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Today we have special guests, our Guru brother and sister. In English, you would say Mr. and Mrs. Sharma. They are, by lineage, disciples of Mahāprabhujī and the Holy Gurujīs. I have known them from a very early age, even before I became a sannyāsī. As I mentioned this morning, she is an excellent cook. So today, Madan Mohanji—his name is Madan Mohan—Sharma Ji will share something: his life experiences and whatever he wishes. Respected Swamiji, Guru Mahārīśwaranjī and all, it is a great pleasure for me to be here on this occasion of Guru Pūrṇimā. Respected Swamiji and all present, it is a great privilege for me to be at this satsaṅg because of Guru Pūrṇimā. Guru Pūrṇimā is the most important day, a holy day for a pupil who enters into the second life of a Dvijā. It is a very important and essential day for those who have begun their second life. I feel happiness in speaking of the last three decades with the Guru. I have been with them for three generations. In 1954, my parents took Guru Dīkṣā from Mahāprabhujī. At that time, Holy Guru Mādhavānandajī was in Gujarat, and my father was in the railway service there. My parents and the whole family had the opportunity to go to Kathu with Mādhavānandjī and have darśan of Mahāprabhujī. On that occasion, my wife, who is here, was also present. We were all very happy to have darśan of Mahāprabhujī and receive his blessings. In that entire area, he was a great saint with many disciples. He was blessing everyone there. It was the winter season, so Mahāprabhujī used to keep a blanket on the Dhunā (sacred fire) and he gave blessings to all. He advised all persons who were in trouble. He sat near the Dhunā, near the place of fire, giving blessings and advice to everyone who came. During the day, people sat around Mahāprabhujī's fireplace, near the Dhunā, and received blessings. All who met him were asked to turn to him with confidence if they were in trouble. Mahāprabhujī was a very powerful, virtuous, and famous personality. Among his disciples, Swami Mādhavānandjī is one, the dearest and nearest pupil. He asked Mādhavānandajī to travel throughout the country and give his blessings to all people. In those days, Swami Mādhavānandajī went to Gujarat, and they have an āśram in Sābarmatī as well. Swami Mādhavānandajī had many disciples in Gujarat: high-ranking officers, railway officers, managers, chief managers, and police inspectors. Many people were his pupils, and they all stood before him. With Swāmī Mādhavānandajī, many people went to Kathu for the darśan of Mahāprabhujī. In the 1960s, Mahāprabhujī took samādhi. Swami Mādhavānandajī ascended the Guru Gaddī of Mahāprabhujī. Guru Mādhavānandajī was very active and powerful. He traveled from east to west and north to south. At all places, he gave the blessing of Mahāprabhujī. He wanted that everybody who came into his contact, his pupil, should be raised, blessed, and uplifted. He was always concerned for the welfare of his pupils, to give them dīkṣā and proper advice to progress. After some time, he came to Jaipur to establish an ashram in our Jadan, in our Sodala. He was very energetic and had prepared everything. He acquired land for the ashram and started constructing the building, making plans for it. The task was not easy, but his pupils and everyone helped him, and with his guidance, they started the ashram. In that period, my family came into close contact with him. Every day or on alternate days, we used to go to the Ashram. Whenever he felt at ease, he used to come to our house as well. By nature, he is very helpful to everybody. At that time, my condition was not good, economically or socially, so whenever I was in trouble, he was always standing with me and helped me a lot. We felt pleasure in going to the ashram and performing service there. My wife's work was to go to the ashram and arrange food for all the saints who used to come. My children also went to the ashram, though it was far. So, Swami Mādhavānandajī was very familiar to my family, and his blessings were with me. There were many MPs, MLAs, and high-ranking officers; they all were his pupils and disciples. In that period, a new soul emerged as Swami Maheśvarānandajī, who was a young man at that time. Swami Maheśvarānandajī was a deep-thinking man. He had profound insight, and it was thought that he would be the one for the future. I had the opportunity to see Swami Maheśvarānandajī in our clothes, before he took sannyāsa. I met him very closely when he was a child, before he received sannyāsa. Swamiji took full responsibility to get him trained in yoga and sannyāsa, and he achieved it. Swami Maheśvarānandajī received complete yoga training and mastered everything necessary. Guruji arranged everything so that he could learn yoga and live successfully. And this is how it happened. By grace, it is a great time with Swami Maheśvarānandajī. Three generations of gurus' blessings are with him. Four