The 1 Commitment That Can Change your Life - MUST WATCH by Swami Mukundanand

 The 1 Commitment That Can Change your Life - MUST WATCH - by Swami Mukundanand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNi07aUTSGY Full Text  1  we need to pick up this key that Lord Krishna gave to Arjun 5,000 years ago and what was the key ? अभ्यास, practice, practice, practice, practice  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNi07aUTSGY&t=4  2  this great swimmer of USA who won so many gold medals in Olympics, what's his name Michael Phelps, you know he had an abnormality as a child and he was diagnosed as having a deficiency syndrome so he had this ADHD and his teacher said he will not amount to much  but what he did was he was introduced to swimming and he started practicing six hours every day, now in the weekends, there was no practice, so he said let me add Saturdays to it because that means 52 x 6 more hours in the year  and then he said why not practice on Sundays as well because that will add again 52 x 6 more hours for the year and that's the kind of commitment to practice that he had, and what was the consequence he became the most felicitated Olympian in all history, 22 gold medals right ? so now people can say oh, you know, that's the way God made him, I can never be like him, I don't know what is the secret of his success, well, what was the secret ? it was all the practice that he did.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNi07aUTSGY&t=12  3  Now, really, we are not interested in becoming Olympians out here but we are interesting in mastering our own mind because the scriptures and the saints tell us repeatedly.  Shankaracharya said “verse” “who shall conquer the world” ? that person who has conquered his / her own mind shall influence the world. So if we wish to succeed as human beings, we need to learn and master the art of mind management and how will we do it ?  will we be born with it or will we blame that I was not born with it, that guy was born with it, no, you pick up one gem of knowledge and practice it again and again and again, the more you practice, the better you will become,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNi07aUTSGY&t=113  4  so how much of practice are you doing on a daily basis, how much time do you take out for your spiritual practice ? you don't have to answer me you answer yourself, now you want to go faster ? what do you have to do ?  practice a little more, if you've been putting in 30 minutes every day, bring it up to 45, if we've been putting in 1 hour every day, bring in to one and a half hour, it's a simple formula for spiritual success, increase your practice.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNi07aUTSGY&t=174  5  One practice that's very important from my lifetime experience of teaching people and guiding them in this path, what is that ? it is the regular participation in SatSang, I have seen it again and again, because every week,  I am addressing a group of people for one week and then keeping a track, to what extent they succeeded and I find those people who started coming to satsang,  within the space of one year, their whole life changed. It may seem like a little bit, just coming for satsang 2 hours a week but it was the commitment, a starting point, you build on one discipline, you add another discipline, you add another discipline.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNi07aUTSGY&t=206  6  Nobody suddenly jumps from being a sinner to a saint, everybody moves ahead one step at a time and at one step they took, they made a commitment I will come to satsang regularly, made this big transformation, so if you wish to implement,  I would strongly urge you to consider to make a commitment, we have the Sunday satsang here in place, why ? for the sake of Radha Krishna ? for your sake, make that commitment that I will do it for my sake  and then see in one year, the transformation that takes place and you can validate or invalidate Swamiji’s Statement, right ? the proof of the pudding is in the eating, you try it out and see if you get the results,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNi07aUTSGY&t=271  7  it's scientifically validated by the experiment, if you don't get the results that hypothesis is rejected, so my hypothesis that I am presenting to you is that if you just make this commitment that every Sunday, I'll come for satsang,  in one year you will find your life has been transformed and I'm not just taking it out of a hat, it's a result of 34 years now of preaching and guiding people all around the world, they tried out these disciplines,  these commitments will bridge that gap between knowing and implementation so if you are fortunate enough to have the thirst of sincerely trying to become a better person, then the implementation, the discipline required I am presenting the first sutra to you,  make a commitment and keep it, and then you will keep on taking further steps and before you know it, you will have left that past behind such a long way that you will realize how exciting this world and life is, as a gift of God, as an opportunity to do our best, to be our best and become the best person that we can be  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNi07aUTSGY&t=326  Transcript 0:04 we need to pick up this key that Lord Krishna gave to Arjun 5,000 years ago 0:12 and what was the key ? अभ्यास, practice, practice, practice, practice this 0:23 great swimmer of USA who won so many gold medals in Olympics, what's his name Michael Phelps,  0:32 you know he had an abnormality as a child and he was 