An aspirant reads from the ancient scriptures of his lineage and chants on his holy rudrāksha beads as part of a daily sādhana. Lord Gaṇeśa hovers nearby, holding His noose in one hand and blessing the seeker’s inner efforts with His other hand, held in the “fear not” abhaya mudrā.§
Vyakti Jīvanam§
व्यक्तिजीवनम्§
Section Four§
Personal Life
What is needful? Righteousness and sacred learning and teaching; truth and sacred learning and teaching; meditation and sacred learning and teaching; self-control and sacred learning and teaching; peace and sacred learning and teaching; ritual and sacred learning and teaching; humanity and sacred learning and teaching.§
Kṛishṇa Yajur Veda, Taittarīya Upanishad 1.9. UPM, P. 109§