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Part 1: A Glimpse of Action and Awareness at Rio+20 First, may we offer prasāda and sing one bhajan? Today, the situation is openly discussed in the media and at high political levels. An international conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was a milestone in efforts to promote human awareness about the urgency of our ecological problems. The 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development was called Rio+20. It marked the 20th anniversary of the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, which aimed to raise public consciousness of environmental issues. Experts, and even politicians, are saying that our planet Earth may be standing at a tipping point. Depending on how we act, we may fall to the side of prosperity, or we may fall to disaster. That is why this Rīyā Pravacana is very important. The conference focused on seven critical issues needing priority attention, such as green jobs, food security through sustainable agriculture, and water. In compliance with Agenda 21, the outcome of the 1992 Earth Summit, the UN opened its doors to civil society to participate in the Rio+20 conference. As members of the so-called nine major groups, representatives of NGOs had the opportunity to directly participate in official government negotiations and request bold action to be taken to save the environment. Since the first Earth Summit in 1992, people have been realizing that sustainable development cannot be achieved by governments alone. It would require the active participation of people from all sectors of society. Many people are becoming aware that if we really want to change the current status of our environment, we cannot wait. As Mahatma Gandhi said, "Be the change you want to see." In this documentary, we will give you a glimpse into the work and effort of His Holiness Paramahaṁsa Śrī Svāmī Maheśvarānanda, author of the system Yoga in Daily Life, and two organizations which he established: the Yoga in Daily Life Society and The Śrī Svāmī Mādhavānanda World Peace Council. These organizations, together with other NGOs, companies, and governments, reinforce their worldwide voluntary commitments toward improving the environment. Svāmījī was invited to Rio+20 as a founder and head of two NGOs holding consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council: the Australia Association of Yoga in Daily Life and the Śrī Svāmī Mādhavānanda World Peace Council. Svāmījī’s participation in the conference was part of his ongoing commitment to environmental efforts. He collaborates with other religious and spiritual leaders to infuse ethical and spiritual principles into UN decision-making processes. Svāmījī’s goals at Rio+20 stress promoting paths to sustainability that go beyond standard solutions, ones which include a return to harmony with the planet and all of its inhabitants. Svāmījī introduced the media to various activities and projects led by Yoga in Daily Life and the Śrī Svāmī Mādhavānanda World Peace Council, aimed at solving some of the very environmental problems which were highlighted by the UN. The Desert Rainwater Harvesting Initiative, as an example of the successful implementation of a project inspired by previous UN conferences, gained high interest and recognition from the media and conference participants. This is an ongoing project which provides drinking water for surrounding villages and cities during the drought season. It also supplies water to domestic animals and wildlife. Svāmījī provided journalists, editors, and television crews with a few dozen interviews. Interest by the media was huge, and some articles and interviews were already published and broadcast before the conference officially finished. Svāmījī, the Yoga in Daily Life, and the Śrī Svāmī Mādhavānanda World Peace Council representatives met and talked to people with mutual goals. They presented the Desert Rainwater Harvesting Initiative and other recent environmental projects to other NGOs, as well as to government delegations. Yoga in Daily Life members participated in a workshop featuring a speech by Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General of the UN and Secretary-General for the Rio+20 Conference. Svāmījī attended and met with speakers of a session called "An Ethical Framework for Global Governance," an event organized by Earth’s Charter International and other groups. The Director General of the Hungarian National Institute for Environment, Dr. István Teplán, invited Svāmījī to attend the Tajik-Hungarian side events on water cooperation, where he personally met the President of Hungary, His Honourable Dr. János Áder. Svāmījī was also invited to a side event, which raised questions about how the indigenous people and local communities could better manage the land and sea. The