Guest guest Posted March 24, 2001 Report Share Posted March 24, 2001 The Lamp of Nondual Knowledge (Advaita Bodha Deepika) Master: In Dhyana Deepika, Sri Vidyaranyaswami has said: The path of inquiry cannot lead to success seekers whose minds are confused. To bring down the conceit of their minds, yoga is necessary. The minds of those who are fully qualified are not confused but remain one pointed; only the veiling power of ignorance still hides the Self from them; they await only awakening. Inquiry is the process of awakening; therefore it best suits them. Yoga can be successful only after a long, steady, earnest, diligent and cautious practice, without needless strain. Disciple: Why should one be so heedful about it? Master: When the attempt is made to fix the mind in the Self, it gets restive and drags the man through the senses to the objects. However resolute and learned the man may be, his mind remains wayward, strong, mulish, and hard to restrain. Wanton by nature, it cannot remain steady for a moment; it must run here, there and everywhere; now it dwells in the nether regions and in a trice it flies up in the sky; it moves in all the directions of the compass; and it is capricious like a monkey. It is hard to fix. To do so, one must be heedful. In the Gita, Arjuna asked Sri Bhagavan: 'O Krishna! Is not the mind always capricious, disturbing to the man and too strong to be checked? It is easier to hold the air in the fist than to control the mind.' In the Yoga Vasistha, Sri Rama asked Vasistha: 'O Master! Is it not impossible to control the mind? One may sooner drink up the oceans or lift up Mt. Meru or swallow flaming fire than control the mind.' From the words of Rama and Arjuna, and our own experience, there can be no doubt that it is exceedingly difficult to control the mind however able and heroic one may be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2001 Report Share Posted March 24, 2001 I keep trying to locate " the mind " so I can control it, but haven't had any luck yet. Can anyone help? Oh wait.. there must be two minds, one to control the other... is that it? No, there still don't seem to be any minds around here. Apparently mindless, Tim Nisargadatta, Xan <xanma@e...> wrote: > > The Lamp of Nondual Knowledge > (Advaita Bodha Deepika) > > Master: In Dhyana Deepika, Sri Vidyaranyaswami has said: The path of > inquiry cannot lead to success seekers whose minds are confused. To bring > down the conceit of their minds, yoga is necessary. The minds of those who > are fully qualified are not confused but remain one pointed; > only the veiling power of ignorance still hides the Self from them; they > await only awakening. > Inquiry is the process of awakening; therefore it best suits them. > > Yoga can be successful only after a long, steady, earnest, diligent and > cautious practice, without needless strain. > > Disciple: Why should one be so heedful about it? > > Master: When the attempt is made to fix the mind in the Self, it gets > restive and drags the man through the senses to the objects. However > resolute and learned the man may be, his mind remains > wayward, strong, mulish, and hard to restrain. Wanton by nature, it cannot > remain steady for a moment; it must run here, there and everywhere; now it > dwells in the nether regions and in a trice it flies up in the sky; it > moves in all the directions of the compass; and it is capricious like a monkey. > It is hard to fix. To do so, one must be heedful. > > In the Gita, Arjuna asked Sri Bhagavan: 'O Krishna! Is not the mind always > capricious, disturbing to the man and too strong to be checked? It is > easier to hold the air in the fist than to control the mind.' > > In the Yoga Vasistha, Sri Rama asked Vasistha: 'O Master! Is it not > impossible to control the mind? > One may sooner drink up the oceans or lift up Mt. Meru or swallow flaming > fire than control the mind.' > > From the words of Rama and Arjuna, and our own experience, there can be no > doubt that it is exceedingly difficult to control the mind however able and > heroic one may be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2001 Report Share Posted March 24, 2001 ~There still don't seem to be any minds around here. ~Apparently mindless, There is no individual mind just as there is no individual consciousness nor personal will nor fractured awareness nor multiplicity of being. All is one one is all. Mind knows yet is not. Being is yet knows not. -tomas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 27, 2001 Report Share Posted March 27, 2001 Controlling the mind could be likened to joining a mailing list. The answers that are looked for cannot come from the object, but it sure can take you for a ride! :-) Paul On Sat, 24 Mar 2001 14:25:43 -0700, you wrote: > >The Lamp of Nondual Knowledge >(Advaita Bodha Deepika) > >Master: In Dhyana Deepika, Sri Vidyaranyaswami has said: The path of >inquiry cannot lead to success seekers whose minds are confused. To bring >down the conceit of their minds, yoga is necessary. The minds of those who >are fully qualified are not confused but remain one pointed; >only the veiling power of ignorance still hides the Self from them; they >await only awakening. >Inquiry is the process of awakening; therefore it best suits them. > >Yoga can be successful only after a long, steady, earnest, diligent and >cautious practice, without needless strain. > >Disciple: Why should one be so heedful about it? > >Master: When the attempt is made to fix the mind in the Self, it gets >restive and drags the man through the senses to the objects. However >resolute and learned the man may be, his mind remains >wayward, strong, mulish, and hard to restrain. Wanton by nature, it cannot >remain steady for a moment; it must run here, there and everywhere; now it >dwells in the nether regions and in a trice it flies up in the sky; it >moves in all the directions of the compass; and it is capricious like a monkey. >It is hard to fix. To do so, one must be heedful. > >In the Gita, Arjuna asked Sri Bhagavan: 'O Krishna! Is not the mind always >capricious, disturbing to the man and too strong to be checked? It is >easier to hold the air in the fist than to control the mind.' > >In the Yoga Vasistha, Sri Rama asked Vasistha: 'O Master! Is it not >impossible to control the mind? >One may sooner drink up the oceans or lift up Mt. Meru or swallow flaming >fire than control the mind.' > > From the words of Rama and Arjuna, and our own experience, there can be no >doubt that it is exceedingly difficult to control the mind however able and >heroic one may be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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