You become what you think. You are a sum total of your thoughts and desires, not only of this life but also of your past lives. What you think and desire grows upon you, becomes part of your latent impressions samskaras and influence the course of your life here and here after. These samskaras determine the future course of your lives as they accompany you to the next world. All your mental actions are part of your karma as much as any physical action.
Even the animals have the ability to evolve into higher being through their mental focus. Meditation is a central part of Hinduism, Buddhism and yoga. Yoga is mentioned and explained in several ancient Upanishads, long before the emergence of Buddhism. Prior to the Buddha, yoga was practiced in many forms by the ascetics and ascetic traditions of ancient India, including Jainism.
The rudiments of yoga practice are found in the Katha and Svetasvatara Upanishads, while a more advanced version in the Maitri Upanishad. The epic Mahabharata makes many references to yoga. According to Edwin F. Bryant, the terms yoga and yogi occur about times in the epic. He codified it and standardized its teaching.
During his wanderings as an ascetic monk, the Buddha practiced various forms of austerities and yoga. His enlightenment was a direct result of dhyana, an ancient form of meditation. The ascetic practices of both Buddhism and Hinduism draw heavily from ancient Yoga traditions in their respective ways to practice self-transformation.
Both rely upon Yoga to restrain human nature and overcome desires and attachments. They use many common terms to explain the practices of yoga or stages in self-absorption. However, yoga has a much wider connotation in Hinduism than in Buddhism. In Buddhism self-absorption denotes the end of all desires and modifications and an experience with emptiness. In Hinduism also it denotes the end of all desires and modifications but an experience with transcendence or union with the transcendental Self.
According to a verse from Briahdaranyaka Upanishad , a Hindu text: "Contemplation is assuredly greater than thought. The earth contemplates as it were. The atmosphere contemplates as it were. The heaven contemplates as it were. The waters contemplate as it were, the mountains contemplate as it were.
Gods and men contemplate as it were. Therefore he among men here attains greatness, he seems to have obtained a share of the reward of contemplation. Now the small people of quarrelsome, abusive and slandering, the superior men have obtained a share of the reward of contemplation. Meditate on contemplation. Hindu holy men use meditation to escape from the confines of ordinary.
Some are said to have achieved miraculous power by practicing meditation. Tantrism is a highly ritualistic religion that combines beliefs in magic and esoteric philosophy and emphasizes mystic symbols, sacred chants, and other esoteric devotional techniques. Based on ancient animist religions, it uses shaman to dispel demons and appease the gods, and incorporates a number of mudras ritual postures , mantras sacred speech , yantras sacred art and secret initiation rites.
Tantrism is practiced by both Hindus and Tibetan Buddhists. Among Hindus it is closely associated with Kali. Steven M. Kossak and Edith W. The Hindu pantheon of gods expanded to include shaktis, female counterparts to male gods and personified as their consorts.
Shakti is female energy, which activates the powers of the male gods and emanates from the goddess Devi. Many other goddesses represent aspects of Devi's powers, for instance, Parvati, the beautiful, loving, and obedient consort of Shiva, and Durga, Chamunda, and Kali, whose actions and moods indicate anger, ferocity, and the horrific. This range of emotions symbolizes their multiple purposes and the variety of forms female energy and power can assume.
Hindu Tantrism is based in part on a text called the Tantras, written between the A. Much of text is written as conversations between Shiva and his consort.
Hindu Tantrism has millions of followers and they include Buddhists and even Muslims as well as Hindus. Hindu Tantrism involves seeking orthodox dharma , siddhi spiritual or supernatural power and bukhti pleasure in higher worlds.
Followers view the body as a microcosm of the universe and worship shakti female energy , which they believe is especially powerful when united with the male energy force, which itself is powerless without the presence of shakti.
Some sects classify their members according to their spiritual capacity. Many Tantric practitioners serve as healers. In the subtle form meditation is done on the "body of sound," that is, the mantra, of the deity. In the gross form meditation is on one image with hands and feet. The suprasensory can seldom be reached by the mind; hence one should concentrate on the gross form.
Siva Candra Vidyarnava Bhattacharya wrote in the Principles of Tantra: 'The worshipper should engage in meditation, gradually concentrating his mind on all the parts of the body of his chosen deity, one after another, from the feet to the head.
He can thus acquire such an intense state of concentration that during his undisturbed meditation the whole body of the chosen deity will appear to his mind's eye as an indivisible form. In this way the meditation on the deity in its formal aspect will gradually become profound and steady.
