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Messages are arriving from all corners of the world—Brazil, Uruguay, South America, Australia, Tasmania, Johannesburg. You will laugh, but I must tell you: from one island came a question, "Swāmījī, it is so beautiful, two gentlemen standing beside you. Who are they?" They were in black, in my home. You see, they are observing everyone. I said they are crazy and beautiful. There are certain thoughts we should clarify. It is like this: if you grow a plant, you must take great care of it. You must check the environment, the soil, and the right climate. Similarly, when we have such a retreat or seminar on the beach, I think the beach is a union between the ocean and the mainland. Both kinds of beauty are here. Or, like ash after burning, sooner or later it will flow into the ocean. So this is our eternal resting place. The ocean is life. It is breathing. It is living. It has consciousness. It has life. And also, Mother Earth is alive—what we call a living planet. All vegetation, trees, grass, anything growing is life. And even in the stones, there is life. Once Buddha said—when Buddha got enlightenment, he was a prince, and you know, the king had everything. But those kings at that time, they didn’t have air conditioning, and you have air conditioning. They didn’t have televisions, you have a television. They didn’t have radio, but you have radio. They didn’t have a fridge, but you have a fridge. So many things in our modern technology have made human life somehow easier, more comfortable. And at the same time, it is said life is difficult. Gurujī once said in his lecture: all the time they did not have so many facilities, but people were living in harmony, in love, in happiness. Now, people have everything, but they are not capable of living in harmony, in peace. There is more and more fighting. Similarly, if you can see the Buddha, or great Mīrā, and many other holy saints—even the gods Rāma and Kṛṣṇa—they were also from royal families. So the Buddha had everything. He was known as Siddhārtha. The name itself is also good: Siddhārtha—Siddha and Artha is wealth or wisdom. He saw that everything he had at home—many slaves, wealth, comfort, everything—but for what? If this is my aim, that I am born here for that, then what will be after? To get is not a problem. When you get something, you are happy. But when it will be taken away, then you will be unhappy. So this is this. The third point is that the time of renunciation will cause a lot of pain. But only the wise ones begin to think over. So Buddha left home. He had a hard life, to struggle a lot. At that time, of course, the human generation was little. The population was less. More tribes, forest. Ādhibhautik, Ādhidaivik, and Ādhyātmik—these three troubles were a lot. It was not easy to meditate due to the weather conditions and the animals: bugs, mosquitoes, wildlife, many, many things. But it is said, when you decide it, when you have love, then pain is nothing. For the love, you don’t feel cold and hot. You don’t see if it’s comfortable or discomfort. So, when you love God, there is something great, but only that one who is really in love—that’s also very important. God, everyone would like to realize God, but still we don’t have that longing for that. So very rare people have this love, means devotion. Love is God, and God is love. Everyone can disappoint us. Everyone can cause us pain. But not God. So on His search, we are there. The Buddha had a lot of tapasyā. He lived a very simple life. No shoes, no proper clothes, there was nothing to save the beard. Now you see the Buddha’s pictures everywhere without any beard. That is not a Buddha. The statue what you have is not a Buddha statue, because you never saw, no one has seen a Buddha who is living now. They all died. At that time, there was no camera. So someone made a statue and pictures, imaginary, and called it Buddha. So now it’s a stone statue we call Buddha. Anyone you ask who it is, it is always a Buddha statue. Did you see the Buddha? And always, Buddha is angry when you say it is Buddha. And there is one picture of the laughing Buddha, you know, big stomach and sitting, laughing. I think he has 300 kilos, 400. And Buddha said, "Oh, my God." I wish I could have had a good kilo. He was just like a bone. But you have imagined, imagination of, like, Gandhi. People said. Or many yogīs doing yoga, so Buddha was very thin and had hair. So they didn’t have a nice knife to shave every day. All these, Kṛṣṇa, Rāma, Śiva, they all had long hair and long eyebrows. Sometimes when they got something which was very sharp, they held it like this and made it like that. So, thanks ladies that they don’t have this problem; they didn’t have that time. But men are happy with the beard. Without a beard, a man is... I will not talk anymore. And that’s why, you know, people always mix, like, gay marriage. Śrī Rām, Jaya Rām, Jaya Jaya Rām. Śrī Rām, Jaya Rām, Jaya Rām. Śrī Rām, Jaya Rām, Jaya Jaya Rām. Glory, victory of God Rāma. Well, Buddha. Buddha means the knowledge. Buddhi