Saturday, April 25, 2020
Monday, April 13, 2020
Happiness
Happiness can't be gained by any experience or action physical, verbal or mental (meditation) because it is your very own nature (svabhava स्वभाव ). It is also called Sat, Chit and ananda (सत् चित्, आनन्द), the very intrinsic core of us. Our svabhava can only be known through gyanam ( ज्ञानं ).
Monday, September 29, 2014
Reality Meditation and Meditative Life
This writing is based on Pujya Swamiji's Dayananda Saraswati of Arsha Vidya Gurukulam's 1 week session in Sept. 09 at Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania.
Meditation pre supposes 3 components
Meditator ( Dhayata)
Meditation (Dhayanam)
Object of Meditation (Dhaya)
Reality meditation involves visualization and actualization
Reality Meditation:
Saguna Brahma Vishaya Mansa Vavahara
Meditation pre supposes 3 components
Meditator ( Dhayata)
Meditation (Dhayanam)
Object of Meditation (Dhaya)
Reality meditation involves visualization and actualization
Reality Meditation:
Saguna Brahma Vishaya Mansa Vavahara
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Peace and Truth
There
are no paths that will lead you to peace.
Peace is the way to go. You are the
very PEACE.
You cannot see the TRUTH
You already are the TRUTH
You cannot see the TRUTH
You already are the TRUTH
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Ignorance is the Cause of Sadness and Suffering
It appears as if the self is immersed in the world (samsara) of sorrow and sadness. Even though we feel the intermittent pangs of suffering, unhappiness and pain in our daily living, there is absolutely no suffering in the Self, even if we have concluded that we are sorrowful and suffering. Suffering and pain that is felt is because of the false notion or conclusion about ourselves. The life of becoming or the life of struggle, conflict, stress and unhappiness has no Reality.
The true knowledge teaches us that our sadness or unhappiness is because we are unaware of our true nature and we entertain false notions about ourselves. If we knew our true nature, there would be no cause for unhappiness or sorrow.
Although the nature of the Self is wholeness, completeness and absolute freedom, we are still constantly struggling to become whole, complete or free; the one who is already complete is trying to become complete.
The above thoughts are taken from "Atmasatkam" by swami Viditatmananda.
The true knowledge teaches us that our sadness or unhappiness is because we are unaware of our true nature and we entertain false notions about ourselves. If we knew our true nature, there would be no cause for unhappiness or sorrow.
Although the nature of the Self is wholeness, completeness and absolute freedom, we are still constantly struggling to become whole, complete or free; the one who is already complete is trying to become complete.
The above thoughts are taken from "Atmasatkam" by swami Viditatmananda.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
We inadvertently Empower the World to make us Happy or Unhappy
This article is taken from Swami Viditatmananda's Commentary on Atmasatkam Verse 3
When the very presence or thought of someone or something makes us unhappy, it implies a relationship of aversion or dvesa. On the other hand, if we are comfortable or happy in the presence of that person or object, it implies attachment or raga. Our lives are based on raga and dvesa. We are bound by our likes and dislikes. We do not pay attention to how our minds become influenced and, therfore, our mind slips unaware into liking certain things to such an extent that we cannot do without them. Similarly, the mind starts disliking other things and hating others to such an extent that we cannot stand them. The mind picks up all these likes and dislikes inadvertently. We are born with a tendency to have likes and dislikes. These likes and dislikes are binding. The mind falls into a habitual pattern of constantly thinking either of something that it likes or something that it dislikes. This pattern emerges when something bothers you or when when you are missing something. The acharyas (gurus) say that the likes and dislikes both belong to the mind and not to the Self. I am neither the one who likes nor the one who dislikes; I have no likes or dislikes.
This teaching is useful, particularly when the mind becomes sad. That is when the knowledge of Vedanta (Self knowledge)becomes most useful. Even so, it should also be applied when the mind becomes happy. However, when we are happy, we don't pay attention to the mind. What can make us happy, can also make us sad. When we empower something to make us happy, we are also empowering it to make us sad. It is we who inadvertently empower the world to make us happy or unhappy. It is for us to extricate ourselves from this by recognizing that these likes and dislikes do not belong to the Self.
When the very presence or thought of someone or something makes us unhappy, it implies a relationship of aversion or dvesa. On the other hand, if we are comfortable or happy in the presence of that person or object, it implies attachment or raga. Our lives are based on raga and dvesa. We are bound by our likes and dislikes. We do not pay attention to how our minds become influenced and, therfore, our mind slips unaware into liking certain things to such an extent that we cannot do without them. Similarly, the mind starts disliking other things and hating others to such an extent that we cannot stand them. The mind picks up all these likes and dislikes inadvertently. We are born with a tendency to have likes and dislikes. These likes and dislikes are binding. The mind falls into a habitual pattern of constantly thinking either of something that it likes or something that it dislikes. This pattern emerges when something bothers you or when when you are missing something. The acharyas (gurus) say that the likes and dislikes both belong to the mind and not to the Self. I am neither the one who likes nor the one who dislikes; I have no likes or dislikes.