0:42 diagnosed as having a deficiency syndrome so he had this ADHD and his 0:51 teacher said he will not amount to much but what he did was he 0:58 was introduced to swimming and he started practicing six hours every day, 1:04 now in the weekends, there was no practice, so he said let me add Saturdays to it 1:12 because that means 52 x 6 more hours in the year and then he said why 1:20 not practice on Sundays as well because that will add again 52 x 6 more 1:26 hours for the year and that's the kind of commitment to practice that he had, 1:33 and what was the consequence he became the most felicitated Olympian in all 1:39 history, 22 gold medals right ? so now people can say oh, you know, that's the 1:48 way God made him, I can never be like him, I don't know what is the secret of his 1:53 success, well, what was the secret ? it was all the practice that he did. Now, really, 2:01 we are not interested in becoming Olympians out here but we are 2:04 interesting in mastering our own mind because the scriptures and the 2:11 saints tell us repeatedly. Shankaracharya said “verse” 2:16 “who shall conquer the world”  ? that person who has conquered his / her 2:23 own mind shall influence the world. So if we wish to succeed as human beings, we 2:31 need to learn and master the art of mind management and how will we do it ? will 2:38 we be born with it or will we blame that I was not born with it, that guy 2:42 was born with it, no, you pick up one gem of knowledge and 2:48 practice it again and again and again, the more you practice, the better you 2:54 will become, so how much of practice are you doing on a daily basis, how much 3:03 time do you take out for your spiritual practice ? you don't have to answer me you 3:08 answer yourself, now you want to go faster ? what do you have to do ? practice a 3:16 little more, if you've been putting in 30 minutes every ,day bring it up to 45, if 3:21 we've been putting in 1 hour every day, bring in to one and a half hour, it's a simple 3:26 formula for spiritual success, increase your practice. One practice 3:34 that's very important from my lifetime experience of teaching people and 3:42 guiding them in this path, what is that ? it is the regular participation in  3:50 SatSang, I have seen it again and again, because every week, I am addressing a 3:58 group of people for one week and then keeping a track, to what extent they 4:04 succeeded and I find those people who started coming to satsang, within the 4:11 space of one year, their whole life changed. It may seem like a little bit, 4:19 just coming for satsang 2 hours a week but it was the 4:24 Commitment, a starting point, you build on one discipline, you add another 4:31 discipline, you add another discipline. Nobody suddenly jumps from being a sinner 4:37 to a saint, everybody moves ahead one step at a time and at one step they took, 4:43 they made a commitment I will come to satsang regularly, made this big 4:48 transformation, so if you wish to implement, I would strongly urge you to 4:56 consider to make a commitment, we have the Sunday satsang here in place,  5:01 why ? for the sake of Radha Krishna ? for your sake, 5:06 make that commitment I will do it for my sake and then see in one year, the 5:15 transformation that takes place and you can validate or invalidate Swamiji’s 5:20 Statement, right ? the proof of the pudding is in the eating, you try it out and see 5:26 if you get the results, it's scientifically validated by the 5:29 experiment, if you don't get the results that hypothesis is rejected, so my 5:35 hypothesis that I am presenting to you is that if you just make this commitment that 5:40 every Sunday, I'll come for satsang, in one year you will find your life has 5:45 been transformed and I'm not just taking it out of a hat, it's a result of 34 5:52 years now of preaching and guiding people all around the world, 5:56 they tried out these disciplines, these commitments will bridge that gap between 6:05 knowing and implementation so if you are fortunate enough to have the thirst of 6:13 sincerely trying to become a better person, then the implementation, the 6:19 discipline required I am presenting the first sutra to you, make a commitment and 6:25 keep it, and then you will keep on taking further steps and before you know 6:33 it, you will have left that past behind such a long way that you will realize 6:40 how exciting this world and life is, as a gift of God, as an opportunity to do our 6:49 best, to be our best and become the best person that we can be  

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एक तरफ कहते हैं कि कर्म करो दूसरी ओर होता वही है जो भगवान ने लिखा है तो कर्म क्यों करें ? by Swami Premanand ji

एक तरफ कहते हैं कि कर्म करो दूसरी ओर होता वही है जो भगवान ने लिखा है तो कर्म क्यों करें ? by Swami Premanand ji