means the intellect. Buddha is experiences. Buddha is the knowledge through your experiences which you gain. That’s called Buddha. So when the Buddha, his consciousness was enlightened. Enlightened means not the light like this. Enlightenment is understood very wrongly. Don’t think that you will be like in the light, sitting and everything is light and light. Enlightenment means wisdom. You come to know everything: past, present, and future. So when the Buddha said, when I got enlightenment, the first thing was that he was lost, because nothing was there. Nothing. When I was here, he was not here. Now he is here, but I am not here, because the street of love is so narrow, two cannot walk together. Two have to become one. As long as you will be two, there will be duality, disappointment, and pain. There will be longing. There will be dualities. There will be conflict. But when you become one, then there is no longing. What you are searching, you are that one. So just go deep and get oneness with your beloved one. Otherwise, you will never have that realization. This physical vision and physical touch, the smell, this is very temporary. Again, it is not there, appearing, disappearing, appearing, disappearing. But the permanent is that which never, and never will be, separated. So enlightenment means that he became one. Only Brahman, nothing else. Brahman is the truth, and this world is untruth, unreality. Only oneness is Brahman. And where duality is, that is not permanent; it is changeable. But Buddha said that he tried to go back when he was on the border. He was losing, losing himself. We have fear, we are afraid. So, one step back: when you climb high up in the mountain, and you are standing on the rock, and the cliffs are so far down, you don’t dare to come to the edge of the rock. After one meter, two meters far, you look like that, oh God, and your more balance is towards the backside, and we make steps back. So the Buddha said he followed his development of his individual consciousness, came to the stone, metals, coal, vegetation, the reptiles, and water creatures, and then the birds, animals, and humans. So, how the consciousness was rising according to his commentary or his words, which are out? Because when Buddha was talking, I was not there in his satsaṅg. Only I can tell what we heard or what we read. So it is said, even in this piece of stone, there is life. There is a consciousness, a dormant one. But this will also one day become Brahmā, the creator. And that Brahmā will become one day ended. That is a game of the 8.4 million creatures’ circle. Only the way finally then comes again to nothingness. Then you are present everywhere. It is called omniscient, omnipresent. Therefore, always Mahāprabhujī used to tell one thing. When the bhaktas used to come to Mahāprabhujī from far distances, from Mumbai, from Kolkata, this is far from Rajasthan, also far from Afghanistan, Pakistan borders—that was the time of India—they asked Mahāprabhujī, "Please come, we will advertise and make big satsaṅgs, and many people will have benefit of your darśan." Mahāprabhujī said, "Yes, of course. But why do you think like that? That I should come. Where should I go? Tell me. Where I am not. Show me anywhere where I am not. There I will go." So, sarvatra—everywhere, sarvajña—and knower of everything, wherever you will remember me, I will appear, and I know everywhere what you are doing, what you are doing. That’s called the supreme, the super consciousness. That’s called living God, and we—I don’t know what’s on my back now, a mosquito or a fly. That’s it. So that is the difference between them, those who made austerity and tyāga. And to remove the duality. We like this fruit, so we take it; other fruit we don’t like, we leave it. So we like a few people, we love them. Others, not. That duality, the consciousness of differences and dualities, that keeps us away. So we are neither here nor there, which means nowhere. As we are born, we will go back. So, darśan, satsaṅg, and such an environment like we have now is very rare, and being here in this space, still you are jealous. Then you are that spoon which is in the honey, but you still don’t know what is the taste of it. There was one man, a farmer. They took him to heaven. When he came to the door of heaven, the heavenly people came to welcome him. And they came to heaven, and he said, "Yes, yes, I am Catholic." And he said, "I am a Catholic." They said it doesn’t matter. Heaven is for all, not only Catholics. So, those who are Catholics should not think that they are only the citizens of heaven. So they said, "No, no, all can come." But he said, "With me is my friend; he’s a Muslim." They said, "Yes, privacy, priority for him first." He was confused. He said, "Isn’t everything like that?" "Yes, you have everything there." "Yes, oh, thanks to God, I’m happy to come in. But you know, it’s already been a few hours, I didn’t have my smoking pipe. Will I get inside my pipe?" So they’re sorry, in heaven there’s no smoking allowed. "No pipe?" He said, "No." "I quit heaven. I