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Oṃ Śrī Alakh Purījī Mahādeva Kī Jai, Devād Deva Devaśvara Mahādeva Kī Jai, Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jai, Hindu Dharma Samrāṭ Paramahaṁsa Svāmī Śrī Mādhavānanda Purījī, Satguru Dev Bhagavān Kī Jai, Sadāśiva Samarambhaṁ Śaṅkarācārya Madhyamam, Asmadāchārya Paryantaṁ Vande Guru Paramparāṁ। Gurur Brahmā, Gurur Viṣṇu, Gurur Devo Maheśvaraḥ, Gurur Sākṣāt Paraṁ Brahma, Tasmai Śrī Gurave Namaḥ। Mannātha Śrī Jagannātha, Madguru Śrī Jagadguru, Mamātmā Sarvabhūtātmā, Tasmai Śrī Gurave Namaḥ। Salutations to the Cosmic Self. Salutations to Śrī Alakhpurījī Siddha Pīṭha Paramparā Mahādharmāt. Praṇāms to our beloved Guru Dev, His Holiness, Viśvaguru Mahāmaṇḍaleśwar Maheśvarānand Purījī. Om Namaḥ Nārāyaṇa to all the sannyāsīs present here, and Hari Om and good morning to all of you who are present here and who are watching through Swamijī TV. It feels the same as Jadan for me. One day before Swamiji comes, my head is everywhere; I woke up much earlier than I usually do. And yes, nothing changed—whether Swāmījī is coming from Europe to India or if I’m in Europe and he’s coming here, the feeling is the same. So we are all very happy and eagerly waiting for him to come. But now we have something more beautiful here—not more beautiful than Swamiji coming, but more beautiful than my speech. Our dear future generation, of whom I am very proud, have some performances for all of us. So, welcome. Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Jaya, Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Jaya, Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Jaya, Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Jaya, Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Jaya, Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Jaya, Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Jai, Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Jai, Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Jai, Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Jai, Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Jai, Śrī. It means that the thread of friendship is broken. After a short time, they realize it was a stupid thing to do. They want to connect it again, so they talk to each other once more. But the thread will always include the knot. So, we and the children wish you a dress without knots, and that we are at least sometimes able to manage to control our anger. And thank you to Avatārpuri Jī for this beautiful story for all of us. At the end, we will show you a few exercises against anger. Bhagavān Kī Jai. Excuse me, dear brothers and sisters, Swāmījī, Avatārapurījī, and all. Excuse my voice, I might cough from time to time. My mother was very clever. I was a bit angry sometimes. It has been lovely to be here. I’ve been here just over ten days, though it feels like many weeks. Originally, I was to be here one week and leave last Tuesday. Now I will be going to Vienna later today and will finally see our Vishwaguru Swamījī. It has been really lovely hearing all the different people speaking, and the different teachers teaching the yoga āsanas and meditations. Many people said, including Swāmī Avatārapurī, how fortunate, how lucky we are. We are lucky that we have a direct connection to the Divine through our living Master, through Viśvagurujī, through Mahāprabhujī in our heart, and the entire lineage. I feel Mahāprabhujī most, so I say him. But there are many people in the world who aren’t so lucky as to have a direct connection to the Divine. And we even forget sometimes, if we feel sad or lonely or angry, or jealous, or mada, lobha, krodha—all of that. It means we’ve lost that connection. We’re still connected, but we forgot. So it can happen to all of us. But we have our mantra, we have our gurus to reconnect. There are other people in the world who have gurus and a lineage of masters through which they also connect to the Divine. Many other people have their masters and are connected in a similar way. But many people don’t, and then they suffer. And when people suffer, they often make other people suffer—and animals. So I’d like to ask if we could all together pray the peace mantra, for all the people and all the animals who are right now suffering. Last week, on Friday, I gave a small talk at the end of the āsana class, and we did the same. We chanted the peace mantra, the prayer of peace, as a prayer for all of us. From Viśvagurujī I learned how important it is when we think of other people—whether they are already here or not—with a sense of freedom and all the things they need to be happy. So as we chant the peace mantras, we can think of specific people. If we have someone in mind whom we know personally who is suffering, or people in different parts of the world who are suffering very much at the moment, or particular animals in the different industries for meat, farming, sport, hunting, and scientific experimentation—we think of all these animals and people in their joy, that they are happy. And really, it helps. In your personal family or friends with whom you have regular contact, rather than thinking, “Oh, always when I see her or see him, it’s difficult, she has a frown on her face,” we can think of them being happy, with a smile on their face, and that the relations are smooth and good. I’ve been trying this with my sister. She’s in Australia; I’m usually here in Europe. I don’t think she’s watching the webcast, but somehow she’s happier, and her relation to me from her side is happier, and it’s a great relief. So whenever I think of her, I try not