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So, this is a translation from Hindi to English, English to Czech, and Czech back to English. A bhajan from Kabīrdās jī says that this shawl is very fine, and it is dyed with the color of the name of God. The eight lotus chakras form the spinning wheel. But those who do not know this secret soil it further day by day. Great saints like Dhruva, Prahlāda, Sudhāmśuka, and Deva all kept this śāla immaculate. Kabīrdās also returned this shawl as spotless as when he received it. Rāma Bhagavān kī jaya, Kabīrdās jī Mahārāja kī jaya. Narendra, Bhagavān kī jāī, Kapīr Dās kī jāī, Śukuru, Śrī Svāmī Maheśvarānandajī, Gurujī, Bābā kī jāī. Guru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Paramahaṁsa Śrī Svāmī Śvarānandajī, Gurudeva, kī jaya. This is a spiritual lecture about Yoga in the Indian tradition. Swāmījī spoke about Mother India and the trees, and there is a beautiful hymn to Mother India. I would say that this hymn expresses so beautifully the essence of India. It says: the soul of this country, Bhārata, is like chandan, like sandalwood. Each village is a land of penance, tapas. Here the cow is worshipped as the beloved mother. In this land, the dawn blows the śaṅkha every morning and dusk sings a lullaby every evening. Here one’s fortune is shaped through one’s actions, and dedication to work is one’s sacred duty. The poets sing their saga of sacrifice and penance. The knowledge and wisdom of this land are as pure as the waters of the Gaṅgā. Its soldiers chant the holy Bhagavad Gītā on the battlefield. And in a field, a Siddha was found playing under a blow. Here the goal of human life is nothing less than God-realization—the goal of life is nothing less than the realization of God. This hymn says everything that Swāmījī, Gurudeva, was talking about. The land, the earth, is holy. It is like chandan, like sandalwood, very precious. The children are like goddesses. Every body is like a temple. With vast knowledge, as Gurujī had, he says: “My brothers and sisters, sādhus, this life, this beautiful body, is very beautiful.” It is a coach, a very special coach. Many, many times I have sat within. The ten horses—the ten śaktis—are pulling this coach. Our mind controls these horses with the help of our intellect. Our knowledge is the light, and the light is so bright. But who is sitting inside this body, in this coach? The king, the archer, the Ātmā is seated there. And this Ātmā has as a minister a very viveka mantra, an embodiment of discernment, who is very experienced. The king says: “Because of this Viveka, these ministers, here and throughout the whole universe, I had no troubles. We enjoyed a very comfortable journey.” But then, into this body, the five thieves entered. They took everything away, and they seized the coach. The five thieves—kāma, krodha, mada, lobha, and ahaṁkāra—caused the coach and the horses to lose their way. Then Gurudeva came, and with his vākya, his word, with the arrow of his word, he shot at them, and all the thieves fled. And all the Brahmāṇḍas are there—all the sun systems, not the whole universe but sun systems. He said, “In 2001, solar systems are in this body.” In this kośa, there are such beautiful instruments: the five karmendriyas, the five jñānendriyas, and the brāhmaṇas. O my brother and sister sādhus, my coach was wandering. The holy worship of Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī; he showed me everything, as Holy Gurujī said. In this coach, in this body, I enjoy it. He gave everything, and thanks to Him, I enjoy joy in this kośa. Svāmī Umāpurī will translate a bhajan—a bhajan of only two days. It is a bhajan from Svāmī Brahmānandajī. Svāmī Brahmānandajī said to a disciple of Śrī Mahāprabhujī: “We are meeting here in this world for only two days. This was yesterday, and this is today. Tomorrow we do not know what will be. It is a play of coming and going, and coming and going. Somebody went, and somebody came. Somebody is packing, and somebody is already ready, packed, and alone, waiting. As we know, we came alone, we are alone, and we will go alone. Only if by chance two come together, but even then they are alone. The only thing that will go with us is our karma, our deeds. The power of the mantra and the light of Gurudeva—this will guide us.” He also gives the example of a tree, standing alone under all kinds of conditions. That is why we should do something in this world so that it will not be repeated again and again. All religions one day will come to an end, but the connection to God never will. This life will flow away like water that you try to hold in your hand; you cannot hold it. That is why. Gurujī says that four things—Dharma, Dhairya, Mitra, and Artha—must be proved at the right time and at the right moment. At the end of this life, nobody can help you. No father, no mother, no partner, nobody. It does not matter if they hold you and say, “We are one, we are yours,” they will not go with you. Every day repeats the same; this world is mortal. Meditate on God and pray. Brahmānandjī says: “Listen, my friend, this world is a game, it is like a play. Every day it repeats the same thing again and again. The trail comes, and he goes away.”