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Sada Śiva Samarambhām Śaṅkarācārya Madhyamām Asmadācārya Paryantam Vande Guru Paramparām. Gurur Brahma Gurur Viṣṇu Gurur Devo Maheśvaraha. Gurur Sākṣāt Para Brahma Tasmai Śrī Gurave Namaḥ. Salutations to the Cosmic Self. Salutations to Śrī Alak Purūjī Siddha Pīṭaparamparā, Madan Vatpraṇamsa Abhidhāvād Gurū Dev, His Holiness Viśvagurū Mahāmudaleśwar Maheśwarānāth Purūjī, Om Namaḥ Nārāyaṇa to all the sannyāsīs, Hari Om, and good morning to all of you who are present here and who are watching through Somjit TV. How are you all? Good. Sauna, people are enjoying? I call the Sangam House the sauna place. Very good. This is also tapasyā. But it’s good because it’s inner cleansing. We have that constant in Jīvan. So at least you guys can experience a little bit of heat, not being in Jaḍon. Śivajī is known as Bholenāth. Bhole means very naive or very innocent. And Anāth means the Lord. And he is also, as we know, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Maheśa; he is also known to be the destroyer, but he is like Gurudev, you know, he is very understanding, loving, very kind. For other gods, there are many people who did so many thousands of years of tapasyā and then finally maybe Brahmājī came and gave them the boon or something. But Lord Śiva is much more. He works on bhāva. With Lord Śiva it is simpler. He works on bhāva. Bhāva means feelings. Same, very similar to Gurudeva. Works on feelings. For Gurudeva also, we don’t need to present a golden chariot and all this. He is one of the most simple, mānurlīṣ persons I know in Dakara. Same as Lord Śiva, you don’t need to do so many things. Even if you bring water or just even one leaf and put it, he can also get happy. There was one man living in the jungle. Didn’t know how to speak Sanskrit, didn’t know any mantras, didn’t know anything. But the power of the feelings that were there. He used to go to the forest and collect any flowers which he saw, a few leaves. He didn’t even know if those leaves were bilva-patra or not. He just plucked any leaves and brought them. Water. He didn’t even know Nāmaśivāya, nothing. He just says. And he went to the nearest stone, which looked somewhat like a śivaliṅga. But that’s what I say: Gurudev or God, or these things, they are everywhere, omnipresent—in this tree, in ourselves, in everything, for the water. "Oh, my dear Śiva, I love you very much." And then one flower and the leaf, and you’re good, everything very good. And then he brought, he used to eat like dry chapati and onion on top, and that was his lunch because he was not very well off. The other gods and goddesses, they all were looking, like, "What in the world is happening there?" They went to Lord Śiva and they said, "Look, what is he doing? He is putting onion on you. They should bring other good things, which..." You can eat. And Lord Śiva said that the bhāva which he has, those who are offering hundreds of things to me, they even don’t have that love for me which this person has. And he immediately went and gave darśan to that man. And Śiva is known to be the one who is liberating us, or who is freeing us from the cycle of death and birth. So then he gave him darśan, blessed him, and freed him. So when we do meditation on Lord Śiva, or when we are praying or doing abhiṣeka, these all have many effects on ourselves also. It’s purifying ourselves. The milk is giving long life. Yogurt is giving health and prosperity. Sugar is giving happiness. Ghee. Pañcāmṛta. Pañcāmṛta means five types of amṛta which is coming from the cow, and one, maybe not, but yeah, you have usually milk, yogurt, ghee, cow urine, and honey. That’s one, not, but the rest for you. So these things are offered to Lord Śiva. Tieto veci sa obetujú pánu Śiva. So I do daily Abhiṣek of Lord Śiva with... Ja robím denne Abhiṣek k pánu Śiva. It’s okay? Okay, back. So, my Śivjī, I brought with me. Śivjī, I have brought you with me. So tomorrow, Monday, and every Monday coming in this seminar, I’ll do the Abhiṣek in the Jadan Hall so that you all can come and witness it and be part of it. The timings will be from 4:45 until 5:45 in the morning. How was it? 4:45 till 5:45. We will have Abhiṣek and prayer; Śivarātri morning will be included in that one hour. Everyone can join Karmayogīs, Manuṣṭan people, everyone, because after that, from 5:45 till 6:00, I think Manuṣṭan people have time to go to the sauna. And then the rest of the programs will continue. So it will be a beautiful atmosphere. It’s full of power, śakti. And you can sit there and listen to the mantras or do your own mālā while watching and be part of that program. So, tomorrow morning in Jadon. So, tomorrow morning in Jadon Hall. And those of you who are watching on webcast, it will be every