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Sanskrit and Hindi terms include Kuṇḍalinī, Oṃ, Namaste, Praṇām. Namaste, Praṇām. Namaste, Praṇām. Namaste, Praṇām. Namaste, Praṇām. Namaste, Praṇām. Dīpa Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī. All dear ones, you are, luckily, ātmā—soul. You are engaged in such a sādhanā, which you have performed, that you could come here to Badrī Viśāl, to Bhagavān Badrināth. This holy, spiritual pilgrimage is not easy to achieve. Those who do not have that karma, or who lack the belief or desire to achieve something, cannot come to this holy place. It is hardly possible for them to attain this. Let us consider an example. Most of us here are from Western countries. In the months of April, May, and June, fruit trees blossom—cherries. Beautiful flowers appear, and whole trees are full of blossoms. Then, due to wind or animals, many blossoms fall. Then we see a very tiny, good seed—the fruit. Birds wait, humans wait, everyone waits. The seed grows; we all know the fruit becomes a little bigger. Then comes a very strong wind or a freezing cold, and so many, many fruits fall down. They are not usable at all, except as fertilizer. Then the cherries turn red and strong, yet again comes rain and wind, destroying many fruits. Of course, the birds and animals have the first rights; they eat, and we eat too. So, how many remain? There were thousands, millions of fruits and blossoms. We can only count how many fruits are finally there. When the fruit is ripe and we go to pluck it, we are only touching it. But in our mouth, it is already nicely juiced. Imagine that beautiful, ripe cherry in your mouth. You close your eyes for a few seconds, imagine it, and just bite a little—the juice comes, no? Similarly, when we think of a lemon, our mouth waters. That is the achievement when we come this far. Now we have modern technologies: helicopters, cars, buses, and soon a train. But in ancient times, when pilgrims wanted to come to such a holy place, to go to Badrināth for Bhagavānkī Yātrā, it was different. We know that towards Haridwar there is Rishikesh, and then there is Gaṅgā Māyā. Pilgrims followed the banks of the Gaṅgā or Alaknandā or other rivers. Sometimes they could not walk near the river; they went through forests where there was no path. Very few humans were there. They would ask, "Can you tell us where is Badrināth Bhagavān?" But those they met had only one feeling: "Badrināth, Badrināth... Badrināth." There was rarely anything to eat. The journey took months and months. Shoes were lost; there were no such clothes at that time. But many sādhu-sants, like this Mahārājī, gave shelter. They kept going, going. But all the time, their focus was: Badrināth, Bhagavān Badrināth, Badrināth. When we come to Badrī Viśāl, to this temple and its vicinity, our whole being—our body, mind, thoughts, ātmā—everything becomes one as Badrī, not as Bhagavān. Ābhā, the ābhā maṇḍal, there is energy on both sides. What happens? We perform a pradakṣiṇā. What does pradakṣiṇā mean? It has many meanings, but the subject is that we become one with Bhagavān’s energy, the ābhā of Bhagavān. At any Bhagavān's place you go to, you become yourself like that. Still, you do not think, "I am like that," but you feel, and you feel that He is in you now. It doesn’t matter what happened; all tiredness is gone. All the thorns and stones in your foot soles are forgotten, and now we are so happy. When people received some prasāda there or something, they would bring it home to their village. At that time, the person who returned to the village—the whole village would run to welcome him. They would play many instruments, sing, and bring him with great respect. That was what we call the holy place, the holy soul, and the achievement. A few years ago in Kedarnath, what happened? Kali Yuga people built hotels and all kinds of things. Here [in Badrinath], no one can. It is cool. One cannot kill a bird. There is no alcohol and no meat up here. It's there, yeah, but no meat, nothing, no alcohol. But they went to Kedarnath. People began to take a car or helicopter, and they were called. They went for honeymoon and made fun. Honeymoon—there was alcohol, there was meat; they were doing all that. What happened? Bhagavān Śiva, a tori siddhārthī, opened his third eye a little. What happened here? Within no time, a huge flood came from the water, from a big lake they had made. There was one holy mother's temple, Dāvī's man temple; they took it out and put it somewhere. But the whole world was unhappy, in sorrow, because the entire village and animals all went into the Gaṅgā. Only the temple, Kedarnath Bhagavān's temple, remained. And what happened? When the water was so much, big rocks were rolling. One big rock came behind the temple, and the rock remained there. So all the way, the water and this wild water, you could say, separated. But that [temple] remained. Bhagavān Śiva kept what He wanted there. Here, there is great respect. Many lives, and everybody—mostly people, 99% I would say, or 90% (because some drivers, they don't think; they are only for the money, they are something like this)—but many bhaktas who come are purifying all their karmas. Once in Europe, my Gurujī, Swāmī Madhavānandjī Bhagavān, was asked a question: "Gurujī, why are there so many incarnations in India and not somewhere else? Our choice of incarnation, 24 incarnations here in India, many such sādhus and the like." Gurujī said, in a diamond mine there are only diamonds; in a white stone quarry, there is white stone. So, in India it is like that. This place, even we who are here, we call ourselves anugraha—meaning we are not that one with the devotion, but... This is a mother we call Bhārat Mātā—you all know that, yes? For those who don't know, okay. So, Bhārat Mātā. Of course, in reality, the whole earth is a Bhārat Mātā, and all countries have their Mātā, mother. But only India can be called Bhārat Mātā, yes. No one speaks of any river in the world as mother, but we say Gaṅgā Mātā, Yamunā Mātā. And no one calls an animal 'mother' anywhere in the world, but in India they call gau mātā. Because the gau mātā did not come onto earth here; she was not born of a mother or father. She came from the Satyuga's churning of the ocean, where the Kāmadhenu cow