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Sataguru hurt me with the arrow of knowledge

Arranging the sangha requires mindful consideration for collective visibility during practice. Both sitting and standing are acceptable, but the arrangement must allow everyone to see. Tall individuals should not stand in front, blocking the view of those who are shorter. People should arrange themselves in lines thoughtfully, not haphazardly. Those who cannot sit on the floor may use a chair and should sit towards the back. Each person must assess their own position and adjust accordingly to ensure no one is blocked. Observing and implementing this order makes the gathering harmonious for all.

"You should assess your own position and adjust accordingly."

"Tall individuals should not stand in front, blocking the view of those who are shorter."

Filming location: Jadan, Rajasthan, India

Om Namah Śrī Prabodhi Nārāyaṇam. Om Namah Śrī Prabodhi Nārāyaṇam. Amma sva-dhāsa prabhu-saraṇa-parāyaṇam. Om namah śiri prabhu-saraṇa-parāyaṇam... I would like to share something with you, which is very good to know after the prasāda. We all know this, but it is always beneficial. When we practice here in the ashram, we do many things. We practice either sitting or standing; both are acceptable. But if we stand, in which direction and how should we do it? We must be considerate. Sometimes people think they cannot see what we are doing during practice or prayer. Some people are very tall. If they stand in front, those behind them, who may be shorter, cannot see. We all stand during prārthanā. Strong or tall people often stand with their friends at the front, while others are at the back. The people are good, of course; that is okay. It does not matter, I let them be in front. But it should not be that we are arranged haphazardly, like this and that. For example, if someone is very tall, that is fine. You stand like this, and others from Hungary, Vienna, or Austria should also arrange themselves well. It is better if everybody can see. That is the first point. Secondly, when we are all sitting together, if someone is in front, others should be able to see. They might prefer to sit like this. In school, children are taught how to do it; we will instruct them next time. If there is an issue, they should adjust. Those in front should be mindful. We can tell the students, and in that way, it becomes very nice. We stand and we can see. When sitting, one person should not block another. If someone is sitting there, and you are here, and another here, it works well. But if you are all in one line and then another line together, we end up sitting like this, or sometimes like that. I have mentioned this in Vienna and everywhere: please arrange yourselves properly. Some people cannot sit on the floor; they should have a chair or table and sit at the back. Like Mañcādevī, she sits outside, and she sits down. I know that. You are in the right place, so you should not move. That is correct. Yet, many people say, "You are okay, the Hungarians are short." But some Hungarians are very tall. You are here, and this girl is on this side; the seats also have to be at the back. I am not telling you that you are wrong, but it is better if we can manage so that everybody can see. Can you do that now? We have to see how we arrange ourselves. How do you suggest? But Hungary... America, have you come? This boy, Hungarian? No, no. America, America? Yes, you can sit here. But you are not American; you are Czech? Yes, yes. So, like this, can we do something? Everybody, please. Yes. So you see, if you are sad, you should do it on one side, okay? But that also depends on who is young, hungry... yes. Yes, we are again. You