Why Meditation on a "Holy Form" is Extremely Helpful in Spiritual Life? | Swami Yatiswarananda
Why meditation on a "Holy Form" of the Divine is considered very important in Hinduism? Great monk Swami Yatiswarananda explains about the importance of meditating on the form of 'Ishta Devata' (Chosen Ideal or any holy Form of God such as Siva, Kali, Durga, Narayana, Christ, Krishna, Rama, etc.) in the beginning stages of spiritual life. Subscribe to this channel for more spiritual inspiration and wisdom: / supremeyogi
About Swami Yatiswarananda:
Swami Yatiswarananda (1889-1966) was a great yogi and monk, well known during his lifetime as an illumined soul, an eminently capable spiritual director, a most affable and gentle personality endowed with a deep understanding of human problems and great love and sympathy for all people.
Swami Yatiswarananda was a vice-president of Ramakrishna Order whose headquarter is in Belur Math. He was one among the foremost disciples of Swami Brahmananda, the great disciple and spiritual son of Sri Ramakrishna.
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My ishta deity is Lord Ram . I was impressed by a part in Ramayana that he didn't allow even shadow of a woman other than Sita Maa to touch him .
@yaswanthram9768
3 жыл бұрын
Same
My Isshta Deva Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
AUM NAMAH SHIVAYA
I always forget just how great these videos are. So childlike and simple, but with the Highest knowledge. I almost want to cry seeing this. The beauty that comes from simply remembering God, with all your focus, just holding him in mind. And all is well.
Inquire within. You will always find the answers in the silence
@arvipingupta5078
3 жыл бұрын
The only way,out
My ishta devtaa is Lord Shri Ram.
@yaswanthram9768
3 жыл бұрын
Same
An excellent video to explain us life through God.Jai Sri Guru🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
My Ishta Devata is Maa Saraswati 🙏
This channel is my favourite spiritual channel on KZread.
Har Har Mahadev
Ram krishna saranam
This was lovely..and helpful. The man called Jesus, who became the Christ, is the focus of my devotion. The name is not the focus. I am comfortable with him who I learned of as a child. Many do no feel that way. I believe it is easier to meditate, to pray, when I have one to focus on. Don't confuse the finger with the moon.
@ngowda2033
4 жыл бұрын
Chill guy's.. just try to understand the way they said.. they are not confusing they are divinely over whelmed with their spiritual purity of Life .. just expressing as a individual human being.. . thank you
@seane.9937
2 жыл бұрын
Hello Alicia, Jesus is my Lord also. But I have a tough time figuring out what vision to meditate with. What do you use?
जय रामकृष्णा जय माँ जय स्वामीजी
I always had this question of why to chose ishta devata. This video answered it. Thanks a lot.
@jarayalde
Жыл бұрын
Same here. Exactly.
Wow!!!!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
🕉 Shri ganesha, 🕉 namah shivay, 🌸🙏wonderful information Sir thanks
🙏🌹Jai Shree Ramakrishna🌹🙏
Beautifully explained 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Infinite Love and Gratitude ❤🙏🌈💞🌍
Your way of teaching is a unique one. It lefts our 'mind' with deep thoughts. My respect to you. Could you kindly make one on how to meditate or how to concentrate or how to practice the one-pointedness of mind which should be the only instrument for getting self-realization.
Excellent, very helpful and validating!
Thank you 🙏.
Jai Shri Krishna
Jai shri ram, Thanks for sharing these wonderful heart touching quotes of shri Yatishavaranand on ISHTA DEVATA
@Agape122
2 жыл бұрын
Is it possible to worship the Devi but with a made up image of simply the mother of the universe? Like... Without the Devi being specifically Durga Lakshmi or anything like that. Just a celestial mother
जय श्री रामकृष्ण जय माँ
Hare Krishna hare rama
Thank you ✨😇✨ amazing! Love and peace to all beautiful Souls 💫 we are one 🌍.
