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Oṁ Śalāk Purījī Mahādev Kī Jai! Devādidev Devaśvar Mahādev Kī Jai! Śrīdīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Jai! Hindu Dharma Samrāṭ Paramahaṁsvāmī Śrī Madhavānand Purījī Sadgurudev Bhagavān Kī Jai! Viśvaguru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Paramahaṃsvāmī Śrī Māheśvara Ānanda Purījī Mahārāja Kī Jai! Sadā Śiva Samārambhām, Śaṅkarācārya Madhyamām, Asmadācārya Paryantām, Vande Guru Paramparām. Good evening, dear brothers and sisters around the world who are watching the webcast today. Our beloved Gurudev Vishwagurujī is sending much love and many blessings to all of you from Nepal. He is in Nepal for two days, so today we will have only a short story and a few bhajans, and then we will be off for two days. Let us begin. I hope you are all doing fine at home. The current situation feels a little strange. People often used to say, "I am fed up with my job," or, "I am fed up with the people in the office," or, "I have so much work, so much traffic, so much workload." Now, when they are finally free from the office and all duties, when all they have to do is sit at home and enjoy time with their families, they have a new problem: staying at home. They say, "We want to go out." You see, it is all what you create in your mind. It is the mentality, how your mind works. When you are working, you have a problem. When you are free, you have a problem. We always seem to have some problem in our minds, do we not? Today, I will tell you a short story about Guru Nānak. Guru Nānak was the head of the Sikh community. Once, many years ago, Guru Nānak went to a rich man's house. This man was a well-known merchant in the local community. Guru Nānak went to his home for supper, for dinner. After dinner, they had a short satsaṅg. In India, when a guru or a great leader visits someone's home, the family—which is usually not small, with parents, uncles, and many relatives—is joined by neighbors, and they organize a small satsaṅg. So they had dinner, and Guru Nānak gave his lecture, his satsaṅg. After that, he took a small pin, a paper pin or something like a needle. He gave this needle to the merchant and said, "Keep this safe with you." It was not a golden or silver needle or anything precious; it was just a normal sewing needle. He said, "Just keep it with you and give it to me when you see me again. Whenever you see me, you give it back to me. Until then, just keep it safe with you." The merchant replied, "As you say, I will keep it with me." Guru Nānak left. The merchant's wife was out at the time. When she returned that night, he told her the story: "We had a great time. Nānakjī was at our house. We had dinner and a short satsaṅg. He gave me a small needle and told me to keep it with him. I do not know the reason why, but he told me to keep it safe and give it to him when he comes." You know, women are always smarter than men; it is a fact. The wife was smart. She said, "What? Look, Guru Nānak is already eighty-plus years old, and he is pretty old. Old people have a tendency to die. We all die eventually. So what if he dies and you cannot give him the needle back? You will always have this debt. You will always carry the debt that you could not return to him, and that is not good for you. You cannot take it with you to heaven and give it to him over there, can you? It will just stay here. You will have this debt forever and ever, and you might have to reincarnate or whatever. It is better to go after him, find him, and give it back." It had already been six or seven hours since Guru Nānak left. He had come in the morning or afternoon, and it was now night. The merchant thought, "Okay, I do not want this debt on my karma." He went after Guru Nānak, asking people in every village along the way. Guru Nānak was traveling fast, so the merchant slowly caught up. After one or two months, he finally tracked him down. He found Guru Nānak, did praṇām, and asked how he was. Then he said, "Gurujī, please take your needle back." Guru Nānak asked, "Why? I told you to keep it safe and give it to me when we see each other next time." The merchant said, "Gurujī, I was thinking a bit. I know you will live for thousands and thousands of years, but still, it is a human body, and everyone needs to go. I do not want to keep this in my karmas, this debt that I could not give it back to you. I just do not want that. If you could just take it back... anyhow, I cannot come behind you to heaven to give it to you." Guru Dev said, "You know that