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Nāham kārataḥ, prabhūdīpa kārataḥ, mābhūdīkārataḥ hi kevalam, śāntiḥ śāntiḥ... Sadā Śiva Samarambhām Śaṅkarācārya Madhyamām Asmadācārya Paryantām Vande Guru Paramparām. Gurur Brahmā, Gurur Viṣṇu, Gurur Devo Maheśvara. Gurur Sākṣāt Para Brahma, Tasmai Śrī Gurave Namaḥ. Nātha Śrī Jagannātha, Madguru Śrī Jagadguru. Māmātmā Sarvabhūtātmā, Tasmai Śrī Guruvinama Om Śalākpur Jī Mahādev, Kī Jai, Devād Dev Devaśvara Mahādev, Kī Jai, Śadīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān, Kī Jai, Hindu Dharma Samrāṭ Paramahaṁsa Svāmī Śrī Madhuhanand Pūjya Sadguradeva. Bhagavān, Kī Jāī, Viśva Guru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Paramahaṁsa Svāmī Śrī Maheśvarānanda Pūjya Gurudeva, Kī Jāī. Salutations to the Cosmic Self. Salutations to Śrī Alakpurījī Siddha Pīṭha Paramparā. My Dhamma praṇāms to Abhidhārad Guru Dev, His Holiness Viśvaguru Mahāmudāleśwar Maheśvarānand Purījī Guru Dev. Devovi, Jeho Svatosti, Svāmīmu Maheśvarānand Jīmuma. Namohanarantu Mahāmudāleśvara Vekpurījī Mahārāja and all the sannyāsīs present here. Hari Om, and good morning to all of you present here and watching through Swamiji TV. Dharma. Not Dharmarāj, but Dharma. So, how should we know our Dharma? We all have certain duties to do in our lives. We all came here for a certain reason on this planet, to do certain things. Some are teachers, some are doctors, some are engineers, some are artists, some are different things. So whatever we are doing, everyone has a different thing that they do. As I mentioned earlier, the neighbor’s garden always looks greener. We might be having a tough day in our job, or we might think that, "Okay, I’m a doctor, but I think engineering would be easier for me." I want to do that. So whenever we see other people doing their part of their dharma, we think that we want to do that because this is easier. We always try to go the easy way, or the way which seems easier, but it is necessarily not easier. Like the shortcut which I took on a walk once upon a time. Swamiji was going for a walk, and I said, "Swamiji, this is too long; I will take my shortcut." And that shortcut ended up two hours longer than the long cut which Swāmījī was taking. So, same as in life, we always try to find the shortcuts, and we always try to find the easy way out. Once upon a time, there was one sādhu having a bath in the river. He saw a scorpion in the water, and the sādhu picked up the scorpion because it was drowning. But as soon as the scorpion was on his hand, it stung him. As we know, snake bites are venomous and can lead to death or significant sickness. But the scorpion, when it stings, hurts a lot. I know by experience because when I was young, I was in a Nepal ashram. And you know, Swāmījī, how he loves to say, "Oh, there’s this rock, pick this up," or, "There’s this leaf, pick this up." So there were small stones in the middle of the road, and he said, "Okay, pick these up." And I was picking it up, and a scorpion stung me. It was a baby scorpion, but it stung me on my finger. So I still remember it, so you know how much it might hurt. And this is also the Gurudev’s līlā, no? When he tells you to do something, or when he tells you to wait for going home or something, there’s always a significant reason behind it. Maybe if I would walk further, a snake would bite me and I would die. So something less than death is good. No, I mean, I don’t mind, but still, in general, I’m saying. So, a scorpion bite was better. So, just if something bad happens to you, if you are hurt, or if a thorn goes in your leg, just keep in mind that this was Gurudeva protecting us, and instead of a thorn, we could have been crushed by something and died. Even in negative times and hard times, if you think about the positive part in that negative, then it is also helpful, and it will be much easier for us to go through it. There is everywhere negativity and positivity, but within that negativity, there is also something positive to take out of it. And any failure in life is a path we have crossed, and it is something to learn from and not repeat in the future, so we can go ahead. And every time you hit that stone, you just think, "OK, another stone, and I have crossed this one also successfully." Push on, move forward. So that scorpion stung that Mahātma on his palm. And he did like this, and it fell in the water again. And then he again picked it up, and again the scorpion stung him. And this repeated a few times. And a man was sitting nearby and watching, thinking, "What is he doing?" He says, "Bābājī, something is wrong in your head, some screws are loose." He said, "No, I am doing my dharma." So your dharma is to get tortured and get bitten by a scorpion? He said, "No, my dharma as a sannyāsī is compassion to every single living being. So I’m doing my dharma by putting it out of the water and protecting the scorpion. And the scorpion’s dharma is to sting when it feels danger. And the scorpion is doing its dharma. So we both are doing our own