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Part 1: A Night of Peaceful Reflection We are grateful that God has granted us a peaceful, beautiful night, during which we were able to spend some time with ourselves. Sleep is another level, another quality of our life. Deep sleep is a state of unity. In deep sleep, a president does not feel like a president. Others also do not see themselves as mere clerks, but as connected to one another. This is the state of being with one another. Two years ago, we held a World Peace Conference in Bratislava, Slovakia. There was a guest, Maman Leshwar Swamy Nirenjananji from Punjab. In his lecture on peace, he compared it to a deep meditation or a state of blissful feelings—one with God or one in nothingness, like deep sleep. In his words: In deep sleep, you know nothing of being a millionaire or a beggar. In deep sleep, you know nothing of whether you are sick or healthy. In deep sleep, you know nothing of your nationality. In deep sleep, you have no sense of whether you are a woman or a man. This is a plane where nothingness meets the many things, nothingness meets oneness. Therefore, before going to sleep, one says to God: What I have done all day, physically, mentally, through my mind, body, and intellect—I offer all the fruits of my actions. Lord, forgive me if there was anything not good. Please take care of me as you did all day, during my sleep. My body, my mind, my intellect, my soul, my consciousness are in your hands. Chant and repeat your mantra and sleep. You will see how beautiful your sleep is and how beautiful the feelings and pleasant dreams are. We awaken and say: Thank you. Thank you, God. Thank you for your protection during my sleep of ignorance. Yes, ignorance—we do not know what is. In deep sleep, we do not know if someone is standing in the room speaking to us. We are beyond all these levels. Lord, I ask You to take control over the activity of my senses, the Jñānendriyas and Karmendriyas, all my thoughts, my actions, my words, and my feelings. Please direct them in the direction of Your grace. Let me be an instrument for your love and your light. Then you will see what beautiful events you will have during the day. We get up from the bed. Not stiffly, but with awareness: Mother Earth, I know that you carry so much burden. But may I step on you with my feet? I hope nothing will be a heavy burden for you. This is a reflection on the divine Mother, Mother Earth, Mother Nature, our own mother, and that we should not go anywhere unnecessarily. Guide my steps and please, O Mother of Help, that I may always have solid ground beneath me. We go to the bathroom. Do you know what water means? A few years ago, we held a World Peace Conference on Sustainable Development, with a special focus on rivers, lakes, and the ocean—on polluting the water with plastic bags, how many water creatures die, trapped and suffocating. There was a session for young people about water. A young man, about 23 years old, said: Every day when I get up, go to the bathroom, and turn on the tap, I say: God, thank you. Thank you, Lord, that I can have this water, that I can feel the water element on my body. We do not fully know what water means, but water is life. So, what would you like to do? Perhaps go to one of the many pleasant lakes here in Carinthia. Our skin feels comfortable. Each element—water, air, fire, earth, and space—is very important for our existence, for our life. Our task is to maintain purity. In nature, the air is truly beautiful. One goes for a walk in the forest, about a kilometer in where there are no houses, and says: Oh, such good air here. Ask Mother Nature, ask the forest and all the deer and birds and life: how is it so pure? Stay up on the alpine pasture for a week, then come to Villach, to the main street in the center at night. It stinks. Stinks of what? I do not want to say. We need to relearn. For one who can smell well, it is like anesthesia, with many dried-up fragrances. Our nose does not feel comfortable. So, after we have greeted the water, Abhiṣeka... Yesterday we planted a Ginkgo tree as a symbol of peace in Villach's main city park, and we performed Abhiṣeka with mantras. The Highest itself is here in your head—the seat of your consciousness, the seat of Śiva and also Śakti, the immortality here in the Bindu Cakra, and the wisdom, the light in your Ājñā Cakra. All Jñānendriyas, the senses of knowledge—the two eyes, two nostrils, two ears, and taste—are above the lower part of our body. And one, the fifth, is our skin, which is throughout the entire body. So five Jñānendriyas: eyes, ears, nose, taste, and skin. All are above, and their information center is very close in the head. In Austria, they say: warm feet and cool head. In India, perhaps they say: he is a cold-brained man, but that is something else. So when we come to the water, first feel the water on your highest Self. We performed Abhiṣeka yesterday. In modern times, people have become skilled at making imitations. The Abhiṣeka imitation is our shower. You open it, and water flows automatically. This imitation also comes from the elephants. The elephant sucks