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Part 1: The Light of Health and Harmony Shrī Deep Narāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī. Blessed Self, dear spiritual seekers, blessings of Om Śrī Alak Purījī Siddha Pīṭha Paramparā. Welcome to all of you. A philosopher once said, "Health is not everything, but everything is nothing without health." Ayurveda states that the first happiness is good health. Health is that which keeps our nature and our very origin safe. It encompasses physical health, mental health, social health, and spiritual health. Where there is health, there is balance; where there is balance, there is harmony; and where there is harmony, there is unity. When these three—balance, harmony, and unity—develop in nature, nature remains healthy and enjoys a long-lasting life. When we speak of health, it is not only about human health. We speak of the entire Earth, for our health does not depend solely on human activities or our thoughts. The human body is affected just as trees are affected by the seasons: hot, cold, snow, storms, rains, and vegetation. It endures all kinds of situations but does not give up its nature. A tree does not consume different kinds of nourishment. But for humans—and if we think of humans, trees, water, the ocean, rivers, ponds, birds, and other creatures—it depends on their nourishment. Our health depends on how and what we eat. In India, we say, "Jesā khāyegā anna, vaisā rahegā mana." As is the food you consume, so will be your mind. Though the mind is mighty, it is still connected to and depends on this body. Whatever we put in our stomach affects our way of thinking. It affects our indriyas—the karma indriyas (organs of action) and the jñāna indriyas (organs of perception). It affects our glandular systems, determining what kind of hormones the glands produce. It affects our blood circulation, nervous system, digestive system, bones, joints, and the entire body, according to what you eat. This physical structure of humans or other animals is affected by food. Therefore, in Ayurveda and Vedic culture, "Sattvic nourishment" is emphasized. Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa speaks of the three guṇas: Sattva guṇa, Rajas guṇa, and Tamas guṇa. Sattva guṇa is pure, balanced, and harmonizes our body as well as our mind. Rajas guṇa creates anger in the body. Why does anger come? The cause of anger is fear. Somewhere deep in our subconsciousness, fear is hidden. Because you have fear, you wish to protect yourself. So, to protect yourself, that dominating energy comes out of our bodies as anger. Anger is a strong fire. Krodha agni sabh kuch jala degi. Jis vyakti ke andar krodh rehtā hai, vah vyakti andhā ho jātā hai. The reason for anger is that there is some fear within you. To hide that fear, or to prevent it from coming forward, we send anger ahead. But anger is fire. Anger is that thief who will rob you of your door. Fire. There are many different kinds of fire: Jñāna Agni, Jāṭhara Agni (digestive fire), Krodha Agni, Citta Agni. Jahāṁ lās ko jalāyā jātā hai, where the body is burned, hum chitta agni ko praṇām karte hai. Sometimes, when you go somewhere and see in the śmaśāna, the crematorium, that a body is burning, we make praṇām. Because finally, it is that agni to which we must offer ourselves. Kabīr Dājī said, "Sona jaisī kāyā jal gayī, koī na āyā pāsa." This body is more than gold. Bal rahī hai, jal rahī hai, koī nazdīk nī āyā. Koi kāya rahī, bālo mat, bālo mat, bār nikāl do, bār nikāl do. Sabī baithe baithe kahenge, 'Hey Rām,' sabī ko ek din isī agnī meṁ jalnā hai." Havana agni, where havan is performed, where yagya is done—we also offer namaskār, praṇām to that fire. Uṣā agnī ne, agnī to agnī hai, ek hī hai. But the form of fire is respected according to the country, the time, and with whom the fire is connected. Inside the temple, you have the lamp—Jyoti. We bow to the lamp. In India, at the time of sunset, when we turn on the light—it doesn’t matter if it’s an electric light or an oil lamp—when evening comes, the first time we turn on the light, everyone will make praṇām, look to their palms, and then touch their eyes. Because this is a jyoti. In the Upanishad it is said, "tamaso mā jyotir gamaya"—lead us from darkness to light. Oṃ Dīpa Jyoti Parabrahma Dīpaṃ Sarve Mohanaṃ Dīpanaṃ Sajyate Sarvaṃ Sandhyā Dīpaṃ Sarva Satyaṃ Śubhaṃ Karoti Kalyāṇam Ārogyaṃ Dhana Sampada Śubhaṃ Karoti Kalyāṇam Ārogyaṃ Dhana Sampada Śatru Buddhi Vināśaya Dīpa Jyoti Rāṇamastute. This is the wisdom, the knowledge which has been experienced and researched by the great ṛṣis. Therefore, it is said every householder, every human, has five kinds