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He is one of the very esteemed Mahāmaṇḍaleśwars in the Mahānirvāṇī Akhāṛā. He also serves as a minister in one of the large saint societies of India. He is deeply versed in Vedānta and many other fields. He has visited Europe, giving lectures in the Netherlands and other places. So once again, please welcome our dear Mahāmaṇḍaleśvarjī. From the 10th onwards, he will deliver a lecture on the Śiva Mahāpurāṇa, also known as the Mahāśivapurāṇa, and we will all enjoy this. The Mahāmaṇḍaleśvar begins his address with an invocatory Sanskrit verse: > Kaiśora-saurabha-samārīta-yogi-cittaṁ hantuṁ tritāpa-manīṣaṁ munihaṁsa-sevyaṁ sanmānasāli-paripīta-parāga-puñjaṁ dūrvādhaladyati-tanuṁ taruṇābjana-netraṁ hemāmbaraṁ varabhūṣaṇa-bhūṣitāṅgaṁ Kandarpa-koṭi-māṇikya-kiśoram ūrtiṁ pūrtiṁ mano-ratha-bhuvam bhaja jānakīśam sat-cid-ānanda-rūpāya kṛṣṇāya kṛṣṭa-karmaṇe namo vedānta-vedyāya gurave buddhi-sākṣiṇe oṁ śāntiḥ. He then chants: “Śāntiḥ, śāntiḥ, śāntiḥ.” Following the invocation, he offers a profound salutation in Hindi: > Akhila koṭi brahmāṇḍa adhyakṣa parātpara tattva parabrahma paramātmā tathā vāṇī ke abhinna svarūpa sadgurudeva bhagavān ke caraṇoṁ mein anantaśaḥ praṇāma. He continues by greeting all the esteemed saints and devotees present: > Paramādaraṇīya parama śuddhe anantaśrī mahimāmaṇḍita Śrī Panchāyatī Akhāṛā Mahānirvāṇī ke vāriṣṭha Mahāmaṇḍaleśvar Pūjyaśrī Svāmī Maheśvarānand Purī Jī Mahārāj, jinake pāvana sannidhi mein āpa jīvana ke sabase baḍe saubhāgya kā lābha prāpta kara rahe hain. Paramādaraṇīya paramāśraddhe anantaśivibhūṣita Pūjya Mahāmaṇḍaleśvar Svāmī Gyāneśvar Purī Jī Mahārāj. Paramādaraṇīya paramāśraddhe Pūjya Mahāmaṇḍaleśvar Svāmī Vivek Purī Jī Mahārāj. Amare abhinna priya Svāmī Avatārpūrī Jī Mahārāj, Svāmī Rājendra Purī Jī Mahārāj. He then addresses all the saints and devotees, saying: > Āpa sabhī sant aura bhakta jana, jīvana kā sabase baḍā lābha yahī hai: isa samaya āpa apane jīvana kī śvāsa le rahe haiṁ, isa pavitra bhūmi para, sampūrṇa viśva kī pavitra bhūmi para, Om Āśrama para. (Meaning: “Dear saints and devotees, the greatest gain of life is this: at this moment you are breathing on this sacred land, on the sacred land of the whole world, on the Om Ashram.”) He turns to a beautiful teaching from the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam. The Gopīs, he recalls, expressed it in a lovely way: > Akṣaṇvatāṁ phalam idaṁ na paraṁ vidāmaḥ sakhyā paśūn anuviveśa yathor vayasya hi vaktraṁ vrajeśa-sutayor aṇuveṇu-juṣṭam. (Translation: “Dear friends, we know of no greater fruit for those who have eyes than this: the flute song entered the ears of the animals and birds, but what to speak of them, the face of the son of the king of Vraja, adorned with the flute, is the supreme vision.”) From this, the Mahāmaṇḍaleśvar explains, it can be understood that not only humans, but any creature of the world—be it animal or bird—has eyes. Yet the Gopīs declare that merely having eyes is not enough; one must attain the fruit of the eyes. What is that fruit? It is when you behold the Lord with these very eyes. And, he adds, if he were to elaborate, the ultimate fruit is when you sit on the sacred soil of India and see your Gurudev. That is the greatest fortune. Your good fortune, he continues, is that you are sitting in Om Āśram and beholding the Gurudev with your eyes. He says: > Bhagavān kā darśana kara rahe, āpa kānoṁ se isī pavitra dhārā para baiṭha kara unakī maṅgalamayī vāṇī śravaṇa kara rahe. Santoṁ kī vāṇī śravaṇa kara rahe. Yaha kevala āṁkhoṁ taka hī sīmita nahīṁ hai. Isī dhārā para, isī pavitra bhūmi para, Om Āśrama mein baiṭha kara, āpa apanī vāṇī se Bhagavān ke nāma kā guṇagāna kara rahe haiṁ, saṅkīrtana kara rahe haiṁ. Kevala āṁkheṁ hī dhanya nahīṁ ho rahīṁ. (Translation: “You are beholding the Lord; with your ears, sitting on this sacred stream, you are hearing his auspicious words. You are hearing the words of the saints. This is not limited to the eyes alone. On this very stream, on this sacred land, seated in Om Āśrama, with your voice you are singing the glories of the Lord’s name, doing saṅkīrtana. It is not only the eyes that are becoming blessed.”) He emphasizes that even though many of you were born in Europe, Australia, or other places, your eyes have found their purpose by looking at your Gurudev, by seeing with your own eyes the fruits of all the work of creation that has taken place in Om Āśram over the last twenty to thirty years. He concludes this part with a chant: “Mahāprabhujī kī Karatā, Mahāprabhujī kī Karatā... Mahāprabhujī Karatā: Live each and every moment with joy and excitement.” And he says, “I would like to end my speech by saying this: thank you very much.” (The English translation then summarizes the message: “This planet has eyes, but the Gopīs are teaching us that rare are those whose eyes’ purpose is fulfilled. Even though we are born in Europe or various places around the world, the purpose of our eyes is fulfilled by looking at our Gurudev, by seeing our beloved Gurudev, and also by witnessing with our own eyes the fruits of all the work that created Om Āśram over the past twenty to thirty years. So we are truly fortunate to be present in this holy place, to enjoy this sacred land of India, especially this holy Om Ashram in the presence of our Gurudev.”) Following this, a devotee shares their experience: “I am so happy that we are all together here in this beautiful, divine place, Om Āśram. Every day we see that something is moving and making things even nicer and better. More friends are arriving, and all