advice on "dhyAna" for a novice?/Sri Vijayaraghavan's Posting .

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>>At 04:23 PM 8/23/98 -0400,Sri Vijayaraghavan wrote:

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>>>Dear Prapatti Group Members:

>>>Shri Mani wrote:

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>>>I would like those among you who engage in

>>>any kind of contemplation, no matter how "simple",

>>>to give me suggestions on (a) how to concentrate,

>>>and on (b) what to concentrate.

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>>>Adiyen's reply:

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>>>Adiyen would like to share a technique which is helping me improve in

>>>dhyana but I must admit that I am still far away being perfect. The

>>>technique used - I must hasten to add - is not corraborated by any formal

>>>yoga school. Therefore if I am doing any thing wrong please feel free to

>>>say so.

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>>>In a day, there are two places we do dhyana. During the

>>>Gayatri/Ashtakshara Japam and during Manaseeka ArAdhanam.

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AdiyEn's observations on the above posting (V.Sadagopan)

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Dear Prapatthi Group Members :

 

As one , who has been fortunate to participate

in an AarAdhanam for Sriman NaarAyaNA conducted by

Sri Vijayaraaghavan , You will be able to appreciate

what I am going to decribe . On a sacred Dhanur Maasa morning ,

in 1996 , I had the blessed experience of participating in

such an Aaradhanam at his house .I can only say that the peace ,

serenity and the inner joy with which he performs the AarAdhanaa

is a soul-stirring experience .His tender and

prEma-laden offerings of UpachArams by him to the Lord

and His consort are genuinely executed and comes

from deep inside driven by his anubhava janitha Anandham

of communion with the SaraNya Dampathis.

 

Also , if by chance , you have caught a glimpse of him

performing Gayathri Japam in the mornings , you will agree

that he is not in this world at all .I stayed in the same house ,

where he stayed at Pittsburgh and was touched to be a witness

of this blessed scene in the morning against the rising Sun .

>>Hence I can vouch for the power of MaanasikA ArAdhanam.

>>I will write about this type of ArAdhanam at another time .

 

It is not my intent to embarass Sri VijayarAghavan or

make him self-conscious , since , his anubhavam comes

from deep within and is such a delight to witness and

be part of .

 

V.Sadagopan