Author: Sri Swami Chidananda
Publisher: Divine Life Society
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 104
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8170521432
Description
A life without spiritual sadhana is a dreary waste. A life with spiritual sadhana is wise living-a life that will lead to Blessedness. The combination, the blending together, the harmonizing, the combining of an active inner spiritual life with an active outer secular life, fulfilling of legitimate duties and obligations-unavoidable, inevitable actions-this combining of the spiritual with the secular, the Divine with the earthly was Gurudev’s special mission.
And to that end he gave us one aspect of His teachings in the form of the 20 Important Spiritual Instructions. These instructions comprise a harmonizing of the outer and the inner, the emphasising of the inner and practicing of the teachings of the ancient sages and seers of the Upanishads, practicing of the teachings of all the saints who through the centuries have graced and blessed Bharatavarsha by their ideal life and teachings.
This practice, together with the normal life is Gurudev’s special teaching to the world, and summing up, the practical 20 Important spiritual Instructions give us the key to Blessedness even while living in the world and through the world itself.
Contents
PUBLISHERS NOTE
PREFACE
UNIVERSAL PRAYER
TWENTLY IMPORTANT SPIRITUAL INSTRUCTIONS
CHAPTER I
Introduction
Practice (Abhyasa)
Procedure of commencing Reading of the Spiritual Instructions
CHAPTER II
Get up at 4.00 a m
Asana –Asana
Japa
Dietetic Discipline
Meditation Room
Charity
Svadhyaya
Brahmacharya
Perpetuation of the Species
Power of Brahmacharya
Duties of Householders
Brahmacharya in Modern Society
Advantages of Brahmacharya
Books on Brahmacharya
Prayer-Slokas
Satsanga
Fast on Ekadasi
Benefits of Fasting
Japa Mala (Rosary)
Vow of Silence (Mouna)
Go into Silence
Speak the Truth
Reduce Your Wants
Never Hurt Anyone
Do not Depend on Servants
Self-Analysis
Do Your Duty Privilege and Duty
Think of God When You Wake Up
CHAPTER III
Resolves
Resolve Form
Gurudev’s Legacy to Posterity
Conditions for Membership
Twenty Precepts for Practice-a poem
Sadhana Tattva