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💡 Pillars of Existence
0**. Initiation
1. Jajan
2. Jaajan
3. Ishtabhriti
4. Swastayani
5. Sadachar**
🔥 Panchabarhi & Saptarchee ******
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Swastayani Vrata - As Lord Says
(poetic-translation from Anushruti Vol. 1)
“Take care of the body
as a temple of Lord's deity
Maintain it according to the Law
Keeping it endurant and healthy. (1)
Whenever however
Your Complex peeks,
Drift its tendencies to
establish Lord's needs. (2)
Good thoughts on any work
When come in your mind,
Do act! Resisting all aversions
Losing no time. (3)
In your neighbours' becoming
Keep your Self's desire,
Stir them up to their well-being,
Igniting your Lord's fire. (4)
Daily before serving yourself
As you can to your capacity
Offer oblations with devotion
Maintaining hygiene and sanctity; (5)
Practice all these maxims daily.
In every work, all the time -
These rules of Swastayani
with your unfailing, unswaying mind.
Completing thirty days
Monthly offering with oblation
Send them for Lord's fulfillment,
Keep the rest for your expansion.
All your life just like this,
Continuing with Lord's Stay,
This is called Swastayani
The Ultimate Vrat -The Greatest Way.
What is Swastyayani?
Ans: ‘Observing the five principles of Swastyayani Vrata fanatically and sentimentally in human life is the path for a good life or ‘swastyayani’ as I call.’ said Sri Sri Thakur (Nana Prasange; Part. 2: Page:181)
What are the five principles of Swastyayani Vrata?
Ans: The five principles are:
- Maintain your physique in tune with the providence, so as to keep it healthy and endurable, presuming it to be the temple of Lord.
- Streamline the urge of your complexes towards establishment of the interests of Lord.
- Translate immediately into action, the activity that you consider to be good, resisting all obstacles.
- Interest yourself in the existence and growth of your neighbours and candle their prosperity by making them the followers of Lord
- Offer oblation everyday to your Lord, with devotion and purity, as per your capability, before serving to yourself.
Understanding Swastayani through Questions Answered by Master, Sree Sree Thakur Anukulchandra Himself
Conceptual Issues on Swastyayani
- Q: Which one was introduced first? Istabhrity or Swastyayani?
- Q: What was the objective of formulating Swastyayani Vrata?
- Q: How did Swastyayani Vrata start?
- Q: Did Swastyayani exist before Sri Sri Thakur’s advent?
- Q: Does Swastyayani mantra work like autosuggestion?
- Q: It seems that Swastyayani aims at involving one in worldly affairs.
Swastyayani Vrata Principles
- Q: What is the meaning of Observing swastyayani Vrata?
- Q: What it is the importance of ‘translate immediately into action’ as mentioned in 3rd principle?
- Q: What it is the implication of the 4th principle i.e. Interest yourself in the existence and growth of your neighbors?
- Q: By taking care of health, will not our mind get inclined towards the body?
- Q: If someone is smoking, is he breaking swastyayani principle?
- Q: If out of five principles, one principle could not be followed?