are too tall. Go hide in your... no, no, stay here. I am telling her she can go up front, yes, front. Good, yes, okay. Good, yes, okay. Not till here, but there is good, yes. Good, very good, yes, very good. You can also come to the front; that is good. Of course, you are here, and this one, our brother, these two. They come a little back, and that, this... yes, you come front and others. So you decide for yourself. You should assess your own position and adjust accordingly. If we can do like this, point one and point two, then every time you should go and do it. Observe how it is in different places; otherwise, you will come here and it will be like this, and then it is done. Yes, okay. And you, will you sit at the back or the front? Front? Then sit in the front. Okay, okay. Good with that, sister. Okay, your sister and you. Okay, very good, yes. Yes, so now please, see for yourself how you are positioned. If you have a table, you can, of course, sit at the back here, or the back there, or this side; then it is okay. But if somebody comes and sits in the middle on a chair, then it is not good. Okay, it is very good. And this, who is there? So, anybody? Okay, so now see for yourself how it will look. Who will now explain exactly? Do it yourself now, so that you see that, yes, my position is this: in the front, back, this and that. Yes, like this. So you see, everybody, see for yourselves. There is nothing to say if it is Swami or not Swami. But if this is Swamiji, then of course they have a designated place like this, because they are sons. In this way, we have the whole place here for the yogīs, all the yogīs are there. Or in this one, but not looking all in one line here outside, no. Some should look nicely so that... and do not say that I am old. I am just... no, that is okay. But the present is now. Here is for our face. Look at it when we go. Okay, yes, we are this higher. Okay, then, and then it is different. Yes, that is it. So now I would tell you, or ask you, to all stand up and see how you see me. The people who are working with the machine can sit down and work. Okay? Yes. So that is very good. Who is... do you see that? So who, where? I do not know who it is. So do you see that someone is too far behind? Prakāś. Prakash, come. Yes. Come more. More, more. Come to the front. Front. More. Again. Yes. Come more. Yes. Is she your height, or is she her height? You are tall, then come to the front, yes. Then you have to go back, no? Yes, that is, of course, we have to learn about samtamiya. Good, thank you. And now, this is very good what we did. And now we do that in a line, and then we come a little back, like so, so that all is very good there. Okay? Very good. Thank you. Who is there behind? Who is hiding? And who can please come and do it yourself? Yes? How are you back there? Well? Yes. Okay. Okay. Thank you very much. Yes. You are in the line of the yogīs, so you can go to this side. Yes. You are a yogī. Yes. And Agni Devī, you all come to this side. Yes. Yes. That is very good. Who are the yogīs? There are yogīs. Yes, there are yogīs here also. Yes, we are very good. So those who are tall, one, two, and three, can sit there. Yes. Yes, okay. Okay, good. Thank you. And come to this side, one more, two. Two, come to this side. Right? Okay? So that you are, we are, come. Yes. You come also. Who is tall? Come. Tall, you or she? You. Yes, then. So, stay all very nicely like this, not in one line, okay? When there are too many people, then of course we... otherwise, we are very nice. Thank you, everybody. So, take your number and number one, my thinking is bhajan like this, okay? Yes, go a little back, yes, back, back... A little back, back a little, 'back' means