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Oṁ kār kī triguṇā māyā, is māyā se jagatara chāyā. Oṁ kār me jīva rahe, śabade ādhārī re. Śrī Śālakpūrījī Mahādev Kī Jai. Śrī Śālakpūrījī Mahādev Kī Jai. In the name of Allah, the most gracious, the most merciful, God of the universe, God of the universe, God of the universe. Śrī Guruvē Namaḥ. Man Nātha Śrī Jagannātha. Mad Guru Śrī Jagad Guru. Māmātmā Sarva Bhūtāt. Mātāsmē Śrī Guruvē Namaḥ. Salutations to the Cosmic Self. Salutations to the Śrī Ālāpurjī Siddha Pīṭa Paramparā. Salutations to the Śrī Ālāpurjī Siddha Pīṭa Paramparā. Uctivé pozdravení Jeho Svatosti Paramahaṁsvāmīmu Maheśvarānandajīmu. Pozdravení Maharájovi Vivekpurījīmu a všem sanyásinům, kdo jsou tu přítomní. Hari Oṁ, dobrý večer všem, kdo jste tady přítomní. Who is watching us through Swamiji TV? It's a beautiful, hot evening. So let's enjoy the heat, not comparing it to India, which is only slightly more, by about 10 to 15 degrees. Today we will talk about Lord Hanumān. But before that, I would like to share that every country, or every place, has a unique selling point, a USP. America has liberty and freedom. The UK has the royal family. India is known for many things, but one of the most important is the spirituality which comes from India. You know how to find out who is Indian? Not by skin color, but by other points. We take a shampoo bottle, fill it with water, shake it, and take every single last drop possible from it. Or with toothpaste, you know, we use the chapati roller to roll it completely until every last bit comes out. But more importantly, India is known for spirituality, for spiritual people and saints who come from that land. As we were on the topic of the Rāmāyaṇa, Hanumānjī is a great example for all of us. A real man is not known just for biceps, muscles, and six-packs. People say that men do not have emotions, that men do not cry. That's not true. Men are also human beings. Once upon a time, Lord Rāma sent Hanumānjī to search for Sītā Mātā. Hanumānjī went to Laṅkā. He opened every single door, went into every house, and searched every place in the whole of Laṅkā, but he was unable to find her anywhere. Then he sat down and fell into depression. He said, "I can't find her. What will happen now? How will Lord Rāma live?" He decided, "Okay, it's enough. I have had enough of my life, and I don't want it anymore." I think that point comes once in everyone's life. Hanumānjī also had that period. He said, "I can't find her, my life is finished, my goal is not achieved, so everything is ruined." He thought it would be easier to suffer once and get it all done with, rather than suffering and dying inside every day. He considered three options: sitting and fasting until he dies, burning a fire and jumping into it, or drowning himself in the nearby ocean. It was all prepared and ready to be done. Then he just looked once towards Ayodhyā. It is said in the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa that Vālmīkījī wrote a verse about Hanumānjī's thought process at that time. Hanumānjī said, "Even the air which comes from Ayodhyā is a blessing, and the waves and energy from Lord Rāma are flowing in that air." Look how close we are. Ayodhyā is very far away, but we are so close to Gurudev. Swāmījī is always blessing us, and that energy is flowing here now. Even by the glance of the Guru towards you, that energy is more than enough to give you that push in your life. We are blessed to always be near him and be blessed by his presence and by his energies flowing into all of us. So Hanumānjī looked towards Ayodhyā, his face turned in that direction. He said, "No, I cannot give up. This is not the end." When there is a will, one will try to do what one is meant to do. When his face turned in that direction, he saw that the Aśoka Vatika was just nearby. He said, "I searched the whole of Laṅkā, every single part, but this is the only place I didn't search yet." Then he went and found Mātā Sītā in the Aśoka Vatika. If we end our lives and decide to do something foolish, it's not going to affect many people; it might affect some for a certain time. But if we live on and make a change in the world, then people will remember you forever. That is what Gurudev brought—such a big change in the whole