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Praṇām Guru Dev. Warm greetings to all friends, my brothers and sisters here and to all who are watching via webcast. We have had a truly great opportunity here, all of us who were present, because many interesting things have been happening. Usually, during a weekend seminar, Saturday arrives and we are able to release our daily stress and enter into the seminar, but Sunday comes quickly and we return home. This time, however, we had the chance, as in summer seminars, to spend ten days with Swāmījī and absorb more of his energy. You know, when you take antibiotics, they only start to function after a few days. We exist in a world full of many different types of bacteria, and our immune system is as it is. When we come here, we receive a cure of antibiotics to be healed, improving our health so we can go on again for a few months until the next satsaṅg and the next cure of antibiotics given by Swāmījī. This was a golden chance for all of us to be so many days here with him. We also observed Remembrance Day for non-violence yesterday. As you remember from ancient times, when humankind began on this planet, fire was something special. The small flames lit yesterday are that kind of fire. You heard Swāmījī speak about the trāṭak technique, saying that doing trāṭak even once removes our accumulated tensions and stress. We performed trāṭak yesterday, watching all those candles floating far, far into the distance. That is the way we can cross this ocean of māyā. As Swāmījī said, the first candle is like the Gurudev, and the following candles are the disciples. By following our Gurudev, we can cross this ocean of māyā. Some candles follow directly; some change direction a little, but in the end, they all follow Gurudeva. We also have some problems, maybe some doubts, and it is not easy to be in the fire all the time, especially during such a long seminar. But in the end comes release and purification, which we have here in the presence of Swāmījī. As you can see, Swāmījī is always full of surprises. Whoever is organized among you knows that with Swāmījī, you never know what comes next. But this is also the beauty of it—that we are not so rigid, not like horses with blinders that see only straight ahead. We have width of view and flexibility. Thank you, Swāmījī, for all this and for all the satsaṅgs. We hope that before the closing ceremony, we will also have a few words and a satsaṅg from you. I will not continue longer but would like to request Swāmījī to give us one more beautiful satsaṅg, one more dose of antibiotics to sustain us until the next weekend or the next meeting. We are called to the next weekend seminar in Slovakia. So we can cross this ocean and this worldly māyā. Once again, thanks to everyone for making this gathering possible. I hope we will now have one more satsaṅg from Swāmījī. That was the change of plan I mentioned. It is a custom that wherever sannyāsīs come, they receive a token of our respect. First, we will present something to Swāmījī—a shawl. I can repeat once more that none of this would be possible without Swāmījī. I once heard that saints are like the queen bee; when they move, other bees follow. In the same way, we move behind wherever Swāmījī goes; the Bhaktas come. We would also like to thank all the sannyāsīs who make our meeting more beautiful. (To a child) You’re not getting? Come on in here. Oh my god. Anyhow, every day one piece is good. So, thank you to everybody. We had a very beautiful ten days here on the coast; it was a blessed time. Now I wish you all the best and a good journey. Practice, purify your antaḥkaraṇa: mana, buddhi, citta, ahaṅkāra. Many blessings to all friends, families, and your colleagues. We will see you here or there, definitely somewhere. All the best. So, that’s it. Now I say ten. I’m always very punctual. (Regarding a gift) Did you give this to Umāpurī? There are more for children. Antony, come here. We would also like to express our thankfulness to the hotel representatives, who are now our friends. The person who was invisible but very important for this event is the manager of this beautiful resort, Mrs. Irena Kaligaric. Thank you. And this is the manager’s right hand. Thank you, Your Holiness. Hotel Manager: My dear guests, welcome back to UMAK. Your Holiness, my dear guests, welcome again to UMAK. These past days have been very deep, with deep thoughts. The last few days, many beautiful and deep thoughts were shared. We have nothing else to add. After that follow our deeds. What I can say is that each of us can make our own step towards a better, peaceful, and non-violent world. I will repeat once again the thought of the great world thinker: "You want to see? Be the change." We tried to be good hosts these days. How much we succeeded, you will tell us. I will not talk too long, so as not to take time from others. We would like to give you a symbolic gift. This is a kind of symbol for the spirit and the soul. Three weeks ago, we were talking about our beautiful Istria. There are three different colors of earth here: red, grey, and white. From that thought, we give you this gift. Please remember us small people here from... And blue, Trinity: Vishnu, Brahma, the blood, and Shiva, the liberation. Thank you. That was for the soul, but there is also something for the body. We have olives here in our resort. This is produced by our employees. It should be very nice for your body. (Chairs are brought.) We would like to thank the chief of reception, Mrs. Ankica Bakić. Mrs. Ankica and her team resisted a few attacks from our yogīs. We would also like to thank the chief of cuisine. We were present yesterday at such a beautiful vegetarian lunch; we are proud to offer such a variety of vegetarian dishes here in Croatia. Mrs. Rozana is the hostess of this work. That means everything you had set up—towels, beds, and all else—her team did so much to make it happen. The chefs of the restaurant, those in charge of serving the nice food, the chiefs of the restaurant... What is he? As I said at the beginning, we never know where or what will happen. There were constant phone calls about whether satsaṅg would be outside or inside. For that, we need electricity and the technical part, handled by Mr. Darko. He is not here, so we will do something. And the technician who always helps us move the satsaṅg from the tent outside on the beach and back—unfortunately, or not unfortunately, he is working on something and is not present—so behind him we have a little sand and a little bit of water. Once