that of Guru Maa Prabhujī, and this we should not back like that, yes? So go from our Mahāprabhujī and also all these three. So, go a little more in place, yes. So that all Mahātmas, Sādhus, and these are there, okay? Good. So, thank you very much. Can you tell me something? Yes? Yes? I mean, I want to tell, do you think something? What is good or not? You can tell us. You can come here. Yes. Yes. There. Yes. A little. Yes. Very good. Thank you. That is very good. Very good. But you will come a little to this side. Yes. Yes. Good. Very good. Thank you. We are very nice. Yes. Yes. And now, how do we stand? No, no, no. Yes. Okay. And we will come to them, he will come to them. Thank you very much. So, in this, who will be the first to send the mantras? So, mantra, very good mantras. Which mantra? That is also so. Let us say, do today from our Mahāprabhujī, is there? Then Vāmitra, so all. There will be bhajan, all from this Mahālājī. But not every time the same; there are so many nice things. And so now, who will come? And there is a very nice, very nice sending, okay? So, so ādi om, sit down please, thank you very much, very good. So please come singing. Who can sing these bhajans, okay? From the, ah, yes, so, and every, every time now, tomorrow, also, and this, from the whole, complete, from this Mahārājī, all in one little, here, okay, yes. I will not, please do not tell me. Because, you know, my leg is a problem for a while, so I will, for a while, put it like this. Okay, very nice. Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jai. Devpurī Samādeva Kī Jai. Mahāprabhujī Kī Jai. Devpurī Samādeva Kī Jai. Om Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ Hari Om. Śrī Lanājī Mahārāja Kī Jai. Śrī Dīpadina Dayāl Satguru Vandana. Merī Yehi Kath Bandh Par Karjo Tārā Jotat Kalahi... Śrī Dīpā Dīnā Dayālā Sattva Guru Vandana Merīyehi Kathā Vandana Parākāra Jotarā Jotat Kalahī... Śārada-śiva-śeṣa-tāriya-ora-dāsa-yavatārahi kapila-kārdava-vyāsa-nārada-gāve-yāsa-tumhārahi... Śrīdī Pādīnā Dayālā Satguru Vandana Merī Erīm Katā Vandana Parakāra Jotarā Jotatā Kalahīm... Jana kā śukra va śiṣṭa muni jana, gura keśa vicāra hī cāra, veda purāṇa aṣṭādaśa, guru ājñā śira dhāra hī... Śrī-dhīpa-dhīna-dayālasat-guru-vandana-mēdīyehi kāta-bandana-pāra-kara-jotāra-jotat-kālahi... Agam apara akhaṇḍa nirguṇa nehe chalama niradhāra hi vyomasam sarvame vyāpakasaravi chandra sitāra hi yoma samma sarvame vyāpakara vichandra sitāra hi Śrī-dīpa-dīna dayāla satguru vandanā merīye hi kathā-bandhanā-parā-kāra-jotarā-jotatā-kāla hi. Kāṭa-bandhana-pārakara-jotāra-jotata-kālahi guru-brahma-vetā-dharma-netā-iṣṭa-merata-kūrasahī rāja-charana-patita-pāvana-dāsa-lālānanda-kahī Rāja Charanapati Tapavana Dasalala Nandakahi Shirdi Padina Dayala Sattva Guru Vandana Meriyahi. kāṭa-bandhana-pāra-kara-jo tāra-jo tata-kāra-hi śīrū-dhī-padī-nadayāla-sata-guru-bandhanā-mē-vī-yahi kāṭa-bandhana-pāra-kara-jo tāra-jo tata-kāra-hi. It is very nice, you sing very well, everything. But I think we have to make something, a little place. So you are liking it very nice, and then you are only picking like this, and then again like that. Something, okay? But not all the time; that is a great thing. Okay? So one more, next one. Okay? One is done. The next place. Śrīdīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jai. Dev Puruṣa Mahādeva. Madhavānandjī Bhagavān Kī Jai. Mahārījī Kā. Lālanāndjī Mahārāja Kī Jai Ho. Prabhu chharanokhi padakham malokhi Prabhu ichchā nahīṁ dhana dharāṇa kī rājā denā, gussa moye cārā lokī rājā denā, dayālu moye cārā lokī rājā denā, kamma lokī rājā denā. Gurusya māyē cārāṇokī rājā denā, dāyālu māyē cārāṇokī rājā denā. Rājā deṇā māṅgu, sampavu sampati nā māṅgu, dharā pataki. Rājā dena guru