Saturday, August 17, 2013

Equal eye dhyana

Sri Sadgurubhyoh Namah

Chapter 5, Text 18
vidya‑vinaya‑sampanne
brahmane gavi hastini
suni caiva sva‑pake ca
panditah sama‑darsinah



TRANSLATION
The humble sages, by virtue of true knowledge, see with equal vision a learned and gentle brahmana, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog‑eater [outcaste].

Dhyana : Have an equal eye on events, things, persons.
Step-1 : Bring to your mind a happy event in your life and relive the moment. You are elated.
Step-2 : Bring to your  mind an unhappy moment in your life and relive the moment. You are dejected.
Step-3 : Remember how many times you have gone through the roller-coaster ride of mind, one time happy, another time unhappy. Do you want to continue this roller-coaster ?
Step-4 : Develop sakshi bhava, detachedness with mind, and then view the same events and see that they have no impact on you.

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