Guest guest Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 570. maitryAdivAsanAlabhyA maitrI- Adi - vAsanA - labhyA By the term " Adi", along with maitrI, karuNa (compassion), muditA (joy) and upexA (indifference) is also included. By developing these latent tendencies SHE can be obtained. bhAskararAya quotes three different sources to explain it. They are viShNu bhAghavata, yoga Sutra and the third one he does not name it (but simply notes is wise one say). That is also very much in line with yoga. This particular topic is taken up in detail in yoga sUtra I-33 and following comments are based on this, especially the vyAsa bhAShya translation by Hariharananda Aranya and the vivaraNa translation by Prof. Rukimini. I request the readers to refer to Vyasa bhAShya, especially the translation and additional notes by Swami Hariharananda Aranya for a clear exposition of terms like vAsana, samAdhi, etc. The attitude called maitrI or friendliness should be cultivated towards those who are happy and who enjoy the bhoga-s. Envy should not take its place. Similarly attritude of karuNa or compassion is taken towards those who suffer. This should take place of mocking or feelings such as "thank god I am not suffering like that", or "he must have sinned badly to suffer like this". Instead the natural response should be compassion. And towards those who observe dharma it should be joy/happiness. It should not be guilt thinking "I am not doing him" or aversion that I not worthy of these people. Towards those who sin it should be indifference. According to vivaraNakAra if indifference is not cultivated towards sin/sinners, mind might get engaged in this dirt. That is one of the reasons one should not explain his sins and confess about with great details. Because, it could destroy the listener by creating bad tendencies in his/her mind. Through the cultivation of these good vAsana-s, mind will become pure and clear. This step will fall under chitta suddhi. Eventually, it will be lead success in yoga and help one to finally unite with HER. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 , Ravisankar Mayavaram <abhayambika@g...> wrote: > > 570. maitryAdivAsanAlabhyA > > maitrI- Adi - vAsanA - labhyA > > By the term " Adi", along with maitrI, karuNa (compassion), muditA > (joy) and upexA (indifference) is also included. By developing these > latent tendencies SHE can be obtained. > More thoughts on the same line, (a) She is attainable by those who posses friendliness, love, devotion towards great devotees. (shamAdi Atma guNa sampanna uttama bhaktexu mAitryI prema bhaktyaadi bhAvAdInI yaH karoti texu labhyatvAt) Isvare tadadhIneShu bAlisheShu dviShatsu cha premamaitrIkR^ipopekShA yaH karoti sa madhyamaH sarvabhUteShu yaH pashyedbhagavadbhAvamAtmanaH bhUtAni bhagavatyAtmanyeSha bhAgavatottamaH (b) She is attainable through maitryI, prema and other bhakti bhava towards her. She being the only eternal friend (dvAsuparNA ….sakAyau) as she alone resides with this jIvA as the inner consciousness. She is attained through assimilating this relationship. (mitra prema sakyaadi bhakti bhAvena, vAsanayA labhyatvAt maitryAdi vAsanA labhyA) tasyaiva me sauhR^idasakhyamaitrI dAsyaM punarjanmani janmani syAt mahAnubhAvena guNAlayena viShajjatastatpuruShaprasa~NgaH Life after life may I serve Her with love and friendship, and may I cultivate such firm attachment for Her by the precious association of Her devotees with supreme qualities. I went back and read most of the posts related to LS and really enjoyed it. One observation (I might be wrong), in most cases I think the commentator's explanation is complete. It is very hard to add more from a 'padArtha' word analysis aspect, unless you are a vyAkaraNa expert. On the other side there is infinite scope for bhAvArtha, we can quote from various sources and increase our bhakti through rAsikhyam and bhAvam. Aravind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Raviji writes : (The attitude called maitrI or friendliness should be cultivated towards those who are happy and who enjoy the bhoga-s. Envy should not take its place. Similarly attritude of karuNa or compassion is taken towards those who suffer. This should take place of mocking or feelings such as "thank god I am not suffering like that", or "he must have sinned badly to suffer like this". Instead the natural response should be compassion.) Raviji, these words of yours ( from Patanjali's yoga sutra verse 33) remind me of verse 16 from Ai shankaracharya's Prashnottara Ratna mallika : The question is KA preyasi vidheya What should be one's favorite duty in life ? The answer is *Karuna* Dineshu sajjano *Maitri* Being kind to all the suffering living beings and making friendship with the honest and holy men. (karuna - diineshu, saj-jana maitri ) [karuna-kindness; diina - suffering ones; maitri-friendhip] (this was posted in my group by a member - I don't know the source - this may be AvAILABLE on KANCHKAMKOTI WEB SITE ) It is only through 'sharanagati' at Devi's lotus feet one can cultivate 'sattvic qualities like Compassion, kindness , forgiveness , mercy etc and in the company of holy men/women ( satsangha) such qualities increse manifold . Sri Aravind's explanation of this nama is equally fascinating. May we request him to share his knowledge, wisdom, rasikyam and bhavam with us as often as possible. OM SHRI MATRE NAMAH SHRI GURUBHYO NAMAH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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