{"id":740,"date":"2026-07-19T13:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T23:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/?p=740"},"modified":"2025-07-25T17:00:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T03:00:03","slug":"lesson-99-merging-with-siva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/lesson-99-merging-with-siva\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 99 \u2013 Merging with \u015aiva"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/MwS-Lesson-99.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Recording: Gurudeva&#8217;s cloned voice<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Restraints and Observances<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When we are children, we run freely, because we have no great subconscious burdens to carry. Very little has happened to us. Of course, our parents and religious institutions try to prepare us for life\u2019s tests. But because the conscious mind of a child doesn\u2019t know any better, it generally does not accept the preparation without experience, and life begins the waking up to the material world, creating situations about us\u2014magnificent opportunities for failing these tests. If we do not fail, we know that we have at some prior time learned the lesson inherent in the experience. Experience gives us a bit of wisdom when we really face ourselves and discover the meaning of failure and success. Failure is just education. But you shouldn\u2019t fail once you know the law. <br><br>There have been many systems and principles of ethics and morality established by various world teachers down through the ages. All of these have had only one common goal\u2014to provide for man living on the planet Earth a guidepost for his thought and action so that his consciousness, his awareness, may evolve to the realization of life\u2019s highest goals and purposes. The ancient yoga systems provided a few simple yamas and niyamas for religious observance, defining how all people should live. The yamas, or restraints, provided a basic system of discipline for the instinctive mind. The niyamas, or positive observances, are the affirming, life-giving actions and disciplines. From the holy Vedas we have assembled here ten yamas and ten niyamas, a simple statement of the ancient and beautiful laws of life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>The Ten Yamas, Restraints for Proper Conduct from the Vedas<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Noninjury, ahi\u1e41s\u0101: Not harming others by thought, word, or deed.<br>Truthfulness, satya: Refraining from lying and betraying promises.<br>Nonstealing, asteya: Neither stealing, nor coveting nor entering into debt.<br>Divine conduct, brahmacharya: Controlling lust by remaining celibate when single, leading to faithfulness in marriage.<br>Patience, ksham\u0101: Restraining intolerance with people and impatience with circumstances.<br>Steadfastness, dh\u1e5biti: Overcoming nonperseverance, fear, indecision and changeableness.<br>Compassion, day\u0101: Conquering callous, cruel and insensitive feelings toward all beings.<br>Honesty, straightforwardness, \u0101rjava: Renouncing deception and wrongdoing.<br>Moderate appetite, mit\u0101h\u0101ra: Neither eating too much nor consuming meat, fish, fowl or eggs.<br>Purity, \u015baucha: Avoiding impurity in body, mind and speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>The Ten Niyamas, Observances For Spiritual Life from the Vedas<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Remorse, hr\u012b: Being modest and showing shame for misdeeds.<br>Contentment, santosha: Seeking joy and serenity in life.<br>Giving, d\u0101na: Tithing and giving generously without thought of reward.<br>Faith, \u0101stikya: Believing firmly in God, Gods, guru and the path to enlightenment.<br>Worship of the Lord, \u012a\u015bvarap\u016bjana: The cultivation of devotion through daily worship and meditation.<br>Scriptural listening, siddh\u0101nta \u015brava\u1e47a: Studying the teachings and listening to the wise of one\u2019s lineage.<br>Cognition, mati: Developing a spiritual will and intellect with the guru\u2019s guidance.<br>Sacred vows, vrata: Fulfilling religious vows, rules and observances faithfully.<br>Recitation, japa: Chanting mantras daily.<br>Austerity, tapas: Performing s\u0101dhana, penance, tapas and sacrifice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Restraints and Observances When we are children, we run freely, because we have no great subconscious burdens to carry. Very little has happened to us. Of course, our parents and religious institutions try to prepare us for life\u2019s tests. But because the conscious mind of a child doesn\u2019t know any better, it generally does not <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/lesson-99-merging-with-siva\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-merging-with-siva"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=740"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3326,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740\/revisions\/3326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}