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This morning, before noon, Dr. Shanti was saying something. I was not here; I was in my room, but I was hearing—not with my telephone, as the telephone was with Mansa Devi. Dr. Shanti said, "Smile." So, I’m looking at everyone’s face to see whether there is a smile or not. It’s not only one face, but many faces. So if someone is one or doesn’t laugh or smile, it doesn’t matter. But in the camera, will that kid who is just sitting like this smile? Satsaṅg se jagat bhakti bakhāne de hameṅ kām. Satsaṅg se jagat bhakti bakhāne de hameṅ kām.... Satsaṅg. So, we shall look to the Gurujī’s, Mahāprabhujī’s, Devpurījī’s face. Yes. So, it is said, just look to the Gurudev. Hame kaam satsaṅg se. So, go ahead. Yes. We need a place to eat and drink, not to smoke. Hame Kambh Satsaṅg Se Jai. Very good. Very good... Yes. Yes... Very good. So Dr. Shanti said, "Smile." And so many were sitting like this. And when she said, "Smile," then they sat like this. Yes. Next time, if you can’t play the dholak, then don’t play. Only fly the flute, it’s okay. So we need the, our ḍālak is not properly, but doesn’t matter. Who doesn’t like, doesn’t listen. We had yesterday one friend, a brother who came from Rajasthan, from Ajmer here, who played very good ḍholaks and banjīrās. Do you know with whom he came yesterday? He was here, not Rampuri, from Ajmer, an Indian man. With whom did he come? Where is that now? Come back. Call him back. Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān kī, so as we know, a lot of you are very perfect, everyone. And many of you are good teachers. But again, we have to come to Patañjali. "Atha yogānuśāsanam." Yoga begins with discipline. It is said there is a very good dancer, and if the dancer does not dance for two or three years, then he cannot dance properly. There’s a beautiful horse school, it’s called the Spanish School in Vienna. And there is a horse called Lipitsaiyak. And they are performing a very nice dance. But if you let them go two or three months without training, again, they have lost the knowledge. In our people, yogī life people, they neglect in their exercise and discipline. So, you know we have our beautiful dancer, our dear Bhakti, and when she is dancing very nicely, and someone like me comes and begins to dance with her, oh God, they will say, "Swamiji, very good, but sit down." Similarly, it’s called Abhyāsa, Abhyāsa Kānte, Abhyāsa. In the Bhagavad Gītā, it is said, "O son of Kuntī, practice, practice, practice." Practice makes perfect, and if you neglect, then your perfection is gone. Similarly, also in yoga, is the first written, "Atha Yoga Anuśāsana." Yoga needs discipline. Yoga begins with discipline. Only that can get perfection in discipline, otherwise we cannot. Now, it is said that unfortunately many, many people in this world are suffering from illnesses. And there is a question now: why are so many people suffering from illnesses? It gives the questions: ask the question. Allopathic medicine, Āyurveda, yoga, or other, Yuddha, etc. Many, many techniques. But why are they still not healthy? And there are so many books written, thousands of pages, about that system which can give us good health. Also, the bodybuilders, they also think that they are healthy. But after their age, 60, 70, 80, 90, they are not healthy anymore. So, practice. Abhyāsa, Abhyāsa, O Kānte, Abhyāsa. Abhyāsa means practice, and not for one day, not for one month, not for one year, not for twenty years, but if you want to have perfection, then it is lifelong. So in the night, Arjuna used to get up at midnight. When all his students were sleeping, he woke up, took his archery practice, and went to the garden, and he was practicing all the time. In the morning, during Brahmamuhūrta, when students used to get up, he also went there. He was going to wash his body, and like this, and then he studied with the Gurudev. There was a test, an examination. So in the examination, we will see who will be the best in archery. And Arjuna wanted to be the best in the world. Arjuna, so his master promised that you will be the best one. So they put a little water pond, about one and a half meters in circumference, and the water was very clean, very clean. Like a mirror. And on the ceiling of the building, the room, in the same size, they put there one circle. And there was a clock, like a clock, and there was a sign of a fish. Now, what we have is yin and yang, these two signs. And now that’s moving like this, not very quickly, but like our clock. Now, there are many players, many, many, many. So they said to the student, "Take the arrow and bow." Look in the water. There is a circle of movement, and there is one sign with the fish. And you have to shoot your arrow at the eye of the fish. And that’s going at this speed. Many, many players. They are standing and looking there. Don’t look