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Be with your Guru

The essence of spiritual attainment rests solely upon the Satguru's grace. Without the Satguru, no task is accomplished. However many millions of methods one may try, one cannot cross the ocean of worldly existence. Pilgrimages, fasts, and penances are insufficient without the Guru's knowledge. The true wealth is the worship of the Guru. Liberation comes only through surrender of body and mind. The Satguru's blessing is an eternal rain that nourishes devotion where divine efforts fall short. Spiritual practice requires the direct transmission from a true master. Satsang is communion with truth. Modern external gatherings often become distractions, lacking the authentic vibration found only in a genuine lineage. Yoga is universal but must be rooted in the knowledge given by a realized guru from an unbroken tradition.

"Without the Satguru, no work is accomplished."

"Surrender body and mind before the Guru."

Filming location: Jadan, Rajasthan, India

Om Namah Śivāya. Om Namah Śivāya. Om. Om.... Victory to Mahādeva, the Emperor of Hindu Dharma. Victory to Svāmī Madhavānandajī Bhagavān. Victory to Viśvaguru Mahāmaṇḍeśvara Svāmī Maheśvarānand Purījī Mahārāja. Victory to the true Sanātana Dharma, the root of meditation, the root of Guru worship. The mantra is true, the worship is true. Truth is spotless, the Guru's word is supreme. Namo Namo Gurudev Ji. Countless salutations to the one who has taken birth. The Satguru has come into the world. He has taken rest, granting the peace that liberates life. Again and again, I look around in wonder, but none appear equal to the Satguru. I bow to Dhanārām. I bow to Dhanārām. Salutations to the Satguru. Countless salutations at Gurudev's feet. Without the Satguru, no work is accomplished. Without the Satguru, no work is accomplished. However many millions of methods one may try, however many millions of methods one may try, one cannot cross the ocean of worldly existence. Without the Guru, no work is accomplished. Without Him, all tasks remain. One may go to the Gaṅgā, one may go to Kāśī, one may pilgrimage to the four holy abodes. One may go to the Gaṅgā, one may go to Kāśī, one may pilgrimage to the four holy abodes. O brother, pilgrimage to the four abodes. The forest-dwelling ascetic, the detached one, the ignorant one. The forest-dwelling ascetic, the detached one, the ignorant one. They forget the true wealth: the worship of the Guru. However many millions of methods one may try, however many millions one may try, without the Satguru on the shore of the ocean of existence, no task is accomplished. Without the Satguru, no task is accomplished. The ghost bows its head, the ghost pays obeisance. The ghost bows its head, the ghost pays obeisance. The foolish mind pays obeisance. A sinner does not bow before the Satguru, a sinner does not bow before the Satguru. One endures many hardships; without the Satguru, the task is not accomplished. However many millions of methods one may try, however many millions one may try, one does not cross the ocean of existence. Without the Satguru, no task is accomplished. One may observe many fasts and penances, yet the stomach remains hungry. One may observe many fasts and penances, yet the stomach remains hungry. One may eat delicacies, yet two hungers remain. Without knowledge, the soul is not liberated. Without knowledge, the soul is not liberated. So say the saints: without the Guru, no task is accomplished. Without the Satguru, no task is accomplished. However many millions of methods one may try, one does not cross the ocean of existence. Without the Guru, no task is accomplished. Without Satguru Sāhab, one is not saved. Śrī Svāmī Dīpū says, "Surrender body and mind before the Guru." Śrī Svāmī Dīpū says, "Surrender body and mind before the Guru. O brother, surrender body and mind. If one becomes a surrendered devotee, if one becomes a surrendered devotee, one crosses the ocean of existence. Without Durgā, no work is done, without Mother Durgā, no work is done." However many millions of methods one may try, one does not cross the ocean of existence. Without the Guru, the task is not accomplished. Without the Satguru, the task is not accomplished. Victory to Alī Swāmī Deep Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān. Victory to the Alak Puruṣa Mahādev. Victory to the Viśvaguru Mahāmandir. Victory