31 May 2026
Sunday
Discipline must be followed while practising dhyanam (meditation). In fact, following discipline is the most important and essential thing for meditation. If the spiritual aspirant follows discipline well, he can achieve success quickly. Dhyanam (Meditation) is a first-class cure for Bhava-roga (Illness of worldly existence). Along with it, there is another important thing which needs to be cultivated; its name is ‘Trupti’ (Contentment). If there is contentment in the mind, one enjoys an endless celebration. Desires make the mind waver; desire is like an all-consuming fire in the body, which will destroy man, slowly and surely. The antidote to desire is contentment. The joy of contentment is the royal road to meditation. Just as a traveller who has trudged along for miles in the scorching sun feels calm and refreshed when he takes a bath in the limpid waters of a cool and shady lake, so too the unfortunate individual struggling in the scorching heat of desires feels happy and relieved fully when he bathes in the lake of contentment.
From Dhyana Vahini, chapter 14
Discipline must be followed while practising dhyanam (meditation). In fact, following discipline is the most important and essential thing for meditation. If the spiritual aspirant follows discipline well, he can achieve success quickly. Dhyanam (Meditation) is a first-class cure for Bhava-roga (Illness of worldly existence). Along with it, there is another important thing which needs to be cultivated; its name is ‘Trupti’ (Contentment). If there is contentment in the mind, one enjoys an endless celebration. Desires make the mind waver; desire is like an all-consuming fire in the body, which will destroy man, slowly and surely. The antidote to desire is contentment. The joy of contentment is the royal road to meditation. Just as a traveller who has trudged along for miles in the scorching sun feels calm and refreshed when he takes a bath in the limpid waters of a cool and shady lake, so too the unfortunate individual struggling in the scorching heat of desires feels happy and relieved fully when he bathes in the lake of contentment.