Puya Balkrishna Maharaj himself delivering speech on movement of tapasya, service and sadhana being launched by ‘Patanjali Yogpeeth Sansthan’

    Today, we have met here on the occasion of completion of glorious 25 years service of Patanjali Yogpeeth. It’s an important and a historical moment for the crores of brothers and sisters associated with the Patanjali and Patanjali Yogpeeth family. Param Pujya Swami Jee and Param Shradheya Gurujee are making aware all of us of that history. We are discussing the great works being done by you through Patanjali. The people must know it. Everything comprises two parts one is front and other is back. It’s quite impossible to evaluate the front of movements of Patanjali. The meaning of front is whatever is before us. And back is that which is behind it and nobody is able to see it. It makes great impact on the society, people and materials. The Patanjali is probably a single institution or organization which is fully involved in every movement and work necessary for religion, culture, human beings and the nation. If we talk about involvement, we can say that we are fully involved in it. 

The Patanjali is a leading institution in various fields and it works at primary level. As far as the matter of its form and understanding it, it’s getting expanded at large scale through inclusion of various works and movements. It’s beyond consideration how will the people evaluate it. The people are yet to know the various works being conducted by us. I don’t know many works being done by Shradheya Swami Jee and probably Swami Jee himself is not aware of the works being done by me. It means that its diversity and deepness are the preface which is seen from front side. Then how will common people evaluate it? The people try to understand the works being done by the Patanjali through their association with it. I am glad that they feel positivity, sympathy and selflessness. The entire citizens in the country talk about us with pride. It’s great achievement for us to complete diversified work in record time. All the great personalities like warriors, martyrs, revolutionaries, spiritualists, etc are respectable for us. But every great personality chose his/her own particular field and worked tirelessly. But Patanjali is providing service in every field. Today, the people consider the Patanjali Yogpeeth as the sacred spiritual place where they get benefitted from veda, shastra, darshan, sadhana, etc. The Patanjali is probably the single institution in the world where small children to older people in the age group of 70-80 years study veda, shastra, etc. When Gurujee teaches Grammar it seems that the entire Patanjali is studying Grammar, while Pujya Sadhvi Devapriya Jee teaches Philosophy, then it seems that everybody is engrossed in pursuing Philosophy. When Pujya Sadhvi Devamayi Jee teaches Sanskrit to the children, then it seems that everybody is reciting Sanskrit. When our sanyasi arrives, it seems that entire Patanjali is filled with chanting of shastra. Yagya is performed in the morning. When a person performs a yagya, he gets published pamphlets, leaflets depicting 21 kundiya yagya, 11 kundiya yagya, 5 kundiya yagya, etc. I was calculating that the havan is conducted around 21-25 places in the Patanjali campus daily. It means that 25 kundiya yagya is conducted here at Patanjali daily. Lakhs of rupees is being spent in the yagya. We have started langar service in the name of Sant Ravidas Jee at Maharshi Valmiki Ashram where cereal field of Patanjali is situated. Thousands of people eat daily there. Around 30, 000-40, 000 people take meal daily in all the campuses of Patanjali. Approximately, Rs 3.5 crore is being spent on the vegetables annually in the institution. If we talk about ration, the institution requires many trucks full of cereals. Around 10-15 trucks are engaged in transporting only ration. There are various branches and sub-branches of the institutions. For the first time in the history, such a large institution was established in record time. It gives glimpse of famous universities like Takshshila, Nalanda and Ujjaini in the field of education. But at the same time, around 10, 000 students were studying there too. But at the Patanjali, around 30, 000-40, 000 students are studying at present. Shradheya Swami Jee is looking forward to construct a global university where one lakh students can study. The dream will get realized. Other subject is the yog. Patanjali continues to conduct yog classes. When the people participate in the yog, it seems that they practise yog at the largest institution. All of you know that lakhs of people visit here to practise yog every year and enjoy facilities like food, accommodation and yog training free of cost. If we talk about skill development, the Patanjali is doing tremendous work in this field. The government needs to make effort at large scale in this field. According to government data, around 62 lakh people have been imparted with training under skill development programme. Here at the Patanjali, crores of people have already been trained in various fields. The Patanjali Yog Samiti is conducting around one lakh yog classes. It’s a tremendous task. Similarly, if we talk about the ayurved, a separate Health Ministry was formed in 1995 and in the same year a trust was set up. If we compare the works being done by both of these, whatever activities the Health Ministry conducts, are the domain of Patanjali. If we evaluate works independently, the Patanjali is doing four times more work in comparison to the Health Ministry. We have conducted research on it. There are various institutions for research and publications from CCRA.  But the Patanjali is the single institution which has conducted great task of research and publication independently. Many people consider Patanjali in the context of only preparing and selling medicines, I would like to inform them that the Patanjali is spending thousands of rupees annually in the field of ayurved. However, the government is supposed to do it. The Patanjali has made great effort to aware the people over ayurved in last few years. Whatever government policies were made for advertising ayurved, remain the same even today. Because, everything is revolving around in the government system. The Patanjali is such institution which is going ahead whether it’s research on yog, research on ayurved, research on medical treatment. In the field of medical treatment, the Patanjali is providing medical advice to the patients free of cost. Even government hospitals too charge Rs 10 for registration of patients. Despite being the private institution, the Patanjali is providing medical advice to around 50, 000 patients free of cost daily. If we charge Rs 100 from every patient, it will amount to Rs 50 lakh daily. We can earn Rs 10-15 crore every month only through registration fee of the patients. But, the Patanjali doesn’t aim at it. The government should exercise such a great task. But, the Patanjali is providing such service to the patients easily free of cost. For this work, we have to spend crores of rupees over salaries of doctors, maintenance of hospital and other arrangements. Apart from it, the entire digital data of the patients has been collected through EMR system. Data and entire documentation are available with us. I remember our respected Mumbai based Gupta Jee who provided software of crores of rupees. He didn’t reveal his name. He is a unique example of donor. His entire institution maintains digitalization work of the Patanjali. We are glad to inform that  we have data of around one crore patients under EMR. Such data is not available with the government record. If we evaluate, we will find that around 10 crore patients got benefitted from medical treatment being provided at the Patanjali. The patients hailing from 70 countries have visited Patanjali Yogpeeth, Yogagram, Niramayam so far. The Patanjali has made great contribution in providing India, glory of India, diversity of India, rishi tradition of India to the entire world. It’s beyond comparison. Providing service is the great example of it. If we talk about naturopathy, yogagram is such institution where the patients are still availing treatment even severe cold. Even the poor can take benefit from it. The government has provided NABH Accreditation for research. We have three world level research labs where hundreds of scientists are conducting research. This research is not for earning money but for service to the nation. All the workers associated with the Patanjali and its various service sankalp are contributing in realizing Shradheya Swami Jee’s dream. Whatever resources Patanjali have, will be utilized for service to the nation. If we have a single rupee, we try to utilize it for work worth Rs 100. Therefore, you can see that Shradheya Swami Jee and I myself am frugal and engaged in social service. Despite having resources, taking about sacrificing it is soothing. It’s imitating. It’s a great lesson for the world. We are working on it how to utilize the resources for society. Today, there are two NABH accredited hospitals with ultra modern apparatus. We have established ayurved and yog at scientific parameter. All the parameters are modern and the patients are treated through yog and ayurved. The Patanjali has huge panchkarm, shaktarm centre, OPD and IPD. The IPD charge is only Rs 50, while the poor patients are provided treatment free of cost. The Patanjali is the only hospital providing such facility. This is an entire prakalp of service.

