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Part 1: The Path of Oneness and Spiritual Lineage Bhavatu Sarveśāṁ Śāntir Bhavatu Sarveśāṁ Maṅgalam Bhavatu Sarveśāṁ Śaraṇam Bhavatu, Loka Samastā Sukhino Bhavantu, Lāhaṁ Karta Prabhudeep Karta, Mahāprabhujī Deepa Karta Hi Kevalam. Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti. May all devotees, all practitioners, and the whole world be blessed. Today, people are praying in many different places and religions, but there is only one God in the universe, one message, one question, and one sound. We, too, play our prayers all day, everywhere. Day by day, different things come and go. We do not know what tomorrow will bring, but we know how yesterday was, and we know what is now. There are many masters, great saints, and great ṛṣis who give beautiful knowledge and bhajans. We all descend from those ṛṣis, regardless of religion or origin. In the Kali Yuga, many different paths were created, and people accepted various religions for God. Yet, God is beyond everything in the universe; there is no duality. That is why our Ārādhya Bhagavān Swāmī Madhavānandjī Bhagavān said, "One in all and all in one." We are all composed of the five elements: water, fire, air, earth, and space. Within that, we are all living. We all have a soul, and this soul is the soul of the supreme. That supreme sparkles on earth through many different creatures. Each creature wishes to live happily, comfortably, and for as long as possible. It is said that animals are different, but they know much. Consider the tiny mosquito: before you come close, it flies away. Why? Because even the small mosquito is afraid of the big human. Every being has feelings in its life. Jīva jīva bhakṣate—every animal eats another animal—but a human should not eat animals because we are human. We have very nice food: fruits, milk from mothers and cows, and other nourishment. If humans cannot understand the pain of others, then what are they? They will continue in that way. There was a time when people did not know better; they lived in caves and even ate each other. That is why there were fewer humans in forests, rivers, and mountains. They lived in caves, and mothers would hide their children underground for fear of being killed. That was for that time. Now we are developed, intelligent, and in a better state. We know everything and have created ourselves to be better humans who respect, love, and protect. This earth, God has given to everyone for us to live comfortably and happily in friendship. We all should be in that. Time will come again; the Kali Yuga will end and another will follow. Time comes and goes. Think of this: everyone says, "I am doing good." Everyone says, "It is me, and I know." When we say, "I know," it means we are without knowledge. Respect others. Many ṛṣis talk about different things, but not all speak of the oneness of the supreme God. That is very important. We are all from the ṛṣis, and this is not only in India. They were in many other countries on earth, living in mountains and forests. Slowly, we became civilized, but the ṛṣis knew and gave humans a human education. That is why we have paramparā. That paramparā is called guru and disciple. There are many gurus, but some do not have a guru themselves, nor do they have a true disciple. Now they may have a disciple and call themselves a guru, but they lack the background of a guru. That is how it is. It does not matter; let them do something, but it will not go properly. There is a system, even on earth and in space—everywhere. The moon, sun, and other planets are moving, coming and going. Our ātmā, we are all one ātmā, but one ātmā, our soul, is in our heart. In our heart, you cannot know. In this flesh of earth, of meat, there are uncountable jīvās in your body. In each drop of blood, there are many creatures inside, and they are ours. So, each of us has one: our country, or we have our whole universe. God has given everyone one universe. Why not leave heaviness and create your universe as comfortable, happy, and healthy? Like our many sādhus, even others from outside India—in Mexico, Africa, and this little part of