of debts in their life. Pañca prakāra kā ṛeṇa har ek ko utāranā paḍegā. Jab tak ṛeṇa nahī̃ utaregā tab tak, na tere pūrvajon kā pitṛ log jagat mẽ unkā mokṣa hogā, aur na terā bhī mokṣa hogā. First is the debt towards the mother, mātṛ ṛeṇa. Second is pitṛ ṛeṇa, towards the father and all the ancestors—they are waiting. That is why the science of the Śrāddha, what we call in India, and pūjā, the ceremony towards the ancestors, involves offering and praying. In this way, we can help our ancestors free themselves from the Pitraloka, the astral world, so their souls can proceed towards the cosmic light or to the next life. That depends on your karmas, or what you call your destiny. Light. Tamaso mā jyotir gamaya—lead us from the darkness of ignorance. Similarly, satru buddhi vināśāya. Satru, the enemy. The enemy means our own thinking. It is our negative thinking which is our own enemy. Not the enemy that some man is fighting, or someone talking badly about you. The enemy sits within you. Life is a journey. This life is not a destination. But this life is a journey towards that journey. If the path is lost, then in Marwad you will say, Chuka Ne Chaurasi. Chuka ne chaurasi rohar toi ye ge bhaja jai. Chaurāsī Lāg Jīva Joon Ke Andar Jai Ga. God gave only one chance to be human, and that is Agni. So there are many kinds of fire: Cita Agni, Havana Agni, Jāṭhara Agni, Krodha Agni, Kāma Agni, Yoga Agni, Ādi Ādi Agni, jisko hum namaskār karte hai, vo bhī salute. That same fire, if it gets attached to someone who smokes a bidī—when there is tobacco in it, then the mark on the face, on the lips, will keep sticking. And later, putting it down and crushing it with a shoe—why was that fire crushed with a shoe? Because it had accompanied that thing. Is that clear? Similarly, when a human goes to Kuśaṅga (bad company), his condition will be the same as one who is killing a bee with his shoe. Satsaṅg? That is why Kabīr Dādājī has said, "Sangat kī je nirmal sadharī mārī helī. Arre, aise nirmal sant kī satsaṅg karo, jisī tumhārā mokṣa hogā, aur koī śahada calane vālā nahīṁ hai." Jaisā khāyegā anna, vaisā rahegā mana. The next point is: jaisā pīyegā pānī, aur vaisī bolegā banī. Bani, a poet said, "Bani aisi..." He speaks such a language which makes others happy, and it makes you also happy. Otherwise, kā hai, ki pagal man kar uskī botal hastī dagdag hai, ki duniyā kaisī pagal hai. A milk drinker drinks milk in peace. A fruit drinker drinks fruit in peace. Ganesh drinks fruit in peace. Coconut milk—drink coconut water in peace. Because there is sāttvika in it. Milk, juice, coconut water—all these have Sāttvik qualities inside. The waves of the mind, the brain, the two hemispheres of the human, they are calm and peaceful, with better concentration. And our digestion supplies the sattva qualities to our brain. All brain centers are tranquilized. If you drink one glass of whiskey, afterward you will see how you speak. Because all the brain centers have such a high speed, they confuse the nervous systems. Imbalance is in the nervous systems. Kus kehte kehte kus bhī ke jātā hai. Because in that alcohol, there is the rājasika guṇa. And that rājasik guṇa will destroy and lead you to the tamas guṇa. Therefore, some Western philosopher said, "We are eating for living; we are not living for eating. We eat to stay alive; we are not alive to eat, eat, eat." The whole world is hungry; no one is not hungry. There are many living beings who have been hungry for many lifetimes and are still hungry here. Guru jī used to say that some people are hungry for form, some are hungry for strength, some are hungry for position, some are hungry for wealth. In hunger, the soul is hanging and the body is hanging. No matter how much wealth you have—it doesn’t matter how much wealth you have—but the great saints of India said, contentment is not in material life. Contentment is within our self, and when the self dedicates to serve others, you will accept the quality of those with whom you are. If you are with alcoholic people, sooner or later you will also become an alcoholic. But if you are strong enough, have strong willpower and good vivekā (discrimination), you can free all from these bad habits. So, mātṛ ṛṇa, pitṛ ṛṇa, deva ṛṇa. Devatā is not a God like Bhairūjī, Kheṭalājī, Aitalājī, Pēṭalājī, Kheṭalājī, Kōṭalājī. There are Devi Devtās of 84 lakhs, and all those sitting here are Devi Devtās. Two kinds of Devas are considered. One is who did good work, who loved all, who was happy to serve all, to understand and help all, and who had Bhakti. They come to Swargaloka. But those who go to heaven are called devas; those who came to heaven are devas. But