you cannot come to heaven and give it to me, right?" The merchant replied, "Yes, I know. I cannot take anything there." Then Guru Nānak said, "Okay, if you cannot take such a small piece of a needle with you, then why are you accumulating so much stuff? Why are you working so hard, not doing anything for the public, just accumulating more and more money, more stuff, more houses? You are just accumulating things you do not really need. There is no necessity. If you cannot take such a small piece of needle with you, do you expect to take all this with you?" The merchant said, "No." He thought deeply and understood Gurudev's message. After the merchant returned home, he sold all his property. He kept only that much which was necessary for his family to survive. He kept only what they needed to live. With the rest, he did many things for the poor people who really needed help. He built schools and hospitals and did a lot of social work for the community. The point I am trying to make here, or what Guru Nānak was trying to explain to all of us, is that we should do good karmas, which will pay back to us. If you cannot take anything with you, why accumulate stuff? Just give. If you have something, as Swāmījī also once told me, "Live as a lion." The idea is that while you have, try to help as many people as possible. Do not keep everything for yourself; that is very greedy. Do social service, try helping people. That is pretty much the lesson. The second thing I wanted to tell you today is that many of my friends from school and people ask me, "Why can't you keep hairstyles? Why do you either shave completely or grow a beard?" As you know, in olden times, God created us in such a way that we grow hair. We have facial hair, we have hair on our head. God has given us hair to grow. If you look at a picture of Swāmījī, you will see the difference of white and gray hair, but his facial hair, his face, looks pretty much the same. But if you have hairstyles like in the modern generation—people with spikes, or hair cut one-sided, with so many styles—there are so many changes in a person's look. God has created it in a way that is natural: you either shave completely or you grow it. When you grow it, you look the same; pretty much nothing changes. So it is not about how you present yourself outwardly. It is okay; it is often said that the first impression is the last impression, and that is true. But still, you have to work on your inner self. Try building yourself from the inside, not by focusing on how you present yourself to the outer world. I mean, nowadays it is somehow important—if you go to an office looking like a gorī bābā, no one is going to give you a job—but still, the fact is that you should try to grow from the inside, not from the outside. That is what I wanted to say. There is one more story I read about Ādiguru Śaṅkarācārya Jī. As I told you on Śaṅkara Jayantī, he was the most learned person in the whole world at that time and had gained all knowledge by the age of twelve. In India, great saints and learned people, even now, do something called Śāstrārtha. Śāstrārtha is like a Q&A session: you ask questions and he answers, and he asks questions and you answer. The winner used to get a prize. There was a great queen. Actually, there was a king who asked many questions to Śaṅkarācārya, thinking he was very smart and that no one could beat him. But you know, Ādiguru Śaṅkarācārya is Ādiguru Śaṅkarācārya. He knew everything and defeated that king in the śāstra. Then the king's wife said, "No, no. You defeated him, okay. But my husband and I are one; we are ardhaṅginī. So you have to defeat me as well. If you defeat both of us, then you are the winner. Otherwise, we cannot accept you as the winner, because you just defeated half; you still did not defeat the whole." She started asking questions. Śaṅkarācārya Jī answered them. She was asking about love, life, and everything. Ādiguru Śaṅkarācārya was a brahmachārī, so obviously he could not answer these questions because he knew this was a trick to bring him into that realm. When she started asking questions about sexual life and about love, Ādiguru Śaṅkarācārya said, "Okay, let me have a one-month break, and I will let you know." Then Ādiguru Śaṅkarācārya went back to his cave where he used to meditate. He told all his disciples, "I am going into my samādhi state." As Viśvagurujī was mentioning two or three days before, we have three states: jāgrati, svapna, and suṣupti. He said, "I will go into another state, another level," where he would