India, Europe. Europe comes from the river, which river? It is called the Hindu River, the Indus River. From the Indus River, some came this way, and others went to Europe. Now you see that the bodies of Europeans and Asians are the same. Africans are different but still human. Therefore, some scientists said the first human was in the Himalayas, in what we call Tibet, and from there it begins. It does not matter; everywhere we are, we change our thoughts and feelings. Similarly, my dear, our generation, our spiritual path comes from Satyuga, Śiva, and from there, Alak Purījī. That Alak Purījī is for all who have come to me, who are attached to me—I through Gurujī, Gurujī through Mahāprabhujī, Mahāprabhujī through Devapurījī, Devapurījī through Alak Purījī, etc. This is our generation, or what we call paramparā. That paramparā is like that of many ṛṣis. For example, there are two paramparās: one is familial, and one is spiritual. In my paramparā, it is Maharṣi Grahācārya. When Pārvatī and Śiva were marrying, who performed the ceremonies? Maharishi Gṛghācārya. So Gṛghācārya gave the marriage ceremonies to Śiva and Pārvatī. Krishna’s parents and grandfathers also. They all have a blessing, even without knowledge. Now, someone may still count something and tell you, "This is good for you," or "This day is for you," and something happens. Many say, "Make that." It is there. And so, there is Śrīmusī Gupā. My dear, I would like to tell you, and you know all that. You had your father and mother; you had a beautiful life, playing, running, being naughty. Similarly, when I was about four or five, my father let me sit beside him while he made a mālā. He asked me, "I was making a mālā," so I took his mālā away. One day, my guru, my father, brought the mala and gave me one while praying. He did not know what she did. He said, "No, no, I don’t like this. I will take this one." Okay. Father, parents, children—from that time on, in the morning he would go after mala a little, then go to the talap, the lake. In the lake, we would wash our clothes and bodies. My father would sit there for an hour, singing mantras. I would sit and say, "Let’s go home. How long will you sit in this hall?" We little children had that life, and from there it begins: my yoga thinking and doing. Then, of course, Holī Gurujī, and then all begins—Holī Gurujī, Mahāprabhujī, and so on. I began at that time, but I would say that now is nearly... I am again close. That is 52 years coming where I have been teaching yoga daily around the world. How many people come and go? But I got my path, āsanas. Okay, maybe one āsana is the same. Bhujaṅgāsana is a Bhujaṅgāsana. Now, Bhujaṅgāsana—I cannot do the cobra āsana; Bhujaṅgāsana is different, and cobra is different, maybe. There are āsanas. How many āsanas? They are already counted—about 95 or 80 mantra āsanas. But then there are more, hundreds and thousands. Now, everybody is becoming a person who makes body corrections: some massage, this hand and that hand—everybody doing good. But still, what I took, all these postures, I will tell you: in 1973, we made all yoga practices systematically beautiful, one by one, with a doctor. She was a psychiatric doctor, but she was very great, and some others. In Czechoslovakia at that time, you have my photo. We saw it in the Patañjali Yoga book. At that time, we made postures and everything: āsanas, prānāyāmas, meditations, and many things, including Yoga Nidra. We have Yoga Nidra from Mahāprabhujī, and Mahāprabhujī... I have got this from Devapurījī, which we have in our book. At that time, I was not born, so it comes from our yoga nidrās: yogī jāna kī yogī nidrā. From that time on, there are many things, many disciples—thousands and thousands. Some are in situations where they cannot come; some are somewhere; some have already passed away. They came, my children, like this. Hundreds of my children are around me. Sometimes I meditate and see some from the past, their past life, because five generations are my disciples in Europe, America, and everywhere. Now, we need our path, and we have the path. We do not want to go left and right; we have our yoga in daily