4 - Easy Steps to Yoga by Sri Swami Sivananda, joga, 2010

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EASY STEPS TO YOGA
By
SRI SWAMI SIVANANDA
Sri Swami Sivananda
Founder of
The Divine Life Society
SERVE, LOVE, GIVE,
PURIFY, MEDITATE,
REALIZE
So Says
Sri Swami Sivananda
A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION
First Edition:
1939
Sixth Edition: 1999
(2,000 Copies)
World Wide Web (WWW) Edition: 2000
WWW site: http://www.SivanandaDlshq.org/
This WWW reprint is for free distribution
© The Divine Life Trust Society
ISBN 81-7052-098-3
Published By
THE DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY
P.O. S
HIVANANDANAGAR
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Distt. Tehri-Garhwal, Uttar Pradesh,
Himalayas, India.
PUBLISHERS’ PREFACE
Yoga is right living. This definition may appear to be simple, but really it is very significant,
for the meaning of right living is very wide. Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj explains in an easy and
homely style the basic principles that a beginner in Yoga has to understand and follow. These
Easy
Steps to Yoga
are laid out with a special view to enable the novice to ascend without much difficulty
the heights of spiritual attainment. Ethical and moral discipline forms the foundation of Yoga. Sri
Swamiji has beautifully brought together all the fundamentals: good conduct, non-attachment,
dispassion, unselfish work, sense-control, meditation and knowledge to form a connected piece of
complete information on the practice of Yoga, beginning with bodily health and training, and
ending in Self-knowledge. We bring out the sixth edition of this precious volume for the edification
of students, both in the East and the West, who have no acquaintance with the technicalities
involved in the subject, but are eager to have an adequate grasp of the main guiding principles in
living a life of wisdom arising out of
divine discontent
.
THE DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY
PRAYER TO THE ALMIGHTY
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.
dáSy:s:ð s:v:üB:Üt:ð\:Ø b:ÒaÉN:ð\:Ø g:v:ð\:Ø c: .
edx:Ø s:v:aüs:Ø g:g:n:ð p:v:üt:ð\:Ø n:di\:Ø c: ..
1. dç÷yase sarvabhåteùu bràhmaõeùu gaveùu ca |
dikùu sarvàsu gagane parvateùu nadãùu ca ||
Thou art seen (by the pious and the earnest Sadhakas) in all creatures, in cows and Brahmins
in all quarters of the globe, in the sky, as well as in all rivers and mountains.
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s:h+c:rN:H Â:im:an:Î S:t:S:i\:üH s:h+dákÏ .
tv:ö D:ary:es: B:Üt:aen: p:àeT:v:iö s:v:üp:v:üt:an:Î ..
2. sahasracaraõaþ ÷rãmàn ÷ata÷ãrùaþ sahasradçk |
tvaü dhàrayasi bhåtàni pçthivãü sarvaparvatàn ||
Thou art thousand-footed, the glorious, thousand-headed and thousand-eyed Being. Thou
supportest all the worlds, this earth and the mountains.
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y:ð tv:aö dðv:ö D:ÒØv:ö B:Vty:a B:j:nt:ð p:Ø,\::ð¶:m:m:Î .
)apn:Øv:ent: s:da kam:aen:h l::ðkñ p:r*: c: ..
3. ye tvàü devaü dhruvaü bhaktyà bhajante puruùottamam |
pràpnuvanti sadà kàmàniha loke paratra ca ||
Those devotees who zealously worship Thee, the Highest Lord, eternally glorious Being,
will always be duly rewarded, and have their desires fulfilled in this as well as the other world.
The Ramayana
UNIVERSAL PRAYER
Thou art, O Lord, the Creator of this Universe. Thou art the Protector of this world. Thou art
in the grass and the rose. Thou art in the sun and the stars. Salutations unto Thee, O Destroyer of the
cycle of births and deaths! Salutations unto Thee, O Bestower of Bliss and Immortality!
O Sweet Lord! May I be free from the bonds of death. May I never forget my immortal
nature! May I be able to look upon all beings with equal vision! May I attain the Supreme seat of
Brahman! May I be free from impurity and sin! May I know my essential nature!
