guNa or gada

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Thank you very much for the corrections.

I too have the same trouble while meditating and

unfortunately I have taken the short cut of reducing

my repetitions from 108 to 32 my rationalization being

that, it is better to chant the right way than

increase the repetitions and make a mistake (not

pausing is equal to BrahmaHathya)

 

I have another question,

 

Most of the Dhyana shlokas on Durga have her seated on

Simham which is a lion, but all the pictures I have

seen have her seated on a Tiger? well that is not true

I have seen some north Indian (I think Kashmir)

pictures (very few) of Kathyayani/Himavathi seated on

a mountain lion

 

I am I missing something here?

 

regards

Vishy

 

 

 

--- miinalochanii <miinalochanii wrote:

> There was question about gAyatrI dhyAnam verse

> "mukta ...".

>

> 1) Both guNa and gada are correct. Such text

> difference are known as

> paaTha bhedam. It is OK to use what you were taught.

>

> 2) gada is mace and guNa is bow-string (or rope).

>

> 3) My suggestion would be to visualize on gAyatri

> devi's vara and

> abhaya hands (instead of the weapons) and the feet.

> It is not only

> easy, but isn't it what we all want?

>

> 4) The book I have says, even though it is common to

> meditate on HER

> in the samashhTi form. It is better to use specific

> dhyAna verses

> (gAyatrI in the morning, sAvitrI in the afternoon

> and saraswatI in

> the evening).

>

> Some side comments:

>

> 5) Typically what happens is we invoke gAyatri

> saying please come.

> And then when we start meditating on HER mantra, we

> think about

> everything but HER. Think of it, you invite God to

> your house, and

> ask HER to come to the living room and sit on the

> couch. But then you

> go out talk to some passerby. Probably, you would

> not do that if you

> invited your advisor or boss to your house. Bad

> habits! Sometimes I

> think I need a fresh new and pure birth. But what

> will that do? I

> have correct myself here and now.

>

> 6) Probably, instead of focussing on gAyatrI

> directly, you can think

> of your guru sitting in front of you right beside

> gAyatrI or in HER

> place. That will be easy to meditate and you would

> not possibly

> (mentally) walk away to chat with someone else.

>

> 7) One way to keep concentration is to say it

> quickly with not a long

> pause between two gayatri-s (however you will have

> to pause

> distinctly four times inside the mantra so that you

> do not smudge it

> all together) . Other way is to keep attention (even

> though you chant

> mentally) on the svara-s and more importantly on the

> meaning. What I

> do is once is a while, I say in my Tamil translation

> (say 1/20 or

> 1/10). Because, when I say in Tamil, the gap between

> words and

> meaning is almost close to zero. That reinforces the

> idea.

>

>

> Please note whenever I am writing, I am actually

> LOUDLY giving advise

> to myself. These are not really for you, but for me.

> Writing kind of

> reinforces my convictions (helps me to put to

> practise). For

> instance, today and for next few days (hopefully) I

> will remember

> these guidelines :-)).

>

> That is how I view all that I write.

>

>

> Ravi

>

>

>

>

>

 

 

 

 

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