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We have to make our food

Maintaining health and purity through yoga and conscious living is essential.

A period of global difficulty was endured through disciplined practice at home. This practice sustains life. The guidance given long ago was to avoid meat and alcohol, which many adopted, leading to healthier generations. The treatment of animals is a concern; some advocate for not taking from them, aligning with vegan principles. Caution is required regarding new substances added to food. Personal health must be guarded by choosing pure nourishment. The collective practice ensures well-being for oneself and family.

"Your power was this, that you stayed very good."

"Tell them, 'No meat and no alcohol.'"

Filming location: Jogacentrum, Levoca, Slovakia

How are you all? I was away for about two hours, yes. I did not come, no? But many of you are always coming from different places. This is a beautiful place. You have already told how many years I have been here. Yes. So many people become old, and many are young. Yes. And you see that little children—they are very dear to me. I’m very happy to see them, and we know everything. It is every year, like we give them something in the bread, and it comes again out. So I can see many things, and this is so nice. She is very nice. Yes, and her mother keeps her very nice here, and she is very good. Yes, I see, very nice. And this is also very big. I saw here very nice, and that one also, that boy. Yeah, yeah, yes. And there is also… who is there? Who is there? Tell me, what is your name? Thank you. Yes, and there are also two children, very nice. You see that as I came in, they hugged me, and that means I am very happy, and all are very good. There was a time, about what, something… it was many people could not go. Everybody was at home. But at home, we were all thinking always that we are. And in these two years, or nearly three years, people were suffering, and many people also had no work anymore, or like this. But we all were very good, and we were very thoughtful in our yoga practice. And there we know that—I don’t think maybe some old person or something was dying in this way—but we all, how will we stay here? At home we stay, and we were always eating very well, and therefore we were practicing meditation, exercise, and that has given our life. So many people in and around the whole world, in many other countries, and I say to you that we have known so many people who were killed, whether for this or for that. And this is your practice, that you did everything, and all their children are very good children. And you know that here sits my friend or my disciple; he is sitting on the door. And unfortunately, his eyes became black. But yes, and for how many years was he dead? Is from here, his wife, his children, and the children. And how they are still living very good, very peaceful. So I think Mahāprabhujī or Gurujī was very much thinking all through the whole of Europe, or everywhere. At that time, many people there were looking at the picture of Mahāprabhujī or Devpurījī. And they were always speaking to me, telling me something, "Swāmījī, what can we call, what can we do?" But this was your power. Your power was this, that you stayed very good. And so, you all can see that you were very happy and good, and you lived that, and that is good for you. And we are going further: Yoga in Daily Life. And this is that, in many countries everywhere, it is Yoga in Daily Life. And they all see—I was in many countries: Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Canada, etc.—and they are still, many, many people are there, and they are doing further practicing. And many people, I don’t know whose names they are, but they are people all taking yoga in their life. That is this. And that is for all of us, for us here. And it is very much, you know, that when I came here for the first time in this country, here, or this, and of course at that time everyone was eating meat. I don’t eat anything, no meat and no this. And very immediately, the people who came to me, I told them, "Don’t eat meat and alcohol." And all people said, "Oh my God, it’s meat, we should not eat." Alcohol, so I said these two things, leave it, and many people immediately give up, and in that way, many, many people begin it here. So in the whole of Europe now, there are many, many people, many, many. People, they know meat and alcohol, and like this. And that, children, they are taking care of the children very well. And they were little children. Now they are all big, very big, and they also have children, and those children have children. So, in these places, in this… it was Austria, no, we have Czechoslovakia, and they are from here to there. And so, people live very healthy and good. So I have mentioned some from the five generations. When I came here, the elderly people told me, and they became, "Please, we will make a yoga program." And there, one son and his big up, he, so all there was together. And so, in your house, in your house they said—many people said, in my… they said to their, in my ashram. In my house, there is no alcohol, meat, and this and that. And many people are very pure; it is in the body. And some men, they did not do, and that is the difficulty today. So you have in your country, I tell you, this country is one of the best. And you know that, how many? Everywhere is a yoga practice system. And they are looking further. Now, the people say how they are thinking to make it, but those people are doing the yoga and yoga practice, but they don’t think, don’t think. Think, but they don’t think. Meat and this alcohol. And so, that people who are now talking about yoga, practicing, they give up that which I tell you: no meat and nothing of that sort of things. And then it is, you know, it is the same thing then. It’s just exercise, something. And then I told you, now, did you get it from me or from her? That some people, about ten or fifteen people, want to go to see where the cows are. And how many cows are just somewhere far. And so these young people, it was, and they want to see how the cows are here, there. And that, that is now many where in little villages, maybe you have cows at home. But in other places, very much they don’t know where cows are. Cows, where are they? And what do they give them, these cows? They don’t know what they are giving. And when the cow gives the baby, if it is a boy, they take it out from the cow, and there are people going there and they kill them. They say this is a house of goodness, and if it is like this cow, this baby, then it is, leave it. But this is not good. So they are killing them, leaving them. How are these animals solving this problem? And then, my disciples, it was a few years, they said, "Swāmījī, we are your disciples and we want to see how the animals are doing." And then they said, "No, we don’t want to eat any meat." No milk, no anything, they will not do. Only we see the animals, and we should give these animals a very relaxed life, and no one should kill them. And we will not give milk from the cows, because they should only drink milk, that cow. It means all animals, all animals, they are eating something like this, and they give the milk, you know, their milk. They don’t take drinking now and take the milk. And so they give one name; we make a name, what we