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The principle of non-violence

A recent global illness was a lesson for humanity alone. This disease did not affect birds, insects, or animals. Humans slaughter creatures, destroy forests, and pollute waters. Many were asked if pure vegetarian practitioners were affected; they were not. The pandemic forced families to reunite and understand each other. Ancient texts speak of great cyclical transformations. The essence of Sanātana Dharma is respect for all nature and living in harmony. True progress requires a single spiritual guide within a lineage, avoiding division.

"Humans come very close, slaughtering the animals."

"In that Sanātana Dharma, their discipline or their way of living, and so they are family—husband and wife and children, mother, father and children, neighbors."

Filming location: Vienna, Austria

This kind of disease was only for humans. The birds, flies, very small creatures like ants, animals, or water creatures like fish, big animals—they didn’t get affected by this. But why only the humans? In recent times, we were thinking very much: why are the humans torturing the animals so much? How much are we destroying the forest? How much are we polluting the ponds and the rivers? And how much of all these kinds of pesticides are in the fields? Who? The humans. Humans come very close, slaughtering the animals—the chickens, the eggs, cows, and many other animals. And not only do they slaughter them once, but slowly, one half-leg of the rabbit they are burning in the fire, and others are living and eating like this. That’s why I think, in my opinion, it was a lesson for humans, but they are not learning this. I’ve asked around the world, from our yoga centers, yogīs, and all other yoga centers—many, many in the world. In the world, there are more yoga centers than in India, and there are more good yoga teachers and yoga practitioners. Now, Modi has brought this a few years ago, and he chose the day. This is the day which is now again the sun turning back. And so, it is a very, very important and very beautiful and very good thing, this in the sun. According to our Jyotiṣa, Jyotiṣa tells us—in the Jyotiṣa you can say—it is in two thousand years this will happen. By whom? The Jyotiṣ. And so we all were the sun signs, so they knew when and what would happen: Mahāpralaya, what we are calling. In the Mahāpralaya, it is mostly the humans and other animals, etc. But the ocean and earth, the air and the light—all five elements are there. But what was in that element? The jīva who is inside. So I was asking my bhaktas, my Yoga in Daily Life practitioners, and asked them to ask further other yoga teachers where it is. So, it means that many people were affected by this illness. Means that those who are pure vegetarian—no eggs, no meat, no fish, no alcohol, etc. The drug is also not good, but the drug is only in your... But those who really... it is not a joke. How many yoga people in the world, and sāttvic we can call nowadays, is called the vegan. And I was asking everywhere: do you have anyone that our yoga brothers and sisters were affected by this illness and disease? That’s very... Good, but of course nobody wants to listen to this. That doesn’t matter, license or not. We shall give more to people in that life. They were suffering, and our people were very simple, living in our house. The whole family was in the house, and after a long, long time, we were all one in our family. And when their couples or children were angry, they always calmed down and understood each other. That was a very, very great lesson for all of us. Well, there are many countries, all were affected. And I don’t know what it was, if it happened in Europe or in other countries. But in India, which is Sanātana Dharma, and other dharmas come from the Kalyuga time—before was only that Sanātana Dharma. And Sanātana Dharma was not only for humans. For the nature, for the trees, for the water, for the mountains, for the earth, everything—that is a Sanātana. And so, in every religion, we respect, okay? But how they are in that part, that you think it is like that. So in that Sanātana Dharma, their discipline or their way of living, and so they are family—husband and wife and children, mother, father and children, neighbors. And we were living very nicely together. Also Croatia and Croatia, Slovenia and Slovenia, Hungary, Hungary, Austria, Austria. And we had no problems. But that is what we learned in India; I was there. So, our Prime Minister Modijī said that, you know, everyone, many of you, that very first was a Mahārāmāyaṇa. God