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Words possess power through the vibrational qualities of Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas. Chanting connects one to the divine master, providing the energy to cross the ocean of life. The sacred name signifies surrender, creating a connection from the disciple to the master's feet, which are described as a source of liberating light. Ancient sages achieved immortality and mastery, yet humans in this age have lost connection to the Earth. The cosmic cycle of ages turns, and in the current age, negative forces are powerful. A story tells of a sage who angrily approached Vishnu, the protector, to plead for the suffering world. Vishnu blessed the sage, declaring that the master's feet would be worshipped for granting liberation. True devotion is tested, as shown by a story where a disciple is asked to find a heart for his master, revealing the depth of surrender required. Practice of yoga and breath is essential for health and turning the mind inward. One must research all of existence to perfect understanding and achieve contentment.

"Oṁ Namo Śrī Prabhudīp Nārāyaṇa... Namo means salutation. 'I bow to your holiness. I surrender to thy holy feet.'"

"Bhagavān Viṣṇu said, 'yours, the sādhu, the master, their feet will be worshipped, your toes will be worshipped.'"

Every word possesses immense power. There are vibrations we call Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas. Sattva brings happiness, joy, relaxation, clarity, and harmony. Rajas brings jealousy, anger, hatred, and desires. That brings a tattva which is very aggressive in our body; that is called Rāja. Do you want to experience that Rāja tattva now? Then imagine taking very nice, very hot Hungarian chilies. If you just put one on your tongue, and it is a whole bottle... Tamas, the other one, is called laziness. That is the person who loses everything. Then either we do not want to do something, or if we want to, we cannot. This chanting, any kind of good, beautiful mantras or bhajans, connects us with our beloved Mahāprabhujī. This song was written by our beloved Sat Gurudev, our Gurujī, Svāmī Madhavānandajī, Holy Gurujī. We are here still in the middle of the ocean, so we can cross the ocean with this energy. We are still in the middle of the ocean. You may have many titles: Ācārya, Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Ācārya, Śaṅkarācārya, etc. But we still are in between. What we want to achieve will be at the end of life. Then we cannot go back, and we have very nice, positive, divine energy, and we go with that boat of energy. Then you become that. Then you become that. Oṁ Namaḥ Śrī Prabhudīp Nārāyaṇa. Oṁ Namaḥ Śrī Prabhudīp Nārāyaṇa... Oṁ Namo Śrī Prabhudīp Nārāyaṇa Oṁ. Oṁ Namo Śrī Prabhudīp Nārāyaṇa Oṁ. Oṁ, we know that. Oṁ, we know. We know these four or three letters, the vocal chords, Oṁ. Namo, that is great. Namo means salutation. "I bow to your holiness. I surrender to thy holy feet." And we get that very strong energy. This is the connection between the disciple and the master. It is from the foot soles or the toes, the right and left toes of the master. In the Holy Rāmāyaṇa, Tulasīdāsa is writing that the nail of the toes of the master is like a light, like a diamond. It is written by Tulsīdās. It is a very beautiful poem. So if we touch that, if we take Jarnāmṛt from the toes, that is it. There was one ṛṣi long ago in some lokas or some other yugas. So there was one ṛṣi, who is from the Saptaṛṣis, and they are still here. Yes, you can see them. Sometimes we say there are seven stars, and that is the Sapta-ṛṣis. These ṛṣis are immortal. They are what we call the Siddhas. Like our lineage of our masters, they achieved the siddha. So these ṛṣis, one of the ṛṣis was a little bit tāmasic. You have to be tamas, otherwise you are lost. So you must, from time to time, take Hungarian chili. On this earth, this is our earth, our life. We are all different kinds of creatures here on earth. And they have to work in order to get liberation. Animals cannot, but humans can. But now in Kali Yuga, the humans have lost. They lost the love for the Earth, Mother Earth. This Earth is our mother. So if you put poison, and it is all chemicals, you are putting it on the body of your mother. Also water, the five elements. On this earth, there is changing of the lokas, and generally we have what we call the four lokas or yugas, and it is going slowly, slowly down. And then again, Śiva brings up again Satya Yuga, Dvāpar Yuga, Tretā Yuga, and Kali Yuga, and after that again, Viṣṇu again comes. This is for Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva. So it is changing. Sometimes you are the Prime Minister, and one is the President. Or after four yugas, changing. If we look on Google, and there is, if you look up the Vedas and Yugas, it is very interesting. Here, we could not count them all. Because we had the lines: one goat, second goat, third goat, goat, animal goat. So you are standing, one goat is going, second is going, third is going, the lines. And then they make, like, the V, the victory, or the cross, and then again lines. The cross and lines, because they are very complicated. This is very complicated, but one of the ṛṣis of India, I do not know the name, maybe Vivek Purī, otherwise you can get it, and he solved the problems of mathematics, and that is zero. So, He gave us only nine letters, then zero. So the highest number is nine. In this way, when we count this, then it is also kṣaṇa, just one movement of the eyelid. Many, many things, and that ṛṣi who was doing it could build our hair in two parts. Such a fine instrument, head. Be careful when you go to India, you will come with the double hair, yes, but when the hairs are growing and growing, then you see at the end it is two parts, so anyhow we do not go so far, but you should find out then how many billions, trillions you got. You have to be aware that there have been millions and trillions of yugas on the earth, and in the Vedas it is counted, and it is that they know the life of the sun, so they know now how many yugas or kalpas will be for the sun. It becomes like dust. It splits into the stars. Just a little spark, but again, it will come. But where we are, we do not know. About some ages ago, we were different humans. Our head was also small. Well, anyhow, so in that, the earth is also sinking in the ocean, and you know who was first incarnated? The god, the first one. Now, the boar, Vara, like a pig, the boar, he came with his tusk and, hauling the ocean, he brought it out. Aha, that was his name, Vara? Yeah, yeah. Purījī, Siddha Purījī, Siddha... So you are now at that distance so far, not only in āsanas, and you have to go further, but do not lose other things, do not lose that. That power, the ṛṣis—so one day when a ṛṣi was angry, and ṛṣis have freedom, they are free, any lokas they can go. And this trinity, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, they also cannot tell them, the ṛṣis. You should become that, but now, who are we? You want to go out of the door? Rādhā, Viṣṇu, Vāṁśīkṛṣṇa, and Vasiṣṭha will close it, he said, do not go out. On this earth there were very many suffering creatures. And humans were suffering, and there were Rākṣasas. Who does not know the word "Rākṣasa"? Raise your hand. Rākṣasa, can you raise your hand up like this? Very good, alright. So, the Rākṣasa means the devil. Now, is it okay? And the Devas, the Goddess. But that, this is Deva, they are goddesses from time to time, but that incarnation, that is different. You see, between when we wake up again, because some were sitting like this, so there was a very negative, and now it is Kali Yuga, so there are fewer devas, but more negative. Devas have less power, but rākṣasas have much power. So better that we should turn back to the other side. Because the Devas are near the Goddess, but we are still not there. So that ṛṣi thought that Viṣṇu would help the creatures on the earth and the humans. And he was thinking that definitely he also knows there is a problem. Viṣṇu. But I should tell him, "Please come and help at the mortal earth." And what was Viṣṇu doing? Like a politician, when they win their party, when they win their party, after, it does not matter, they sit and drink alcohol, and how much money, this side, and the rest, a little bit this side, only chocolate. But I am sure the Slovenians are the best politicians. So the ṛṣi goes there, and what was Viṣṇu doing? He was lying like this, with one leg like this, and his wife Lakṣmī was massaging his leg. And we do not know where Viṣṇu was. He is in other lokas, maybe. And the ṛṣi comes to request Viṣṇu, because Viṣṇu is the protector, and Brahmā is the creator, and Śiva is the liberator. So the ṛṣi comes and the ṛṣi thinks, "He is sleeping." And this poor girl, she is massaging and massaging, so the ṛṣi was angry. And he did not ask Him, "Please come and save all creatures and humans." The ṛṣi was so angry with Viṣṇu. So with his one leg, he put it on the chest of Viṣṇu. With the power of the pen, what are you doing here? And Viṣṇu opens his eyes and says, "Oh, my Lord." He said to the ṛṣi, and Viṣṇu holds the foot of the ṛṣi, "Oh, my Gurudeva, I hope that I did