Monday. So, will it be on webcast or not? You can do it. Okay, so those of you who are watching on webcast, good morning. So yeah, they can watch on webcast. Otherwise, who are not here can come next Monday. Hope to see you all there, and now we have our dear Roman Fuxa. And he will speak something I like this. I can pick anyone. Can be next evening satsaṅgs is more me talking. Morning satsaṅgs is more for me a little bit, and the rest for you all, because I also want to learn from you all. Sometimes, morning lectures will be more. Sometimes, it will be maybe all the time me, but most of the time, I will try that we have some people. It’s good practice for you all, and it’s also good for me to learn from you. That’s what. I was saying yesterday, gurus, I’m not a guru. First of all, that’s not the point, but the point is, anyone who teaches anything, elder, younger, brother, sister, is one type of guru, and from wherever you can get any type of knowledge, most welcome, so I’m... So on these evening satsaṅgs, I will be talking more. The morning satsaṅgs are more like, I will say something, but I want to hear something from you and also learn something from you. So whoever can be a guru, when he says and teaches someone else something, I’m really looking forward to it. Hello, Paramparā, Viśvagurujīho, Avatārapurījīho, Swāmī, Sen, brothers and sisters. Salutation to the Paramparā, to our Viśva Gurujī, Avatār Purījī, all the Swāmīs, and our dear brothers and sisters. I have noticed that it is quite usual to say how people came to yoga. Though I am living in Prague, the first photograph or photo of Swamiji I saw was in Blansko. I was working there at that time. We were building a railway tunnel. And I started to practice yoga in Blansko, and then, through the ashram in Žďarec, I started to do yoga in Prague. But I haven’t seen Swamiji, only through the photos. Somehow we were always missing each other, and the organizers started to tell me that I should go and get a mantra. So I signed up for getting a mantra, and the organizers told me that you are the only one, and Swāmījī doesn’t have time for you. So I went to that seminar as a karma yogī, I was working on the reception, and that reception was one floor below the gymnasium where the seminar was held. So I was feeling like, if I would take this mantra, I would have to start to do something with myself. So I just went from time to time upstairs to look at the guru, to see how he looked. And in the evening, all the other people from the reception went upstairs to attend the satsaṅg, and I stayed alone at the reception because I thought this would be safer for me. And Swamiji was arriving at the gymnasium from the back door. There was a separate staircase, and normally he was not going through the reception. But after that satsaṅg, Swāmījī went down through the main staircase, and he descended towards the reception. I was standing there alone and thinking, I knew that that person in front of me knew everything about me. And the next morning, I got the mantra. So that was the moment when my journey of karma-yogī started, what I didn’t know at that time, but still, some muscles I didn’t stretch as much as I would like to. There were a lot of stories shared with Swamijī in my life. But please allow me to share a few stories from earlier, when Swāmījī decided that he would give me the opportunity to participate in the construction of Omāśram in 2022. In our builders’ minds, we were thinking that we have to be able to finish this building, and also we were planning in order to have a little bit of, how to say, safety, to have higher goals. But we couldn’t start any part of the construction without his permission, without Swamījī saying, "OK, you can go." And we were a little bit worried because we needed to construct the glass walls around Nandījī, and we knew that we didn’t have so much time. We didn’t know how to do it. And Swamiji was still letting it pass by. And one day he came and said, "Now you start." Tak jsme rozměřili ty nerezový... So we measured these stainless steel columns, and we placed them around into the concrete—twenty-four of them. And at that moment, it was already dark. Swamiji came with his card, and he told us to pull all the columns from the concrete out. And he made a satsaṅg on the Shiva stairs, and he was... Looking at how we were re-measuring the dimensions. And only the builders in India know how very difficult it is to work with glass and stainless steel in India, especially when it has been already cut beforehand. To upravoval. Swamiji was making satsaṅg there for three days, and he was always altering what we were doing. I do not want to say that he was demolishing what we were doing. So we had a lot of these stories, but I will tell only one more. Swamiji