We have done tremendous work over bio research in the field of cow rearing and bio farming. The Patanjali is doing hard work on bio compost, vermin compost, nedap, extracting oil from traditional articles like kolhu ox. We have seen that no compound gets destroyed while extracting oil from kolhu ox. We are working on this model to bring the people on pure and aesthetic path. The people must use oil extracted from kolhu ox to get rid of various diseases. The villagers must start work to utilize ox in extracting oil to increase the number of cows. The process can save them from going to slaughters. We have already utilized ox in the various works like running flour chakki, producing electricity, kolhu, furrow, buggi, etc. The Patanjali is making available gonile made up of cow urine as bioproduct. We prepare around 50 tonne godhan ark daily. After processing, we are able to prepare around 20 percent ark. It can be imagined that how much work is being done in the field of cow conservation. If we talk about cow milk and ghee, it was available at lower price in India. The people used to sell cow ghee by turning it into buffalo ghee through processing. There was less demand of cow ghee. Through hard work of Shradheya Swami Jee, the use of cow ghee became double. The people started to rear cow. We have started DNA mapping of cows. We are preparing an arranged gene bank with entire classification and data of separate gene. We are also doing work on seeds. The people are unaware that we prepare seeds and make them available to the farmers. We are proud that despite big multinational companies, the Patanjali has made effort in the field of fortification and started food fortified concept in the country. Fortification means to include nutrients in the cereals without changing its taste. The process of fortified product production is based on parameters of FSSAI and quality and food safety management system. The fortification process in all the manufacturing units is highly scientific and validated. The Patanjali is also working on the organic bio fortification under which, bio fortified seeds are prepared by including required elements like zinc, iron, vitamins, micronutrients. We are glad that this work is getting nationwide recognition. The ICCR had halted this work. Now, the Patanjali is fulfilling this work. The Patanjali is working on production of bio fertilizer, bio compost and bio organic seeds. Under skill development programme for doubling farmers’ income, we have started bio farming training successfully in 18 states. Thousands of farmers are leading a happy life. If the government cooperates with us, we will able to reach benefit to the lakhs of farmers in the country.