not hurt you, because my chest is like iron, and you are just like a lotus flower." But Viṣṇu has now said to the ṛṣi, ṛṣi, on this earth your feet will be worshipped. And they will all be getting liberation. I am sorry, Ṛṣi, but I give you these blessings. And then he said one very nice poem, one ṛṣi, Sūradāsa. He said one poem; I do not remember. So, Bhagavān Viṣṇu said, "Bhagavān Viṣṇu has said, yours, the sādhu, the master, their feet will be worshipped, your toes will be worshipped." And that is why Tulsīdās is writing in the Rāmāyaṇa. And also, now that is why we make Tilak first on the big toes, and then we do the Tilak here. So these are so many things, so that is why it is said, "Oṁ namo." "Namo" means salutation, or "Namo" means bow down. There is one city in Croatia, it is a little far, long. We have a yoga center there, where we planted a tree, an olive tree, near the church. Do you remember someone? What is the city? Split. I think it is always splitting. When you go to the church, you go inside the church, and you see that the master of Jesus is giving a blessing, and Jesus is lying on the floor with his hands like this and his whole body. So that was also their tradition, and also when you are giving what they call the ceremony, what do you call them? Yeah, in the water, and then this spray, yeah, yes. So these are, it was, and it is, but little people have this; people do not want. Now, our people, some say to mother, "Hello, mother, how are you?" and that is all. Old mother or the grandmother, but you should hug your mother or grandmother, and she will touch your feet or toes or cheeks. That love of the mother, that love of the grandmother is much more than anyone’s, and if a grandmother or mother is angry, if they do not want you, then it is something else; they are mentally not in order. Otherwise, mother is a mother, and father is also a father. So that we humans lost it, we shall bow down, we shall surrender. So, Namo Nārāyaṇa, Namo Nārāyaṇa, Viṣṇu, the God, Oṁ Namo Nārāyaṇa, Oṁ Namo Prabhu, what was it? Oṁ Namaḥ Śrī Prabhudīp Nārāyaṇam. Oṁ Namaḥ Śrī Prabhudīp Nārāyaṇam. Haṁ Sab Dās Prabhu Śaraṇ Parāyaṇam. Oṁ Namo Śrī Prabhu Dīp Nārāyaṇ. Haṁsabhādāsa Prabhu Śaraṇa Parāyaṇam, Haṁsabhādāsa Prabhu Śaraṇa Parāyaṇam... Oṁ Namaḥ Śrī Prabhudī Pārṇārāyaṇam. Oṁ Namaḥ Śrī Prabhudī Pārṇārāyaṇam. Haṁsabhādas Prabhuśaraṇ Parāyaṇam. Oṁ Namo Śrī Prabhudīp Nārāyaṇ. Oṁ Namo Śrī Prabhudīp Nārāyaṇ. Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Jai. So, how far have we the purification in our heart? Do you understand? Yes. There is one story I think I have told sometimes, many times. But maybe you have forgotten; I did not forget. So I can repeat again. So it is mostly always stories about master and disciple. And the Master is also testing them, to see if they are really doing it or not. So one master, he was old, like Vivek Purī. You do not know who is old when. So we cannot count the life of someone. So he had a sudden problem, pain in his heart. So the master said to the disciple, "Please go into the village and ask someone, ’I have heart pain.’ I think I will not survive. So, can you tell someone if they can give one part of their heart?" So the disciple goes to the village. Can someone give the heart to my Gurudev? Can you please give the heart to my Gurudev? Our heart is not so easy to give. We can go to run and bring the medicine. We can give massage, etc. So the disciple was running to this village, that village, this house, that street. Please, please,... my Gurudeva is dying. He needs the heart. So he came back and the Master said, "Did you bring the heart?" He said, "Gurujī, I am so sorry. I was running from house to house, village to village. No one gave the heart." The Master said, "They do not give the heart, but at least you have the heart. You could have given it to me." Should I give my heart? Gurudev said, "No, I was only testing. How must you have the devotion that I can give everything?" There is one song, but it is only a song. He or she who made this song, making a song is easy, and that song is that: "My Lord, I will be Thine. My Lord, keep your mouth to... My Lord, I will be Thine. My Lord, I will be Thine. Will you really give?" Compare that with the one who went to the village to get a heart for the master. Or it could be for your husband. You love your husband very much, but now he needs a heart, so you are, darling, you are my heart. So please give your husband quickly, or the wife needs a heart, and she tells the husband to give it. No. So, it is a test. Yes. Devotees may come and devotees may go. Devotees may come and devotees may