life. If you step out, then it is wrong. We have that path. Many people are psychologists, psychiatrists, and others. They are now getting, only a few years ago, someone to say body and mind. Oh, it looks nice. But what is body and mind? Everyone has body and mind—even a snake, even a little ant. But where were you? Therefore, we have to go on that spiritual path. Of course, there are many great learned people; I am not that much of a learned person. But still, there is that path of the Ālagpurījīs, and we are on this path. Therefore, all my bhaktas, all my disciples, all my teachers should have a yoga in daily life. Do not make your yoga and daily life different. Do not put meditation aside. Why do you say you are great? You are not great because you have heard from the Avatārapurī and now say, "Oh, that was good, I will do this." You do not know what Avatārapurī is, or this was like a Yogeśa, and now everybody says, "Oh, Yogeśa," but you do not know what a yogī is. Day after tomorrow, he will come and give you a slip. Yogīs have to live like that. Some people go there, some go here. Now we have Guru; therefore, it is that, you know, Guru Vara. So, who is a real disciple? One who has understood, who knows that it is, who has no negativities, no anger, and no religious conflicts, but is on the path. In this Kali Yuga, that path has very few great masters. First, they put their guru’s statues, all their paramparā’s gurus, and worship there. You put something there; you do not know the face. We know. We made some, like Kṛṣṇa. But Gurudev said, "Kṛṣṇa jāne so Gītā, Kṛṣṇa jāne so Gītā." Kṛṣṇa jāne so Gītā, or mātā jāne pitā. Only the mother knows who is your father—that is it. Clear, very clear. Similarly, Bhagavān Rām—we do not have a picture of that God Rām, but we put "He" and worship. Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa also, but still we do not know. Now we are in confusion. When we go to an Indian temple, or in European countries, America, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji—everywhere they have beautiful statues of Kṛṣṇa and a girl, a woman beside, called Rādhā. But their eyes are like a cat’s. Western and some people have beautiful eyes, like a... I do not know what they call them. Anyhow, we do not need it. Also, Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa did not have eyes like that. Similarly, in Australia, America, and temples here, what is the look of Sītā and Bhagavān Rām? Yes, they were beautiful, great, and strong, but they were not colored like that, and they did not have eyes like this. If it is like this, then you are worshipping only Europeans. Why not? Why not worship Europeans? Okay, then make it really nice. Therefore, people have lost reality. We have the reality, at least in name, and I have visions of my Ālak Purījī. I did not see Mahā Dev Purījī, but Mahāprabhujī saw it. I did not see Mahāprabhujī, but my Gurujī saw Mahāprabhujī, and I see Mahāprabhujī. Now, you see, maybe if you take me as I am with you, still I do not know how I will be until the last breath of my life. So do not think that now I am the highest one, raising you down. I am this. Wait, Omar, wait, wait, wait. The final result is there before, not you. You are five, ten, fifteen years in university, and this time we have diplomas, but wait. All the professors will be there, and you do not know what they will say—yes or no—and then you will get a cap and something, and you get a diploma. But now your work begins until the end, like this. We are on the path of our Gurudev. So, all who are practicing now—unfortunately, there are some things we cannot work on or sit together for because of diseases in our world—but we shall keep that yoga in daily life, Maheśvarañanda. Maheśvarañanda was... When he was about six years old, my consciousness was more on this side. Our holy Gurujī, in 1963, ’65—from ’65 and further, I am going and coming, and I come to Europe. This is also already 52 years or something like that; I have forgotten my birthday. I do not know, so I wrote it. At all times, we did not write; only we wrote our birth year. On birth year, I do not know how long, and