"Maharaji talks about Kabir"

Peace is not a disappointment. Peace is a reality. The joy that is inside of you, is a reality. This is an actuality. And you see, this is where it gets a little funny. If I say it, you migth say, "Aww, I don't know, he said it." So, I bring along Kabir. And when he says it, people go, "O Wow! Kabir said that." And it works very well. Works very well for me. Just bring on along Kabir, and get him to say it. And then people go, "Oh yeah, I got it."

In this world, you become absolutely loved and credible after you die. It is absolutely amazing. Death has a profound effect on people. But thats just how it is. When Kabir was alive, did anyone hear him? No! He died penniless. No credit was given to him. He was just somebody battling this stuff. After his death, "Ohh, have you read his stuff!"

And what does he say? That divine that you are looking for, is inside of you. That Kabir said. See, I said the same thing a few minutes ago, exactly the same thing. Thats why Kabir is great.

What is this world like? He says that people are going all over the place searching and looking for that divine, when that divine dwells in you. Like the musk deer who searches for the scent throughout the forest but the scent resides within its own navel.

He says, imagine a pond and on the pond there grows a lotus and all around the lotus, the bees are buzzing. And the same way, he says, this mind wonders buzzing around all that it finds attractive. And who is caught in it, everyone. All the knowledgeable ones, all the intellectuals, all the ones that have all the credentials, all the holy ones. I did’t say that, Kabir did! They are all buzzing around this stuff.
All the while, the divine is waiting for you, to be acknowledged. The church of churches is within you. The temple of temples is within you. And the one you seek, is within you. What do you need? You need someone who can show you the way inside. Somebody who can put a mirror in front of you, so you can see, who you are.

"Does God Test "?

This is your nature, this is how you are. You have a mind, but you don’t think it is limited. You think it is unlimited. It is very limited. It can think of incredible things, but can it think of obvious things? Not always. Mind can dream about tomorrow. Mind can remember all those things that happened yesterday. But can mind actually help you live in the moment called now? It can’t. It’s not capable. Its job, to either go backwards or forward. Its job is not to think of what is now. It’s only one thing in you that can understand the moment called now and it is your heart. Not your mind. That’s why you have a heart. That one place from where questions don’t come but inspiration does. That one place from where reasoning doesn’t come but gratitude does. Gratitude and understanding that gratitude. Not reasoning. Mind likes to reason. Mind likes to gloat. Human beings like to gloat.

What does God do? In India, people believe God does nothing but test, test, test, test! I ask you a question. The God who tests, does this God know what the result will be? No, you think about this.. okay. People say, God is testing me. So, if the God is testing, that will imply that the God does not know whether you will pass or fail. Because if he already knows, you will fail, what is the point of testing you? If God already knows you will pass, what is the point of testing you. But you think God tests you. If you think that God tests you, then this God that tests you doesn’t know and why would you like to be tested by a God that doesn’t know.
There is a big hole in this theory of "God tests you". God does not test you. You allow yourself to be tested. Who gives you the test? The society gives you the test, your friends give you the test, because they don’t know. Why would God want to test. What would be the reason. It is quite the contrary, that every human being is blessed. The blessing already exists. To understand this that the blessing already exists, thats why you need knowledge. Because nothing shows it clearer. Every day that you sit down to practice it, nothing shows it you clearer that the blessing has already been given to you. Nothing.

Prem Rawat - Maharaji: "What do you practice in your life?"

Prem Rawat Maharaji Remembers Shri Hansji Maharaj

This video presents an insight into that which has been ambiguous for the longest time.

Who better to hear it from, than the person at the centre of the controversy and who is known for calling it "how it is", my Master Prem Rawat, who I revere by the honorary title Maharaji.

Maharaji talks about the legacy of Shri Hansji Maharaj (HRH Yogiraj ParamHans Satgurudev Shri Hans ji Maharaj) and the wish of Shri Hansji's Master (revered Guru Swarupanandji) for Shri Hansji to further propagate the message with the gift of Knowledge in India, then Shri Hansji's wish and choice for Maharaji to take this message of peace and gift of Knowledge to the rest of the world, and hence the events that unfolded subsequently.

Imagine, one master having a vision that some day this knowledge will be around the world. And he did, and he had to plot a course to make it happen. And he did! He picked one of his kids and said "I want him to learn english". And then not only that, first of all he's born into royalty- A Rawat. He throws it all away, dint want any part of it. Because he wants to find peace. And he searches and searches and he finds a master who gives him peace. That master sees his enthusiasm, his love, and makes him the next master. At this point, there is nothing- No cars, he has no assets. I don't know why this is this way, but all the assets that were, went somewhere else. He said "I don't need it, all i have is my master's blessings and my enthusiasm".

He ended up with a few people who recognized him and knew that he will be the one. So they begin. He's sleeping on benches, train stations, No place to eat, waiting for trains- Propagation begins. Propagation start, then India division happens. And all his work ends up in Pakistan. He comes to India, again he has to start doing propagation and he starts. He buys a place strategically because he knows that some of those people will go to Haridwar (Uttarakhand), which is holy place in India, Atleast once a year around Baisakhi coz they are from Punjab and Baisakhi is one of their festivals. And so he builds a place strategically and puts up his banner with his name. So that when they are going to Haridwar they will see this and make the connection. And some did! So against all odds there is a vision that Knowledge will spread throughout the world!
And that starts it. Today what you see- 2000, 3000, 7000, 100,000 or 300,000 - the seeds of it are planted way back! Not only that, he has a clear vision- 100%, as clear as it gets. He goes and sets up a picnic and his eldest son is in Missouri at this college. He tells eldest son and makes it abundantly clear "Don't try to become anything, and let Sant (which I was called), let him do anything he wants to do". So the vision is as clear as it gets. No questions about it!

Then series of events happen, and then one year I find myself in a photographic studio having my picture taken for a passport, and then the Indian Bureaucracy, and then one day this guy arrives with the passport in hand. At that moment do you realize people in India did not want me to go to the West- No! They had their concepts "No, it's not going out". And then the day came, the tickets came. It was night time flight, I got dressed with two pair of clothes on. I didn't know what was gonna happen. Took-off, landed in Rome, Ended up in England.

And the rest is History. I was sitting in living room, bunch of people looking at me, I'm looking at them. Here we are, it has begun. And it goes and it goes and it goes and it needs to evolve and it will evolve and the time has come to take another step.

Even though reference to the techniques of Knowledge are made earlier than 1700, this is the traceable history thus far

Sri Totapuri Ji Maharaj (1780 - 1866)
Sri Anandpuri Ji Maharaj ( 1782 - 1872)
Sri Adwetanand Ji (1840 - 1919)
Sri Swarupanand Ji Maharaj ( 1884 - 1936)
HRH Yogiraj Param Hans Sadgurudev Sri Hans Ji Maharaj (1900 - 1966)
& Maharaji