of us feel that the energy here is completely different. We came from our homes in Europe, America, and many other countries, from a world dominated by hard materialism, even though we are on a spiritual path. But here, as soon as we enter the ābhā maṇḍal of this area, the ashram, we feel something completely different. Here time feels different. I have been here maybe two days, but it feels like I never left this place; it feels like coming home. Om Āśram is truly amazing. For those who are not here, watching via Swamiji TV, I say: you must come, you must see. If you cannot come physically, you can be here through Swamijī TV and what Viśvagurujī shares. These ten or twenty days are an excellent time for us to do more spiritual sādhanā and feel what is happening. The Jadan in Om Āśram is unique; it is the crown of Yoga in Daily Life. For all these fifty years, Viśvagurujī has been with us, and this opening ceremony, how Om Āśram looks—that is the real example of how a disciple should be. All this is made glorious by our paramparā, the glory of Śrī Mādhavānandajī, Gurujī. Viśvagurujī is a rare example of how a disciple should be, and from him we learn to never forget that you are a disciple. Never lose this in your heart. Please remember, throughout our lives, that we are disciples. We have before us an idol of that glory between disciple and guru, and that is what Viśvagurujī has created here in Om Āśram. That is the glory of Śrī Alakhpurījī, Siddha Pīṭh. Our duty, the best we can do in life, is to preserve that light we receive from Viśvagurujī and spread it around the world. Especially in this time of Kali Yuga, which is not so pleasant, we know how it is in Europe and the world. That light we gain from Viśvagurujī is important to preserve and spread everywhere. I know that this great moment of the opening of Om Āśram will make that light even stronger, and Kali Yuga will not be so hard, not only for us. Thank you, Viśvagurujī, for that, and thank you for the opportunity to do something for the glory of the Alakhpurījī Siddha Pīṭh Paramparā.” Then another voice rises, continuing the devotional mood: “Śānti, śānti, śānti hoī, friends, in your āśram, in your āśram, we are all, everywhere, every day, in everything, we are all Bhagavān. We humans, we humans, we humans are thinking, but in reality, human, Bhagavān, Śiva—what is there? Everything is there. Now, our Mahāmaṇḍaleśwar Sāhib has said that everything is good. Be it an animal, a bird, or anyone else, everything is there. But we, the human beings—who is that human being that actually goes with Bhagavān? And the other one, we meet, we see the human being, we also do a little bhajan, we also have a little food. But for how long will we have to go back into this? O human being, how will you go back? Perhaps it is possible that you will remain the same as humans, or the other is different; all are the same. But where are they? Whenever we see, we see that there are three, and those three are God. Only by seeing that Bhagavān can he come out of them. My fellow human beings, you may say what you want or not, but today, leaving such a Bhagavān, a human being, who is the other coming? From where is he coming? Have you seen it now? I have also seen it. Foreigners, Indians, and everyone else want that one who has a son, and he is the same son, and you have left him somewhere, and today you have started using that idea. And what does he say? > Arre, usako to nīche kara detā hai, aura māṁ kaise usase bhī jyādā usakī ūpara āge kara ke baiṭhī rahī gayī hai? Baloi, āpa kyā hain? Mere bhāratavāsiyoṁ, nā maiṁ karātā hūṁ, lekina maiṁ karatā hūṁ ki itane videśoṁ ke andara bhī, all those people did this. Then the voice chants a long sequence of numbers, punctuated by a refrain: “One, two, three, … fifty-three. He Kevalam, He Kevalam… (repeatedly) One, two, three … fifty-three. He Kevalam, He Kevalam…” and so on. Continuing: “I am here to worship you. I want to work with you. So, you know, everybody, do you know me? Vienna, Australia, New Zealand, everywhere, come there. You are coming very nicely, you know, and understanding. Because we know that the one who was God, did God know why he was there? Once we went there, and he was going to some other place. That’s it. But we are those two, but now he is not allowed to stay. And how did you bring him and put him there? Mahāprabhujī Karatā, Mahāprabhujī Karatā, He Kevalam. If I am going to bless my sons, then look at my Yoga in Delhi life. Yoga in Delhi life, in this like this. All of them are here, and however they are sitting, they will do everything. And they are from the whole country, the whole country, and of course India also. And you know, I tell you, I want to tell our Mahārāj Jī what had happened to us. I said that I don’t have money, that money is mine. I am like that to study, like that I used to get in my pocket, but all these are ours. They have money, and why should they take it? They take them from that country and bring them to India... Where do I go when I am in a foreign country? Where do I go? Where do I go? Mahāprabhujī Karatā, Mahāprabhujī Karatā. Everything is as it is. It is as it is. It happens as it is, so it should not happen as it is. So then the other will say, ‘I don’t have to gather the people, I will forget,’ so that’s why. So, what we will say, what we will do, that—did you say that about Mahāprabhujī? Śānti, śānti, śānti. Our Mahāgurudev, Padare, all my... so thank you very much, yes, yes... You know, you are, you are... you are very much of a help to me.” The gathering fades into a final blessing.