water into its trunk and then bathes itself. We do it too. Everything is imitation of animals. Āsanas are named after animals: Bhujaṅgāsana. Is there something called Manuṣyāsana, a human āsana? No. Everything in nature has its own name: trees, plants, snakes, cobras. Because nature is one, and this nature is in unity with us. So, Abhiṣeka. Oṁ Tryambhakaṁ Yajāmahe... I feel it; the water is tangible. How beautiful. After the water, we are purified. Vāyu Devatā. Vāyu is air; Devatā is God. All of this is a symbol of God. Winged gods, fire god, air god, Mother Earth, water god, and so on. Without that, we cannot live at all. God works indirectly through elements, through various things. Everything we see that comes from God is sacred, beautiful. Like the mantra: Pūrṇamadaḥ, Pūrṇamidaṁ... How is that? I have forgotten. Oṁ Pūrṇamadaḥ, Pūrṇamidaṁ... Very good. You must always be with me. What I do not know, I can ask you, and you can help me. Good idea? Very good. Also, Pūrṇa, perfection. What comes from Pūrṇa is also perfect. When we take from Pūrṇa, what remains is still always Pūrṇa. In India, we say: In the eggs of a bird, we do not need to put any color inside. Automatically, the babies come out full of colorful hues. And so it is. Such fresh air. When you have bathed and dried, oh, I feel like a newborn. Then we come to nourishment. Nourishment is in the Mother Goddess Annapūrṇā. Anna is grain; Pūrṇa is perfection. All seeds, life seeds, come through the grains, the kernels—not in juice. Even our soul wanders through the grains: grains, rain, atmosphere, vegetation, seeds, our bodies, and so on. That is why it is said: immediate planting, reproduction. Annapūrṇā Devī, where the goddess Pūrṇadevī, Annapūrṇā Devī, has a temple in the Himalayas, those very tall mountains between India and Nepal. Many Austrians go there, as climbing Annapūrṇā is a colorful, beautiful mountain. Annapūrṇe, sadā pūrṇe, śaṅkara prāṇa vallabhe... The prāṇa, energy, Śiva. That is beautifully said. Varadā, one could say, is kind-hearted, someone who can give everything. Varadā, renounce. For the sake of others, we renounce. Jñāna-vairāgya-siddhārtham. That is enough. Ikṣaṁ dehi ca Pārvatī. O Pārvatī, please give me something to eat now. And Mātā ca Pārvatī Devī, the mother who gives us nourishment, is Pārvatī, Mother Nature. Pitā Devo Maheśvara, and that is the prāṇa, the Śiva, is the Father. So Prakṛti and Puruṣa are our very nature. My relatives, my friends, my colleagues—all are Śiva-bhaktas, because Śiva is here at the summit. All the three worlds are my country. I am a citizen of all three worlds: this world, the astral world, and the Brahmaloka. And so it will be when it has come, Lord, that You have granted me. But I cannot eat beforehand. First, I must thank you and openly acknowledge that you give it back as Mahāprasāda. Brahmārpaṇaṁ. Therefore I offer to Brahma. Who is the Brahma? Brahmārpaṇaṁ Brahmahaviḥ. The offering is Brahma; the oblation is Brahma. Brahmāgnau, in the fire of Brahman. Which fire? The digestive fire. That is Brahman. When the Agni element, the fire element, leaves us, then Hari Oṁ. When the temperature drops, one begins to shiver, and you must quickly call for help to warm up again. Whoever cannot digest anything at all is Hari Oṁ. So this is Jāṭharāgni. In our body, it digests food. Brahma is the fire; Brahma is the oblation; by Brahma alone is it to be offered. One who sees Brahman in all action attains Brahman. Which chapter is this? Oṁ Brahmārpaṇaṁ... You don't know? I will show you. Okay? And so it is, from the Bhagavad Gītā: Oṁ Brahmārpaṇaṁ Brahmahaviḥ Brahmāgnau Brahmanā hutam Brahmaiva tena gantavyaṁ Brahmakarmasamādhinā Parvatīpate Hara Hara Mahādeva. And now, I bow to the Lord, who is Parvatī Śiva. And thank God that you have given me this Mahāprasāda. What is offered, God does not eat material things; He partakes only of the aroma. Finally, we will eat. So all the good things you prepare, first offer them and then eat. That becomes Mahāprasāda at home. A yogi, a spiritual person who lives with their family, can help the entire family develop spiritually, stay healthy, perform beautiful work throughout the world, and provide a good upbringing for the children. Thus, our seminar has unfortunately come to an end. It was wonderful to be here again in Villach. I did not think I had been away for four years. I will make sure to come back in between again. Thank you, Didayā, for your beautiful work and wonderful guidance for the Ashram and all our students in this part of Carinthia, as well as Harṣā Devī in Klagenfurt. Everyone, including Kṛpā Devī, is very active on YouTube. Everyone should watch Swamiji TV on YouTube; all the lectures are there. With that, I thank you all, wish you all the very best, health, love, and God’s blessings, and may you have a safe journey home. Hari Oṁ to Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān, Deveśvara Mahādeva. Victory to Dharma Samrāṭ Satguru Svāmījī Madhavānandajī Bhagavān. Duḥkha-bhāṣādoṁ śāntiḥ, śāntiḥ, śāntiḥ. Bhāvadoṁ Hari Oṁ, Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavadoṁ. Sit straight, sit upright. The outburst of