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Yoga is designed for the betterment of humanity. It is designed for the human being, meaning to develop consciousness in order to protect the holy creation of the Lord—all living beings, as well as trees and the environment. We are all humans, one. It does not matter from which part of the world we come. A human is a human, and we are all born as humans. No one had a stamp on their hand or body that they were born into a particular religion. The thoughts of religions, the preaching of religions, is given to us after we are born, as we develop slowly, slowly. Of course, every religion is very good and has only one aim: to realize God, to come to God, to be with God, and to have a happy and free future life after this planet. Also, to lead a happy, harmonious life with family, with society, and with the environment. So religion is a religion, and every religion has a truth in it, and that truth can be only one, and that God can be only one. According to their experiences, education, and teachings, people believe in God and spirituality in that way, which is good; yoga will support them more to understand their religion and spirituality. Yoga is like the sun. We cannot say the sun is not good for this religion or this person. The sun is very good for the entire planet; it doesn't matter if it is human, animals, vegetation, water, or any element. The sun is equally good for all. Similarly, yoga is equally good for all. Of course, there are certain thoughts which lead towards spiritual thinking about God and prayers. In yoga, it is not mentioned that you must pray to a particular God. In Hinduism, in Hindu scriptures, there is only spoken about Brahman, or the universal God. After that developed what we call the teachings and incarnations. Every incarnation, every prophet, every messenger brought the message of God according to their power, capacities, culture, and the situation in that part of the world. But before all this, Hinduism is very old, and the Vedas and Upanishads are very old, and they speak only about one, Brahman. They speak about Jīvā and Ātmā, Māyā and Brahman. Māyā is this world, the illusion. It doesn't matter whatever we call ours; it is yours, but temporarily. It is your illusion that you think it is yours; it's not yours. We all fight for our country; we create wars, armies, and territories, saying it's my land, my territory, my house, my property. But one day you will go away. You can't take this piece of land with you; nothing will go with you. Then why should we fight for that? So Māyā is this world. Everything we touch, see, believe, experience, smell, and say is mine—it is yours, but temporarily, after which it is gone. Brahman is the highest truth, which you may call God, or the truth, or the highest love, the highest consciousness, and so on. So yoga is giving the message of the supreme truth, that truth which every religion declares. Besides this, yoga gives good health: physical health, mental health, social health, and spiritual health. Who doesn't want to have health? We are worried about the health of our planet. We are worried about the health of our nature, environment, and ecology. We are worried about the health of other animals. We are worried about the health of our oceans and lakes, and we are worried very, very much about our soil, the health of our soil. At the same time, we are afraid and worried very much about health—our health, our families, and our fellow human beings. Now, who doesn't want health? If you believe in any religion, you would like to be healthy. That's why every hospital—no one said for this religion a hospital is not needed. A hospital is needed for all equally. Therefore, try to understand what yoga is. Of course, one should not be fanatic. These are the teachings which I am telling, the teachings of Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī. Mahāprabhujī incarnated to unite all, to give such a mutual understanding that all lead life in harmony, peacefully, without fighting. Let them believe as they are believing; that's very important. Not that you give a temptation of some money and some promises and tell them if you change your religion, you get this and that. That is not good; that creates problems in the world. Changing religion with power, money, and the temptation of education and hospitals creates problems. Every religion accepts seva, service, helping. Helping humans, helping animals, helping our nature and environment. So, do help; the highest principle is help, nothing else. But don't help with any kind of expectation or conditions. Then it creates disharmony in society; then it creates fighting and conflicts in society. Therefore, today is Mahāprabhujī's anniversary of Mahāsamādhi, and these are the messages of Mahāprabhujī. Like every holy incarnation, every holy saint has their spiritual power, spiritual energy, which radiates to everyone. It doesn't matter if it is human, animal, or a tree; it is radiating for everyone. Therefore, it is very important that we realize, we understand, that this kind of holy incarnation is not for particular people or a particular group of people, or not only for humans, but is for the entire planet. The sun rises not only for a particular person, and no one can stop the sun from rising. The sun will rise on time; you cannot tell it, "Rise five minutes late, please. I am still not ready." No. If you are ready or not, the sun will rise. How many sunrises have you seen? You can count how many years you have in your life. How many sunrises will you still see? And one day the sun will rise without you too. You know, the sun will rise. We are not here. Then we will say, oh, it's already one day gone, two days gone. So God will incarnate. Divine sense will come into this world. Whether you want it or not, whether you are here or not, they will come as the sun is coming. We can't stop it. We cannot threaten someone that we will stop the sun from rising. Long ago, one man came to me in Austria, Vienna, in 1973 or '72—'72. He said, "Swāmījī, can you give me one mantra?" I gave him one mantra. After half a year, he said, "But nothing happened." I said, "What should happen?" He said, "I want to have a siddhi." You know, this is the 54th mantra I have. Anyone comes, I ask for their mantra. I said, "What siddhi do you want?" He said, "I want to have the siddhi that I can stop the sun." I said, "The sun will stop you. Not that you can stop the sun. There is no such thing, or you have to be Hanumānjī." You have to be Hanumānjī. Hanumānjī, who swallows the sun in his mouth. You know that? In the Rāmāyaṇa, you can see. Hanumānjī was one of those. So, in one village, there is a story. In one village, there was one old lady living, and she had one hen. This hen early morning was screaming. You know, when your neighbor has one, then you are very angry, especially in summer, because very early morning the hen is shouting, screaming, no? And she told the village people, "If my hen will not speak early morning or not scream, the sun will not rise. And you will have nothing to eat. Everything will be cold and frozen." Therefore, they should pay her some tax. All these innocent farmers began to pay her tax. Then she wanted to have more, and they said, "No, we cannot." She said, "Then I will take my hen and go away." She took her hen and went away. People ran behind and said, "Please, please stay, we will give you more." So, every one month, two months, there was a fight. She won more and more, and she was threatening people, and she was dominating. She said, "Only sunrise is because of my hen." One day she was so angry and she said, "I will take my hen and go away." They said, "Please don't go, please don't go." She said, "No, you are terrible people and I don't like you and you don't respect me, and so only me and my hen bring the sun out from the dark night." And again they tried to bring her back. After a few months again she was angry and she said, "No, I will go." In the evening she took her hen with her and she went away. People went behind her and said, "Come back, please." She said, "No, I will not come back." People came back to the village and they couldn't sleep; they were very sad. "Now the sun will not rise; there is no hen who will scream." And suddenly dawn came and they were like, and then after some time the sun came out. They said, "Oh, the sun is coming out without it." They said, "Now we will not let her come into our village." So you cannot make people stupid like this. The reality is reality. Therefore, all holy saints who incarnate on this planet, they are all for all, the whole world. For the trees, for the rivers, for the animals, for the humans. They are for righteousness; they are for dharma. And they fight or they preach against the adharma. Adharma means when we are doing wrong, what we call sin. Then every religion says, "If you do sin, you will go to hell. And if you do good, you will come to heaven, or paradise, or svarga." Whatever the name is called, it is different, but the thing is the same.