Saturday, August 17, 2013

Sense perceptions dhyana

Sri Sadgurubhyoh Namah

Chapter 5, Text 22
ye hi samsparsa‑ja bhoga
duhkha‑yonaya eva te
ady‑antavantah kaunteya
na tesu ramate budhah



TRANSLATION
An intelligent person does not take part in the sources of misery, which are due to contact with the material senses. O son of Kunti, such pleasures have a beginning and an end, and so the wise man does not delight in them

Dhyana : Contemplate on five senses. Understand that each sensory organ gives inputs to mind. It is the mind that makes some sense out of it like (whether the input should be treated as favourable or unfavourable). Understand the role of the body as a machine that gives inputs. The role of mind to process those inputs and decide to be happy or unhappy. If the mind decides to be happy all the time, what is stopping it ?

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