was trying to empower us in many different ways, also in a way that he was trying to feed us. So we were going with Hanumān to the dinners to Swamījī every single night. And it was always Avatār Purījī, Ful Purījī, Hanumān and me. We were always singing this long version of the eating mantra. But, me personally, I don’t remember it entirely. And one evening, Avatar Purījī, with full Purījī, went somewhere else, and Hanumān was not present either. And I was thinking, I will not sing the long mantra because I don’t know it completely. But I cannot sing the short one because it is not appropriate. So I took my spoon, and I just thought that I would start eating. Swamiji looked at me, just smiled, and he told me in Czech language, "Good appetite." That’s it. I see someone sitting right in front of me like this, you know. I can see that someone is sitting right in front of me. Praṇām to our Guru Paramparā, Praṇām Avatār Purījī, all our dear Swāmīs, Sattvīs. Hari Om to all of you. Praṇām to our Guru Paramparā, Praṇām Avatār Purī Jī, greetings to all Swāmīs and Sattvīs, and greetings to all of you who are here. Like Roman, I found out it is popular to start with: how did you meet Swamiji? I have to say, I am such a kind of disciple, I didn’t search or seek for a master. Just thanks to Mahāprabhujī, he found me. I don’t know when he started to try to pull me. But there was a time in my life when I was seeking, very impulsive and very nervous. I was seeking for something, and I did a lot of seminars: psychological, energetical, about herbs, about everything. But really, I didn’t seek for a master. This was not in my mind. But one day I came in contact with Yoga in Daily Life. And my entry to Yoga in Daily Life was Śaṅkha Prakṣālana. Maybe you can imagine, after this workshop, it took some time until I was knocking on that door again. Śaṅkha Prakṣālana is one of the Haṭha Yoga Kriyās, and it is cleaning your intestine. Yes, but this is the point I have to say, of course, Swami—now, Swami Umapurījī was leading this workshop, and after that, I had really a lot of chances to assist her with these workshops in Salzburg. I appreciate really very much her work, and it’s really great, a great thing, but some time later, I really knocked on the door, and I started in a yoga class. It was led by Anubhavī, at that time Anubhavī, later she became Swami Anubhavi, and of course in these rooms was also an altar and pictures, and I thought, "OK, if they like, but this is nothing for me." And after some time, Anubhavī said to me, "I think it’s time for you to have a mantra." And as I heard a mantra will improve meditation, I thought, "Yes, I need a mantra." Of course, I did not know that behind a mantra is a master. And I also did not know that this would become the center in my meditation and the center in my life. So, when I met Swamiji first, it was a seminar in Salzburg, and usually this was a public lecture on Friday evening. I met Swamiji for the first time at a seminar in Salzburg, and usually it was part of a public lecture that took place on Friday evening. And Anubhavī, of course, told me before, it’s a great yoga master and so on. And Swamiji was talking about spices. I was expecting something about the universe, something philosophical, and something I would never understand, but about spices. But it was the first lecture about yoga in daily life and how holistic and profound his system is. There is not any aspect of our life which we cannot find in that system. But it was a lecture about what yoga is like in our daily life, how holistic this system is, and what depths of our life it goes into. That is not the only aspect that would not be limited. The next day, I got a mantra. Swamiji asked, "Who is not a vegetarian?" And I think all were there, but not me. And then he said, and I have this voice still in my ears, he said, very soft, extremely gentle, like a wind it was. It would be good to be a vegetarian. And I mean, it is one of the main points in his teaching, and he said it would just be good. But I felt this voice very deep inside, and it was like planting this idea forever in me. And during the seminar, this was also a sequence when all could have questions to Swāmījī, and Swāmījī answered. And I did not know the people, and of course I did not know Swāmījī, but I observed this situation. And I found out that sometimes his answers are very short. Sometimes, even you think this is not the answer for that question. But I could feel each and every sentence was complete, perfect, 100% made for that person. So my first idea about Swamiji was, "My master is really a good psychologist." Like you know this story from the farmer who was asked by his master, "Who am I for you?" and he said, "Oh, you are so gentle, like the ox in