Sunday, 18 March 2012

Towards Fulfillment -  A small booklet by Pujya Swami Avdheshananda Giriji Maharaj, Juna Peethadhishwar Acharya Mahamandaleshwar, enumerating the six steps towards spiritual progress such as Service, Study of  sacred texts, Company of the Wise, Discipline, Spiritual Practices and Self-development that culminates in the absolute joy of total fulfillment. Spiritual Practices that lead to attainment of qualifications necessary for the recognition of one's absolute wholeness are :-
  1. The capacity to discriminate between the permanent and the impermanent
  2. Dispassion towards the perishable
  3. Acquiring of the six-fold  inner wealth of mastery over one's ways of thinking, control over one's sense-organs, forbearance, an abiding mind, reverential trust in the words of the Scriptures and the spirtual preceptor, and resolution of the mind
  4. Keen desire for liberation
These are explained in detail. Pujya Swamiji also describes the important steps in self-development of :-
  1. Observing Oneself
  2. Improving Oneself
  3. Developing oneself
  4. Self-expansion
The booklet in brief gives you everything you need to know about the process of spiritual growth.

The Link is given below - press on it to see the booklet.

LINK: Towards Fulfillment - by Pujya Swami Avdheshananda Giriji