powerful gurus' blessings are with him. So he was trained very swiftly and absorbed everything very, very swiftly. He was a young boy, but he very swiftly learned all of Sanskrit and everything. When he came to the West, he mastered all languages. He is such a brilliant soul. Mahāprabhujī had a special opportunity for three generations of teachers to transfer their blessings to him. He quickly accepted it and absorbed it all while he was in India. When he came to the West, he easily mastered the languages. Swami Maheśvarānandajī, of the fourth generation, is a very strong guru, and he quickly acquired all knowledge. When he learned yoga, he quickly learned all the languages, Sanskrit, and became very strong in this field. So, Swami Mādhavānandajī did extraordinary work and invested in one great swami. Just as Mahāprabhujī wanted from Swami Mādhavānandajī that his blessings should be given throughout the country, in the same manner, Swami Mādhavānandajī wanted his blessings to go throughout the globe. We feel happy to note now that Swāmī Mādhavānandajī's aim is going to be fulfilled. We are happy that we can see the goal of Swāmī Mādhavānandajī will be fulfilled. It is a great joy for us that the goal of Swāmī Mādhavānandajī's dream has come true. He accompanied me, he helped me a lot. One of my sons used to go to the ashram for Swāmījī's prasāda. After taking prasāda, he would clear and clean all the utensils before returning. But Swāmījī's blessing was such that he became a first-class officer in Indian Railways. When his work was seen, due to the blessings of Swamījī, he was recruited by the British railway. So that he could travel well on the train and travel well in his life. One of my sons visited the Ashram a lot, received much prasāda, and performed service there. He was placed on the railway, and his progress was so good that he was not placed on the Indian railway but on the British railway. These are the ways of a true guru. If a pupil or disciple has complete surrender to the guru, the results will be such. Mahāprabhujī and Swāmī Mādhavānandajī are not with us in body, but they are always with us. When you think of them, they are with you at every moment. If we think about them, they are with us and everything is fulfilled. For this, a disciple has to completely surrender to the Guru. If he has complete surrender, the Guru works like a god. Actually, the Guru is the true copy of God. If you are in complete resonance with the Guru, with complete vibration and amplitude, everything will be seen by the Guru, and at every moment he is there to help, and help will be given. I have the pleasure to speak to you, that you have such a guru. And you are getting the results of such a guru. There is no difference between you and your guru. So I am glad to know all these things. I bow again to Maheśvarañjī, Swāmī Maheśvarañjī, and he has given me the opportunity to be here. For the last 36 years, he was telling me to come over here. He has been here for 36 years. But now I have got the opportunity to be here, and he has arranged for my visa and everything. I am very, very happy to see all you people, and I seek your blessings for me as well. He is giving you very precious teachings, like Mahāmṛtyuñjaya Japa, Gāyatrī Japa, mantra chanting, yoga, yoga kriyā, and meditation. What more does a person want? He gives you precious things: mantras, Kriyā Yoga. He speaks to you in meditation. He guides you in everything. What more can a person wish for? Swami Ji gives us very valuable things: mantras, meditation, Kriya Yoga. What more valuable things can a person wish for? He is giving you a complete transformation. If complete transformation is there, you will also be like God. Definitely. He gives you the opportunity for complete transformation, and when you achieve complete transformation, you will also be like God. So, I advise you all not to lose this chance. Have a better life, better opportunity, and a better connection with Gurudev, and then with God. I am very happy to have Swami Maheśvarānandajī with me, and I am always at his feet to get more opportunity to go ahead. I am very happy that I have Swami Maheśvarānandajī with me, and I am always at his feet, grateful for the opportunity he gives me to constantly progress. I again and again pray to Him that His blessings should always be with me, without fail. With wishes for all your welfare and happiness, to all people who are here, and with blessings for me from Swāmījī, Hari Om. I wish you all the best and happiness, and may all the blessings of the Lord be with you and with me. Thank you. Now you see someone again in physical form who has seen Mahāprabhujī in physical form. These are the eyes which have seen Mahāprabhujī. So for us, Mahāprabhujī is here today with them. The water which enters into the Gaṅgā, that water is called Gaṅgā water. Other water, it doesn't matter how clean you make it, how much you filter it, but still it is not Gaṅgā water.