abhayAmbikAShTakam - dhyAnam *

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>"Aravind Krishna" <seeksha

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> abhayAmbikAShTakam - dhyAnam *

>Wed, 22 Mar 2000 16:36:44 CST

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>abhayAmbikAShTakam - dhyAnam

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Dear Aravind,

 

Thank you for these beautiful lines... My Guru always says that you soon

come to see that One's deity and One;'s Guru are not different ( provided of

course one has a SatGuru) , and then that the conciousness in the Guru is

the All Pervading Conciousness..

 

thanks,

 

bala

 

>dhyAnam). As these proceed, he recognizes that his guru is not different

>from the deity he is meditating upon (guru svarUpa dhyAnam). He recognizes

>the divinity in this guru. He also understands that the knowledge that has

>been endowed upon, the scriptures that he has studied is identical with the

>deity (veda svarUpa dhyAnam). He feels that the almighty is always looking

>after him (Ishvara dhyAnam). As the scriptures teach that the almighty is

>all pervading, he starts feeling the divine presence in all that exist,

>(virAT svarUpa dhyAnam). If the almighty is seen in all that exist, then

>the

>small I that exist before the one ocean of bliss just dissolves even that.

>The sAdakA visualizes the divine in him too.

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>aruNAM karuNA taraN^gitakShIM

>dhR^ita pAshAN^kusha pushhpa bANa chApAm.h |

>aNimAdi bhirAvR^itAM mayukhaiH

>ahamityeva vibhAvaye bhavAnIm.h ||

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>(aham itI eva vibhAvaye bhavAnIm - She is the Self within me)

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>At this point bheda upAsanam becomes abheda upasanam. In this stage the

>oneness is just an imagination, but through divine grace if it is

>discovered

>as truth, upAsanam becomes nididhyAsam.

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>From rUpa dhyAnam a sAdakA is elevated to svarUpa dhyAnam. The ultimate

>essence of all knowledge 'svasvarUpAnusantAnam' is achieved. Thus upAsana

>leads to nididhyAsanam. This set by step process is the key content of this

>kritI.

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>nAmAvaLI-s under specific steps are as follows,

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>rUpa dhyAnam

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>dAkshAyaNi abhayAmbike namaste

>varadAbhaya haste namaste

>dInAvana hasta sArase namaste

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>kIrti dhyAnam

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>pa~ncAnana hR^idAlaye namaste

>bhAratIsha pUjite namaste

>sakala yogi manorUpa tatva tapase namaste

>kA~nkShitArtha pradAyini namaste

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>gurusvarUpa dhyAnam

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>dIkShA santuShTa mAnase namaste

>prabala guruguhodaye namaste

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>vedasvarUpa dhyAnam

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>kAmatantra vidAyini namaste

>bharata mata~ngAdi nute namaste

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>IshwarI dhyAnam

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>sakala loka shR.ShTikAraNa rAjase namaste

>sAkShi rUpa prakAshini namaste

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>virATsvarUpa dhyAnam (bhuuta bhaavanaH)

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>samasta jagadvilAsini namaste

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>SvarUpadhyAnam

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