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1. POWER OF DISCIPLINE

2.  nama om vishnu-padaya krishna-preshthaya
bhutale
 srimate bhaktivedanta-swamin iti namine
 namas te saraswate deve gaura-vani-pracharine
 nirvishesha shunyavadi pashchatya desha tarine
 śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda śrī-advaita
gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda
"I offer my respectful obeisances unto His
Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupada, who is very dear to Lord Krishna,
having taken shelter at His lotus feet.
Our respectful obeisances are unto you, O
spiritual master, servant of Bhaktisiddhanta
Sarasvati Gosvami. You are kindly preaching the
message of Lord Caitanya deva and delivering
the Western countries, which are filled with
impersonalism and voidism."
Pranama mantra to His Divine Grace A.
C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

3. DEFINITION - TAPA, SADHANA, ABHYASA, SVADHYAYA, YAJNA, DANA
TAPA – DISCIPLINE OF BODY, MIND, SPEECH
DISCIPLINE IN A STUDENT LIFE
CHALLENGES IN DISCIPLINE AND DISCIPLINE RECIPE
DISCIPLINE FOR KALI YUGA. SADHANA NOW

4. DISCIPLINE IS…
 Discipline is action or inaction that is regulated to be in accordance with a particular
system of governance. Discipline is commonly applied to regulating human and animal
behavior. In the academic and professional worlds a discipline is a specific branch of knowledge,
learning or practice
 The practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior, using punishment and
encouragement to correct disobedience
 WhY train? WHAT FOR?
 SADHANA
 SHASANA
 SEVA
 TAPA
विनय m. vinaya discipline
शासन n. zAsana discipline
योग m. yoga discipline
अभ्यास m. abhyAsa discipline
विनय m. vinaya humility
तपस् n. tapas special observance
The Vedas and severe austerity are known as brahma (vedas tattvaṁ tapo brahma).
Brahma also means “the Absolute Truth.” One has to cultivate knowledge of the Absolute Truth by
pursuing studies in the Vedas and undergoing severe austerities and penances. (SB 4/31/2
purport)

5. STUDY
WORK
ARMYSPORT
Where DISCIPLINE is applied?
PERSONAL LIFE &
ACHIEVEMENTS
SPIRITUAL SADHANA
RELATIONSHIP & FAMILY

6.  BG 18.5:
Actions based upon
 sacrifice,
 charity, and
 penance
should never be abandoned; they
must certainly be performed.
Indeed, acts of sacrifice, charity, and
penance are purifying even for those
who are wise.
SB 4.29.68, purport
If the regulative principles ordered
by the spiritual master are followed
rigidly, the mind will gradually be
trained to desire nothing but the
service of Kṛṣṇa. Such training is the
perfection of life.

7. Tapa, sadhana and all kind of disciplined activities help us to control
body and senses. It is what we call “pratyahara”.
It is said, that real bhakta/yogi is like an old coconut – he is still within
the shell of this nut but if we shake it we will see – it is not attached to
the shell.
By discipline we can do this separation from the shells of gross and
subtle bodies. Separating sense objects from senses, mind from senses,
our true selves from mind. We become observers.
The essence of discipline – to separate one’s own
mind from one’s desires.
How? By attaching it to the guru’s and Krsna’s
desires.
This way we will separate our selves and minds, we
will learn the position of observer.

10. ŚB 2.9.24
सृजामि तपसैवेदं
ग्रसामि तपसा पुन: ।
बिभमिि तपसा ववश्वं
वीर्यं िे दुश्चरं तप: ॥ २४ ॥
sṛjāmi tapasaivedaṁ
grasāmi tapasā punaḥ
bibharmi tapasā viśvaṁ
vīryaṁ me duścaraṁ tapaḥ
I create this cosmos by such
penance, I maintain it by the
same energy, and I withdraw it
all by the same energy.
Therefore the potency is
penance only.

