Re: dhyAna
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• August 28, 1998
A correspondent wrote to me: Dear Sri Mani, This is with respect to your post on how to concentrate. As you have rightly pointed out, the mind just would not stay still, would it? I went through so many responses and was quite amazed to find references to: 1. Sri Ramakrishna 2. Sri Sankaracharya 3. Sri Ramana and their teachings/notes on dhyAna. Moreover the commonality among them is that all are advaitins propagating the ashtanga yoga process for self-realization. (References to pranayama techniques, etc.) Why is that Sri Vaishnavas have to refer to all these saints for successfully situating themselves in dhyAna? Are there no references in Swami Desikan's literature on this subject matter? A very valid question, and one to which I have no response. Why is there such a paucity of information concerning such simple matters as sitting down and concentrating on God in our sampradAya granthas? Or perhaps are there such texts for beginners, and they have not come to the light of day yet? Members in the know are requested to respond. Mani
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