Yes Barry2, in this context that must be what he meant and I have ammended the translation to reflect this view: http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/upadesh.htm#Gurudevmeditation
--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Paul Mason 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 > > > It's important to remember that India being close to the equator does > not have the varying sunrise and sunset times nor Daylight Saving Time > that more northerly countries have. Hence many gurus will modify the > meditation after sunset to meditating in a dark room. > 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/
