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There is only one religion, and that religion is called Sanātana Dharma, the eternal religion. Religion means uniting. That uniting means we are united with the cosmic Self; that is our relation to God. Our duty is to realize your relation, and that is religion. That is the eternal religion, not a man-made religion. Man-made religions are those religions or teachings of the great incarnations. If Kṛṣṇa was preaching, still Kṛṣṇa was in human form, a human. That's man-made. When Jesus was teaching, he was in human form, a human, so that's man-made. But what is not man-made is eternal: God, creation, living beings, nature, universal consciousness. Universal life, that is Satya, that is truth, which is binding, which is holding all together. So one Dharma is called Sanātana Dharma. In Sanātana Dharma is bounded all entire creation: even mountains, forests, rivers, deserts, animals, birds, fish, elements. And the second dharma is called humanity, to be human. So we are all human. We were not born with a stamp on our body: you are Hindu, you are Christian, you are Muslim, you are Buddhist. We don't have a stamp on it. We were born as human. We were born as human. We will live as human. And we will die as a human. When we die, there will be no barriers, like when you go to the border now: EU citizens, other passports. It is not like this. When you die, they will not say, "You are Hindu, go to the Brahmaloka. You are Christian, go to heaven. You are Muslim, go to paradise." No. Only it will decide your karma. Karma pradhāna. Your karma is the major thing. Your karma is the most important thing. What you did, your deeds will divide you. Your deeds will bring you. There is no one sitting to guide you like this. And if you think that you come and your God will say, "Oh, thank you, my son, you killed so many other innocent people." If you think that when you come to heaven, your God will say to you, "Bravo, son, you killed so many people from another religion." Be sure that Jesus will not be happy if a Christian kills someone else. He will be sad. And you think that Kṛṣṇa will be happy? Oh, thank you, you killed so many Christians. This duality is only and only in the human mind. That dualism is only in the human mind, and that mind wants to have power. They want to know how many sheep I have in my yard. Sheep, sheep, sheep. This is ego, the power. So you have a stick for the sheep to pull in the yard. That's it. God doesn't want this. Free. Believe free. Deśa and kāla. Deśa means time, sorry, place. Where you are. When I am in the Czech Republic, I must obey, respect, and follow the Czech law. If I do not follow, I will be in trouble. That's it. Kāla means the time, the situation. What is that particular situation? According to that, we should be here. You come to the ashram or the temple, and you bow down. When you go to the party, you will not bow down. This is a deśa to sit and kāla to think, where we are. Of course, the holy saint, you bow down everywhere. But it's a different atmosphere in the church and at the party. We can never compare the atmosphere of the church with the party. If we keep the church atmosphere throughout the whole day and in our society, then these parties and nightclubs will not happen. Because the church doesn't advise you to go to nightclubs. Why should they not advise? They should advise, because the church knows. That kind of society is not good for humans. That such a society is not good for people. Sooner or later, you will be drawn to misfortune. And therefore, it's very important that we are aware of the deśa and the kāla. Deśa means the place. Kāla means the time, the situation. And that is very important. So prayer, prayer should come from the heart, because it is easy to kneel down, but it's hard to bow the heart. It should come from the heart; then prayer is heard by him. Prayer means personal consultation with him, directly looking in his eyes. To eyes, and asking him, "Why? Answer me." I am here. The Holy Father will say, "Yes, my child. Calm down. Slowly, slowly." So, prayer is that which empties your heart from anger, jealousy, and hate. There was work done again in America on the two hemispheres. They made a lot of research work, and it was very beautiful, very scientific. And it was released on television. And they explained many, many life situations and illnesses, and like this. When they came to stress, then there was no treatment. They proved how many diseases can be caused by stress. Then they came to schizophrenia, hallucination, anxiety, and depression. For this, there is no medical treatment; they only give you some tranquilizer just to pass the time. So that you become dull, you become dull, lazy, drowsy, memory gets lost, slowly, slowly. So they said there is no medicine. But they advised treatment which can help. Three things: prayer, meditation, and they said on television they changed into the German language, some Asian kind of physical exercises. It means yoga. So in English, it is yoga. But they say ATS is a kapā yubung. Because they have conflict to say yoga. But you know, you can't hide the reality. The Slovakian bishop made a condition that the yoga program with Swāmījī, designed for our school, is okay. We take it very well. But we don't want the name yoga. So you know, even humans have so much hate. Even they don't want to hear the name. How can we expect these people to work for world peace? Where is the tolerance? And I was surprised. They are bishops, and they don't follow Jesus'said, "Love your next." No, love your next. So I am their next one. So the reality is different, and therefore there should be no dualities. And so prayer, prayer, meditation, and yoga exercises, is a treatment also, physical, mental, emotional, social, and so on. So prayer has the most power; this is a spiritual tonic. So this is a spiritual tonic which gives us strength. Ātambal means the power of the Ātmā. Manobal, the power of my mental power. And so prayer improves our mental power and maneuver. And you can empty all your emotional complaints to God. Therefore, the prayer should come from the heart. It doesn't matter which form you pray. He listens. It doesn't matter which language you pray in, he listens. It doesn't matter knowingly or unknowingly you drink a poison, the poison will affect. Similarly, if you know or you don't know, if you pray in those words or in that melody, it will have an effect. And prayer