our soul, the gratitude for receiving these feelings, this longing and desire, this information on how it works—these simple things... Earlier during the break we said these are not simple things. We have the opportunity, if we live along that path, to bring that into ourselves. That you have been here for us all these many, many years, that you have dedicated your entire life to us, to help us—you are just a small expression, but it is a sign of our joy and our love. I want to thank you from the depths of my soul for being here. We hope we have our discipline and control. I am looking forward to the workplaces. I speak, and all are already listening. I am looking forward to the workplaces. He does not like chocolate; therefore, we give it to him so that he begins to eat. Many thanks to all the Karma Yogīs from the neighboring countries who have diligently helped us all. Thank you. Thank you. Yes, come here. Thank you. When the new lunar phase begins, there will be mantra. Now is the beginning of the light. We know: 15 days of light and 15 days of dark night. The moon is waxing and waning. So there is Svasti-vācana Mantra, and Advaitapūrṇā will first do the Svasti-vācana and then the Peace Mantra, because this seminar is dedicated to Peace. In this peace mantra, there are also mentions of Oṣadhayaḥ śāntiḥ—peace in herbs. Why herbs? Medicinal plants. How should one use these medicinal plants? That is also a technique. I hope my technique will become good someday and that I do everything well. Could you please come? O seekers, may the mother be auspicious, may the youth be vigorous, may the fire of life burn brightly, may the mind be pure, may the gods be free from poison, may the gods be approachable, may we see auspiciousness, may the gods be auspicious where the waters flow, may the gods be pleased when the seven-month autumn ends, where the mighty sons of Rāma do not hold sway. Śāntiḥ, śāntiḥ, śāntiḥ. Siddhir namo, guṇāṁ, kī, jaya. So, those were the mantras from the Vedas, Upaniṣads, as a welcome to the new day, the moon, and also as a blessing for peace and harmony. The mantra is a way to create positive harmony, positive energy. So you can look at her first, okay? Everyone look. She only means well, but we know a little about that. Okay. She laughs at something. Yes, you can go then. So, what we begin every day, becoming aware for the first time. We sleep very deeply and enter the dream realm, many dreams, but our body is completely relaxed. It is like a coma. It is a great blessing that after a certain time, God helps us to awaken again. There is nothing in our hands that we fall asleep, and also nothing in our hands that we enter the dream. The decision is not within our power. Yes, those who practice Yoga Nidrā daily know this technique through dreams. Dream is your reality. Four years ago, we had a topic here in this hall. Awakening again is also not in our hands. That is in God’s hands. These are the three bodies: the physical body, the astral body, and the causal body. Between these three bodies is our mind, which oscillates back and forth. So, Ṛṣis say: To sleep healthily, to have beautiful and good dreams, before going to sleep you should repeat your mantra, pray. And here too, just before going to sleep, quickly offer a brief prayer, and then, shh, under the blanket, head on the pillow, off to sleep. Now let us first open our eyes, so that a new life may begin. It is like a new birth, a rebirth. One who has fallen asleep happily, who has brought their day to a peaceful, perfect end in harmony with family, having taken proper nourishment, and who prays, meditates, repeats mantra, and then sleeps—this means one sleeps in the essence of the divine Mother as sky, nature, everything. And God watches over us. Every second and every breath is in His attention. Father or mother or we ourselves cannot be so attentive. It is a miracle, a great miracle. We say of humans, just as Mother Nature or God has gathered this beautiful body within nine months. There is no engineer, architect, or scientist who can create with electric pulses and plastic skin and plastic heart. Nothing can ever truly finish you off. How many blood cells, which hormones, which glands, which functions—this is incredible. This is the work of God. Nevertheless, if someone does not believe in God, I believe there is still something missing for that person to attain or realize. And it is like this: We awaken, eyes open. The first glance should be at a beautiful symbol—a beautiful image of your parents or children, a flower, a master, God, an altar, a beautiful landscape, a light, a positive energy. There should be no aggressive images. Some people, some young people, have so many pictures in their bedrooms from various videos showing fighting, competing, arming themselves. That is aggressive energy. As your gaze goes, so will your world be. This is a key factor for our inner peace. Awake so peacefully. There are people who are sorrowful and say: How sorrowful I am that I have awakened once again. I no longer want to live. God, just let me sleep. I do not want to wake up. There are such people as well. Why? Human beings are