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What means Satsang

The value of bhajan and satsang in daily life is essential for spiritual practice.

Daily life demands prayer, bhajan, and meditation. Without these, human existence remains incomplete. Bhajan connects consciousness to oneness. Concentration returns through prayer. Bhajan releases all tensions of the day. Tiredness vanishes through bhajan and prayer. Nighttime practice ensures peaceful sleep. It prevents restless dreams. Dream-concentration becomes harmonized. Satsang is the supreme practice. Satsang grounds one in truth. Negative thoughts before sleep cause loss. A human who falls from spiritual focus may become an animal. Many have abandoned regular prayer. Those who engage in bhajan and satsang are truly fortunate.

"Through these bhajans, prayers, etc. From the whole tension of the whole day, you brought it into your brain and into your heart, and tiredness is gone."

"Satsaṅg is the best. Satsaṅg, Sat Satya Bhāva, to the truth, we are in the truth."

Filming location: Jadan, Rajasthan, India

It was very nice, good bhajans. Very good. Who was thinking? How many bhajans did you sing? Five. Five is very good. You come, you sing bhajan two, two. Alright? Good evening, all my dear sisters and brothers around the whole world. Yoga and daily life—that in your sādhanā, what you did—yoga and daily life, all the centers around the world, and all the centers around the world. All other good ashrams, yoga centers, yoga students, and yoga teachers, respect to them all. This evening I was somewhere, we had a bhajan program. The whole day, whatever you have done, you did good things, definitely. You work by heart, but without prayers, without bhajans, without meditation, human life is not without all these sādhanās. When we sing the bhajans, then we know all we are connected with on that one day of bhajan. It means all day, different kinds of problems or not problems, happiness or unhappiness, work, no work, etc. But when we come to the prathānā, the prayers, we begin from the prayers. We are standing in front of the altar to the gurus or any temple of the gods. At that time, again, our concentration is in oneness, prathana, morning, evenings, etc. You know that even the Muslims, early morning, afternoon, before noon, evening, etc. Unfortunately, the Hindus have lost. How many Hindus are going to make prayers, sādhanā, read some holy books, or bhajans? No, there is no time for our people, but go to drink alcohol, go somewhere else, and that’s why we are lasting. And you know that all foreigners, you are from many countries, you know you have done everything, but now you know that this Sanātana Dharma, in that where we are, and you are very happy. You are doing, bring your consciousness, your feelings within thyself, that I am the human, bhajan. And so the bhajan is that which brings us according to the bhajan, which kind of bhajans we are singing. Now, this Swami was singing bhajans, and everyone was connected. So it means that through these bhajans, prayers, etc. From the whole tension of the whole day, you brought it into your brain and into your heart, and tiredness is gone. This is a practical. Morning, before evening and night. In the night, you will have good dreams, or you will not have dreams; you will sleep well. Jāgratā, Suṣupta, and Svapna. So Jāgratā means we are awakened now, but when we go to sleep, that is sleep. But do you know how you are sleeping? You know that you are sleeping. Just like this, we go to sleep, but how? And if you will think that I want to sleep, I will sleep. Tomorrow I am going, I have to go to the airport. Mahāprabhujī kī karatā, Mahāprabhujī kī karatā, he kevalaṁ yoga nidrā. If you are in that yogic sleep, it means that you are practicing yoga. All the exercises, this, that, we can have all. Śiṣye Ke Ānanda Maṅgalam. But when we go to sleep, do you sleep for how long? Maybe one minute, or five minutes, or after a few hours, and then it’s gone. Where are you going? Dreaming. And really, you can see that you go to sleep and then you are going home. When we are snoring, we cannot hear the sound of ourselves. Others here, they say, “Get up, please.” But we are so deeply going into the svapna and not here, this side. Svapna. For example, śvapna: we are sitting here, and we will sleep after that. And we are in Gujarat because Gujarat is sitting here. In Gujarat, very nice. In Gujarat, there are many devotees, ascetics, great devotees, and joyful people. Yes, it is true, what to eat and drink? Rajasthan has how much? How is the good food? Gujarat is very good, Rajasthan and Gujarat, that’s all, finished, no more any. But now it is that they are drinking alcohol and meat. And these lost, also Gujarat is lost, and Rajasthan is lost. Anyhow, we go further. So we are, let’s say, somewhere in Gujarat, Gujarat, and my good friends and enjoying, but if something happens, suddenly you are again. In sleep, there is concentration, but that kind of concentration is not powerful enough to go into a dream. In a dream, you can go to the moon or beyond the sun, just like this, and you can come back very quickly, but what are you doing? It means you had a dream, you went there, you did not sleep, restless. You get up in the morning. Ah. Ah. Why? Because you did not have peaceful sleep. Jāgratā, Suṣupta, and Svapna. This we can achieve something good through the bhajan, only through the bhajans. And that, in that bhajan, we are in that spirituality. There are many people dancing and so on, but I don’t know. I’m sorry to say, my dears, Indians are few, maybe three and four and five and six and seven and eight. But how many foreigners are here? Whenever I open, perhaps, something from Indian television, three minutes may be some message; the rest is again dancing, prancing, trancing, or Punjabi—I don’t know what they are doing. I throw my whole machine; I don’t like it. They lost it, India. India lost it, Stanley. Muslims not, Christians not. I’m telling you, my dear, you are a very good soul. That’s why you are sitting, and you will come home and you will sleep. But it must not be all. Throughout your whole life, for how many years or how many days have you engaged in spiritual thoughts and thinking? And suddenly, what comes? Some kind of feelings. And then suddenly we are walking in the other direction, like into the dream. And what kind of dream are you dreaming? Then negative dreaming is coming, not like that. So satsaṅg is the best. Satsaṅg, Sat Satya Bhāva, to the truth, we are in the truth, Sat Sanātana Dharma, and so you are good people, you are lucky people, and you come with me. I go, I lost you here, and you are very happy hanging somewhere, “Swāmījī will come, Swāmījī will come,” and Swamiji comes and says, “Yes, good, okay, fine. Go and work.” Oh my God. Training. What is that? Swamiji’s training. But I know that I feel you are very nice. So satsaṅg, bhajan was good. Very good bhajan. After eating, we should go to sleep, no gossiping, no negative thinking. Then why did you sing? Why did you sing? Go there and go, Mahāprabhujī, Gurujī, Bhagavān, yogī, and you go. No, you go in your bed and think about somebody, that is lost. That one is lost. No, doesn’t matter, lost is lost. Every animal is lost. You are a human now, but next you will be an animal. Saryo. That’s it. Mahāprabhū Caracarkī Kal Jag Tantra Jāmī Carācarakī Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Jai, Devādidev Deveśvar Mahādev Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandjī Bhagavān Kī Jai, Satya Sanātana Sabṛṣi Muṇḍi Mahātmā Kī Jai. Oṁ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ... Hari Oṁ Maheśvarānand Purījī Gurudev Vākhī Jai.

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