Kathamrita Volume II - Swami Vivekananda

meditating. Since Niranjan has returned, manyof them go and sit in the bigger room (theroom of the Demons) to talk. At nine in theevening, Sashi offers food to Sri Thakur andputs him to bed.The brothers of the monastery sit for theirevening meal with Niranjan. They havechapati [16] , a vegetable and some zaggery fortheir dinner. And then they have a little prasadof farina pudding.[1] Victory to Shiva Omkara[2] Akhanda[3] Nirvikalpa samadhi[4] Sakhi[5] The brothers of the monastery call themselves danas anddaityas (ghosts and demons) and the room where they meetthey call ‘the room of the danas,’ or the ‘demons’ room’[6] Form, taste, smell, sound and touch[7] Earth, water, fire, air and ether[8] Control of the mind[9] Self-restraint. Patanjali cites five yamas or restrains. Theyare: (1) abstinence from injury in any form; (2) truthfulness; (3)continence; (4) non-stealing and non-covetousness; and (5)abstinence from possessiveness, accepting only what isabsolutely necessary (ahimsa, satya, brahmacharya, asteya,aparigraha).[10] Shakti[11] Spiritual energy lying dormant at the base of thespine