Keys to Sadhana

Keys to Sadhana contains the edited transcripts of discourses given by Amma during a 2002 meditation retreat in India.  In the discourses, Amma discusses many practices that keep our minds and bodies healthy, so that our spiritual journey will proceed in a smooth and peaceful way. In her fascinating and inimitable way, Amma also discusses the spiritual essence of certain key verses in Sri Saundarya Lahari, a famous and divinely beautiful scripture composed by Sri Adi Sankaracharya in honor of Divine Mother. From the Introduction: "Amma reminds us that we have obtained the invaluable boon of human birth due to the merits accumulated during countless previous lives. Our goal is enlightenment, the knowledge of truth. This body has been given to us for the performance of sadhana, and for this a strong and healthy body is needed. How can we sit for long hours in meditation when our body is weak, afflicted by pain and disease? In this stressful twenty-first century, we need a very strong min