Adorations to the Supreme Being, who dwells in the hearts of all beings, who is in the fire
and water, who is in the plants, herbs and trees, who is in the stone, brick and iron bars, and who is
pervading the whole universe.
I bow to Thee, O Secret of secrets! I bow to Thee, O Indweller of our hearts! I bow to Thee,
O Silent Witness of all activities of all minds! I bow to Thee, O Inner Ruler of all beings, who
pervades and permeates and interpenetrates all things of this universe.
Salutations to Thee, the Supreme Lord! Thou art without beginning and end. Thou art the
flower. Thou art the bee. Thou art woman. Thou art man. Thou art the sea. Thou art the waves. Thou
art the old man tottering with a stick. Thou art the saint. Thou art the rogue.
Thou art Light Divine. Thou art Light of knowledge. Thou art the dispeller of darkness.
Thou art the Supreme Guru. Thou art beyond the reach of mind and speech. Thou art beyond any
kind of limitation. Thou art the Self of this universe.
Thou art Self-luminous. Thou art without parts, without actions, without limbs, without any
taint or fault, without birth and death. Thou art our Father, Mother, Brother, Friend, Relative, Guru
and Sole Refuge! Thou art the embodiment of Peace, Bliss, Power, Knowledge, Strength and
Beauty.
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O All-merciful Lord! Through Thy Grace May I realise the Truth. May I always entertain
sublime thoughts. May I realise myself as the Light Divine. May I serve humanity with Atma
Bhava. May I be free from greed, lust, egoism, jealousy and hatred. May I behold the one sweet
Immortal Self in all beings. May I realise Brahman with pure understanding.
May that Light of lights ever guide me! May He cleanse my mind of all impurities! May He
inspire me! May He bestow on me Power, Courage and Strength! May He remove the veil in the
mind! May He remove all obstacles on the spiritual path! May He make my life happy and fruitful. I
bow to Thee, O Lord of lords, O God of gods, O Deva of Devas, the Brahman of the Upanishads, the
Support for Maya and Isvara, the Supreme Bridge to Immortality!
Om Santih! Santih! Santih!
INTRODUCTION
There is restlessness everywhere. Selfishness, greed, wrath, lust are havocing. Fights,
skirmishes, petty quarrels are polluting the atmosphere and creating discord, disharmony and
unrest. Bugle is blown and soldiers are marching in the battlefield to kill their enemies. One nation
is waging war against another nation for acquiring more dominions and more powers. Side by side
peace-movement is working silently for bringing concord, harmony and peace, for eradicating the
dire ignorance, the root cause for human sufferings and disseminating Divine Knowledge or
knowledge of the Self and infusing devotion into the hearts of people. Mysterious is the universe,
still more mysterious is the silent workings of the unseen God, who prompts Rajasic people on one
side to wage war and the Sattvic people on the other side to start Peace Centres for the dissemination
of spiritual knowledge and for bringing peace to the suffering humanity at large.
The Goal of life is the attainment of Self-realisation or God-consciousness. There is one
supreme undying intelligent principle or Essence or Atman or Brahman or the Supreme Self who
dwells in the chambers of your heart. He exists in the past, present and future. He is existence
absolute, knowledge absolute and bliss absolute. Ignorant man vainly searches for his happiness
and peace in perishable external objects, that are conditioned in time, space and causation. He has
no peace of mind. His desires are not gratified. He amasses wealth, begets children, gets titles,
honours, name, fame and yet his mind is restless. He has no abiding joy and lasting happiness. He is
still in want of something. He has no feeling of fullness. This feeling of fullness and eternal
satisfaction can be obtained by realising one’s own Self through spiritual Sadhana, self-restraint,
purity and meditation, and by attaining the highest rung in the Yogic ladder.
Peace and happiness can be found only within. You cannot certainly find it in external
objects. Wealth, women, children, property, palatial buildings cannot give you the everlasting
Peace. Look within. Realise your oneness with that One Supreme Self, who lives in the chambers of
your heart. When you are established in That, which is an ocean of Peace and Happiness, you will
not be shaken even by heavy sorrow, loss or failures, inharmonious and disagreeable vibrations.
You will tide over all difficulties or crises of life very easily and will come back with triumph in all
experiences. Mysterious is this Peace! Marvellous is this Peace! Realise this Peace that passeth all
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