disappointed—by this and that, by women, by men, by money, by profession, by health, and much more. But that means you have not yet understood your life, because you are taking your own life, which is ignorance. Improve yourself and you will hardly have time for yourself; you will have so many friends. My God, you must hide somewhere to rest for a few days or hours. Just look within your own inner self. Peace, meditation. Secondly, it is about nourishment. For yoga, for a human being, yoga does not mean merely this left and right, deep inside and above. Turn left, turn right. Oh God, this is intense. I do not want to turn anymore. That is how it is. But Ācāra, Vicāra, Āhāra, Vihāra—these are four points. Therefore, how one behaves, how to speak to others. Most of the time, we speak very kindly with people we love. But until we have no attachments and come to the yoga class and say: Yes, good, God, okay, you may enter—other people feel it. God, Kṛṣṇa, speaks in the twelfth chapter of the Bhagavad Gītā: Arjuna, the devotee, the bhakta, who loves his friend and enemy equally, who is not overly joyful in winning nor overly sorrowful in losing, as if defeated—the teacher is very dear to me. Śatru mitra, a giver and taker. A balance. Often people say: We have few practices now, or few people. Yes, that is quite clear. What do you give to the person who comes into your anteroom or reception? How you radiate, how you speak, how you greet someone. Communication—that is very much lacking. In America, they conducted an interview with me at a large company. They asked me: Now people say, why should I be good to everyone? What we say is: Be good, be nice. Why should I be good? Why should I be nice? This politeness is the path to other hearts. Arrogance is also a path to other hearts, but it is, as I said, a wooden bridge with rotten, decayed, hollow wood. You go halfway and then you put everything together. That is called arrogance. You are neither on this side nor that side—nowhere, but deep within the cavity. So, how you speak, how you behave towards others—that is it. Being polite, using a beautiful word, costs you nothing, whether a small coin or a large one. But have we even done away with the Great Ones? Oh, great God. I always thought I was praying to Schilling and Grössen. Then I understood: great God, not the great gods. So the Great Ones have gone, and the Great God has gone, and the Great Ones have remained as God. So, it doesn’t cost you anything. Ācāra, Vicāra. Your thoughts should always be positive, beautiful, and higher thinking. Higher thinking does not mean you think about the summit of a mountain. No, it means you deeply incline inward and find time. That is higher. Once upon a time, there was a competition between an elephant and an ant. Who will be the winner? Who will be the best one? Elephant or ant? The elephant is big, but the ant is bigger than the elephant? No, the ant is not like that. An ant is bigger than an elephant? That’s it. So who will be the winner? Ant. The test was such that they placed a grain of sugar on the earth. On one side stood an elephant, on the other side an ant. And he said: Whoever can pick up only this grain of sugar, has this piece of sugar, is the winner. The elephant did its best and breathed in with its trunk. Of course, there were also grains of sand, but even a handful of dust is lost. The ant, very slowly and smiling, goes, greets with its antennae, takes the sugar grain, comes back elegantly, and says: Here it is. So, Laghutā is above Prabhutā. Laghutā means more humbleness, kindness. Then you will realize God. If you focus on the essential, you will be a winner. Be active from afar. But if you are very arrogant—yes, I am this and that—you will get nothing at all. On the face, perhaps they say: Yes, yes... perhaps. Those perhaps always laugh. But you do not know if they are truly laughing. If someone perhaps laughs, then open your mouth wide—not just like that. That is what others do. So that means inner attitude, thinking is very important. Conduct, reflection—think well of others, think positively, think purely for all. Part 2: The Kitchen as Your Pharmacy One person can write beautiful poems or paint very beautifully. Another is blocked. Conduct, contemplation, and behavior—where should we go, and where should we not go? Vihar. This is very important. One goes to a place at two o’clock in the night, and on the way someone comes and takes away a small cup. That is no miracle. That is not human life, going to the bar at two o’clock. Yes, it should be in the dream. What should it be in bed? It is said, a little bed, a little rice makes man healthy, wealthy, and wise. Where the yogīs, the spiritual, and nature awaken, the sun rises, rises, there we go to sleep. This is it. Our lifestyle is completely chaotic. Slowly, slowly, many people no longer have an appetite for breakfast. But with the night, you can place such a large pizza in front of the table. My God. Such a big pizza, big pizza, no? And then on it, I don’t know what, red sauce and this chili and this pasta. Midnight. But it is said that you should have a hearty breakfast, a moderate