up. Abhihāśa, Abhihāśa, Kāṇṭe. Avhyāsa, everyone was shooting different places. Now comes Arjuna, and he first made praṇām to his guru. Who was the guru of Arjuna? Droṇācārya, so he made the praṇām to Gurudev. And now he is there standing, and he said, "Do you see the fish?" Then you have to shoot at the eye of that fish. Do you see the fish? He said, "No. I see only the eye." Just give me the order. That’s all. So then he said, "Yes," and such an arrow he shot went directly to the eye of the picture of the fish. From the hundreds of students that Arjuna had, they declared that Arjuna was one of the best in archery. A few years before, also one student came to school, and who was the guru there? Dronacharya, and Dronacharya has his one son, and he was also learning there, but that was a school of the royals. So there could only come the royals’ children, nobody else. So Droṇācārya’s son was also studying there. So one person came from what we call the aborigines or some of the forest people. He went to learn in that school. So he came and he said to Droṇācārya Gurudev, "I came to this school and I want to study here." Dronacharya said, "From which caste are you coming?" He said, "I am from the forest, so I cannot accept you in this school." Why? Here are only the warriors, the kings. Only these people, their students can study here. No Brahmins, nothing, no one. That student’s name was Eklavya. At that time, Dronācārya was teaching, and one young boy was sitting with him. So Eklavya said, "Gurudev, who is this student?" It looks like he is a Brahmin. He said, "Yes, he’s my son." Are you king? He said, "No." But you said in this school only the warriors can study. And Eklavya said, "Thank you," and went. He went to the forest. In a big forest, it is very difficult to come there. He made a ground, he made a nice statue out of the earth. Of the Dronācārya, and he accepted him as his guru. And now he is practicing day and night, practicing with the arrow for a few years. And when he missed the arrow, he came to the statue of the Gurudev and said, "Sorry." Abhyāsa, practice, practice, practice. In that side, Arjuna was perfect. Arjuna even said that, sitting, a bird, and a very fine arrow, you have to shoot the eye of the bird. Do you see? He said, "No. I see only that eye. That’s my target." Nothing else, so they were perfect. So all the Pāṇḍavas and other students went to the forest. So-called picnic. Why not? For the students’ picnic, and they had a beautiful, very nice dog. Dog of the Droṇācārya. They went to the forest, and Droṇācārya’s students were going with him, about a distance of half a kilometer, and there Eklavya was practicing. Dogs smell more than us. God gave every creature something special to survive. So the dog smells the clavicle, and he runs. Who is there? And he sees about 20 to 50 meters distance. And it was sparkling. And Eklavya felt disturbed when the dog came and started screaming. Eklavya took the arrows, and when the dog opened its mouth, before that, he put so many arrows that its mouth filled with arrows. So he couldn’t even take out so many arrows. And in that while, his Gurujī and his disciples came. Kudog went to the Droṇācārya. Arjuna said, "What is this?" Who put these arrows in the mouth of the dog, and not a drop of blood? He looked to his Gurujī, Gurudev. You said I am the best in archery, but who is this one? I am not so perfect. They went there, and Droṇācārya saw Eklavya. Arjuna said, "Who is the best master? Tell me." He said, "I promised you." Dronacharya said, "Who are you?" Boy. My, your disciple, my disciple, yes. What’s your name? Eklavya. Who taught you this? You. But you were not there. He said, "Here, the statue." For me, this is not a statue. You are the Self, the embodiment of Yourself. And I learned through you. Now Arjuna is looking to Gurujī. All are looking to Arjuna and Eklavya, and Arjuna and Eklavya. Then Dronāchārya said, "I accept you, my disciple." Are you my real disciple? Yes. Then give me dakṣiṇā. If you learn from me and you perfect me, then you have to give something. You gave me a word, and you gave me everything. Everything, Gurudev, everything is yours. What can I give you? Like in Guru Gītā, "Jyot tse jyot sate, guru jyot tse jyot." Sing. Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān, Kī Jai, Viśvaguru, Mahāmaṇḍaleśvarānanda, Śrī Svāmī Maheśvarānandajī, Guru, Deva, Kī Jai. And so, there are many, many students, the bhaktas, Droṇācārya, and even his son was there, and Arjuna, the Pāṇḍavas. But the word, the Dronāchārya said, "Arjuna, I will declare you the one of the best in this world with the archery." But Eklavya was the best, but Gurudeva gave the word. Now it is both sides, what to do? The promise of the Gurudeva. He said, "I will do." That you will be the Arjuna, the best. But his disciple, and the Guruvai of the Arjuna, Eklavya, is the best. Both sides were practicing, abhyāsa, abhyāsa, kānte. Both were practicing. He was practicing alone in the forest. Very forest. No one can go there. Now, that’s called Dharma Saṅkaṭa. That’s called Dharma Saṅkaṭa. Dharma, you know what is Dharma. And saṅkaṭ means now there is some kind of conflict. What to do? Only the disciples can solve. So then the Droṇācārya said, "Give me the dakṣiṇā, the weight." He said, "My whole body, everything, all is yours." When I am your Gurudev, then all that is mine is yours. He said, "Give me your right thumb." He took the leaf of the banana. And he always had a knife there, like Ekalavya, like Līlā has, always a knife with her, be careful, always very, be careful, and without thinking, without hesitation, without looking left and right, he took the knife and cut his left hand. Tham Gurudev, yes, that is a disciple. That is called the word. My promise, Eklavya was standing. Dronacharya said, "You kept my words." And so are our words to ourself; at least what you promise thyself, keep it. And therefore, it is said, if you want to become their Brahma-jñānī and everything, then discipline. And so, all of you are here, you have Kriya Yoga tomorrow, and you have to be disciplined. Don’t always sit like this. These mudras I don’t want to see. These mudras I don’t want to see. So tomorrow will come Umāpurī, and I gave her word to make the discipline. So if you can’t sit, always making like this, and like that. She will cut your... She will cut your knee. And put your leg to one side. I hope not, because he will bring your leg to me. Gurudev, here it is. So, when you come to the sādhanā, you have to make a preparation. Many, many days, you know that you are coming to a seminar, and I will have Kriyānusthāna. How many years, how many people got the Kriyā? And how many succeed? Don’t blame me. I gave you so many saṅkalpas that, no matter what happens, you will remain a faithful disciple. And if you run away, if you do something different, then what can we do? The master is the captain of the sea, or what we call the boat. And if you jump out from the boat, it is not a mistake of the captain. But the captain will look down and say, "Oh, the hungry fish is there." No problem, take it. So we don’t know how it is, so discipline, whoever is practicing, that one is already somewhere in the highest level of consciousness. We have many, many of my Kriya Yoga disciples; they are at a very high level. There are also some couples, husband and wife. But you can’t see who is how, but I know who is there. But still, it’s not on that point that you think I am the best in archery. Arjuna was proud. And Eklavya made Arjuna fall like a cat into cold water. That’s it. Abhyāsa, abhyāsa, kaṇṭe, abhyāsa. Practice, practice, practice. Between master and disciple, there is a very deep relation, more than mother and father, and that we can come further. So practice and practice. Yes, and sometimes someone pushes the thorn in the master’s foot. Yes, someone carries Swamiji’s socks, and they put in the socks’ thorn. Yes, because they want to play with the master. Is this or not? Naya Tharan, no problem. This is because of evidence. And when there was nothing, then I had to get it from someone to put it in. So, abhyāsa, practice, discipline. From tomorrow onwards, if you are in a normal class, you should be there. If you want Kriyā Yoga, you must be there. Five minutes before every class, one has to be there, including the teacher. So that punctually we begin with our sādhanā. If you are running, walking outside and inside, and coming, going, and doing this, then we will tell you to do Karma Yoga. That’s perfect. It doesn’t matter what we will make; it’s karma yoga. We have a lot of work here in the college. And in the office, and the staircase, and many things. So, therefore, let’s have a discipline. The less you eat, the more strength you will have to practice. And the more you eat, the less you will practice, and the greater the laziness will be. So, eat 40%, so that you are not starving, that you don’t say, "Swāmījī, I’m hungry, my stomach is something inside." Okay, 40% eat, and 20% water, yes, and 15% air, and the rest for the rest, practice, practice,... discipline. Patañjali, after that he said, "Yoga Anuśāsanam." And then, after what he said? Attha? No, no,... attha? "Yoga Anuśāsanam." And then, "Citta Vṛtti Nirodha," which we had in the morning, before noon, afternoon, sorry, before noon. What was it? Antra, Manabuddhi, Chitta, Ahaṃkāra. So, while doing your kriyā, try to purify all the antaḥkaraṇas, the four antaḥkaraṇas. And, ātmā, yogānuśāsanam, yogaḥ, citta, vṛtti, nirodhaḥ. All are good, right? All right? Good. So, I wish you all the best. You know the timetable, and we have the children also. So, during the practice time, we should not bring the children to this side. We have many big parks in this college. Om Śānti, Om Śānti, Om Śānti. Om Śānti, Śānti, Śānti.