O'm Sri Harim Paramanandam

Upadestharam Ishwaram

Vyapakam Sarvalokanam

Karanam Tammamamamamamamam

Don't stand, come and sit.

There's chairs here.

So we were studying the 15 practices of Vedantic meditation.

The one which we were doing last time is called Drishti.

How you control your vision, seeing.

The way Shankaracharya has approached it is, first, he has taken the terms from various

yoga practices. Yoga is pre-eminently the science of meditation. So he has taken the terms from yoga practices. Yoga is pre-eminently the science of meditation.

So he has taken the terms from yoga practices and then given them the

ad-dwaitic meaning, the non-dualistic Vedantic meaning.

And so what we have been doing is first we see what is the original yoga practice

and then we see what Shankarachari is saying is the non-dualistic approach.

So we have been doing that for every one of the practices. Drishti.

Drishti simply means seeing.

Now in yoga, Drishti is fixing your eyes at one particular point.

The point being if you want to meditate, one of the things that can greatly disturb you

is what you are seeing.

If your eyes are open and looking at the world, it's very difficult to concentrate on your

object of meditation.

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