be in the turīya state, I think. He told his disciples that no matter who comes, they should not let anyone disturb him in the cave. He would do his meditations and come back whenever the appropriate time was. His disciples said, "Fine." Ādiguru Śaṅkarācārya left that body, but the prāṇa was still inside; he just left the body. At the same time, in another place, a king—not the king he was debating, but another king—had just passed away. Even in medicine, or if you refer to Hindu scriptures, a body needs at least seven to eight hours to fully die. Even after the prāṇa goes out, the body is still alive inside. The easiest way to enter a body, if you have those powers—and obviously Ādiguru Śaṅkarācārya had those powers—is approximately two to four hours after death, because only the prāṇas have gone out, but the blood is still running and many functions are still on. The body is still on. It is a little harder to enter after that. That is why in Indian culture, when someone passes away, they usually keep the body overnight and cremate it, burn it, or bury it the next day. They want the person to completely leave the body, not be tortured or burned while still somehow alive. Ādiguru Śaṅkarācārya Jī, in order to answer the queen's questions, needed to experience a few things. He obviously could not do it in his Śaṅkarācārya body, so he had to leave that body. He found the body of the king who had just died and entered it. Everyone was surprised: "How can a person come back to life? He just died." His behavior was quite different from the king's usual behavior. At that time, it was somewhat known that when someone dies, another person with siddhis could enter that body. So they figured out that something like this might have happened—that some great saint who had left his body had entered the king's body. In one way, they were pretty happy. They said, "Okay, we have our king back." The army general and all the ministers told the soldiers to go around the whole country, or the whole state, to see if there was anyone else who had passed away. They ordered that any body which had died should be burned immediately, cremated immediately, so that this person could not leave the king's body and go back to his original body. They sent the whole army across the country to cremate or burn every single body that had died in recent hours. They were happy that they got the king back. Śaṅkarācārya experienced everything he wanted to. Obviously, they did not find his original body. So Śaṅkarācārya left the king's body again, returned to his original body, and answered the queen's questions. The moral of the story is that it is still possible, if you have the powers, if you have siddhi, if you have good tapasyā, if you have guru bhakti, to do anything you wish. Śaṅkarācārya left his body. There are many things you can do. That is pretty much what I have for today. Thank you very much. Now we will have some beautiful bhajans by Puṣpājī, Maṅgalmaṇījī, Mīrājī, and Manmohan. Enjoy. Much love and blessings from Vishwagurujī from Nepal. For two days, we will not have webcasts, so enjoy, have a great time, stay home, stay safe. Satgurudev kī jai... Tum binā reyo na jā, pyāre darśan na ri joā... Tum bina reyo na jaa, Piyare janari, Jal bina kamala chand... God bless you. Yogī Rāj Kī Jai, Bhole Śrī Dīpnā Bhagavān Kī Jai. Jai Pṛṣam Mahādeva Ki Jai. Hindu Dharm Samrāṭ Satguru Śrī Bhagavān Śrī Dīpna Mahāprabhujī Ki Jai. Hindu Dharm Samrāṭ Satguru Śrī Mādhava Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān Ki Jai. Viśva Guru Mahāmudrā Svāmī Śrī Maheśa Rāṇā Śrī Satguru Bhagavān Ki Jai. Acyuta manacalasaṅga merī, tū hātha meṁ veda batāte hain.... You are in the hands of the Lord, you are in the hands of the Lord, you are in the hands of the Lord, you are in the hands of the Lord, you are in the hands of the Lord, you are in the hands of the Lord. God bless you, God bless you,... God bless you. We are the work of the true satsaṅg. Let the world be filled with it. We are the ones who have the right to do the right thing. Devadhe Dev Devashwar Mahādeva kī jai, Shadeep Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān kī jai, Hindu Dharma Samrāṭ Paramahaṁsa Svāmī Śrī Madhavānandapurījī Sadgurudev Bhagavān kī jai, Viśvaguru Mahāvandaleśvara Paramahaṁsa Svāmī Śrī Maheśvara Ānandapurījī Yogī Rāja kī jai. Shri Madhavananjī Prabhu Ānand Dijo, we all take the service of the Seva... Anantakasura kiyā hamā āge Dina dayālu mābh kardī jo Śrī Madhavananjī Prabhu ānandadī jo Āpa samundara mahetaraṅge Pasāgara māyā samane dekirā Pasāgara māyā samane dekirā. Shrī Mādhāvanāñjī Prabhu ānandādijo. maya andhera prabhudur bhagane nebara maya andhera janji prabhu aaji shri madhava janji prabhu aaji. Vāka sevalī jo Śrī Mādhava Nānjī Prabhu Ānandālī jīnī jā manase pukāre, Śrī Mahiśvarānandīnī jā manase pukāre. Akta kī pokār tatkār sunalī, Prabhu ālī. Jyoshī Mādhava Nānjī Prabhu ālī, Jyoshī Mādhava Nānjī Prabhu ālī, Jyoshī Mādhava Nānjī Prabhu ālī. Oṁ Śalāk Purījī Mahā Deva kī jai, Devātī Deva Deveśvara Mahā Deva kī jai. Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Jai, Hindu Dharma Samrāṭ Paramahaṁsavāmī Śrī Mādhavānandapurījī Bhagavān Kī Jai, Aśvaguru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Paramahaṁsavāmī Śrī Maheśvarānandapurījī Yogī Rājā Kī Jai, Śrī Satguru Deva Kī Jai. Om Jaya Chakādī Sahāre Bhakta Janoke Saṅkat Om Jaya Jagadīśahare Jaya Jagadīśahare Swāmī Jaya Jagadīśahare Swāmī Jaya Jagadīśahare. This was a beautiful āratī. Now I will request Harī Purījī to sing one beautiful bhajan on Devpurījī. Rājā Mahārāj, Śrī Dīpā Nirañjanā Śabadukha Bhañjanā... Thiraripurījī finds the bhajan. Shrī Dīpa Nirañjana Sabadukha Bañjana Shrī Mantra Se Hove Manamañjana Shrī Mantra Se Hove Manamañjana Shrī Dīpa Nirañjana Sabadukha Bañjana Prabhu Dīpa Nirañjana Sabadukha Bañjana Mantra Se Hove Mana Mañjana Isī Mantra Se Hove Mana Mañjana Dīpa Nirañjana Hariśpurī Jī Mahārāj Kī Jai. Om Bole Śrī Gurudev Dev Puruṣa Mahādeva Kī Jai, Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jai, Śrī Alakh Puruṣa Bhagavān Kī Jai, Dharma Samrāṭ Samādāva Nandājī Bhagavān Kī Jai, Viśva Guru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara, Paramahaṁsa. Swami Maheśvara, Nānpurjī Gurudeva Kī Jai. Śrī Deva Puruṣa Mahādeva Dayāla, Śrī Deva Puruṣa Mahādeva Dayāla, akela śapode me rahanevālā Śrī Deva Purīṣya Mahā Deva Dayāla, mānava citta sabhāpūre manoratha āpane bhaktuka sadā rakhavālā, vāvādevaku Mahādevadayāla, śrīdevaku ṛṣi Mahādeva. Śāpune me rahene vālā, śāpune rahene vālā, Śrī Devakī ṛṣi Mahādevadāyāl, Śrī Devakī Mahādevadāyāl, Bholā Vandāli, Sabh Kuchh Detā, Palame Śambho Karade Nihālā, Bhāva Devā Purīṣya Mahādevadāyāl, Śrī Devā Purīṣya Mahādevadāyāl. Kela Shappuri me rehne wala Śrī Deva Puruṣa Mahādeva Dayān Dāsa ki phānsa kāṭa de, phallam me Jīvanamukta kāle tattva kāla Śrīdeva Purīṣya Mahādeva Dayāl. Kela Shappure me rehene wala Shri Deva Krishna Mahadeva, daya Adi Maheshwara, apachuni adi Kote brahmandam e akha dao jaala, Babadeva Purusha Mahate. Kela shappu nevaala, Babadeva Purusha Mahate. Śrī Devapuruṣa Mahāte, Śrī Devapuruṣa Mahāte, śaraṇaleve to duḥkha nāhī pāve. Paramā sukhī khara de kṛpālā. Pūrṇa mahā deva dayāla. Śrī Devapuruṣa Mahāte, kēlā śappu dehene vālā. Śrī Devā Purīṣṭhā Mahādevā Dāyānā Namu Allā Bellā Yogī Brahmānanda Bhogī Śivakka Aṅgadaṅgadhaṅga Nirāṇaśivakka Aṅgadaṅgadhaṅga Nirāṇaśiv Mahādeva Dāyāla Śirḍī Vapuṣyamahate Kailāśapurī Mehevanēvāla Kailāś Śrī Dīpa Dāyāla Sarveśvara Datta. Payanna Maka Avritta Pyala Shri Deva Purusha Mahadeva Dayala, Kailashapudi me rehenewala, Kailashapudi me rehenewala. Srimadhavanandaji ke vighana adoshi, Srimadhavanandaji ke vighana adoshi. Pala pallasumade apakka bala, Pala pallasumade apakka bala siri virde. Kela Shabu Dehe Devala, Kīrti Deva, Śrī Deva Mahādeva Dayāla Bodhisattva Gurudeva Deva Puruṣa Mahādeva Dayāla Kī Jaya, Si Alak Puruṣa Jī Siddha Pīṭha Paramparā Kī Jaya. Now Maṅgalamaṇi Jī will sing one bhajan, and then we... Si Alak Puruṣa Jī Mahādeva Kī Jai, Deva Kī Deva Śrī Deva Puruṣa Jī Mahādeva Kī Jai. Ārādhiye Bhagavān Śrīdīp Nārāyaṇa Mahāprabhujī Kī Jai. Hindu Dharma Samrāṭ Parama Svāmī Śrī Ānandajī Bhagavān Kī Jai. Viśva Guru Parama Śrī Svāmī Maheśvara Ānandajī Gurudeva Kī Jai. Om Prabhu Deepa Niranjana Ananda Sukhakari, Prabhu Ananda Sukhakari, Jaya Jaya Bhaiya Padadatta, Bhava Bhaiya Sabha Khaari. Om Jaya Gurudeva Khaari, Jaya Gurudeva Khaari, Prabhu Jaya Gurudeva Khaari, jaya jaya... Vāvā vāyasa bhārī, jabba jabba dārmā bhūla jāve, u sathya dārmā batā, jaya guru deva khārī, u jaya jaya vāyasa bhārī. Śrī Devapurījī Mahādeva kī jay, Ārādhyā Bhagavān Śrī Dīpa Nārāyaṇa Mahāprabhujī kī jay. Thank you very much. Have a great evening, day, whichever part of the country and world you are. Stay home, stay safe, and may Vishwagurujī’s blessings always shower on you. Oṁ Namaḥ Karatā Prabhudeepa Karatā Mahāprabhudeepa Karatā Hi Kevalam. Oṁ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ... Hi. Oṁ Pūrṇamadaḥ Pūrṇamidhaṁ Pūrṇāt Pūrṇamudacyate, Pūrṇasya Pūrṇamādāya Pūrṇameva Vaśiṣyate. Śrī Ādip Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jaya.