--- In [email protected], cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Paul Mason" > <premanandpaul@> wrote: > > > > 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 <noozguru@> 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' > > That reminded me of YS I 39: > > yathaabhimata-dhyaanaad vaa (yathaa+abhimata: as desired) > > IMO, many translators seem to think that "as desired" refers > to the method or style or whatever, of meditation. > But according to Bhojadeva's comment on that suutra "yathaabhimata" > refers to the object of meditation, whether "outer" or "inner": > > yathaabhimatavastuni baahye candraadaavaabhyantare naaDiicakraadau > vaa bhaavyamaane cetaH sthiriibhavati > > A desperate attemp at translation: > > By dwelling (??bhaavyamaane) on an "as-desired-object" (yathaabhimata- > vastuni) [whether] outer (baahye) [like] Moon, etc (candraadau) > or (vaa) inner (aabhyantare) [like] naaDiis or cakras, etc (naaDii- > cakraadau) mind (cetaH) becomes firm [steady?] (sthiriibhavati). >
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