session was organized by the Australian government and hosted by the Honourable Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia. Ms. Gillard genially acknowledged Svāmījī’s forestation endeavors, especially the Peacetree Planting in Adelaide, Australia. Those first few seedlings have been followed by millions of newly planted trees. Svāmījī had the opportunity to meet the Minister of Environment of New Zealand, the Honourable Amy Adams, and Mr. Brett Hackett, the Ambassador of Australia to Brazil. As a result of the high level of interest and recognition of the value of his projects, Svāmījī secured an invitation to speak at a daily press briefing and webcast on the topic of critical water and energy issues. Moderator: Today’s discussion will be on two critical issues that have been left significantly unclear. The two issues are water and energy. The question and the challenge is providing them for the one to two billion people on this planet who do not have sufficient access to them on a daily basis for even minimal survival needs. Providing such elements in a sustainable way, so that there will be enough of them for future generations and for other species and for the ecosystems upon which we all depend, is a central part of sustainable development. And why this summit is taking place. We are headed towards an environmental disaster and unsustainable development. We need sustainable energy for all, and this can be part of the solution. I think we all understand that water is very, very important. Water is not only for drinking, but it is also food. Our next speaker will give a very distinct and, for a change, positive report on how projects can succeed and what successful policy can look like. Paramahaṁsa Svāmī Maheśvarānanda is author of Yoga in Daily Life, a science-based system of yoga, but more importantly, his organization is engaged in a major rainwater harvesting initiative in a drought-stricken region of India. He’ll give you the specifics in his presentation. Thanks very much. Svāmījī: Dear media, dear brothers and sisters, good evening. I’m very happy to tell you some of my thoughts and works about water. I’m coming from Rajasthan, and Rajasthan has very little rain. We began to develop one project called Rainwater Harvesting. And especially, we were inspired by the UN conference in Johannesburg. We are taking this rainwater from the roof. From the roof, and now the government of Rajasthan is also supporting that everyone should collect the water from the roof. We have two kinds of roofs: one is concrete, and one is tin. Second, what we are collecting is the surface water, which is flowing during the time of the rain, and we put in some kind of ponds, and in some places we made a very big kind of lake. Also, we help the people to make the water tanks underground. For example, through this water harvesting project, this big project in Rajasthan, India, Jadan, Pali, Rajasthan, there was a village where the water you couldn’t drink, it was salty water. And in the last 10 to 15 years, our water harvesting has improved the water quality so much that not only that village, which has about 3,000 or 4,000 people, has drinkable water, but we are also supplying water to many other villages and to a nearby city called Sojat, where there are about 25,000 people. As well, we are supplying water for the animals. So we’ve made many little, little dams, and we put in the solar panels and the submersible pump. So automatically the pump is running and supplying water for the birds and the wildlife. At the same time, we utilize that water to reforest all the areas where the trees died because there was no water. So we have a great success. We supply the water in the villages with the tankers. The case was that if there is somewhere a fire, they telephone to the government office, but the government’s fire tankers are empty. So, from where should they go for firefighting? So we supply the water, and we have our own fire brigades that can help the neighboring villages. Dear brothers and sisters, the water is our life. Jal jahā jagadīś. Where there is water, there is life, and where there is life, there is God. Without water, we cannot imagine this planet and our life. Thank you very much for inviting me here. God bless all of us. The day before the heads of state were scheduled to convene the plenary session, Svāmījī conducted a warmly received meditation, reflecting on how every individual can contribute to help the planet. Svāmījī: Salutation to the cosmic light. Welcome, and I’m very happy and thankful to God that you come with positive thinking to help. The meditation which we will have is self-inquiry meditation of yoga and daily life. It means that I shall ask myself, "What do I contribute as my service to Mother Earth?" Who am I, and what would I like to do? Not only for myself, but