Instructions for all Human Being -

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Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 7 Chapter 15--Instructions for Civilized

Human Beings

 

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Sixteen Points For A Successful Life.

 

1. By making plans with determination, one should give up lusty

desires for sense gratification.

 

2. By giving up envy one should conquer anger.

 

3. By discussing the disadvantages of accumulating wealth one should

give up greed.

 

4. And by discussing the truth one should give up fear.

 

5. By discussing spiritual knowledge one can conquer lamentation and

illusion.

 

6. By serving a great devotee one can become prideless.

 

7. By keeping silent one can avoid obstacles on the path of mystic

yoga.

 

8. And simply by stopping sense gratification one can conquer envy.

 

9. By good behavior and freedom from envy one should counteract

sufferings due to other living entities.

 

10. By meditation in trance one should counteract sufferings due to

providence.

 

11. And by practicing hatha-yoga, pranayama and so forth one should

counteract sufferings due to the body and mind.

 

12. Similarly, by developing the mode of goodness, especially in

regard to eating, one should conquer sleep.

 

13. One must conquer the modes of passion and ignorance by

developing the mode of goodness.

 

14. And then one must become detached from the mode of goodness by

promoting oneself to the platform of suddha-sattva.

 

15. All this can be automatically done if one engages in the service

of the spiritual master with faith and

devotion.

 

16. In this way one can conquer the influences of the modes of

nature.

 

 

 

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