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In ancient times, wisdom was transmitted from master to disciple through preaching and blessing. What the master spoke and the disciple heard is called śruti. What the disciple remembered and later spoke is called smṛti. In those times, there were no writing systems; knowledge was preserved through this oral tradition of śruti and smṛti. It depended on the disciple's memory. According to that memory, the disciple would convey the message further. However, those disciples who learned possessed perfect memory. Their recollections were compared with those of several other disciples. Therefore, the final version was not what a single disciple said, but what many arrived at as the same conclusion or judgment: "Yes, the Master spoke this." Thus, the wisdom they received from the Master became authentic, appreciable, and a leading stream through the blessing. To whom the Master gave the blessing, their words carried more power and authenticity—like a stamp on a document. When a person in a high position puts a seal on a document, their words carry weight. Therefore, blessing is very important. Without it, the knowledge the disciple has received will dry out like a tree without water, or a tree attacked by insects. These insects are ku-saṅga (bad company), doubts, and negative thinking. One negative thought infects the entire intellect. In modern psychology, negative thinking is described as a darkening of consciousness or intellect. So, even if one has heard the wisdom, without blessing, they are unable to preserve or keep it. Yet, blessing does not depend solely on the Master. It is not that the Master gives a blessing and that is all. We must be worthy of the blessing. To be worthy of the Master's blessing, we must be very pure. This is called Supatra and Kupatra. Supatra means the best disciple. Kupatra means a bad disciple—a good child or a bad child in the context of spiritual society. 'Patra' means a pot. This pot must be clean; only then can you put something inside. When you enter an operation theatre, doctors and nurses must use anti-infectants, sprays, and disinfect every instrument, every spoon. Similarly, the Master searches for that kind of disciple who is not infected—meaning one with no negative thinking, no jealousy, no anger, no greediness, no quarreling, no doubts, no criticizing, and many other things. Now you know what I mean. You can judge yourself: how are you? How is your pot? According to that, wisdom will flow in. Imagine a big hall with beautiful flowers. They are very nice, shining, and clear—very nice flowers and leaves made of plastic. By looking, you cannot tell if they are plastic or real. Your own eyes cannot judge from a distance. What is real and what is not real? What is right and what is not right? Then, you let one butterfly into that room. The butterfly will fly directly to the real flower, not to the plastic one. Similarly, the mercy and love of the teacher, the parent, or friends goes to those who are pure inside. That person becomes a successor of the Master—one who understands the Master, works for the Master, and does not "eat too much chocolate," which the Master must consider. So, śruti and smṛti. All the old scriptures that existed before, as memory, we can say are about 10,000 or 15,000 years old. We know the time of the Rāmāyaṇa, which was about 10,000 years before God Rāma's incarnation. God Rāma incarnated 10,000 years ago, and at that time, literature already existed. Āyurveda was also already written. This means the Śāstras have existed in written form for longer than 25,000 or 30,000 years. That is why India is the home country of all cultures and religions. Internationally, India is known as the cradle of culture, and it is capable of maintaining a multi-culture of every religion at home. India is able to maintain its multiculturalism; all regions are close to each other. So, śruti and smṛti—what is given to the disciples. Yet, something changed as we came nearer to Kali Yuga. Kali Yuga influences the materialistic life of people; it brings materialism. Individual greed awakens in people, leading to fights for position and money. Many things are then manipulated, making it not so easy to realize something. But reality itself is still there. Nothing changed in reality. One man came to Mahāprabhujī and asked, "What should we do? In this Kali Yuga, in this world, nothing remains real. Everything is changed. The world is changed." Mahāprabhujī said, "Nothing is changed. The truth, the reality, remains reality." The man asked, "How?" Mahāprabhujī said, "Look. Is it the same sun, moon, and stars? Did they change? No. Is the same sky? Did it change? The same elements—water, fire, air, and earth—did they change? Have the same elements—water, earth, fire, air—changed? The sun rises in the east and sets in the west; the moon comes and goes. Has it changed? The body functions: two eyes, two ears, two nostrils. Has it changed? Do people have two hands, two legs, or is that changed? No, sir. The way of breathing, the way of sleeping, the way of speaking—nothing has changed. What has changed is your attitude. Your opinions, your behaviors—that has changed. And that's why you are suffering. Otherwise, in God's creation, nothing has changed. Truth is unchangeable. Go for that truth, not for these material opinions." Therefore, the same truth still exists, and we shall go for that truth. That is very important. To achieve something in life, to have constant motivation, one needs satsaṅg and positive thinking. The great are they who can love the enemy. The worst are those who can only love the dearest one. You should have the heart of a saint and the intellect of a