my house." So this was my start, and, um, there comes a story in my mind. And it was here in Chardon when Swāmījī had a lecture, and he was talking about dealing with, about working with these souls, with our souls, and he said, "You don’t know how fragile such a soul is." And he made such a nice mudrā when he was talking, with his hands, and it was not a fist, so he was not keeping the soul. But it was maybe like a moving nest. And you could really see the soul in this nest. And the nest is really supporting us from falling down in every situation. And on the other side, in this nest, you can unfold, you can grow, you have space enough even to rise and to fly. And this is, I cannot forget this mudra of his hands, and this is how he is dealing and working with us. And because it is also popular to talk about karma yoga, I want to tell you a little story with Swāmījī and my karma yoga. It was one of my first times in Stryky, and I knew something about karma yoga, but I was, and I’m still, a greenhorn in this. And I was assigned to Karma Yoga in the kitchen, and we had shifts. My shift was in the afternoon, so before that time, I was just walking around. And happily, Swamiji was also walking around, and we met each other. And very seriously, he looked at me, "What are you doing here?" Because everyone else was in the class. And I was very happy to say, "Swamiji, I’m doing karma yoga." And he just looked at me and was laughing so much, and said, "Karma yoga by walking." And it was just a short moment with him, and I think you all have such moments with him. And in this very short moment, he’s a lot in. I mean, you can read really good books about karma yoga, great swamis wrote about it, and you can have a huge knowledge about this, but it is, it remains always dry paper. But such a moment with a real yogī, with Swāmījī, gives you really all that you have to know. There is inside the whole information, which you cannot find in books. And for sure, you all have such moments, and you always also remember these moments, and it helps you years after to understand. So in that way, I’m really, really thankful that Swāmījī took my life in his hands. So, thank you for listening. Hari Om. Hari Om, our Paramparā, dear Avatārpulījī, dear Sannyāsī, dear brothers and sisters. I’m not that, sorry. I’m a little younger than our brothers and sisters who were talking before in terms of mantra. I met Swāmījī 19 years ago. And though I was really amazed how yoga and daily life affected my life, my body, my mind, it took me two years to get a mantra. And it took me another two years to start properly using mantra. Our sister who was not vegetarian, I was not eating meat, but I was eating fish, and it took me another two years to realize that eating fish is not being vegetarian. So I would say I had a slow start in yoga in daily life, and I would say it took a lot of hurdles for me to overcome, to understand just a little bit. At the same time, I was very lucky to have a really good yoga center in Split with my colleagues and our friends who were supporting me. They had a very good yoga center in Split with my colleagues and other people who take care of it. And in Croatia in general, you know, we have Muhammad Ali Schwarz and everything. So we had some, how to say, knowledge that you can really feel and touch. Not only Gurudev, who is accessible 100%, but also people in my country. I was very lucky to be able to immediately see it in front of me. And as you know, in Croatia we have many great people in yoga in daily life. There are also Swāmījīs and Mahāmaṇḍaleśvaras, and therefore, even though Swāmījī was not 100% present, we had other opportunities, and there was the knowledge that we really felt. Shift my life, the direction of my life, to something much nicer and better than I was before. And I saw how blind I was, or how unknowledgeable, as I would say now, I was at the beginning and also on the way. So whenever I was thinking, "Oh, I get this," then it was not good. But with time, it got a little better. And I remember that during Mantra Dīkṣā, the Guru told me how this planet is beautiful. At that time, I didn’t have a clue what that meant. But today I can say that if I can see he’s being a Trikāla Darśī, I can see how deep this goes, that even this planet is not enough. And then I remember the story that if you come with an empty pot to a master, he will fill that pot as big as that pot is, the more pot is. So if I can say my wish for myself, but also for all my brothers and sisters, that we have as big a pot as possible, and that it can have as many things inside as possible. Because, of course, we cannot know, but maybe even the knowledge is endless, and maybe our journey is endless, and I hope for me to stay on this journey as long