to Svāmī Mahīśrānanda Purījī Mahārāj. Victory to Śrī Dīpa Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān. After a long time, I have got the opportunity to listen to your darśana and satsaṅg. I have received the chance to listen, and upon this chance, I wish to awaken my own fortune. And it is said at Svāmījī's feet, please produce one of Svāmījī's bhajans at your feet. May you accept and bless this child, is my prayerful desire. The Satguru has come into the world; even Indra, the king of gods, falls short. However much rain he showers, the farmer still sows his own seed in the field. The Satguru has come into the world; even Indra, the king of gods, falls short. There is a special difference between Indra and Gurudev. Indra showers for a month, but the Satguru rains for twelve months. The Satguru rains for twelve months, planting an unbroken line of trees. Blessed, blessed is that division where the seed of devotion sprouts in the kingdom. Dhanarāma says, the disciple does not abandon practice. Dhanarāma says, the disciple does not abandon practice. There is a special difference between Indra and Gurudev. May you live for ages, Maheśvarānand Jī. May the nectar-like blessings of Śrī Deep, the compassionate one, forever shower bliss. May you live for ages, Maheśvarānand Jī. May the nectar-like blessings of Śrī Deep, the compassionate one, forever shower bliss. May you live for ages, Maheśvarānand Jī. Live for ages, Maheśvarānand Jī. Blessed is the land of Bharat (India), from where emerges the child Mukam, who destroys the sins of three afflictions like the full moon. May you live for ages, Maheśvarānand Jī. May you live for ages, Maheśvarānand Jī. May the nectar-like blessings of Śrī Deep, the compassionate one, forever shower bliss. May you live for ages, Maheśvarānand Jī. Devotion, knowledge, and yogic practice, the bliss of Brahma Jñāna, may the great emperor be victorious. Unshakeable knowledge, Aṣṭāṅga. Mahāprabhujī, Mahāprabhujī... Śrī Dīp Dayāluk's nectar blessings, Dīp Dayāluk's nectar blessings forever shower bliss, Mahāprabhujī. Mahāprabhujī, Mahāprabhujī... May Maheśvar grant liberation to the devotees, without any selfish motive. Live united in Yoga, Maheshwaranand. Live united in Yoga, Maheshwaranand. Live, united in Yoga, Maheshwaranand. Live. May Śrī Deep, the compassionate one, grant nectar-like blessings forever. Live united in Yoga, Maheshwaranand. Live, Maheśvarānand Jī. And Śrī Pūjā Bhagavān Dīpu Nārāyaṇ keeps, keeps Śrī Pūjā Bhagavān Dīp Nārāyaṇ with him. Our Śrī Śrī Mādhāvānand Jī joyfully says, "For me, the world is a snare of sorrow. May you live for ages, Maheśvarānand Jī. Live, Maheśvarānand Jī..." Victory to Viśvaguru Mahāmālyāsura Svāmī Maheśvarānand Purījī Mahārāj. Victory to Śrī Satguru Dev Bhagavān. Very good. Do you want to do three, four, or five more? Do it. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 51, 52, 53, 56, 57, 58, 59, 51, 52, 53. 56, 57, 59, 52, 53, 56, 57, 59, 52, 53, 53,... 53. O my Satguru jī, please tell me, where is the broker for the red diamond? O my Satguru, please tell me, where is the broker for the red diamond? O red, red, everyone says, and everyone nurtures the red. Red, red, everyone says, and everyone nurtures the red. The scripture is open, but it is not examined. In this way, brother, the poor man remains a broker for the diamond. Oh my Satgurujī, please tell me, where is the red diamond of red colour? In the red field, where is the red diamond of red color? O jī, I stumbled on a nugget, jī, I stumbled on a nugget, jī. The good man picks up the poor man, the broker for the red diamond. O my Satgurujī, please tell me, the broker for the red diamond. From here and from there, the blind one goes. Rāmjī, from there the blind one goes, the blind one meets the blind one, jī. The blind one meets the blind one, jī, who will show the path? Broker for the red diamond. Kumāra Satgurujī, please tell me. Broker for the red diamond, O my dear Gurujī, please tell me. O red, red, everyone says, but the red is not found. Red, red, everyone sees, but the red is not found. Red, red, everyone says, but the red is not perceived. Rāmjī, the red is not perceived. The red is perceived by the servant Kabīra. The red is perceived by the servant Kabīra. The ignorant mind constantly wanders. O my Satguru jī, please tell me, the broker for the red diamond. Victory to Niśrīdīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān. Om, the