Swami Vivekananda and meditation
On 24 December 1892, Vivekananda reached Kanyakumari and meditated for three days on a large rock and took the resolution to dedicate his life to serve humanity.He defined "meditation" as a state "when the mind has been trained to remain fixed on a certain internal or external location, there comes to it the power of flowing in an unbroken current, as it were, towards that point."[1] Meditation, which gives an insight to the depth and breadth of the mystical traditions of India, was developed by Ancient Hindu Sages.[7] Narendra wanted to experience Nirvikalpa Samadhi (the highest stage of meditation) and so requested Ramakrishna to help him to attain that state.One evening, when he was meditating with his friend Gopal (senior), he suddenly felt a light behind his head.We had no thought even as to whether the world existed or not.Between 1888 and 1893, Narendranath travelled all over India as a Parivrajaka Sadhu, a wandering monk, and visited many states and holy sites.During these lonely years, he reportedly gained inspiration from the words of Gautama Buddha—[12][13] Go forward without a path, Fearing nothing, caring for nothing![14][15] In 1893 Vivekananda travelled to the West and participated in the Parliament of the World's Religions, which was held in Chicago in that year.[20] He said "man-making" was his mission, and he felt for that we needed a composite culture of knowledge, work, love and meditated mind.[24] He defined Dhyana meditation as—[25] When the mind has been trained to remain fixed on a certain internal or external location, there comes to it the power of flowing in an unbroken current, as it were, towards that point.This whole process of divine meditation can only be initiated by an enlightened master who himself have seen God and can make you see that right at the time of Deeksha.
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