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It is very valuable to know how much we are connected to our ancestors. Nearly every day, we have a question for the grandmothers. We love our grandmother very much, and our grandfather also. When you put money in the bank, you don't think of your capital; you are always thinking of your interest. What percentage will you get? Similarly, parents, when the grandchildren are there, they don't think of the children; they think of their grandchildren. When your parents get grandchildren, they don't think of you, but they think of their grandchildren. Because children are weaned out of the capital. So our grandparents love us very much. It is true that we all love our ancestors. They love us, and we will love our new generations. That is how families are connected, and that is what we call the joint family. Now, there are very rare families who are together. People, even if they are married, want to have a separate apartment. And even if they are not married yet, they want to get divorced. I was in India in July for Guru Pūrṇimā. I had an invitation to a festival. The person who organized the festival was an occasion. He was chosen as a president for the international Jesse club. The invitation was sent to me by a person who became the president of a club called the Jesse club, like a Rotary Club or Lions Club. Like there is Rotary Club or Lions Club, Jassy Club means Chamber of Juniors. This club was founded by American President Kennedy, and that means an education program for the juniors. At that time, what you call the hippie culture started. Also, kind of, drugs became very popular at that time, and many young people were involved. So they made one club in nearly every town to make a program for the education of juniors up to 28 years. Well, in that club, anyhow, it was a very good program, and I was also there because this person who organized it is a disciple of Holy Gurujī. Now, what I want to tell you is that he was with his seventh generation there. All are alive, and the seven complete couples. It is not easy to get seven couples. His great-grandfather, his great-grandfather, his great-grandmother, and so on, until the grandson of this person. So seven generations were there, and through the relatives, there were seven couples also there, and all together. They were proud of themselves, that all are together and there is no question of getting divorced. Now in India also, this illness is beginning. An epidemic, I would say. A mental epidemic, that they want to get divorced and divorced. But you know, through getting divorced, how many relations are suffering? Grandparents are suffering, parents are suffering from both sides, brothers and sisters are suffering from both sides, good friends are... They are also sorry; they are suffering for it, and children are also suffering. So many—you cause pain to so many people just because you want to get married to a new one. And when you come to the new one, that partner is even crueler than the previous one. There is a saying: you try to come out of the boiling oil, the pan. There is a pot where you fry some things in oil. There is a cauldron in which you are baking, and it is very hot. That cauldron is on fire, and someone is in the cauldron. He is trying to get out of the cauldron. He manages to get out, but he falls into the fire. Do you understand what it means? From the pain out. So from the pain into the fire, you try to come out of one situation, which is like frying in hot oil, but you come to another point, which is burning. So how do you know that the next partner will be happy and good? Because the first partner was also not chosen by you. It was chosen by your emotions. If it had been chosen by you, you would be very happy. And the next one is also not chosen by you, but by your emotion. And here, emotion means ignorance. And whatever we do out of ignorance is not good. So it is a time again to create a good, happy family. In Europe, it is much better than in many other countries. Here in our part of Czechoslovakia and Hungary, it is very, very much connected to the ancestors. In every country, it is a very famous saying: the kitchen of the grandmother, or the recipes of the grandmother. So, where are these recipes? Because you threw them away. You changed several times flat. You changed several times partners. You didn't take care of the things, and very valuable things are lost. This came to my mind just now, because there was again a question for grandmother, for her soul, who died on the 24th of June, 2005. Her grandmother died recently, and the question is about her soul. If you go to America, then the Native Americans believe very, very much in their ancestors. Their ancestors are guiding them. If you go to Australia, the native Australians, Aborigines, they also very much believe in the ancestors, and they are guided by ancestors. Every family has a particular painting culture. Aboriginal