they said then, when you have experienced all the good karmas, you will have to come back to the 84 [lakh life-forms], then again you will come to the 84 next life. So even in heaven, the devīs and devatās say, "O Lord, if we have to go back to the cycle of 84 after the karma of our heaven is finished, then give us the human body, give us the human birth." Why? So that we can worship the Guru and attain salvation. Going to heaven does not mean salvation. Salvation is that which takes us to Brahmaloka. And who is the second God? Ācārya Rām Jī Mahārāj has said, "There is nothing in this world without hard work." Religion, earth, work, and liberation are due to hard work. Hard work is not something that a man needs. Everything is easy. Do whatever you want. Why don’t you get a hard-working man? You get everything. Why don’t you work hard? Sit on the wall. Work hard. And those who are lazy, who do not work hard. Why don’t you say that, Aśvadhājī Mahārāj? People without effort, who do not do work, who are lazy. People without effort, who cry upon seeing everything. Why will a car come to their house? Why will they build a house? Why did they install a motor, a television pole? Why did they install two motor-freezers in their house? Why did they install a television pole in their room? Why do they work together? They work day and night. But he cried and cried and cried, "Why is my neighbor happy?" He cried after seeing all the effortless creatures. He does not get anything. He did not get anything. He cried and cried, and if he gets something, he will give it to someone. Even if he gets something, he will ruin the money very soon. To earn money is done with two things. One is with blessings. My sight is wealth. If the grace of Gurudev comes to you, I don’t know from where the wealth comes to you. And secondly, by doing puruṣārtha (righteous effort). Part 2: The Five Debts and the Path of Service One who has spent his entire life in faith in God, the name of God is proven by his hard work. Without hard work, there is nothing in this world. That is why it is called hard work. So God is called Devarin, meaning he is a natural God—the God of trees, the God of rivers, the God of mountains, the God of all creatures. God indeed. This Mother Earth is giving us grains, water, everything. What are you doing for this Mother Earth? You are adding poison, you are adding pesticides, you are adding fertilizers. What are you adding? This is happening. What is happening to the Earth? You have caused cancer. After this, there is Ācārya Ṛṇaṁ—the gurus of our school, the priests of our temple who teach us the knowledge of the scriptures and the knowledge of Vācarati, they are also our priests. What are the gurus of your school teaching you? You will be old, they will also remain old. Even if you become the President, when your teacher comes to your school, you will also get up and stand on a chair and say, "My teacher has come." Isn’t it right? In the olden days, the teacher had to put a police on the exam time. The teacher said that I am copying. And finally, Ṛṣi Ṛṇaṁ. The knowledge given to us by the sages is also our ṛṇaṁ. These five types of rengrashti will be repaid; only then will you attain salvation. Otherwise, do as much as you want. That is why it is said, "Gurudev..." Thank you for listening. I spoke a little bit in Indian and Rajasthani language. Our subject was that the health helping hands have more value than folded hands. Shiva Dharma is the greatest Dharma. So, for the last one decade, our Om Vishwadeep Gurukul in Jadan, Rajasthan, India—Bharat—all our Dr. Shanti and her team are working very hard to help. We have people from these villages, from these remote areas, with a very minimum charge, very little. And twice a month we have a free seminar where people from the surrounding villages can come and get free diagnosis, advice, and medicine for the treatments also: dentists, orthopedics, diabetes, cancers, eyes, and many others. The seminars, as well as our mobile hospital with our ambulances, go to the villages and help the poor people to get some medical aid. We thank our Dr. Śāntījī, who is coming from Austria, Vienna. Her profession was a dental surgeon, and now she is retired and has dedicated her life here to help the people of the Pali district, so we are very thankful. I think she has prepared some PowerPoint for a few minutes, so let’s see what she is doing and what she will tell. So, Dr. Shanti, welcome. Please come in. The front floor is yours. It doesn’t matter, but you must tell what is the video. People don’t... Here is my... You can sit down. You can stay or sit down. You are welcome to do anything. Best