11. तप
तपस्र्या

12. ŚB 2.9.23
प्रत्र्याददष्टं िर्या तत्र
त्वयर्य कििवविोदिते ।
तपो िे हृदर्यं साक्षादात्िािं
तपसोऽनघ ॥ २३ ॥
pratyādiṣṭaṁ mayā tatra
tvayi karma-vimohite
tapo me hṛdayaṁ sākṣād
ātmāhaṁ tapaso ’nagha
O sinless Brahmā, you may
know from Me that it was I who
first ordered you to undergo
penance when you were
perplexed in your duty. Such
penance is My heart and
soul, and therefore penance
and I are nondifferent.

13. DEFINITION - TAPA, SADHANA, ABHYASA, SVADHYAYA, YAJNA, DANA
TAPA – DISCIPLINE OF BODY, MIND, SPEECH
DISCIPLINE IN A STUDENT LIFE
CHALLENGES IN DISCIPLINE AND DISCIPLINE RECIPE
DISCIPLINE FOR KALI YUGA. SADHANA NOW

14. Disciplining the Body
Discipline of the body consists
of:
 Worship of God, the
learned, ones teachers and
superiors like the father
and mother
 Internal & External
Cleanliness
 Simplicity
 Purity (brahmacarya)
देवद्ववजगुरुप्राज्ञपूजनं
शौचिाजिवि ् |
ब्रह्िचर्यििदिंसा च
शारीरं तप उच्र्यते ||14||
deva-dvija-guru-prājña-
pūjanaṁ śaucam ārjavam
brahmacaryam ahiṁsā ca
śārīraṁ tapa ucyate
BG 17.14

15. Disciplining the Speech
Discipline of the Speech
consists of:
 Speaking words that are
truthful, pleasing,
beneficial
 Not speaking agitating/
offensive words to others
 In regularly studying and
reciting wisdom literatures
अनुद्वेगकरं वाक्र्यं
सत्र्यं वप्रर्यदितं च र्यत् |
स्वाध्र्यार्याभ्र्यसनं चैव
वाङ्िर्यं तप उच्र्यते
anudvega-karaṁ vākyaṁ
satyaṁ priya-hitaṁ ca
yat
svādhyāyābhyasanaṁ caiva
vāṅ-mayaṁ tapa ucyate
BG 17.15

16. Disciplining the Mind
Discipline of the Mind
consists of:
 Serenity of thought,
 without duplicity towards
others,
 silence,
 self-control,
 purity of purpose —
all these are declared as the
austerity of the mind.
िन: प्रसाद: सौम्र्यत्वं
िौनिात्िववयनग्रि: |
भावसंशुद्धिररत्र्येतत्तपो
िानसिुच्र्यते || 16||
manaḥ-prasādaḥ
saumyatvaṁ
maunam ātma-vinigrahaḥ
bhāva-sanśhuddhir ity
etat
tapo mānasam uchyate
BG 17.16

17. Discipline: Sign of a Leader
 One who has command
over his words, mind and
body is qualified to
command the World
“A sober person who can
 tolerate the urge to speak,
 the mind's demands,
 the actions of anger and
 the urges of the tongue, belly
and genitals
is qualified to make disciples all
over the world.”
väco vegam manasah krodha-
vegam
jihvä-vegam udaropastha-vegam
etän vegän yo viSaheta dhiraH
sarväm apimäm pRthivim sa
shiSyät
Upadeshamrta 1

18. How to get rid of material
disturbances?
Regulation in all aspects of
Life, such as
 habits of eating,
 sleeping,
 recreation and
 work
leads to mitigation of all
material pains by practicing
the Yoga system
र्युक्तािारवविारस्र्य र्युक्तचेष्टस्र्य
कििसु |
र्युक्तस्वप्नाविोिस्र्य र्योगो भवयत
दु:खिा || 17||
yuktāhāra-vihārasya
yukta-ceṣṭasya karmasu
yukta-svapnāvabodhasya
yogo bhavati duḥkha-hā
BG 6.17

19. DEFINITION - TAPA, SADHANA, ABHYASA, SVADHYAYA, YAJNA, DANA
TAPA – DISCIPLINE OF BODY, MIND, SPEECH
DISCIPLINE IN A STUDENT LIFE
CHALLENGES IN DISCIPLINE AND DISCIPLINE RECIPE
DISCIPLINE FOR KALI YUGA. SADHANA NOW