for the entire Earth, for each and every living entity. The ocean, the lakes, mountains, forests, meadows, and all the visible and invisible creatures. This is the living planet, and we are also a part of it. We can do only one thing: that we pray, and we send our love and blessings to this Mother Earth. Though she is a mother, we all have a blessing in our heart to bless all creatures who are living on this planet. Love each and every entity. If not more, then at least as much as you love thyself. With these thoughts, I will begin to give instructions for meditation. My dear, we shall begin. Take the whole body from the toes to the top of the head. Feel the thankfulness that you are a human. Let me be the instrument of your love and light, that I may serve thy creatures. Imagine the whole globe in your hands, peace and love in your hands. You are the light around the whole globe. Your heartbeat is the heartbeat of Mother Earth. Our breath is the breath of the Mother Earth. Yes, you can help. You have love, blessing, and mercy. The meditation was a practical guide on how each individual can help Mother Earth. About 70 participants left deeply touched and inspired to continue the practice. Up to today, Svāmījī has planted 61 peace trees around the world to promote peace, harmony, and understanding. Just several days prior to the conference, Svāmījī planted peace trees in São Paulo and Mexico. During the peak of official state negotiations, Svāmījī showed another simple and practical example of how to help nature. With the support of the UN and Brazilian authorities, Svāmījī planted a peace tree on the conference center grounds. Svāmījī: Be the whole world happy, including all the creatures. Brazilian government representatives, as well as several NGO leaders, spoke at the gathering. Many dignitaries, reporters, and onlookers gathered to join Svāmījī in planting a Pau Brasil, the tree after which the country was named. This was part of his tradition of planting peace trees around the world to promote peace and harmony on the planet. This tree will symbolize the lasting commitments made at the historic UN conference. Articles and photos of the ceremonies soon appeared in Brasília media and websites. Reporter: Our question is, there have been many commitments made on sustainability throughout the Rio+20 conference in Brazil, and I would like to hear your kind comments on the commitments that Yoga in Daily Life and... The Śrī Svāmī Mādhavānanda World Peace Council takes? Svāmījī: Thank you. Thank you for the question. The Rio+20, with the Millennium Goals, now they changed from different nine goals to the sustainable world. Nearly the whole world is collected here. About 13,000 NGOs and more than 50,000 government delegations from 180 countries. What is very interesting is this, that all people, mostly who came, civilians, civil societies, or what you call the NGOs, they came with such a great expectation and love, with great positive will, to do something for our beautiful Earth. When you look at them, when you see their posters and flyers, the heart begins to be happy, the eyes come full of tears. How the people love our planet and would like to do positive work for the whole world. So, all the nations here who would like to have common ground, they found the common ground as a united nation. Now it’s like this, that no one should depend on the government. That’s my opinion. Government will not do more than just shake the hand and say, "Oh, very good." Mahatma Gandhi said, "Be the change you want to see." Therefore, the best would be that individually we get the responsibility and, like what we call the grassroots project, give the individual people some duties to do something positive. It can be once a week: go through the lake, or channels, or streets, and clean the plastics and cups away. That’s also very good for the environment. Plant a few trees wherever you can, go in the forest or in front of your house or in the gardens. Also, try to clean the lakes. And there is no caste; we are human. And there is only one caste, and that is human. And there is only one God, that is the highest one. And there is only one religion, that is humanity. And humans’ duty is to protect all the creatures and protect the ocean, rivers, lakes, ponds, forests, and the wildlife. It’s very sad that wildlife is disappearing. The people should stop hunting. And my concern is, and my request is this, that the hunting, either of birds or other animals, should not be acknowledged as a sport. In this field, especially the yoga and daily life system around the world, I have been working for the last 42 years. For forty-two years, I have been tirelessly trying to bring the message of love, understanding, harmony, and protection of the environment and ahiṃsā. At the same time, for the last 25 years, Śrī Svāmī