world. His name is Ajar Amar, which means it will always be there. There is a saying: until the sun and the moon exist, your name will be known. These are the roots. We are like a tree. If the roots are very deep and old—meaning from the paramparā, the tradition, the knowledge we are gaining—then that knowledge is not shaken and cannot be removed by tornadoes or wind. Śrī Alakpurījī said the big paramparā's roots are very long. That's why we are all blessed to be a part of this paramparā. We are all blessed and thankful that we have a guru, our beloved Deveśvar Gurujī, in our lives. He has changed the lives of millions and also saved many lives of animals, bees, cows, children, everyone. This is the greatness and the happiness we get from Guru Bhakti. Money can't buy us this happiness which we get in the presence of Gurudev. I experienced an example about money and happiness I would like to share. I have a friend from a rich family who bought a Rolls Royce. He asked me, "Can you come and see the car, do pūjā, and drive with me for a while?" It was actually his father's car, but the father's car means the son's car. We went for a drive and stopped at a traffic light. Someone in the neighboring car was staring at the car. Then he looked inside and saw an orange-clothed person, and his eyes became even bigger. But before I could open the window and tell him it was not mine, the light turned green and we left. Afterward, when we came back and were saying farewells, my friend was crying. I said, "Why are you crying? You have a fancy house, ten different cars you can drive every day, you have everything." He had some personal issues, but that's when I realized that money cannot buy happiness. I thought, what brings me happiness? Chocolates? Pizzas? No. The presence of Gurudev, to be with him, to be in his presence—that is more than enough. That gives me satisfaction and happiness, and I don't need anything more. If we all have him in our lives, we don't need anything else. We don't need Rolls Royces or Ferraris. That day I understood the proper meaning of "Guru Kṛpā Hi Kriyā Vilam Śāstra Kriyā Ānanda Maṅgalam." When you have Gurudev's kṛpā, his blessings, then the disciple's life is filled with happiness and joy. The day I surrendered to his lotus feet and said, "Gurudev, I am yours, you are mine. Whatever happens, happens," since that day, there has not been much sadness in my life. I don't need to ask anymore, "Swāmījī, I want this, I want that." Whatever I want comes automatically by His grace. As long as we think, "I want this, I want that," Gurudev is not going to give it to you. The second you say, "Okay, Gurudeva, I give up. Give me what you want, and you decide what my life becomes," then you will get that which you were thinking of for years and years. Your life is passing. Don't waste it. Just do the sumiran of the Guru Mantra, and you will get everything you want. All the bhajans of Holī Gurujī, Mahāprabhujī, Lālā Nanjī—they are the essence of all spirituality. You will find everything in those bhajans. It is written that when you go to Gurudev's lotus feet, then all the tīrthas, all the holy places and pilgrimages, are there in his lotus feet. So what do we need? The blessings and the kṛpā of Gurudev. That's it. For Gurudev we will sing: "Yuga yuga jīva Maheśvarānandajī, yuga yuga jīva Maheśvarānandajī, dhanyā bhāgabhāratabhūmikā pragate balamukunda. Dhanyā bhāgā, Bhāratabhūmikā pragate balamukunda trītāpaka pāpaharatahe, jaise pūnamachand yuga yuga jīvo Maheśvarānandajī. Dī Padāyaluke Amṛtaya Śiṣanitta Baraso Ānanda, yuga yuga jīvo Maheśvarānandajī. Bhakti, jñāna, aura yoga sādhanā, brahma-jñāna sukha kandha, viśva vijayī ho, mahāsamaraty avichala jñānabhaṅga. Yoga, yoga, jīvo Maheśvarānandajī. Yoga, yoga, jīvo Maheśvarānandajī. Prabhu dīpadāya loke amṛtāya śiṣya netāvaraso ānanda. Prabhu dīpadāya loke amṛtāya śiṣya netāvaraso ānanda. Juga, juga, jeevo, Maheśvarānandajī, samajha karā sabako karateho nirabandha. Apana rūpa samajha karā sabako karateho nirabandha. Jīvana mukta kare bhakthoko binā svārtha niṣkāmaṅda. Juga, juga, jeevo, Maheśvarānandajī. Yuga yuga jīva Maheśvarānandajī padāyālu ke amṛtāya śiṣya nita varaso ānanda prabhu dī padāyālu ke amṛtāya śiṣya nita varaso ānanda. Yuga yuga jīvam Maheśvarānandajī