meditate’. Mauna is not simply thinking. On the contrary it is an inward journey. Mauna is sacred Silence. It is meditation. Accordingly, because of Mauna being sacred silence, a Muni is said to be ecstatic. (Tapa done by a Muni is Mauna). He is said to transcend the human condition. He stands (stasis) outside (ex) his ordinary egoist personality. This self-transcendence takes one to the state of ecstasy, with the psychic conditioning temporarily suspended in utter bliss.
Sacred Silence leads to stillness. And that stillness opens the dimension of spiritual existence - that luminous world that awaits our discovery as soon as we redirect our attention from external things to our own inner depths.
हिरण्मयेनपात्रेणसत्यस्यापिहितंमुखम्।
तत्त्वंपूषन्नपावृणुसत्यधर्मायदृष्टये॥१५॥ …show more content…
Like the sun, the transcendental Reality is experienced by the mystics of all ages as life-giving and radiant. It is life itself. As one Upanishad sage put it long ago that it is by the power of that Reality that the sun and all myriad other stars do their work. Silence is not merely a discipline, rather, it is a primarily a state of being. It is in through and as silence that we discover our authentic identity, the Self (atman, Purusa). Thus, Silence partakes of the golden nature of the Ultimate Reality. By comparison, speech is like the silver bodied Moon, which has no light of its own but is illuminated by the radiance of the sun. So, the proverb – Speech is silver, silence is golden.
Once that great, sustaining Reality has been discovered, all our active thoughts and words become spontaneous signals of that infinite silence which is sheer bliss. Thus, the words of the enlightened adepts have transformative power because they address that part in us which instinctively knows of that supreme silence.
Just as in ordinary life, speech and silence are intimately interwoven so also in spiritual life do they complement one another. This has been recognized particularly in Taoism. In the language of the Iching, Speech is Yang or the masculine pole of Silence. Silence is Yin or the feminine pole. Together they are responsible for the creativity of human interaction. In spiritual life, we cultivate …show more content…
It is not easy to get rid of it. Even when the mind is sidetracked from that thought, still one feels uneasy till that thought is effectively dealt with and finished. It becomes irritating like a grain of sand in the eye.
Similarly, when one is unhappy, that sadness does not leave easily however hard one tries to get rid of it. Even by listening to inspiring discourses sadness does not go away. Many a times one consoles the mind that one should not worry about things which is not important. But the mind or intellect does not pay any attention. Under such a circumstance, mantra chanting may really help. Our mind takes the form of the mantra that we repeat. By constant practice the inherent power of the mantra will be awakened, which will fill our very existence with the divinity of the mantra.
What is Mantra? A Mantra is that which liberates or protects the
Sacred Silence leads to stillness. And that stillness opens the dimension of spiritual existence - that luminous world that awaits our discovery as soon as we redirect our attention from external things to our own inner depths.
हिरण्मयेनपात्रेणसत्यस्यापिहितंमुखम्।
तत्त्वंपूषन्नपावृणुसत्यधर्मायदृष्टये॥१५॥ …show more content…
Like the sun, the transcendental Reality is experienced by the mystics of all ages as life-giving and radiant. It is life itself. As one Upanishad sage put it long ago that it is by the power of that Reality that the sun and all myriad other stars do their work. Silence is not merely a discipline, rather, it is a primarily a state of being. It is in through and as silence that we discover our authentic identity, the Self (atman, Purusa). Thus, Silence partakes of the golden nature of the Ultimate Reality. By comparison, speech is like the silver bodied Moon, which has no light of its own but is illuminated by the radiance of the sun. So, the proverb – Speech is silver, silence is golden.
Once that great, sustaining Reality has been discovered, all our active thoughts and words become spontaneous signals of that infinite silence which is sheer bliss. Thus, the words of the enlightened adepts have transformative power because they address that part in us which instinctively knows of that supreme silence.
Just as in ordinary life, speech and silence are intimately interwoven so also in spiritual life do they complement one another. This has been recognized particularly in Taoism. In the language of the Iching, Speech is Yang or the masculine pole of Silence. Silence is Yin or the feminine pole. Together they are responsible for the creativity of human interaction. In spiritual life, we cultivate …show more content…
It is not easy to get rid of it. Even when the mind is sidetracked from that thought, still one feels uneasy till that thought is effectively dealt with and finished. It becomes irritating like a grain of sand in the eye.
Similarly, when one is unhappy, that sadness does not leave easily however hard one tries to get rid of it. Even by listening to inspiring discourses sadness does not go away. Many a times one consoles the mind that one should not worry about things which is not important. But the mind or intellect does not pay any attention. Under such a circumstance, mantra chanting may really help. Our mind takes the form of the mantra that we repeat. By constant practice the inherent power of the mantra will be awakened, which will fill our very existence with the divinity of the mantra.
What is Mantra? A Mantra is that which liberates or protects the