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Nāham karatā, prabhudīpa karatā, mābhudīpa karatā, hi kevalaṁ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ... Sadāśiva-samārambhāṁ Śaṅkarācārya-madhyamāṁ, asmadācārya-paryantāṁ vande guru-paramparāṁ. Gurur brahmā, gurur viṣṇu, gurur deva maheśvaraḥ, gurur sākṣāt paraṁ brahma, tasmai śrī-guruve namaḥ. Mannātha śrī-jagannātha, mad-guru śrī-jagat-guru. Mahātmā Sarvabhūtātmā Tasmai Śrī Gurudev Namāham. Oṁ Śālakpūrjī Mahādev Kī Jai. Devādedev Devaśvar Mahādev Kī Jai. Śrīdīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Jai. Hindu Dharm Samrāḍ Paramahaṁt Svāmī Śrī Mādhavānand Pūjya Satgurudev Bhagavān Kī Jai. Viśva Guru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvar Paramahaṁt Swāmī Śrī Maheśvarānand Pūjya Gurudev Kī Jai. Salutations to the Cosmic Self. Hari Om to all of you who are present here and watching through Somjit TV. Today we have a very interesting topic: death. It can sometimes be very scary. The thought of it is what is hurtful for us. But once we realize that it’s not as bad as we think, and we follow the spiritual path, then we realize that it’s basically a transition from this human body to a higher place. For those who follow the spiritual path, for those who have Guru Bhakti, for those who trust in their gods and in their Gurus, the Guru prepares them, and then they know there is nothing to be worried about. Death is a universal law. Who comes will go. There is nothing much you can do about it. So why bother thinking about it? If we follow the path and we have the blessings of the Gurudev, then you become one with the Supreme Self, and that’s our ultimate goal. One of my very dear friends, a close friend, he passed away last night. So we will chant the Mahāmṛtyu Jaya Mantra five times for his soul. Oṁ tryambakaṁ yajāmahe sugandhiṁ puṣṭivardhanam, urvārukam iva bandhanāt mṛtyormukṣīya māmṛtāt. Oṁ tryambakaṁ yajāmahe sugandhiṁ puṣṭivardhanam. Oṁ tryambakaṁ yajāmahe sugandhiṁ puṣṭivardhanam.... I know that his soul is in a better place now, and hopefully he’s with Mahāprabhujī, and he’s in a better place. My condolences to his family. Once upon a time, there was a king whose name was Vidura, and he also had a great fear of death. He had everything in life: he had money, he had a kingdom, he had his people. But once in a while, he had a fear: "What will happen when I die?" So then he went to his guru, Swami Padmat Mananda. He made praṇāms and said, "Gurudev, there is something which is bothering me a lot." Swamiji asked, "What?" He said, "Gurujī, I have everything in life, but I still have that fear about my death." He said, "This is a universal law. You come, you go." For example, if we take the story which we all know of the elephant Gajendra, he was once stuck in the river, and the crocodile had a hold of his leg. But no matter how much strength that elephant had, he couldn’t free himself, and then he closed his eyes and prayed to the Lord. "Oh, Lord, please save me," and then he was pulled out by the divine. In the same way, are we humans. We also have a lot of strength in the sense that we have whatever we need in our lives. But we are still stuck in the cycle of death and rebirth. And the Guru is the one who actually frees us from that cycle. Gurudev is the one who frees us from this cycle. How do we get free from that cycle? How do we liberate ourselves from it? By Seva Bhāv. By trusting and believing in your Guru. He is the bridge who helps us cross from this worldly life to become one with the Divine. And that’s why Guru Kṛpā is very important for everyone. Another example of this was there was a guru and disciple. The disciple’s name was Arjuna, and he asked his guru, Swami Anantanand Gurudev, "I am also scared of fear, scared of death, so what can I do about that?" So then the guru gave another example of a bird whose name was Chirpy. He was living in one beautiful, lush forest. There were beautiful trees everywhere. Wherever he looked, there were trees and flowers; he could fly anywhere. But Chirpy never dared to cross the border of the forest and to explore other places. So, then, do you know who is the guru of the birds? Garuḍa. Garuḍa is the vehicle of Lord Viṣṇu. So Garuḍa was meditating in one cave up in the mountains. So somehow he got that energy and that strength to fly out of the forest. In the same way, when we are stuck, we come to Strelky or to Jadon to be in the presence of Gurudev. So Chirpy flew and he said, "How can you help me? I am stuck. I fear that if I