to remember the difficult times, but just think of her in joy. The peace mantra, from “Asatoma” all the way through, in its translation, wishes peace for the trees, the water, all of nature, the elements, Brahma, and everything in the universe—one by one it is mentioned in the mantra. So, together: Mṛtyormā Amṛtam Gamaya। Sarveśām Svastir Bhavatu। Sarveśām Śāntir Bhavatu। Sarveśām Maṅgalam Bhavatu। Sarveśām Pūrṇam Bhavatu। Lokāḥ samastāḥ sukhino bhavantu। Oṃ dyoḥ śāntiḥ। Oṃ antarikṣaṃ śāntiḥ। Oṃ pṛthvī śāntiḥ। Oṃ apāḥ śāntiḥ। Oṃ oṣadhayaḥ śāntiḥ। Oṃ vanaspatayaḥ śāntiḥ। Oṃ viśvedevāḥ śāntiḥ। Oṃ brahma śāntiḥ। Oṃ sarvaṃ śāntiḥ। Oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ। Om Sama Śāntir Edihi। Om Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ... Feel the peace. Pracitāmṛ. Oṁ Bale Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jai, Viśvagurujī Śrī Svāmī Maheśvarānanda Satguru Devakī Jai। Pūrṇamadaḥ Pūrṇamidam Pūrṇāt Pūrṇamudhacyate, Pūrṇasya Pūrṇamādhāya Pūrṇamevāvaśiṣyate। Nāhaṁ Kartā Prabhudīp Kartā, Mahāprabhudīp Kartā, He Kevalaṁ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ... Praṇām Śrī Alakhpurījī Siddha Pīṭha Paramparā। Dear Swāmī Avatārapurījī Mahārāj, my praṇām to all sannyāsīs present, dear brothers and sisters, hariyom, and to those who are watching Swāmijī TV. Swāmī Avatārapurījī asked me if I could share some words about my experience in India. I remember when I was a child, how I worked with wood in the āśrams in Nepal, in Balāgud, and so on. So, yes, I came to India in 2002. After spending six months in New Delhi with Jaī Prakāś Jī, it was a big inspiration for me—how long I could stay there. The most possible was to stay for five years. So he inspired me greatly to stay for as long as possible. I went home, made some money, got a visa, and then stayed there for the next period of five years. The next duty was in the kitchen in Jadan. After about three years, Swāmījī said, “No, it’s time that Arjuna Purījī goes to Nepal.” So I went to Nepal, packed my things. Mainly, the duties there were to do pūjās and keep the ashram clean. Swamiji also gave me some books to read, after a lot of work in India in the kitchen. He told me to read some books, so I prefer the Kṛṣṇalīlās and Rāmāyaṇas, Mahābhāratas in, like, children’s versions. As some of you know, I do sculptures and art, so I got a lot of inspiration to do paintings. Most likely, I did my sādhanā. Sometimes it took even three to four hours in the morning. It was a big blessing for me to somehow absorb Gurujī’s life there, Mahāprabhujī’s presence. I already spoke some Hindi, and I made friends in the neighborhood with the Indian people. I had some long walks to have darśan of some temples from ancient times, from Mahābhārata times, very special. And also, a big nectar was to listen to stories, legends that are actually very present and living in India, more here. Stories are very, very vivid in India. I don’t know how to express it, but you see the people, for example. You know the story of Amit Chaji from the little Amrit. Some people knew him, and I even heard that there were witnesses—some grandparents said—that on Amāvasyā, the black moon, he could manifest the whole moon, the full moon. Śrī Śrī... And I stayed in Nepal, and he went to Bolā Guḍā. He gave me a lot of inspiration to do dhunī, which until today I sometimes do as a hobby. After some time—I don’t know how to calculate the time—I spent some time with Samādhi, who is living now in New Delhi. So, the hardest work that Samādhi Jī and I did was to make pizza and sweets for our dear Avatārapurī Jī. It was a competition. Yes, after that, we also had a good time in Nepal. Swamiji gave us some chapters of the Bhagavad Gītā to learn, because Samādhi is a beautiful teacher’s soul, and Arjuna is learning. After some time, Devānand went from Bolā Guḍā, and I went to live in Bolā Guḍā. I got the task to be there. It’s a very powerful ashram, with many fireplaces, and it was really, really beautiful. I made a place where I could sleep under the sky. I would put one kilo of weeds in the evening, and in the morning when the peacocks and squirrels came, they would wake me up. It was an application clock. As you know, there is also this gufā (cave), where Maṅgyālājī spent about three months in samādhi. I took advantage, of course, to meditate inside. There was one interesting story—I mean, experience. One evening, as every evening, sometimes some Indians came; there came two persons with a coconut. We had a prayer. In a moment, I saw something like Mahāprabhujī closing his eyes—the statue. So at the end of the prayer, I was thinking, “Well, what’s that? Did I imagine? Did I not imagine?” The mind. And then the Indian came and said, “Today, prayer was very successful. The Lord, the Mūrti, was blinking with his eyes.” So I felt very blessed. Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jaya, Deveśvara Mahādeva Kī Jaya, Hindu Dharma Sarasvatī Svāmī Madhākṛṣṇān Bhagavān Kī Jaya, Viśvagurū Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Śrī Svāmī Maheśvarānandajī, Gurū Deva Kī Jaya। Svasti Prajābhyāḥ Paripālayantaṁ Nyāyena, Namarge Nāmahīna Mahiṣa। Gauvrām Maṇebhyo Śavamastu Nityaṁ Loka, Samasta Sukhino Bhavantu। Oṁ Śrī Alakh Purī Jī, Mahādeva, Kī Jai। Devādideveśvara, Mahādeva, Kī Jai। Śrīdīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān, Kī Jai। Hindudharma Samrāṭ, Paramahaṁsa, Śrī Madhavānanda Purī Jī, Satgurudeva, Bhagavān। Kī Jai, Viśvaguru, Mahāmaṇḍaleśvar, Paramahaṁsa, Śrī Māheśvarānanda Purījī, Gurudeva, Kī Jai, Haraṇāmāv Pārvatī, Bhaṭe, Harahara, Mahādeva, Śambhu।