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Commandment 1
“Rise before dawn. Offer your prayer and puja (Worship) at a fixed hour preferably before sunrise, sitting in one and the same pose. Have a separate place and ‘asan’ (seat) for worship. Purity of mind and body be specially adhered to.”
Sayings of Pujya Babuji Maharaj:
• Our first and the foremost commandment relates to the proper observance of Sandhya and Upasana. (BWS 130)
• It is a scientific principle upon which the division of the timings for puja and Sandhya is based in accordance with the natural effect of the time. (BWS 122)
• Performing of Sandhya before sunrise is stressed upon for the reason that the external heat and other influences, which have been driven out of the body, may not creep in again by the effect of the sun which would prevent our deriving the best advantage of the time. (BWS 125)
• ‘Awake, O sleepers, it’s the hour of the dawn’. (SDG164)
• It is better to sit in the grey of the morning for meditation. (IPAM 54)
• One must be regular in the abhyas.If interest in meditation is created, half the work is done. (SS 21)
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