20. Discipline in
Student Life
A student should have these 5
characteristics:
 Efforts should be similar to a crow,
(Repetitive, remember story of a
crow trying to drink water from a
pot- while placing pieces of stones to
raise the water level)
 Focus on the work like a crane,
 Take alert naps (sleep) similar to that
of a dog;
 one should eat less and
 as far as possible, stay away from
home (say in a hostel)!
काक चेष्टा, बको ध्यानं,
स्िान ननद्रा तथैि च ।
अल्पहारी, गृहत्यागी,
विद्याथी पंच लक्षणं ।।
kaak cheshta bako dhyanam
swan nindra tathaiwa cha|
alpahari grhatyaagi
vidyarthi pancha
lakshanam||
Subhashitam

21. Efforts should be similar to a
crow, (Repetitive, remember
story of a crow trying to drink
water from a pot- while placing
pieces of stones to raise the
water level)
Focus on the work like a crane
Take alert naps (sleep)
similar to that of a dog;
one should eat less
as far as possible, stay away
from home (say in a hostel)!

22. Role of a Guardian in different phases
of growth
Affection: Indulge a child
for the first five years of his
life,
Discipline: For the next ten
years deal firmly with the
child.
Friendship & Guidance:
Once the child is
sixteen, treat him as a friend
लालर्येत् पञ्च वर्ािणि
दश वर्ािणि ताडर्येत ् /
प्राप्ते तु र्ोडशे वर्े
पुत्रं मित्रवदाचरेत ् //
Subhashitam

23. DEFINITION - TAPA, SADHANA, ABHYASA, SVADHYAYA, YAJNA, DANA
TAPA – DISCIPLINE OF BODY, MIND, SPEECH
DISCIPLINE IN A STUDENT LIFE
CHALLENGES IN DISCIPLINE AND DISCIPLINE RECIPE
DISCIPLINE FOR KALI YUGA – YUGA-DHARMA - SADHANA NOW

24.  SATYA YUGA - (sometimes also called krta-yuga): the golden age lasts 1,728,000 years.
The process of self-realization in this yuga is meditation on Visnu. During this yuga the
majority of the population is situated in the mode of goodness and the average life
span at the beginning of the yuga is 100,000 years.
 TRETA YUGA - also called the silver age, lasts 1,296,000 years and the process of self
realization is the performance of opulent yajnas(sacrifices). The average life span is
10,000 years and the godly qualities decrease one fourth compared to the Satya yuga.
It is during this age that Varna-asrama-dharma is introduced.
 DVAPARA YUGA - or the bronze age, lasts 864,000 years and the process of self
realization is the worship of the deities within temples. Godly qualities are reduced to
50% by now and the average life expectancy is only 1000 years.
 KALI YUGA - the iron age of hypocrisy and quarrel lasts 432,000 years. Lord Krsna
appeared in His original, trancendental form right before the beginning of Kali Yuga.
The process of self realization is sankirtana, the chanting of the Holy Names of the
Lord. God consciousness is reduced to 25% of the population and life expectancy is
only 100 years. By now already 5000 years of Kali yuga have passed and it is predicted
that by the end of the yuga people will hardly be older than 20 years and their only
food will be meat.
DISCIPLINE FOR KALI YUGA - DESCRIPTION OF EACH YUGA

25. DISCIPLINE FOR KALI YUGA - Yuga-dharmas – METHODS of self-realization
 SATYA-YUGA - Meditation
 TRETA-YUGA - Yjna
 DVAPARA-YUGA – Diety worship
 KALI-YUGA – Chanting God’s names
4 levels of Speech:
1) SATYA YUGA – Para-language.
MENTAL AGE, everything is in the mind, they don’t even need
sound to communicate, they are stable in meditation.
2) TRETA YUGA – Madhyama-language. Object of meditation
and vision are internal.
3) DVAPARA YUGA - Pashyanti-language. Divine perception.
4) KALI YUGA – Vaikhari-language – mundane speech, has an
external object, external mentality

