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Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī, Śrī Śrī Devpurījī Mahādeva Kī, Mādhav Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān Kī, Satya Sanātana Dharma Kī, Āj Ke Ānanda Kī. First, on this divine day of Gurū Pūrṇimā, I remember our beloved Holy Gurujī very much. This beautiful Gurū Pūrṇimā satsaṅg here on the meadow is truly the first after three years since Gurujī's visit. The rain on Gurū Pūrṇimā is Amṛt, nectar, because Mahāprabhujī is Amṛt Sāgar. Prakāś puñj Amṛt ke Sāgar Śrī Dīp Harī Mahādānī hai. So these little drops falling are Amṛt. A to co na vás padá ty drobné kapky, to je nektar. It is Mahāprabhujī's blessing. I wish these drops would also fall upon Rajasthan and other parts of India. You may be surprised to know that what you would call proper rain we last had seven years ago. A možná vás to překvapí, ale už je to sedm let, co jsme měli naposledy pořádný déšť. There was rain every year, but only one or two showers, that's all. This year, it has already been 12 months and 18 days with no rain. The groundwater level has sunk very deep. It is very dry. There is no water for people to drink, nor for the animals. We even say people have no water left in their eyes. Gurū Pūrṇimā is always a great hope that at least during Gurū Pūrṇimā week it will rain. This year, it has not rained till now. That is why you may have heard we are preparing a major project. It is called the Rainwater Harvesting Project. A proto ste možná slyšeli, že připravujeme velký projekt, který se týká schraňování dešťové vody. The aim is to support people in building small tanks at their homes to collect roof water, so they can have water throughout the entire year for their families to drink. By European standards, you count 80 liters per person per day. In India, for a family of five, we count 80 liters per week. You see how much they conserve water. But still, there is no water. I always say, you people do not know what water is. But those people know what water is. In some parts, the condition is such that when people take water in their mouth in the morning to clean it, they think about where they should spit it so it can be used for some green leaves or trees. So I pray, and please pray, that in those parts of the world where there is less rain, it should rain. You know, water is our life; water is very important. This planet is known as a living planet because of water. Jal jahā jagadīś—where there is water, there is God. That means life. Where there is life, there is God. So if a little rain falls, do not mind; it is a blessing. Prakāś, puñj, amṛt, kī sāgar, śrī, dīpa, harī, mahādānīye. Holy Gurujī wrote a beautiful bhajan: Prakāś puñj. Prakāś is the light, and puñj is a bunch of light, or the source of the light. You can say the sun is a puñj, and sunlight radiates everywhere. Prakāś puñj Amṛt kī Sāgar is also known as the ocean of nectar. Śrī Dīp Harī Mahādānī—the Harī, Lord Viṣṇu, Mahāprabhu Dīp—is the giver of all. I think nectar is raining from the sky as we sit and have our Gurū Pūrṇimā satsaṅg. It was very hot, so Mahāprabhujī sent a little cool air, and Devpurījī is controlling Indra. So let's see how long he will control; it depends on his mood. I am very happy to see you. Gurū Pūrṇimā—Pūrṇimā is the full moon day. The moon today is full; that is called Pūrṇa. Pūrṇa means complete. We have 12 full moons a year according to Western calendars. But according to the lunar calendar, what we also call the Indian calendar, we sometimes have 13 full moons. That means we have 13 months. When counted according to constellations, every second or third year is called Adhikamāsa. Adhikamāsa means one extra month. That month may have only 14 or 18 days, but it is that month. So this last year we also had 13 months, and accordingly, we have had no rain for 13 months and 18 days. You cannot imagine life for these people, those animals, and that vegetation. Those trees must have some energy to endure this heat and dryness, with no water. Pūrṇa is completeness. There is a mantra you all know: Pūrṇamadaḥ Pūrṇamidaṃ Pūrṇāt Pūrṇamudacyate, Pūrṇasya Pūrṇamādāya Pūrṇamevāvaśiṣyate. You all know this mantra. So today is Pūrṇa. This Pūrṇa symbolizes