again, thank you. I hope we see each other again next year. Now you will tell me I’m not a good host; I didn’t wish that we would meet here again next year, but I wish that now. You are all most welcome. See you again next year here in Umag. So you see, unity makes happiness. This is an international place of unity. All nations, cultures, traditions, and religions come to this Adriatic coast in Umag and feel happy. So should places in the world be—everyone welcomed everywhere, everyone feeling at home, as you felt here. As the dear manager said, they were happy to be your host and to have you as such guests. Wherever we go, both sides should be happy. We had a very beautiful, peaceful time here, with complete freedom to practice. It was also very good for our children; they had space to run and play. It was perfect not only for our soul but for our body, especially in the dining halls. The yogīs were looking forward; they were very quick at breakfast. To the program, they come slowly, but to dining... So it was very nice. Thank you very much. Let’s see what God’s blessing is, when we will meet again, but we will definitely remember and try to come. I personally appreciate your service and kindness. I pray to the Almighty for the protection of this place, your country, people, and especially all of you, the whole staff. I wish you good health, peace, harmony, love, and long life. Thank you very much. I am very happy to see you again this morning. You know, I never have any differences, but sometimes it comes in the mind—that’s human weakness. So I’m happy to see, among five ladies, one man. Thank you. I didn’t mean it negatively, okay? Because now is the time that everyone has equal rights, emancipation, and that should be. It was so in the very beginning, in ancient times, and it is very good. Without ladies, I can’t imagine how the world economy would be, or how the world would look. Ladies are the symbol of the mother, and mother is the symbol of love, protection, and care. So all is balanced here. God bless you. We also have many children here. They were very happy. Everyone got acknowledgement. We have here two brothers standing to my left and right; they always take care that everything is peaceful. I would like to thank them once more with a little sweet memory. This goes to my kitchen in Strelka. Keep it present in your room. Good. So the new generation is here. It means we have to go. Is it Yasmin? Yasmin? Good day, Yasmin. How are you? This is Chidānand’s granddaughter. She’s happy, like Yogananda was coming and being happy. Good? Okay. I’m coming very soon. Don’t touch my beard, okay? Look, tell Chidānand, "Make good photo." Yeah, that’s it. "Make good photo, grandfather. Make good photo, one more." I think because of you, I had to cut my beard. I think I have to shorten it, brother. Okay, good, good. Learn English quickly, okay? Learn English quickly. Bye. Ciao. Ciao. Which of the chocolates do you like? This one, okay. Thank you. Put this in my car, and this is for the children. Put it on the table; the children can take it. Good journey. Have a good trip. All the best. As usual, we would all like some volunteers to stay and tidy up this hall. Yesterday and the day before, there was a question about vegetarian diets in schools, in Slovenia and I think Croatia too. We have a very expert person who has worked tirelessly for 45 years. We have known each other for about 35, 36 years. He brought vegetarian healthy nourishment to hospitals and schools as a second or requested meal in the Czech Republic and now Slovakia too. Unfortunately, we missed that; he was here the whole week and could have told us more. People working for nourishment and for this Yoga and Daily Life Union, and the Slovenian Union of Yoga, should get in touch with him for advice. We have some videos on YouTube, and I think we will interview him more and show you more. It could be a one-weekend program on nourishment. Many of you know him, Mr. Squirrel. Can you, thank you, Coach Rado? Rado, five minutes, tell us the very core point. Tell him in five minutes he should tell the very core points of what to do. Rado: I’m shocked, I don’t know what to say. But I think Swāmījī means our last idea, presenting vegetarian food in the biggest Slovak company, Slovnaft, which produces 5,000 meals each day. The red category is where there is a guarantee that people will die because of a heart attack or some civilization illnesses. Yellow foods, for example fish and poultry, should be eaten by people in good condition; they should already include 30% whole grain flour, legumes. The second category, the yellow one, is healthier, for people who want to be in better condition; it consists of fish, poultry, and some whole grain flour. The last category, the green one, is for people who want to be very effective and for those who are ill. They should eat only green category food. Certain items are excluded. There is also a guarantee that additives—e-additives, preservatives, colorants, etc.—cannot be in some categories of food. After two months of this process running, the percentage of people choosing the yellow and green categories increased from 13% to 40%. The choice of only vegetarian food grew up to 100%. We can congratulate them. We need this in Croatia, especially in Istria, because in Istria they have very good wine, which I never tasted, and they have this dry pig meat, which they should get rid of; it is against non-violence. But olive oil is very good, and wine is also very good. An interesting thing is that this project, which fortunately ran in Slovakia (Bratislava), was originally prepared for the Ministry of School in the Czech Republic. So maybe we will import quality food from Slovakia to the Czech Republic. Good for the Slovakian economy. But the Croatians have much better food—Croatian harbors, fields. Croatia has many medical values in its food, little polluted. You see, it’s not because I’m in Croatia now, but I realize Croatia has high-quality nourishment here. So you should export this quality food to the whole world. Swāmījī: Yes, we are doing. Export. Rado: More information can be found at the website of the Czech Vegetarian Association: www.ccv.cz. Thank you. Swāmījī: So in Slovakia, I will be next week the whole week. Between 3 and 4 in the afternoon, if the webcast people exist, there will be a webcast—about half an hour, 40 minutes, very concrete and very good—which will be played several times at different times of the day. Thank you. Thank you. Vegetarian. Good journey. Thank you. Sretan put. Hvala vam.