Daily Routine of Sree Swamiji
A Life of Discipline
18 Hours of Service. Every Single Day.
18
Hours Working
4
Hours of Sleep
2:30
AM Wake-Up
For him, the day begins in the early morning at 2:30 am. Sree Swamiji maintained a diary, recording his appointments and work himself. After completing his morning chores and taking bath, he performed pooja till 5:30 am, and sometimes up to 6:00 am. Immediately after, he would attend to his office and receive visitors and devotees, go through his diary, attend to the day’s programmes, finish pending files, and go through the newspapers once they arrived.
A simple saint that he was, Sree Sree Sivakumara Swamiji worked 18 hours a day, sleeping only four hours — from 11:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. His daily routine was:
Early Morning
2:30 – 3:30 am
Study of Vedas, Shastras and philosophy.
3:30 – 5:30 am
Meditation and pooja, followed by breakfast.
Day
6:30 am
Comes to office, reads the newspaper, and attends to office work and various development and administrative affairs of the Math and Sree Siddaganga Education Society.
Through the day
Provides darshan to devotees, and visits devotees’ places for pooja and functions.
2:00 – 4:00 pm
Pooja and lunch.
4:00 – 6:00 pm
In office.
Evening
6:30 – 7:00 pm
Evening mass prayer session with students.
7:00 – 8:00 pm
Meeting the devotees.
Night
8:00 – 11:00 pm
Pooja, dinner, and study of philosophers’ biographies and autobiographies.
11:00 pm – 2:00 am
Sleep.