individual dharmas." In the same way, we have to try to continue doing our dharma, our work which we are doing, without giving up. And it doesn’t matter how many times the scorpion stings you, just keep on going. Giving up, we lose everything then. And then we start again from the beginning. So it takes again that same amount of work, or even more, because you are starting something new. So it’s easier and better to continue and grow in whichever field you are in. In the same way, Nārada’s dharma was to preach, to be a sage, and to protect humankind. And once upon a time, Nārada saw a beautiful lady’s hand. Nowadays, we say love at first sight. For Nārada, it was love at first sight of the palm. So he felt so much in love, and he had so much attraction towards that princess that he wanted to get married to her. And luckily, the father, the king, organized a big program, and he told that all the people, all the princes and kings who want to get married to my daughter should stand in one line. And the princess will come see you, and whoever she selects or likes, she will put the mālā on your neck. So Nārada said, "Very good, good opportunity for me." So, who is Nārada’s boss? Lord Viṣṇu. So he goes to Lord Viṣṇu and he said, "Lord, one request, minor." He said, "I like a girl, and I want to get married to her." What do you want from me? He says, "I want your form, the form of Hari." Hari is another name of Lord Viṣṇu. So Viṣṇu Bhagavān said, "Tathāstu," which means, "So be it." Nārada was very happy. He went back to Prativloka. And he went to that ceremony, and he stood in the line. And then comes what? He goes, "I am the most... I, I, I." When that "I" comes, then the humans are like this. I am the most beautiful person looking in this whole line of people. I have the form and the face of Lord Hari himself. So there is no doubt that this princess will put the garland on me and choose me as her husband. So the princess comes slowly, slowly. She sees everyone. And when she comes in front of Nārada, she gives Nārada a funny smile or a smirk, and continues further. And then what comes after ego? Anger. So then came anger. "How dare she? I am the most beautiful person in this universe, and she rejected me?" And he got angry and left the hall. And outside the palace, there was a beautiful pond, and he saw his own reflection in the water. And seeing his own reflection, he saw that he had the face of a monkey. Because Hari also means monkey, so Hari can mean Lord Viṣṇu, or Hari can also mean, in Sanskrit, monkey. So Lord Viṣṇu’s līlā was that when he asked for the form of Hari, he didn’t say, "I want your form." He said, "I want the form of Hari." So Lord Viṣṇu gave him the form of Hari. That’s how also Gurudev plays with us sometimes, no? When he knows that this is not good for us, but our itch, our wish to have that certain thing is very high, he will still make that wish complete in another way that makes us realize that, okay, this path is not good for me. Sometimes the words do not affect us enough. Our own actions have to happen for us to realize that, okay, I messed up maybe. And after that realization happens, then we start following the right path. So Nārada went back to Lord Viṣṇu, and he said, "I am angry at you." Like we come to Swāmījī. Swamiji, you didn’t do this for me. I wanted this, but you didn’t give it to me. So, in the same way, he goes to his boss. Sometimes people ask me, "So, are you coming back to Europe in August?" So I say, ask the big boss. So Nārada’s big boss was Viṣṇu, so he went there and he said, "You cheated, you lied to me." And this is our buddhi which we don’t use properly, and whatever. If something wrong is happening, it’s not our fault. This is the human tendency. This is the human mind. That doesn’t matter if it’s our own wrongdoings. We will never accept it. First, we will blame our parents, or our brothers, sisters, family. Then we get the realization, okay, maybe it’s not their fault. Then we blame our guru. Then we feel bad, okay, we can’t do that. And then what do we do? God’s fault, he did it, not us, never us. We as humans, we can never do something wrong? Impossible. I am better than that. So this "I", try to reduce that "I" part and not say that God did it, but maybe yes, I have made a mistake, and I will not do it again, and I will try to fix my mistakes and learn from them. And why did Lord Viṣṇu do that? Because he did not want to lose Nārada as a sage for the world. If Nārada would be gone, we wouldn’t have the Nārada Bhakti Sūtras. And we wouldn’t have a walking CCTV walking around our globe. Narada is always walking here. He’s reporting everything to Lord Viṣṇu. So that is why we should try to follow our own dharma and not try to follow other people’s dharma. Listen to your own heart. Take blessings and advice from your guru. And do what feels right to you. And if you give it your fullest, if you give your all, your dedication towards anything that you are going to do, you will achieve whatever you are wishing for. Oh