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

[Kalivaradhan krishnamurthy]

HariH OM!

Thank you sir for the additional input.

kalivaradhan

On Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 9:01 PM, Srirudra <srirudra at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > 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:
> >
> >> 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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-- 
Kalivaradhan

*" आ नो भद्राः क्रतवो यन्तु विश्वतः " ( ऋग्वेद १.८९ )*

*"Let Noble thoughts reach us from all directions! "*