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1、CONTENTSPAGEFromAtoZ9Breathing(Supplement'A')133Stones(Supplement'B')141Diet(Supplement'C')148WhyyoushouldNOTexercise(Supplement'D')157WHATTHISBOOKISSuchalotofpeopleliketohavebigwords.SuchalotofpeoplemessupthewholethingwhentheygoinforBigWords.Ilikesmallwords.
2、Itissomucheasiertosaywhatonemeanswithsmallwords.Afterall,ifwearegoingtoreadabookinEnglish,orSpanish,wedonotnormallyneedSanskritorHin-dustaniorChinesewords.However,somepeoplelikeBigWords.ThisisanhonestattempttogiveyouaDictionaryofcertainwords,andtogointosomede
3、tailaboutthemeanings.Insomeinstancesthemeaningcouldwellconstituteamonograph.Monograph?MONOGRAPH?Whatisamonograph?Ashortessayononesubjectwillexplainit.ButletusgetonwithourlittleDictionarybecausethatiswhatyouwillbeinterestedin.IthoughtthatfirstofallIshouldsay—J
4、ustAWord!WewillstartwiththeletterA.Icannotthinkofanywhichcomesbefore,sothefirstwordis:ABHINIVESHA:ThisindicatespossessivenessrestrictedtoaloveoflifeonEarth.Itisanattachmenttothethingsoflifeandafearofdeathbecauseofthelossofpossessionswhichthatwillbring.Misersl
5、ovetheirmoney,andtheyfeardeathbecausedeathwillpartthemfromtheirmoney.TothosewhosufferfromthisparticularcomplaintIwillsaythatnoonehasyetsucceededintakingevenapennyintothenextlife!ABSTINENCES:Wehavetoabstain,orrefrainfromdoing,certainthingsifwearetoprogressonth
6、eroadtospirituality.Wemustrefrainorabstainfrominjuringothers;wemustre-frainfromtellinglies.Theft—wemustavoidtheftbecauseitisalteringthematerialbalanceofanotherpersonifwestealfromthem.Sensuality?Thatisanimpureformofsex,andwhilepuresexcanelevateone,sensualityca
7、nruinonespiri-tuallyaswellasfinancially!Greedisathingofwhichweshouldnotbeguilty.Mankindislentmoneyorabilitiesinorderthatwemayhelpothers.Ifwearegreedyandrefusetohelpincaseofgenuineneed,thenwemaybesurethathelpwillberefusedusintimeofneed.IfonecanhonourtheFiveAbs
8、tinences-abstentionfromin-9juringothers,abstentionfromlies,abstentionfromtheft,abstentionfromsensuality,andabstentionfromgreed,thenonecanbeatpeacewiththeworld,althoughitdoesnotfollowthatt