then this—that is all. We did not worship any birthday in Europe—no worship of birthday. But now all say, "Birthday, my birthday, my children," many things. What is that? The birthday was worshipped when you were born, maybe with your mother. The second birthday is in the graveyard. Yes, and then we bring it like that. Now, we are not only the birthday, but we are also making other school birthdays, and this and then. This is just pimps, pumps, pimps. That is why all my disciples, all my practitioners, should remain on the path of yoga. All Yoga and Dalai books, our Holy Gurujī’s, Mahāprabhujī’s, and our Gurujī’s many bhajans—that is our path. On that side, you have to create self-realization within. Otherwise, you are running here and there. So practice every morning. I used to say, "You, I am human. Go to the water; I wash hands, mouth, and face with great divine water." Then we go from the bed down. We said, "Hey, my divine mother earth, can I step my feet on you?" And so, God is looking: "Aha, my God, this one is that, that." He should come to the cosmic self. He said, "No, if then, please come and take me there." So God comes in billions of different forms and takes us. The rest is gone, you know? When you eat one nice fruit, something, you have taken a knife. Part 2: The Path of Yoga and Life Examine all things you undertake. The fruit will emerge; remain steadfast in that. You are all on this path of yoga and life. You should teach. You are a teacher of yoga and life. You are the master of yoga and life, and you will progress further and further. May your friends also come onto this path to learn and advance. This is what I contemplate constantly. I did not plan to speak today, but it flows. My Gurujī said, "Do not take a book in your hand and recite, 'Bhagavān Rām, Hanumānjī, Hanumān Chālīsā.'" When a disciple was holding one, my Gurujī asked, "Why are you wasting time? Why do you read from a book in front?" This means you possess no inner knowledge. Speak what is within. I said, "Gurujī, I do not know, I do not see." But when I think of Gurujī, he comes with me. Therefore, I tell you, and you should also say: "O Bhagavān! Give me strength, Mahāprabhujī. Please sit in my heart and grant me wisdom. Then, Mahāprabhujī, please speak through my vocal cords; let it be You, not me. You, through my throat and my mouth, then it flows." All that you perceive is Gurudev. Like this. Every day, I wish for all my brothers, sisters, devotees, and all kinds of yoga practitioners to be happy. I wish you well on your path, our path. But please, those who still do not know, find your paramparā, your lineage of masters. Today, we have our dear Swāmī Phulpurījī. He works very hard in the ashram—you cannot imagine—and simultaneously studies in college. He is great. I said Swāmī Phulpurī would speak English and a little Hindi, as there are many Hindi-speaking people who cannot understand English. He will speak both. Let us welcome Swāmī Vivek Purī. Come, everybody. Gurujī was giving one chapter here for 15 minutes. Chakratāro vande vāṇī vināyako bhavānī śaṅkaro vande sardhā viśvāsa rūpiṇo yābhyāṁ vinān paśyanti siddhā svantasthamīśvaraṁ vande bodmayan nityaṁ guru-śaṅkara rūpiṇam yamasrithahi vakrapi chandra sarvatra vandite sītārāṁ guṇāgraṁ puṇyāriṁ vihāriṁ. Vande Viśuddha Vijñāno Kaviśvaro Kapiśvaro. First, I offer my sincere adoration to Lord Śrīdīp Nārāyaṇa Mahāprabhujī in the form of the Satsaṅg Vandana: Alak Puruṣa Mahādevakī Deveśvara Mahādevakī, Dev Puruṣa Mahādevakī, Hindu Dharma Samrāṭ Mādhavānandjī Bhagavānakī, Viśva Guru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Yogī Rāja Parampitā Parameśvara Parampūjyaṣad Gurudevakī, Sat Te Sanātana Dharmakī. First in our paramparā, adoration at the paramparā caraṇa kamala, the divine lotus holy feet of my Gurudev Viśva Gurujī. Today we are here at Om Śrī Vishwādeep Gurukul, Swāmī Maheśvarānanda Āśram, Education and Research Centre, Jāḍaṇ, Pālī, Rājasthān. We are lucky, we are blessed, listening to Viśvagurujī’s lecture. For almost two weeks, Vishwa Gurujī has been giving lectures globally. Disciples are listening and enjoying them. Now is a time of change. Nature