MEDITATE: Fwd: [shivayoga] Re: D's 24 Gurus/RedYoga

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From: yoga4you <no_reply@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 12:14 AM
Subject: [shivayoga] Re: D's 24 Gurus/RedYoga
To: Shivayoga@yahoogroups.com

8.Pigeon, 9. Python, 10. Ocean, 11. Moth, 12. Bee, 13. Honey-
gatherer,
14. Elephant, 15. Deer, 16. Fish, 17. Dancing-girl Pingala, 18.
Raven, 19. Child, 20. Maiden, 21. Serpent, 22. An arrow-maker, 23.
Spider and 24. Beetle."
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8. The pigeon has taught me of the importance of being successful in
the worldly world. It's adaptation to environments even those that
seem unnatural to the wild, is evidence to all being natural,
including hardship and paces of industrialization.

9. The python teaches me of patience, of conservation of energies,
and of careful digestion.

10. The ocean teaches me of the vastness of love, of acceptance, of
tears, and of qualities and effects of gentleness and rage. The ocean
teaches me of purity, and healing. It teaches me of worshiping the
moon and it's principles.

11. The moth teaches me of the striving desire for light(Jyoti).

12. The bee teaches me the importance of work and communal being,
and importance of roles and functions of each member.

13. The hunny gatherer teaches me of interdependance of man and
nature; of how to capitalize from strengths of others rather than
being intimidated by them.

14. The elephant teaches me of great strength, great wisdom,
carefulness, tenderness, herds, herding. It teaches of balance
between the capablility of great destruction, the wisdom of
discernment, and recognition and responsibility of one's own power.

15. Deer teaches me of grace, of sensitivity, of heightened awareness.

to be cont.
--- In Shivayoga@yahoogroups.com, adi_shakthi16 <no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> Lord dattatreya lists his 24 gurus!
>
>
> Dattatreya then mentioned the names of his
> twenty-four Gurus and spoke of the wisdom that he had learnt
> from each:
>
> The names of my twenty-four teachers are:
>
> 1. Earth, 2. Water, 3. Air, 4. Fire, 5. Sky, 6. Moon, 7. Sun, 8.
> Pigeon, 9. Python, 10. Ocean, 11. Moth, 12. Bee, 13. Honey-gatherer,
> 14. Elephant, 15. Deer, 16. Fish, 17. Dancing-girl Pingala, 18.
> Raven, 19. Child, 20. Maiden, 21. Serpent, 22. An arrow-maker, 23.
> Spider and 24. Beetle."
>
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>
> I learnt patience and doing good to others from the EARTH, for it
> endures every injury man commits on its surface, and yet
> it does him good by producing crops, trees, etc.
>
>
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> 2. From WATER I have learnt the quality of purity.
> Just as the pure water cleanses others, so also the
> sage, who is pure and free from selfishness, lust,
> egoism, anger, greed, etc., purifies all those who come
> in contact with him.
>
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> 3. The AIR is always moving through various objects, but it never
gets
> attached to anyone of them; so I have learnt from the air
> to be without attachment, though I move with many
> people in this world.
>
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> 4. Just as FIRE burns bright, so also the sage should be glowing
with
> the splendour of his knowledge and Tapas.
>
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> 5. The air, the stars, the clouds, etc., are all contained in the
> SKY, but the sky does not come in contact with any of them. I have
> learnt from the sky that the Atman or the Soul is all-pervading, and
> yet it has no contact with any object.
>
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> 6.The MOON is in itself always complete, but appears to decrease or
> increase on account of the varying shadow of the earth upon the
moon.
> I have learnt from this that the Atman is always perfect and
> changeless, and that it is only the Upadhis or limiting
> adjuncts that cast shadows upon it.
>
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> 7. Just as the SUN, reflected in various pots of water, appears as
so
> many different reflections, so also Brahman appears different
because
> of the Upadhis (bodies) caused by the reflection through the mind.
> This is the lesson I learnt from the sun.
>
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> 8. I once saw a pair of PIGEONS with their young birds. A fowler
> spread a net and caught the young birds. The mother pigeon was very
> much attached to her children. She did not care to live, so she
> fell into the net and was caught. The male pigeon was
> attached to the female pigeon, so he also fell into the
> net and was caught. From this I learnt that attachment is the cause
> of bondage.
>
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> 9. The PYTHON does not move about for its food. It remains contented
> with whatever it gets and lies in one place. From this
> I learnt to be unmindful of food and to be contented with whatever I
> get to eat (Ajagara Vritti).
>
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> 10. Just as the OCEAN remains unmoved even though hundreds of rivers
> fall into it, so also the wise man should remain unmoved among all
> sorts of temptations, difficulties and troubles. This is the lesson
I
> learnt from the ocean.
>
>
> to be continued.......
>

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