The ONLY Meditation Shree Krishna Wants – Most People NEVER Practice This | Swami Mukundananda
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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6, Verse 15 (Dhyāna Yoga) by Swami Mukundananda, focusing on the technique of Rūpa Dhyāna (meditation on the divine form) as the most effective method for spiritual practice.
Salient Points : Rūpa Dhyāna (Meditation on Form)
No. Time Salient Point
1 0:11 Shri Krishna's Command: Shri Krishna resolves the confusion over what to meditate upon by instructing, "Arjun, attach your mind to Me."
2 0:20 The Technique: The most effective technique to attach the mind to God is Rūpa Dhyāna (meditation on the divine form).
3 0:26 Mind's Nature: Since the mind carries saṁskāras (impressions), it easily connects with a form. You must provide it with the form of God.
4 0:35 Simulating Love: Rūpa Dhyāna is a wonderful way to simulate and practice love for God.
5 0:53 Practicing for Goloka: Shri Krishna suggests practicing this Rūpa Dhyāna simulation before being called to His divine abode, Goloka.
6 1:59 BG 6.15 Essence: The yogi who constantly keeps the mind absorbed in God attains Nirvāṇa (liberation) and abides in Him in supreme peace.
7 2:29 Stages of Yoga: This technique follows the classical steps from Patañjali of Pratyāhāra (withdrawal of senses) to Dhāraṇā (concentration) to Dhyāna (meditation).
8 3:03 Etymology of Zen: The word Zen actually originated from the Sanskrit word Dhyāna, showing its ancient, universal roots.
9 4:45 Half the Journey: Knowing that one must meditate on God and not on chakras, lights, or breath, is half the journey accomplished.
10 4:51 The Ignorance: Even among practitioners, less than 5% realize they are ultimately supposed to meditate on God.
11 7:13 The Form Objection: The objection that one "cannot connect the form with the infinite" is misplaced, as every religion uses symbols (e.g., cross, Kaba) to attach the mind.
12 8:50 The Sentiments: Swami Vivekananda demonstrated that it is not the idol (mūrti) itself, but the divine sentiments created in the heart, that purify the self.
13 9:33 Need for Attachment: Every individual needs something to attach the mind to for the sake of devotion.
14 11:41 Manomayi Mūrti: The Shrīmad Bhāgavata Purāṇa lists eight kinds of mūrtis, one of which is Manomayi—the deity you create with your mind.
15 12:25 Effort Precedes Fruit: One cannot demand to see God first before practicing. Seeing Shri Krishna is the fruit of practice, hence the rule: "First deserve, and then desire."
16 13:43 Freedom of Visualization: Shri Krishna gives complete freedom to the devotee, saying, "You can visualize My image as you wish," as He has Anantam Rūpam (infinite forms).
17 15:26 Love Over Form: Shri Krishna is not concerned with the specific form, but with the love in the heart, as that love is what truly purifies the soul.
18 15:36 The Divine Upgrade: Once the heart is truly pure, God adds His divine power (Yoga Māyā or Śuddha Sattva) to the mind, making it divine.
19 16:25 "Doll Play" (Guḍiyā): Before God-realization, the simple meditation on the image of God ("doll play") is sufficient for purifying the mind.
20 17:09 Comprehensive Meditation: Meditation should include the Name, Form, Virtues, Pastimes, and Abodes of God, as this is the entire divine realm.
21 17:48 The Bhakti Path: The path of Bhakti Yoga requires dovetailing—taking the mind away from the world (detachment) and simultaneously attaching it to God.
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Full Transcript: Meditation on the Divine Form
Time Transcript
0:00 A huge confusion arises: What should we meditate upon? Shri Krishna puts the debate to rest.
0:11 He says, "Arjun, attach your mind to Me." So how will you meditate on God? Here the technique is Rūpa Dhyāna (Meditation on Form).
0:22 Our mind has its saṁskāras (impressions). It will very easily connect with the form. Just provide the mind the form of God.
0:35 What a wonderful way it is to simulate love for God.
0:43 I heard that in the US, even for driving the car, there's an option of learning within a simulator, where you don't have to risk your life and the life of others on the road.
0:53 Likewise, Shri Krishna says, "Before I call you to My Goloka, why don't you just practice it?"
1:03 That practice is the Rūpa Dhyāna meditation, where you bring Shri Krishna and Rādhā ji in front and you press Their feet, etc. There are so many benefits in this. Now you will move ahead in leaps and bounds.
1:21 Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 6: Dhyāna Yoga (The Yoga of Meditation).
1:59 BG 6.15 Translation: "Thus constantly keeping the mind absorbed in Me, the yogi of disciplined mind attains Nirvāṇa and abides in Me in supreme peace."
2:18 So Maharishi Patañjali also went from Pratyāhāra (withdrawal of senses) to Dhāraṇā (concentration) and then to Dhyāna (meditation). Shri Krishna has also gone through the same stages.
