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Practice of Meditation
by Sri Swami Sivananda

Meditation is doubtless difficult. It will be very difficult, nay indeed impossible for a beginner to take to subtle meditation all at once. There must be graduated practices and the mind must be rendered very subtle for higher practices of concentration and meditation. Just as the archer first aims at gross things, target, etc., and then takes to subtle points, so also the student of Yoga should do gross concentration to start with and then take to subtle concentration practices. There must be gradual ascent in the successive stages of Yoga. But, Yoga Bhrashtas like Jnana Deva or Sadasiva Brahman of Karur, Trichinopoly, Trilinga Swami and others can at once take to higher stages. Such persons are very, very rare indeed.

The object of meditation in the beginning must be Personal God, the body of Virat, or the four-armed Maha Vishnu, or the flute-bearer Lord Krishna or Rama or any other object. Later on, meditation can be practised on Impersonal God. In Savitarka meditation you will have a comprehensive understanding and knowledge of the objects, their excellence and defects, all the features, present, past and future, and also those near and remote, even those unheard of or unthought of. The whole knowledge of the objects and elements will be revealed to you. The name Sampatti is given to the four experiences collectively, Savitarka, Savichara, Sananda and Asmita. Sasmita Samadhi culminates in Dharmamega Samadhi. Then comes absolute dispassion for him. This brings him Asamprajnata Samadhi.

Why do you read many books? It is of no use. The great book is within your heart. Open the pages of this inexhaustible book, the Source for all knowledge. You will know everything.

What is that knowledge of Brahman or the Source or Self? Close your eyes. Withdraw the senses. Merge deep in the Supreme Soul, the Light of lights, the Sun of suns. Complete knowledge will be revealed to you. You will have direct intuitional knowledge and divine wisdom by direct perception. All doubts will vanish now. All mental torments will disappear. All hot discussions, heated debates will terminate.

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Yours in the service of Gurudev,

Pannirselvam

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BOOK SYNOPSIS

Self-Knowledge
By Swami Sivananda

The lessons given in this book are particularly addressed to those who have no faith in religion, God, the Law of Karma, theory of reincarnation, a life beyond and an after-world (Metempsychosis, Eschatology, etc.).

These are the collection of the lessons given to the struggling souls in the world, to many atheists, during the last 15 years. Now they are all far advanced in the spiritual line and entirely free from the miseries and troubles of the world.

Through the help of these lessons, many aspirants were able to remove all obstacles and pitfalls in their daily Sadhana and they received a new hope and joy in the spiritual line.

This book is like ‘Chintamani’ or ‘Kalpaka’ tree or ‘Kamadhenu’ cow which will satisfy all desires of people who approach it.

For more information, please see: Self-Knowledge

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REVERE ALL PROPHETS: “Do you attend the church services?” the Master once asked Vijayalakshmi, a Hindu girl educated in a Christian convent.

The girl nodded and the Master utilised the occasion to shed light on her path.

“Do not believe as the Christians do, that Christianity alone shows the path to salvation, that their religion alone is the true religion. It is wrong to believe that Christ was the only prophet. We have had many such prophets appearing from time to time. The Indian view is that Buddha, Krishna, Rama, Christ, Mohammed and other prophets were great messengers of God. They perfected themselves through severe penance and austerities. They were all Self-realised souls. We revere Lord Jesus as much as we revere Lord Krishna. The teachings of Christianity, such as: ‘Blessed are the pure at heart for they shall enter the Kingdom of God’, are of the greatest value to us. So, go to church, follow their teachings, consider Christ as an Avatara, but do not hold the limited view that he alone was the only prophet. Truth cannot be the exclusive property of any individual, however great he might be. We should guard ourselves against bigotry.”

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"Taste the spiritual consciousness by withdrawing the mind from the sensual objects and fixing it on the object of meditation. This will lead you to Samadhi, the highest goal of Yogis." - Swami Sivananda

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