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mwnu4V5CyE Full Text  1#  अनुपमा जी, पटियाला से, राधे राधे महाराज जी, भगवान ने मनुष्य को कर्म करने के लिए कहा है, लेकिन राम चित मानस में उल्लेख है कि “होई है सोई, जो राम रची राखा” तो सत्य क्या है ?  सदगुरुदेव, सत्कर्म करने पर भी जब परिस्थिति प्रतिकूल हो रही हो, मन को ये समझाना ठीक है ? ये तभी बोला जाता है “करि देखा बहु जतन जब रहइ न दच्छकुमारि” (see text 1 below)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mwnu4V5CyE&t=0  2  जब भगवान ने अपनी प्रिया सती जी को बार-बार समझाया, यह प्रसंग है, कि भगवान श्री राम सिया जी की प्रेम विकलता में लताओं से पूछ रहे हैं मृग से पूछ रहे हैं “हे खग, हे मृग, मधुकर श्रेणी, तुम देखी सीता मृग नैनी” ? उस समय भगवान शंकर ने कहा,  “जय सच्चिदानंद परमधाम प्रभु की जय”, सती जी के मन में आया कि राम अगर सच्चिदानंद है तो सच्चिदानंद त्रिकालज्ञ होता है, भूत भविष्य वर्तमान तीनों काल का ज्ञान, फिर लताओं से, खग, मृग, पक्षी, पशु, पक्षियों से पूछ रहें हैं कि तुमने मृगनैनी सीता को देखा है क्या ? तीनों काल का ज्ञान नहीं इनको ?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mwnu4V5CyE&t=25  3  और अगर अल्पज्ञ है तो भगवान शंकर सर्वज्ञ है, यह जय सच्चिदानंद परम धाम कह के क्यों प्रणाम किया ? “अस संशय मन भय अपार”, संशय हुआ, तो भगवान शंकर ने देखा, तुम्हारे मन में बहुत संदेह है,  संदेह मत करो, बड़े-बड़े मुनी योगी जिनका ध्यान करते हैं, वही भगवान श्री राम हैं, यह लीला के लिए मनुष्य रूप धारण किया है, इसलिए वह ऐसा पूछ रहे हैं,  सती जी को बहुत समझाया लेकिन नहीं समझ में आया, तब कहा, “जो तुम्हरे मन अति संदेह, तो किन जाए परीक्षा लेहु”,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mwnu4V5CyE&t=73  4  सती जी राजी हो गई और परीक्षा के लिए चल पड़ी, तब कहा, “होई है सोई जो राम रची राखा”, (see text 2 below) पूरा प्रयास करने पर भी जब परिणाम सही नहीं निकला और वह परीक्षा के लिए गईं, तब ये बोला “होई सोई जो राम रची राखा”,  अपना कर्तव्य कर्म करें और परिणाम अगर हमारे विपरीत आ रहा है, इसका मतलब, भगवान ने कुछ लीला रची है, अब कुछ होगा, होगा विनाश लीला ही, अगर समझाने से समझ में नहीं आ रहा, सत धर्म से चलना नहीं आ रहा, तो विनाश लीला ही होगी और तो कुछ होने वाला नहीं,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mwnu4V5CyE&t=108  5  अब सती जी गई और सोचा, अगर यह राजा है, और सिया जी की खोज कर रहे हैं, तो मैं सीता रूप धारण करूंगी तो देखते ही कहेंगे, मिल गई सिया जी, अगर त्रिकालज्ञ भगवान हैं तो अभी पता चल जाएगा, लता की ओट में हुई और तत्काल अपना रूप सीता जी का रखा, सामने गईं, “verse“  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mwnu4V5CyE&t=150  6  राम ने कहा मैं आपको नमस्कार करता हूँ, हे माता, भगवान शिव को छोड़कर, अकेले कहां और सीता जी का रूप, कांप गईं, कि हम तो समझ रहे थे, देखते ही कहेंगे, आओ सीता मिल गई लेकिन यह क्या, यह तो हमारा पूरा सब रहस्य जानते हैं,  फिर देखा, अनंत ब्रह्मांड में अनंत राम, अनंत सिया, अनंत लक्ष्मण, इतना वैभव देखा, आंख मूँदकर बैठ गईं, तब फिर देखा, फिर वो ऐसे पूछ रहे हैं, हे खग, हे मृग, हे मधुकर,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mwnu4V5CyE&t=177  7  भगवान शंकर ने कहा राम की परीक्षा ली ? झूठ बोल गई भगवान शंकर से, “कछु न परीक्षा लीन गोसाईं और कीन प्रणाम तुम्हारी नाई” कि जैसे आपने राम को प्रणाम किया,  मैं भी वैसे ही प्रणाम करके चली आई, कोई परीक्षा नहीं ली, भगवान शंकर ने कहा, जब मैं समझा रहा था, तो संशय नहीं गया, वहां जाकर केवल प्रणाम करके चली आओगी ?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mwnu4V5CyE&t=210  8  तब देखयो “शंकर धर ध्याना सती जो चरित कीन जाना, शिव संकल्प कीन मन माही, ये तन भेंट सती अब नाहीं, आखिरकार सती जी को पिता के यज्ञ में जाकर अपना शरीर भस्म करना पड़ा, यह हुआ, “राम रची राखा”, ये तब कहा जाता है, जब अपना पूरा कर्तव्य करके देख लिया और परिणाम हाथ में नहीं  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mwnu4V5CyE&t=235  -----------

(see text 1 above) कहि देखा हर जतन बहु रहइ न दच्छकुमारि। दिए मुख्य गन संग तब बिदा कीन्ह त्रिपुरारि॥62॥ भावार्थ:-शिवजी ने बहुत प्रकार से कहकर देख लिया, किन्तु जब सती किसी प्रकार भी नहीं रुकीं, तब त्रिपुरारि महादेवजी ने अपने मुख्य गणों को साथ देकर उनको बिदा कर दिया॥62॥ https://www.shriramcharitmanas.in/p/baal-kand_36.html   (see text 2 above) "होइहि सोइ जो राम रचि राखा" एक प्रसिद्ध चौपाई है जो रामचरितमानस से ली गई है। इसका अर्थ है, जो कुछ राम ने रच रखा है, वही होगा।" यह चौपाई इस बात पर जोर देती है कि हमें ईश्वर की इच्छा पर विश्वास करना चाहिए और किसी भी तर्क से उसे बदलने की कोशिश नहीं करनी चाहिए। [1, 2] चौपाई: होइहि सोइ जो राम रचि राखा। को करि तर्क बढ़ावै साखा।। (होइहि सोइ जो राम रचि राखा। को करि तर्क बढ़ावै साखा।।) अर्थ: जो कुछ श्री राम ने निश्चित कर रखा है, वही होगा। तर्क करके उसे बदलने की कोशिश न करें। [1, 2] भावार्थ: यह चौपाई हमें कर्म के फल पर विश्वास करने और ईश्वर की इच्छा को स्वीकार करने का संदेश देती है। हमें अपनी बुद्धि और तर्क से परे जाकर, ईश्वर की इच्छा पर भरोसा करना चाहिए। यह चौपाई हमें धैर्य और समर्पण का पाठ सिखाती है। उदाहरण: रामचरितमानस में, जब सती भगवान शिव के कथन पर विश्वास नहीं कर पाती हैं, तब वह कहती हैं कि "होइहि सोइ जो राम रचि राखा" अर्थात् जो कुछ राम ने रच रखा है वही होगा।   निष्कर्ष:  "होइहि सोइ जो राम रचि राखा" एक महत्वपूर्ण चौपाई है जो हमें धैर्य, समर्पण और ईश्वर की इच्छा पर विश्वास करने का पाठ सिखाती है। [1] https://shriramshalaka.com/chaupai/hoi-hi-soi-jo-ram-rachi-rakha [2] https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=387362284258839

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Listen to The SWEETEST Story of Hanumanji and Lord Ram on Hanuman Jayanti 2025 | Swami Mukundananda

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Full Text Listen to The SWEETEST Story of Hanumanji and Lord Ram on Hanuman Jayanti 2025 Swami Mukundananda.mp4 1  Now Rama and Lakshmana proceeded forward, they were coming close to Rishyamukh Parvat where Sugreeva used to stay with a few of his ministers,  Sugreeva is a strange kind of a patra (character), he is कामी (lustful), he is a भोगी (pleasure-seeker), he is a भगोड़ा (fugitive), he runs away from the battle ground and yet he is a devotee and Rama accepts him as well, that is the पतित पावन God,  so in the court of Bhagwan, everybody is allowed, blind or lame, whoever comes to the refuge of Bhagwan, they will all be accepted.