Serve Love Give Purify Meditate Realise
Ananda Kutir Ashrama © Chiltern Yoga Trust (Australia)
Om Namah Shivaya
Om Namah Venkatesaya
- Meditate
The buddhi must face inwards.
The mind must face inwards and by that light provided by God, we will see the world as it is and not have false values.
- Give
Right from the very beginning of the practice of Yoga, the student discovers that the intelligence in the body is capable of meeting every situation that arises in life from moment to moment.
This is the "purpose" of the Yoga asanas - postures.
- Give
Once a while, overwhelm the other person with your generosity.
When he expects two, just two cents, give him a few dollars and see what happens.
See the glow in the other person's face.
Feel the delight in his heart!
Perhaps that is the Light of God!
- Give
Gurudev didn't believe at all that the giver was in any way superior to the recipient, the beneficiary.
To him to give was itself a blessing.
So whenever He gave He always used this formula that occurs in the Bhagavad Gita:
"Whoever offers Me with devotion and a pure mind a leaf, a flower, a fruit or a little water - I accept."
- Give
That which asks for a reward is the ego, and that which rejects an offering is also the ego.