name is the greatest, and there is none greater. One who remembers Om, their inner being is purified. The syllable Om is formed from A-U-M. With its auspicious cooperation, the destroyed and ruined are protected. Om, Om. The mala of one's own breath revolves; say that in the 8.4 million births, the snare of time does not touch him. Do the remembrance with the breath, practice the Ajapā Jāpa. Do the remembrance with the breath, practice the Ajapā Jāpa. Meditate on the Supreme Principle, Soham. You yourself. With eight mouths one chants, with sixteen throats one chants, with thirty-two mouths one keeps chanting, the body and mind become pure. With thirty-two mouths one keeps chanting, the body and mind become pure. If I make any mistake, please forgive me. I am a student. I am trying. I am trying to create a very beautiful Om of Lord Mādhavakṛṣṇa. I am trying to create a very beautiful Om of Lord Mādhavakṛṣṇa. I am trying to create a very beautiful Om of Lord Mādhavakṛṣṇa. I am trying to create a very beautiful Om of Lord Mādhavakṛṣṇa. I am trying to create a very beautiful Om of Lord Mādhavakṛṣṇa. I am trying to create a very beautiful Om of Lord Mādhavakṛṣṇa. I am trying to create a very beautiful Om of Lord Mādhavakṛṣṇa. I am trying to create a very beautiful Om of Lord Mādhavakṛṣṇa. I am trying to create a very beautiful Om of Lord Mādhavakṛṣṇa. They remain happy, they remain happy, ... they remain happy... They remain happy. They remain happy... They remain happy. Those who know, they remain happy. All fear comes from Om. The Vedas were composed from Oṁkār. The root of all mantras is Om. The root of all mantras is the seeker of Brahman. One who knows and meditates on Om remains happy. Hold Oṁkāra in the heart. Hold Oṁkāra in the heart.... Without Oṁkāra, all spiritual practices are useless. Those who know Om remain happy. Hold the meditation of Om, from Om. Hold the meditation of Om, from Om, the feeling, the fear is destroyed by Hari Om. Om meditator, the meditator who knows, remains happy. Om is the destroyer. From Oṁkār comes light, from Oṁkār comes bliss. Know Oṁkār, O Govinda, from Oṁkār comes bliss. From Om, all tasks are rectified, and one crosses the ocean of existence. The entire creation is of Om, it is not finished by Om. That is, the wise one who perceives the distinction remains happy. Om Om Jī, Bhagavān Dīp Nārāyaṇa Śrī Pūjā, Bhagavān Dīp Svāmī Om Kāra Gurudeva Nāmāni, Śrī Pūjya Bhagavān Dīp Sāmi Om Kare Gurudev Nāmā Kahi, Śrī Mādhavā Nandajī Om Ko Kahi, Mādhavā Nandajī Om Ko Naman, Hamārī Re. Om Kīchala Sārī Re, Om Kīchanā Sārī Re. The knower, the knower, the Veda, whoever knows it, remains happy. Om Kīchanā Sārī, Om Kīchanā Sārī Re. Victory to Śrī Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Mahāprabhujī. Victory to Śrī Alak Puruṣa Mahādeva. Victory to Hindu Dharma Samrat Swami Mahadev Krishna Bhagwan. Victory to Viśvaguru Mahāmaṇḍeśwar Swami Maheshwaranand Purījī Mahārāj. Victory to the true Sanātana Dharma. Gurudev. These bhajans, especially these bhajans, are from our Ārādhyā Bhagavān Satguru. Ārādhyā Satguru Svāmī Mahādevanjī Bhagavān, Bhagavān Śrī Mādhavānand Purījī Mahārāj. He used to say that if you want to make the bhajan, then these words of the bhajans are like pearls, pearls from the ocean, very deep. There are beautiful, beautiful pearls. And the sound, the voice, the sound, the melody, whatever we call it, that is like a beautiful thread. That thread, which is from one of the beautiful, very beautiful, that’s like a spider. But that coming from the mouth of that, we call ṛṣi. And so the pearls are so fine, so beautiful, and the thread is that, so the pearl goes without any. Differences coming directly, that is called the sound, the voice, the harmonies, and that pearl. This is one of the best for our nakārīs. What we have here, that is then, it means that that disciple who became... Now, not disciple, but master. Guru, so that is guru to guru, master to master. It’s giving one pearl to the other, pearl to other pearl. That is the disciples and the master. Each and every word, it is... in each and every... the hair of our body is standing, feelings, as well as each and every cell in... The body is like the pearls, those cells. These cells are like pearls in the ocean, and that ocean on the surface has many movements, but after certain meters only, the ocean is completely peace. We