fly outside the boundaries of the forest, I will be killed." So Garuḍa said, "Do you trust me?" That’s what always Viśwa Gurujī says, "Do you trust me?" We say, "Yes, no?" Do we? So then Garuḍa said, "Okay, then fly behind me." So then Garuḍa flies very high above the clouds, above the mountains. And there he told Chirpi, "Look around. What do you see? Nothing. Beautiful light is there. Anyone here who you’re afraid of? Who can harm you?" Chirpi said, "No." This is what enlightenment is. You have to cross the boundaries of the forest, you have to cross the boundaries of the mountains, you have to cross the boundaries of the clouds, and then you fly in Sūnyākāśa. So when you have the blessings of Gurudev and when you are one with Him, and when we realize that He’s not only sitting here but He’s also sitting within us, He’s in this glass, He’s everywhere, wherever we look, and you have trust within Him. Without any expectations, without any ego, without any jealousy, when you surrender to Him, then and only then our doors or our hearts open, and that’s when we become one with Him and one with the Supreme. So, we should try to not have within us any types of calm, no anger, no jealousy, no ego, no envy towards anyone. And when we are free from all this, then there is nothing to stop us. But not giving up and falling back. I mentioned last week that our spiritual growth is like climbing stairs or climbing a mountain. Climbing up is hard. You get body pain, you get knee pain, you get all sorts of pains. And in between, if we think that we can’t do anymore, then, better not to give up, but to sit there, breathe in, breathe out, relax your body, do some meditation, do your mālā, and then that guru will give you that push. You will get your strength back, and we continue climbing up. But if we give up and we try to go back down, it’s a very quick process to go down compared to going up, but then you have to do all that work again to go up. Same in life. My friend was 23. One year younger than me, so you never know what happens with life, when it happens, what happens. So, don’t give up in life. Keep on climbing. When you need, ask for help. He will guide you; he will help you climb further. But if you’re all done, it’s finished. So that’s why we have Guru Kṛpā Kevalaṁ, Śaśreka Ānandamaṅgalam. And when Gurudev is protecting us, then there is nothing to worry about. Then even if death comes, we know that now we are in peace because we are one with Him. And that’s how you get the Guru Bhakti, the devotion towards Him. That’s how you get liberated and hopefully get mokṣa and liberation. So we should always have him in our hearts, believe in him, trust in him, and everything will be good in life. There is a beautiful bhajan here in Kṛṣṇabhajan. KELAJĀ CHINTĀ MATAKARANA, CHINTĀ MATAKARANA, NIRVAŚAṄKA KĀMĪ MATAKARANA, SĀDHYA ŚARAṆA. Sattāgo sattā tarjābhā. Sattāgīsum Satācaraṇa SATLACHE DEVA DEVASRIDHA PURUJIMAHADEV Your Satguru is there to protect you. Don’t worry. Nirbhay raho, which means be without any fear, and never be scared. And there’s the second verse: those who chant Sadguru’s name. They will easily swim in that ultimate. Akhir mukti pāyā, eventually they will achieve mukti, Harijī se milenā, and become one with the Supreme. That’s why we should not worry in life. Happiness, sadness, everything comes and goes. As I always said, if happiness comes, don’t be too happy. Because that should also pass, and if sadness comes, also don’t be too sad, because that should also pass. And then happiness will again come. That’s how life works. So what happened, happened. What will happen will happen. Be now, enjoy satsaṅg, be happy. Whose bhajan book was this? Thank you, Vidur and his guru. They were having this discussion, and Vidur asked about death, and his guru told the story of Gajendra and the crocodile. The summary, which I said, is that this is how we are in life, and this is... When you chant his name, that was the answer from the guru to Vidur. Any other questions? No questions, it’s always good. For those who don’t have the paper, I think they’re near the altar in the basket. So this is basically a prayer to Lord Viṣṇu, where they are talking about the thousand, the sahasras, so the meaning would be, "Salutations to the infinite one." For those who want to write, can write, and others can listen. Salutations to the Infinite One, who has a thousand forms. Sahasra means a thousand. And as we know, Guru is Brahma, Guru is Viṣṇu, and Guru is Śiva. So through this chant, the first