lunch, and a light dinner. But yes, we do plenty of shopping in the morning and at noon, filling our entire refrigerator until nothing more can fit inside. And of course, with the night we clear away. What do we think of our health? That is it. And where are we going? Then we finally come. O Śaḍāya, Śāntihira O Śaḍāya. Sorry. Śāntihira Vanaspataya. Viśva Śānti, world peace. If the leaves of trees, of nature, also have a healing power, Autumn or the herbs possess certain healing powers when they are properly ripe, as we already know which herbs we can use when, and when we should not use any. This is it. A farmer knows for days exactly when to take it. For example, green cherries are not edible. But we all know how good cherries are. No? Big cherries. You like a green one? Why? Because they are not? And it is the same when the herbs are dried; they lose 60% of their potency. There are some who have more effect when they dry. Even the bark, wood, resin, blossoms, leaves, fruits, fruit kernels, and seeds—all have different effects. And for health, we should have green plants and green trees everywhere. Our Altarburg came to Villach and yesterday he planted a beautiful tree here. Did you see that? Yes, in the Villach garden. That is written on the altar fort. Thank you. Very nice. You were planting a tree. See that, Beto? Now, observe. One goes to a large market and buys a powder called yellow spice, Haldi, Kurkuma. And as Indians, we see, we have a lot of haldi in our kitchen, and per person, we eat at least one teaspoon of haldi daily. There is no kitchen if there is no haldi and also coriander and other spices. Then there is no kitchen. I always tell my cook, please add a little more Haldi. And Monika, the other one, says, we put in three spoons, but there is no color there at all. Once I took this haldi, put it into water, and it was a yellow earth. Correct postures were only 5% or 10%. The rest were some kind of yellow things. Then it occurred to me, aha, my Schwerernand, go back to your childhood. How did you eat? From how many markets did you get the powder? There was no market. Yes, it was a farmers’ market. A natural store, a nature shop, they say. Then, I tell you, for health, eating well, eating healthy is a path to inner peace and meditation. It is said that good food holds body, mind, and soul together. But poor nourishment separates the body and the soul. Then the soul does not feel comfortable in this cruel, how shall I say, this diseased body. The soul does not feel well. I called India and ordered the genuine Haldi, but not the powder. Only the roots. The roots of the Haldi are like our thumbs. And then, in front of some people, we made a Merzart, a small millstone, ground it finely, and made chutney. I do not know if we will truly believe any more now. The fragrance traveled down my elevator all the way to the seventh floor, you could feel it. He says, today is Haldi. I am standing in the entire stairwell in my room. Haldi. I don’t have much time to talk about Haldi. Please read about Haldi on Google Earth or Wikipedia or Wikipedia. Look, you are tired? Then sleep here. Go to another room and sleep, okay? I know why you are tired. So it is with our coriander seeds. There is coriander powder, but I do not want to take away your appetite. Appetite. What all can be inside. Therefore, buy whole coriander seeds. And only grind them when you need to. You know, boys and girls, the way our grandmother makes coffee—when you want to drink the coffee, she takes a handful of coffee beans, puts them in a grinder, and grinds them. And then that coffee has an aroma. And which coffee has already been ground in large quantities, lying around for some time, and then had some artificial aroma added? It is different. And so coriander, coriander leaves, as well as chilies or cumin and many, many other herbs, every day, whenever you need or when you cook, you should grind your spices by hand on the stone. Unfortunately, I don’t have the whole group here, so I will ask—Monika is currently painting someone in the anteroom. And here, you will feel an effect. Do you know what effect? Stomach, stomach, cluck, cluck. The stomach prepares itself for something good to come. And the remnants all act on the sides. New members are coming. That is so. And now, it shall be ground correctly. I tell you, it is so beautiful. And you only need five minutes. How much? At most five minutes. How much do you need? One tablespoon or two tablespoons. That is enough. More than enough. For the whole day. You can take half, put it in the refrigerator, and use it in the evening. Although 40% of the power or aroma will be lost. Correct. I was in Hawaii, often was, and once a Hawaiian lady, she is a journalist, and Hemlata Harriet was also with me and someone else, and she took us all around the island of Honolulu. And then she slipped. She said, well, Svāmījī, I want to take you somewhere. I said, yes, where? Take me wherever you want, but tell me where. She said, now we will go between the pineapple fields. And I said, yes, good, because I had never seen the pineapple up close. And there was a small kind of restaurant. Now