Serve Love Give Purify Meditate Realise
Ananda Kutir Ashrama © Chiltern Yoga Trust (Australia)
Om Namah Shivaya
Om Namah Venkatesaya
- Give
Gurudev would never use words like "pay", "salary", or "wages".
He looked upon His servants as manifestations of God.
This was His attitude throughout His life.
Whatever He gave was always a humble offering unto God.
- Love
Division and devotion prevail all the way in Bhakti Yoga.
At the very start, the devotee notices that the mind has cleverly divided the whole world into "What I like" and ''What I dislike".
Devotion eliminates this by making the mind no-mind but pure love.
- Serve
Life is an art.
Spiritual life or sadhana is still a greater art.
Every stroke of the brush matters very much - we should carefully plan it and do every action after great thought.
Thought, word and deed must be delicate and purposeful.
- Meditate
Nothing but meditation - coupled with selfless service, enables us to rise above these two currents of infatuation, attachment, desire - and hate, anger and aversion.
- Realise
The bird awakes without ambition. It sings without inhibition.
Meditation at dawn dispels the darkness of ignorance.
When the sun of Self knowledge arises, the ever existent Reality shines.