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtEwRTWNuvY&t=0  2  And that is the story of Sugreeva, so Sugreeva, he used to reside there out of fear of his brother Bali, Bali was the king of Kishkindha and there had been a fight between Sugreeva and Bali and Sugreeva had come running (left the battle) and started staying there,  so Bali would not come to Rishyamukh Parvat (mountain) because he had been cursed by a rishi about it, so Sugreeva was with Hanuman who was his minister  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtEwRTWNuvY&t=55  3  and Sugreeva saw the two princes walking by, seeing them Sugreeva got scared, who are these Hanuman ? Hanuman said, I don't know, it is possible they are Bali’s people, go and find out and tell me, if they are, I am going to run from here. “verse”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtEwRTWNuvY&t=89  4  Hanuman took on the form of a Brahmin! He disguised hiself and he came and asked so many questions (from Ram & Laxman), this is the same Hanuman, who tore heart and gave darshan of Ram and Sita, and here he is not even recognizing who Ram is, he says who are you ? so Ram also is not recognizing, who are you ?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtEwRTWNuvY&t=139  5  Ram says, look, I and he (Laxman)are the children of Dashrath and I had my wife with me and one Rakshas came and stole her and he took her away, so we are searching where has she gone Hanuman said, all right, I understood, so Hanuman said alright, then I am leaving, Ram said, arey Vipra (Brahmin), you asked our introduction, so please tell me, who are you ?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtEwRTWNuvY&t=172  6  The moment he said said that, now Hanuman had the epiphany (a moment of sudden and great revelation or realization), he said o you are Ram, you are my Ishtdev (इष्टदेव, my beloved God) and he fell at the feet of Ram and started crying,  so Ram lifted up, embraced Hanuman and said Hanuman you are my dear devotee, you are twice of Laxman. So, Hanuman said, Maharaj,  I asked you your introduction because I was in ignorance I was in Your Maya, I am under maya and that’s why I could not recognize You, but why did You not recognize me? see, both of them are acting, is hanuman under Maya ?, obviously not, he is the highest form of Shankar, highest rudra, so where is the question of maya and  Hanuman says I don't recognize You because I was under maya. Why did you not recognize me ?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtEwRTWNuvY&t=226  7  Ram says this is the leela, the devotee hides his originality and Bhagawan hides His originality, that is when the leela begins, so nevertheless now Laxman should feel bad that I have been with him for so long and this person has just come and Ram says that he is double of me  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtEwRTWNuvY&t=318  8  so Hanuman said, Maharaj, there is this Sugreev vanar raj, who stays on the top of the mountain, so what you do is, You go up and meet him and make friendship with him, he has got the resources, he can help You find Sita.  Ram said, all right, then ask him to come down, Hanuman said, Maharaj, he is already up, why are you bringing him down, you go up, Ram said how will I go up ?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtEwRTWNuvY&t=343  9  Hanuman said, no problem at all, both of You just sit on my back and I will take you up, Lakshman said, what does he mean, sit on the back, even if he says sit on the shoulder it makes some sense, he is saying on the back,  nevertheless Hanuman made his form big and Ram and Laxman sat on his back and in one leap Hanuman reached the top of the mountain,  Lakshman said that definitely Ram had said he is double of me, I am Shesh-avatara (the Sheshnag Snake), I lift up the earth but he lifted me up, he must definitely be double of me. There Hanuman lit a fire and he introduced Ram to Sugreeva, so he explained Ram's background and he explained Sugreeva Background, so Ram established friendship with Sugreeva  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtEwRTWNuvY&t=388  Transcript 0:00 Now Rama and Lakshmana proceeded 0:03 forward, they were coming close to Rishyamukh Parvat 0:08 where Sugreeva used to stay with a few of 0:11 his 0:13 ministers, Sugreeva is a strange kind 0:17 of a 0:18 patra (character), he is कामी (lustful), he is a भोगी (pleasure-seeker), he is a 0:23 भगोड़ा (fugitive), 0:26 he runs away from the battle ground and yet 0:30 he is a devotee and Rama accepts him as 0:33 well, that is the पतित पावन God, 0:37 so in the court of 0:41 Bhagwan, everybody is 0:44 allowed, blind or lame, whoever comes 0:49 to the refuge of Bhagwan, they will all be 0:53 accepted. 0:55 And that is the story of 0:58 Sugreeva, so 1:00 Sugreeva, he used to reside there out of fear 1:04 of his brother 1:06 Bali, Bali was the king of 1:09 Kishkindha and there had been a fight between 1:13 Sugreeva and Bali and Sugreeva had come running (left the battle) 1:16 and started staying there, so Bali would 1:20 not come to Rishyamukh Parvat (mountain) because he had been 1:23 cursed by a rishi about it, so Sugreeva was 1:27 with Hanuman who was his 1:29 minister and he saw the two princes walking 1:34 by, seeing them Sugreeva got 1:38 scared, who are these Hanuman ? Hanuman said, I 1:43 don't know, 1:43 it is possible they are Bali’s people, go and 1:49 find out and tell me, if they are, I am 1:51 going to run from here. “verse” 2:19 Hanuman took on the form of a Brahmin! 