see then at the bottom of the ocean what kind of sands are there, and how the waves of the water, in such a way, like we can see when there is a beautiful fine sand, and with this sand, either with the winds or again with the water on the... On the surface, see the waves on this, so not only this. The vibration in the whole body, but it’s called in the brain. Don’t see that, but this is only very fine, very fine, and that is bringing the vibration from their concentration and then coming to these nāḍīs, and these are the 72,000 nerve systems in the body, and from that is... One Nadi is called the beautiful Nadi, Iḍā, Piṅgalā, and Suṣumṇā. Sushumna Nāḍī is giving a vibe of the beautiful vibration and giving to the whole nerve system, and within the nerves and everything that is coming through what we call the spinal column, and that is very, very beautiful, beautiful vibration, and it’s undiscoverable what vibration is flowing in our spinal column, where the one that is nāḍī, and that nāḍī is balancing from the koṁśī nāḍī, vajrā nāḍī, so that. Master, that disciple, that yogī, who’s learned, who knows, must have that vibration with the vibration, the balance of the sahasrāra nāḍīs. From that, there’s in the middle of our foot soles, the very middle of our foot soles, and there is such like a flower begins, and that guru, that master, can make such mantras and bhajans, what we call bhajans or melodies, or what we call the vibration. Or, what we call our vibration of our anāhada chakra, and therefore, from this, from that chakra, that same nābhi, nābhis, there is a light, there is a vibration, there is that. You are now on the right point there. Then we can make our bhajans and exactly learn this, also our dohā. Dohā. And dohā, there are two. One is what we call the question, and the second is the answer. And that is, at the same time, question and answer. Only these two words. But which, what, how, where, that one does not know. And therefore, in satsaṅg, when we are coming to the satsaṅg with that real yogī, the master, etc., then there is something new coming every day. Like always, I used to say, where we can dip in the river, Gaṅgā river or any river, we want to go to bathe, we dip in and out. With the same water dish of the river, we cannot dip once more. Because only we dip in and we come out, the water is gone, and other water is there. And so it is that those Gurudevs, those masters, that Guru will give. He will give from his breath; he will give the breath into you. And then he will, anytime, what will come out? Not everything that we will constantly, with this one page by other page by other... page. Even the Bhagavad Gītā, we are all repeating all the time, Bhagavad Gītā, one page after another page after another page. But in that Bhagavad Gita, on each and every paper, in every single alphabet, in that alphabet is only a look, and the whole body is vibrating. That’s Bhāgavata. That’s only the Bhagavata and everything we know, everything, but we don’t know where and what and how. So we have to come close, and therefore, these bhajans, which are our Satguru Swāmī Madhavānandjī Bhagavān, and also Mahāprabhujī, and our Lālanāndjī Mahārāj, and Śivānandjī Mahārāj, and Brahmanāndjī Mahārāj, and Maṅgīlāl jī Mahārāj, and so many, so many disciples of Bhagavān Śrīdīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī. And there were many, but some got a little knowledge or something, and they said, "I know everything, and I go." They go, but where? Nowhere. Therefore, that’s what a master and disciples are. That’s like a harmony. What is the name of this? Harmony. This is the harmonium. What is the harmonium? Harmony, balance, oneness, friendliness, goodness, kindness, etc. So every voice from our vocal cords into this. This. That can be the master who can play and get from this voice into their self. That becomes the master. That only can come in the satsaṅg. Otherwise, many are doing this and that and that and that. Okay. So, this is what is called many cinemas and cinemas, and many, many people, they are singing the bhajans of the great saints, but they don’t, at the end, they don’t change the name of their masters or any master. Who brought the bhajans? So they will always, always now you will see they are singing, singing only two or three words, and then, "Are you so?" That is the end. That’s the end. What is the end? Next time, there will be