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ting the message of yoga to the world. I had a vision which came to mind and this vision has come true. In this vision, the god Indra is scared of the revolution which will be the outcome of this conference. Indra fears that the sadhaks attending this conference may acquire such attainments and siddhis that they will throw him from the throne. This is why he tried to obstruct the convention by sending a downpour of rain. However, our sadhaks and workers from all over the world showed exemplary courage, dedication and determination to continue on, which is most praiseworthy.
Yesterday I was ready to come on to this dais, but the condition of the dais was such that Paramahamsa Niranjanananda sent me a message that it was better not to bless the occasion on that day, but to rest after the long journey. There was heavy rain pouring down on the audience, on the speakers and on the musical instruments alike, but both speakers and audience remained firm. Today, I feel great pleasure in being here. I hope and I am confident that, after this convention, yoga will find a proper place in everybody's life.
After all, what do you want? If this question is put before mankind, the answer will be: a healthy body, a tension-free mind, and a heart full of bliss, a continuous flow of the spring of peace. When the citizens of affluent countries get fed up
consumerism, they come to the Indian yogis, philosophers, scholars and siddha ascetics with the hope that they know the way to peace. That way is vedic karma, vedic upasana, vedic knowledge, and nothing else.
We can definitely say that the Bihar School of Yoga is unparallelled among all the ashrams and places for sadhana in this country. Not only is meditation practised by sadhaks here, but the special feature of this ashram is karma yoga. Students are given training and teaching for the service of the nation and of humanity. The readiness with which the sadhaks, sannyasins and bhaktas of this ashram rise to meet the need of the occasion is exemplary in itself, and is worthy of imitation. The government of India spends crores and crores of rupees on relief work, but the service which is rendered by the sadhaks and sannyasins of this school of yoga exceeds all the government efforts.
The reason lies in the fact that all the ashramites are ascetics, 'trained to sacrifice, to achieve selflessness and desire
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