Mādhavānanda World Peace Council have been working on this project, so I think we have a lot of opportunities to do something as long as we are alive. Thank you very much, and God bless you. On behalf of governments, businesses, civil society groups, universities, and others attending Rio+20, the conference registered more than 700 declarations of voluntary commitments aimed to help the environment. Likewise, Svāmījī and Yoga in Daily Life submitted a voluntary commitment describing their future actions to improve the environmental situation. It is not too late. Start now. Be the change you want to see. The practice of yoga and daily life cultivates awareness of the ethical and spiritual principles of sustainability. To protect the planet’s wildlife, forests, and water requires the awakening of awareness in human consciousness. The primary goals of the commitment include practical steps to protect water and forests by building volunteer teams to plant trees and clean up waterways and forests. It also emphasized promoting respect, understanding, and tolerance among cultures, nations, and religions. This approach goes beyond the common understanding of sustainability to promote living in harmony with Mother Nature and all living beings. Commentary: It’s quite inspiring, beautiful. I guess all of you are aware from Guru Pūrṇimā of Svāmījī’s request that everyone make the saṅkalpa to plant trees. That everyone plants 11 trees during the next year. And as you can see, it’s also there as one of the commitments from the summit. In Stuttgart, there were some people giving some wonderful ideas about the plans they had regarding the trees and the planting. So I guess tomorrow also, when the meeting is of the fellowship, that if people share their practical ideas, it can be very helpful for other people to also get inspired. Is something Svāmījī said there, and it reminded me of something he said in Jadan last year. At one point in Jodhpur, I honestly don’t remember if it was in a satsaṅg or just while walking. And he said, "I just wish that everybody would care for the ashram like it’s their own." And it was a very small thing that he said, but there was so much power inside it, there is so much to think about inside that. After he said it, every day I usually go for a walk around the ashram, around the whole of the boundary wall in Jadan. And it became quite disturbed, my walk. Part 2: The Seed of Action and the Gift of Teaching Because every time I would see a piece of paper on the ground or a piece of plastic, I would feel I have to pick it up. You know, you may try it somewhere. If you start to take care of everywhere you go as if it were your own, then you won’t get much done of what you have to do. I thought of the resolutions of the conference. This is our planet, and it’s up to everybody to do something about its condition. And that comes from seeing it as your own, as ours. These are not problems of a government; they’re not problems of the United Nations; they’re not problems of the EU. On one level they are, but on another level, that’s our problem; we can do something on our own small level. And when you think about that, what Swāmījī has said with the Saṅkalpa of eleven trees—eleven trees doesn’t sound like a lot, but when you think about how many guru brothers and sisters we are, that’s an incredible amount of trees. And Rada was telling me, yes, there are 10,000 people in Slovakia who will be planting the trees. That’s more than 100,000 trees. And spread that around the world, and it’s something that becomes huge. It’s not something that you just take and think, "Oh, yes, yes, I will do it," and then put it off until later. It’s something that’s to be done. Who knows, you may plant 11 trees, and your neighbor may see, and they may also be inspired to plant 3 trees or 5 trees, and that may inspire the next neighbor. Who knows where it actually ends up? Last year I was telling everywhere the story of the tree planting which was referred to in the video, where Swāmījī planted a priest tree in Adelaide. And somehow, through Swamiji’s telling to that minister who was there to plant millions of trees, it’s moved on to be up to a billion trees around the world. It was a beautiful story, but there was one addition last year in Strylki. And sometimes, children can be the best inspiration that we can ever get. Last year when I was telling that story, there was one small girl there, I think she would be six or seven years old. And her father came to me the next day, and he said, "I’ve got an addition to your story about the trees." That small girl in the morning, she’d been eating a peach. And her father was asking her for the seed so he could put it into the garbage. And she said to him, "You know, no, no... it’s like that story yesterday with the trees. I’m going to plant this seed, and then