yeah, one more thing I forgot. You know how famous the Indian speed post is. I have this experience now, recently, with Arjun Purī. The process for my visa was quite slightly delayed. So, in the same way, the opening happened on the 19th of February, right? And the letter is dated on the 9th of February, but we got it now recently. So they wanted me to read it out. It’s a letter from the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Swamijī, congratulating him for the opening. "It is delightful to know about the inauguration of Om Ashram in Pali, Rajasthan, on the occasion of the 101st birth anniversary of Swami Madhavān Purījī. India has been a land of saints and sages for centuries, who have nurtured the sacred land with the flow of their wisdom, emphasizing humanity and brotherhood. Swami Mādhavānanda Purījī continuously inspired society with his thoughts and ideals. Today, people around the world are progressing on the path of spirituality, drawing inspiration from India’s divine knowledge and philosophy. I hope this newly constructed Om Āśram will establish a strong identity as a spiritual center for devotees from both India and abroad, India’s rich heritage of yoga and meditation. Additionally, the premises built in the shape of the OM symbol will attract devotees with its unique architecture. Heartfelt congratulations to Swāmī Maheśvarānanda Bodhījī and everyone involved in the construction and inauguration ceremony of this āśram. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, New Delhi, February 9th, 2024." It was in Hindi, we translated it into English. So in our lives, we shouldn’t be slow like the Indian speed post; we should be faster than that. All of you have the mantras from yesterday? Does anyone still remember the Sannyāsūkta? I think not much, because that was the first group. But it will still be good to learn it from Facebook or YouTube, or wherever you can find it, because it’s a really nice Sūkta. And my wish is that all of us, in our daily yoga life, we know that whenever Swāmījī comes, we can welcome him with the Sannyāsa Sūkta. No, no,... this is different. We are learning this. Sannyāsūkta was two weeks back. So, for those of you who want to listen, I will chant the Sannyāsūkta. Parināṇakam nihitam guhāyam vibhrājate tad-yatayo viśanti vedānta-vijñāna-suniścitārthāḥ sannyāsa-yogād yatayaḥ śuddhasattvāḥ. Ā te brahmaloke tu parāntakāle parāmṛtāt parimucyanti sarve. Tad dharmaṁ vipāpaṁ param eṣa bhūtaṁ yat puṇḍarīkāṁ puram adhyasatkṛṣṭam. Tattrāpi tad dharmaṁ gaganam viśokas tasmin yadantas. So this was the Sannyāsūkta. So, continuing what we learned yesterday, we will chant that first. What we learned yesterday. First, we will sing what we learned yesterday. And today we will learn the mantra, which I sing after every one of my lectures, which is for the well-being of everyone. Svasti prajābhyaḥ paripālayantam... Svasti prajābhyaḥ paripālayantam... Svasti prajābhyām paripālayantam... Nyāyena mārgeṇa... Nyāyena mārgeṇa... Mahīṁ mahīśāḥ... Jñāna, jñāna... Svasti prajābhyām paripālayantām nyāyena mārgeṇa mahīṁ mahīśāḥ... Nyāyena mārgeṇa mahīṁ mahīśāḥ... Go brāhmaṇebhyo... Go brāhmaṇebhyo... Go brāhmaṇebhyo śubham astu nityam... Go brāhmaṇebhyo śubham astu nityam... Lokāḥ samastāḥ sukhino bhavantu... Lokāḥ samastāḥ sukhino bhavantu... Loka samastha sukhino bhavantu... Svasti prajābhyām paripālayantam nyāyena mārgeṇa mahīṁ mahīśāḥ... Who wants to write the translation? Please write the translation. Who wants to listen, listen. May there be well-being to the people. May the rulers rule the earth along the right path, which means may there be well-being to the people. May the rulers rule the earth along the right path. May there be welfare for the animals and the scholars. May all worlds be happy. May there be well-being to all the people. May the rulers rule the earth along with the right path. May there be welfare for the animals and scholars. May all the worlds and all the people living in this world be happy. May all the worlds and all the people who live here be happy. Hari Om. Śrī Deep Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jai. Devadū Divya Viśva Mahādeva Kī Jai. Hindu Dharma Samrāṭ Paramahaṁsa Śrī Madhavānanda Purījī Satgurudeva Bhagavān Kī Jai. Viśva Guru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Paramahaṁsa Śrī Maheśvarānanda Purījī Gurudeva Kī Jai. Sat Sanātana. Dharma kī jaya, Haranaṁ, Aparvati Pādaye, Har Har Mahādeva, Śambhu, Hari Om. Dear brothers and sisters, now, today we finish also one part of the seminar. For those who were here for the week and weekend. Also, yesterday we had a nice Guru Pūrṇimā program. And we talk a lot about the importance of the Gurudev. We have a satsaṅg every week. And the satsaṅg is one of the most important things for our development because satsaṅg is the only chance to stay on the yoga path. And in bhajan, it is said, "Oh, how I am wondering, and how I am waiting for satsaṅg and for meeting with my brother satsaṅgīs." And have that on the mind. It’s very important