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==================================================================================== Thursday 26, September 2024, 05:30. 3684 / Article Yoga & Mediation Sadhana is the Universalisation of Consciousness: 1. Swami Krishnananda. (Brahma muhurta lecture on Guru Purnima, July 14, 1968) ==================================================================================== It is easier to fast for many days than to eat moderately daily, and it is easier to have complete Mauna than to speak sweetly, because in these steps we go to an extreme and miss the golden mean. This is also true in the case of sadhana. We go into an exuberance rather than be sober persons of self-possessedness. The extreme seems to be easier. To be in the golden mean needs perpetual effort, which we cannot put forth. Hence, the via media is advised. The purpose of sadhana is not to exhibit. It is no use saying that we have done this or that. It makes no difference. It may make a difference to us in achieving an end whi

Swami Chinmayananda: If for every perfect act in the world in any activity, we need the guidance of an instructor, we can well understand the need for a Guru in the spiritual path.  Every great Master has been under the guidance of a teacher. it is not true to say that one can reach the goal just through books. A TEACHER IS NECESSARY! ============================================================================== Tuesday 29, October 2024, 05:30.  SECTION IV. A SYMPOSIUM COMMENTARY ON SWAMI SIVANANDA’S 8TH SPIRITUAL INSTRUCTION: Swami Chidananda. 2.Brahmacharya in Modern Society-6.(Continued) ============================================================================== If an undesirable person tries to enter an exclusive club or restaurant, there are people called bouncers at the door, they will catch hold of him and bodily lift him up and throw him out of the door. He cannot gate-crash and get in. So you must have your own psychological, ethical bouncers within you for all gross gate-c

============================================================================== 1.#Opinion : Thursday 26, September 2024, 05:30. 3684 / 2. #On the Concept of Righteousness and Justice -8. Swami Krishnananda. // ============================================================================== The ethical or what are known as moral laws, also, stand by this test of spirit ruling the letter, intention standing above routine or outer form. Else, how would one explain the universally acceptable law that no one can injure or harm another on any account and yet feel justified in maintaining defence forces to avert self-annihilation? Here is a subtlety which accepts human behaviour and conduct to be regulated not by the instinct of love and hate, but by obedience to the law of the spirit transcending the isolated instincts of individuals or even a group of individuals. Here is the principle of Ahimsa, or non-injury, thrown into the crucible of a test which can be broadly categorised as utility, co