This teaching is useful, particularly when the mind becomes sad. That is when the knowledge of Vedanta (Self knowledge)becomes most useful. Even so, it should also be applied when the mind becomes happy. However, when we are happy, we don't pay attention to the mind. What can make us happy, can also make us sad. When we empower something to make us happy, we are also empowering it to make us sad. It is we who inadvertently empower the world to make us happy or unhappy. It is for us to extricate ourselves from this by recognizing that these likes and dislikes do not belong to the Self.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Meditation Prayer
As a limited individual, I invoke the Lord’s help and grace by an act of prayer. Being based on one’s will, prayer is an action. It is an act invoking grace as well as a simple autosuggestion. As I sit in meditation, relaxed, I offer a prayer to the Lord whom I invoke in any given form and in any given name.
I pray:
O Lord, may I have the maturity to accept gracefully what I cannot change, may I have the will and effort to change what I can; and have the wisdom to know the difference between what I can and cannot change.
I cannot change my childhood, my parentage, my entire past. What has already happened in my life, I cannot change. What has happened has happened and I cannot do anything about it. On the basis of what has happened, I have nothing to regret. I have no reason to be sad, depressed or angry. I drop my anguish for what has happened. I accept gracefully whatever has happened in my life.
May I not victimize myself by subjecting myself to the past. Let me see clearly that I cannot alter what has happened. May I not have any regret, sadness or agitation on this count. Let me recognize very clearly thoughts about the past that I cannot change so that I can accept the past for what it is. Let me be aware of whatever I can change. Let this be very clear to me. let there be no doubt. Let me not waste my power and time trying to change what I cannot change. Trying to change what I cannot, leaves me so powerless, helpless and impoverished, that I cannot bring about the change that needs changing.
There are a lot things that I can change. I seek the strength of will and the ability to make proper, adequate effort to change. I do not waste my time trying to change what I cannot change; nor do I want to waste my time putting up with unhealthy situations that I can change. The difference between the two -- what I can and cannot change is not easy to distinguish. It takes wisdom for which I again invoke your grace.
O Lord, may I enjoy, have, the maturity to accept gracefully what I cannot change, the will and effort to change what I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
I am just awake, alive to what has happened at this moment. I lay down my will, my choice. I am just awake to the moment. Moment to moment, my being aware of the moment does not fluctuate. My being aware of the moment is an abiding, lasting, ever-present fact. My being aware is not in fits and starts. It is a presence, a presence which is always present.
What I am aware of at this moment is unique. The object changes; even these words are never the same. At this moment, a given word, a sentence, a sound or an object changes. My being aware of what happens at this moment is not by my choice. I am aware because I am an awareful presence. Free from memory, I am an awareful presence.
I pray:
O Lord, may I have the maturity to accept gracefully what I cannot change, may I have the will and effort to change what I can; and have the wisdom to know the difference between what I can and cannot change.
I cannot change my childhood, my parentage, my entire past. What has already happened in my life, I cannot change. What has happened has happened and I cannot do anything about it. On the basis of what has happened, I have nothing to regret. I have no reason to be sad, depressed or angry. I drop my anguish for what has happened. I accept gracefully whatever has happened in my life.
May I not victimize myself by subjecting myself to the past. Let me see clearly that I cannot alter what has happened. May I not have any regret, sadness or agitation on this count. Let me recognize very clearly thoughts about the past that I cannot change so that I can accept the past for what it is. Let me be aware of whatever I can change. Let this be very clear to me. let there be no doubt. Let me not waste my power and time trying to change what I cannot change. Trying to change what I cannot, leaves me so powerless, helpless and impoverished, that I cannot bring about the change that needs changing.
There are a lot things that I can change. I seek the strength of will and the ability to make proper, adequate effort to change. I do not waste my time trying to change what I cannot change; nor do I want to waste my time putting up with unhealthy situations that I can change. The difference between the two -- what I can and cannot change is not easy to distinguish. It takes wisdom for which I again invoke your grace.
O Lord, may I enjoy, have, the maturity to accept gracefully what I cannot change, the will and effort to change what I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
I am just awake, alive to what has happened at this moment. I lay down my will, my choice. I am just awake to the moment. Moment to moment, my being aware of the moment does not fluctuate. My being aware of the moment is an abiding, lasting, ever-present fact. My being aware is not in fits and starts. It is a presence, a presence which is always present.
What I am aware of at this moment is unique. The object changes; even these words are never the same. At this moment, a given word, a sentence, a sound or an object changes. My being aware of what happens at this moment is not by my choice. I am aware because I am an awareful presence. Free from memory, I am an awareful presence.
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