26. DISCIPLINE FOR KALI YUGA - The four legs of dharma - WHY 4 PRINCIPLES?
 TAPA - Austerity
 SHAUCA - Cleanliness
 DAYA - Mercy
 SATYAM - Truthfulness
 No use of Intoxication -
Practice of Austerity
 No Illicit Sex - Practice of
cleanliness of the mind
 No Meat-Eating - Practice
of mercy
 No Gambling -Practice of
truthfulness
सूत उिाच
अभ्यर्थितस्तदा तस्मै स्थानानन कलये ददौ ।
द्यूतं पानं स्त्स्िय: सूना यिाधमिश्चतुवििध: ॥
३८ ॥
sūta uvāca
abhyarthitas tadā tasmai
sthānāni kalaye dadau
dyūtaṁ pānaṁ striyaḥ sūnā
yatrādharmaś catur-vidhaḥ
SB 1.17.38
Sūta Gosvāmī said:
Mahārāja Parīkṣit, thus being petitioned by the
personality of Kali, gave him permission to reside in
places where
- gambling,
- drinking,
- prostitution and
- animal slaughter were performed.
SB 1.17.38

27. DISCIPLINE FOR KALI YUGA - The four legs of dharma
 ŚB 1.17.24
तप: शौचं दर्या सत्र्यमियत
पादा: कृ ते कृ ता: ।
अििांशैस्त्रर्यो भग्ना:
स्िर्यसङ्गिदैस्तव ॥ २४ ॥
 tapaḥ śaucaṁ dayā satyam
iti pādāḥ kṛte kṛtāḥ
adharmāṁśais trayo bhagnāḥ
smaya-saṅga-madais tava
 In the age of Satya [truthfulness] your
four legs were established by the four
principles of austerity, cleanliness, mercy
and truthfulness. But it appears that
three of your legs are broken due to
rampant irreligion in the form of pride,
lust for women, and intoxication.

28. DISCIPLINE FOR KALI YUGA - KALI-Yuga-dharma
In the Bṛhan-nāradīya Purāṇa it is said
that in Kali-yuga (the present yuga, or
age),
when people in general are
- short-lived,
- slow in spiritual realization
- and always disturbed by various
anxieties,
the best means of spiritual realization is
chanting the holy name of the Lord.
harer nāma harer nāma
harer nāmaiva kevalam
kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva
nāsty eva gatir anyathā
(CC Adi 17.21)

29. Scriptural references:
 The practice of chanting the Hare Krishna mantra is recommended in the Puranic,
the Pañcaratra, and throughout Vaishnava literature in general. For example:
 "All the grievous sins are removed for one who worships Lord Sri Hari, the Lord of all lords,
and chants the holy name, the Maha-mantra."—Padma Purana; Svarga Khanda 50.6
 "Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare: Whoever chants this mantra, even
neglectfully, will attain the supreme goal of life. Of this there is no doubt."— Agni Purana
 "This sixteen-name, thirty-two syllable mantra is the Maha-mantra in the Age of Kali by which
all living beings can be delivered. One should never abandon chanting this mahamantra."—
Ananta-samhita
 "About this divinely spiritual Maha-mantra, which delivers one from material existence, the
original guru, Lord Brahma, has said 'The srutis have declared this mantra to be the best
means of deliverance in the Age of Kali'. Having all heard this from Brahma, the sons and
disciples of Brahma, beginning with Narada, all accepted the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra and,
having meditated on it, attained perfection."—Ananta-samhita