Woodroffe, I, , , or p. Japa is of three kinds, audible, articulate but inaudible, and mental Even Equinox, a fitness company with gyms across North America and in London, is launching a class called HeadStrong in April, which will combine high intensity interval training with meditation. The trend has also caught up with technology, with apps like Headpsace and OMG. I Can Meditate! Some archaeologists date meditation back to as early as 5, BCE, according to Psychology Today , and the practice itself has religious ties in ancient Egypt and China, as well as Judaism, Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism and, of course, Buddhism.
As it arrived in a new spot, it would slowly transform to fit each new culture. As TIME reported in a cover story, meditation began to be seriously studied for its medical benefits in the s, when a researcher in India named B.
Hindu meditation is spiritual tools that originate from the Hindu tradition that provides the one a great understanding of one's Self or the Divine. It can be done through either chanting, repeating mantras sacred words and sounds , working with the body Hatha Yoga and breathing practices pranayama and meditations that focus on an image and many other practices. When our brain and body gets stressed because of too much activity, then it becomes necessary to do something for mind relaxation.
Hindu meditation practices help our mind to get rid out of unwanted thoughts and to attain a state of calmness and peace. It aids you to achieve emotional stability and changes your outlook towards a circumstance.
Thus helps you to think in a positive manner. It helps you to stop worrying about the events of future and past negative experiences. Hindu meditation is significant in enhancing your health by controlling the blood pressure and cholesterol levels. Meditation encourages the mind to come out of the worthless thoughts.
It calms the mind and thus ensures a sound sleep. It has a positive effect on your nervous system as it helps in overcoming the stress causing chemicals. Om mantra is a word that is constantly repeated with the purpose of focusing your mind.
But according to others, the mantra is a tool used to concentrate your mind. Many people find it easier to use a mantra in comparison to the breathing practices. This is a form of mantra meditation and it was introduced in the year by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. There are over 5 million practitioners of this meditation worldwide.
In this meditation, use a mantra for about minutes while sitting with closed eyes. You can practice it twice or thrice a day. If you wish to practice transcendental meditation, then you need to do a lot of before to do so.
This meditation means investigating and understanding our true self. Reject verbal answers to the question. If you do not have any previous experience of meditation, this practice can be very tough to follow. But when practiced regularly, it can bring peace and inner freedom. There are several divisions of this practice including physical postures asanas , breathing exercises pranayamas , the rules of conduct Yamas and Niyamas and contemplative practices of meditation pratyahara, dharma, samadhi.
What the world offers Is meaningless, useless And utterly false. Bird of my heart, Fly on. My Lord, a tiny bird Claims the vast sky. Similarly the finite in me Longs to claim Your Infinite Absolute.
Some years ago I edited a little collection of writings on meditation by my teacher, Sri Chinmoy. I called it The Silent Teaching. I wrote in the introduction that the title might seem strange, even paradoxical.
To the mind accustomed to regard teaching as instruction, or practical demonstration, the notion that such a process can be silent, wordless, might be difficult. But in discussing meditation, we are moving in a realm where, traditionally, truth is communicated directly, in silence, by a look, a gesture, a touch.
One of the best-known examples is Buddha's Flower Sermon. The Buddha came to address a large gathering and his lecture consisted of holding up a flower! One of his followers, Maha Kashapa, responded by smiling, and Buddha said in that moment the disciple had received everything. The teaching is not conveyed in words, he said, but in silence. Sri Chinmoy's background is Hindu, but he expressed the same truth: All real spiritual teachers teach in silence.
Your mind has a flood of questions. There is but one teacher who can answer them. Who is the teacher? Your silence-loving heart. This 'silence-loving heart' is receptivity itself. It is our capacity to be still, be open, and simply listen. The mind has all the questions. The heart has, and is, the answer. I've been talking a lot about silence.
And that's a typical paradox in itself - talking about silence! But clearly there are different levels and qualities of silence.
There's an Indian story about four monks who decide, as a form of spiritual discipline, to maintain a day of silence. That way they can be more focussed and concentrated, not waste their energy on smalltalk or get into useless arguments. Well, everything goes well throughout the day. They go about their tasks feeling very virtuous and showing each other great respect. Then towards evening, it starts to get dark, and one of the monks, who is busy preparing food, says "Somebody should light the lamp".
The second monk turns to him and says, "You spoke! Maintaining even an outer silence - keeping our mouths shut - is more difficult than we might imagine.
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