samoye caraṇokhi Raja Dena Dayālu Moye Charanokhi Charanokhi Pada Kammalokhi Prabhu Charanokhi Pada Kammalokhi Raja Dena Guru Samoye Charanokhi Raja Dena Dayālu Moya Charanokhi Pada Kammalokhi Raja Dena Gosha Moya Charanokhi, rājadena dāyālu caranabhū, carannaraja māṅgidhī pādāyālu carannaraja māṅgidhī. Vinati Lālānanda kī, rābu yehī vinati Lālānanda kī. Rājā dena guru samaye caraṇokī, rājā dena dayālu moye caraṇokī, kamalokī prabhu caraṇokī, pada kamalokī. Rājā dena guru samaye caraṇokī. Rājā Denā Dayālu Moje Caraṇam Rādhideva Śrī Devapurījī Mahādeva Kī Jai. Śrī Hinudharam Samrāth Śrī Parahaṁsvai Mādhvānandajī Bhagavān Kī Jai. Śrī Lalanandjī Mahārāja Kī Jai. Śrī Viśvaguru Parahaṁsvai Maheśvarānandajī Sattva Gurudeva Kī Jai. Śrīdīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jai. Devadideva Devashwar Mahādeva Kī Jai, Śrīsī Alakpurījī Mahādeva Kī Jai, Hindu Dharma Sambhāravaṇamjī Bhagavān Kī Jai, Śrīsī Lalanamjī Mahārāj Kī Jai, Viśva Guru Mahālakṣmī Parasaṁbhāṣaṇjī Gurudeva Kī Jai, O Guru Sukha Dhāma, Svāmī Sarva Jagatke Kāraṇam. Sukha khaṇḍa ho ānandajī, niṣukhaṇḍa ho mātāraṇam. Sukha khaṇḍa ho ānandajī, nirvāṇa ho sukha khaṇḍajī. Nidhānakāraja śaraṇam, nirādhāra ho nirvikārajī. Kartār bhakta uddhāraṇam, nirādhāra ho nirvikārajī. Kartār bhakta amasvāmī, sarva jagatake kāraṇam. Sukha khaṇḍa ho ānandajī, niṣkhaṇḍa ho mamatāraṇam. Sukha khaṇḍa ho ānandajī, niṣkha khaṇḍa ho mamatāraṇam. Har āpā ho anāmapajī, triyatāpā urasetāraṇam. Triyatāpā urasetāraṇam, sataiśāho jagadīśajī, kahe veda neti ucharanam ho. Guru sukha dhāma swāmī, sarva jagat ke kāraṇam. Sukkakandaho ānandajī, sukkakandaho ānandajī, niṣkandaho mamatāraṇam pratipālaho rakhavālajī pradhānam. Anadhānavāraṇaṁ pradhāna-mana-dhana-vāraṇaṁ, brahma-niṣṭha-ho mama-iṣṭha-jī kaheśrūti-saṅta-pukāraṇaṁ. Brahma-niṣṭha-ho mama-iṣṭha-jī kaheśrūti-saṅta-pukāraṇaṁ, o guru-sukha-dhāma-svāmī. We are the reason for the whole world. May happiness be the source of happiness. May love be the source of love... May the Lord be the Lord of the Earth. Bhūmī ke bhāra utāranam, Śirḍī pahosamīpājī kahe lāl arjā gujāranam. Śirḍī pahosamīpājī lāl arjā gujāranam. O Guru Sukha dhāmasvāmī, sarva jagat ke kāranam. Sukha khaṇḍa ho ānandājī, niṣkhaṇḍa ho mamatāranam. Shrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jaya, Shrī Shrī Lāla Nanājī Mahārāja Kī Jaya, Sat Gurudeva Kī Jaya, Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jaya. Kyā Tum Jāno Hāla Hamārā, Mere Sat Guru Marāyatī? Kyā Tum Jāno Hāla Hamārā, Mere Gyānī Guru Marāyatī? Lagī Āyākar Choṭā Hamāre. Nena tappa ke neer, kya tuma jaano haal hamare? Tere satt guru māryāte yā, tum ajālo hāla hamāre re. Jñānī guru māryā chī lāve mērā, sun kar jñāna gambīrā. Lāve mērā sun kar jñāna gambīrā, harē harē sun kar jñāna gambīrā. Bhayadarad abdila ke andar Mere satguru maryadi, kya tuma jaano khaal hamaar? laghi aaya kar chota hamaare, laghi aaya kar chota hamaare. Kya tuma jaano khaal hamaar satguru maryati? Purcha kha kar gira dharan par diya kale jachi, Hare Hare. Diya kale jaachi veja hakim, koi nai jaane. Darda yehi dilgir kya tum jaano haal? Satgur yād kya tum jaano haal hamārā? Re gyānī, guru māryate lagī āyā karā. Chotā hamāre naina tappā ke nīr, kya tum jaano haal hamār? Satguru maryati, kya tuma jaano haal hamara? Mere gyani guru maryati, jis ke laagi wohi jaane, duja na jaane. Sridhi miliya Prabhupur, Prabhudhipa dayal miliya Prabhupur. Kardiya chakna chur, kya tum jaano haal hamaara? Satguru maryati. Kya tum jaano haal hamaara? Gyānī gurumaryādā lagi āye kar chhoṭā. Hamare naina ṭapke neer. Kya tum jāno haal hamaār? Mere sāth gurumaryādā śabda tīr kī aisī mārī, mit gayā man. Magaru Śrī Lālā kahe, ab dhokā nahī. Sunna me uga soor, kya tum jaano haal hamaara? Satguru