go, but my Lord, I will be Thine always. O my Lord, I will be Thine forever. That is now. How many of you have that devotion? If not your master, then your husband, or your wife, or your grandmother, something, or your father, or your friend, or your boss, who is ready to give the boss? So, it said, "My Lord, devotees may come and devotees may go, but I will be Thine, O my Lord." Second step, I may go far, farther than the stars. You are sitting in the Himalayas, in Ālakhpurījī’s cave, and you are sitting far away. I may go far, farther than stars, but do not forget me. Love is there. The ocean is there. As far as you go, that much love grows, and when it is attachment, then if you go far, that is gone and you come back; you say, "I have my other friend." But he said, "I am yours. Why do not you wait for me?" That is it. So I may go far, farther than the stars. But you should know, my Lord, that I am yours. It does not matter who, what, who will talk, who will tell, he will run away or so. And it can happen, I die, then if somebody brings my body there, even I die, even I die, look into my eyes, my Lord. Look into my eyes, my eyes will tell you, mutely they will tell you, my eyes to you, my Lord, I will be thine, and that is what we need to go. Otherwise, yes, so now, even we do not take care of our old parents. You will take care of an old dog better than your grandmother. You will take your dog, old, and you are crying and giving an injection and telling the doctors, but you do not go with your mother to the hospital. That is it, and that is a development within our self. Oṁ Namaḥ Śrī Prabhu Dīp Nārāyaṇam. Oṁ Namaḥ Śrī Prabhu Dīp Nārāyaṇam... Oṁ Namo Śrī Prabhudīp Nārāyaṇ Haṁsabhādās Prabhusaraṇa Parāyaṇam... Oṁ Namo Śrī Prabhudīp Nārāyaṇ. Oṁ Namo Śrī Prabhudīp Nārāyaṇ. Haṁsabhādās Prabhusaraṇa Parāyaṇam. Haṁsabhādās Prabhusaraṇa Parāyaṇam. Oṁ Namo Śrī Prabhudī, Par Nārāyaṇam. Oṁ Namo Śrī Prabhudī, Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavānak. So we have to check our body because everything, what... We can do it; it goes through our body. If the body is not here, then our brain cannot do anything, our mind cannot do anything, everything is gone. So our body is very, very important. And that is why we have to practice the yoga practices. But no competition. Practice slowly, slowly, slowly. And breath techniques for the lungs are very important. And our prāṇāyāma, our lungs, can cure many, many diseases. So prāṇāyāma is very, very important. But first, we have to do physical exercise, the āsanas, nicely, so that you are getting warmed, the whole body, the muscles, nerve systems, joints, everything. And then we do the prāṇāyāma. Then it has more effect on our body. Then the mind will turn to our Self. The mind will give us the feeling of our body, our life. Otherwise, all the time we will think outside. We go to the restaurant, we go for ice cream, we go dancing, we do this and that there. We are running away from ourselves. Of course, it is a life, and we should dance, we should do everything. But for a minimum of two hours, give it to yourself. You will be healthy and have a long life, a long, long life. That is it. So this is how our Yoga in Daily Life has become that part of yoga, that our Yoga in Daily Life is a scientific, scientific yoga. And when we are talking about science, I am not a scientist, but if you are a scientist, you are not a scientist, because you are searching and searching. And what you have searched, it was already searched. You will dig in the earth, but it was already there. So we are thinking, what are we searching for? Which culture are you searching for? The human culture, the vegetation culture, the animal culture, the bird culture, the fish culture, the reptilian culture, the earth culture, the river culture, and the mountain culture. So, which culture are you searching for? And we should research everything. And that is that, then our yoga becomes perfect. Then all becomes one. And on this earth there are fewer cultures. The cultures are the people, the humans. There are many cultures. Many are the fish, the termites, the ants. There are many, many other creatures. So we are little, we have little, but we are restless, and we are not content. That is very important, to content ourselves. So thank you, and we will begin again tomorrow. Thank you very much, and we will continue tomorrow. Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān, Kī Jaya, Dev Puruṣa Mahādeva, Kī Jaya, Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandajī Bhagavān, Kī Jaya, Satya Sanātana.

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