painting is dots, many, many dots, dots... Every family has a certain art left behind from their ancestors. You can see from which caste or family this art is coming from. In many cases, they first think of their ancestors. It is similar in Japan, China, and India. We adore the ancestors. And the ancestors, they observe us. Now, if they are born in another life, that doesn't matter. It is a connection of the Ātmā, and that is observing everything. This individual presence, consciousness cannot object. So the ancestors are always there. The liberation of the ancestors depends on the children. So the children have to fulfill many things or pay back to their ancestors the karmic loan. To fulfill a lot of debts to their ancestors and to pay karmic debts, without successors, they cannot move from the ancestral world. So, when you have children, they will move further. If you don't get children, then still they are there. So for your father and mother, you have to make a ceremony. And for you, you should do your children. Otherwise, you will be hanging there. Like a Batman on a waiting list. So, it's your responsibility. We say there are five kinds of Ṛṇa. Rin means the debt. And this salon, so the first is mother. Second is ancestor. It means father. Third is your school teacher, and fourth is your religious teacher, and fifth is your guru, spiritual guru, or the ṛṣi. So mātṛ ṛṇa, pitṛ ṛṇa, ācārya ṛṇa, deva ṛṇa, and ṛṣi ṛṇa. Deva ṛṇa means towards the five elements, the nature, which I told you. Also, for every house you have a particular goddess. You have a protector for your house, a protector for your family. This is called a family god, and that is the first one. Every holy occasion, God or God is first remembered. Prayer is first towards them, and then you have property, God. It's called Setrapal, a protector of your area. So this is not only dogma, it is a reality, and those who don't remember them, either they left you, or they are angry with you, or they are disappointed. If you forget about them, their anger will influence us in different ways: illnesses, disharmony, no satisfaction, no successful family life, many, many things. So, Kuldevtā, Kuldevtā Bhīyo Namaha, when you make a pūjā, yajña in India, then they say Kuldevtā Bhīyo Namaha. Kuldevtā is the family deity. My adoration to the family god. Then you pray and worship the family god. So you must have, and you must have that family god. Family god, but you don't know. But you don't know, because you were not taught this. What a pity. So now we have to find it. Or accept it. My disciples, mostly I tell them to accept Devpurījī or Mahāprabhujī as your family devatā. I recommend Mahāprabhujī Ṛṣidev Purījī as a family priest to my disciples. Many of you had this or that saint who was a family priest. You definitely have that. Ask your grandmother or great-great-great-grandmother. Or great-great-great-grandmother. If not this, then Mahāprabhujī will definitely protect you and replace your Kuldevatā. Then you have to make prayer. Occasionally, especially every evening, doing pūjā. Every evening you have pūjā. I told you about pūjā in the morning. Before breakfast, you look at the sun. Say the Gāyatrī Mantra five times, and then offer a little water and flowers, and agarbatī, or maybe gilem. You can do it in your garden, on your balcony, or through your window. What about winter? The sun goes down very late. Keep in your mind what time the sun goes up, rises. At that time, it doesn't matter where you are. Or do it earlier. It's a Brahmaputra Pūjā for Sūrya Devatā. You can do it as long as you have to, for God's sake. It has influence. You will see your life is completely changed. Suddenly, your stars, your constellations are in good balance. When you fly by aeroplane and there is turbulence, and then suddenly it goes up and down, everybody who is sitting inside holding the chair will not help anything. If it will fall, it will fall, and at that time, everyone remembers their God. I also say, "Deep Nireñjan Śabdak Bhañjan." And I repeat the Siddhipāda and the Sabhā Dukkha Bandhana. And everybody, some remember Jesus, some remember Allah, some remember Buddha. And someone says, "My good luck." And when suddenly again it is stable, no turbulence. Thank you, Mahāprabhujī. So our life is in turbulence. This modern way of life is such a crazy and turbulent state, so we have to fix something. And that, through your Guru Mantra, besides Satguru Deva, still you have some Kuladeva. In the house, you must also have Śaktipūjā. Śaktipūjā means Holy Mother. We saw Kṛṣṇa's video, and you saw that the Divine Mother appeared. She took the place of Krishna so that Krishna could be brought to safety somewhere, and before this whole episode was finished, the Mahāmāyā didn't go away. She said she would stay on the earth, and she said, "My first place will be there." On the mountains in the Himalayas, where she said, and now in different places, and that