saint. Like a god, even when someone is guilty and has made a mistake, you shall help, go and help and correct—not in an angry way. I am surprised. For long, long years, disciples and practitioners write such letters to me about others. I am very sorry for that. That's it, because they are not able to digest; their stomach has no space for that. Their consciousness, their pot, is dirty. So whatever goes in also becomes dirty. Many—I am not going to tell names now—many are constantly telephoning someone, asking all the questions, and afterwards tell me, "No, but someone told me, but I don't want to tell you." Many people call me and ask questions, and then they say, "I won't tell you who told me." So, your criticizing, your telephoning, your asking for information is like pouring petrol on the fire—in you and in others. It means you still have not understood what you are searching for. Have you ever asked yourself what you are looking for in life? If you are looking for God and truth, why does it bother you if someone is doing something wrong? It has nothing to do with you. If they are wrong, forgive them, understand them, and support them to come to the right path again. But you are not that psychiatric doctor who hangs on the telephone talking and talking, making a story out of it—from the ant to the elephant. You make an elephant out of an ant; you inflate a story. That's it. Therefore, spirituality is something very peculiar. It is not everyone's subject. There are people selected by destiny. In politics, we say, "Are you selected or elected?" You are not an elected one; you are a selected one. Your destiny has selected you to come here. But still, many of you don't know why and what you are looking for. That's it. That's why all this doesn't help you. That's why you have no peace of mind. That's why you don't have clear vṛttis. One word, and you will be so offended that you will have two years of diarrhea. So, who has constipation? Come to me. Only one word, and you will have it. So now you can judge: where are you? Without understanding Gurudeva, without understanding that blessing, all is meaningless. Sve je beznačajno, bezmisleno. Mnoge godine su prošle u čitanju knjiga, i tako niko nije postao mudar. The wise one is he who has read: "Love is one of the highest diplomas you can have in your life." And when that love awakens in your heart, you are the supreme one. But not the love you think of in the world—you know, you love your car, you love your house, you love your dog. You don't love your husband. That's it. That's why when there is much disharmony in a couple's life, one of them buys a dog. And I am very happy for that dog; the dog gets the best treatment in that house. And thanks to that dog, it makes both husband and wife smile. Someone told me that in Hamburg, if you want people to smile, bring a dog. I don't know how far this truth is, but I tell you what I heard. This worldly love will make you unhappy. But when you have universal love, then you are for all—all trees, flowers, birds, dogs, husband, wife, friends, everyone. Because that is universal love, and that is the way to understand Gurudeva. Therefore, Mahāprabhujī said in one bhajan, "Therefore, blessed are they who receive the Guru's kṛpā," which means blessing. They become the channel of that spiritual energy, the cosmic light, universal love. It means the teaching becomes for them a teaching for themselves. It is not easy to become the instrument of His love. As the holy friend from Assisi said, "Father, let me be the instrument of your love to help others. Where there is misery, may I bring happiness. Let me be the bridge to unite all together." That bridge over which love, understanding, and your divine light can cross over. So, the teaching of Yoga in Daily Life is not only physical instruction. It is not only how to do some āsanas and prāṇāyāmas, but it is much more. It means that spiritual light, spiritual energy, is given into your hands. Now it is like you have received a flame, and you have to go through the storm. Whether the flame will remain or blow out is now in your hands. Or, you have a ball in your hand, full of oil or water, completely filled. Now you have to go through hilly areas without dripping one drop. That depends on you, and that is the job of the Yoga in Daily Life teachers. This is the task of the instructor of yoga in every life. So, teaching is divine. When you teach, you have to think: "Nahaṃ kartā prabhudip kartā mahā prabhudip kartā hi kevalam." When you teach, you have to think the "Nahaṃ kartā" mantra. Then you will see within you the ocean of wisdom. You will see how the ocean of wisdom will appear in you, and the waves of joy and fountains of happiness and peace. Every word, every sentence you speak is like a remedy for the practitioner. That is a real yoga teacher. But this cannot happen unless you purify yourself from jealousy, anger, hate, greediness, complexes, doubts, and many other things. So purify yourself. That is very important. Otherwise, it cannot function. It means you are lost, and the one who comes to you is also lost. Therefore, to those who received today the Diploma in Yoga and Daily Life, I bless them in the name of Śrī Mahāprabhujī and wish them all the best. May all those who come to them for learning experience and receive the light and blessing of Mahāprabhujī. May you feel in your heart that joy and happiness. Finally, you have received the real karma yoga duty—to be a teacher of Yoga in Daily Life. And when you feel like this, as a karma yogī, as a sevak, and you feel that you are only a medium through which this divine love flows, then you will experience, as Holy Gurujī said in one bhajan, Holy Gurujī Rekhā Ubaidjanā.