2:23 He disguised hiself 2:24 and he came and asked so many 2:29 questions, this is the same 2:32 Hanuman, who tore heart and gave darshan of Ram 2:36 and 2:37 Sita, and here he is not even recognizing 2:41 who Ram 2:43 is, he says who are 2:48 you ? so Ram also is not recognizing, who 2:52 are you ? he says  so look, I and he are the children of 3:09 Dashrath and  I had my wife with me and one 3:17 Rakshas came and stole her and he took her 3:20 away, so we are searching where has she gone 3:23 Hanuman said, all right, I 3:29 understood,  so Hanuman said alright, then I am 3:35 leaving , Ram  3:38 said,  3:40 arey Vipra (Brahmin), 3:44 you asked our 3:46 introduction, so please tell me, who are you ? The moment he said 4:01 said that, now Hanuman had the epiphany (a moment of sudden and great revelation or realization), he said 4:06 o you are Ram, you are my Ishtdev (इष्टदेव, my beloved God) and he fell 4:12 at the feet of Ram and started 4:16 crying, so Ram lifted up, embraced 4:19 Hanuman and said Hanuman you are my dear 4:23 devotee, you are twice of 4:27 Laxman. So, Hanuman 4:29 Said, Maharaj, I asked you your introduction because I was in ignorance 4:43 I was in your Maya,  I am 4:53 under maya and that’s why I could not 4:55 recognize You, but why did You not 4:57 recognize me? 4:59 see, both of them are acting, is hanuman 5:04 under Maya, obviously not, he is the highest 5:07 form of Shankar, highest rudra, so where is the 5:10 question of maya and Hanuman says I don't 5:12 recognize You because I was under maya. 5:15 Why did you not recognize me ? 5:18 Ram says this is the leela, the devotee hides his 5:22 originality and Bhagawan hides His originality, 5:25 that is when the leela 5:27 begins, so nevertheless now Laxman should feel 5:32 bad that I have been with him for so long 5:35 and this person has just come and Ram says 5:39 that he is double of me, 5:43 so Hanuman said, 5:46 Maharaj, there is this Sugreev 5:49 vanar raj, who stays on the top of the 5:54 mountain, so what you do is, You go up and 5:58 meet him and make friendship with 6:02 him, he has got the resources, he can help 6:06 You find Sita. 6:09 Ram said, all right, then ask him to come 6:13 down, Hanuman said, 6:16 Maharaj, he is already up why are you 6:20 bringing him down, you go 6:24 up, Ram said how will I go 6:28 up ? Hanuman said, no problem at all, both of  6:33 You just sit on my back and I will take you 6:36 up, the Lakshman said, what does he mean, sit on the 6:40 back, even if he says sit on the shoulder it makes 6:43 some sense, he is saying on the back, nevertheless 6:47 Hanuman made his form big and Ram and 6:51 Laxman sat on his back and in one leap Hanuman 6:55 reached the top of the 6:57 mountain, Lakshman said that 7:00 definitely Ram had said he is double of me, I 7:04 am Shesh avatara, I lift up the earth but he 7:07 lifted me up, he must definitely be 7:11 double of me. There Hanuman lit a fire and he 7:16 introduced Ram to 7:20 Sugreeva, 7:22 so he explained Ram's background and he 7:26 explained Sugreeva 7:29 Background, so Ram established friendship with Sugreeva

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Full Text 1  God speaks to us in many ways and one of them is the little voice within us, the voice of our own conscience.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yei3aFpge5c&t=0  2  there was once a blind widow lady who used to live by the seaside with her Illiterate teenage daughter. Since they had no other means of sustenance, the daughter would do the only thing that she knew,  she would dive into the ocean in search of precious stones and if at all she found any, she would sell them off in the market and that would bring the food to the table for both of them.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yei3aFpge5c&t=13  3  One day she left for the ocean and did not return by night time, when 48 hours went by the mother realized that the worst of her fears must have come true,  in all likelihood her daughter probably dived into the ocean and went so deep that she did not return, a few more days went by, the mother was famished (extremely hungry)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yei3aFpge5c&t=54  4  she knew that her daughter used to collect stones in a jewel box on the shelf, she groped her way to the box, she found some polished objects there, with great hopes she took the box to the nearby jeweler and explained her predicament,  she said, sir, I am in dire trouble, my only daughter has died in the ocean, I am blind, I have no means of survival, can you please purchase these stones and give me a few thousand dollars so that at least I can continue eating for the next few months,  the jeweler opened the box and was astonished by what he saw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yei3aFpge5c&t=90  5  he said, mother, I don't have the money to buy the jewels in this box, I will contact the Jewelers Association, we all together can definitely earn from this but we will have to put a fund together by all of us contributing for it, in the meantime I am giving you $300, come back in 10 days.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yei3aFpge5c&t=148  6 This kind and honest jeweler, he called for a meeting of the Jeweler's Association, there he explained to them what had happened and showed them the jewels and the box,  they chided (criticize or blame) him, what a fool you are, that blind lady was unaware of what she was giving you, you could have taken it all for a few thousand dollars, now you are telling us that this is worth five million and we all need to contribute to it, she was blind & she could not have seen.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yei3aFpge5c&t=182  7  The jeweler said, yes, the lady was blind but my conscience was not blind, I could have cheated her  but I could not have cheated my own self. In the same way, all of us have this voice of conscience, that speaks to us from within,  if we listen to it, if we choose to be true to ourselves, we will never be false to the other, this is a simple way of aligning our actions and our thoughts with truth, with goodness, with honesty and with the will of God  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yei3aFpge5c&t=225

