A simple translation of Vallalar’s guidelines that govern the four dimension of life under the title ‘True Path’ in the collection of his prose works is given for the benefit of immediate reference:
I. Discipline of Senses: 1.Not allowing cruel words to be heard, by listening to words of salutation to Almighty, 2. Touching with compassion without impure thoughts, 3. Not staring cruelly, 4. Not desiring tasty food, 5. Not desiring sweet smell, 6. Speaking sweet words, 7.Not speaking lies,8. Preventing by any tactful means cruelty to living beings, 9. Moving in centers where ascetics live, and in sacred places in order to help living beings, 10. Participating in good activities, 11. Passing of urine and stools avoiding irregularity and excessiveness by moderation in food and sex, 12. In case of obstruction of urine or stools, due to changes in season and body temperature, removal of such obstruction by herbs or medicines, or control of breath or touch of hand or continued focus on expulsion, 13. Desisting from irregular or excessive discharge of semen – for laymen, 14. Ensuring that semen is not expelled by any means – for advanced practitioners, 15. Covering the sex organs, the chest and head at all times, 16. Not wearing soiled or dirty clothes, 17. Wearing footwear while on the move.
II. Discipline of Faculties: 1. To make the mind an embodiment of knowledge - to begin with to focus on the mid – point between the eye-brows and in addition not allowing it to hold on to bad matters, 2.Not to enquire into the faults of others, 3. Not to have very high opinion of one’s own - worth, 4. Overcoming attraction towards objects or persons or rights and become satwic, 5. Restraining the faculties from being irregular.
III. Discipline of Life: Holding coeval all men and women, overlooking, caste, religion, sect, life stage, family, literacy, race, nobility or other differences.
IV. Discipline of the Soul: Experiencing God in all without any difference and any exception as the Supreme Lord is immanent in all beings and resides in the individual souls of those beings.