Shiva shambho
Namaskaram Guru 🙏 🙏🙏 🙏🙏 🙏🙏 🙏
My ishta devata is Lord Ganesha ✌️✌️✌️
I am so grateful to you.
Great yogis koti.koti pranam
I love Radhe Krishna. Hare Krishna.
Thankyou ❤ om namah shivay
I really like what background you use in your videos. Beautiful Natire
Thanks
@ekaakshardarmusic3832
5 жыл бұрын
Jay neem karoli baba❤
Hari bol🙏💖🙌
Katha Upanishad is an excellent place to start ones journey . Choose your focus wisely.
Thank u kotI kotI prnam
My Isshta Deva Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy 💓💓💓🙏🙏
Joy maa 🙏🏵🌺🪔
i worship lord rama.. jai shree ram
Jai Shri Sita Ram
Great analogy to understand . I found a very good understanding point.
Thank you. ❤🙏
Aum namah shivaaya!!
Nice video I'm proud of yogi
Pranam guru dev
Profound ❤️❤️🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
I have been meditating for a couple years now. Just recently, I was able to enter a very different level of consciousness in which my awareness and perception was greatly expanded. So far, I've had the best luck of achieving this state after smoking a bowl, blindfolding myself and listening to edm/house/trance music in a half ass lotus position. I haven't come close to it sober. It is still hard to focus/hold my attention, but the music and pot do seem to have a significant effect. Just my 2 cents. I am still experimenting.
Mine is Srichaitanya Mahaprabhu.
@sidindian1982
4 жыл бұрын
Hari Bol
@rajshekharchaturvedi8441
3 жыл бұрын
Mine is radhe Krishna. Hare Krishna.
@parth6115
3 жыл бұрын
I'm practicing budhdhist way without any form I'm meditating
@ajitkumardas7561
3 жыл бұрын
Brahma eka aneka nasti. A glass of water pot of water pond of water river of water or ocean of water........ but water. Thanks all . Harekrishna haribol. Radhe Krishna.
Thanks so much
Swami Ji is right, if one is on the path, one has to choose an Istha Devata.
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🕉 NAMO BHAGAVATE VASUDEVAYA
Excellent! I enjoy in your channel... Thank you very much.
@krishnans.r.g.4745
6 жыл бұрын
Dada Dragoslava Dragic Which country are you from?
6 жыл бұрын
From Serbia.
Nice video,very helpful.
I'am just speechless
Beautiful and so inspiring teaching please talk about shriswami ramtirath teaching add who is great vedant saint disciple of swami vivekanand ji om om om
🙏🙏🙏
Sastanga Pronom Maharaj,
shirdi sai😙😍😗
My ishta devata Radha Rani
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Lovely video. What one should do, if one doesn't believe in God ? What form one should consider ? For people who has a chosen diety, it's simple for them to pick among many...what about the Atheist ? Please throw some light, if you have a reasonable answer. Thanks. 🙏
My name is what it means the fire that we've had has gone on for 1,500 years since it's was in Mumbai India as we speak my creator Beyond Good and Evil Beyond light and dark Beyond time and space and with his shared soul and mine the Free Will that we have is what makes us connect with this said my Creator is inherently good
@magianthony723
6 жыл бұрын
Btw the way self immolation is one form of to shed the materialism
very useful and true description. thank you
The path of bhakti yoga.
Worldly brahmas and sentient beings be back home.
i have absolutely no problem approaching God and only God. I don't want any prophet or saint or angel because i know only God and God alone can quench my thirst for God and God alone. Its sooo easy!
I was meditating a long while ago. And it became clear that I cannot tell God how it interacts with it's people around the world and universe. If God almighty decides he will use Shiva to present Himself to His people He will or Allah, or Yahweh, great spirit etc... Since then I don't judge people to hell like many in the "Christian church system" do. I cannot limit the Most High God.