Maaryati, kya tum jaano haal hamaar? Mere Gyani Guru Maaryati, lagi aayi kar chut hamare. Lagi aayi nena tapke neer. Kya tum jaano haal mere Satguru Maaryati? Kya Tum Jaano Haal, everybody? Because men, people, they do not know, only by listening, but they can know. So, can you give it in the language? Now, Europe, subject, language. So this is one of the very beautiful bhajans from Mahāmaṇḍaleśwar Swāmī Lālanānjī. His photo is here, and he was also from the Goswāmī Samāj from Purī. He was living near, he was living near the Kāṭhū Āśram where Mahāprabhujī was living, and his samādhi is now also a few kilometers away from Mahāprabhujī’s ashram. What can you tell me about my feelings? About how I am feeling? What am I doing? How can you tell about my consciousness? My Gurudev hit me with an arrow. Later, we will understand that this arrow is the arrow of knowledge. So, what can you tell? How can you tell what I am feeling? What can you tell about my experience? Because Gurudev is the one who hit me with his arrow. So I was hit by the arrow, and I was wounded by this arrow, and from my eyes the tears start to fall. This is this beautiful word, tapake, like the tears are falling down because I was hit by the arrow of knowledge from my Gurudev. So every hair on my body is standing upright. When Gurudev hit me with this arrow, all my hair on the body is—I am completely, not trembling, but happy, ecstatic. I am so happy. I like it very much. When I heard this deep, deep knowledge, what happened in my heart, I felt a great pain. No pandits, so no people who are doing pujas. Pandits are doing pujas for Hindus, peers are doing pujas for Muslims. So now, people who are doing pujas, they cannot, they do not know about this pain. This is beautiful but very strong pain in my heart because of this pain. I fainted, I fainted. My heart exploded, my heart broke, and I fainted on the earth. My whole body—this is called Kaleja—the chest was broken. We have this beautiful picture of Hanumanjī when they were trying to tell Hanumanjī, "How can you say Rāma is with you? Rāma is with you?" and he got upset, and he just opened his chest, and Rāma and Sītā were sitting inside in his heart. So first, in the first, uh, first verse, he was saying, "So neither pandits nor peers know this pain, but not Vaidya or Hakim." Vaidyas are the Ayurvedic doctors, Hakims are the Muslim doctors. So no doctors know about this pain. Which kind of pain is in my heart? Only that one who was hurt in the same way can know this pain. Nobody else can know this pain. Śrīdīpā Dayālā Mīlja Prabhupurāṇa. I met the complete God Śrīdīp Nārāyaṇa Mahāprabhujī, merciful Śrīdīp Nārāyaṇa Mahāprabhujī kar diyā chakānā chūr. He completely smashed me, he put me into small, small pieces, like we are having bhātī and we are like making chūrmā chakānā chūr. He did not put a bow and arrow, Swāmījī. Never used bow and arrow. His words are those which actually hit us. He used the arrow of his words. He hit me in such a way, all my proudness of my mind, all my ego, just disappeared. Śrī Lālā Nānjī Mahārāj said, "There is no more cheating. There is no more." Lies, there is no more this illusion. Suname ugasur, in me the sun, in the nothingness the sun rose, the light came out. mera satta guru maryati. What do you know about my feelings? Satta guru hurt me with the arrow of knowledge. Siddhīṁ Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jai. Sīśī Alagpurī Jī Mahādeva, Jai Devadhī Deva, Devaiśvara Mahādeva, Jai Ārādya Bhagavān, Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Mahāprabhujī, Jai Hindu Dharmasā Mahārāj, Jai Saisilālā Mahārāj, Jai Viśvaguru Mahārāj, Jai Gurudeva, Jai.

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