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00:00Chitriita Scratch Yanam Janushraataya
00:04Jakshuva Miritam Yenata Smei Shri Brav Bhanam
00:10He Krishna Karma Sindhu
00:15Vira Nandhu Jagattade
00:18Braveshava Pika Tanta
00:21Radha Tanta Namah Sukade
00:25Taptakan Janakona Vora Iy
00:39I am the reader and I am the reader.
01:26Jai Gurudev.
01:27Jai Gurudev.
01:29So, the second part of the Yusangha started, eh?
01:35When did it start?
01:36Today?
01:38Yesterday.
01:39Yesterday.
01:40Today.
01:42You are in the Yusangha?
01:44No.
01:45There will be old people behind there, eh?
01:49I didn't know.
02:11It's not really a question.
02:12I thought that if you could comment on it, eh?
02:17We're trying.
02:23So, you see, for example, when I come home, my family and my friends, I'm the only devotee
02:30they know.
02:31And in a way, in that way, I'm representing Bhakti Marga to them.
02:39And sometimes, what happens is, I do something wrong, you know?
02:48So, like what?
02:55It's so many things I can't remember.
03:01And that's the thing.
03:03Like, they have me, let's say, as a reference for Hinduism or for a devotee.
03:08And when I do something wrong, you know, sometimes I go down a bit, you know, on spreading the message
03:17I want to try to help spreading.
03:21Because I know that some of them already don't have a good idea of this.
03:25And, you know, because they...
03:27And if they look at you and turn down...
03:28Exactly.
03:30So, that's, like, what do you think should we...
03:34Sorry.
03:36Actually, it is a very wonderful thought.
03:41How do somebody else perceive a devotee?
03:47You see, what you show to the people, you know, what you're talking to the people, personally,
03:53you yourself must practice.
03:56And, like I said, often, many people like to tell other people how to live their life.
04:04This is common.
04:06Especially in the spiritual field, people like to do that.
04:14It's not a bad idea to do it.
04:17But, firstly, you yourself must know what you want to teach other people, you know?
04:25Like you said in your question itself, you know, you are the only reference.
04:31Which means you represent the Guru itself.
04:37That's what Krishna said also, no?
04:39My devotee is an extension of myself.
04:47But, firstly, the devotee has to transform, no?
04:50It's not just by wearing a kantimala or wearing a tilak on the forehead, one becomes a devotee.
04:58You know, so, that's why, you know, you are being educated.
05:03Like you said, you do lots of mistakes.
05:06It's normal.
05:08You are still changing.
05:13And you are young.
05:16So, you will make mistakes.
05:21So, you see, if they want to grow and really understand, they have to meet other devotees also.
05:31Just to say, okay, you are like this, you are like that, of course.
05:34You see, because you are near to somebody, they will always see you as how you used to be.
05:51So, being a devotee, you know, is also what you show to other people.
05:58What you can contribute to other people, what you can give to them.
06:04They don't think that you are too perfect.
06:08You know, this is a mistake that very often people do.
06:12They think that, I am perfect.
06:17And others are not.
06:19So, I must teach them to become perfect.
06:22No, no, firstly, look at you.
06:26That's why, you see, on the spiritual path, we talk about humility.
06:35So, what you received on your path, of course, this is enriching and really
06:40they make you grow.
06:44This has transformed you, have changed certain things inside of you.
06:49Of course, it is no wrong to give it, and to others.
06:56So, once you perceive, you know, okay, humans do make mistakes.
07:04Why do humans make mistakes?
07:07Because of the mind.
07:10A mistake of somebody can be also something good for somebody else.
07:14But when you look at your life itself, if you sit on a mistake and say,
07:19okay, fine, I will do it, I will do a lot of more mistakes.
07:22A mistake?
07:24You feel it, what you are doing is wrong, no?
07:28So, why are you carrying on doing it?
07:32I need to do more job, ma?
07:34The mind, you know.
07:36It's a mindset things, you know, how you tackle a certain mistake.
07:46And very often, when a mistake is very small, you don't perceive it.
07:50But once it becomes big, then it is too late, no?
07:56This is what everybody likes.