would be, Shanti, you stand if you... Don’t have a problem to stand? The greatest goods go this side near Mahāprabhujī. Yes, thank you. Or you can go more to the curtain, because they will project their sisters round the world and India. You are welcome to come here as a volunteer service, yes. Please bring your... She would like to have doctors and a team. Come in the front, please. Welcome them. Yes, these are the active people now. They are putting in practical Yogeshjī and Kriyā Śakti and our other Pūrṇānandas and many others. They worked very hard for five years to build the hospital, and now the hospital is active and functioning. Thank you. Sound put on mic. Okay, thank you. Dear brothers and sisters, children here in this hall, dear brothers and sisters, friends around the world, thank you, Swāmījī, that you give us the opportunity to speak and to show you a few words about our hospital project, thanks to the many help of all doctors around the world. For 17 years we have been working on this project. For two and a half years, the hospital construction has been finished, and we started to, uh, come to life with our doctor team and, uh, come to the patients. So, uh, our two oldest, uh... staff members with doctors, you said, "Without doctor, with doctor." Oh, thank you. Our, um... On the beginning, without doctors, and our first doctor was Dr. Abhishek Dadich. Please, he joined us as a dentist. My profession also was a dentist, but I didn’t search for a same dentist. Actually, I said, "Whatever doctor will be the first." He’s most welcome, and then my probably sent me, Dr. Doddage, and he’s been here for two and a half years, doing a good job, a very good dentist. All people are very satisfied because we are not taking the tooth out, but we try that the tooth stays in the mouth. So, thank you, Doctor Abhishek for your services. And a second person who is also a long time with me together, that is Mr. Anil Sharma, he is a very practical person, which I appreciate very much. He is a lab and X-ray technician at the same time, and all around here, so if somebody in these two... and a half year is not here, like in the moment, our manager is not here. He’s always the one to help me, and he replaced everyone. If its management is not here, he’s here. If somebody wants to put the screw in the wall, he takes the machine, so I appreciate this very much. Much, it’s a very practical person and very intelligent, thank you. And on the other side, I have also Narendra, a third person who is also with us since two and a half years from the beginning on and all. Who endured this two and a half years? That means something, because we had not an easy time. Many difficulties we had to cross, and Narendra started as a ward boy, meaning he’s helping in the offices, bringing everything: paper, water, chai, making copies, etc. But in the last year, he was developing as a helper of Dr. Abhishek, and now he has advanced, and he’s now a dental assistant, and a very good dental assistant. And Ladu, he’s in the pharmacy. He’s a pharmacy representative. You must know that in India, you don’t get the medicines immediately from the doctor. It doesn’t matter if it’s an injection or tablets. You have to go out of the hospital, and there is a pharmacy shop. And you get the medicine, and then you enter again, and you get the treatment from the doctor. So Ladu is managing this hospital, this pharmacy shop. And he’s also a very helpful person. We had, for instance, now two camps on Sunday. We had the free general camp with seven different doctors, and today we had an eye camp where we joined 230 people, and he’s always helping with whatever we need. They were working, all staff were working in the night until one time, 12 o’clock, to prepare everything for the camp. So, thank you, thank you very much. I think it is in the whole world that you don’t get medicine in a hospital. If you have insurance, okay, otherwise you have to go out and buy. Thank you. A little correction. Thank you. Come on. Thank you. I also want to present our youngest doctor. Please get up, Dr. Dhananjaya. Dr. Dhananjaya, he’s a physiotherapist, a doctor, very engaged, also with much knowledge. We opened a physiotherapy center half a year ago, and he’s now the one taking care. He has, we have equipment for electrophysiotherapy exercises, and, and... Dr. Dhananjay, and? He tried to fix the people, huh? And so, a complete, equipped department. Praṇām Swāmījī, I am Dr. Rañjaya Kumār. I am working as a physiotherapist in the Swami Madhavānand, Śrī Swami Madhavānand, Austria hospital, and it is my pleasure that I am working here. I am making a role to help all