Premanand Ji Maharaj on mobile addiction: put the mala where the phone was

He is blunt about phones. They eat the very hours in which practice would fit.

Premanand Ji Maharaj pointing while speaking

In short

  • The phone takes the hours sadhana would fit into.
  • The answer is substitution, not willpower.
  • Put the mala where the phone was.
  • Keep it out of reach for the first and last hour of the day.

Substitution, not willpower

Put the mala where the phone used to be.

Willpower against a phone mostly loses. His answer is to put something else in its place, the same method he teaches for anger and overthinking.

The first and last hour

Keep the phone out of reach for the first and the last hour of the day. Those are the hours that set the mind, and the hours the phone takes most easily.

The first week

He warns plainly that the first week will be uncomfortable. That discomfort is not failure; it is the habit leaving. A mala is optional: see how to use a japa mala.

Where this comes from

Everything on this page is drawn from what this site records of his public satsang on the questions page and the teachings page. It summarises his position; it does not quote him word for word.

This is a fan website, not the official site of Shri Hit Radha Keli Kunj. The article summarises what he teaches in public satsang; it does not quote him. If something here is wrong, tell us and it is corrected the same week.

Quick answers

Questions people ask about this

How do I give up mobile addiction?

By substitution rather than willpower: put the mala where the phone was and keep the phone out of reach for the first and last hour of the day.

Will it be hard?

He says the first week will be uncomfortable, and to expect that.

Do I need a mala?

No. It helps, but the name can be taken without one.

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