A Call To Liberation

by Swami Chidananda

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Paperback: xii + 484 pages
ISBN: 81-7052-137-8
Book Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.7 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 600 grams

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 Disciple
A. 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 Liberation
A. 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 DHARMA
60. 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

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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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