20 Spiritual Instructions to Help You Live a Better Life

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These twenty directions contain the actual embodiment of all Yoga Sadhana, Karma, Bhakti, Jnana and Yoga will all come to one who follows them earnestly. They are the unfailing keys to fast and powerful turn of events and culture of the physical, mental, moral and otherworldly self of man.

1. BRAHMAMUHURTA

Get up at 4 a.m. day to day. This is Brahmamuhurta which is incredibly good for Sadhana. Do all your morning profound Sadhana during this period from 4 a.m. to 6:30 or 7 a.m. Such Sadhana gives speedy and greatest advancement.

2. ASANA

Sit on Padmasana (lotus present), Siddhasana (proficient’s posture) or Sukhasana (any posture you like) for your Japa and contemplation for 30 minutes, pointing toward the east or north. Increment the period steadily to three hours. Practice Sirshasana (headstand) and Sarvangasana (shoulderstand) for support of wellbeing and Brahmacharya. Accept light actual activities as strolling, and so forth, consistently. Complete twenty rounds of simple, agreeable Pranayama (breathing activities). Try not to strain yourself while doing Pranayama.

3. JAPA

You can rehash any Mantra (holy syllable, for example, unadulterated Om or Om Namo Narayanaya, Sri Slam, Sita Smash, Sri Slam Jaya Slam Jaya Smash, Om Namah Sivaya, Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya, Om Saravanabhavaya Namah, Hari Om, or Gayatri (a hallowed Vedic Mantra), as per your taste or tendency, from multiple times to multiple times day to day. Aficionados of Christ might rehash the name Jesus or Leap of faith, Mother of Jesus. Parsis, Sikhs and Muslims might choose a name or Mantra from the Zend Avesta, Granth Sahib or Koran individually.

4. DIETETIC DISCIPLINE

Take Sattvic food. Surrender chillies, tamarind, garlic, onion, sharp articles, oil, mustard, asafoetida. Notice control in diet (Mitahara). Try not to over-burden the stomach. Surrender those things which the psyche prefers best for a fortnight on more than one occasion in per year. Eat straightforward basic food. Milk and natural products help fixation. Accept food as medication to make all the difference for the life. Eating for delight is a transgression. Surrender salt and sugar for a week or a fortnight. You should have the option to live on rice, dhal and bread with no pickle. Try not to request additional salt for dhal, and sugar for tea, espresso and milk. Individuals taking non-vegetaraian diet ought to make an honest effort to surrender tissue eating as totally as conceivable progressively. They will be enormously benefited.

5. Reflection

Have a different contemplation room safely guarded. In the event that this is unimaginable then a side of the room ought to be separate with a little fabric screen or drape drawn across. Keep the room perfectly spotless.

6. SVADHYAYA

Concentrate on deliberately the Gita, Ramayana, Bhagavatam, Vishnu-Sahasranama,Lalita-Sahasranama, Adityahridaya,Upanishads, Yoga Vasishta,Bible, Impersonation of Christ, Zend Avesta, Quran, the Tripitakas, the Granth Sahib and other strict books from thirty minutes to one hour everyday, and have Suddha Vichara (unadulterated considerations).

7. Raise THE Brain

Get by heart some request – Slokas (petitioning heaven sections), Stotras (psalms) and rehash them when you sit in the Asana prior to beginning Japa or reflection. This will raise the brain rapidly.

8. BRAHMACHARYA

Save the crucial power (Veerya (original energy)) incredibly, cautiously. Veerya is God moving or appearance (Vibhuti). Veerya is all power. Veerya is all cash. Veerya is the quintessence of life, thought and knowledge. This guidance isn’t for unhitched males as it were. Householders likewise should follow it beyond what many would consider possible. They should be very moderate in their conjugal associations with their life partner. This is vital.

9. Noble cause

Do noble cause routinely, consistently, or even everyday as indicated by your means. Never bomb in this thing. Assuming that important forego a few individual needs however keep up this foundation consistently.

10. HAVE SATSANG

Surrender terrible organization, smoking, meat and alcoholic mixers altogether. Have consistent Satsang (relationship with blessed individuals). Foster no malicious propensities. Intentionally apply to foster positive righteous characteristics.

11. Quick

Quick on Ekadasi (eleventh day of the Hindu lunar fortnight) or live on milk and natural products as it were. Christians should quick on substitute Sundays, Muslims on substitute Fridays, and Parsis on a reasonable day each fortnight.

12. JAPA MALA

Have a Japa Mala (rosary) around your neck or in your pocket or under your pad around evening time. This will help you to remember God. Spin the dots during your relaxation. You ought to rehash the Name consistently, anything that task you might be taken part in.

13. Notice MOUNA

Notice Mouna (promise of quiet) for several hours day to day. Try not to make motions and incoherent commotions during the time of quiet.

14. DISCIPLINE OF Discourse

Talk reality at all expense. Talk a bit. Talk pleasantly. Continuously utter empowering words. Never censure, reprimand or deter. Try not to speak more loudly and yell at small kids or subordinates.

15. BE CONTENT

Decrease your needs. Assuming you have four shirts, decrease the number to three or two. Carry on with a cheerful, satisfied existence. Keep away from pointless concern. Be intellectually isolates. Have plain living and high reasoning. Consider the individuals who don’t have even one-10th of what you have. Share with others.

16. PRACTICE LOVE

Never hurt anyone. Ahimsa Paramo Dharmah (Non-injury is the most noteworthy goodness). Control outrage by affection, Kshama (absolution) and Daya (empathy). Serve the debilitated and the poor with adoration and friendship. This is administration of God.

17. BE Independent

Try not to rely on workers. Independence is the most noteworthy of all excellencies.

18. HAVE SELF-Examination

Consider the mix-ups you have committed over the span of the day, not long prior to resigning to bed (self-investigation). Keep a day to day profound journal and self-remedy register as Benjamin Franklin did. Keep an everyday daily schedule and resolve-structure. Try not to brood over previous mishaps.

19. Carry out YOUR Responsibility

Recollect that passing is looking for you at each second. Never neglect to satisfy your obligations. Have unadulterated direct (Sadachara).

20. Be in GOD

Consider God soon as you awaken and not long before you nod off, and at any remaining times regardless of whether participated in any work. Rehash His Name generally. Give yourself over totally to God (Saranagati).

This is the pith of all otherworldly Sadhana. It will lead you to freedom. This large number of otherworldly standards should be inflexibly noticed. You should not give any mercy to the brain.