Considering all these facts we find that Dhyana yogam, too, is a very difficult marga....

Nama Article 8th February 2008

 

Source: http://www.madhuramurali.org/swamigal/essay/ji_bss00_lec4.html

 

Excerpts from a discourse by our Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji

 

Next let us take up the case of DHYANA YOGAM. Today, we find many who are greatly fascinated by dhyana(meditation). Attending 'meditation classes' has become a fad.

 

To acquire mind-control, one needs to be extremely careful about personal cleanliness and food habits. If we look at life in a city, day starts as early as 5 A.M. People leave their respective apartments early in the morning, just like birds that leave their nests at daybreak in search of food, only to return late at night totally sapped of energy. Where will they find the energy to meditate? Today's media, too, only weakens the mind. We lead a fast-paced life today. If we look at our ancestors who lived in villages they led a slow-paced life. Their livelihood was based on agriculture and pasture. Naturally, they had enough energy and time to meditate.

 

Dhyana yogam requires tremendous effort on the part of the person practising it. Even Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, who was an incarnaton of Lord Narayana, had to do thirteen years of arduous penance. So it would only be foolhardiness to believe that one can reach the goal by participating in weekly meditation classes. To progress in Dhyana yogam, one needs to paint a picture of his Dhyanamurthi in his heart, just as an artist draws a portrait looking at a model. It requires years of constant practice and great mental strength.

 

Considering all these facts we find that Dhyana yogam, too, is a very difficult marga.

 

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