Gita Satsang - Gita - Upanishad Correspondence (2)

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The Bhagavad Gita gives the important points regarding

spiritual practise. One can find explanations to the

verses in the Gita in the Upanishads.

In this second post, I take up a stanza from Dhyana

Yoga and seek an explanation from the Upanishads.

 

Verse 6-13

"Samam Kayashirogreevam Dharayannachalam Sthiraha.

Samprekshya Naasikaagram Svam Dhishaschanavalokayan."

 

"Let him hold the body, head and neck erect and still

gazing at the tip of his nose without looking around."

 

Am I then to meditate on the tip of the nose ?

 

That is not the meaning to be taken. Naasikaagram has

a deeper meaning. Here is one, in my belief.

 

The Mahanarayana Upanishad says.

"Dahram Vipapam ParameshmaBhootham Yath Pundariikam

Puramadhyasamstham.

Tattraapi Dahram Gaganam Vishokam Tasmin

Yadanthstadhupasithavyam."

 

"There is a pure subtle seat, lotus like in form

situated in the middle of the body. Within this, lies

the sorrowless, subtle Aakasha. Meditation is to be

practised in this space".

 

This Shloka essentially speaks of concentration on the

heart center. When we concentrate on the spiritual

heart region, the eyes automatically go towards the

tip of the nose. This is Naasikaagram. Thinking

intensely that the center of divine consciousness

permeates the heart center, one feels one is part and

parcel of the infinite. The center of our cosmic

experience resides in the spiritual heart. That is the

gateway from the world of the senses to the supreme.

This is the safest meditative technique. No teacher

required.

 

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