dīpanārāyaṇa rakte āpaneśam. Śrī Madhavānandajī Ānandase Kete Meto Sabadukha Pand ... Juga Juga Jīvo Maheśvara Ānanda Jī Bada Yaluke Amṛtaya Śiṣya Nithabaraso Ānanda Prabhu Dī Bada Yaluke Amṛtaya Śiṣya Nithabaraso Ānanda." You can see the greatness of our Gurudev. His Gurudev, Hindu Rām Samrāṭ Paramahaṁsvāmī Madhavānanda Gurujī Mahārāj, wrote this beautiful bhajan for Swāmījī. If a guru writes a bhajan dedicated to his disciple, and we are the disciples of that master, then how lucky we are. In the bhajan, Gurujī says that Gurudev always tells us in the evenings, "You all are in my heart, I am in your heart." Holī Gurujī says that Swāmījī treats everyone like his own, like himself. He removes the abundance, removes all the blockages, and frees us from them. Without any svārtha, without any eagerness for anything, he makes his bhaktas jīvanmukta; he frees all the devotees. This is the greatness of Viśvagurujī. That we all can be sitting here in this beautiful nature, in this beautiful heat in the ashram, is also his blessing. Without him, who knows where you all would be, where I would be, if I would even be in this universe. This is all His grace. Without any pay, without any power, without any discrimination, without treating anyone differently, to unite everyone from the whole world and bring them together—that is all He can do. In life, whenever you feel low or depressed, remember Hanumānjī and remember Gurudev. Then no more problems exist. If Hanumānjī, a strong, muscled man, could be depressed and then get energy just by looking towards Ayodhyā and feeling the wind coming from there, then we, who are touching Gurudeva's lotus feet, have even more. He is taking all our bad karmas, giving us blessings, helping us, and giving us that push. That's all we need. If we have Śrī Viśvagurujī with us, what is there to worry about? Charan means lotus feet, and rakḍī means when we place our head at his lotus feet. Then what cintā, what worry, do we have? Na lotosové nohy, čili když položíme svou mysl nebo svou hlavu k jeho lotosovým nohám, tak co by nás mělo trápit. So we all are happy, blessed people to be here in the presence of Gurudev and always having his love, mercy, and blessings. Takže jsme všichni požehnáni, že můžeme být tady v jeho přítomnosti a máme veškerou jeho lásku a požehnání. Thank you, Gurudev. Now, chanting the Guru Paduka Stotra. We will repeat the first śloka from the morning and then continue with the second one. "Bhakti-dābhyāṁ vairāgya-sāmrājya-dāpūjā-nābhyāṁ namo namaḥ śrī-guru-pādukābhyāṁ kavitvāvara śiśikarābhyāṁ śiśikarābhyāṁ kavitvāvarasi śikarābhyāṁ kavitvāvarasi śikarābhyāṁ. Kavetvavarasi nisakarabhyam, kavetvavarasi nisakarabhyam, kavitva-varashini-sakarabhyam, kavitva-varashini-sakarabhyam, daur bhagya-dhava buddha-mālika-bhyāma, dourbhāgya-dāvam buddha-mālika-bhyāma." The 'm' is half, so just join it. The 'm' and 'b' when you sing the whole line—the 'm' is only half, so you can connect the 'm' and 'b'. So not "Durbhā, Gyā, Dā, Vām, Bu, Dham." When you sing it together, it's "Dūrbha, Gya, Da, Vam, Bu, Dham." You connect them into one sound, 'm' and 'b'. "Daurbhāgyadāvam budhāmalikābhyām kavitvavarāśīniśākarābhyām. Daurbhāgyadāvam budhāmalikābhyām kavitvavarāśīniśākarābhyām. Daurbhāgyadāvam budhāmalikābhyām dhuri kretanāmra. Dhuri kretanāmra.... Dhuri kretanāmra..." In "vyāpatti," the "th" is a double "th." So "vyāpatti," you make it together, putting pressure on the "th." So "vyāpatti, tha, bhyām." In "vyāpatti," there are actually two 'th's on each other. "Dhuri kṛtānām rave patitābhyām namo namaḥ śrī gurupādukābhyām, namo namaḥ śrī guru-pādukābhyām, namo namaḥ śrī guru-pādukābhyām. Kavitvavara-śiṇiśākarābhyām daurbhāgyadāvam budhamālikābhyām dhūrīkṛtānāmravipattitābhyām namo namaḥ śrī-gurupādukābhyām. Kavitvavarāśiniśākarābhyāṁ daurbhāgyatāvaṁ budhamālikābhyām." For those of you who are writing, please write. Salutations to the sandals of my guru, which are the ocean of knowledge, resembling the moon. Salutations to the sandals of my guru, which are the ocean of knowledge, resembling the full moon, which is the water that puts out the fire of misfortunes, která uhasí oheň neštěstí, který je vodou, jež uhasuje oheň neštěstí nebo nepřízně, a který odstraňuje trápení těch, kdo ho zdraví tím