08:00There was once a queen.
08:04She was sitting and talking on the balcony of her palace, together with her advisor.
08:14So, as they were talking, they were eating some rice waffle with honey.
08:25So, as they were talking, the queen was eating,
08:29a drop of honey fell on the rail.
08:35So, the advisor said, my queen,
08:41can I call some servant to wipe it, to clean it?
08:47I said, no, don't.
08:49It's fine.
08:52A drop of honey is nothing.
09:01So, the queen carried on eating.
09:05And again, the advisor said, it would be good to call some servant and clean it.
09:13I said, no, later on the servant will come and clean.
09:16So, it was very arrogant, the queen carried on eating.
09:20As they were eating, it was quite, it started getting hot.
09:25And, you know, honey, in heat, what happened?
09:30It stopped, no, the honey doesn't melt.
09:33It started to drip.
09:36It became more liquid, illiquidified, no?
09:39It's already liquid, but in a very thick state.
09:42But they start to go along the rail and start going down.
09:49So, down there was a street.
09:51So, as the honey dripped through the rail down on the street,
10:00some flies, they were very happy, came there and start enjoying the honey.
10:09So, as some flies arrived there, a lizard saw the flies and said, oh, great opportunity.
10:22The lizard came, stopped eating the flies.
10:28The lizard eating the flies, then there was a baker.
10:33The baker, the baker have a cat.
10:37So, the cat saw the lizard there, jump on the lizard.
10:44You know, cats like to play with lizards.
10:47So, start pulling the tail of the lizard, stop laying.
10:52So, there was a butcher nearby and he had a dog.
10:56And the dog sees the cat playing with the lizard.
10:58So, the dog jumped on the cat and attacked the cat.
11:06The cat started screaming.
11:08So, this brought the baker out.
11:11So, seeing the baker, seeing the cat being attacked by the dog,
11:16the baker took a big stick and started beating the dog.
11:20And the dog started screaming in pain.
11:22So, the butcher came out, what was happening to my dog.
11:29He was looking and saw that his neighbor is beating his dog.
11:34You know, when you see a neighbor beating a dog, you get more frustrated.
11:38So, he took another stick from his shop and started beating the neighbor.
11:44A big quarrel.
11:49Everybody was fighting.
11:51So, you see, everybody first came to see what was happening.
11:54So, first they came to see the two fighting.
12:00So, the fight extends because you have supporters.
12:05Some is for the butcher and some for the baker.
12:10So, they started fighting.
12:11Some were supporting.
12:12Then the support is the police king, the guard.
12:16The guards, some of the guards who know the butcher,
12:19and some of the guards who know the baker, they support.
12:22They take their part.
12:24So, they started fighting.
12:25They were supporting.
12:27Then one person said one thing which is not right.
12:30Then they started fighting.
12:32Big fight.
12:32So, out of this big fight, somebody took a torch and burned,
12:38threw it in a house nearby.
12:41So, the house started burning.
12:43So, the fire started spreading.
12:47Finally, it reached the palace.
12:50The palace started burning.
12:55So, the queen had to run her way down, sliding,
13:01did on coming down through a ladder.
13:05So, after everything was over, the queen went to inspect.
13:11So, she saw something sticky there.
13:15And she saw it was her, the honey.
13:24So, you understand the meaning of that story?
13:29Huh?
13:31But everything starts small.
13:34You see?
13:36Whatever mistake you make in life, you know,
13:39at the beginning you would say, no, it's a very small one.
13:43Ignore it.
13:44No, we don't need to change anything.
13:48But that little mistake will grow.
13:53It's the same, you see.
13:55In life, people say, karma, you know.
13:59Oh, I've done a little, I say,
14:05something wrong.
14:06A little.
14:09But that little thing is fine now, no?
14:12Once you don't realize it.
14:15But once you start to realize, you will have a big pile of it.
14:24So, you have to watch out, you know.
14:28And of course, you have to, like you said, you represent the certain things, you know.
14:37That's why education is important.
14:39That's why, you know, you all have come, we do the sanghas, we do satsang.
14:44For that to, for one to transform, no?
14:48To change.
14:49But what is going to change?