What is your intention with your Ishta devtaa?? To ask for liberation into the absolute? They will grant that upon complete purification of the heart. There is no bias within them. You asked and were granted...BUT, it would be better to ask them for Their eternal Divine Service within their eternal Divine abode. There you can serve and enjoy there company within the divine abodes forever. There are a few qualities which the divine abodes have. 1) The experience of unlimitedness. 2) All things appear to be ever new. 3) At each glance within that unlimitedness the object of bliss and Divine Love appears more glorified and superb. Your beloved God is forever more enticing and more blissful at every step forever. This is how the Divine Saints of Golok or Vrindaban etc. live constantly, eternally.
Why can't we download these precious jewels? 😥
What's the name of this song?
The ONE INFINITE (God) is ALL and the Deities are individual expressions of the ONE! CHOOSE THE EXPRESSION THAT YOU ARE DRAWN TO AND THE ONE WILL REVEAL ITSELF TO YOU!
@karlaa9796
3 жыл бұрын
How do I chose? I am drawn to Krishna, but also Shakti in the form of Saraswati or Kali. I don't know how to choose
@victorsaitta5692
3 жыл бұрын
@@karlaa9796 If you can’t choose then worship both until one of them (or your inner guru) decides for you.
@rocky821
2 жыл бұрын
@@karlaa9796 kali the most ferocious form of divine mother. the destroyer of ignorance.
I like that Jesus Christ is among the selectable deities. Is it possible to unlock Kratos from God of War or M. Bison maybe?
Sir I respect you very much but I a doubt plz clear that ....if personal deity is just a way to god into impersonal then why totapuri who realized bharman had to later accept kali .. Why king janak on seeing ram say that pleasure he got seeing god is infinitely sweeter that bharmanand...... Why paramhash like sukhdev become great devotee later .. The path of jnana and bhakta both true ..jnana want to become sugar and bhakta want to eat sugar ....apart from all these sir u are equall a yogi for me great inspiration
@rocky821
2 жыл бұрын
swami sarvapriyananda has answered this very beautifully in his vedanta class
How to do bhakti? Anyone please explain.
@rishabhraj5694
2 жыл бұрын
Watch swami mukundananda video on it, on yt
@anamikachowdhury2724
2 жыл бұрын
Chant hare krsna nd be happy
Aap bahut acchi topic Par video banate hain per aap video kya Hindi mein banaa sakte hain
Can't we choose hanuman as est devta? Many says not to coz vl not get moksha
@niteshbhatia11
5 жыл бұрын
You most definitely can. Hanumanji is Shivji, who is again, one and the same. Brahman. Who can be better than the most powerful and sincere of all?
@ds86496
4 жыл бұрын
Even meditating on a vaishnav can give one instant feeling of devotion to lord.. worshipping the bhaktas is greater than worshipping the bhagavan
can Ishta be a living Guru?
@rocky821
2 жыл бұрын
yes, god-realised guru is god but how do you know your guru is god-realised?
KAANHA....
You mentioned Ishtar devta..one example was Jesus..where is prophet Mohammed.. why you not mentioned him
Mine is shiva, but i don't consider him as body I have just replaced the word Brahman by Shiva aka kashmiri shaivism
Too vast a subject and much less our capability to get even a miniscule.
Jai Maa Durga. And jesus can be a guru, not Ishta devta.
You will make me mad, i can't handle too much information
I don't know what relation I have with Lord Narayana, he sometimes become my teacher, sometimes he become my friend, sometimes he become like my father figure, sometimes he become my beloved, sometimes like my mother, so I can't put him in any brackets as he is flexible in changing roles for me according to the situation, But One Thing I Know For Sure Is That, No Matter How Circumstances are and no matter how This world betrays me, But I have someone like Him on whom I can and I will Trust Fully by my Eyes Closed For sure without a hinch or a flinch in my body, speech or mind 😌🩵 At the end I know He stands firm on my side and that's enough for me 😁🩵
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