Saturday, August 17, 2013

Titiksha dhyana

Sri Sadgurubhyoh Namah

Chapter 2, Text 14
matra‑sparsas tu kaunteya sitosna‑sukha‑duhkha‑dah agamapayino 'nityas tams titiksasva bharata

TRANSLATION
O son of Kunti, the nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons. They arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed.



Yoga practice : titiksha : Sit in padmasana or sukhasana for 15 minutes without moving a muscle. Observe the different pain points in body. Bear the pain of the body. Relax the body. Understand the relaxation of the body. Understand the changing of body sensations from pain to pleasure.


Dhyana : Contemplate on the life experiences of happiness and distress. Understand the impermenance of both happiness and distress, you can see that each of them comes and goes. Contemplate on natural seasons, understand that they come and go. 

No comments:

Post a Comment