you will see the fresh pineapple from the field being cleaned in the juicer, and immediately you have a glass of juice at home. She says, drink this and then you drink the one from the pepper pack. What is the difference? The pineapple, or as one says, Pineapple, has a wonderful taste. Give me pineapples, strawberries, strawberry yesterday. And I cannot present it to him. I had this taste in ’75 in Vienna, Austria, not before, not after. Such a truly biological, natural one, and it is difficult to obtain old plants or seeds. That is Ochs, the correct, original seeds have been lost. And therefore, we suffer with our health, and therefore, we have various other feelings. It pulls us here and there and so on. And so, now is the Masala stone. I have brought one with me, what do you all say to that? And I ordered 2,000 copies. But they are all, how do you say, sold out or how do you say, out of stock. And this stone must be heavy, otherwise when grinding everything will fall onto your lap or onto your foot. And it should be a solid green, otherwise the neighbors will complain, what are you doing at midnight. So, now you show us the stone, I am only showing you how it is done. That is all. And that is a very, very hard stone. Maybe you can get it in Austria or in Italy as well. But that is Ayurveda, and when someone is not well-behaved, if the woman is making masala and the man comes and nags, he must not make mistakes, because she is holding something real in her hand, and that is it. Have you ever seen your film? As in the herbs, they have painted. Did you see? It is very beautiful. And that is it. That is a genuine sound. And here we make masala, and every time we come home or enter the kitchen, a pleasant aroma, just a fragrance, stimulates our glandular system. And then the glands produce a lot of, how do you say, saliva, exactly. And this is the most important part of our nourishment for digestion. Good nourishment, healthy nourishment, wholesome nourishment—the more you consume, the more taste develops. And the food that is not good and you keep it for a long time, then it will make you feel unwell. And that is why one resorts to fast food. It comes in the mouth, glug, glug,... and then it has you up there. We feel the hole, that is all. Slowly, the more you bite or chew, the more taste and aroma develop in the mouth. Those who eat more healthily, and how do you say, biologically, and chew slowly, whole grains, wheat, and so on, always have a pleasant breath. And only white bread, and that is all; the lady does not want to say more. More and quickly, quickly eating. Five minutes after your meal, someone comes close and speaks to you. It is when a bad odor comes from the mouth. Very hot, many people, sweating and standing in the bus. And one has consumed so much alcohol and meat, along with unhealthy food, and the whole body emits a scent that is not good for your nose. So be inwardly healthy. Our glandular system, and therefore Ayurveda, is not what we currently understand in Austria. Today I saw, it costs 10 Dara. Just like the Śirodhārā, Nābhīdhārā, Kaṇḍhārā, Cakṣudhārā, and, I don’t know, what is the nose in Hindi? Nās, Nāsikādhārā. And now so much Dhārā. And in Hindi, Dhārā means the law, the law, rule. So in Austria, of course, there are many, many Ḍhārās. An Ayurveda here has lost 85% in Austria or in Europe. 85% has become commercialized, and 15% has remained as Ayurveda. And as for herbs and oils and so on, no one knows how old they are. Ayurveda is in your kitchen. Ayurveda is in the hand of your wife. Ayurveda is in your husband’s hand. What he buys and how he cooks, with love and organic whole foods and herbs, all fresh—that is Ayurveda. Ayurveda does not work immediately like anesthesia. It is a long-term practice. Constantly. Slowly. But the quantity, not the quality. For example, in India, there is one called Chevan Pras. 98% of the ingredients and preparation system have been lost. 98%. 98%. Because the herbs are not available, and when they are, all are poisoned. And knowledge is lacking, technique is lacking. Someone wants to produce their 30 tons of pasta from Zevenprass. It is like a great machine; everything goes in. Mostly sugar, Aula, and what else. And you should take Zevenprass for only 14 days. Before the beginning, you should practice Saṅkha Prakṣālana for 14 days, perform Neti, do Śirodhārā, cleanse your food, and then take Zevenprass. And when you take the Zevenprass for 14 days, you must not eat yogurt, you must not use a certain oil, in fact, nothing at all. Not root vegetables, for example. Many things are. And then another 14 days, that means a month and a half of prokursion. How do you say? Better than treatment. How does one say it? Prevention is better than cure. And so, Ayurveda is discipline, thoughts, acceptance, and one, two, three years—when you take it, then you feel it, generation after generation, your bodies were not immediately so large after birth; it took time. And how long must you cry before the mother gives you a fresh, dry diaper? And how many months or years must you weep and scream and suffer because you cannot express what you want. You