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Our Yoga in Daily Life is a very special system in the world. I have analyzed some television programs in India. Many, many so-called holy saints are talking and giving programs on television. India has hundreds of channels; I think we have 800. There is no country in the world which has so many channels, or maybe more. We have 35 official languages and 3,045 dialects. In every dialect, there are some television channels. So many, many people are talking nowadays, but a great pity was this: none of them mentioned the name of their master. None of them showed the picture of their master. They asked me also to speak on television. And you will see in our program: first is Śrī Devpurījī, then Mahāprabhujī, then Holy Gurujī. It is said: even if it is dirty water from the street—sewage water—when it enters into the Gaṅgā, it becomes holy water. No one says it is dirty water from the street. Only that water becomes holy water which enters into the Gaṅgā. Only that disciple becomes the master who enters into the master's consciousness. And when some stream flows out of the Gaṅgā and goes to some other streets and roads, nobody will call it Gaṅgā water. So those who leave their master and say, "I am my teacher now," will lose the guru principle. It doesn't matter how old you are and how high a position you have. You may be the president of the country or the general secretary of the United Nations, but for your mother you are still her child. That is reality. She will not call you "Your Excellency"; she will tell you, "the naughty boy." That is a mother's right. So it doesn't matter how highly you are developed; for your master you are still a disciple. And it is very nice to be a disciple because then the master has all the responsibilities. The day you declare that you are the master, that you don't need a master, then the burden of the whole world will fall on your shoulders. So Yoga in Daily Life is that divine path. You should be loyal to it, and you should be grateful to it, and with thanks to Mahāprabhujī, Śrī Devpurījī, and Gurujī, Śrī Alakhpurījī. You know our Dr. Śāntī, Sādhvī Śāntī? Yes, she sends all of you many greetings from India. She spent last summer in Badrīnāth. She told people that she is a sannyāsī from the spiritual lineage of Śrī Alakhpurījī. People were so happy. I said, "Oh, the Alaknandā Purījī." There is a river called Alaknandā, a holy river, and that is after the name of Śrī Alakhpurījī. There is also Alakāpurī mountain. So Śrī Alakhpurījī is a very, very old saint, from thousands of years ago, and our roots are from there. When we go there we shall have a bath in the Alaknandā. One day we must go. So keep your loyalty to Yoga in Daily Life. Follow the guru paramparā; follow the system. Do not try to mix masala inside. Do not try to create, out of your psychology, some different system and put it in. This is for you: the Gurū Granth Sāhib. Nānakdhājī said: "Gurū Granth Ko Jāniye Pragat Gurū Kī Dehī, Jiske Hṛdaye Sāch Hai, Khoj Usī Mele." Believe that the literature of the Gurudev is the embodiment of himself, the Gurudev. Those who have purity and truth in their heart will get realization in it. That is why it is said: "mantra mūlaṁ guruvākyaṁ." Recording location: Hungary, Vep, Weekend seminar