go to my smoke pipe," so he went back. Similarly, when you come here, don’t think it’s a Croatian or a Slovenian or a Serbian or an Indian or a Chinese. Don’t think that we are yogīs and others are not yogīs. I love this one and that one. I love this one here. You should live as if it is like heaven. All we are one human, and God gave us this beautiful, beautiful view and this air which God gave us. We don’t have to pay tax to the government. Supreme government, love, contentment, happiness, all these elements God gave for every creature free, just use in joy. So, what I want to tell is that we should utilize the time in good things. As many times you are sitting and thinking bad about others, that many times, if you would have made your mantras with oneness with Mahāprabhujī, who knows? Today, you would already be that one who’s enlightened, right? The minute you missed it, it was like there was a big hall, like ten, and there was a blind person inside. Now, the blind person wants to go out of the hall, and he had a hand on the wall and was walking. When the time came to go out, he took his hand to caress his head and kept on walking, missing the door. Again, he was walking and walking. When the door came, he began to caress his armpit. Door missed it after few times, that blind person was saying, "How big is this hall? Is there at all any door?" One person who was sitting there and observing said, "My dear friend, door is there, but you missed it." Blind man was so angry, he said, "You are a stupid one. We blind people, we can’t miss anything, you know. Constantly, my hand is on the wall." The other one said, "Yes, my dear friend, but when the door came, you began crashing, you know. It was itching, and while to calm down your itching, you were crashing." And you missed the door. Similarly, when the right time comes, you have itching of the desires, and you try to crash somewhere, and you think, "Who is my obstacle?" You try to remove that, but that will not be removed. It will not be removed. Better you remove yourself. How? Meditate, pray, that one will be better one day. Otherwise, here you came for what? You didn’t come for anyone. You came for yourself, and you have it. Or you came maybe to see me. You have it in me. Enjoy the view. So open your eyes. Don’t close your eyes, please. And look how beautiful it is. And we will chant now. Everybody sing. I have no good melody. So sing someone: Śrī Jaya Jaya Rām, Śrī Rām Jaya, Śrī Jaya Rām Jaya Rām, Śrī Rām Jaya Rām Jaya Jaya Rām, Śrī Rām Jaya Rām Jaya Jaya Rām, Śrī Rām Jaya Rām Jaya Jaya Rām... Śrī Rām Jaya Jaya Rām, Śrī Rām Jaya Rām, Jaya Jaya Rām... Śrī Rām, Jaya Rām, Jaya Rām, Śrī Rām, Jaya Rām, Jaya, Jaya Rām, Śrī Rām, Jaya Rām, Jaya, Jaya Rām. What is time? How long has it been? 22.11, 22.11. When did we begin the program? I spoke so long, only half an hour? I spoke so long, only half an hour. Did we begin too early? Yes, we started too early. Okay, then we will now have beautiful āsanas. And the photographer should always make pictures of āsanas from the side and from the front. If they are making, but best would be they practice. And please, everyone should not take photos with their cameras or mobiles, or anything like this. Now we will have one yoga teacher. Is there from Czech? Yoga teacher, someone here, who is that? What is his name? Yes, Poach. So you will instruct to your āsanas now, okay? You can be here. Here is stones, or have you met? Oh, you need him? There’s so many stones. He’s a very hot yogī, you know. Then come this side. So, those who will not practice āsanas, go in the kitchen and clean the potatoes. Here will be only exercise. Thank you. Now, give him the mic. The floor is yours. Permanently? You will translate it. I speak? I don’t know. Leave and enjoy. ...maybe by German we can translate it from Czech to English. Or maybe you should show exercises: exhale several times deeply. And with each exhalation, try to relax your body even deeper. Now you can place the palm of your right hand on your abdomen and the other palm on your chest. And you can practice full yoga breathing. We know that full yoga breathing is deep inhalation into your abdomen. And inhalation rises up to your chest, until the upper part of your lungs. And exhalation starts from the top and goes slowly down. It is such a wave of inhalation from the bottom to the top, and exhalation from the top to the bottom. Several times, inhale and exhale in this rhythm. Feel the movements of your palms, how you inhale to your abdomen and to your chest. You can make two more rounds in your own rhythm, and then place your arms next to your body again. Now we will do some simple stretching exercises. So with inhalation, raise your right arm behind the body, and at the same time, stretch out the heel of your right leg. And with exhalation, place the arm back, and the same on the other side. And keep going like this until you have three repetitions on each side. With each inhalation, try to stretch the side of your body as much as you can. When you finish this variation, you can do the second