śloka is for Viṣṇu, but for us, Viṣṇu is Gurudev, who has thousand feet, eyes, heads, and arms. So "sahastrapāda" means thousand legs, "śeṣiro" means eyes and heads. And bhave means hands, arms. So first two lines again: "Salutations to the infinite one who has thousand forms." Sahastra mūrtaye, mūrtaye means forms, so thousand forms. Sahastra pāda, thousand feet. heads, and then bhave, arms, a paži. So who has thousand names? The eternal being. Thousand names, the eternal being. Salutations to the infinite one who has a thousand forms, who has thousands of feet, eyes, heads, and arms, who sustains thousands of millions of ages, who lives forever for all the yugas. Namaha means I bow to thee. So I’ll repeat it. Who has thousands of names, the eternal being who sustains thousands of millions of ages, I bow to thee. Namo ’stu anantāya sahasramūrtaye sahasrapādākṣiśiroruhāve sahasranāmne puruṣāya śāśvatī sahasrakoṭi yogadhāriṇe namaḥ namaḥ kamalanābhāya. Namaha kamala nābhāya, namaha kamala nābhāya,... Namaha Kamal Nābhaya, Namaha Kamal Nābhaya. Namaste Jala Sahine, Namaste Jala Sahine. Namaste Jalasahine, Namaste Jalasahine... Namaha Kamal Naabhaya, Namaste Jalasahine. Nama Kamal Nabhaya, Namaste Jalasahine... Namah Kamalanābhāya, namah. Namaste Keśavānanda, namaste Keśavānanda... Namaste Keśavānanda, namaste Keśavānanda... Namaste Keśava Nanda Vāsudeva Namo Sthute... nā karmāṇā na prajayā dhanena tyāgenaike amṛtatvaṁ mānuṣuḥ, pareṇānākaṁ nihitaṁ guhāyāṁ vibhrajate tadyatayo viśaṇṭhe, vedānta-vijñāna-suniścitārthāḥ sannyāsa-yogād yata-yat-śuddhasattvāḥ, te brahma-loke tu parānta-kāle parāmṛtāt parimucyante sarve, dhāma vipāpaṁ parameśa-bhūtaṁ yat puṇḍarīkaṁ puramadhyāsīnaṁ gṛhyate. tat-trāpi dhāraṁ gaganaṁ viṣokas tasmin yad-antas tad-upāsi tavyam yo veda-dhau svarābh prokto veda-ante ca prateṣṭhitaḥ. tasya prakṛtilīnasya paraṣya maheśvarāya śrī om śānti śānti om. śrī lākṣmī purī mahādeva kī jaya. devadhā devadeveśvara mahādeva kī jaya. śrī dīpa nārāyaṇa bhagavān kī jaya. Hindu Dharma Samrāṭ Paramahaṁsa Svāmī Śrī Mahādevānanda Purījī Satgurudeva Bhagavān Kī Jay. There is another one for Swamiji. Kṣīśiro ruhave sahasranāmne puruṣāyaśaśvate sahasrakoṭi yogadhārine namaḥ namaḥ kamalanābhāya Namaste Jalasaāhine, Namaste Keśavānanda, Vāsudeva Namostute, Vasanahad Vāsudevasya. This we will chant in the evening then, Śatīpānanda Bhagavānakī, Swasti Prajābhyām Paripālayantam. Now the floor is all yours. Gurudev, Hari Om, dear brothers and sisters. With this satsaṅg, the first part is finishing, yes. It is for some finishing this first part of the summer seminar. In this divine atmosphere, and what is the real importance of our life? To find the inner peace, to feel this nice, pleasant feeling in our heart. And we know when we have some good feeling, when we see something nice, when we hear nice music, some nature, you feel in your heart expanding. And when is the fear, when is all other bad feelings in our life, we feel that our heart is like a lemon and somebody is squeezing our heart. And if you are not sure how you feel, and what is the energy around you? You just need to listen to your heart, and that is the beauty of meditation, ātma-cintana, yoga, and daily life. I always come to that part of the meditation because it’s really amazing when you try to observe. The images you visualize, the people around you, your family, your friends. Few friends. And you try to feel your body. By the brain, you can cheat yourself. Very easy, we cheat ourselves. Because people said, "I must feel this." But that is what the brain is telling us. Our thoughts, education, But in that nice meditation, it’s okay. Try to feel how you feel inside in your body, and your body will never cheat you. If you said, "Oh, I have love," that is the love that is eternal love. That is the love on the first impression. Look to your body, feel your body. Where do you feel something? Do you feel in the Svādhiṣṭhāna Chakra like a butterfly, or do you feel in the heart like an expanding of your heart? If it’s in the Svādhiṣṭhāna chakra, butterfly, and you think, oh, that is the eternal love, You are smiling, which means you know the answer. That is just the hormonal love. And that is the, sometimes they will, and after that they will just pass away, or they will grow into something, which will be in your heart. Why am I talking about this? Because when you are here, when you are in the presence of Gurudev, try to feel what you feel, your body, and you don’t need to force yourself. But try to feel your body. Sometimes