In the field of ayurved, Divya Pharmacy is playing important role. The foreign companies aim at only earning money, but we prepare medicines with a view to providing service to the people. Many medicines are divya. One of them is ‘Dengunal Vati which has been undertaken clinical trial successfully on 1850 patients after clinical control trial, pre-clinical trial, invitro toxicology, pharmacology. The patients got benefitted from it. The patients spent lakhs of rupees in allopathic treatment while dengue wrecking havoc. The Patanjali distributed dengunal vati free of cost to the patients. We have a complete data of the patients who got benefit from dengue through use of dengunal vati. Lakhs of people got rid of diabetes and hypertension by using madhunashini and muktavati respectively. However, these diseases can be controlled though yog, but the patients have to use medicines due to laziness. You can control diseases through yog, but at the same time if it becomes necessary to use medicines, then use only ayurvedic medicines.

Now the Patanjali has started new revolution in the field of education, after yog, ayurved and swadeshi. The Patanjali is preparing sadhu-sadhvi, celibates at the Patanjali Bal Gurukulam, Vedic Gurukulam and Vedic Kanya Gurukulam for the service to the nation. ‘Acharyakulam’ which is unique experiment ancient culture and modern education is creating new record daily. The Patanjali is also running Patanjali University and Patanjali Ayurved College successfully. Pujya Swami Jee has aimed at constructing Patanjali University with capacity of around one lakh students on the model of Nalanda, Takshshila and Ujjaini through inclusion of modern education in the next 4-5 years. It’s quite impossible without the God’s blessings. Preparing sanyasi like him is quite tough task. Hundreds of brothers and sisters have become sanyasi under his sheer guidance and thousands others are ready to become sanyasi. Think big to become great. Yo bhuma tatsukham na alpe sukhamasti I Over 10, 000 people visit Patanjali Yogpeeth- I and II, Yogagram, Niramayam, etc to get benefit of direct services of Patanjali. I was looking after maintenance of Patanjali Food Park where thousands of suppliers and distributors are engaged. If you estimate that the number of people getting benefited from Patanjali, it will become clear that around one percent population of India means 1.5 crore people are getting benefitted from Patanjali directly or indirectly. If 100 institutions like Patanjali are established, the country will turn into haven. How many people are required for this? There are only two persons are doing tapasya here at Patanjali, then 100 such institutions need 200 people. Swami Vivekanand died while searching for 100 sanyasi like him. Shradheya Swami Jee has found several hundreds sanyasi. But, we have to develop our thought and strength. On many occasions, we fail to complete big task due to trivial thought.

We have to get rid of it. I would like to say to the people of India that if you support Patanjali, then your fortune is the fortune of country and culture. Because, whatever work is being done for culture conservation and nation building, are rarely seen in the centuries. You have the golden opportunity to create history. On this sheer occasion, the God has dispatched you to do your duty. The Patanjali Yogpeeth is the place for tapa, sadhana, and duty. You have come here to get prepared yourself. Many people ask us why are we engaged in this work day-night? We are glad to see happiness on the face of people. We do our duty to get this happiness. If we think that we have to lead a happy and peaceful life, what should we need after it? Why do we make more effort? You can easily reply me. Had we provided peaceful life, we would have been set up hospitals and educational institutions for tribals free of cost in the North East Region. We thought that whatever we do, do for the society. We have to do it uninterruptedly. We have to do our duty spontaneously. Get blessed in work meant for service. It will provide energy and strength. The Patanjali is preparing sanyasi/sanyasini and celibates at large scale. No institution in the country is doing such work despite having resources. Do your duty devotionally as long as you can. Get prepared yourself for service to the nation.

This very year will be celebrated as rajat varsh, tap varsh, seva varsh and sadhana varsh entire year. The entire citizens of the country must try hard to beautify their works and activities. We will celebrate this year by augmenting the activities and diversities of life. Do every work for the countrymen like yog class, plantation, blood donation and training programme, etc wholeheartedly. Our rajat varsh will be celebrated entire year. It will end at the time of kumbh. Whatever activities we do, will be presented during kumbh. We will present jhanki to give inspiration of service to the entire world. Our tap, strength, commitment, etc will be for our society, nation and rishi tradition. We offer naman to all of you.

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