2:39 There are so many kinds of Dhyāna in this world, including Buddhist, Taoist, and Zen meditation.
3:03 Now, 40 years ago, if you did research, you would come to know that this word Zen has actually come from Dhyāna.
3:14 When Dhyāna went along with Buddhism to China, it became Chan, and Chan then became Zen. But now they want to wipe out that connection.
3:47 In Aṣṭāṅga Yoga and in Hinduism, there are probably 10,000 forms of meditation (as an underestimate).
3:55 Somebody says meditate on the āgyā chakra. Somebody says meditate on the maṇipūraka chakra, somebody says meditate on the mūlādhāra, etc. So a huge confusion arises: what should we meditate upon?
4:16 Shri Krishna puts the debate to rest. He says, "Attach your mind to Me."
4:35 If somebody can have faith in this bit of knowledge that I need to meditate on God, I would say half the journey is accomplished.
4:51 As a teacher of meditation, I go around the world and I ask people what they are supposed to meditate on. Not even 5% know they're supposed to meditate on God.
5:17 Once that decision is made, the process becomes easy. So how will you meditate on God? Here the technique is Rūpa Dhyāna.
5:35 If you want the mind to connect to God, just provide the mind the form of God.
5:44 What a wonderful way it is to simulate love for God.
6:45 Likewise, Shri Krishna says, "Before I call you to My Goloka, why don't you just practice it?"
6:56 And that practice is the Rūpa Dhyāna meditation, where you bring Shri Krishna and Rādhā ji in front and you press Their feet, etc.
7:13 Now, some people say, "We don't believe in meditation on a form because we cannot connect the form with the infinite."
7:32 They also will find some kind of form to meditate on, like their guru.
7:43 The Ārya Samāj was vehemently against Mūrti Pūjā (idol worship).
7:53 There's a story about Swami Vivekananda. He went to a prince's house in Alwar, Rajasthan. That prince was a disciple of the Ārya Samāj and criticized mūrtis as crutches of the mind.
8:28 Swami Vivekananda took the prince's large picture of the Ārya Samāj founder, Swami Dayanand, put it on the ground, and started walking on his face.
8:43 That infuriated the prince. Swami Vivekananda said, "This is only a paper, but you are getting so annoyed. This means you have created divine sentiments in it."
9:01 "You were refuting the worship of a mūrti, and you are doing it yourself." In which religion don't they use symbols?
9:33 So, everybody needs something to attach the mind to.
9:53 It is not the mūrti per se; it is your sentiments which are purifying you.
10:45 Swami Vivekananda also pointed out that his Guru, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, used to worship the deity of Mother Kali.
11:06 "If by worshiping a deity you can reach that elevated state, what is the problem? It is the sentiment that we are creating which is purifying ourselves."
11:41 The Shrīmad Bhāgavata Purāṇa says there are eight kinds of mūrtis. One of them is Manomayi—the deity that you make with your mind.
12:25 But that stage [of God-realization] will require effort and practice.
12:45 Having darśana of Shri Krishna is the fruit of practice.
13:03 You want the fruit first and then do the practice. Does it ever happen in the world?
13:22 The rule is: "First deserve, and then desire." Likewise, we cannot demand that first I should see Shri Krishna, then practice to think of Him.
13:34 Shri Krishna says you have to begin right now.
13:43 However, the ease is: "You can visualize My image as you wish."
13:50 He says, "Look, I am Anantam Rūpam; I have infinite forms, infinite Avatāras, infinite līlās (pastimes), and infinite devotees."
14:10 "So you have full freedom amongst those infinite forms to choose the form you will create in your mind for Me."
14:21 So, without any hesitation, you visualize Shri Krishna as you wish.
15:22 Shri Krishna says, "You are free to visualize Me as you wish because what I see is not the form but the love in the heart."
15:36 "And when the heart is truly pure, I will add my divine power, the Yoga Māyā (also called Śuddha Sattva)."
15:53 "Then your mind will become divine by the grace of Yogamāyā."
16:03 At that stage, you will see Shri Krishna as He is, by His grace. That will be after God realization.
16:25 Before that, He says, "First the doll play" (guḍiyā-guḍḍā). You have to purify your mind, and when it is pure, the rest I will do.
16:54 So right now, meditation on the image of God. Alongside that, you meditate on the infinite qualities, the pastimes (līlās), and the Name.
17:23 This is the divine realm. You take your mind anywhere there.
17:34 As you do this with a disciplined mind, you will attain the supreme destination.
17:48 We were talking about dovetailing: taking the mind away from the world and dovetailing it to God.
20:29 Mere detachment (withdrawal from the world) is not going to work. You must dovetail it.
20:39 The path of Jñāna Yoga says: Detach. The path of Bhakti Yoga says: Attach and Detach (dovetailing).
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