Sri Ramchandra's Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments were given by Samarth Guru Mahatma Ramchandraji Maharaj of Fatehgarh (Lalaji Maharaj) as the essential code of conduct and spiritual discipline for every seeker on the path of Sahaj Marg. They are the bedrock on which daily practice rests.

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.
2. Begin your puja with a prayer for spiritual elevation with a heart full of love and devotion.
3. Fix up your goal, which should be 'Complete Oneness' with God. Rest not till the ideal is achieved.
4. Be plain and simple to be identical with Nature.
5. Be truthful. Take miseries as Divine Blessings for your own good and be thankful.
6. Know all people as thy brethren and treat them as such.
7. Be not revengeful for the wrongs done by the others. Take them with gratitude as heavenly gifts.
8. Be happy to eat in constant divine thought whatever you get, with due regard to honest and pious earnings.
9. Mould your living so as to rouse a feeling of love and piety in others.
10. At bed time, feeling the presence of God, repent for the wrongs committed unknowingly. Beg forgiveness in a supplicant mood, resolving not to allow repetition of the same.

A detailed commentary on the above commandments is given in the book Imperience Beckons by Pujya Shri Ramchandraji Maharaj (Babuji Maharaj) — read it online from the Books section.