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4. Dietetic Discipline: Take Sattvic food (Suddha Ahara). Give up chillies, tamarind, garlic, onion, sour articles, oil, mustard, asafoetida. Observe moderation in diet (Mitahara). Do not overload the stomach. Give up those things which the mind likes best for a fortnight in a year. Eat simple fool. Milk and fruits help concentration. Take food as medicine to keep the life going. Eating for enjoyment is sin. Give up salt and sugar for a month. You must be able to live on rice, Dhal and bread without any chutney. Do not ask for extra salt for Dhal and sugar for tea, coffee or milk. 5. Have a separate meditation room under lock and key.

2 EASY STEPS TO YOGA6. Do charity regularly, every month, or even daily according to your means, say six paise per rupee.

7. Svadhyaya: Study systematically the Gita, the Ramayana, the Bhagavata,

Vishnu-Sahasranama, Lalita-Sahasranama, Aditya Hridaya, the Upanishads or the Yoga Vasishtha, the Bible, the Zend Avesta, the Koran, the Tripitakas, the Granth Sahib, etc., from half an hour to one hour daily and have Suddha Vichara.

8. Preserve the vital force (Veerya) very, very carefully. Veerya is God in motion or manifestation—Vibhuti. Veerya is all power. Veerya is all money. Veerya is the essence of life, thought and intelligence.

9. Get by heart some prayer-Slokas, Stotras and repeat them as soon as you sit in the Asana before starting Japa or meditation. This will elevate the mind quickly.

10. Have constant Satsanga. Give up bad company, smoking, meat and alcoholic liquors entirely. Do not develop any evil habits.

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Cultivate this kind of Atma-chintana and attain the Anamayapada or the Painless State Param Dhama or Immortal Brahman. Cheer yourself up. Have a cheerful countenance always. Meditate on Om. Think of Om. Sing Om. Om is thy real name. Om is the best tonic, specific or sheet anchor,

panacea or cure-all, ‘pick-me-up’ or sovereign remedy for all diseases. Smile and laugh. Thou art bodiless, undying Soul. Never, never forget this.

9. May God bless you with perfect health, high standard of vigour, strength, vitality and longevity. May you prosper gloriously!

2. Essence of Sadhana

1. Get up at 4 a.m. daily. This is Brahmamuhurta which is extremely  favourable for meditation on God.

2. Asana: Sit on Padma, Siddha or Sukha Asana for Japa and meditation for half an hour, facing the east or the north. Increase the period gradually to three hours. Do Sirshasana and Sarvangasana for keeping up Brahmacharya and health. Take light physical exercises as walking,

etc., regularly. Do twenty Pranayamas. 3. Japa: Repeat any Mantra as pure Om or Om Namo Narayanaya, Om Namah Sivaya, Om

Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya, Om Saravanabhavaya Namah, Sita Ram, Sri Ram, Hari Om, or Gayatri, according to your taste or inclination, from 108 to 21,600 times daily.

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17. Observe Brahmacharya. Get up at 4 a.m. and practice Japa of ‘Hari Om’ or any other Mantra and also meditation for one hour. The Name of the Lord is the best medicine or tonic in the world. You should have intense faith in the power of the Names of the Lord. Incurable diseases are cured by Japa or singing Hari’s Name. Meditation creates new, healthy vibrations in all the cells of the body and removes any kind of disease. All the tissues are bathed in the nectar that flows during meditation. All germs that cause diseases are destroyed. The rationale of this kind of Yogic or spiritual treatment is yet unknown to the medical profession. 8. Why do you unnecessarily introduce foreign drugs into the system? Resort to Nature Cure and Yogic Chikitsa. Practise regularly Pranayama, breathing exercises, Asanas, concentration

and meditation. This is the ideal treatment. Do not think too much of the disease and too much of the body. Too much thinking of the disease will intensify the malady. Keep the mind fully occupied in some way or the other. This is very important. Take away the mind from the body and think of the diseaseless Atma or Soul within, the bed-rock or substratum for the body and mind. 

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3. Do not be carried away by the pompous advertisements made by quacks and charlatans. Lead a simple natural life. You will become all right soon. Do not spend any money in purchasing the so-called patent medicines and specifics. They are worthless. Quacks try to exploit the credulous and the ignorant. Beware. Do not go to the doctors very often. Endeavour to qualify

yourself as your own doctor. Understand the laws of nature and the principles of hygiene and health. Do not trespass against the laws of health.