as possible with our Gurudev and with our Bīja of Paramparā. And maybe we don’t know it now, but maybe the knowledge is endless, and maybe we will stay on this path forever. And for me, it would be a wish to continue on this path with our dear Gurudev and with our Paramparā. So, Hari Om Swami Avatar Purījī, thank you very much for the opportunity to speak. Hari Om Swami Avatar Purījī, and thank you for this opportunity that I could say something. Say it deep in our mouth. Youth, come. Līlā. She was working in Jordan, so she can share that if you want. Lila worked in Jordan, so she can share that if you want. Hari Om to all. This is quite a step out of my comfort zone, so thank you for the opportunity. I’ll try my best. Hariom to all. This is literally a step out of my comfort zone. I’m not going to talk about my beginnings here, because maybe you all know me from my childhood. I was born to Swamijī’s disciples. But I spent almost nine months in India, in Jhadan. It started in 2023, in April, when I was doing a little bit of research about my studies. I was about to end my bachelor studies and going to step into my master’s. But while doing this research, I was not sure whether I would enjoy those studies, those two years more. And I started to think about some other ways to go. And somehow, one friend appeared in my life, and he said, "Well, in September, I’m going to Jādon for a longer period of time. Would you like to join me?" And I started to think about it, to take a gap year and continue my master’s after a year. But also, I knew it would be quite hard to explain that to my parents, who always want the best for their child, for their girls, so he wanted to continue with the studies. But I thought about it, and I decided for myself that it would be a really great experience and something life-changing. I also got support from my family and from my friends, and at the same time, Bhakti Gyānānand started to organize this summer camp in Jhadan. And he was encouraging me to join because all the youths would be nice to group up and become more friends. But I was already decided that I will go in September for a year, so how to join both programs at the same time and finish the studies? Because my final exams were before my flight to India, but somehow... And thanks to all the blessings which I got, I appeared for three weeks in this summer camp group. Then I came back, finished my bachelor program, all the studies, and in September I went to India. During the summer camp, I already experienced a little bit where I would help in Karma Yoga from September. So, I was taught some of those agendas. So when I came in September, half of the day I knew what I would be doing, and the other one, after lunch, I was helping in other areas of Jeddah. I was helping to prepare the hospital for accommodation when people were coming for the grand opening. Also, preparing the rooms in a mushroom, so different areas I covered. So I knew that in the afternoon I would work in one place; it was clear to me. And in the afternoon, the second half of the day, we worked in different places, whether we were preparing a hospital for people who... Come to a large opening, or in a mushroom room. When I decided I will go to India, I didn’t know that the grand opening would happen at that time, so it was really like a sweet surprise. And after the grand opening, many of you came back to Europe, and there were fewer and fewer people. So, more and more work was coming for those permanent karma yogīs there. So luckily, I got a chance also to go to Seva, to Swamiji, to help a little bit with serving. And since childhood, I was a little bit nervous or afraid around Swamijī. What will happen, you know? Will he become angry? Did I do something wrong? But there I realized that when you do something with a pure heart, with good intentions, he will accept everything. And if you do some mistake, he will kindly explain to you, "You can do this a little bit different way," or, "This is the way how to do it." So these months were really a great experience. It changed the relation with Swamījī, it became much closer. I somehow get to know what the bhāv means when you do something with the bhāv. So I think that’s all, thank you. Except for those who are speaking, for the rest of you, it’s good also, no? To listen to other people’s experiences, I didn’t get much of yeses. Yes, no, okay, very good. It’s just that it’s six weeks, two times a day, me speaking, you know, it’s easier for me to speak once a day, and once a day it’s... But don’t worry, after Guru Pūrṇimā you will have full Devpurījī also, so sharing is caring. So, have a beautiful afternoon, lunch. Good appetite. Good appetite. And see you in the evening. And see you in the evening. Om Śānti, Śānti, Śānti.