Kindly understand that Medicine is Not Always Found in Pharmacies

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Take enough of these medicines and you'll rarely need the ones in Pharmacies

Snakes and Ladders of Life from Birth to Nirvana

The 13th century poet saint Gyandev created a children's game called Moksha Patam, which was renamed by the British as Snakes and Ladders.

  • Ladders Faith (12th square)
  • Ladders Reliability (51st square)
  • Ladders Generosity (57th square)
  • Ladders Knowledge (76th square)
  • Ladders Asceticism (78th square).

Squares with snake lying mouth open.

  • Disobedience (The 41st square)
  • Arrogance (44th square)
  • Vulgarity (49th square)
  • Theft (the 52nd square)
  • Lying (58th square)
  • Drunkenness (the 62nd square)
  • Debt (69th square)
  • Murder (73rd square)
  • Anger (the 84th square)
  • Greed (92nd square)
  • Pride (95th square)
  • Lust (99th square)

The tops of each ladder depict a God, or one of the various heavens (kailasa, vaikuntha, brahmaloka) and so on. As the game progressed various actions were supposed to take you up and down the board as in life.

Way to Bliss

by Swami Sivananda ji in Easy Steps to Yoga

  • God is the dispeller of ignorance, sorrow and fear. He is the bestower of Eternal Happiness. Know Him. He ever dwelleth in thee
  • Cultivate a very strong faith in God. Faith is the gateway to God. Faith can work wonders.
  • Put your heart, mind, intellect and soul even in your smallest act. This is the secret of success.
  • Be temperate in eating, drinking, sleeping, amusing and in all other things.
  • Follow the correct principles of living. Strive for health, strength, success and God-realization.
  • Give. Give. Give. Give freely and spontaneously. Give everything. Here lies the secret of abundance.
  • Always act with faith and determination. Be firm in your resolve and fiery in your determination. Have an iron will.
  • Let bygones be bygones. Let the past be buried. There is a brilliant future for you. Exert. Exert. Exert.
  • Be always cheerful and smile away your worries. Develop your will by eradicating desires, egoism and hatred.
  • Sensual indulgence leads you to destruction. Renunciation leads to Immortality. Give up clinging and attachment.
  • Right thoughts make right deeds, right actions and an admirable character. Therefore develop right thinking.
  • Keep the reason pure. Free yourself from egoistic notions. Destroy I-ness and mine-ness. Attain liberation. Be free. Enjoy Bliss.
  • Serve. Love. Give. Restrain (the Indriyas and mind). Be good. Do good. Be kind. Be pure. Be patient.
  • Grow. Expand. Evolve. Destroy separateness. Mix with all. Develop cosmic love. Become selfless.
  • Be vigilant and diligent. Watch and pray. Fast and meditate. Persevere. Destroy fear, worry and anxiety.
  • Serve Sadhus. Have Satsanga. Sing the Names of the Lord. Live in seclusion for a month. Live on milk and fruits. Meditate.
  • “Who am I? What is Samsara? What is Brahman? What is bondage? What is freedom? What is Maya? What is Avidya?” Do Vichara.
  • Become dispassionate. Calm the mind. Have a one-pointed and a balanced state of mind always.
  • Embrace spirituality. Practise purity. Do charity. Develop nobility. Cultivate magnanimity. Attain Divinity.
  • Have purification. Do concentration. Cultivate reflection. Practise meditation. Achieve perfection.

Source: www.dlshq.org/download/easy-steps-to-yoga/

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