4. Bask in the sun. Expose your body to the rays of the sun for a short time daily. This is heliotherapy or sun-treatment. Sun is the source of energy and power. You will derive energy and power from the sun.

5. Soak 12 almonds at night. Remove the skin and take the almonds with some sugarcandy in the early morning. Or you can make a refreshing beverage by grinding these almonds with a little black pepper and sugarcandy. This is called ‘thandai’ by the Punjabis. This is a fine, cooling and strength-giving tonic.

6. Rest in bed is necessary. Adjust your diet. Take simple, wholesome, easily digestible, bland and non-irritating food. Give up hot, pungent curries, chutneys and chilliest Rest the stomach and the small bowels by taking recourse to partial fasts. If you can fast for a whole day, it is all the better. Fasting eliminates poisons and overhauls the system thoroughly. You can take sago and milk barley water and fruits like sweet oranges, grapes, etc. If you are thirsty, you can take lemon or orange juice with sugarcandy.  

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TWENTY IMPORTANT SPIRITUAL INSTRUCTIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

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YOGA SADHANA 1. Yoga for Health

1. Most of the diseases take their origin in over-eating, sexual excess and outbursts of anger and hatred. If the mind is kept cool and calm at all times, you will have wonderful health, strength and vitality. Energy is depleted by fits of anger. The cells and tissues are filled with morbid, poisonous materials, when one loses his temper and entertains deep hatred. Various sorts of physical ailments crop up. The blood becomes hot and thin and consequently night pollution results. Various kinds of nervous diseases are attributable to excessive loss of the seminal energy and frequent fits of explosive anger or wrath. 2. Let any disease remain in your body. Do not bother too much. Do not fret and fume.Develop the powers of endurance and resistance. Strengthen your body, mind and nerves. Take plenty of open-air exercises, substantial nutritious food, medicated oil bath and plenty of rest. Have mental and physical recreation. Lead a well-regulated life. Be moderate in food, drink and enjoyments. Lead a spiritual life. All diseases will leave your body by themselves. All microbes

will die, when your vitality, vigour and strength are at a flood tide. This is the secret of health and happiness.

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CHAPTER III

YOGA OF RIGHT CONDUCT

1. Sadachara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

2. Ethical Discipline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

3. Ethics is a Means to Yoga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

4. Glory of Sadachara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

CHAPTER IV

MIND, ITS MYSTERIES AND CONTROL

1. Facts About Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

2. Thought-culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

3. Control of Thought . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

4. Purification of Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

5. How to Steady the Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

6. Control of the Senses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

7. Conquest of Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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VEDANTA

1. Gist of Vedanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

2. Practical Vedanta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

3. Who Am I? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

4. Silence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

CHAPTER VI

PRACTICE OF MEDITATION

1. Auxiliaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

2. Benefits of Meditation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

3. Kinds of Meditation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

4. Obstacles in Meditation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

5. Hints on Meditation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

CHAPTER VII

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

CHAPTER VIII

YOGIC EXERCISES

1. Yogic Alphabet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

2. Padmasana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

3. Siddhasana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

4. Sirshasana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

5. Oordhva-Padmasana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

6. Sarvangasana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

7. Halasana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

8. Matsyasana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

9. Paschimottanasana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

APPENDIX

1. The Universal Prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

2. Serve, Love, Give . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

3. Purify. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

4. Meditate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

5. Realise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

6. Peace Chant . . . . . . . . . . 
We will Discuss The Important Topics  on Yoga and Yoga Sadhana  in later days
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YOGA SADHANA

1. Yoga for Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

2. Essence of Sadhana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

3. Gist of Karma Yoga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

4. Bhakti Yoga Sadhana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

5. Pearl-drops of Prema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

6. How to Spend Your Holidays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

7. Message to Retired People. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

8. A Dynamic Yoga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

9. Way to Bliss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

CHAPTER II

IMPORTANCE OF BRAHMACHARYA

1. What Is Brahmacharya? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2. Glory of Brahmacharya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

3. Power of Lust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

4. How to Keep Up Brahmacharya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

5. Mental Discipline (Bhava) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

6. Sadhana for Success in Brahmacharya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

7. Garland of Brahmacharya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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