because, without support, especially in the beginning, it will be very, very hard. If you think that we are able to survive as an individual, it is just cheating ourselves. If you look at any big, enormous fish in the beginning, that fish is very small. And when they come on this earth, they need protection, and the best protection is in unity with more fish. After, it’s possible to be alone. But you know that after, because air is coming and noise is coming also, and after, when you know that you are able to be alone in that moment, you are like a Viśvagurujī. You can be alone, but you don’t want. Because they said that the more haughtier part of hell is reserved for those people who have knowledge but are not sharing that knowledge. And not because of that, but because they have such a feeling, such a love for the people, and they want to share that knowledge like a medicine to the people. And when you came home, when you will come home, always have on your mind that satsaṅg is very important. Try not to escape satsaṅg. Always, we have some excuse, like what we heard a few minutes ago: humans are the best at finding a good excuse for us, for themselves. If it’s the sun, "Oh, it is too strong, I can’t go," or in the āśram. Is the climate AC? They are blowing on me, or it is too hot to be in the āśram. Every time you will find a good excuse. Or you don’t like people in the satsaṅg. Always a good excuse is found. And nobody will suffer if you will not come. Only one person will suffer, and that is you. In the satsaṅg, on the full moon, usually we listen to Guru Gītā and try to really listen to Guru Gītā. I have listened to Guru Gītā for more than 40 years, and I must say that every time I hear something new inside. In the beginning, I was thinking, "Okay, maybe I slept during the Guru Gītā." Maybe I think of something, but so many times I listen and read, and always there is something new inside. That is something. You know a story, not a story, but an anecdote with Śrī Devapurījī? When one of his bhaktas, who was very proud of his knowledge and big bibliothèque, showed Devapurījī so many books. And Devpurījī said, "Okay, now bring all these books into the garden." And he put a fire. You know what you will have in that situation. Especially in our dear Gajānand. And after that, Devpurījī took and found a few books which were not even touched by the fire. And he said, "That book is for reading." It was, I don’t know how many years ago, but imagine what is now. Now it’s even worse. We have so many books, but it is so much garbage. We have so many lectures, different lectures on YouTube, but also so many empty words. And to find the real books, it is not easy. When you find such a book, such a text that is for svādhyāya, that is for reading and reading and reading. But in the moment when you said, "I read already, I know everything inside," I hear that many times from Swāmījī. "I know this." It is meaning that you are in the problem, and that moment, be very careful. When such thoughts come to your mind, that you know already all this, and you hear all this, and I read this few times, and I know this by heart, it means that we are in a big problem because we are not practicing, we are not trying to utilize that knowledge, and when we are not practicing and utilizing this knowledge, we just get stuck in one place. But if you practice, if you have your sādhanā, if you think about what you read, you will go deeper and deeper into that knowledge. Such books are Chakra and Kuṇḍalinī from Viśva Gurujī, our yoga and daily life is forever. And I remember myself many years ago, I was leading two, three years only yoga for spinal column, and I was completely pissed off about this. All the time the same, but thanks God, thanks to Mahāprabhujī, in one moment during the leading class I realized that if you think, if you practice, and if you want to feel on your body, mind, and all five bodies all the time, you may go deeper and deeper. And if you have only five āsanas, and you practice all these five āsanas every day, but with the awareness of your body, of your breathing, of your mind, prāṇa, everything, you will go with those five āsanas every day deeper and deeper. Many times, in the seminars... I also said what I heard from Viśākhā Gurujī on the opening, many years ago, of the first āśram in Novi Sad. You know such moments when you exactly know where you hear something. Just, you know, where you sit, you see immediately a picture of everything. Such moments have a deep impact on you and the meaning for you in your life. Such is the way about meditation. Swamiji started giving a satsaṅg. Swamiji started to talk about satsaṅg, and he said that he was thinking a lot of time why in India people are meditating thousands and thousands of years and didn’t have any problem. And here in the West, people start to meditate and start to have problems. They start to make a fantasy, lose reality completely, not crazy, but lose. And Swamiji said, "I was thinking. Physically, we are the