Mahāmāyā, that Śakti, also when she passed, according to the Śiva Purāṇa, then her different parts of her body fell on different places on the planet. There is the Śaktipīṭha. Śaktipīṭha means the holy place of the Divine Mother, Divine Śakti. So she is not like a form. But we have to imagine her as a form, but that is the mother power. Unless you have this, you will have trouble. So you must establish in your house Śaktipīṭh. And you should have pūjā. On different occasions, also offering good food and prasāda. Then you will see suddenly the turbulence of life is gone. Then the karmic influences which are in our life, and in the future still, which will come to us, will be somehow a little lighter, that you can master a little bit better, so that you can control them more easily and you can understand them better. Or that you can go through them more easily. This is very important, and a human does not understand. We know that all spirits are also trees. These trees are listening to what we are talking. They are alive. And many, many other creatures. It is uncountable. The souls are surrounding us now. They see us, but we don't see them. These are our ancestors. They observe us, and they protect us. Our duty is to keep them happy and pleased. There was one case where one had a mental problem. One lady, and then someone told, "You should make a little temple at home with a Śaktipīṭh." And they made a prayer, and they sucked the prāṇa. You will not believe that lady was completely healthy and happy. So, "Mātṛ Devo Bhava," the mother is God. Yā Devī, Sarvabhūteṣu, Namaste, Namaste. See, now again and again I bow down to that Mother Divine, that Śakti. So, both are there. Then your yoga sādhanā is also successful. It will become solid, your path. Your ego, your anger, your jealousy, your doubts will be easier to carry on. Anyhow, you are carrying this, and it seems to me you have to carry it lifelong. What they said, that Jesus was carrying his cross, it is symbolizing that we have to carry our karma. You saw about Kṛṣṇa, and now Kṛṣṇa is about 5,603 years old. That's Krishna here. And that time, you see, Krishna was washing, cleaning the feet of his bhaktas. You saw in the video whose feet he was washing? No, no, in the video also. Sudāmā, what was? Sudama was his best friend. You remember when Rohiṇī brought Sudāmā to Kṛṣṇa. She put the Sudāmā on his stomach, at the feet of Krishna. Krishna was also a little baby, but he was holding, Krishna was holding his feet on the head of the Sudāma. And Kṛṣṇa, who was also a baby, was holding his feet on the head of Sudāmā. He was washing the feet of his friend, or disciple, or ṛṣis. Krishna did that. Rama did that, too. He was here about 10,000 years ago. I think it is repeated according to the testament that Jesus was washing the feet of his devotees. So, a tradition is continuing, the spiritual tradition. This is very important to think of the ancestors and make the prayer, make the pūjā, and pray that your family remains healthy and happy. Please, Lord, protect us, that no negative elements enter our family. Oh, Lord, protect me. No negative thoughts. No negative feelings. And no negative actions happen through me. Therefore, it is a "sarve bhavantu sukhinaḥ"—all should be happy. Therefore, this peace mantra is also there. Sarve sam svastir bhavatu, sarve sam santir bhavatu, sarve sam mangalam bhavatu, sarve sam purnam bhavatu. Loka samasta sukina bhavantu. Asato mā sadgamaya, tamaso mā jyotirgamaya, mṛtyormā amṛtam gamaya. This is for your whole family, and pūjā is done by the father and mother. Children should also do it. But when mother and father pass away, then children become responsible, like your children are inheriting. All heritage is going to your children. So they will do if you educate them. They will do it if you teach them how to do it. But you are not able to do it. Because you didn't get this educational knowledge. You don't know how to do it. Often, there is a question of child education. But I say child education is not necessary. Elder education is necessary, so now you should know, and you have to make your arrangements before going away. That your child will do everything for you after. So when you have a grandson, then grandfather or grandmother says, now we have the golden stairs to heaven. Because then everything is secured. So, saṃskāras, there are 16 saṃskāras according to Hinduism, like first cutting hair, and time of the birth, and marriage, first day going to school, like this, and the last is the funeral. Now, if you see this, he is also there. He is also when one was born, the prayers were done. When children go now to school, they get nice packets of chocolate and nuts. Also, when someone dies, ceremonies at the grave. Prayers in the church, it is there. You've forgotten, so again remember. Renew in your thinking. That's it. Why have you forgotten? Why don't you know? Because there is a lot of cultural conflict. In this culture, they