is giving us a message: do not harm creatures. The planet, water, trees, animals, and birds were all suffering because humans harmed them. Mahātmā Gandhījī’s slogan was: "Motherland has enough for each and everyone, but not for the greedy ones." Humans lost their way. They crossed a border. They create and collect unnecessary things beyond their needs. Now nature gives a message: "Wake up." A harmful disease called Corona, COVID-19, is across the world. Everywhere, humans are hiding. Before, they were harming; now they hide in fear, knowing the consequences. In Rājasthān, in Pālī district, we live under Mahāprabhujī and Viśvagurujī’s umbrella. The subdivision officer came to request Viśwa Gurujī: "Please help, Gurudev, with your blessing, so we can survive." We are out of balance. Across India, there is lockdown. People cannot go out to earn or work. They sit in houses, unable to get food. They request, "Vishwa Gurujī, Gurudev, help us." Vishwa Gurujī helped. He ordered 1000 food packets with eatables, oil, sugar, and flour, costing eight lakh rupees. These packets were distributed in three blocks: Marwar Junction, Sojat, and Rani, with the subdivision officer and MLA. Thank you to our Gurujī’s paramparā disciples worldwide who gave donations open-heartedly to help people affected by COVID-19. The officers and MLAs thanked Vishwagurujī and the devotees. Vishwagurujī always says: "The helping hand is more valuable than the folding hand." I forward their thanks to you for your help in the Pālī district. In the Upaniṣads, I am a student by the blessing of Gurudev Viśva Gurujī and my beloved Dādā Gurujī, Mādhavānanda Purījī Mahārāj. He was with me, blessing me. He told me, "Phulpuri should study," so I am studying. I was reading the Īśāvāsyam Upaniṣad. There is a śloka as a lesson for humanity: Īśā vāsyam idaṁ sarvaṁ yat kiñcit jagatyāṁ jagat, tena tyaktena bhuñjīthāḥ. The śloka describes: "O human, these things you have, visible and invisible, worldly things, are not forever for you." They are given for you to use for some days, to live for your children. Do not carry them on your head or think about them too much. Many people are calling from Rājasthān and around the world. We are in quarantine. They ask, "What can we do? We cannot work. Our companies have stopped. We are sitting inside like in jail. What do we do?" Vishwagurujī gives a message: now is the time to awaken your inner self. Vishwagurujī wrote a book called Hidden Power: Hidden Power in the Human. What is hidden inside? Our Holy Gurujī also said that what exists in the universal God has been given to you in your head. You should not be afraid. Do not be fearful. God has placed these things within you. For 52 years, Viśvagurujī has been performing parikrama around the world, giving messages about world peace, the environment, yoga, Indian culture, spirituality, the granthas, Vedas, Purāṇas, etc. We must follow what he says; we must obey Gurudev Vakya. Similarly, I was reading a book by Viṣṇu Śarma, a great writer. He wrote the Pañcatantra, the five kinds of Tantras. There is a story with a śloka: Varaṃ buddhir na ca vidyā, vidyāṃ buddhir uttamāḥ. He gave a lesson: you may have knowledge and education, but if you lack viveka (discriminative intellect), the education is not used properly. People make atom bombs to destroy the planet because they have education but lack viveka. Another person, using intellect, works to destroy the atom bomb. So, which is good? They explain that intellect is better than education. We must use our viveka. There is a short story. In a village lived four brāhmaṇa boys. Three were educated; they studied and learned many miracles and siddhis. They decided to go earn wealth from a king. On the way, the fourth, named Subuddhi, was intelligent but not educated. One of the three said, "You have no education, so go back. You cannot show miracles; the king will not give you wealth. We will not share with you." Another said, "No, he is our brother, our childhood friend from the same village. I will share my part." They agreed to each give him a share. Walking in the forest, they saw a lion's skeleton—only skull and