pozdravem, kdy leží na zemi. Salutations to the sandals of my guru, which are the ocean of knowledge, resembling the full moon, which is the water that puts out the fire of misfortunes and removes the distress of those who prostrate before him. With this deep greeting. "Bhakti-dābhyāṁ vairāgya-sāmrājya-dappu-janābhyāṁ namo namaḥ śrī-guru-pādukābhyāṁ kavitva-vara-śiśiṣakārābhyāṁ daurbhāgya-dāvaṁ budha-mālikābhyāṁ." I'm not so good with rāgas, but you get the point. Rāgas don't suit me at all, but at least you can guess roughly. Oṁ Śānti, śānti,... Oṁ Śālapurījī Mahādeva kī jai, Devadevadeva Mahādeva kī jai, Śrīdīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān kī jai, Hindu Dharma Samrāṭ Paramahaṁsasvāmī Śrī Madhavānanda Pūjya Satgurudev Bhagavān kī jai, Viśvaguru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Paramahaṁsasvāmī Śrī Maheśvarānanda Pūjya Gurudev kī jai, Sat Sanātana Dharma kī jai, Āp sab bhaktōṁ kī jai, Praṇām Gurudev. Hari Oṁ, dear brothers and sisters. We heard such a nice lecture. Somehow, without thinking, we started to talk about the Rāmāyaṇa almost every day. I remember a few summer seminars where, on the web and in the strilky, Viśva Gurujī was giving not just translation but explanation, commentary on the Rāmāyaṇa. That is the most important thing: the commentary, the explanation of the Satguru. Those who really know have the knowledge about what is in the book. Thank God we have a Rāmāyaṇa translation in the Croatian language. Díky Bohu máme Rāmāyaṇu přeloženou v chorvačtině. Our dear brother, friend, Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Svāmījī... works and translates into the Croatian language. Protože náš drahý bratr, guru-bratr a přítel Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Svāmījī... ji přeložil do Chorvačtiny. It is a really heavy book, approximately three or four kilos. It's really for reading. What we said is that the Rāmāyaṇa is the best mirror. Inside, we are able to find every situation in our life and also find the explanation of how to cure that illness, that problem. Now we heard how the strong, mighty Hanumān gets depression and thinks about suicide. In that moment, you see that it's possible for every one of us to have the same thoughts, and that is completely normal. But inside this is the cure: how to cure that problem? You need a proper explanation. When we printed the Rāmāyaṇa in Croatian, we made a few promotions of the book. The first was in Zagreb. We invited for the promotion talk Gyaneshwarji, an online professor of Sanskrit from the Zagreb University Indology Department, and also a Croatian professor from the university. He also gave a little talk about the Rāmāyaṇa. Oh my God. Svāmī Anandi and I lost our nerves. I lost my teeth because I was... and you can't say anything because you invited that person, a professor, somebody in charge in the Indology department who also knows about the Rāmāyaṇa. He said one good thing that I didn't know: that the Rāmāyaṇa written by Vālmīki is the first known writing in poetry. When Brahmā, or I don't know who, said to Vālmīki that he would write the Rāmāyaṇa, Vālmīki said, "But I don't know how to write and read." Já ale přece neumím ani číst, ani psát. Já neumím sánskrt. A vlastně, co to je, ta poezie? A Brahmā mu řekl, o to se nestarej, buď jenom šťastný. As Guru Kṛpā, everything was possible, and he wrote the first known poetry in Sanskrit. The professor said that, but after that he started with, oh my God... He said, "Yes, everybody said for Rāma that he is great, but he did something wrong. He killed Vālī from behind, and that was not honorable." Okay, that is true. That is written inside. But if you don't know the meaning of that, it is a disaster. Reading ancient scriptures without having knowledge and explanation from the guru, who really knows the meaning, and you don't have the guru's explanation from someone who really knows that meaning—then we will be completely confused. Ten člověk měl opravdu určité poznání, ale ne poznání znalosti, ale nebyly od gurua. Completely lost. What is the meaning of Rāma killing Vālī from behind and putting his brother Sugrīva in his place? Jeho místo bratra. Co to znamená? When you have the explanation from the guru, you identify with it and say, "Yes, this is how