have stomach pain, and my mother thinks you have a headache. You have back pain, and my mother says you have stomach pain. That is how it is. And that is how Ayurveda has been lost, where? In money. So, true Ayurveda is in your kitchen. Your kitchen is your pharmacy. Your mother knows, your wife knows, which spices and goose, goose, not the powders. You can offer powder as salt. You can offer powder as sugar. The two are not so healthy, but that is also good. Quantity is not important; quality is very important. So, all kinds of bread, but are you abstract? Abstract. Take this, your coffee, take this, everything. It is beautiful. And so a little masterpiece comes especially from the Katu mountains. Not every mountain is the same. I thought it was the Himalayas, but now I have learned that the Himalayas are the youngest mountain, the youngest of all mountains. Food. Well, chickpea flour, bread flour. We do not know when this flour was ground. It would be good to grind your own flour and bake your bread at home every day. Or ciabatta is the best as bread. But please your grain mill or grain books or mill. It should have nothing to do with a metal plate. If it is electric, then still there should be a stone slab. When iron comes into friction, it heats up faster and burns all the substances or aromas from the wheat or buckwheat and so on. And do not turn the machine on too high, keep it on the lower settings, slowly. Or there is one with a hand mill, that is very good. It takes a little time. So you can replace your yoga exercises there. Sometimes with both hands, like this. And you do the other thing and say to your husband, please can you grind. And when he acts and she says, you see, this is my yoga practice, you are practicing now, feeling good. They say, yes, for a month now I have been able to make this Chapati-Flower for you, my muscles are very strong and I no longer have any neck pain. You say, you see, come with me to Yoga in daily life. Your muscles and your neck, everything is being corrected. That is how it is. So, it is said, you are the best doctor for yourself. But the people are only on the move, in hotels—today in Hamburg, tomorrow in Tokyo, the day after in New Delhi, then in Jaipur, then in London, and then in Villach. That is then, as I said, your own fault. Yes, you can say, I don’t want to be such a manager. I am going to Carinthia, where I will have a small cabin near a lake and a bit of land, where I will grow my potatoes and sorrel and everything, and meditate by the grain mill, living my happiest life. Who is happier? Who is more blessed? The one who is content. Who is rich and who is poor? Poor is the one who wants more and more. And rich is the one who desires nothing at all. Some people, we have collected so many things in our apartment and I believe we won’t use more than ten of them anymore. Grandchildren will say, Grandma, what have you hidden here? This is all for the mill. The best would be to clear out the entire apartment twice a year. People give me so many things, and when I give something away and someone comes to me and says, "I once gave you a beautiful mill, where is it? Why did you give it to someone else?" then it is sad. So, I have a storage room, like the city president. Everything the president receives goes to the state, not to the president. And so, today I would like Umapuri or Mansa to grind a little on the theme that we can truly smell. Or there are also beautiful stones in Carinthia, in Austria. It does not have to come from somewhere else. But the main thing is that you should have it and work on it yourselves. Ten minutes, five minutes is nothing at all. And this is for your best health. After ten days, you will feel the effect in your body. Your emotions will become strong. Your eyes will improve. Your hearing aids, your ears, will become much, much better. Your teeth and gums, my God. What I am saying is not good for the dentist. But it is good for you. You don’t always need extra chewing gum. Clean your tongue every day. And I believe you have these tongue cleaners. Do you have them? Who knows nothing? Hands up, please. Who knows nothing? Everyone knows One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, nine, ten,... nine, ten,... nine, ten. Autumn, we have to make it. Thank you. So, anyone can do that at home or buy it, or it’s available everywhere. In the past, people used spoons, yes. That is not good. But that is the one made of metal. And it is good for Ketrī Mudrā. Have you read lectures about Ketrī Mudrā? And so it is. Earlier, brush the teeth, rub and wash, and then let go. Simply, half a minute, not even half a minute. And has good taste, good feeling, and good scent for others and for yourself. Would you like to do a Kunjalakriyā once a week? Very good. Do you like Saṅkha Prakṣālana at least twice a year? It is the best. And eat wholesome food. Prepare it at home. From time to time, whenever you want, you can go to a restaurant. But there are also many restaurants that offer wholesome nourishment. Thankfully, in Austria, there are many stores that are also organic. Vegetables and fruits. When she first came to