will come a peach tree." And from that peach tree will come more peaches, and then I’ll get more seeds, and I can plant more trees. The thinking of a six- or seven-year-old girl, but that’s how it functions. You start with some trees, and it goes on and on. Yogīsthī said in Jhaḍan, "Now when it rains, trees come up by themselves in Jhaḍan." It seems a certain point is reached now where nature takes care of itself. It’s been given help, and now it’s thriving again. The mountain in Jadan, which some years ago had nothing on it, is like a jungle up the top. And I would say 90% of the trees there are not planted, but they come up because of the other trees. Whether it comes by trees, then giving the seeds for the next trees, or by your inspiration, inspiring someone else to plant trees, it takes in the beginning an action, an initiative, someone to start. It may be with the trees, it may be with water, it may be as the other projects, where they’re cleaning the waterways or the environment. I can tell one story from Sydney. I think about 12 years ago, one man was fed up with the condition of the river near where he lived. And he decided that he’d make one day in the year where he would go and clean up a little bit of that river. And he told around in his local community that he was going to go on that day and clean up the river. And on the day when the day actually came, some extra people came, more than he expected. After about three or four years, everybody in Sydney knew that it was clean-up day for the rivers. And over the whole city, wherever there were waterways, there were crowds of people, and people coming with trucks to pull out tires, and just all cleaning up the waterways. It somehow has become like a day on the calendar, like you have Women’s Day, and Children’s Day, and you have Cleanup Day. But it started with one man and then just a small group of his local community. So what Swamījī would say is planted here with this, with our saṅkalpa for the trees. It’s something so special, we shouldn’t miss the chance. To make it happen, but make it happen everywhere, everywhere where we are. I wanted to talk just a few moments for those doing the exams tomorrow. Some inspiration from Jadam. We have a lot of children in Jadam, and they have a lot of good ways of trying to pass the exams, so I thought I’d give you some help. Every year, exam time can be quite entertaining in Jadam. Especially when it comes to marking, marking the papers afterwards. I’ve seen one girl try, she wrote, "I’ve answered all of these questions wrong." This was what she wrote in the exam paper. "But can you please pass me anyway? Because if I don’t pass, I’m going to be in trouble with my mother." We’ve seen other ones where someone’s written their phone number and said, "Please call me if you need some help to pass me," but the prize winner of all was one boy. I think he was in the ninth class, as I remember, and mathematics exam, it was mathematics, he... Didn’t know much about mathematics, judging by his first answers. And then he’d obviously seen that he wasn’t going the right way to pass that exam. He started to draw this picture, this incredible picture, on his answer paper. There is a picture of the altar, and Mahāprabhujī’s picture is there, and Devaprabhujī’s picture is there, and Swāmījī and Gurujī. There was Agarbhatī, and even the smoke coming up off the Agarbhatī. And the Deepak was there. And down the bottom he’d written, "Please, God, help me to pass this exam," and this was all on the whole page. And this teacher showed it to me and said, "Look at this, it’s fantastic. He didn’t pass, but it was worth a try." To those who are doing the exam tomorrow, I don’t think luck is the appropriate thing to wish you. But may Swamījī bless everybody so that the answers will flow through you. It’s such a special gift that everybody has, that they can be a teacher. I think we should remind ourselves never to think that we’re doing something, that we’re ourselves doing something special when we’re teaching. But we’re actually receiving something incredibly special. There we are getting the chance to be somehow the conveyor of Swāmījī’s wisdom, of Swāmījī’s teaching. And it’s not something where this exam you’re doing is just like a formality. That responsibility which you have as a teacher is huge. For everyone who’s teaching, you’re a medium for Swāmījī’s knowledge. It’s the responsibility of all teachers to refresh their knowledge, to make sure that they know as much as they possibly can. To be dedicated in their class, to be dedicated to the students that they have. Somehow, at all times, we have to live that we are taking our lives as a preparation for that teaching which we do. It’s not gymnastics or sport or something that we are teaching, but it’s Swāmījī’s yoga in daily life, it’s Swāmījī’s. This