14:50It's your mentality.
14:54It's your attitude.
14:56It's your attitude.
14:58It's your attitude.
14:59And that you have to allow it to.
15:04No.
15:08Questions?
15:15Where does determination come from?
15:24Why sometimes we feel determined and other times we don't?
15:30Well, just determination when you really want to do something.
15:36And something which is, you appreciate to do.
15:41Then you will be determined to do it, no?
15:45But if you are forced to do something,
15:50do you have that urge inside of you to do it?
15:54No.
15:56Do you feel that love to do it?
15:59No.
16:00You may do it just very passive, no?
16:05But you don't have that enthusiasm into it.
16:12So when you like to do something,
16:16it doesn't matter what,
16:19you will enjoy it.
16:21This is where determination comes from.
16:24You will do everything for that.
16:26You may also go hungry, thirsty,
16:28it doesn't matter.
16:30You will not feel it.
16:32You will be fully absorbed and focused into that.
16:36Because you like to do this.
16:39But if something is not what you like,
16:44somebody can whip you and do it,
16:47you will not have that determination.
16:49So where does that determination come from?
16:51It comes from the liking.
16:56You know?
17:00That's why he said to love what you do.
17:02But love is not something that you press a button,
17:05it just happens, no?
17:08Like also is not like that.
17:11And you don't like something
17:13and then you start liking it.
17:16Right now, straight away.
17:17Can you do it?
17:18You can't do it.
17:21But,
17:23if you don't like something
17:24but you get to know
17:27about that thing,
17:28you will appreciate it differently.
17:31So what makes you not appreciate something,
17:33it's that
17:34because you are not aware of
17:37what that can bring to you.
17:41So that's why there is not an enthusiasm into it.
17:46Because you see, people like to do things that they understand.
17:50When they don't understand,
17:52they will put all kinds of names to it.
17:57They will...
17:57Why?
18:01Because they don't want to understand.
18:03They don't want to engage them into it.
18:05So there is not an enthusiasm
18:08in doing these things.
18:11they are already in their mind,
18:12they already say,
18:13oh yeah,
18:14what would that bring?
18:15What would that do?
18:16You know,
18:16you already built a big wall.
18:21I can't do that.
18:25It's impossible to do.
18:29Because you already think you know it.
18:33So the liking will not be there.
18:36But if you transform that,
18:39you know,
18:40seeing that
18:41whatever comes
18:43is an opportunity
18:44to learn something,
18:48then enthusiasm will come.
18:52You see, the same thing
18:55first,
18:56due to your own way
18:58of seeing it
18:59or imagine that you know about it,
19:02already stopped you
19:03of
19:05going forward
19:06and learning something.
19:09But if you
19:10really
19:11see it
19:11in a positive way,
19:12what can I learn from that?
19:15You will have that enthusiasm.
19:18So,
19:18does it come from outside
19:19or does it come from an attitude
19:20which
19:22you adopt
19:24and grow from that?
19:29No,
19:30so you change the way
19:31you see things.
19:33You change the way
19:34how
19:35do I perceive that?
19:39So, from the beginning
19:41it says,
19:41if you have an attitude
19:42of negativity,
19:43you will never.
19:46But if you change that,
19:47then you say,
19:47okay,
19:50you will.
19:57Yes.
19:59Yes.
20:02Tigger Dave.
20:03No, not me?
20:06No, not me.
20:06Yeah, you.
20:06Yeah.
20:07Sorry.
20:09He got shocked.
20:13And, you see,
20:14he didn't think.
20:15Come on.
20:16So, I have a question
20:18regarding my Aisha death,
20:19Barhadev,
20:20and I read some
20:23some story
20:24in the internet
20:25where
20:26Barhadev,
20:27after he
20:28saved Mother Earth,
20:29spent time on Mother Earth
20:31and somehow
20:32got crazy there
20:33and so Shiva
20:34had to come
20:34and kill him.
20:36So, I was really
20:37confused about that story.
20:38Maybe it's not true
20:39because I also didn't read
20:40a lot about it,
20:41but...
20:42If you want to know
20:44about it,
20:44you have to really
20:46read the right things.