also involve the conflict of the different religions. This religious fighting and cultural conflicts have destroyed the human roots. That's why the whole humanity is suffering. So, you shall educate your children. Not that these children have to do something unusual. Just to make aware what mother and father mean. What does it mean to be a family together? What does it mean to have a child? What does our whole joint family mean? It is said, blood is thicker than water. So, blood relatives, no matter what happens, they do care about you. A best friend may become against you, but your mother or your father will never be against you. On the surface maybe, but not in the heart. Love is there. So, think over what I told you. There are some people who are sitting already; they are divorced. It's a pity. But God lost the problem. Some are thinking to get divorced. I wouldn't suggest it. Some are still not married, so I would suggest they think it over. I suggest you think it over well. Do you want to be able to live together and to educate your children? Otherwise, make all possible prayers for your ancestors and for you also. Because you have no children, then, if you don't marry? So, who will do your ceremonies? Yes, your brothers or sisters, children. But now, according to modern education, I doubt that they will do anything for you. So, you can do something for yourself. You will laugh, or you will not agree, but there is a pre-funeral ceremony. Pre-funeral ceremony: before you die, you can do this ceremony. Then you can help, donate, so that your donation will function for you, because you don't have children, and then no one will do all that should be necessary. After us, they will do only what is socially, formally, should be done. A formality, but in a serious way, there is not a formality. It's a reality, so both hands clean together. Similarly, your parents did everything for you. Your parents did everything for you, and you should do everything for them. You do everything for your children, and your children should do everything for you. I am giving you this information for your personal use. Think about it. So, you do have protectors, just become aware of it, and if not, then as I told you, sūrya pūjā, you can do it in the bathroom, mentally, or you take the water in your hand with some nice lotā, and you have definitely the flower pot, or how do you call the flowers in the pot? There must not be very much water, just a few drops. You can just give water in the pot. Facing to the east, it should be done in the morning. That should be done in the morning, and while offering this water, OM, BOR, BOA, SHVA, TA, SA, VI, TRU, VAR, REN, YAM, BAR, GO, DEVA, SHYA, DI, MA, HI, DI, YO, YO, NAPRA, CHO, DA, YAT, OM, BOR, BOA, SHVA, TA, SA, VI, TRU, VAR, REN, YAM, BAR, GO, DEVA, SHYA, DI, MA, HI, DI, YO, YO, NAPRA, CHO, DA, YAT. So, five times. Sūrya Namaha, Bhānve Namaha, Bhāskara Namaha, Pūṣṇe Namaha. All these twelve names of the sun, twelve positions. That will definitely give you energy. Your intellect will become brilliant. Your memory and Shakti, you will feel it, Sūrya energy. So, this is: you have to do something for your ancestors. There is a, it is called Pitṛ Pakṣa. Pitra Paksha, Paksha means the time. Even the constellations. So this comes once a year, and that Pitṛpakṣa is coming sometimes in the beginning of November. I was very surprised that at the same time, also in Christianity, people go to the cemeteries and church, and bring flowers to the ancestors. It's really at the same time. So you see how even religion and culture are hooked together. There's no difference, washing the feet of the friends. Krishna's time was already there, so when his testament is nothing new. Pitrapakṣa, the same time, is nothing new. So many, many things are very similar. It's the same thing, different position, different relation, different perspective. There is one lady sitting, and someone says, "She is my wife." The third person came, the second person, and someone asked, "Do you know who is sitting there?" Oh yes, my mother. The third person came. Do you know who is sitting there? Of course, my daughter. A fourth person came. Oh, my sister is sitting there. The fifth came and said, "Oh, my grandmother." The next one came, of course, my neighbor. The other one said, "Of course, it's my colleague." So, only one lady. There are different relations, you see, from different perspectives. Similarly, God and religion are only one. But we see from different sides, different cultures, different mentalities, and like this. Therefore, there should be no conflicts, no fighting. Now you can't make any more difference. Otherwise, we are in trouble. I'm telling you, nearly three decades, four decades already, to respect, understand, and tolerate. Tolerance for religion, respect for every culture, and understanding every country's situation are key to world peace. As long as we do not do this, we will be in trouble.