VYADHI STYAN SAUNSHAY PRAMAD AALASYA AVIRATI BHRANTI-DURSHAN
ALABH-BUMIKATWA ANAVASTHITATWANI CHITTAVIKSHEPAH TE ANTARAYAH
DISEASE ,DULLNESS( OF MIND) ,DOUBT(OR QUESTIONING) ,MISTAKE(OF PROCRASTINATION), LAZINESS, (RESURGENCE OF)DESIRES ,ILLUSION, INABILITY TO PROGRESS (IN REACHING HIGHER STAGE OF SAMADHI ),INABILITY TO MAINTAIN LEVEL OF SAMADHI --CAUSE TO BE DISTRACTED AND ARE OBSTACLE(IN THE PATH)
If one has tried to do the meditation or try to achieve the SAMADHI , he knows the obstacles in the path. This SUTRA tells us about them in a systimatic way
The first one is called VYADHI, or disease.We all know that if we have a physical sickness or mental sickness we can not concentrate. We will be unable to do the proper chanting , or proper breathing or proper posture and the concentration , to achieve the higher level or for that matter any level of the Samadhi. The disease could be the physical or mental . If I have overeaten and has stomach ache , I can not concentrate. If I have attack of asthma , and can not breath, I can not do proper technique of the breathing and can not go farther. If I had a fight or my mind is agitated , then also I can not concentrate. So the BODY and the MIND must be free of the disease. One can practice Hata Yoga to get better health of the body.
The second obstacle is the Styan.This is similar to laziness.But it is mainly the mental laziness rather than physical laziness. Our entire thought process and physical activity or inactivity is related to 3 Gunas. When we have dominance of Tamoguna , the we are lazy. When we have dominance of satwic guna our mind is calm. and when the Rajasic gets upper hand , then we are active . There are times when our Mind is lazy or fatigued , we don't want to do any thing . We know we must do certain things, but the mind does nor help us . This is STYAN.
The third one is called SAUSHAY or the doubt. Our mind has the natural tendency to get attracted to the outer things that give us sense pleasure. This could be good food(spicy , fried food or even meat),it could be Sex, or parties or some such things.We have to quit all these things, to get ahead in the meditation process. But there is no guaranty that we are going to get any level quickly or for that matter anytime soon . So then the mind starts wavering. We start having doubts . Are we doing right things? We quit all the things that we were 'enjoing' and now we have no certainty of getting anything better. Is there anything like (highest level of )SAMADHI or it is all a bluff and mind's play?.This the SAUSHAY.
The fourth one is called PRAMAD.This one is a mistake . We know that eating good food is good , indulging in bad food is not good . Exercise is good. But we at times indulge in bad food or avoid the exercise.This is one PRAMAD . The one that is referred here is the procrastination in doing DAILY PRACTICE OF MEDITATION. We know it is good . We know that doing it daily is the only way to get ahead. But we still don't do it on regular basis.
The rest of them in next blog.
ALABH-BUMIKATWA ANAVASTHITATWANI CHITTAVIKSHEPAH TE ANTARAYAH
DISEASE ,DULLNESS( OF MIND) ,DOUBT(OR QUESTIONING) ,MISTAKE(OF PROCRASTINATION), LAZINESS, (RESURGENCE OF)DESIRES ,ILLUSION, INABILITY TO PROGRESS (IN REACHING HIGHER STAGE OF SAMADHI ),INABILITY TO MAINTAIN LEVEL OF SAMADHI --CAUSE TO BE DISTRACTED AND ARE OBSTACLE(IN THE PATH)
If one has tried to do the meditation or try to achieve the SAMADHI , he knows the obstacles in the path. This SUTRA tells us about them in a systimatic way
The first one is called VYADHI, or disease.We all know that if we have a physical sickness or mental sickness we can not concentrate. We will be unable to do the proper chanting , or proper breathing or proper posture and the concentration , to achieve the higher level or for that matter any level of the Samadhi. The disease could be the physical or mental . If I have overeaten and has stomach ache , I can not concentrate. If I have attack of asthma , and can not breath, I can not do proper technique of the breathing and can not go farther. If I had a fight or my mind is agitated , then also I can not concentrate. So the BODY and the MIND must be free of the disease. One can practice Hata Yoga to get better health of the body.
The second obstacle is the Styan.This is similar to laziness.But it is mainly the mental laziness rather than physical laziness. Our entire thought process and physical activity or inactivity is related to 3 Gunas. When we have dominance of Tamoguna , the we are lazy. When we have dominance of satwic guna our mind is calm. and when the Rajasic gets upper hand , then we are active . There are times when our Mind is lazy or fatigued , we don't want to do any thing . We know we must do certain things, but the mind does nor help us . This is STYAN.
The third one is called SAUSHAY or the doubt. Our mind has the natural tendency to get attracted to the outer things that give us sense pleasure. This could be good food(spicy , fried food or even meat),it could be Sex, or parties or some such things.We have to quit all these things, to get ahead in the meditation process. But there is no guaranty that we are going to get any level quickly or for that matter anytime soon . So then the mind starts wavering. We start having doubts . Are we doing right things? We quit all the things that we were 'enjoing' and now we have no certainty of getting anything better. Is there anything like (highest level of )SAMADHI or it is all a bluff and mind's play?.This the SAUSHAY.
The fourth one is called PRAMAD.This one is a mistake . We know that eating good food is good , indulging in bad food is not good . Exercise is good. But we at times indulge in bad food or avoid the exercise.This is one PRAMAD . The one that is referred here is the procrastination in doing DAILY PRACTICE OF MEDITATION. We know it is good . We know that doing it daily is the only way to get ahead. But we still don't do it on regular basis.
The rest of them in next blog.
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