Fwd: Meditation question of Mr.jeff.

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Hi Jeff,

Jai Srimannarayana!!!

Here is the answer to your question by His Holiness Jeeyar Swamy.

Thank you for the wonderful question.

 

Kind Regards,

Raghu Ramanuja dasa

 

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"acharya27" <chinnajeeyar

<rmudumbai

question of Mr.jeff.

Mon, 14 Aug 2000 16:01:09 +0100

 

Priya Sriman Raghu! & Mr. Jeff!

Jai Srimannarayana!

It is interesting that you are trying to know something

about the meditation. Of course, you are already doing

that in a way you have learnt. IT is fine and keep

doing that, which helps in concentrating your thoughts

at a point.

 

Remember, that ''meditation' the word itself means that

''putting our ideas upon something.' While doing that

we do not want any sort distortions. To get that ability

we observe somany means. TM may be one among them.

According to the vedic scriptures meditating upon God is

highly accepted. There are two stages in that.

1. Dharana=Keeping only one object in the heart

2. Dhyana =allowing the thought process to move

round that particular object.

 

while doing that the object we keep must be a

''subha:sraya'' that means ''a pretty beautiful, divine,

and so attractive with tremendous amount of knowledge

todo anything. They are called divine attributes. There

is, of course, a way to practice that. When thoughts run

after so many things then how to control and when unwanted

things appear, then what to do etc, That is a long but

very natural and easy process, not complicated and

conflicting. Everyone can do that if, one is interested.

Though, the object we are talking about, appears imaginary,

but it is not just imaginary. It is what we get from the

Vedas and Rishis & Great Acharyas.

 

You can know more about this in person.

 

Jai Srimannarayana..

 

 

 

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Jeff Benson <jeffrey_c_benson

raghu M <rmudumbai

Re: Bhagavat Gita

Sun, 13 Aug 2000 10:31:21 -0700 (PDT)

 

Dear Raghu Ramanuja Das

 

Yes I do have a question. I was reading one of your

earlier posts...I don't remember which...where the

interviewer was asking if he should meditate on some

idea. When we meditate on an idea, is this not

contemplation rather than meditation? I was recently

trained to do TM and ideally the only thing in my mind

at the time is my mantra, or, even better, nothing at

all. How does this differ from your meditations?

What is it like meditate on an idea or object other

than a mantra?

 

Thank You

Jeff

 

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