bones. They decided to experiment with their siddhi before meeting the king. One said, "I will collect all the bones." The second said, "I will put blood and meat inside." The third said, "I will put the prāṇa inside." As they prepared to infuse prāṇa, Subuddhi, the intelligent one, said, "Wait, my dear brothers. You are going to wake a lion. It is a lion's dharma to kill animals and humans. Do not do this." They replied, "No, you are uneducated. We have vidhi, siddhi, miracle. We will proceed." Subuddhi said, "Then let me climb a tree first." He climbed and watched. They chanted mantras and infused prāṇa. The lion woke, looked around, saw the three, ran, and killed them all. Subuddhi, sitting in the tree, thought, "My dear, what can I do now? I warned you, but now I cannot help." The lion went into the forest. Subuddhi felt sorrow and left. The moral: intelligence is better than mere education. Many have education but use it wrongly, while intellect and viveka guide one rightly. Fourth, I wish to share about my Dādā Gurujī Bābājī Mahārāj. I remember his satsaṅg and time with him. Often he spoke of the Rāmāyaṇa. I was with him for three to four years, sitting with him and doing my seva. I remember his words. At that time, I did not understand Gurudev's speech. It is not easy; it is high knowledge, like a high university. You cannot understand immediately. Now I know why Gurujī chanted those ślokas. They speak of a person's quality: one has sattva guṇa, another has negative tamo guṇa. A person with sattva guṇa, like a saint or sādhu, feels God, thinks of God, gives lectures and spiritual knowledge. Like Vishwa Gurujī, he spreads peace and bliss worldwide, blessing all who come to him, seeing all in one and one in all. When rain falls, it does not discriminate. Similarly, Vishwa Gurujī and Dādā Gurujī Mādhavānandjī felt equally for every devotee. Conversely, a negative person spreads negativity. When you see a negative person, problems arise. That is the quality. I long for and miss my Gurudev, Dādā Gurujī. When he left this world, I often sat in samādhi near his samādhi, feeling and longing to see him. By his blessing, I dream of him many times—at the samādhi place, where I live now. Sometimes Gurujī comes and asks, "Phulpuri, what are you doing? How are you?" Sometimes he is meditating, and Vishwagurujī also comes, blessing. I missed Gurudev, but thanks to our Vishwagurujī, he took me in his palm. He said, "Phulpuri, you are missing, but I am with you." He blessed me, cleared all my doubts and darkness, and cleared my life's path. Many struggles and problems come, but Gurudev gives light toward heaven, your path, and your goal. I request Gurudev, I wish to share a bhajan by a divine saint whose name I do not recall. It may take three minutes. I am not much of a singer, but I will try. Arpan kardhoon duniya bhar ka sab pyaar tumhare haathon mein. Ab sonpadiya is jeevan ka sab bhaar tumhare haathon mein. Yadi jag mein rahoon, toh aise rahoon. Jioon jal mein kamal ka phool rahe. Mere guna dosa sab samarapita ho, Gurudev aapke charanome. Ab sampādiyā is jīvan kā, sab bhar tumhāre hāthome. Yadi manavaka janma mile, tava caraṇoka pūjārī banu. Is pūjak kī ik ik rāg kā tār tumhāre hātho meṁ ab sohpadīyā, is jīvan kā sab bahār tumhāre hātho meṁ. Jab jab sansār kā keḍī banū, niskām bhāv se karam karū, jab antasamaye prabhu praṇatajūṁ, tab nirakare tumhāre hātho meṁ ab sohpadīyā, is jīvan kā sab bahār tumhāre hātho meṁ. Mujhame tujhame basa bedyehi Tum manarame narayana hoon. I am in the hands of the world, and the world is in your hands. Now I am the saviour of this life in your hands. Now I am the saviour of this life in your hands. Oṁ śāhanā bhavatu, śāhanobhunaktu, śāhavīryaṁ karavāvahai, tejasvināvadhītamastu, mā vidviṣāvahai. Oṁ śāntiḥ, śāntiḥ, śāntiḥ. Thank you, Viśvagurudevī, for giving me the opportunity to speak in this holy, divine satsaṅg. Thank you, Gurudev. Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān, Alak Puruṣa Mādhav, Dīpeśvara Mādhav, Indodaraṁ Samrāṭ Mādhavānandī Bhagavān, Viśvagurumā Amṛtaleśvarī Yogī Rāj, Parampitā Parameśvara Parampūjyasād Gurudev, Satya Sanātana Dharma Kī. Hari Om.