Revised copy of this satsang at: http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/upadesh.htm#Gurudevmeditation
--- In [email protected], "Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Guru Dev - Shankaracharya Swami Brahmanand Saraswati gives a few > words about when and how to meditate. > Translation by Paul Mason 31st August 2006 > > "At daybreak and in the day do that fit puja and dhyaana etc, but at > night before sleeping you should certainly do 10-15 minutes of japa > of the 'ishhTa mantra kaa japa' and 'dhyaana' of the 'ishhTa muurti' > (desired form). From this 'upaasanaa' (sitting near / devout > meditation) quick advancement occurs. > > In darkness you should sit with eye closed and do japa of the mantra, > and in the same way with eye closed you should do dhyana of the > ishhTa with the mind. Not on their whole body, you should look on the > foot or on the mouth area of the head, seeing the full of compassion > of our favourite ishhTa, looking infused with tenderness. The vision > of the ishhTa becomes one's own desire. You should look not envisage > the eye of the ishhTa to be closed. This manner of having seen the > vision of the infusion of tenderness, doing dhyaana of the ishhTa in > the heart, you should remain doing japa of the ishhTa mantra. From > this, the image of the ishhTa will grow and provided that the mind > gets strengthened and held with the ishhTa then in the end will stay > in this condition. On the strength of this you should go across the > ocean of samsaara." > ['Shri Shankaracharya UpadeshAmrita' kaNa 48 of 108] > > More: http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/gurudev.htm > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