Austria, there was no question biologically—if I had asked biologically, they looked at me and one said it is quite logical that in Austria it is only biological, but can she imagine within... These 40 years, so much has happened, all very difficult. What is this? Autaburi? No, no,... these are not foods. Yes, dear readers, you can eat that. And so, food. Well, today we have spoken so much about food. And there it is said that prāṇa is life energy. Prāṇa is healthy energy. Prāṇa is the light of life. Prāṇa is what holds our immune system together, making it strong. Especially the people who take a lot of medication or, as mentioned, nowadays with cancer, the chemotherapy and so on, and losing their hair and such. For them, it is very important to prepare the food, herbs, and everything themselves. And under the impression that we are supposed to start right away. Many of you have a millstone or coffee grinder at home, and so on. You can grind your coriander properly, really properly, like making a paste. Very important. And not in large quantity, only as much as you need. Just think about nature: two or three lions hunt only one deer, because that one is enough for three or four days. When they have eaten or been fed, content, and are sleeping or lying down, a deer may pass by, but they do not attack. They have a sense of measure. It is unnecessary to kill any animal. And just as unnecessary is that in our kitchen, in our home, at least the food items, the nourishment, should not be stored in a disturbing way. Then within a week, a feeling, a positive feeling arises. Thoughts become calmer. In Austria, people often speak of rejuvenation. My God. I must also begin so that my gray hair turns black again. No problem, I have a good hairdresser, a barber, who goes and gives me a black color. You will see how I say in the webcast, it has become young. By what? By this millstone. No, no, with the gemstone. So, being young means being healthy. All our glands, all our emotions will recover again. It is like a great tree, an old tree that is sick, and we provide the proper nourishment. You give me the chilies here of all things. That is a good education. I did not tell you to bring the chilies. I told you, they should make some kind of chutney. You know, chili, coriander, and apple or small mango and a little mint. This is the chutney. Okay. I think next time we shall hold a cooking seminar. What do you think? Would you like to? Okay. Personally, I will cook, and you will watch on the big screen. And you will also cook personally. You bring a little kocha meat. Okay? That is very good. Alright. And so, afterwards it is very important to have good air. Prāṇāyāma. But after eating, one should not do prāṇāyāma. Oh yes indeed. What? How do you say in Austria, after eating, you should rest or take a thousand steps. And so, when you rest, breathe deeply. Breath technique is very important for our digestion. And most of the time, everything is digested when we are relaxed and breathing properly. Every night, when it’s time to sleep, all those tight jeans and pins and teens—I don’t know how many I have here—shed their bodies, change into pajamas, and fall asleep. Finally, at the end, all in the night, again don the yoga robe. Because pajamas are like yoga attire. Why? Because one feels comfortable, one sleeps well. So, one in all and all in one. We have the prīṣṭha, we have the passīra warned, we have yoga warned, and it is all beautiful. One in all. And so, when someone is in deep sleep, observe that everyone automatically breathes into the abdomen. And when one is awake, one wears tight clothes and wants to stand straight, pull in the belly, expand the chest, and wear a tie like that. And they say whether I have shaved well and whether I have pleased the women well. And always breathe only here. Unhealthy. What has happened? You have constipation. Many have constipation because they cannot properly relax the digestive system and cannot breathe properly. When you walk, you breathe deeply in and out. When you lie down and relax, you also breathe deeply. And so, Ujjāyī Prāṇāyāma. Ujjāyī Prāṇāyāma. The abdominal breathing is very, very good against constipation. And before eating, you should eat something sweet. Eat the cake or the ice cream or whatever you are eating, eat it all beforehand. And what do we do? The dessert comes at the end. And in my place, I will bring dessert at the end, a chili chutney with carrots. That is drastic. But first, eat the sweet, so that your body has time for the insulin in your body to digest the sugar and the digestive system becomes stronger. But we do everything to each other, everything wrong, and that is why we suffer. So, when you have prepared so many things at home, you have no time to argue with a man. It is also complete peace; one has no time to quarrel with a woman. When a man comes into the kitchen and says this and that, she says, yes please, can you open the garlic dumpling a little for me? He says, I am not coming here for your garlic. She said, don’t do it, so I didn’t do it either. So, this is like the valves of anger or rage; the valve opens and you become relaxed.