nothing. But if we come to the end, then we will be in cosmic oneness. So, satsaṅg, that’s called satsaṅg. Sat and saṅg. Sat means truth, and saṅg means being together. And that’s what we see. All the best, and tomorrow we will again, and you know that we, that now is coming day, it’s called that International Yoga Day. Our Pradhān Mantrījī Modījī brought this day where the sun is moving again back, our friend, and in there is a very beautiful thing. And we say, because Patañjali and above, there are many other, many, many yogīs, many, many, not only Patañjali. So similarly, in our days of the yoga on the 21st. On the day of June, and there, every teacher should go with their... every teacher should go to their guru, like on Guru Pūrṇimā. And everyone, they should bring their guru. It doesn’t matter which one; you can be the sannyāsī guru, this Śaṅkarācārya, or... The other, any gurus or any ṛṣis, but it has to go with that guru because we have a Guru Pūrṇimā, and that is second, like a Guru Pūrṇimā, a second for the 21st of January, June, sorry. So, all my dear, it was very good that we try to. Come together with the Indian ambassador, and that was, but now the ambassador would like to give the teaching. But the many disciples are at different distances; how to come by car, by train, by aeroplane, etc.? And so, after how long will you do it? So I think it is the time that every yoga teacher, a yoga teacher is, let’s say, the guru of the yoga for this yoga training or that yoga school. In which yoga school there is a guru, and so it doesn’t matter which guru or which yoga name. Yoga is yoga, but we can say yoga is the yoga we have. Our yoga is which one? Yoga in daily life means practice. Every day, that’s your candle. Then there is the Vivekananda Yoga Center, so they let you teach through their disciples in that way. Or comes Yoganandajī. He was doing about Kuṇḍalinīs and so on. They have a big, big, big organization. So they should, because the master left there; he gave it to his disciple, and then this disciple will go there. And so, these are Yogananda’s disciples, and his, Yogananda’s disciples, which are in India, in India, yes, yes, very good. Then there are many, many gurus, and so this is the day, and mostly we have that within the human, the human, and that human is the ṛṣis, yogīs, they are mostly in India, and they are from the saptarṣis and these yogīs. So it is in the blood of the Indian land, which is a—now, what India is—that is a little too little. India was more wide, and wide was India everywhere. And you see, even in Mexico, you can see, you will see the Anumanjī statues there. Many, many, anywhere. But now, those who are not, they have no, that inside in their blood, too little. And therefore, of course, our Indian people said we should bring all Europeans, all Europeans, and make them, but they still cannot. You have to put something by an Indian master, an Indian teacher, an Indian guru. And that guru is that guru which is a different Gurujī, and that will come further. Otherwise, it was very nice, interesting. Doesn’t matter who will tell me. My India is there, my India is there, his India is there. That’s okay. But you know, the ṛṣis, yogīs, gurus, and all our Nāgābābās, etc., etc., Kumbh Melā. And Kumbh Melā is only for those spiritual ones who really know the religion. They know everything, and what happened? They did what? I know I will tell them, yes and no. Both sit. They invited only Western people and made that, oh, there was great, and they did not give the teachings. So what are you? What do you want from them, Premānenjī? What do you need from them? Yeah, they will come, nice, very good. They spend so much, and so much money. And nothing. They were making a joke. When they went to their country, they saw the joke, and they said this and that was this. And they said, "Oh, it was good, but this, there was no chicken there," and it’s like this. Or they said someone made a fish and chicken there. Why? So it was, and they came, and what, our Indian friends, they brought the money, they gave the tickets, airplanes, everything till the Kumbh Melā, and then go back again to there, and what was it? And they said, "Joke." What was it there, Kumbh Mela? A kind of a joke, a joke. So, first we have to give the European knowledge, European thoughts, European spiritualities; they should slowly understand. They will not, they will not