variation, stretching the body the cross way, diagonally. Again, three times. And when you finish this second variation, you can do the third one, stretching the body, both arms, and both legs together. When you do this stretching exercise, it is good not to have your pillow under your head, because when you stretch your body, your spinal column should be stretched also. And now you can put your arms behind your head again, place your palms together, your ankles together, and roll your body with inhalation on the right side. And with exhalation, come to the middle. And same on the other side. First, lift up your hip, and then your back. And when you go down, first your back, then your pelvis. And three times on each side. When you finish, relax yourself. And now we will do Pavan Muktāsana, three times on each side. So with inhalation, lift up your right leg. Exhalation, hold it with your hands and bring it towards your chest. And bring your forehead towards the knee. At the same time, push your shoulder blades toward the floor. Inhale, rest your head and arms on the floor. Stretch your leg toward the floor. And put it down slowly, and the same on the other side. Inhale. With exhalation, bring the forehead towards the knee. Inhale, relax the head on the floor, relax the arms. Exhale, relax the leg. Keep going like this three times on each side, and make sure that you don’t lift up your shoulder blades from the floor. Forehead. It is not necessary. Then slowly you can finish. And now, with inhalation, bring both legs towards your chest and hold them with your arms. Five. Five times you can roll the body on the one side and the other side. Starting the right side. Exhalation on the side, inhale, come to the middle, exhalation on the other side. Five times. Then you can stop in the middle, and you can roll your body from forward to back, and slowly you can finish. And relax again. This is a beautiful massage of the back muscles, and slowly, on the next inhalation, you can sit up. Try to sit in Vajrāsana, and we will practice three rounds of Marjari. So, first, correct the posture, roll the shoulders backward, and make sure that your spine column is straight. Now, with inhalation, up, slowly, as we learned in the morning. Inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale... And with the next inhalation, come up and slowly. Sit back for this exhalation. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, up, and 10, several times. Inhale, exhale abdominally. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, up, and ten. Sit back. Exhale, and with each exhalation, try to relax your body. And we will do a few rounds of Kaṭhupraṇām. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20. Relax. Inhale, exhale several times. Each exhalation, try to relax your body and feel the effect of the āsanas. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. Inhale, exhale. Feel the body. Feel the effect of the exercise. 1, 2, 3. 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10, 10, 11, 11, 12, 12, 13, 13, 14, 14, 15, 15, 16, 17, 17, 18, 18, 19, 19, 20, 20. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. Eighteen. Nineteen. Nineteen. Twenty. Inhale, exhale. And try to relax your body. And when you are ready, you can do the last round and then you can lie down into Ānanda Āsana. And when you are ready, you can make the last circle, and after that, you go to Ānanda Āsana. Be sure that the positions you are taking while doing Kaṭhupraṇām are correct. And when you are done, relax in Ānanda Āsana. Feel your body. Feel the effect of the exercise. We know that this exercise is very strong, and it is the perfect way to harmonize body, mind, and soul. Mostly, we feel the effects of the exercise on the physical level. It has a very positive and harmonizing effect on all the muscles, joints, blood circulation, inner organs, glands, and also the nervous system. And we know that each exercise, each yoga exercise, has a very different effect on the more subtle layers of our body, of our phenomenon. On the energy level, also on the spiritual level, because we know that this exercise is dedicated to Bhagavān Śrī Narendra Mahāprabhujī and to the place where he lived. And every time when we practice Kaṭhupraṇām, we should mentally remind ourselves of the effects of the āsana; then it is stronger than normally. Inhale, exhale, and observe your body. Slowly, your breathing process becomes normal again. But you feel in your body that something has changed. Inhale, exhale three times more. And then you can slowly move with your fingers, with your toes. Arms with your legs, and slowly you can sit up. Try to sit in Vajrāsana at the back side of your mat, and we will practice Śaśāṅkāsana. So first, roll your shoulders backward and down to correct the position of your spine. And now, slowly inhale and raise your arms up, palms facing forward. And this exhalation comes forward, but make sure that your back and arms are in one line, and you are still sitting on the heels. With inhalation, come up in the same way. Exhale, relax