needful persons and my department of physiotherapy. Working as an exercise therapy and electrotherapy, which is very useful for the diseases of joint problems and diseases due to hyperfluorosis, and any requirement of the requirement of body rehabilitation is very useful. And I’m working best in my knowledge. Thank you. And I also want to introduce you to Mrs. Usha. She’s a nursery officer, and please, she’s very good. When she came into our hospital a few days ago, sorry, a few months ago, from this moment on we had a perfect nursery. She made all mistakes from the past. She removed and clarified everything. Now we have to re-perfect to break everything in order, and I have very much trust in her. So please say some words. I cannot know; she speaks English, don’t? Don’t worry. Hari Om. Hari Om. I am Usha Vaishnav, in our hospital, nursing in church. And our hospital, nursing, and church. I am very happy that I got this climate. I am very happy that I got the shelter of this F.D. and Swamījī and Śāntī Jī. I am very happy that I am serving this hospital like a family. It is my good fortune that I am helping and serving you all. Thank you very much. I would like to improve this hospital further, as far as my nursing level is concerned. My request to all of you is that whenever you face any problem, come to our hospital. You will get 24 hours of service. Thank you. Hari Om. Pranam Swamiji. Our nursing in-charge, Ms. Usha Vaishnav told that she is the nursing in-charge of our hospital team. And she is running all the departments. She manages all kinds of casualties, all kinds of surgeries, and all kinds of patients who come to the hospital. For all the patients who attend the camps, she used to register them, and we have a special register for the poor patients who are coming from the rural areas. We screen the patients, and when the camp is there, we used to provide them the free services at our best level, as my partner Ms. Usha Vaishnav told. I myself am Dr. Abhishek. I have been working at Sri Swami Madhavan Austria Hospital for the past two and a half years. It is my pleasure and my honor to work in such a kind of hospital, and when I joined this hospital, Sadhvījī said that it is not a normal place. It is a holy place, and it has got its own innovative power, blessings of the holy Gurujī. So I tried my level best to satisfy all the patients. Now we are leading in the top two in Pali, and it has become a brand of dentistry in the district of Pali. And the patients are coming from 150 kilometers to the hospital. And the basic problem in the area is because of fluoride. The people of the villages do not know that fluoride is very harmful for them. In normal water, the fluoride should be 1000 ppm. But here in the village area, the fluoride is 2000 ppm. It is not only harmful for the teeth, but it is harmful for the bones and joints. This fluoride not only causes the resorption of the bones, but it also makes the stones in the kidneys and in the gallbladder, and it causes the aging of the people. So we used to conduct the camps twice every month. We used to screen the government schools as well as our ashram schools. We need to educate the school children, who are the future of our nation, and provide help like toothpaste, brushes, and first aid medical aids to all the villagers. Plus, all our brothers and sisters, I wish you all the best from my hospital team, and we will be the leading top in this Pali district area. Thank you. Our dear sister Usha also said she had been working in Mount Abu with the Brahma Kumari organization, where there was also a spiritual atmosphere, and when she came here, she was very, very happy because she came again on the spiritual center, where she can meditate and continue her spiritual practices, as well. She said, "We are always ready for your Shiva to help you. It doesn’t matter when, day or night, we will do our best to help you." Okay, thank you. Thank you. You will be surprised that not a general doctor was here, is here, but he is on duty, yes? That’s why he cannot come here. We have 24-hour service, and he’s on duty now. What I wanted to tell you also is that we have one very big challenge in this hospital, and that is that two very different nations are working together, which is a challenge for both of us. And we can learn a lot from it, both as Indians and as Europeans. And we learn tolerance, and we learn which qualities other nations have. And I hope they learn also which qualities we have. So for me, it’s a very good training place to develop my own spirituality, to develop my own understanding for other people, because if you are a cactus, you think that the