Awake! Realise Your Divinity!
by Swami Chidananda
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Book Code: EC65
Paperback: xvi+339 pages
ISBN: 8170521548
Book Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.75 inches
Shipping Weight: 400 grams
Table of Contents
| About This Book (Back Cover) | |
| Publisher’s Note | |
| Introduction | |
| 1. Keep open the door of your heart | 2 |
| 2. Nothing is impossible for faith & sincerity | 8 |
| 3. One-pointed aspiration for God alone | 10 |
| 4. Completing One’s Spirituality | 13 |
| 5. Proximity to God: The essence of Spiritual life | 15 |
| 6. Worship that is dear to the Lord | 18 |
| 7. Have divinity in your mind and heart | 21 |
| 8. Subjective dimension of Prayer | 23 |
| 9. Wisdom makes devotion fruitful | 29 |
| 10. The folly of Ego | 35 |
| 11. Your real problem | 42 |
| 12. A time for intense introspection | 49 |
| 13. Adding our effort to God’s Grace | 54 |
| 14. Let Idealism be born in the Human Heart | 58 |
| 15. Strength & Humility | 64 |
| 16. The Key To Your Transformation | 66 |
| 17. Affirm Truth Reject Untruth | 72 |
| 18. True Sannyasa | 76 |
| 19. The offering that will delight the Guru | 82 |
| 20. See God in all | 85 |
| 21. Reverence to the Guru means following his instructions | 90 |
| 22. Heaven & Hell are within us | 92 |
| 23. What Gurudev is for us | 94 |
| 24. Understand your life | 99 |
| 25. Does the Guru ever die? | 102 |
| 26. Obedience is better than reverence | 105 |
| 27. His Golden Teachings | 111 |
| 28. The Vision of Divine Life | 117 |
| 29. Serve to Purify, Kill the little “I” | 122 |
| 30. The country is independent, but are we free? | 125 |
| 31. The Divine Insurance Company | 131 |
| 32. The Divine Advent | 137 |
| 33. A Good Beginning | 140 |
| 34. Meaning of Idealism | 145 |
| 35. Claim your birthright | 152 |
| 36. Feeling the suffering of others | 159 |
| 37. The Quintessence of the Spiritual Quest | 162 |
| 38. The Art & Science of being rooted in the One | 165 |
| 39. Awakening! Illumining! Liberating! | 169 |
| 40. How will we manifest the Divine power? | 175 |
| 41. The All-conquering Power | 180 |
| 42. Sadhana means active effort | 184 |
| 43. What is the background of your thought? | 190 |
| 44. What is the Greatest Victory? | 195 |
| 45. Constantly be victorious over all Undivine forces | 200 |
| 46. What self should be given expression? | 203 |
| 47. The right moment to begin anew | 208 |
| 48. Ask: What am I living for? | 212 |
| 49. Live in the Light | 217 |
| 50. You are the Light | 221 |
| 51. Can we rejoice always? | 228 |
| 52. Obedience to the highest law | 230 |
| 53. The Divine Commander | 235 |
| 54. Essential ingredients of a Victorious Spiritual life | 239 |
| 55. The Assurance of Victory | 242 |
| 56. Never Despair | 246 |
| 57. The Great Assurance | 249 |
| 58. The Gita Yoga | 255 |
| 59. Being & Doing | 260 |
| 60. The Divine Trinity | 262 |
| 61. Their Fiery Call to us | 268 |
| 62. The Call of the Great Ones | 275 |
| 63. Thy Kingdom Come | 279 |
| 64. Hunger & Thirst after Righteousness | 283 |
| 65. Thy Will be done | 287 |
| 66. Heaven is where God is | 293 |
| 67. Vratas : Their Spiritual significance | 297 |
| 68. True Worship of Lord Visvanatha | 300 |
| 69. Take a stand | 304 |
| 70. True Spirituality transforms | 311 |
| 71. Making your Spiritual Life whole | 316 |
| 72. Let Your Life be a witness to the Divine reality | 321 |
| Index of Special Occasions | 325 |
| Glossary | 328 |
ABOUT THIS BOOK
This volume is a selection of early morning meditation talks given on thesesacred days, and other special occasions, by the President of The Divine Life Society,H.H. Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj. They were given in the sacred Samadhi Hall of theillustrious Founder of the Society, His Holiness Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj, atSivananda Ashram, Rishikesh, India. These early morning meditation talks of SwamiChidanandaji Maharaj are completely Sadhana based and are guidelines for all devotees,explained in a simple way, and are a real inspiration for aspirants who are pining forthe life eternal.
Sanskrit language words have been put in italics. Normally their meaning can beunderstood by the context or their English equivalent which follows within commas orparenthesis. Otherwise, the meaning can be understood by referring to the Glossary.