is not gymnastics or sports that we are learning, but Swāmījī’s yoga system in everyday life. The art of Swamijī’s life, this is something divine. And for everyone who will do the exam tomorrow and pass, and get their certificate without having to draw the picture of the altar, it doesn’t mean that that study shouldn’t continue with the same intensity with which you’ve been doing it for the last month. If we’re teaching, it’s our responsibility to study for the whole of our life in which we’re teaching. To do our sādhanā, to study ourselves, to study the scriptures. And to continuously learn, not for ourselves, but so that we can pass on that information. It’s like Swamījī puts a light there in your hands, and it’s just our job to take care of it, that we pass it on to the next person. And to those who have come here this week for the seminar, tomorrow morning we start. I would request you to do the same thing that we requested in Strylki. All of your worldly worries, all of your troubles, all of your problems—as much as you possibly can, pack them in a bag. And leave them in the reception. And you can collect them when you go next week. We promise that they’ll take care of them very well, and they’ll not be disturbed, and they’ll still be yours. This is a time you come here to go inwards, to refresh yourself, to practice, to rejuvenate, and to be with Swāmījī innerly. I think those who were last week in Strylki saw on the last day, when we had a Skype with Swāmījī, that he was... He was there all week, because in five minutes during the Skype, he did a general review of every subject that had been discussed during the week. This, this... this. Because in a five-minute Skype call, he reviewed all the topics that were discussed this week. It was like he’d been there listening the whole time. This is our time, this is really a special time if you’re here for a week to be in practice. For many people, perhaps it’s the one chance in the year where you can do that practice intensely for one week. And especially for those who do the Anuṣṭhāna. To have the chance to do that special practice which Swāmījī gives, it’s, it’s just, it’s beyond gold; it’s more valuable than that. Try as much as you can during the time to be there mentally and physically. We’re here, but mentally, just to be here, just to be doing that sādhanā. That’s what I mean by leaving your troubles outside. Those things can all wait. This is just the time for you, and for the group, to be with Swamiji. That’s why I suggested that you leave your problems out there; they can wait for you. Now, be with Swāmījī and the group together. Gajananījī will talk more tomorrow about this point, but if you have the chance, then keep Mauna as much as you can while you’re here. Gajananjī will talk more about this tomorrow, but if possible, then be in mauna. We’re not asking too much about that tonight, because there’s such a group of people here preparing for different things. But for tomorrow, after the exams are finished and the meetings are finished. It would be very nice if you can bring yourself inward as much as you can. Last night, yesterday was Janmāṣṭamī. It was one of the, what is said of Janmāṣṭamī, Kṛṣṇa was born at midnight, in the middle of the night. Because it’s that time when you withdraw from the senses and go inward, in the time when there’s the least disturbance, that meeting occurs with Kṛṣṇa, with God, with your master. So this is the time to be quiet if you’re here for the anuṣṭhāna, or if you’re here for the week to do the practice. Enjoy being with yourself, enjoy taking care of yourself, enjoy reestablishing your relation with yourself. It’s a very special chance. And just one bhajan for the people doing their exams. Yāyākara dātā ina dāyāra dāyākara poshāraṇ tu māri sattagurāko lājhe hāmāri poshāraṇ tu māri sattagurāko lājhe hāmāri hī rākṣā kīni jālatī agni me upāri rākṣā kīni jālatī agni. Prakatabhāya Svāmī Chinnamē Vipatā Nivārī Sattva Rākula Jaya Mārī, Sattva Rākula Jaya Mārī. Satguru Rakṣasahamārī Ajakoge Yonjala Bittar Tera Nām Pukārī Ajakoge Yonjala Bittar Tera Nām Pukārī Chorapalame Hariyai Chorapalame Bhaktakari Satguru Rakshasahamari Amari Satguru Rākaujaya Amari Pachai Barisabhāme God bless you. Just the one line that Gurujī says in that bhajan. That always, these bhaktas have been helped. They have been helped by the guru. But now it’s my turn. If you’re here for the week and you’re practicing, every moment, try and believe that it’s your turn for a special practice. It’s your turn for Swāmījī to give you the blessing in the bhajan. Somehow Gurujī is a little bit demanding. Now it’s my turn, now it’s my turn. Of course, we don’t go up to Swāmījī and say, "Swāmījī, it’s my turn." But through our practice, through being aware, through being there, through doing it with intensity, that demand already