Rāma, Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa, these all four brothers, and how they had life, what happened, how was this, how Rāma was. "It doesn’t matter whatever is happening," he said, "it’s okay, I am happy. Everywhere are my brothers, my sisters, my Sītā also, Lakṣmaṇa also. And how many difficulties they had." People again, because new people don’t know. This Rāmāyaṇa was made about 42 years ago by the one who was making it. Very nice, this. Sometimes we were playing in a street, like this beautiful Rāmāyaṇa. And people understood—children, parents—in which hard time Rāma went, Sītā went, and how and all how they were once. And people learned this so much. When this was finished, the next was Mahābhārata and Kṛṣṇa’s time. And you know the Mahābhārata and our Bhagavad Gītā, etc. And that was also not easy. You know how it was. That was so good that people were learning. It was not the, what you call this, Hollywood, Bollywood—I don’t know how many Bollywood is. I saw only two films or three. That was one is the Gandhijī. And therefore also they were playing also with the Paṅkhā Gandhijī. And so there were many, many spiritual things and divine things. So many, many people, young people, they again awoke. Is this our tradition? Is this Sanātana Dharma? Is that our Bhārata? Etc., etc. It gave them very great knowledge, so there is always one side that is hard and the other side that is pleasant. And this is both, was going. But finally, the darśana or dharma doesn’t matter, which religion. But not killing of the creatures. It will come, it will go. And so our yoga people, I was so happy, I was very proud of my disciples, or my brothers, sisters, or my bhaktas, whatever you call. Always, I was speaking on Mahāprabhujī’s, Devapurījī’s, Ālagapurījī’s, Siddhapurījī’s, etc. That was great. And always I was chanting mantras for all, because many people were calling me, saying that they had problems. Many, all we have problems. Some young, some old, some diseased, etc. Many things. And many people, they had big problems, painful problems—not with money and such, not with families, but with our physical self, our body, disease. And they just were calling me often. And I had evening, before, after the prayers, we had on the Swāmījī television. And we all first were chanting mantras for all—not only for our yoga people, but for all the people, humans and animals—and simple mantras which everyone can understand. And that was on Mahāprabhujī’s mantra: "Oṁ Namaḥ Śrī Prabhu Dīpa Nirañjana Haṁ Śabdhas Prabhu Śaraṇa Parāyaṇa..." Oṁ Namaḥ Śrī Prabhu Deva. This mantra that all were singing there, today we will not chant here because it is not allowed. So we have to be, because they are counting how many people are here. And we said there are many, only people, so many others, they are helping. Okay, you are many here, but someone is here cleaning, and they are helping, and this is okay. So be silent, otherwise they will lock us in, and we will stay here for how many days? And we don’t have your chapatis or bread or something. And then home, Prabhu, deep, and Iran John Sabha dukha bhajan. And in the very, very beginning, it was a very big problem. Our Nirañjan Purī from Hungary. And you know everyone, yes? And he was really, he was, he would not have lived; he would die. And I said, "No, I will not let you go die." And I told everyone, we said, and then I said, for Nirañjan Purī, but for all, because we have so many bhaktas who have problems. And many people, they again said, "Swāmījī, after your mantra chanting, and I spoke with you, I am so happy and healthy." So I don’t know. It’s not my power. I am like you, but it is our Gurudev. But Guru Kṛpāhi Kevalam. And it is the power of the Guru, which is only from Paramparā. If you go to one Guru here, and then a second Guru there, and a third Guru there, it means splitting. And you know what is splitting? Splitting is something beautiful, very nice, hot or warm milk to drink. But we want to put a little sugar, but we put in lemon, and what happened? That lemon milk was split. Similarly, it doesn’t matter. We have to have that paramparā, that guru. And therefore, you see so many yoga... what happened in this time? They always are bringing to embassies, and only a few people, only they said, "Do this," but others not, so it was not good. We, in our, let’s say, in our Europe here, there’s so many great yogīs, masters. So there was one yogī from Hungary, and then he went to the, of the second world, then to the... After, in Switzerland, you know that, oh yeah, and there’s a good book from him, very good. And