Indian Masters On MeditationIndian Masters On Meditation QuotesIndian Masters On Meditation include masters like Osho, Swami Sivananda, Krishnamurti, gautama the Buddha, among other sources. They are each well-known masters in the field of meditation and Self Realization. They all have a thing or two to say and suggest when it comes to meditation. I will state some interesting quotations and videos from these Indian Masters in which they enlighten us with their knowledge and wisdom in regard to Meditation and Life.To start with the Indian Masters on Meditation here is an interesting quote on meditation that mixes a psychological view with a more spiritual and abstract one:
“Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in the Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.”
Basically, what Swami Sivananda is teaching us, is the very essence of yoga and meditation: The cessation of thoughts out of which arises the experience of consciousness. All we need to master in this life, is our thoughts, our minds. When our thoughts die out, we enter a new level of consciousness which we can then begin to explore freely without disturbance of thoughts. Then everything will be clear and all will be in peace. Indian masters on meditation say that meditation is the light that can show us the way to this thoughtless realm of pure consicousness:
“Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.” The following quote is a very interesting one that places meditation and its importance in a wider perspective by stating:
“Better indeed is knowledge than mechanical practice. Better than knowledge is meditation. But better still is surrender of attachment to results, because there follows immediate peace.” So of all the Indian masters on meditation, here it is Lord Krishna speaking to us about meditation in one of the most referred to scriptures of all times, when it comes to meditation and Self Realization. In this scripture, it is stated that Krishna says that meditation is still just a mean to get to something you can actually get immediately. Why do we meditate?: Is it not to experience the infinite peace and happiness of God; to realize our true Self, our center of consciousness? We can do that by meditating indeed, but here the Bhagavad Gita states that there is an immediate way: The way of surrendering and letting go of all that you call and consider to be yourself or to belong to yourself.
"If you meditate, sooner or later you will come upon love. If you meditate deeply, sooner or later you will start feeling a tremendous love arising in you that you have never known before. You want a love which is born out of meditation, not born out of the mind." At the end of the above quote on Meditation, Osho finishes his speech with creating a distinction between love out of meditation and love out of the mind. This difference between being with mind and being in the state of No-Mind, is most essential in all authentic, spiritual teachings and it is what most Indian masters on meditation state. The irony and difficulty of this path and of meditation is that it is the mind that is trying to meditate, while it is incapable to. True meditation means being without mind. The following quote is one of my favourite when it comes to how to, or how not to practice meditation and whether or not we should practice it at all. What should be our approach the true meditation?:
"If you set out to meditate it will not be meditation. If you set out to be good, goodness will never flower. If you cultivate humility, it ceases to be. Meditation is like the breeze that comes in when you leave the window open; but if you deliberately keep it open, deliberately invite it to come, it will never appear." Is that not just a wonderful explanation on how ironically foolish it is to meditate? It is a good practice, yet it exists within ignorance. This is a nice one to contemplate about. Indian Masters On Meditation Videos:Osho talks on meditation for contemporary people:
Here the Indian master Osho is interviewed about his views on meditation and what meditation techniques are best. He states that each meditation technique has the potential to bring you to that mindless place of meditation. All we need to do with these countless of techniques of meditation is to pick one that strikes us, that appeals to us and then try that technique for a longer period of time. If it doesn't work, we should pick another one untill we find one that truly appeals to us and then we should stick it out to the very end. We should use that technique to the very end and once we know the 'space' of meditation by experience, all other techniques become easy and even immediate.
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