same. Mentally, same. On each aspect, we are the same. No difference between India and here, the West. If you go deeper in the tradition, same tradition. Everything is the same, but still, in the West, people have problems." And Swāmījī said, "And finally, I found what is the problem. In India, when people meditate, they think on the beloved one, relax, and repeat. Month and here on the West, all the time some new technique, and not new technique. But every yoga class, you have the feeling that you must give some new technique because people will be bored, and you need to make a lot of fantasy. But we are not giving some visualization, something we learned from Viśvagurujī. But we need to make more interest. You know, now films are not like they were 20 years ago. If it’s in the first two minutes, it’s not five deaths and five explosions, you said it is boring. You need action." And once I bought one CD, I made a mistake. I was thinking that is the music for meditation, but I put it inside, and it started with, you know, this American voice—sorry, my dear friends from America—but you know exactly which kind of voice? I say I can’t repeat, reproduce this. "Hello. I am a doctor. Dobrý den. And I will lead you into the space and love world of meditation. OK. Dobře. And start. A začátek. Imagine this, imagine that." I got muscle pain, like running from one to the third, and after a few minutes, I just did not put it in the garbage but destroyed it because that was really garbage. And we think, "Oh, they sold one million copies, it must be good," and we try to copy it in our yoga class. No, try not to do this. Try to really, what Vishwagurujī said, keep and go a little deeper, because if you every time change something, it is not only that you will dig different valleys, but also, like when you are going through the forest, a big forest, and if you want to come from one point to another, you must cut the bush. Okay? If you go every day on the same path, every day you will clean a little more, and finally we will come to the point we want, but the path will be every day better and better. And it will be, in the end, like a highway. If every day we go to the other, we will destroy the bush, we will have pain in the muscles, and we will not come to the point, to our aim. And because of that, listen carefully with the awareness of Guru Gītā. Read our books carefully. And thank God we have such good lectures from Vishwa Gurujī. Go to the root, go to the old, old lecture. Listen a few times, and you will find inside so many precious stones that you will be—I am really shocked. I saw myself on the video that I’m sitting. But I don’t remember anything from that lecture, and try to listen to satsaṅg at home. Also, make satsaṅg. You don’t need to listen for two hours, fifteen minutes. One lecture you take for the whole week. And overthink about this, we don’t need all the time something new. We need to go deeper, that is important. We don’t need so many pictures, we need only one picture. And if we have only one picture, that will save the bell for us. I always joke. When you have a driving car and, somehow, in one moment you give a little more speed, and you feel under the seat that you go a little, not like you want. What you said in that moment, it is not necessary to tell aloud. What you think in that moment, your name, name of the guru, mantra, oh shit, only this, and we said in the moment of our death, on what we will think, there we will go. Because of that, it’s anuṣṭhāna is very important. Mantra Anuṣṭhāna is, because of that, very important. We need to overwrite all the thoughts. Or, in that moment, what will we tell? Overwrite the bad with good thoughts. It is not easy, but for that we need practice. Nowadays, we will call this neuroplasticity, and don’t think I am old, I can’t do this. We are able to do this, and not wait for the tomorrow, because tomorrow will never come, for everything we need now. And on the way home, you have time for good satsaṅg, two or eight hours, depending on which part you are living. Also, you have time for repeating your mantra, and also try at home to make a nice cleaning process. Everything that is garbage, put in the garbage. Once I got a book, and inside it was explaining how important it is to breathe without interval between inhalation and exhalation, what is not true? Such breathing is hyperventilation and finally brings on psychosis. Okay, I read a little. And they said, "This technique I got from the captain of the starship." What to do? Recycle paper. You know, there is so much nonsense in the world. I saw on YouTube a few days ago that one of our friends, who was also a disciple of Swāmījī, now talks about preparation for contact with our galactic brothers. And what is with your brothers here? So much nonsense. And for that, we need Viveka. For that, we need common sense. And really try, from this moment, to keep purity in your thoughts and also purity in your library. Say deep number one. Kī je. Sī alā kuī jisidā pitpām parā. Kī je.