[Advaita-l] Meditation: eyes open or eyes closes or either (Sanju Nath)

[Srirudra]

Dears
The stanzas 11to15of the 5thchapter of Srimad Bhagavadgita gives precisely how one should meditate and what he gets ultimately.Suchow dese prathishtapya..........Adhigachathi.
This will be useful to guide one for meditation.R.Krishnamoorthy.
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> On 04-Jul-2015, at 8:59 am, Sanju Nath via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> 
> Thank you for the references.  It is helpful.
> 
> Sanju.
> 
> On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 10:02 PM, Kalivaradhan krishnamurthy via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
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>> HariH OM!
>> 
>> I have been following the discussions on this topic which is very good for
>> beginners to Meditation.
>> 
>> I found two references in the internet which are quite revealing and
>> informative:
>> 
>> 1.  The Mahabharata Book 12: Santi Parva SECTION CXCVI of Shanti Parva
>> Mahabharata
>> 
>> http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m12/m12b023.htm
>> 
>> "Sitting on kusa grass, with kusa in hand, and binding his coronal locks
>> with kusa, he should surround himself with kusa and have kusa for robes.
>> Bowing unto all earthly concerns, he should take leave of them and never
>> think of them. Assuming equability by the aid of his mind, he should fix
>> his mind on the mind itself. Reciting the highly beneficial composition
>> (viz., the Gayatri), he meditates with the aid of his intellect on Brahma
>> alone. Afterwards he leaves off even that, being then absorbed in
>> concentrated contemplation. 4 In consequence of his dependence on the
>> strength of the Gayatri which he recites, this concentrated contemplation
>> will come of itself. By penances he attains to purity of soul, and
>> self-restraint, and cessation of aversion and desire. Freed from attachment
>> and delusion, above the influence of all pairs of opposites (such as heat
>> and cold, joy and sorrow, etc.), he never grieves and never suffers himself
>> to be drawn towards worldly objects. He does not regard himself as the
>> actor nor as the enjoyer or sufferer of the consequences of his acts. He
>> never, through selfishness, fixes his mind on anything. Without being
>> employed in the acquisition of wealth, he abstains also from disregarding
>> or insulting others, but not from work. The work in which he is employed is
>> that of meditation; he is devoted to meditation, and seeks meditation
>> unalterably. By meditation he succeeds in bringing about concentrated
>> contemplation, and then gradually leaves off meditation itself. In that
>> state he enjoys the felicity which attaches to the abandonment of all
>> things. Having thoroughly mastered the principle of desire he casts off his
>> life-breaths and then enters into the Brahmic body."
>> 
>> 2.  Guide to Meditation - SAGUNA AND NIRGUNA FORMS OF MEDITATION
>> 
>> 
>> http://www.sivanandaonline.org/public_html/?cmd=displaysection&section_id=934
>> 
>> SOME USEFUL HINTS :
>> 
>> 
>> In meditation, do not strain the eyes. Do not strain the brain. Do not
>> struggle or wrestle with the mind. It is a serious mistake. Many neophytes
>> commit this grave error. That is the reason why they get easily tired soon.
>> They get headache and they have to get up very often to pass urine during
>> the course of meditation owing to the irritation set up in the micturition
>> centre in the spinal cord.
>> 
>> Make no violent effort to control the mind. Do not wrestle with it with
>> force. It is a mistake to do so. But, rather allow it for a while and let
>> it run and exhaust its efforts. The mind will jump now like an untrained
>> monkey first. Gradually, it will slow down. Then you can fix the mind on
>> your Lakshya either on a concrete form or on an abstract idea.
>> 
>> Both these sites offer very useful hints on Meditation techniques
>> 
>> --
>> Kalivaradhan
>> 
>> *" आ नो भद्राः क्रतवो यन्तु विश्वतः " ( ऋग्वेद १.८९ )*
>> 
>> *"Let Noble thoughts reach us from all directions! "*
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