20:48Yes.
20:49So, you just have a lot of,
20:51I say,
20:52crazy stories.
20:55Firstly,
20:57Baraha
20:57is an incarnation
20:59of Shamanarayana.
21:00No one can kill him.
21:02Not even Shiva.
21:07So, something which is eternal,
21:09which doesn't have a beginning
21:11and doesn't have an end,
21:12do you think it can be killed?
21:16There were no birth
21:17and there was no end to him.
21:20It is just a manifestation.
21:23So,
21:24I don't know,
21:25I never heard about this story,
21:29but
21:30whenever you heard
21:31that it said that
21:32Shiva have
21:34killed,
21:35you have to understand
21:37that this source
21:38comes from a
21:39Saiwai.
21:43The same thing you will hear,
21:45you know,
21:46you know,
21:47they have a similar story
21:48when Lord Narasimhadev
21:49manifests himself,
21:51he said nobody could calm him.
21:53And Bhagavad said,
21:54yeah,
21:54Prahlad Maharaj came and calmed him.
21:57But,
21:57from a
21:58later on,
22:00Saiwai put that,
22:01actually,
22:02you will,
22:02they said that
22:03Lord Shiva came in the form of Sarabeshwara
22:06and tried to
22:07jump over Narasimhadev
22:11and Narasimhadev said,
22:12be sorry.
22:14This is a complete absurd story.
22:16These stories were added
22:18in the
22:2013th century.
22:21You have to see
22:22the history
22:23of India
22:24when the,
22:25you see,
22:25ancient,
22:26well,
22:27the first,
22:2810th century,
22:29all was one.
22:30all the Shiva temple
22:32have
22:34deity of
22:35Shiva Narayana.
22:36All Narayana temple
22:37have a
22:37Shiva.
22:38So, when there was a separation,
22:40the Chola king,
22:41actually,
22:42he was a very strong
22:44Saivite.
22:45So,
22:46his minister and everybody,
22:47they brainwashed him completely.
22:50So, they remove all the
22:51deity of Shiva Narayana
22:52from the temple.
22:55So,
22:56like that,
22:57they also fashioned
23:00many stories.
23:04So, like
23:04the story
23:05that you just said,
23:06right now,
23:07for me,
23:07the first time I've heard that.
23:09But,
23:10you do find
23:11such
23:13stories
23:13to please
23:14themselves.
23:15Because they know
23:16that Narayana
23:17is the ultimate
23:19Lord.
23:20But yet,
23:22they have to,
23:24to,
23:25to,
23:26to whom
23:27they have put their face upon,
23:29they have to glorify that.
23:31So,
23:32that's what they did.
23:34Same thing you see
23:36in the temple of Chidambaram,
23:38you know,
23:39Nataraj,
23:40famous temple for Nataraj.
23:42And next to that
23:43is a huge
23:45Narayana,
23:45sleeping,
23:46looking
23:47at Shiva dancing for him.
23:49temple.
23:51That
23:52was there.
23:54But,
23:54how many people know that?
23:57Not many people.
23:59Yes,
23:59temple was
24:00a
24:01Vaishnava temple.
24:02It was a temple of Shri
24:03Narayana.
24:05But,
24:06due to
24:06politics reasons,
24:10they have
24:11made it
24:12a Shiva temple.
24:16they even removed the deity.
24:18later on,
24:19another king took over,
24:20he brought back that deity.
24:22So,
24:22like that,
24:23you see,
24:24you will find,
24:25many will tell you many stories like this,
24:29just to
24:32fan themselves.
24:36So,
24:36like,
24:37nowadays,
24:38you see,
24:38there's a big communal thing happening in India,
24:42where,
24:44the evangelists are evangelizing a lot of the Hindus.
24:49You know?
24:50And,
24:51of course,
24:51America is pumping a lot of money off on that.
24:55You know?
24:56And,
24:58you see,
24:59in the temple,
25:00you know,
25:00like,
25:01yesterday itself,
25:02there was a
25:05thing,
25:06the famous
25:07Hanuman temple,
25:10where the
25:11police,
25:12chief police,
25:12of that region,
25:13you know,
25:15he needed to go
25:16to that temple.
