Living a Divine Life

(a) Rate yourself 1-9 (see sample scale) on each of the 18 traits

below on the extent you actually are it in your daily life.

1--------2--------3--------4--------5--------6--------7--------8--------9

Rarely Seldom Sometimes Often Always

(b) Choose the five most important traits to you and rank them based

on how significant they are to you now.

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“These are the Divine traits, the distinctive qualities and practices of persons with Divine tendencies…

___ 1) Fearlessness

___ 2) Purity (of heart and emotions, of thought, word,

and deed)

___ 3) Steadfastness (persistence in the pursuit of Atma)

___ 4) Charity (alms giving)

___ 5) Control of senses

___ 6) Sacrifice (in the positive sense, as worship)

___ 7) Study of scriptures

___ 8) Austerity (purification, tapas literally to ‘melt’ and recast)

___ 9) Straightforwardness (integrity, sincerity)

___10) Non-injury (ahimsa, doing no mental, physical, or spiritual harm to any being)

___11) Truthfulness

___12) Absence of anger

___13) Renunciation (turning away from worldly attachments)

___14) Equanimity (even-mindedness)

___15) Not slandering

___16) Compassion

___17) Not coveting (no desire)

___18) Gentleness

___19) Modesty

___20) Not fickle (no vacillations of mind)

___21) Vigor

___22) Forgiveness

___23) Fortitude (courage, endurance, putting up with)

___24) Cleanliness (saucham, clean mind and body)

___25) No hatred

___26) No pride

___27) It is not what you are but what you do; it is your behavior that defines whether you are divine or degenerate.”

– Krishna

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