will always be prayer. And prayer understands the humans. A living being understands prayer. A few years ago, there was a computer program on television, and it was a little bit funny, joking. And once I said to the computer, "Please, computer, in our brand we don't have words like 'please, be kind, please.' We don't know the emotion." So, the computer, the machine, doesn't understand your emotions. But the living being understands your emotions. The living one understands, please. Be kind, be helpful, be loving, and many things like this. We are living beings. Still, we are not a machine. You know, we don't have here petrol bag and here petrol bag, you know. And when the petrol is finished, you fall down, like a plastic man. But you saw sometimes in these films what they call the side fix. As you sometimes see in scientific and photographic films, we are living beings, and it is a very wonderful life. What a mystery! Sometimes you think only of your living, and you can do these and those things. How beautiful it is, oh my God! You can think about life for days and days, and how wonderful it is, self-sustainable. We wish we could stop getting old. Only one thing we cannot stop: that we stop getting old, because the dharma of the body is threefold. To be born, to grow, to grow,... to grow,... to grow. Āyā so jāyegā rājā raṅk fakīr, who came, will go, doesn't matter if he is a king, a saint, or a beggar. One who came will go, regardless of whether he was a king, a saint, or a beggar. One goes with a holy throne, and the other as a prisoner. Karma. So karma pradhāna. So Kṛṣṇa said, "Yogaḥ karmasu kauśalam." Through yoga practice, you can be successful. Through practice of karma, you can be successful in yoga. If you don't do karma yoga, your yoga practice will not be successful. Therefore, people are on a waiting list for making karma yoga. That karma which is for everyone. Just to do for your family and for yourself, you must do. You are obliged to do, but to do for others, all, a community, that is real karma. Then it is said, yoga agni, karma dagdhani, it is a fire of yoga which will burn your karma. So karma, Kṛṣṇa said, yoga will be successful through karma. Then it is said, yoga agni, karmadagdhani, it will burn all your bad karmas and create the good karmas. Therefore, prayer is the strongest power which you can get. All your saṅkalpas, all your wishes will come true. But prayer should be with complete surrender. Now I give my whole life in your hands. But it is very easy to say, we say, "God, I gave my whole life in your hands." And suddenly Mahāprabhujī said, "Okay, come." No, no, I didn't mean this. Mahāprabhujī, please. No, please. That's it. So, do you mean this, or do you only sing this? Whether you really think about it or just sing about it. That's the difference. So reality is far more than we are thinking. So prayer is something which gives us strength, and all our wishes can come true. And the greatest protection is satsaṅg. Satsaṅg is the greatest protection, inspiration, and liberation. Satsaṅg is a boat to cross the ocean. If you remain in satsaṅg, that boat will definitely bring you other souls. And the master is the captain. If you jump out and fall into the ocean, then the sharks are waiting for breakfast. That's not a mistake of the captain. You jumped out. You stopped. Therefore, remain seated. Don't change, don't jump out. Oh, nice water, swimming. And when you see the shark coming, jumping in. So when the trouble comes, then you remember Swāmījī. When you are unhappy, then you remember yoga. Otherwise, you are somewhere else. You are changing your altar. Inner altar, and so I know many are changing the feelings. And they tell me, "You are changed, Swāmījī. Why don't you talk to me?" I changed, not he. Now I can't understand you. Yes, I understand you. That you can't understand me, because you are not me anymore. You changed your feelings. You changed your thinking. You changed everything. Now you are not that one. You are no longer the one who can understand. Who will understand? Now you are completely like an additional part. Now you are a completely different part, it doesn't fix here. And when it doesn't fix, then it always disturbs. So you changed, you are changing, you are jumping in and out, in and out... The sun didn't change; your eyes changed. Now you need glasses. So, satsaṅg, prayer, and bhakti, this is it. Bhakti, vairāgya, jñāna, tapasyā, and tyāga. Tyāga, renunciation. Vairāgya, be above everything. Tapasyā, authority. Tapasyā, askesis. Bhakti, devotion. Bhakti, or devotion. And jñāna, knowledge. And jñāna, knowledge. These are the five principles which can liberate you. And kāma, passion; anger; attachment; greed, greediness; pride, ego; pride, ego; pride, ego; pride, ego; pride. It depends on you, with whom you are a friend. Are you in love with Kāma, Krodha, Moha, Lobha? Or you are in love with Bhakti, Jñāna, Tyāga, Vairāgya, and Tapasyā. So this is very individual. If you ask me, "Can you give me Vairāgya?" I cannot give you. If you ask me to give you a reaction, I can't give it to you. It's not a chocolate that I can give to you. You have to develop. You should talk with yourself. One day, have a coffee with yourself. Sit in the morning, take a coffee, and tell yourself, "Come, I want to talk with you seriously today." That's it. But you know, your self doesn't follow you. When you say, "I want to talk to you," then your self tells you, "You are stupid." That's it. Even you have no control over yourself. And if you don't have control over yourself, what more can you do in life? So, prayer, prayer... that is the strongest power which you can have. That is the greatest strength you can have. Whenever you feel fear in yourself, pray. That is the best remedy. That is the emergency medicine. Rescue drops. When you don't see any way anymore, you are lost. Where to go? Where do I belong? To whom do I belong? Which direction should I go? Which side should I go? There are many people who suddenly have such a feeling in their life. And that kind of feeling draws a person towards suicide, because when the person commits suicide, at that time the psyche of that person has no more orientation. Hope is lost. There is no way. But the holy man said, "When you don't see the way, then you pray." And again, in your wide horizon, you will see the straight way for you. All will stay on your way with the flowers, but you have to talk to yourself. So, have a coffee with thyself tomorrow.