30.  YAMA (र्यि, yama) - ethical restrictions
or universal moral precepts
 AHIMSA - non-violence (including
vegetarianism);
 SATYA - truthfulness;
 ASTEYA - non-appropriation of a
stranger (non-stealing);
 BRAHMACHARYA - temperance;
control lust and preserve chastity
before marriage; internal concentration,
not dissolution;
 APARIGRAHA - non-binding (non-
acceptance of gifts), non-accumulation,
non-attachment.
 NIYAMA (यनर्यि, niyama) - spiritual principles; acceptance,
cultivation, fulfillment and development of positive virtues
 SAUCHA is purity, both external (cleanliness) and internal (purity
of mind). Saucha is considered on three levels:
1) The purity of the body is the practice of kriya, asana, pranayama;
hygiene, wearing clean clothes, cleanliness of food, maintaining a
home clean and tidy.
2) The purity of speech. This is observance of the norms of the
language, good diction and morality of statements.
3) Purity of thought. This lack of negative emotions, such as hatred,
anger, fear, greed, pride, lust, etc.
 SANTOSH - modesty, satisfaction with the present, optimism.
 TAPAS - self-discipline, diligence in achieving spiritual goals.
 SWADHYAYA - cognition, the study of spiritual and scientific
literature, the formation of a culture of thinking.
 ISHVARA-PRANIDHANA - the adoption of Ishvara (God) as its
goal, the only ideal in life.
Discipline and Mind Power increase by developing such qualities:

31. DEFINITION - TAPA, SADHANA, ABHYASA, SVADHYAYA, YAJNA, DANA
TAPA – DISCIPLINE OF BODY, MIND, SPEECH
DISCIPLINE IN A STUDENT LIFE
CHALLENGES IN DISCIPLINE AND DISCIPLINE RECIPE
DISCIPLINE FOR KALI YUGA. SADHANA NOW

32. Challenges in Discipline
Weak Desire & Determination
Uncontrolled Mind
Unbridled Habits
Unregulated Lifestyle
Unholy Association
Unfavorable Environment

33. Discipline by Choice or by Force
 We must all suffer from two pains:
1. Pain of discipline
Or
2. Pain of regret
 Difference is
1)Discipline weighs ounces
while
1)Regret weighs tonnes

34. DISCIPLINE RECIPE
 POLE STAR – GET MOTIVATED, FIND THE REAL
REASON
FOR THIS YOU HAVE TO WORK ON YOUR REAL GOAL
AND FIND OUT YOUR REAL SELF
 ONE TASK PER TIME UNTILL IT BECOMES A HABIT.
AFTER THAT – TAKE UP ANOTHER TASK
 PRE-PLANNED DECISION TO REJECT TEMPTATIONS.
 RIGHT ASSOCIATION

35. ACTIVITY #I - FIND YOUR DISCIPLINE RECIPE
WRITE DOWN THE ANSWERS, DISCUSS IN PAIRS
 REAL GOAL - PURPOSE
 WHAT MOTIVATES YOU TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL - REASON
 WHO YOU GONNA BE AFTER HAVING ACHIEVED THIS
 PLAN WHAT HABITS DO YOU WANT TO DEVELOP IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THIS
 PRE-PLANE POSSIBLE TEMPTATIONS AND THE ANSWERS TO REJECT THEM
 WHAT WILL BE YOUR RIGHT ASSOCIATION TO ACHIEVE IT?
5 MIN TO WRITE
5 MIN TO DISCUSS
5 MIN TO REPRESENT

36. Practical Tips for being Self Disciplined
 Get yourself organized
 Don’t constantly seek to be entertained
 Be on time
 Keep your word
 Do the most difficult tasks first
 Finish what you start
 Accept correction
 Practice self denial
 Welcome responsibility

37. Do you want to have more free time? For yourself?
What are you going to do at your fully free time?

38. PLEASE, CHANT
MAKE SADHANA AND BE
HAPPY
…Thank You…

39. “The senses are so strong and impetuous, O Arjuna, that they forcibly carry
away the mind even of a man of discrimination who is endeavoring to control
them.” (BG 2.60)
(BG 2.61) “One who restrains his senses and fixes his consciousness upon Me, is known as
a man of steady intelligence.”

41. The Discipline CLUE
“Know the self (atman) as the lord of the chariot,
and the body as the chariot.
Know the intellect as the charioteer,
and the mind as the reins.
The senses are the horses …
He who has no understanding, whose mind is always
unrestrained; his senses are out of control, as wicked
horses are for a charioteer. He, however, who has
understanding, whose mind is always restrained, his
senses are under control, as good horses are for a
charioteer.”
(Katha Up. 1, 3, 3-6)
Soul
Intelligence
Mind
Senses