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9xBy22E_hI&t=4s Full Text  1  We progressed to this point in the discussion that if we can get knowledge of God, where is He, who is He, what is He, what is our relationship with Him? Then on the basis of that we will develop faith, and through faith we will get love.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9xBy22E_hI&t=5  2  How then do we get knowledge of God? Whom should we ask, who is God, what does He do? Who will answer these questions for us? If we ask worldly people, they don't know for themselves. How will they tell us? That will be like (verse) the blind leading the blind.  Let's say that in some place a lot of blind people gathered. One blind person said sir, I wish to go to the Radha Krishna temple but I am blind. Can you please take me someone? The other blind person thought I am blind but the blind man doesn't know I am blind. He said, "oh blind man, hold my hand I will take you.  Now the two blind people, they started off. They did not reach the Radha Krishna temple. They fell into a ditch on the way. Similarly if we ask worldly people in the office, over a cup of tea, "my dear friends what do you think is God? What do you believe in and what is your opinion on life after death?"  That will only be intellectual entertainment. It will have no pure spiritual value. So you can't get knowledge of God from worldly people.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9xBy22E_hI&t=31  3  What about the great God-realized Souls, the Saints? The Saints know God. From the Saints, we should be able to find out about God. But the problem here is how to find a Saint?  Supposing 25 Swamis come from India to DFW area every year. How to find out which of them is a God realized Saint? And these Saints will not put any board like in India, if you wish to find a doctor, you just go around MG road seeing the board; every town has an MG road, right? so you check the market and see okay doctor Mukherjee, MBBS, MD, FRCS, London, heart specialist. Hmmm looks good, let me go and show him.  So a Saint will not put up a board, "God realized, attained God." Somebody may be a Saint. But we will never know. So initially knowledge of God will not be from the Saints because you can't find a Saint, you can't recognize a Saint. Then what to do?  Why not ask God Himself? if you want knowledge of somebody instead of going to a third party you go to that person, "sir, you please tell me about yourself." So in the same way if you want knowledge of God, rather than ask anybody else you ask God Himself.  But how will God answer? God has answered. Where? In His Vedas. These Vedas are not a human creation. They are directly the Word of God. (verse)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9xBy22E_hI&t=139  4  Whenever God creates the world, He manifests the Vedas. Just like you purchase a machine, and you get the manual along with it. So the Vedas are the manual. God has manifested His knowledge there and when He dissolves the world, He assimilates the Vedas back into himself.  Historians say, the Rig Veda is one of the oldest books in the world. But in my opinion this word oldest is a misnomer. Don't say oldest. The RigVeda is eternal. It has always existed.  Just like God is eternal His knowledge is also eternal. It doesn't have to be newly created in Stanford and MIT. Knowledge of God is His Shakti, His energy.  Ever since a fire has existed, its heat and light have existed. Ever since God has existed, His Bliss has existed, His knowledge has existed. So God's knowledge is eternal. When He created our world, He first manifested the Vedas in the heart of the first born Brahma. Brahma passed the Vedic knowledge to his disciple, he passed it on to his disciple, he passed it on to his disciple.  In this way the Vedic knowledge came through the parampaara, hearing it through the ear That is why another name for the Vedas is Shruti. Shruti means that knowledge, which is received through the ear.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9xBy22E_hI&t=271  5  However, 5,000 years ago, when the lord Himself took avatar as VedaVyas, he looked into the coming age of kali and he thought the people of Kalyug, which means us folks, we will not be shrutidhari. We will not have the capacity to hear and remember. In fact we will forget in three hours flat. Do this.  "All right Swamiji." After three hours, "did you do it?" "I forgot Swamiji." What a fantastic memory you have, you forget in three hours.  So VedaVyas could see all this. He decided now a book will be needed. He put that knowledge in writing and he divided the one body of knowledge into four parts, the RigVeda, YajurVeda, SamVeda, AtharvaVeda.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9xBy22E_hI&t=392  6  So he is called Veda Vyasa, the divider of the Vedas but nobody calls him Veda Rachayita or Veda Pranita, the writer. He is the divider. The writer is God Himself.  So the Vedas are Sanatan (eternal) and the path, the science that the Vedas are teaching, the science of God realization is an eternal science. It is non-sectarian. That is why they call it sanatana dharma, the eternal path.  The word 'hindu' doesn't come in the Vedas. That word developed historically. The mongals on the other side of the hindu kush, they said the people living on this side are the hindus. But the vedas are not teaching us Hindu dharma, they are teaching us Sanatan Dharma, the eternal religion.