people are forcing themselves too much: "I must feel this. Everybody feels, and I must also feel this," but I remember one story we hear from Viśvagurujī about one farmer who became a disciple, a fresh disciple, and the Guru asked him, "What do you think about me?" And that man said, "Gurujī, you are strong. You have power. You are like a bull on my farm." And imagine that somebody said this to Viśwa Gurujī. What would we say? Oh my God! How dare they say this? But Gurujī said, no, no, it’s okay. He gave me a compliment: I am strong like a bull. That is important. You need to have strength. If you don’t have strength, how will you do anything? He is completely right. And they passed a few years because, in that time, it was not so often that you had the opportunity to be with a Gurudev. Now we are sitting in Zagreb. Seven hours, and we are here sitting in the plane, and in seven hours we are in India. Everything is seven, eight hours. Maybe during the summer you are nearer to India than to Strelka. And after a few years, Gurujī asked again, "Not any more fresh disciple, but still a young disciple." What do you think about me? And that man said, "Gurujī, you are very, very wise. You are wiser than me. I am working, I am sweating, but you are nice talking. And you live very pleasantly, and you are talking, and people listen to you." And again, the disciple was so disturbed by such a sentence. But Gurujī said, no, no, no. Look, a few years ago I was a bull; now I am a wise person. That is excellent. You need strength, and you need the knowledge, and you must be wise. And after a few years again, Gurujī came to that village, and again after satsaṅg... He asked a disciple, "What do you think about me?" And that man stood and started to chant, "Guru Brahma, Guru Viṣṇu, Guru Deva, Maheśvara." What does it mean that everything in our life is also growing? Like a fruit now starts to rise, the fruits, and from the flower, slowly, slowly comes the nice apple which has arrived and is ready to eat. And that is also our life; we are, for everything, there is a time. And if you want in the winter that apple to have a fruit, It will not be okay. Also, if he wants to eat an apple before his rice, it will not be tasteful. And we need to give to ourselves also time, not force. But all the time, have practice. All the time, have our sādhanā. And through that, we will slowly change ourselves. Of summer for us is the time to be with Gurudev. Thanks God, we have opportunity to be whole the year, but maybe now we have a little more time to be in peace because of holiday, and you took one week, two weeks, and that is not only weekend, Friday. And Sunday early morning, you are, but now we have a little more time. And also, what we learned from Viśvagurujī, also one, for me, excellent story—every story is excellent—about one beggar, and he was begging on the road, and one Mahārāja passed, and he saw a beggar in his kingdom, and he was a little disturbed: "How is it possible?" And he gave to that beggar. One or two hectares of the sandalwood, and he went away. And after a few years, again, the king passed through that area and saw again the beggar, the same man. And he stopped and asked, "For God’s sake, how is it possible that you are again a beggar? What did you do with these two hectares?" Of the sandal forest, and that man said, "Mahārājī, nothing. I cut the wood in the forest, and I make coal. And I sold all this," and he said, "Oh, you stupid one. If you every year cut only one branch or two branches of the tree, you will be rich enough to live a normal life." And that is with darśan, with being with the Gurū Dev, we got sandal forest. What will we do? Cut the forest, make into what? Once Gurujī said, "Cut and make not even coal, but make ash, and like a donkey, go in." Or, will we utilize what we gain, keeping the forest in good condition, and only cutting a few branches? We will have more, not only for one life, but for our whole existence. And that is important: what we will do when we go home to continue with our sādhanā, to continue with that nice, pleasant, warm feeling in our heart, and make this sandal forest flourish, or will we immediately cut all the forests? And destroy everything. That is the importance of what we will do, and for getting on the present, for presenting this sandalwood forest. Thank you, Gurudev. I know that each of us will give effort to take care of the forest, but also please give us the blessing to be wise enough to not destroy it and be again a beggar.