for us the achievement of completeness. We are travelers; we are on a journey. When will our journey be completed? When our individual consciousness merges into the cosmic consciousness—that, for us, will be the full moon. Secondly, there was a great saint, a very great holy seer, named Bhagavān Vedavyāsa. Vedavyāsa is the saint who wrote down the Vedas. Before that, all the Vedas were transmitted only verbally from master to disciple—what we call Śruti and Smṛti. Śruti means what you have heard. Smṛti means what you speak from your memory. But the great Vedavyāsa realized that many things were lost because disciples did not have enough memory; many important things and mantras were lost from the Vedas. So the great Vedavyāsajī wanted to write the Vedas. It is said he was searching for a secretary who could write. But Vedavyāsa's thoughts and knowledge were so vast and came so quickly that if you waited half a minute or a few seconds, you would lose very important things. You know, when a speaker is speaking and has to stop for a translator, the speaker loses the knowledge or wisdom he or she wants to give to the audience—sometimes 20%, sometimes 50%, sometimes 80%, and sometimes 100%. How? The speaker wants to give an example and tells a story. Then the translator speaks, and the speaker adds some sense to that story, and suddenly the speaker forgets why he wanted to tell that story. What came before the story? It goes completely away. You have to think a lot, but you cannot stop thinking. If you stop for ten seconds, the listeners, the audience, will think, "My God, what happened to him? I think his knowledge has reached the bottom," and then he is lost again. So you have to think, "What was the reason I started that story?" At the same time, you have to continue and finish the story. This can be due to translations. Sometimes during talking, you suddenly lose something. So Ved Vyāsajī was searching for a secretary who would write quickly so he would not have to wait even one second. It is said God Gaṇeśa came and offered. Gaṇeśa said, "I will write." Ved Vyāsa said, "Okay." But there was one condition. Ved Vyāsa said, "Gaṇeśa, I am very happy you will write, but I will not repeat anything, and you should not miss even a single letter." Gaṇeśa said, "Okay, but I also have one condition. I do not want you to stop speaking for even a second. I will not stop my writing. You have to flow." And that is described as flowing like a gentle wind, like the gentle waves of a peaceful lake. Buddhi, the intellect, is expanding. So Ved Vyāsajī said, "Let's begin." Gaṇeśa said, "Okay." There was ink and paper, but no pen to write. So Gaṇeśa broke off one of his teeth—as he is an elephant—and used that tusk to write. And so it was written and created. That is why in Gaṇeśa's picture, you see he has only one tooth; the other is broken. Of course, afterward, he went to the dentist and got a very nice crown on it. That's it. Ved Vyāsa was a very great saint. He wrote all that you have in Indian philosophy, in Hinduism or Sanātana Dharma—the ancient, authentic literatures like the Vedas and Upaniṣads. All are known as the creation of Ved Vyāsa: the Mahābhārata, the Bhagavad Gītā—all are the creation of Ved Vyāsa. So Ved Vyāsa is known as a Gurū. This seat where I am sitting is called the Vyāsa Gaḍī. This is the seat of Ved Vyāsa. No one should sit on this; only an authorized master or speaker may. If others sit on it and begin to speak, everything will disappear. This is Ved Vyāsa Gaḍī. Now, whoever sits in this place is not he or she who is speaking. It is the spirit of Ved Vyāsa. It is He who is speaking. It is the Divine One speaking in you. It is a symbol. We have such symbols everywhere. In a university, there is a certain place, a certain chair, a certain dress only for that particular dean. Anyone can put it on and take a photo, but they are not authorized to have it. First, they must become a dean. Similarly, there is a chair for a bishop, or a chair for the pope or higher leaders of some religions. It is not the person sitting on it; it is the authority that has begun, and that is called Gaḍī. Gaḍī means the seat, or what you call the throne. Recording location: Czech Republic, Strilky, Summer seminar