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9xBy22E_hI&t=452  7  Actually all religions are eternal, because they are talking about the eternal God and the eternal soul. But they are giving limited knowledge, like the pocket dictionary and the complete unabridged Oxford dictionary.  It is like ten blind man went to see an elephant; one grabbed the tail. Because he was blind, he gave his decision, "my dear friends this elephant is like a rope." The 2nd grabbed the leg. Again because of lack of vision, he decided the elephant is like a tree trunk. The third put his hand on the stomach.  He said the elephant is flat like a wall. The fourth got the Tusk. he said the elephant is pointed like a spear. The fifth got the ear. He said, the elephant is like a fan. Now they all started fighting.  Somebody with eyes came. He said, look there is no reason to fight. You are all describing the elephant, but you are describing a section/portion of the elephant. All this together is that elephant. In the same way, sometimes dharmas start fighting. My religion is right, yours is wrong . Mine is right and yours is wrong, and yours is so wrong that I need to kill you.  But the Vedas say, look you are all right; please don't fight!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9xBy22E_hI&t=525  8  But you are describing a section of the knowledge and the entire spectrum of knowledge from ABCD of spiritual knowledge till where it goes, it is all there in the Vedas. Those Vedas then are the authority. (verse)  Any spiritual principle must be validated on the authority of the Vedas. See, if we do that we'll never make a mistake. otherwise everybody comes up with a new theory.  And you say, where did you get this theory from? "This was told by God to my guru in a private room." God told your guru in a private room?  And the Vedas are telling us something, and the same Vedic knowledge is given by Sur das, Tulsi das, Meera bai, Tukaram, Narshi Mehta Namdev, Shankar Acharya, Madhavacharya.  "They are all wrong, and what my guru was told in a private room is right." So - beware of such things. Any spiritual principle must be on the authority of Vedic knowledge.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9xBy22E_hI&t=617  9  That Vedic knowledge was elaborated in the 2 Etihas, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata including the Bhagavad Gita, the 18 puranas, like the Bhagavad purana, the Shad Darshan like Mimansa, Vedant Nyaya, Vaishesik, Sankhya, Yog, and the hundred Smriti texts, the thousands of Nivandhs.  These are elaborating the Vedic knowledge. Hence they are called Vedic literature. So this entire body of Vedic literature. Just like there is the constitution of America, and commentaries written by lawyers. All these can be used to understand the Constitution.  Similarly we use all the Vedic knowledge. So let's find out from the Vedas about God.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9xBy22E_hI&t=705  Transcript 0:05 We progressed to this point in the discussion that if we can get knowledge 0:12 of God, where is He, who is He, what is He, what is our relationship with Him? Then 0:22 on the basis of that we will develop faith, and through faith we will get love. 0:31 How then do we get knowledge of God? Whom should we ask, who is God, what does He do? 0:43 Who will answer these questions for us? If we ask worldly people, they don't know 0:53 for themselves. How will they tell us? That will be like (verse) 1:02 the blind leading the blind. Let's say that in some place a lot of blind 1:15 people gathered. One blind person said sir, I wish to go to the Radha Krishna 1:23 temple but I am blind. Can you please take me someone? The other blind person 1:29 thought I am blind but the blind man doesn't know I am blind. He said, "oh blind man, 1:35 hold my hand I will take you. Now the two blind people, they started off. They did 1:43 not reach the Radha Krishna temple. They fell into a ditch on the way. Similarly 1:51 if we ask worldly people in the office, over a cup of tea, "my dear friends what 1:59 do you think is God? What do you believe in and what is your opinion on life 2:05 after death?" That will only be intellectual entertainment. It will have 2:12 no pure spiritual value. So you can't get 2:19 knowledge of God from worldly people. What about the great God-realized Souls, the Saints? 2:27 The Saints know God. From the Saints, we should be able to 2:33 find out about God. But the problem here is how to find a Saint? 2:42 Supposing 25 Swamis come from India to DFW area every year. How to find out 2:51 which of them is a God realized Saint? And these Saints will not put any board like 3:00 in India, if you wish to find a doctor, you just go around MG road seeing the 3:06 board; every town has an MG road, right? so you check the market and see okay 3:11 doctor Mukharjee, MBBS, MD, FRCS, London, heart specialist. Hmmm looks good. let me go and show him. 3:18 So a Saint will not put up a board, "God realized, 3:26 attained God." Somebody may be a Saint. But we will never know. So 3:36 initially knowledge of God will not be from the Saints because you can't find 3:42 a Saint, you can't recognize a Saint. Then what to do? Why not ask God Himself? if 3:52 you want knowledge of somebody instead of going to a third party you go to that 3:58 person, "sir, you please tell me about yourself." 4:03 So in the same way if you want knowledge of God, rather than ask anybody else you 4:11 ask God Himself. But how will God answer? God has answered. Where? In His Vedas. 