whole world is a cactus. If you are a rose, you think that the whole world is only roses. If you are European, you think that the whole world is European. If you’re African, you think the whole world is African. And like this, we think that the whole world is like us. But when we come here, we understand that it is so different, and that is a very big lesson for me. So for me, it is not the thing that I’m working in a hospital. I can work also in Europe in a hospital. That is not the thing. But for me, it is a personal, very big development, even though we go through very hard times. Due to many differences, we, if we want, can change. We can change in every time, and I learned really very many things from Indians, especially also their approach to difficulties in life. You know, when we have our camps or we go to the villages, to see how, really, the tough people who have no, not much, possibilities for medical treatment, you see how, under which conditions, the people are living. For instance, sometimes it happens that with a broken leg, they are not going to the hospital. They are treating with plants, or they have other big illnesses, but they don’t find a way to the hospital due to different circumstances. So I met in one of the last camps in Malpuria one lady, and she came not by foot, but she was roping on the earth. Like she could not walk, she was about 60 years old. She had four children, and I asked her what happened with her. It was that she had, two years ago, when her hip was broken, but no, she was not taken to a hospital. Nobody, there was no doctor seen her, no. Actually, nothing extra was done, and so she came to us. Actually, we could not help her anymore because it was already too late for an operation, and the only thing she requested, as she says, "You see if you can help me with my eyes," because also on both eyes she could not see. So we tried to help her in this, and she got the operation on her eyes, and when she came to our hospital, we took her for an x-ray. And when she was sitting on the table of the x-ray, I asked her, I told her, "No, I’m so sorry, but we are not possible to help, something more, something more for you." She looked to me and she said, "I know that you cannot help me. I accepted this. If you can just help me with your eyes, then everything is fine." And, you know, for me, this is so admirable, because she’s not complaining. She was not complaining. She accepted it, you know. And this is a kind of heart pureness, and such a divine light, which I can see in the most simple villages. This is for me divinity. And so I said, "Oh my goodness, Shanti, what you can learn from this lady, how she is accepting her destiny." She cannot walk, she cannot sit, and still she is not complaining. So, this is the thing with me personally. I learned here, and I admire very much this kind of attitude, this approach to life which Indians have. And this is due to their ancient culture, to the Vedic culture, to their philosophy, to their religion. Thank you, Śāntījī. Tomorrow you will continue your lecture for one hour. Thank you. So, thank you especially to our international brothers and sisters who are watching this Swamiji.tv with us. I have one question for Dr. Shanti, and she will answer this. Can we help in any way that lady or woman to replace, somehow if it’s possible, her hip joints? It doesn’t matter in Jodhpur or Ahmedabad or anywhere. We all would be more than happy to finance and help her to replace her hip joints. If technically it’s still possible, so we have to talk with the doctors. Of course, God has given that we will try, but we can. But that, I would personally like to support her, and I have helped her financially. It doesn’t matter how much it will cost, we will pay for her, do you agree? Everybody, thank you. And anywhere, dear listeners, if you are willing to help, you are most welcome, and you can get in touch with Śrī Svāmī Madhavānandjī, Austria Hospital, Dr. Shanti, or our dear Swāmī Jasarāj Purījī, or Yogesh Purī, or our Vishwadeep Guru Society. Thank you very much, and tomorrow Dr. Shanti will have again one hour webcast information, medical and the conditions in the countryside in small villages with the people. Thank you. Nārāyaṇ Śrīmān Nārāyaṇ Nārāyaṇ... Śrīmān Nārāyaṇa Nārāyaṇa... Shreeman Nārāyaṇ, Nārāyaṇ, Nārāyaṇ, Shreeman Nārāyaṇ, Nārāyaṇ, Nārāyaṇ, Shreeman Nārāyaṇ, Nārāyaṇ, Deep Nārāyaṇ Bhagavānkī, Deveśvar Mahādevkī, Dharm Samrāṭ Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandjī Bhagavānek Satya Sanātanadar Oṁ Śānti Śānti... Viśva Guru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Paramahaṁsa Svāmī Maheśvarānandjī Gurudeva Kī Jai.