Get up in the morning not later than five o’clock. Utilise the morning hours till six o’clock in the repetition of the Divine Name and meditation of Lord’s exalted attributes.

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Take only Sattwic, i.e., non-irritant food and eschew all stimulants.

 

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Don’t read flimsy and sensational literature but be reading the lives of saints and their teachings.

 

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Never enter into discussions on religious or any other subjects with anybody.

 

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Be unassuming and simple in your habits of life.

 

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Be good, kind and serviceable to all who are in need of sympathy and assistance.

 

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Keep the Name of God always on your lips whenever you are disengaged from other works.

 

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Conceive a love for solitude and have resort to it now and again so that you can more easily tune your thoughts with God in an undisturbed place.

 

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Seek the society of saints.

 

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Maintain Brahmacharya.

 

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Don’t court the society of men who are immersed in sensual pleasures.

 

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In other words, keep yourself perfectly pure in thought, word and deed.

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