4:24 These Vedas are not a human creation. They are 4:31 directly the Word of God. (verse) Whenever God creates the world, He 4:41 manifests the Vedas. Just like you purchase a machine, and you get the 4:47 manual along with it. So the Vedas are the manual. God has manifested His 4:55 knowledge there and when He dissolves the world, He assimilates the Vedas back 5:01 into himself. Historians say, the Rig Veda is one of the oldest books in the world. 5:12 But in my opinion this word oldest is a misnomer. 5:17 Don't say oldest. The RigVeda is eternal. It has always existed. Just like God is 5:28 eternal His knowledge is also eternal. It doesn't have to be newly created in 5:36 Stanford and MIT. Knowledge of God is His Shakti, His energy. Ever since a fire 5:44 has existed, its heat and light have existed. Ever since God has existed, His 5:50 Bliss has existed, His knowledge has existed. So God's knowledge is eternal. 5:56 When He created our world, He first manifested the Vedas in the 6:03 heart of the first born Brahma. Brahma passed the Vedic knowledge to his 6:11 disciple, he passed it on to his disciple, he passed it on to his disciple. In this 6:17 way the Vedic knowledge came through the parampaara, hearing it through the ear 6:25 That is why another name for the Vedas is Shruti. Shruti means that knowledge, 6:32 which is received through the ear. However, 5,000 years ago, 6:39 when the lord Himself took avatar as VedaVyas, 6:44 he looked into the coming age of kali and he thought the people of Kalyug, 6:51 which means us folks, we will not be Shrutidhari. We will not 6:57 have the capacity to hear and remember. In fact we will forget in three hours 7:03 flat. Do this. "All right Swamiji." After three hours, "did you do it?" "I forgot Swamiji." 7:12 What a fantastic memory you have, you forget in three hours. So VedaVyas 7:18 could see all this. He decided now a book will be needed. He put that knowledge in 7:25 writing and he divided the one body of knowledge into four parts, the RigVeda, YajurVeda, 7:32 SamVeda, AtharvaVeda. So he is called Veda Vyasa, the divider 7:39 of the Vedas but nobody calls him Veda Rachayita or Veda Pranita, the writer. He is 7:47 the divider. The writer is God Himself. So the Vedas are Sanatan (eternal) and the 7:58 path, the science that the Vedas are teaching, the science of God realization 8:05 is an eternal science. It is non-sectarian. That is why they call it 8:17 sanatana dharma, the eternal path. The word 'hindu' doesn't come in the Vedas. 8:25 That word developed historically. The mongals on the other side of the hindu 8:32 kush, they said the people living on this side are the hindus. But the vedas are 8:38 not teaching us Hindu dharma, they are teaching us Sanatan Dharma, the eternal 8:45 religion. Actually all religions are eternal, because they are talking about 8:51 the eternal God and the eternal soul. But they are giving 8:56 limited knowledge, like the pocket dictionary and the complete unabridged 9:02 oxford dictionary. It is like ten blind man went to see an elephant; one grabbed the 9:11 tail. Because he was blind, he gave his decision, "my dear friends this elephant 9:17 is like a rope." The 2nd grabbed the leg. Again because of lack of vision, he decided the 9:25 elephant is like a tree trunk. The third put his hand on the stomach. He said the 9:31 elephant is flat like a wall. The fourth got the Tusk. he said the elephant 9:36 is pointed like a spear. The fifth got the ear. He said, the elephant is like 9:42 a fan. Now they all started fighting. Somebody with eyes came. He said, look 9:49 there is no reason to fight. You are all describing the elephant, but you are 9:56 describing a section/portion of the elephant. All this together is that 10:05 elephant. In the same way, sometimes Dharmas start fighting. My religion is 10:12 right, yours is wrong . Mine is right and yours is wrong, and yours is so wrong that I need 10:17 to kill you. But the Vedas say, look you are all right; please don't fight! But 10:27 you are describing a section of the knowledge and the entire spectrum of 10:33 knowledge from ABCD of spiritual knowledge till where it goes, it is all 10:41 there in the Vedas. Those Vedas then are the authority. (verse) 10:51 Any spiritual principle must be validated on the 11:00 authority of the Vedas. See, if we do that we'll never make a mistake. 11:06 otherwise everybody comes up with a new theory. And you say, where did you get this 11:12 theory from? "This was told by God to my guru in a private room." God told 11:20 your guru in a private room? And the Vedas are telling us something, and the 11:25 same Vedic knowledge is given by Sur das, Tulsi das, Meera bai, Tukaram, Narshi Mehta 11:30 Namdev, Shankar Acharya, Madhavacharya. "They are all wrong, and what my guru was told in a 11:35 private room is right." So - beware of such things. Any spiritual principle must 11:45 be on the authority of Vedic knowledge. That Vedic knowledge was elaborated in 11:53 the 2 Etihas, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata including the Bhagavad Gita, 11:59 the 18 puranas, like the Bhagavad purana, the Shad Darshan like Mimansa, Vedant 12:07 Nyaya, Vaishesik, Sankhya, Yog, and the hundred Smriti texts, the thousands of Nivandhs. 12:12 These are elaborating the Vedic knowledge. Hence they are called Vedic 12:17 literature. So this entire body of Vedic literature. Just like there is the 12:26 constitution of America, and commentaries written by lawyers. All these can 12:34 be used to understand the Constitution. Similarly we use all the Vedic knowledge. 12:41 So let's find out from the Vedas about God. Standby link (in case youtube link does not work) The Method to Know God How to Get Knowledge of God Swami Mukundananda.mp4