is his quality? And our Paṇḍitjī in Bilawas, how much is my father’s? My brother was Bhikharāmjī, he is so much to say. And what happens is like this: that girl, that girl is so nice and good, and this other, he comes really, then they like very much. Mahāprabhujī kī Karatā Mahāprabhujī kī Karatā... Tell that little bird, tell that little bird, if they see it, they will know. And it will be there, and it will remain in the form of a human being, and it will be equal to God. Otherwise, today, eat, drink, and go to the market. That is why, brother, satsaṅg, satsaṅg,... With whom do you have to do satsaṅg? Sankha karnā hai yā kyā karnā hai? Dukha nukāranā karnā hai to apne Satguru hotā hai. To kyā hai ki Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva ye tīn hai, aur in sabhī ke upar hai Guru. Hāṁ, āp jān lo ki Śiva, Bhagavān Śiva, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, tino hī hai. Now, who is next? So, who is next? Bhagavān, Śiva, Viṣṇu, and after Brahmā, this is the second. So, this is after this. Who is next? That is, coming below Śiva, Guru. Who is the Guru? Who is the Guru? There are two Gurus. Mahāprabhujīp Karatā Mahāprabhujīp Karatā... Mahāprabhujīp Karatā... You should learn something, so only with Swamījī, Sādhu. Okay. But what did they do? So now I showed that every time that tomorrow you will sing a little, but lecture. You will give the lecture. Then, one day, you will get the lecture. Then you will also get that, and then you will get that, and it is... How long? So about nine. So nine hai, nine mein se ek dusra kaun aega, woh aega, but dusra wapas. So aap sabi ko, everyone has to learn. Our professor jī is sitting, he says, “Listen, listen, listen,” so, what it is, so many of his students are sitting, that is all students and one master. But you don’t just do the master, you also have to become one. That’s why you came from these other countries, and from those countries you are coming from according to your language, and you are here. So every day, one, two, all—so not only that, this Swami, He will speak only, then everybody is okay. Nei, man toh ko ne āve, kew ne āve, hān bar dekun, pād ne pojjaī bimāre, koī kanna, this doesn’t happen. He says, “Yes, tomorrow, day after tomorrow,” you think to yourself that today I will give the lecture. But the lecture is not only for two or four minutes. No, two minutes? No, no. Anything you like, that is according to your everything. From your religion, all bodies you have there and here. It must not always be English or Germans, nor only from Bhāratī. But you come on and speak that. What do they say? So now, how many of you are here? One, two, three? Nineteen. So 19 is here, all from 19 comes once more, another one, that’s it. Yes, and another thing, Lāv Tharī Kitāb, it says, yes, okay, okay, the matter is settled. Then, yes, listen, we should learn. To learn, everybody stand up. And then, professor, your father is coming, yes? Please stand up. So now, from now, tomorrow, I will send you home, and then I will send you next. Tomorrow, this girl will be sitting here between these years. So you will speak there until 20? How much time? 50, no, okay, tomorrow. And then will come Yogeśa. And then it will come Sonī Bāī. Yes, why not? Yes, she will speak. Bai is going to speak very well. She speaks Hindi. She will speak. Keep watching her. After that, make her speak. She is working. She is working. Yes. So everybody, come like this. And learn from each other very much, not only Sunda Bhajans, and then you don’t know how to do it. You will come, okay? I’m giving, so, for example, he will come, he will sit on the telephone here, and he will give a lecture. I will sing my bhajans also, and on that is this, that’s like this. Yes, so I am talking about this, okay, this, this... and what you will sing then, that my singing was this, okay, very good. We were singing very good bhajan, but, and now tell from the bhajans, each and every word, how it is that, what is that? Or it is not so easy, my dears. Dusri Hindi baasi karta hu, ab dek raha hai ki kahan hai, kahan hai. What is that? Let us know. Ye hai, ātmā diyā huā sabhī ko, everybody in your hand, very clean, par vo to clean āyī nahī̃ jāve māre ke de, koṭī bhī, kare sāf hai nā bhāī. But it means, I also know my word, right? My Gurujī, Madhavānandjī, Bābājī has said it. Now I said, where do I do it? I don’t know my words, four or five. Guru Dev, Maheśvarānanda, Mahāprabhujī, Madhavānandajī. So now I have given you, which one is yours? So which one is that? So, Yoga. Tell me, who will say it now? Come on, you tell me. Tell me, who will say it now? Come on, you tell me. Yes. Tell me, and all of you keep listening. And later, tell me who they are. When it happens, it happens. Otherwise, where will it happen? Otherwise, it doesn’t happen. Many sādhus have made it in foreign countries and all over the world, but they have only done this much. They don’t know who it is. I said, “Babājī, we are together.” Babājī sat down. There are two or three words of mine that I will say to someone; what will you do? I have studied, but who is that one who has studied? That is what the sādhu wants. Okay, come on, quickly please. Bhagavān Kī Jaya, Satguru Dev Kī Jaya. Everyone, listen to it well and keep on understanding it. Vishwaguru, Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara, Svāmī Maheśvarānandajī, Yogī Rāja, Kī Jaya, Satya Sanātana Dharma, Kī Jaya, Mātā, Pitā, Gurudeva, Kī Jaya, Oṁ Śānti, Śānti,... Oṁ Namaḥ Śrī Prabhudeepānām. Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavānkī, Satya Sanātan Dharmakī, Māta Pitā Gurudevkī, Satya Sanātan Dharmakī, Oṁ Śānti, Śānti, Śānti.

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