come in and they will say, "Make a yoga," or "Indian, Indian may," they don’t know, but they have it in their blood. So that is it, very difficult to bring this together. And what is that? The milk and lemon, that is that milk and lemon, and so our... Europeans, they are very humble, very kind, very, very nice. They are searching, but not in that way. And I don’t know who made it, and of course, then they could go to Modiji’s, but who was giving a pressing? Our dear Prime Minister Narendra, and who? And What they did, how much millions they spent, and where it has gone, so this is not yoga, neither yoga. So now, in this year, on the 21st of June, yes, we should all, European and Indian gurus, should expand there, okay? Yes, otherwise, again. Then you will, you will be losing Sanātana Dharma, and they said, "No, we don’t need Dharma, we need only Yoga." They want Yoga. Yoga is not religion; of course, there is no religion at all. There is only one: one in all and all in one. But how we are, we are... Breaking our hands, so that’s why we should do. Wherever, in every ashram, in every yoga group, in every country, every village, around the world, wherever you are doing yoga according to the knowledge your guru has given, there you can come, friends, together and do the yoga. But not to bind us. Yoga does not want to bind, nor does it need to. Understand? So that’s why we will do this this year, but everyone in this way, but you have to go to your yoga, to yoga school, to your yoga master, to your master or guru. And now we had nearly three months. We were all in one, we are locked in the room, and that now and then everybody, we were having little one paper, and we were asking with this, "My yoga teaching and you are there, but that is in this." You cannot. Now you have to come to the ashram. In the ashram, there is a vibration, a vibration of the many mantras, prayers, ṛṣis, and that on. And somehow, they are looking here somewhere, and at the same time, they are frying in the kitchen the chicken. You don’t know because we are teaching yoga only there from this, but beside it, it seems different. So why does Christianity go to the church? Yes, because that is a holy, holy, holy person and place. Where are the Muslims going? To the mosque. Why? Because they feel their spirituality. Where are the Punjabis going? Then they call guru, guru dvāra. Guru dvārā jāo, wo hotā hai. Similarly, Jewish people also, and Buddhist also, and Hindus also, then why are you spreading the yogīs like that here and there? There’s nothing there except, no, no, swāmīs, and no, really, using this. What are you doing, checking in this way? So that is what I am telling, because... It is a whole world this is talking about what Maheśvarānandī is saying. So because our embassy is the best, our ambassador will give us the schools or people, but we don’t want to be bounded. So we have one big city, and in the big city we have many yoga centers, and we should practice there. And some we can come together. No, why not? It is like a melā. That’s okay. But then there are a lot of jokes. Then again, we are not... You go to them, New York, and in New York the whole street, people are going and walking and this and that, and then it becomes like a melā, melā... Be a child. Are they thinking, "Who made them?" I want to know. In this street, one is talking there, but he’s talking chocolate and going. And one talking, "Who gave this?" That I want to say. And then this is an official there, and there is another official there. So, what is the official and what is unofficial? How is it happening in New York? Everything, so let’s come. Because you have your father, you have your mother, you have your home, but you cannot take everyone. No, you come to the... My mother and my father, the rest is nothing. That’s not. Then we’ll be the world peaceful, harmonious, and one. Therefore, we should believe in our religions, don’t give up, and be humble, kind, and open to everywhere. That’s very important, very important. That is very, very good. Ariyom ariyom, asatoma sata gamaya, tamasoma jyotir gamaya, mṛtyormā amṛtaṁ gamaya. Sarveśāṁ svastir bhavatu, sarveśāṁ śāntir bhavatu, sarveśāṁ maṅgalaṁ bhavatu, sarveśāṁ pūrṇaṁ bhavatu, sarveśāṁ śāntir bhavatu. Sukhino bhavantu. Nāhaṁ kartā, Prabhu deep kartā. Mahāprabhujī deep karta hi kevalam. Om śānti, śānti, om.

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