Original Hindi text of satsang 48 of 108 in Itrans format:-
praataHkaala aura dina meM jo puujana , japa , dhyaana , aadi karate
ho so to Thiika hii hai , kintu raatri meM sone se pahale 10 - 15
minaTa apane ishhTa maMtra kaa japa aura ishhTa muurti kaa dhyaana
avashya karanaa chaahiye . isase upaasanaa meM jaldii unnati hotii
hai .
a.Ndhere meM aa.Nkha banda karake baiTha jaanaa chaahiye aura maMtra
kaa japa tathaa netra baMdakara mana se apane ishhTa kaa dhyaana
karanaa chaahiye . unake sampuurNa shariira para nahiiM , charaNa meM
yaa mastaka para ( mukha - maMDala para ) dekhanaa chaahiye ki
hamaare ishhTadeva hamaarii aura karuNaa bharii , dayaabharii
dR^ishhTi se dekha rahe haiM . ishhTa kii dR^ishhTi hii apane kaama
kii hotii hai . apane ishhTa ko aaMkha banda ki{}e hu{}e nahiiM
dekhanaa chaahiye . isa prakaara apanii ora dayaabharii dR^ishhTi se
dekhate hu{}e ishhTa kaa hadaya meM dhyaana karate hu{}e ishhTa
maMtra kaa japa karate rahanaa chaahiye . isase ishhTa ke prati
dR^i.Dhataa ba.Dhegii aura yadi mana ne dR^i.Dhataa ke saatha ishhTa
ko paka.Da liyaa to anta meM yahii nishhThaakaama aayegii . isii ke
bala para saMsaara - saagara se paara ho jaa{}oge .
--- In [email protected], "Paul Mason"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Revised copy of this satsang at:
> http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/upadesh.htm#Gurudevmeditation
>
> --- In [email protected], "Paul Mason"
> <premanandpaul@> 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
> >
>
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