Ef þú stendur nákvæmlega þar sem þú ert, ertu uppljómaður

 

 

Sú reynsla sem felst í uppljómun er að sjálfsögðu mikilvæg, en það sem er mikilvægara er að geta aðlagað logann sem lýsir okkur í zazen og daglega lífinu. Þegar rýkur af loganum leggur frá honum brunalykt en þegar loginn er hreinn er engin lykt. Þegar líf þitt logar eins og hreinn logi hefur þú ekki undan neinu að kvarta og engin ástæða til að fylgjast sérstaklega með iðkun þinni.

Þú heldur að sönn iðkun byggist á því að vera uppljómaður en þannig er því ekki varið. Sönn iðkun vex úr blekkingu, úr pirringi. Þú getur aðeins byggt iðkun þína á mistökum. Andartak mistakanna er upphaf iðkunarinnar. Þessvegna þurfum við að finna hina sönnu merkingu iðkunarinnar áður en við uppljómumst. Uppljómunin er þar sem þú ert. Ef þú stendur nákvæmlega þar sem þú ert, ertu uppljómaður.

 

Shunryu Suzuki-roshi

Sjá: http://www.zen.is/greinar.htm 

Hávamál Indíalands (Bhagavad Gita)

 

 

8.

Og hver sá maður, er iðkar sífelt yoga og lætur hugann ekki hvarfla frá hinum æðsta, hinum guðdómlega anda, hann hverfur til hans, Arjúna!

 

 

9. - 10.

Svo er hinn vitri, stjórnandinn, er verið hefir til síðan í árdögum. Hann er minni hverri frumögn. Hann er sá, er öllu viðheldur. Enginn getur gert sér í hugarlund, hvernig hann er. Hann ljómar líkt og sólin fyrir handan myrkrin. Beini menn huga til hans, þá hverfa þeir til hans, hins guðdómlega, svo framarlega sem þeir eru einhuga á andlátsstund sinni, hafa fölskvalausa elsku til að bera og hafa stöðvað lífsöndunina milli augnabrúna sinna.  

 

 

Hávamál Indíalands - Áttunda kviða (Þýtt hefur Sig. Kristófer Pétursson)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sanskaras (einnig nefnt samskaras)

 

No one can escape karma. Even unconscious activities like breathing involve karma. After karma gives its results, it leaves a residual effect called Sanskaras. Sanskaras are the deep-rooted impressions in the subconscious mind which regulate our drives and activities. Sanskaras survive after death and determind our next incarnation, our inner aptitudes and tendencies.

Spiritual evolution means to eradicate old sanskaras and to stop producing new sanskaras. Sanskaras are produced by ego and attachment. One an reduce sanskaras by acting as an instrument, without likes and dislikes. One can produce sanskaras by mental attachments, without doing any physical activities.

 

Deep sanskaras are like carvings in a stone. They are hard to remove. Sanskaras are deepened by repetition. If one smokes, in the beginning he does not like it. As one repeats it, he begins to like it. Then he craves it. One is addicted. Addiction is nothing but accumulated sanskaras. Some sanskaras are negligible, like drawing a line on water. They do not register in the mind. Other sanskaras are shallow, like drawing  a line in the sand. They can be removed easily. Sanskaras build our character. Sanskaras survive death and are continued in the next life.

 The best method of avoiding sanskaras is to keep away from associations which produce desires. Enjoy being in the present, be an instrument, renounce the desires and mental attachments. Give up strong likes and dislikes. If one remains a passive witness or works with awareness as being an instrument, one will escape sanskaras. Sanskaras are responsible foe bondage and transmigration (rebirth).      

 

Yogi Shanti Desai – I, Me, Mine, Ours, Illusions

Heimasíða Shanti Desai:  www.yogishantidesai.com

 

Don´t worry. I know who I am

 

I went up to Suzuki Roshi´s room not long before his death. He was in bed, extremely weak, his skin discolored. He bowed, and I did the same. Then he looked right at me an said, not with a loud voice but firmly, “Don´t grieve for me. Don´t worry. I know who I am.”  

 

  

David Chadwick - Zen Is Right Here. Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki.

Hér getið þið hlustað á Dharma-ræðu með Jakusho Kwong-roshi, sem var nemandi Suzuki-roshi, sem tekin var upp í Skálholti árið 2006: http://www.tonheimar.is/media/dharma_talks/roshi_skalhot06/ 

Fleiri viðtöl við Hariharananda

 

Hér getið þið hlustað á fleiri viðtöl við Paramahansa Hariharananda:

http://www.hariharananda.org/english/publications/podcasts/podcasts_index.html#interviews 

 

You Are Potentially Vast and Infinite...

 

... not realizing this truth makes you realize illness and sickness of all kinds. Kriyayoga practice is an ancient and ever-new master technique to make you realize your REAL NATURE. Thus, Kriya yoga practice solves all problems of life.

Guruji Swami Shree Yogi Satyam

Paramahansa Hariharananda

 

 

Conscious realization of one's unity with the spirit is the goal of life, and, consciously or unconsciously, every person is trying to advance towards that end. When he realizes his unity with the universal Self - his own spiritual existence - a person becomes one with the universe.  

Cosmic consciousness is spread all over the universe and pervades everything. Human consciousness is limited to the human body and its environment. To attain cosmic consciousness, it is necessary to expand the consciousness that resides in every living cell of the body and brain.

Kriya practice clears and stimulates the brain and gives strength. It also greatly magnetizes the body, saturating and feeding all its physical cells with undecaying light and keeping them in a magnetized state.  Spirit is Self-born. Spirit is ever-conscious. God's attention is equally distributed everywhere and is fully concentrated everywhere. We human beings, being made in His own image, have latent within us the power to concentrate our attention and to feel our existence everywhere.

Through properly following the laws of living and through faithful practice of Kriya Yoga, a person can enlarge his consciousness and quickly reach the ocean of cosmic consciousness, or divine spirit.  The science of Kriya Yoga is that knowledge which, when it is applied to the internals of man, allows him to realize his ever-present unity with God and perceive that whatever he is doing is done only by the power of God, who is activating his whole system and directing all of his activities. 

Paramahansa Hariharananda  

 

 

Hér getið þið hlustað á útvarpsviðtal við Hariharananda þar sem hann talar um kriya yoga: http://www.hariharananda.org/english/publications/podcasts/STM20070508-BabaInfinity1.mp3 

 

It is better to practice a little than talk a lot

 

It is better to practice a little than talk a lot.
 

Muso Kokushi

Take stock of yourself and your habits and find out what is standing in your way

 

The moon is not reflected clearly in ruffled water but only on its calm surface. True love for God is manifested through calmness of the mind. Calmness is the living breath of God's immortality within you. Be introspect. Take stock of yourself and your habits and find out what is standing in your way.

Paramahamsa Yogananda

Lífið er í raun og veru keðja af lífum

 

Lífið er í raun og veru keðja af lífum og núverandi líf okkar er aðeins eitt af ótalmörgum. Það sem við erum í þessu lífi er ávöxtur reynslu okkar í fyrri lífum og það sem okkur skortir af þekkingu og þroska munum við öðlast í ókomnum lífum hér á jörðinni.

 

Helga Hrönn - Vegurinn bendir á fjarlægð (Grein úr Ganglera, vorhefti 1993)