comes. So now it’s your turn. Have a great week. Are there any announcements? Yes, I have to warn the organizers, I refuse to end a satsaṅg with announcements. So, firstly, announcements, and then we’ll say mantra. We know that there is at least one bhajan after the announcement, that’s why we thought that we would ask Jasrajit to inaugurate our new harmonium that was newly brought from India. But of course, we have to highlight some important things. First of all, if Jatharājī says that the distribution of time should be the same, at least in the beginning of the day as in the afternoon, or rather, that everything should be at the same time in the beginning, then at 5:30 p.m. In the gym at Kriyānusthān, at the beginning of the day, and here at 3:45 p.m. Then, if Jasraljī thinks that the time schedule should be the same as in Strīokī, then the Kriyānostan begins at 5:30 at the gym hall, and here the A group, group A, at quarter to six. I heard that the fellowship meeting will commence at 10 o’clock. The fellowship meeting will be at room L154, but it is not necessary to remember this number, because there are signs everywhere in that building where the swāmīs are living, and the exam will be at the same place in the afternoon. And the further program will be on posters in every part of the ashram. There is always something to do here. Nobody should park here; you can’t get in here by car. There are still a lot of places in the hotel area. If we go a little back, at least 50–60 cars have already left. Svamījī asked that the cars should never park here, so let’s follow his request. I myself don’t like to listen to announcements, but there are still important announcements, and one of them is to never park the cars here near this big hall. There are a lot of places near the hotel, and Swāmījī always asks not to park the cars here. Thank you for the attention. And Novi Pek removed the cover of the new harbor. First, Gajānand is going to tell one story. Jasad Puzici gave some examples for those who have to pass the examination tomorrow, on how not to do it. I would like to add one. There was a boy who had a math examination in school ahead. And he somehow forgot about that, so he was not properly prepared. And when he realized this, it was actually too late to learn. But he remembered there is always some higher help. So he made a serious prayer, "Please, God, help me to pass the examination." But then he remembered the principle: when I request something, then I should also offer something. Like we do, for example, now offer our sādhanā. So, and then he made a saṅkalpa. And he said, "If you really help me to pass this examination, then I promise I will give a big pot full of wonderful halvā to the temple." So the next day, the examination came, and the teacher distributed the papers with the questions, and when he glanced through, he immediately saw that these were exactly those few points which he knew. And in a minute, he said, "Already, thank you." So this was really what? That little that he had learned, exactly these questions were there, so he could quite easily answer all these questions. They had one hour time for that, but in half an hour he was ready. But now he had to wait, and he got a little bit bored. And then he remembered his saṅkalpa. Then he took a second paper and started now to make a realistic calculation about what he needs for the halvā and what is the price for that. So, so much flour, that’s the price. So much sugar, that’s the price. But when he came to the ghee, he was shocked. It was really expensive. And some raisins and some nuts, and all together, much too much. So he just crossed it out. I said, "No, no, I must reduce it a little bit, you know." Can be a little less this and a little less this. That was still too much, so again he calls out. And then he started thinking, actually, instead of this expensive ghee, we could also take some oil. So he was still in the middle of these calculations and recalculations when the bell rang. The hour was over, and the teacher came to collect the papers, and he was happy because he was sure. He had passed the examination. The next day, the teacher came and distributed it, and the teacher said, "It seems it was a little bit too easy yesterday." Because nearly everyone passed it, and then he looked to the boy. Only one did not pass, and he was shocked. And he said, "You didn’t answer a single question." You did not answer any single question. There’s something written with "gi" and so, but this has nothing to do with the questions. So he had given the wrong paper. Because he started cheating, that didn’t work. So, another way not to pass the examination. Śrī Dīpnā Bhagavān Kī Jai God bless you. Gyān se gyān sukh kanna, gyān se gyān kanna chai. Samar chal gyān jeet bar soā, naya soā Maheśvara naya. God bless you. Good night.