the arms. Now we will do two more rounds. Exhale, relax. And with the last round, you will stay down with normal breathing. So if you have high blood pressure, avoid the last round. Or you can do the last round normally: dynamically up, down with exhalation, up with inhalation. Inhale slowly, arms up. Make sure that your body and arms are straight, and the movement starts from your hip joints. Exhale, come forward. And with inhalation, come up in the same way. And exhale, relax your arms. Exhale normally before you do the last round, and when you feel ready, you can do the last round. You can stay forward for a maximum of five inhalations and exhalations, or if it is unpleasant for you, you can go up anytime. This exercise, this Śaśāṅka Āsana, can be used as a very powerful relaxation posture. It relaxes the whole back muscles and supports blood flow toward the brain. And slowly, we can finish all. The simulation comes up. And slowly come to the starting position. So, the next exercise is called Meru Ākaraṇa Āsana. Try to sit with straight legs. Make sure that your spinal column is straight and upright. Relax your arms on your knees. And throw your body on the right side. Support your body with your right hand. The palm should be under the shoulder. And make sure that your body is in one line. So you should not sit on your buttocks. Now, when your posture is stable, you can close your eyes for a while. Now, when your position is stable, you can close your eyes for a moment, and then you can come to the posture, which means slide your right arm on the floor and rest your head on the palm, and slowly, with inhalation, bend the left leg or the toe or any other part of your leg and stretch it up. You can hold any part of your leg, just make sure that your leg is straight, and exhale, bring your leg back. This inhalation comes up to the sitting position again. And the same on the other side. Again, correct your posture so that your body is in one line. The palm is under the shoulder. Inhale, exhale normally several times. And when your posture is stable, you can close your eyes for a while. And now you can feel the stretching of the muscles on the other side of the trunk of your body. Open your eyes, and you can come down to the posture. When you get your balance again. When you are again in balance, with inhalation, you can bend your leg and catch any part of your leg, and your leg is spread out in the air. For a moment, hold your breath and then come back. With inhalation, you can sit up, and the same on the other side. Second round. So, correct your posture. Relax, and when you feel stable, close your eyes for a while. Feel that one side of the trunk of your body is stretched, and the other side is relaxed. At the same time, try to feel your inhalation and exhalation on the right side of your lungs. Open your eyes, and slowly you can start. We do only this: inhalation up, short retention, and then exhalation comes down. And with inhalation, sit up, and the same on the other side. Relax your body, correct the posture. And then you can close your eyes, observe your breathing process, open your eyes, and you can come down to the position. And slowly you can do, again only, inhalation up, short retention, and then exhalation down. Inhale, come up to the sitting position, and now you can do the other side, the last round. Again, correct your posture, and when you feel ready, you can close your eyes for a while. Open your eyes, and come to the sitting position. Inhale, come up to the sitting position, and now you can do the other side, the last. With inhalation, come up and stay in the position with normal breathing. As long as it is comfortable for you. I forgot to mention from the beginning that this āsana should be avoided if you have kidney stones. And with exhalation, come down, and you can do the same on the other side. Normally, according to your own breath rhythm. Slowly, you can start doing the āsana. Hold the position as long as it is comfortable for you. And if it is comfortable for you, try to relax in the position. Relax the arm which is holding the straight leg. The shoulder. Relax the muscles on the leg. Relax the buttock muscles. Relax the leg, which is on the floor. Relax the face muscles, and relax the stomach muscles. Inhale, exhale several times more, and enjoy this āsana. And slowly, you can come down with exhalation. Roll your body on the back and relax in another āsana. And try to feel the effect of the āsana. Feel each muscle which was involved in the āsana. It stretches and relaxes the muscles of the sides of the trunk of your body. Stretches the muscles on the inner side and back side of your leg. Relaxes the muscles which are connected with the hip joints. And observe the nice feeling in your body after finishing this āsana. And also, try to work with your breathing process. With each exhalation, try to relax even deeper. And slowly, with the next inhalation, you can slowly sit up. We will continue. And that’s why I need to go with you, Hario. See you in the afternoon. I have to change my clothes.