Guruji's teachings

Guruji's 5 Happiness Sutras

Guruji gave five short rules for a happy and healthy life. Here they are in his own words.

From the teachings of Sri Amritananda Natha Saraswati (Guruji). Post title: "5 hapiness sutras". Dated 5 November 2016. Posted on Guruji's blog by Vira Chandra. Originally published at amritananda-natha-saraswati.blogspot.com.

In short

Guruji lists five simple rules for happiness.
Keep a positive attitude and you become healthy.
Work only 5.5 hours a day.
Love people, not gadgets, and spend time with family and friends.
Give your time freely, and laugh, even if you have to fake it at first.

Guruji's words

Guruji:
Develop a positive attitude. You become healthy.
Work only 5.5 hrs per day.
Be social. Be alive. Love people, not gadgets (cars, properties, clothes create debts and can’t love you back). Spend more time with family, friends, weekly happy hour and community clubs.
Volunteer. You are inherently kind and generous. Find the joy of giving and sharing starting from childhood. Even small sacrifices give great joy.
Laugh. Bodies can’t distinguish faked and genuine laughter. So fake: it generates genuine laughter.

Guruji, "5 hapiness sutras", as posted on Guruji's blog by Vira Chandra on 5 November 2016. The text is kept as in the original. A photograph on the original post is not copied here.

How this shows up in Kaula practice

Kaula practice treats daily life as part of the path. A calm, kind and cheerful mind is the ground that worship and meditation grow in.

Guruji's list looks outward, to family, friends and giving. This matches the Kaula view that the Goddess is present in people and in the world, not only in a shrine.

Guruji attained mahasamadhi in October 2015, and Guru Amma Annapurnamba guides the lineage today. This site is an independent practitioner's space and does not speak on behalf of Devipuram.

Common questions

What are Guruji's 5 happiness sutras?

They are: develop a positive attitude, work only 5.5 hours a day, be social and love people more than gadgets, volunteer and give, and laugh.

How many hours does Guruji say we should work?

He says to work only 5.5 hours per day.

Why does Guruji say love people, not gadgets?

He says cars, properties and clothes create debts and cannot love you back. He advises more time with family, friends and community clubs.

What does Guruji say about laughing?

He says the body cannot tell fake laughter from real laughter, so faking it brings real laughter.

Does a positive attitude really matter?

Guruji says that when you develop a positive attitude, you become healthy.