I can solve some of my problems, the problems of Vālī." Vālī's idea of life was just to enjoy the senses. One of his ideals was sleeping with all the ladies. He also wanted to sleep with his brother's wife. He was strong and asked for one siddhi: that nobody would be able to defeat him, and if somebody came to duel with him, immediately that person would lose half of his energy and strength, and that energy would go to Vālī. What is the meaning of this? Everybody who is a little addicted to chocolate, alcohol, coffee, anything, knows this. You say, "Okay, now I will not drink coffee," or especially with drugs or alcohol. When you say, "I will stop drinking alcohol," and you are not drinking, but suddenly a bottle of whiskey or nice chocolate stands in front of you, immediately you lose 50% of your strength. Everybody with a little addiction knows this is the truth. Immediately you lose strength. How will you defeat that? You are battling alcohol, chocolate, or addiction. Jak porazíte tu svojí závislost? Not from the front. It doesn't go from the front. You will not say, "From now on, I am not drinking alcohol." Nejde to tak, že si řeknete: "Teď nepiju alkohol." And you will not go to your old society and tell them, "No, guys, from today I am not drinking anymore." They will say, "In 15 minutes, you will be the most drunk person in that bar." It is not possible. You must go away from that society and avoid temptation. Because of that, Viśva Gurujī many times said, "Avoid temptation." When Gurujī spoke about temptation, he usually told the story from this morning about a bear in the water. We think we are strong enough, but if we once taste the drug, that bear will hold us and pull us down. Never. Always pray, "Never put me in temptation." Because of that, if you want to kill Vālī, you must go from behind. You will not sit in front in the bar and say, "Now I am not an alcoholic," but from behind you will go and defeat your temptation. And Rāma put Sugrīva in the place of the king. Sugrīva. Why? Because it also translates to "nice necklace," but a better translation is what horses have: reins. Uzda. Koňská uzda. It means our mind must be well under control. And Rāma, God—with which kind of mind will He be able to work? Only with a mind that is really under our control. If you know this, it is only one little story in a big book. You will find the solution to your problem. You know what you need in your life: a mind that is really under control. Rāma, you know, many years ago Swāmījī told us that we need to know the meaning of the first letter of our name. For me, it was completely science fiction what Swāmījī told us. Okay, my name is V. Vivek Purī. What does V mean? I didn't know. I thought maybe "victory" or something like that—how stupid we in the West can be. I started to dig a little and tried to figure it out. A začal jsem vlastně rámovým jménem. Rāma is two syllables: Rā-ma. "Rā" means light, sun. "Ma" means... actually... What Rāma means is that light which is in us, that light in our heart. What does God have to do with us? We need the mind under control, and that is that story in the Rāmāyaṇa. I told you how a professor at the university, in the department of Indology, thinks about that story, and what the reality is. One is a story without deep knowledge, and we will be completely confused. The other is a story with explanation, with the commentary of the Divine Soul. A druhý je příběh s vysvětlením, s komentářem od božské duše. A to je pro nás, pro všechny to požehnání. Svāmījī's lectures, if you look in the past through this Rāmāyaṇa—I think they are on DVD and other media—you will find the Rāmāyaṇa so nicely explained. Listen to those lectures. Really, only one story is enough for a whole life. Like what we heard a few days ago: only one word from the satsaṅg is enough for saving your life. Because of that, the Rāmāyaṇa is the mirror in which you are able to see situations from your own life and also how to solve them. Ve kterém se zrcadlí situace z vašeho vlastního života a máte to i s tím řešením, jak ty situace vyřešit. Ale jedině, pokud k tomu máte ten výklad božské duše. You need not go. You are so good. And, yeah, I always looked very good. Vyšpa Grudži říká, že to bylo moc hezké, ale bylo to moc rychle.