Item Code: IDG169by SWAMI SIVANANDAPaperback (Edition: 2006)THE DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY ISBN 8170520061 Language: English Size: 8.5" X 5.5" Pages: 360 |
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To everyone striving for success in life, the invariable stumbling block proves to be the turbulent vagaries of the mind. An undisciplined mind makes a man a slave and wrecks his life. Controlling and subduing it is the most vexing of problems to the earnest seeker of happiness. The vital importance of the subject, therefore, prompted H. H. Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj to write this comprehensive work "MIND-ITS MYSTERIES AND CONTROL." It is meant of serve as a valuable guide to all aspirants and is also of immense help to anyone in any walk of life. Being the outcome of personal experience of the revered author and written with a practical end in view, "MIND-ITS MYSTERIES AND CONTROL" is a treasure worthy to be possessed and constantly.
About the Author:
Born on the 8th September, 1887, in the illustrious family of Saga Appayya Diskhita and several other renowned saints and savants, Sri Swami Sivananda had a natural flair for a life devoted to the study and practice of Vedanta. Added to this was an inborn eagerness to serve all and an innate feeling of unity with all mankind. His passion for service drew him to the medical career; and soon he gravitated to where he thought that his service was most needed. Malaya claimed him. He had earlier been editing a Health Journal and wrote extensively on health problems. He discovered that people needed right knowledge most of all; dissemination of that knowledge he espoused as his own mission. It was divine dispensation and the blessing of God upon mankind that the doctor of body and mind renounced his career and took to a life of renunciation to qualify himself for ministering to the soul of man. He settled down at Rishikesh in 1924, practiced intense austerities and shone as a great Yogi, Saint, Sage and Jivanmukta. In 1932 he started the Sivanandashram. In 1936 was born The Divine Life Society. In 1948 the Yoga-Vedanta Forest Academy was organized. Dissemination of spiritual knowledge and training of people in Yoga and Vedanta were their aim and object. In 1950 he undertook a lightning tour of India and Ceylon. In 1953 he convened a 'World Parliament Reliogions'. He is the author of over 300 volumes and has disciples all over the world, belonging to all nationalities, religions and creeds. To read his works is to drink at the fountain of Wisdom Supreme. On 14th July, 1963 he entered Mahasamadhi.
About the Book:
'Moksha' is freedom from births and deaths and the attainment of supreme Immortal Bliss. Moksha is the goal of life.
Moksha Gita is the essence of Vedanta and all Upanishads. It is the "Song of Salvation". It will throw much light on the spiritual path and help you all in the attainment of freedom and Immortality.
| Prayer | vi | |
| Publisher's Note | vii | |
| Preface | ix | |
| 1. | What Is Mind? | 3 |
| 2. | Mind and Body | 22 |
| 3. | Mind, Prana and Kundalini | 28 |
| 4. | Mind and Food | 32 |
| 5. | The Three Avasthas | 36 |
| 6. | The Three Gunas | 42 |
| 7. | The Psychic States | 45 |
| 8. | The Mental Faculties | 54 |
| 9. | The Three Doshas | 58 |
| 10. | Suddha Manas and Asuddha Manas | 60 |
| 11. | Vrittis | 65 |
| 12. | Theory of Perception | 70 |
| 13. | Chitta and Memory | 79 |
| 14. | Samskaras | 85 |
| 15. | Sankalpa | 94 |
| 16. | Thought Creates the World | 99 |
| 17. | Avidya and Ahankara | 106 |
| 18. | The Power of Thought | 110 |
| 19. | Thought-culture | 121 |
| 20. | Vasanas | 132 |
| 21. | Desires | 138 |
| 22. | Raga-Dvesha | 146 |
| 23. | Pleasure and Pain | 152 |
| 24. | Viveka | 158 |
| 25. | Vairagya and Tyaga | 160 |
| 26. | Control of Indriyas | 166 |
| 27. | Mauna and Introspection | 173 |
| 28. | Evil Vrittis and Their Eradication | 178 |
| 29. | Cultivation of Virtues | 203 |
| 30. | How to Control the Mind | 205 |
| 31. | Concentration | 229 |
| 32. | Meditation | 238 |
| 33. | Experiences and Obstacles in Meditation | 254 |
| 34. | Samadhi | 266 |
| 35. | Manonasa | 275 |
| 36. | The Mind Compared | 280 |
| 37. | Essence of Jnana Yoga | 285 |
| 38. | The Mind in a Jivanmukta | 298 |
| 39. | The Powers of a Yogi | 302 |
| 40. | Necessity for a Guru | 304 |
| 41. | Hints to Aspirants | 306 |
| APPENDIX I | ||
| To the Mind | 309 | |
| APPENDIX II | ||
| Psychic Influence | 329 | |
| APPENDIX III | ||
| Annihilation of Mind | 342 | |
| GLOSSARY | 345 | |
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