are giving. And this is that we will not give anything to all animals, and they should be let to drink and be given only there. Do not take to us. And now you know more in this world, in this, and in America, and there. And this is, they are going vegan. So, do any of you know about veganism? Any hands up? Yes. So it has in the whole world, and young people, they don’t want to take this milk and this and that. It is also for them the bean, the bean, and they are people taking this and taking the, what kind of, yeah, honey. And they give him some water and something. And people now do it like this: they take the honey from the bees, and instead of it, they give them a cup of sugar. Home, or in their inside, but takes away always and gives some different things. And you have many people, you have in your house or somewhere from this, everybody’s few. Many, many people have these animals, which they are giving them. What is that called? Yeah. And so they left on it. So, like this, many people are living like that. In these times, in these times, two years were very difficult. And then we got some medicine, or an injection. And there was a vaccine for this. And what happens? Many of the people we lost, we vary up much. And two times from India, and two times from Austria here. And one is somewhere there, because I go there and they said, "No, if you are here doing, then you have to have this." So I said, "Okay, take it. I have nothing else." I don’t want to tell you, but I will tell you that immediately something happened. My lectures, it is like this: I cannot see everything or see that everything. But I am working very much further, but many times I don’t understand. So it means it’s lost, lost my words. That’s what I tell you, so that you will say, "But first, Swāmījī, how are you speaking now?" But now we will not take anything; let’s throw it away. So in that way, many people are lost. But all of our persons who were practicing yoga in their life, so you and your family in your house, it was good in your family in your house. So now it means that we have to take all your people to practice yoga in their life, and it doesn’t matter. If they say that they will go somewhere else and like this, but they should practice it in another house for them, their health, and this. Tell them, "No meat and no alcohol." Now, when we have the milk, the animal milk, and there we are giving word, this is not good. So many people you can see that they cannot drink. Because you know that, and they see if the milk they bring, but where, how it is, and how is that milk inside, or what is, many things, anything. But your cow in the house, or you have this, that is very good. So we have to take different things. And so that’s why many people become vegan. And many, many thousands of people. In the aeroplane, I am going, then many people ask only for drinking and anything, but all from meat, vegan. And for our children, or for you, you should know that, please be careful. It is our life, so our life is only what we should correct. So this is, and now there is a different thing coming. That someone is eating with the little, little animals. So, can you tell me better? So, can you tell how it is? The European Union had to accept this experiment, and the powder from the mints is a pure protein that was added to many foods. Unfortunately, it is added to foods that need to be designated as a substitute for meat. It is added to various sweets and biscuits. You will find it really everywhere. Well, not everywhere, but where you wouldn’t have to wait. So try to be very careful. And the things you have been used to buying so far, and you were sure they were clean, check them and see if there is something wrong with the content. It would be best if you write to the yoga center, and they can send you an email. Then you can see what you should look for. And that you should make yourself very good, by your eyes. And how many animals do they kill? And it makes in the… That’s it. So you should… What should we do? It means that we should not eat now. This is like when we come to Mariam, when you go to bring something and it is, "Don’t take this to eat. This is for me, yeah, and I give you. You will eat every day, okay?" Yeah, I heard that. Okay, poor Swāmī. Thank you. You are nice. Thank you. So we should not eat, or obligate eating anything. So this is good. And this, not. So whatever you have, you can eat it now, but then no more. It goes into that brain. And it will be, you see, when you come in your life, about, let’s say, after you are done with everything, and you are okay, and you are now sitting at home only, and then it goes this in the brain. So you see, there, elderly people slowly, slowly. And so you have to be, take care of your children, please. Yeah, everybody, okay? We should pick ourselves. We can make it like this at home. Then it’s okay. Yeah, but as it is coming like this, then we will see how many years after you will see it going back here. And so, I think in my also, they put it inside. But I am okay. I will stay very good for you. Always, for meditation and everything, it is that. But sometimes I have to go like this. So we should take care of our body. So in these times, we see ourselves; it is you, and we all tell each other that we should be healthy and good. And now, how are they giving the milk? So, some are mostly from the cows. In some countries, there is also the cow, and then another animal. Yeah, but it is inside them. And that is going to us inside. Therefore, we should take everything only from ourselves. From here we can take it and clean with every nice and eat with ourselves. So, this is what I was thinking today. So in many countries, many people here in Vienna, they don’t eat, they don’t eat. Many, many… they said, "No, no, we will not eat this." So this is for your health, for your life. Be very happy and joyful. As long as you go, and when we live, when we die. But it will come just for a few days, and then it will go out. You see that? Some people are in the brain, and it’s one month, two months, or like this. I have one disciple, and that husband and wife, so her husband died, and she is somewhere in the office or somewhere, and she cannot understand anything. So they have, in some, in Austria, if there is, and many people are there, but there they have one child and his mother. And his mother is healthy, something like this, but she cannot understand anything. And his husband, he died. Also, he was suffering. I have this person, His mother, and his one son, and his son is very good, always, still for us, still, but his mother, she was completely gone. She can sometimes learn something from me. If I come and see, and then, "Hello," and this, and "Hello," and this, and he says, "Yes, Swāmījī, Swāmījī." I say, "Yes, yes, it is Swāmījī." Yeah, that’s all. So please stay here, healthy. Very good. And there is no meat and no alcohol, and have a good fruit. We have to make our food. It’s very good. So I think, if you think, do you see what I told you? Yes? So you can tell your friends, any friends, if they don’t practice yoga or this, no problem, but their health, their health and this we should not tell them. And so we make one bhajan, a good bhajan, to make our brain. Thank you, my dear. Hari om. Much love to all. Hari om. Oh, Prasāda. Bhajan. Bhajan.

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