Yogananda, Swami Yogananda, how many yogīs he brought, the bhaktas, how much blessings and techniques he gave, Swami Śivānanda. And there are many, many other yogīs, and one of them we—I am already about 97, 51, and coming to the 52—Yoga in Daily Life. So, yoga is yoga, but something we have to get our, what we call, the... that we should know who. And therefore, yoga in daily life, others have this, others have that, others have something that seems good, why not? And that is called color. So everyone is doing according to their master, their gurus, their... Yeah, we can see them, we can say hello, we can fraternize, everything. We can learn from them, satsaṅg, why not? But even if you are in the satsaṅg, your concentration is on our gurus. And the other one who comes to us, they have concentration, but to their own master, their own guru. Like there are parents, one father and one mother. There are not two fathers and two mothers. But we can go to everyone, but father and mother are the ones. It is like this. We have the attention, the attachment. It doesn’t matter how it is. Maybe your child is not good? Your child is, and your parents are very angry and sad, but children are not good, but still the parents take the child on the chest. And the children will also go to the father and mother, unlike this. Similarly, if you are a one-to-one guru, then you should not split. Then it’s gone. Then it’s gone. I was searching, and I asked Dr. Śānti. She went for different things. She wanted to go to the Himalayas and this and that. Why not? But then I told her to concentrate with Ālagpurījī. And then she got a path, and we got the Ālagpurījī’s cave and Devapurījī’s cave and many things. And so, Ālagpurījī, and there is called Alakhapurī glaciers, and it is about 20 kilometers or so. How long, long there, of the Alakhpurī Gīs. It is not with me. It needs to be the śānti. But in the stories, in many, many letters, books, or whatever we call it, it’s called Alakhpurī. Glaciers and Alakhpuri, what we call the capital, the capital of Alakhpuri, is there where we, the capital of Alakhapurījī, is there where we are. So now we know from the Satyugas till here, and now we got the thread. So, our thread, you know what it is? I am not a scientist, I am not a doctor, I eat and sleep, that’s all. But something I have, I think six times I have had the angiographies. Doctor said, I said, "Look, let’s go in." First, it was a little bit like this, but then I know. And now, what I say, it is not about this. But it was in the beginning, it was under the, near the thigh, 24 hours, or at least the whole night on this. I was so straight asleep, and I sent, sent, sent the body that, sent the body that, yeah. And then Dr. Rādhā came, and she said from her father or something, they gave me the, under my back, so, and now, technology is, now they are giving me here, from the wrist. And going in, and then I get up and walk. Yes, but that also doesn’t matter. But that technique, like this, that one, going in and going like this, you know how? I have two things: where there is much water, or there is no water, very dry, but the roots are going and searching where there will be a little water. They are going exactly there. And similarly, this goes directly to the heart, and there you see everything. And so I learned from such things like this. And so we were going and coming, and this and that. We need to get our point. And if you don’t get this point, then maybe you are disturbing something in there, in what you call the heart. There will be problems, and this. And so we go, but we have target to our Gurudev, and that is from far, far distance. And now I have got some kind of scriptures, very, very old scriptures. Gragācārya, Maharṣi Gragācārya, and Maharṣi Gragācārya and the seven Sapta Ṛṣis, the Sapta Ṛṣis are connected to the Gragācārya. Gragācārya is from that time, and the temple is from Gragācārya. We, from Gragācārya, are coming, those Brahmins and Gragācārya are coming. Who was making marriage for Śiva and Pārvatī, also the Kṛṣṇas, and all this? And so, now, because I was searching—I was searching where I am—and really, I came. There is a very nice book, or somebody will be making videos now, some things. So, Grahācāryas, and coming till now, and Jyotiṣ is from Grahācārya. And there are many, many things I will talk to you about sometime. But how to come like this? One, we have to go there. So, many people in Austria said that, yes, from where we are, which kind of blood. The others said like this, and others now are all disturbing, gone. And therefore, we ourselves, those