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Paperback: 128 + xii pages
Book Dimensions: 7.0 x 5.0 x 0.25 inches
Shipping Weight: 130 gramsANANDA GITA
(The Song of Bliss)
by Swami Sivananda
Table of Contents
Publishers’ Note vii Introduction viii Chapter I
WHAT IS DIVINE LIFEDivine Life 3 Religion 4 Essence of Gita 6 Chapter II
WAY OF ATTAINMENTSadhana 9 Satsanga 10 Guru Is Necessary 12 Virtue and Vice 13 Pleasure and Pain 15 All about Mind 16 How to Control the Mind? 18 Sankalpa and Its Destruction 20 Ahamkara or Egoism 22 Way to Peace 24 Special Instructions 25 Chapter III
KARMA YOGAPractice of Karma Yoga 28 Anasakti Yoga 29 Chapter IV
BHAKTI YOGAWhat Is Bhakti Yoga 32 Power of Prayer 34 Surrender and Grace 35 Chapter V
RAJA YOGAElements of Raja Yoga 38 Vrittis 39 Ahimsa 41 Satya 43 Brahmacharya 45 Kriya Yoga 47 Pranayama 48 Concentration 50 Meditation 52 Obstacles in Meditation 54 Experiences in Meditation 56 Samadhi 57 Sleep and Samadhi 59 Chapter VI
OTHER YOGASHatha Yoga 61 Asana Yoga 63 Benefits of Asanas 71 Kundalini Yoga 72 Lambika Yoga 74 Nada Yoga 76 Japa Yoga 77 Yogas of Synthesis 79 Chapter VII
JNANA YOGAYoga of Wisdom 82 Nature of the Atman 84 Thy Real Nature 85 Maya 87 Nature and Workings of Maya 89 Avidya 90 Good and Evil 91 Puriashtaka Body 93 Bondage and Liberation 94 Bliss, Immortality, Freedom 96 Vivarta Vada 98 Vichara 99 Discrimination 100 Vairagya 101 Who am I? 103 Pranava or OM 105 Asparsa Yoga 106 Moksha or Final Blessedness 109 Immortality 110 Bliss Absolute 111 What Is Jivanmukti 113 Who Is a Jivanmukta 115 Essence of Upanishads 116 Essence of Yoga Vasishtha 118 Gist of Vedanta 122 Chapter VIII
UPASAMHARAMokshapriya Addresses His Guru 124 Swami Sivananda to Mokshapriya 125
Publishers’ Note
This small volume written by Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj, is appearing in print for the fourth time.
A study and, what is more important, diligent practice of the lessons, would convince the reader beyond all doubt that this small volume gives the essence of Yoga Sadhana in a most practical manner.
The simple, lucid, direct and forceful style that characterises Sri Swamiji's writings is born of more than a quarter of a century of Tapas, meditation, intense practical application of Yoga Sadhana, and sympathetic understanding of the aspirant's problems that Sri Swamiji Maharaj has been solving by his spiritual preceptorship to thousands all over the world.
May all the readers be spiritually illumined and be blessed with this unique book come from one great saint.
THE DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY
Introduction
Who is Mokshapriya?
Mokshapriya is a young seeker after Truth. He is a practical illustration of Sri Swami Sivanandaji's principle that one should renounce the world in youth. He has negatived the temptations of the flesh, the beckoning of Mara or Satan. He is a very quiet and peace-loving Sadhaka; and he has controlled the innate Rajas in man. He loves seclusion, and has set at naught the theory that man is a sociable animal. He is a thorough-going introvert; he has blinded himself to the false glittering of the sense-objects. He is convinced of the futility of seeking after anything mundane, and of the glory of seeking after a Brahma Vidya Guru. He has, therefore, resorted to the Bhumandala Sad Guru Sri Swami Sivanandaji; and today he shines in the lovely apparel of Tapas, Svadhyaya and Guru Seva.