PUBLISHERS’ NOTE
The whole year for the Indians is built around sacred days of worship of the various expressions of the One, Non-dual Divine Reality. This volume is a selection of early morning meditation talks given on these sacred days, and other special occasions, by the president of The Divine Life Society, H. H. Sri Swami Chidananda Maharaj. They were given in the sacred Samadhi Hall of the illustrious founder of the Society, His Holiness Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj, at Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh, India. These early morning meditation talks of Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj are completely Sadhana based and are guidelines for all devotees, explained in a simple way, and are a real inspiration for aspirants who are pining for the life eternal.
Two other widely acclaimed volumes of Swami Chidananda’s meditation talks—Ponder These Truths and A Call to Liberation—were published earlier. The talks contained in this book were given during the period 1988 to 1999 and were reserved for this unique publication. Like the talks in the two preceding volumes, these powerful messages will be found to be highly beneficial and inspiring to seekers from all faiths. Swamiji uses these special occasions as an opportunity to urge his listeners to renew their aspiration and striving for the goal of life, God-realization. In addition, many of the talks give new and penetrating insights into the occasions that inspired them.
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
INTRODUCTION
Oh Man! With every Sun-rise and every Sun-set, one day of your life is lost. By so much, your span of life has been shortened. In so much less time you have to do what ever you have to do. Therefore Arise! Awake! Do not postpone. Be up and doing. Be active upon the spiritual path.
Wake up, open your eyes and behold God before you in this manifest creation. He lives and moves in the form of all creatures from superior man to tiny insect. Live to serve and adore the living God. Let life become your dynamic worship of the divinity that indwells all beings.
Gurudev Swami Sivananda reminds you of your divinity, you are a radiant ray of the Eternal Light of lights, a child of God. Therefore make your life Divine with purity, truth and compassion, with selfless service, love for God, daily meditation and realisation. May all success attend upon you in the sublime task of divine life!
INDEX OF SPECIAL OCCASIONS
|
The Millennium Period |
Talk 1 |
| The New Year | Talk 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
| Sri Mahasivaratri | (The all night worship of Lord Siva in February or early March) Talk 8 |
| Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu Jayanti | (The birth of Sri Krishna Chaitanya, full moon day in March) Talk 9, 10, 11 |
| Lunar New Year | (mid March to mid April) Talk 12, 13 |
| Sri Rama Navami | (The birth of Lord Rama, late March or April) Talk 14 |
| Sri Hanuman Jayanti | (The birth of Hanuman, late March or April) Talk 15 |
| Sri Buddha Jayanti | (The birth of Lord Buddha, full moon day in May) Talk 16 |
| Sri Adi Sankaracharya Jayanti | (The birth of Sankara, the founder of the philosophy of Advaita Vedanta or absolute monism) Talk 17 |
| Anniversary of Sannyasa Diksha of H.H. Sri Swami Sivananda | (June 1) Talk 18 |
| Guru Purnima | (Worship of the guru, full moon day in July) Talk 19, 20, 21 |
| Sadhana Week | (Following Guru Purnima) Talk 22 |
| Punyatithi Aradhana of H.H. Sri Swami Sivananda | (Worship on the anniversary of the passing of H.H. Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj, the illustrious founder of The Divine Life Society, usually eight days after Guru Purnima) Talk 23, 24, 25 |
| Thursday—Weekly Guru Puja Day | Talk 26, 27, 28, 29 |
| India’s Independence Day | (August 15) Talk 30 |
| Rakshabandhan | (Full moon day in August) Talk 31 |
| Sri Krishna Jayanti | (The birth of Lord Krishna, the eighth day after the August full moon) Talk 32 |
| Sri Ganesha Chaturthi | (The worship of Lord Ganesha, the fourth day after the new moon late August or September) Talk 33 |
| The visit of the President of India to Sivananda Ashram | Talk 34, 35 |
| Sri Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti | (The birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, October 2nd) Talk 36 |
| Sri Navaratri Puja | (The nine-day worship of the Divine mother, late September or October) Talk 37, 38, 39, 42 |
| Friday—Weekly Divine Mother Puja Day | Talk 40, 41 |
| Vijaya Dasami | (The day of victory following Navaratri) Talk 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48 |
| Dipavali | (The festival of lights, new moon day October-November) Talk 49, 50, 51 |
| Sri Bali Puja | (The day following Dipavali) Talk 52 |
| Sri Skanda Shashthi | (The six-day worship of Lord Skanda or Karthikeya) Talk 53, 54, 55, 56, 57 |
| Sri Bhagavad Gita Jayanti | (The anniversary of the Bhagavad Gita Discourse late November or December) Talk 58, 59 |
| Sri Dattatreya Jayanti | (The birth of Lord Dattatreya, full moon day, December) Talk 60 |
| December worships | (The message of the Bhagavad Gita, Dattatreya and Jesus) Talk 61, 62 |
| Christmas | (The birth of Lord Jesus) Talk 63, 64, 65, 66 |
| Ekadasi | (The eleventh day of the lunar fortnight, normally a day of fasting) Talk 67 |
| Pratishtha Mahotsava of Sri Visvanatha Mandir | (The anniversary of the installation of the deities in the Visvanatha Temple, December 31, 1943) Talk 68 |
| The Year End | Talk 69, 70, 71, 72 |
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