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A CALL TO LIBERATION
by Swami Chidananda
Table of Contents
Publisher’s Note v Introduction
1. Respond to the Eternal Call
5 2. Until the Very Last Breath 7 Part One: The Spiritual Preceptor
and the DiscipleA. THE ESSENCE OF THE GURU-DISCIPLE RELATIONSHIP
3. The Heart of the Guru 15 4. Guru-Bhakti 18 5. Guru Sishya Yoga 23 6. The Essence of the Guru-Disciple Relationship 27 B. WHAT SHOULD BE THE RESPONSE OF THE DISCIPLE
7. Self-awareness As Distinguished from Ego-consciousness 37 8. Supreme Grace and Self-effort: The Life Triumphant 41 9. An Awakening Must Be Followed by Purposeful Action 46 10. True Discipleship 51 11. Permeate Your Life with Divine Bhava 55 12. Be Aware of the Guru’s Presence 59 C. WHAT GURUDEV TAUGHT US
13. Gurudev’s Awakening Call 67 14. Die to Live 72 15. The Penetrating Vision That Beholds Everything As a Blessing 76 16. Our Relationship with God, World and Self 80 17. Why You Are Called Radiant Atman 85 18. What Gurudev Taught 90 19. How to Lead the Divine Life 92 Part Two: The Foundation and
Fundamentals of LiberationA. INTRODUCTION TO THE FOUNDATION AND FUNDAMENTALS OF LIBERATION
20. Wisely Discern the Foundation and Fundamentals of the Spiritual Life 98 B. WHAT IS LIBERATION?
21. What Is Bondage? What Is Liberation? 103 22. What Is the Greatest Victory? 107 23. Is Liberation Possible in This Very Birth? 109 24. The Essence of All Spiritual Practices 112 C. TRUTH, NON-INJURY, PURITY
25. The True Basis of Morality 117 26. Never Abandon Virtue 119 27. A Call to Rebirth 123 28. The Glory of Truth, Non-injury and Purity 127 29. Truth 137 30. The First Step 141 D. SURE GUARANTEES OF SUCCESS
31. Be Clear About the Goal 149 32. Developing a Longing for God 153 33. Sustained Enthusiasm 156 34. Today Move Onwards and Upwards 158 35. How Gurudev Became What He Was 161 36. Do You Have a Sense of Urgency? 165 37. Belief, Faith, Being and Doing 169 38. Effort Linked with Faith 172 39. He Is Your Guide, Friend and Philosopher 176 40. See the Great Reality Even in Obstacles 179 41. Daily Life: A Test of Inner Sadhana 184 E. DISCRIMINATION
42. The Implications of the Law of Karma 191 43. Discrimination 193 44. Fine-tuning Your Discrimination 198 45. Practice and Dispassion 201 46. Duality in Non-duality 203 F. IT’S YOUR CHOICE
47. You Are What You Choose to Become 211 48. What Will Be Your Choice? 215 49. Choose to Dwell in Truth 220 50. You Choose What You Behold: God or Maya 227 51. Choose to Manifest What You Are 231 G. SELF-CONTROL
52. Liberation Has an Immediate Relevance 237 53. Self-management Is Essential for Liberation 242 54. The Overcoming of Oneself 245 55. Is Denial of Self-expression Doing Violence to Oneself? 249 H. INTROSPECTION
56. Take Responsibility: Introspect 257 57. Always Scrutinise Your Inner Motives 259 58. Ask Yourself a Plain Question 262 59. Metaphysical Introspection 265 Part Three: The Path to Liberation
A. THE SUPREME VISION OF
SANATANA VAIDIKA DHARMA60. The Vedic Vision of Life 275 61. The Harmony Between Grace and Divine Power 278 62. The Indian Hindu Experience of the Personal God 282 63. The Life Breath of Sanatana Vaidika Dharma 286 64. The Greatest Discovery of Our Upanishadic Seers 290 65. Life Is Upheld by Sacrifice 294 B. THE UNDERSTANDING AND PRACTICE OF THE SUPREME TRUTH
66. Brahman in Time and Space 299 67. The Central Purpose of All Spiritual Practices 301 68. The Heart of the Spiritual Problem 305 69. By What Light Is Consciousness Known? 309 70. Understanding Thou Art That 313 71. The Realm of 10,000 Awakenings 318 72. Abide in Your Self! 322 73. How We Should Approach Great Truths 326 74. Practise the Great Revelation 329 75. Non-duality and You 334 76. It Is What You Are and Do That Counts 336 77. Knowledge, Meditation and Spiritualising Your Life 339 C. LIBERATION AND THE MIND
78. Be Aware of Your Interim Dimension 346 79. With What You Have, Make the Highest and Best Use 355 80. Convert Your Mind into a Liberator 359 81. Our Relationship to the Inner and Outer World 362 82. Abide Beyond the Mind 367 83. Living Concentration 372 84. Withdrawal of the Mind Through Prayer 375 85. You Decide the Direction the Mind Will Take 379 86. Mind Was Not Given To Be a Problem 382 D. DEVOTION, FAITH, SURRENDER
87. Undivided Love 389 88. Devotion That Liberates 394 89. Faith Must Be Living 396 90. What Should Be Our Bhava at the Feet of the Lord? 399 91. A Faith That Sustains 402 92. Responding to the Call of God 406 93. The Sure Solution 409 94. Real Surrender and Adoration 413 95. Divine Bhava Must Be Constant 416 E. THE LIVING OF OUR LIFE
96. Keep Moving Towards the Great Destination 423 97. The Truth About Karma 426 98. How Action Will Not Bind 429 99. Work That Liberates 431 100. Expand Your Identification to Others 436 101. Dynamic Selflessness
440 102. Liberation Is the Ultimate Simplicity 442 103. Do It Because It’s Right 446 104. The Life That You Are Meant to Live 449 105. To Live for God Is Life 452 106. Bear Witness to the Truth 456 Touchstones
107. Are You Becoming a Better Person? 463 108. Is the God-nature Growing in You? 467 Glossary
Glossary 473
Publisher’s Note
In each successive generation for innumerable centuries the saints and sages of India have issued forth the call: "uttishthata jagrata prapya varan nibodhata (Arise, awake, having reached the wise become enlightened)." In the twentieth century this timeless call was also echoed by His Holiness Sri Swami Sivananda, the saintly founder of the Divine Life Society, and has been continued by the revered Swami Chidananda who succeeded him in 1963 as president of the Society.
This powerful book, like its predecessor Ponder These Truths, has been compiled from Swamiji’s inspiring early morning meditation talks given in the Samadhi Hall of Holy Master Swami Sivanandaji’s sacred Samadhi Shrine in Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh. Seekers throughout the world will find within a universal message and a compelling call.
Sanskrit language words have been put in italics. Normally, their meaning can be understood by the context or their English equivalent which follows within commas or parenthesis. Otherwise, the meaning can be understood by referring to the Glossary.
THE DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY
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