25:17But,
25:17what she did,
25:18sorry,
25:19it was her,
25:20what she did,
25:21she put a picture of Jesus first.
25:25Do you understand
25:27what is happening?
25:29It's not that
25:30anybody is
25:31narrow-minded,
25:32you know,
25:33in the Hindu,
25:35Hindu tradition,
25:36we respect everybody.
25:38But,
25:40due to
25:41certain
25:43political
25:44reason,
25:46you know,
25:46they are
25:48pushing.
25:49So,
25:49like that,
25:50things change.
25:51You know?
25:52So,
25:52maybe in 200 or 300 years from now,
25:55they will have another story.
26:07You see,
26:08people can't live in unity.
26:10People can't live in respect for each another.
26:15They can't let somebody believe what they believe,
26:18and be free.
26:20You know?
26:21Respect them.
26:23You know,
26:24they have to fight.
26:25You see,
26:27all major fight in this world.
26:29Why was it?
26:32It's because of religion, no?
26:35They don't,
26:37they forget that the word religion itself stands for connecting.
26:43To connect.
26:44That's what religion means.
26:46To connect.
26:47To connect to the Divine.
26:48To connect to God.
26:51That's the base of it.
27:02That's why,
27:03they
27:05made stories like this.
27:07That is not real.
27:10To follow the question.
27:17not you again ask your question
27:22i hope it's a good one
27:26i would like to ask because i'm a devotee for a few years and i realized that during that time
27:40i didn't manage to give you my life and i would like to change that to accept you as my
27:47guru
27:48fully and i just see that this is not happening so i would like to ask how can i change
27:54that
27:54if you can help me
27:55uh firstly you have just
28:01it's a difficult
28:03a difficult question
28:09look if you find it difficult to to to to surrender you know what means to give one life you
28:19know
28:19being a devotee your life is centered on firstly
28:25educating yourself about the teaching of the path you are in yes or no
28:30whether you saw being following a path but yet
28:35you don't know the teaching you don't know the the
28:39what it's meant to be a devotee
28:45so the word devotee what does that mean
28:56to be devoted to the word devotee means you forget about yourself you place the divine first
29:06this is the path of bhakti itself the path of bhakti is a path of service
29:16but how do you serve
29:20you can't serve when you have pride and ego
29:24you serve only when you are humble
29:29when you place god first one life
29:36so your question say that being devotee for so many years you find it difficult to
30:00to accept and to give whatever comes
30:03to accept and to give whatever comes
30:12and then in that's why i think then keep trying
30:29what would i tell you do this technique
30:33it will change no it will never happen there is no technique for that because this willingness
30:38is from your side no the same way god can't make you love
30:43god make you love him there's one thing that god can't no he can't say
30:49i demand that you love me love is a natural
30:55state of giving oneself that way what is love
31:00no naturally i love you and i give myself to you but i can't force you
31:07it's not like what some people have done put a gun on on your head said believe in what i
31:13believe
31:13otherwise i'd kill you you can't do that so like that also you see nobody can press a button inside
31:24of
31:24you and say okay do that technique that love that that surrender will happen no surrender is a
31:30willingness if i want it truly then i would do anything for that
31:39then one time you may not succeed one year you may not succeed it's like you sit for meditation
31:45and you expect that god will appear ping in front of you
31:50yogis are meditating for thousands of years but one has not yet appeared to them
31:58so keep trying you still have life even if at the last moment of your dying breath you know
32:09you have that that that strong desire of surrendering you know it awake finally and you die
32:19very good at least you have succeed finally
32:31so life is not just will not happen just like you have to keep trying
32:36if you don't keep trying in one time you just say okay and this is not happening finish
32:44this is an attitude of human mind you know when they pray they expect a big miracle the next moment
32:52and if that doesn't happen that god is bad i'm going to look for somebody else
33:01i've seen many like this
33:05so
33:11keep trying
33:13and don't sit and cry thinking that this will happen by itself
33:17you know so don't sit and say okay
33:22and guruji help me no make an effort
33:26and you know
33:37you're wet now you have a nice design