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Prayer for the Madrid Bomb victims

A call to prayer and compassionate action following a tragedy.

"You know what happened three days ago. Unfortunately, many things are happening in the world, and we all wish very much that they should not happen, but they are happening. What is to be done? Therefore, we have to work."

"So yoga is not only twisting your body and breathing left and right... We live in this world. We have to see to the left and to the right... We must observe everything and we must give."

A spiritual teacher addresses a gathering, organizing a silent candlelight prayer for the victims of a recent attack in Spain and their families. He emphasizes that true yoga involves awareness of the world and selfless service, urging everyone to give and open their hearts, contrasting greed with spiritual richness.

Recording location: Australia, World Peace Tour 2004

You know what happened three days ago. Unfortunately, many things are happening in the world, and we all wish very much that they should not happen, but they are happening. What is to be done? Therefore, we have to work. We have to work. We have to work silently, and we have to help. So we have decided that tomorrow we will hold a prayer for those victims who lost their lives the day before yesterday in Spain. It is for them, for their family members, and for those who are lying in the hospital—may God bless them to recover quickly. For them, we will have a prayer—just a prayer, no lecture, nothing. We will go silently. Please come with some candles. The program is outside, and please sign the papers. We are going to send our condolences there. In this way, we can do many things. So yoga is not only twisting your body and breathing left and right, and asking, "Where is my cereal?" or "Where is my good healthy food?" and that is all—no. We live in this world. We have to see to the left and to the right. We have to see behind and in front. We must observe everything and we must give. We must give. If you can give, then your heart will open. A greedy person cannot give. Who is poor? The poor person is the one who wants to have more and more. And who is rich? The one who has no wish to have anything. Recording location: Australia, World Peace Tour 2004

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