Mokshapriya, in his (previous) life, comes of a very respectable family of Hyderabad. He is a Graduate in Mathematics. He stood first in the whole State. His teachers loved him; he captured their heart by his studiousness, keen intelligence, quick grasp and intense application. Even as a student he was considered a genius by his professors. He worked for sometime as a Mathematics teacher; and all students were eager to be his pupils! Then he gave up the job and devoted all his time to the study of philosophy and Yoga. This took him to the feet of Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj.
Glory to Sri Mokshapriya through whom Sri Swamiji has given to the world his priceless Ananda Gita, even as Lord Krishna gave the Gita through Sri Arjuna. May all young men follow his example and become Mokshapriyas!
Swami Chidananda
Chapter I
What is Divine LifeDivine Life
What is Divine Life? To shed the animal in Man, and to sublimate the human in him into the Divine; to express this sublimation in his daily, hourly life, in thought, word and deed--that is Divine life.
Mokshapriya said:
Tell me, Swamiji, what is divine life?
Swami Sivananda replied:
O Mokshapriya, divine life is life in God or Brahman or the pure Spirit.
To pray, to do Japa or recite the names of the Lord at all times, to sing His glory, to do Kirtan, to meditate on His form, Lilas and attributes, is divine life.
To speak the truth at all costs, to speak sweetly with love, to practise non-violence, celibacy, to behold the Lord in all forms is divine life.
To be ever in communion with the Lord by annihilating mine-ness and egoism through faith, devotion and self-surrender is divine life.
To study the Gita, the Upanishads, the Ramayana, the Bhagavata, the Yoga-Vasishtha, the Koran, the Bible, the Zend Avesta, and to follow the teachings contained therein is divine life.
O beloved disciple, feel His presence everywhere. Love all. Serve all. Be kind to all. Be tolerant. Be humble. Be pure. Be patient. Be forgiving. This is divine life.
Drive away Rajas (passion) and Tamas (inertia) and fill the mind with Sattva (purity). This is divine life.
Cultivate the divine virtues, straightforwardness; courage, serenity, generosity, mercy, self-restraint. This is divine life.
Keep up a balanced mind in success and failure, censure and praise, honour and dishonour, gain or loss, heat and cold. This is divine life.
O Mokshapriya, give up identification with the body, wife, children and property; identify yourself with the All-pervading, Immortal Brahman, and rest peacefully in Brahman. This is divine life.
Religion
Religion unites the individual soul with the Supreme Soul. Real religion is Self-realisation. Essentials of all religions are the same. Different religions are essential. Universal religion is LOVE.
Mokshapriya said:
O adorable Swamiji, speak to me on Religion.
Swami Sivananda answered:
O Mokshapriya, religion shows the way to Self-realisation of eternal life in Brahman.
O beloved aspirant, religion unites the individual soul with the Supreme Soul.
Real religion, O Mokshapriya, is above mind and senses. Real religion is Self-realisation.
Know that life without religion, O Jijnasu, is a dreary waste and is real death.
O Mokshapriya, the fundamentals or the essentials of all religions are the same. Non-essentials or rituals only differ.
Each religion, O seeker after Emancipation, is suitable to that particular man who is in a particular state of evolution. Different religions are, therefore, essential.
O Mokshapriya, the universal religion is the religion of heart or love, the religion of Vedanta or Oneness.
O Adhyatmic hero, every religion teaches: there is one eternal, all-pervading, immortal, omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, self-luminous, timeless, spaceless, formless, birthless, deathless, all-blissful, all-peaceful, Supreme Being. Speak the truth. Love all. Serve all. Purify your heart. Never hurt others' feelings. Do not kill any creature. Be pure, observe celibacy. Be generous. Be merciful. Be charitable. Forgive the mistakes of others. Be tolerant. Control the senses and the mind. Concentrate. Meditate and attain God-realisation. Then alone, O Mokshapriya, can you be ever blissful and peaceful.
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