who respect and understand, will go on this path. Others, splitting, then again, the milk and lemon, those are good. But we don’t want to be like that. We want to be exactly. Therefore, Guru kṛpā hi kevalam, śiṣya ke ānanda maṅgalam. Always, Holy Gurujī said that Gurudev is the Gurudev. So Gurudev’s thoughts are everything. And if you think that my master died, then you didn’t understand that you had a master. Our master never died, so that you can see from Ālag Purījī’s. And further, they are all living. The Alag Nanda River is flowing still, constantly, from that time till now. There is life. In that river, you know, it is a life going still. Many men, similarly, many, many great, great saints. We don’t know how many. But we have something inside, in that soul. So we should go and come where we are. I don’t know what people were saying. Long, long, long ago, there were only glaciers. Here were all glaciers. How, where we are, many things, how we lived. Yeah? Many, many. And then we are in Austria. They are living in the Neandertal. Yeah? So it’s good. But if you tell the German Austrian that, then the Neanderthal, and they said, "Nah." That’s okay, no problem. They were also very good. There’s a very, very good one in this, in Deutschland, there’s one city, buses, and there’s a very big, very good... Something to see there, what we call a museum, and from the museum, how they were and how they are now. They were nicely dressed, and this is going on. So we are developing, we are developing. But Guru Kṛpāhi Kevalam, Śiṣye Ke Ānanda Maṅgalam, Gurudev, Gurujī Mahābal say, Gurudev Ke Ānanda Maṅgalam, Śiṣye Ke Ānanda Maṅgalam, Gurudev Ke Kṛpāsi. That’s all, and you know, we will see again. I hope we will have a satsaṅg, and now one thing I want to tell you: we have many, many people who had some cancer and these, and many said, "Somehow, I’m very good again." And so I want to tell you that, please, everyone, at least one... Mālā, every day for our Christian and Hungarian, and he has some kind of disease. Within, within half of four days, of 20 days, or one month, he got four kilos less, and this very thing we don’t know. But please, we shall pray for him, you know, who is a Kṛṣṇānanda. Yes, so he’s... In hospital, and they are making all kinds of tests, so we will see how it is. Thank you, and I’m so happy that you are here today. And I see you, really. It is like, I look, I feel like I’m all the times I was here. We were here. You said distance is... No, nothing. Distance is nothing because when we come close, there’s no more distance, and we don’t know why you were talking like this. So distance is nothing. When you have a distance, then we are there, but we are, though it’s a distance, but we... Are one, that’s it. So feel the oneness. Don’t think, "I am long, and I will not be," and this, so this is a very, very... and now I... Oh, though it is a sun signing and Indra, that’s called Indra. And Indra is doing something very good. So now, after half an hour, the other group will come. And please, is there some tea for everyone? Yeah? Ooh, for children. Oh, good. So, I think we’ll remain sitting here, and we’ll give you the cup of chai, okay? Okay? Nāmu Śivāyoḥ. Lolā, slowly, slowly. Namo Śiva, Oṁ Nama, Oṁ Har Har Bho, Nama Śiva, Bhai Indra. What is that? You see, it is something. Who are we that we can stop or we can call? No, that’s it. It’s his. He knows when, where, and how. Now, I tell you many things from India, but there is something I want to say. Body, and this is two beautiful horse babies. Once, he was mourning it before sunrise, a little, and she was trying to see the first time she had that baby. And she was sitting and getting up and setting, and then we called our driver, and he went there, and he was holding babies and be the other way we. Came in all other four, all mother and sister, they were standing and looking at the baby, the horse. You know, the horses are so beautiful. Her eyes are, I don’t know how, what kind of eyes they call them blue. It’s not like a blue, but it’s some... Like a crystal’s beauty, there are rare girls here in our group, and she was—she’s so nice, so nice, and she always comes and is so nice. She was licking the fingers, and now she’s one month, one month and two, three days, and another. She should have gotten babies, but they said, "Oh, she’s empty, and she will not." And exactly after two weeks or three weeks, yeah, she had one. That was the, that was the daughter, his daughter, who got a new baby. Okay, very good. All right, done is done, no more talking.

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