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Living the divine life [Paperback] [Aug 01, 2012] Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati
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51 pages, Paperback
Published August 1, 2012
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Niranjanananda Saraswati
140 books60 followersGuided by his guru, Swami Satyananda Saraswati, from birth, at the age of four Niranjanananda came to live with him at the Bihar School of Yoga in Munger where he received training in yogic and spiritual sciences through yoga nidra.
In 1971 he was initiated into Dashnami sannyasa, and thereafter for eleven years he lived overseas, mastering skills in varied areas, acquiring an understanding of different cultures and helping establish Satyananda Yoga ashrams and centres in Europe, Australia, North and South America.
At the behest of his guru, he returned to Munger, India in 1983 to guide the activities of Bihar School of Yoga. In 1990 he was initiated as a paramahamsa sannyasin and in 1995 anointed spiritual preceptor in succession to Swami Satyananda Saraswati.
Author of many classic books on yoga, tantra and the upanishads, Swami Niranjan is a magnetic source of wisdom on all aspects of yogic philosophy, practice and lifestyle. He ably combines tradition with modernity as he continues to nurture and spread his guru’s mission from his base at Munger.
In 1971 he was initiated into Dashnami sannyasa, and thereafter for eleven years he lived overseas, mastering skills in varied areas, acquiring an understanding of different cultures and helping establish Satyananda Yoga ashrams and centres in Europe, Australia, North and South America.
At the behest of his guru, he returned to Munger, India in 1983 to guide the activities of Bihar School of Yoga. In 1990 he was initiated as a paramahamsa sannyasin and in 1995 anointed spiritual preceptor in succession to Swami Satyananda Saraswati.
Author of many classic books on yoga, tantra and the upanishads, Swami Niranjan is a magnetic source of wisdom on all aspects of yogic philosophy, practice and lifestyle. He ably combines tradition with modernity as he continues to nurture and spread his guru’s mission from his base at Munger.
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January 11, 2025
The book talks at length about the FOURFOLD Path to Truth, about the great virtues and the great enemies:
1. Discriminative Ability (Vivek)
2. State of Harmony b/w pleasure and the attraction to pleasure, and pain and the rejection of pain. (Vairagya)
"Vairagya" doesn't mean an absence of anything in life; rather, it is a state of being in which you can have everything you desire, yet remain unaffected by the attraction of those things that you crave.
3. "shadsampatti", (the acquisition of 6 virtues or 6 forms of wealth)
I. (Sama): freeing the mind from its obsessive, compulsive nature and from desires.
II. (Dama): managing the senses and the sense responses
III. (Uparati): constantly bringing the mind back to its source
IV. (Titiksha): means endurance, ability to endure the opposites
V. (Shraddha): faith
VI. (Samadhana): keeping the focus
4. "mumukshutva" (the desire, drive and motivation to attain transcendence or liberation).
5. The SIX Enemies:
I. Lust (to manage it do bhakti)
II. Anger (do pranayam)
III. Greed (understand it and control)
IV. Material & Sensorial Attachment (shoonya meditation)
V. Arrogance & Pride (creates opposite emotion of being humble)
VI. Jealousy & Competitiveness (feeling of content and happiness in oneself)
1. Discriminative Ability (Vivek)
2. State of Harmony b/w pleasure and the attraction to pleasure, and pain and the rejection of pain. (Vairagya)
"Vairagya" doesn't mean an absence of anything in life; rather, it is a state of being in which you can have everything you desire, yet remain unaffected by the attraction of those things that you crave.
3. "shadsampatti", (the acquisition of 6 virtues or 6 forms of wealth)
I. (Sama): freeing the mind from its obsessive, compulsive nature and from desires.
II. (Dama): managing the senses and the sense responses
III. (Uparati): constantly bringing the mind back to its source
IV. (Titiksha): means endurance, ability to endure the opposites
V. (Shraddha): faith
VI. (Samadhana): keeping the focus
4. "mumukshutva" (the desire, drive and motivation to attain transcendence or liberation).
5. The SIX Enemies:
I. Lust (to manage it do bhakti)
II. Anger (do pranayam)
III. Greed (understand it and control)
IV. Material & Sensorial Attachment (shoonya meditation)
V. Arrogance & Pride (creates opposite emotion of being humble)
VI. Jealousy & Competitiveness (feeling of content and happiness in oneself)
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