emerged. So Gau Mātā is a Kāmadhenu. It means she is the mother, and she will give everything we want. So Gau Mātā, Bhārat Mātā, and many others... But we have to feel to listen. We have so many gods, many gods, many holy people, and we worship everyone. In one family, there is a husband, a wife, two children, and grandparents. One is worshipping Kedarnath, another Hanumanjī, another Gaṇeśjī, another, you could say, some other Bhagavān. So everyone is worshipping. I worship Hanumanjī, he worships Gaṇeśjī, another worships Bhagavān Rām, another Bhairujī—but there are no problems between them, no fighting within the whole family. My father is worshipping Bhagavān Rām, why not? The mother is worshipping Lakṣmī, why not? One worships Kṛṣṇa, why not? One in all and all in one. All gods are there to be understood. Many times, one has to come through big troubles. Big troubles—that is for the highest soul. Mostly, all gurus and goddesses come with very deep problems, very many problems. Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa—we talk so much about Kṛṣṇa; He can do everything. But you know what happened? How much His father and mother suffered. Even Rāma—He could not see His mother properly and was taken away. When Kṛṣṇa was a few years old, then the mother could see the child, or the child could see the mother. Bhagavān Rām, you know how many troubles and problems He faced. For why? For us, for all of us, for all creatures, for all. So, do not say, "My father and my mother, yes, my mother and my father, all." I am that difference. All I am is a sannyāsī. I honor my mother and my father, all. But all is my mother's, all is my father's, all is my husband's. So it is called vairāgya (dispassion). Without vairāgya, you cannot renounce. And without renouncing, you are in attachment. And being in attachment means we are caught by māyā, by this and that. So, attachment... When that divine light awakens in the child—it doesn't matter daughter or son—there is an expansion of consciousness into the whole universe. One in all and all in one. Then you will see that we are coming to that. So we are here, lucky to be here in this holy place. Here is so much energy, so much energy. Of course, everyone has different problems, everybody has some things. But can you imagine how people came from far distances—from America, from Australia, from South India, from everywhere? Who... is pulling my hair? Okay? I thought monkeys—monkeys want to have something too. Thank you, so you can take it all, okay? Therefore, we are born as human, and we are humans not for attachment. That's it; it comes. Why does the mother give the child from the body? That is all. Until you are in her womb, you are there; then she throws you out. Yes, I'm sorry. It can be birth; it can be some incarnation. I'm sorry to say sometimes... Some king's family is saying, "Some other person comes and says, 'Is it born or thrown?'" Born or thrown? So, born. A child is born, or they say 'thrown'—also born. This is the kind of mentality he is describing. But immediately you are going. A fish in the water gives eggs, and the eggs go away; they come out, and so on. Snakes, even if they eat their eggs... They will eat their animal's little baby. Rare can go. Therefore, come and go at a distance. Attachment is following. And when you have no attachment, then you are somewhere, and you will create something more beautiful. So, therefore, we think now is difficult. Yes, now at 4%... Your husband went away? Okay, thank you. Just one man came to me about ten days ago. How many days am I in Europe now? Sunday? No. Saturday, Sunday, Monday... Yeah, five days. From India, from Europe? Yeah, so one man... Okay, five days, four days... I'm in India now, okay? So it is the truth, but I don't want to tell the name and country and person. The person is very humble, very, very... He is humble, very good, and very rich, and he has about 300 people working under him. This person is also very spiritual, my disciple. About two weeks before, he came to me and wanted to speak. "Swāmījī, I know that what happens, happens. But still, Gurudev, can you give me blessings or something? There was one girl in school, and we were good friends, and then we married, and we have children, and I have grandchildren," he said. "And then some people, with negative thoughts, they put such a kind of feelings. And he said, 'Swamiji, my wife—we were from childhood, we were in school. And just she came and said, "I will go away from you."' And he was there, her husband, and he was thinking, like a knife in his heart." I said, "Yes, great. The attachment of the heart here is gone. Don't worry. Don't worry. She will suffer and will come. Okay. Okay. You don't." It comes. It comes next week again. A very great person, very strong, very strong person—but one of my disciples, about 28 years, they have children; the children are in college. And he also came and said, "I will go, I will go from you." He said, "Okay, no problem." Her heart, half heart was broken; she thought that he would say, "Please don't go," and this and that. He said, "You said you want to go, then go." She will come. But if she comes, you can say, "You have a home here, but you are gone. You are happy, I'm happy, the children are happy." So similarly, many times this happens in life. And now in Kali Yuga, you cannot imagine. Very good. And in India now, many, many laws are coming. You can't imagine: the wife will tell her husband, "I'm going with my boyfriend for five days; I will come after." Now, the husband has some kind of problem or thoughts, and she comes back. And if he said, "I don't want you," he will go to the police. The police will get to the court, and the court will... yes, the husband is in prison because of this... this is a human. See a freedom? Oh, my God. Yes, there are many, many things. Therefore, you are lucky, and I am also very lucky that you are disciples like this, and we are here in the divine country of Bhārat and the Himālaya. Himalaya. Himalaya is our head. What is the head? The head of the whole world is the Himalayas. Is not the Himalaya the highest? So, thank you. Every day we will have a satsaṅg. We will speak satsaṅg. And now we can sing one bhajan. Good? Which bhajan? "Dig Dug’s Mule"? Okay. Are you finished? Yeah.