Excerpts of speech made by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (before he was known as such) in which he asked that Guru Dev's 'elevating discourses may reach the masses in every nook and corner of our country and abroad' - for full text go to http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/sources/text/Maheshspeech.htm
The Statement issued by: BAL BRAHMACHARI SHRI MAHESH JI. 15th Oct., 1952 'His aim of life, if the life of a realised soul can be said to possess any such aim, is to broadcast the message of the Great Divine light that he has himself realised, the Light that is the Soul of all human beings. Having himself attained the pinnacle of Self development, he aims at transforming the worldly minded people into the Godly minded, and through his inner Divine touch to change the materialistic hearts of iron into spiritual hearts of gold.' 'Shri Shankaracharya Maharaj has clear insight into the mind and the thoughts of the modern age. His teaching and commendments are based on sound reasonings which are quite agreeable to any reasonable thinker. He is a great critic of prejudices and narrowmindedness arising out of irrational love of caste, creed, nationality or any "ism". His life is a living proof of the Truth of the Vedas and Shastras. He has opened a new era of renaissance of True Religion. He extends his recognition to anything that is good in any religion. He is accessible to all. Everyone can enjoy and derive benefit from his holy Darshan and elevating discourses.' 'The great Saint of the Himalayas in coming in your midst and in the fitness of the great occasion, I appeal to your good sense to extend your valuable support so that his elevating discourses may reach the masses in every nook and corner of our country and abroad.' --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- 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 > > Paul, just how far do you think MMY would have > gotten in teaching people around the world to > meditate if he had been teaching a la Guru Dev? > > Or, what do you think would have happened if MMY > had taught as he did, and these instructions from > Guru Dev had been translated and made available > through the TMO? How many TMers would have > decided they were going to try it Guru Dev's way, > and what would have been the result? Especially > in the absence of Guru Dev's personal guidance? > > What was MMY going to say, "No, no, don't do what > Guru Dev instructed, do what I instruct"? > > You keep suggesting that there's something > sinister about MMY not promoting Guru Dev's actual > teaching, but that's one of the silliest criticisms > I've encountered. > > MMY obviously *didn't have a choice* if he wanted > TM to be universally accepted--or even to *work*, > for that matter. The context in which Guru Dev > taught was just too different. > > I suppose MMY could have issued a carefully > bowdlerized version of Guru Dev's lectures with > all the sectarian Hinduism taken out. What would > you have thought of that? What would have been > left? Would that have been true to Guru Dev's > intent? > > If you want to bash MMY for going global with TM > instead of staying back in India and teaching a > few people exactly what Guru Dev taught, ishtas and > all--or for teaching anything in the first place-- > fine. > > But if you don't disapprove of his wanting to > make TM universal, you really don't have a leg to > stand on in suggesting that he is dishonoring Guru > Dev by not promoting his original teachings. That > just makes no sense at all. > > > > > >"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/
