Concentration and Meditation

Concentration and Meditation Swami Sivananda PDF
Concentration and Meditation

Concentration and Meditation was written by Swami Paramananda (1884–1940) and published in the USA in 1912. He was a practitioner and teacher of Vedanta. He was a pupil of the better known Swami Vivekananda and he became a member of the Ramakrishna order on his seventeenth birthday. A few years later he assisted in establishing the first Vedanta center in the USA. It still exists today. In Concentration and Meditation he outlines the fundamental mindset necessary in order to initiate meditation: 

“As long as we identify ourselves with conditions, we suffer ; but when we cease to identify ourselves with these passing conditions, we never really suffer.”

From the book Concentration and Meditation:

We never wish to be defeated and yet how often our strength of mind or our physical capacities prove inadequate. It is because we have not the full and conscious possession of our whole being. Man cannot achieve much unless he has free use of his hands and feet, free use of his eyes and ears, free use of his muscles and above all free use of his mind and intelligence. But how many of us have the free use of all these? When we would make use of them we find them hopelessly scattered and rebellious to our will. The cause of this does not lie in any inherent lack of power, but in our inability to coordinate, and in our lack of definite onepointed purpose. We miss the mark because we do not set our aim properly. Once in ancient India there was a tournament held to test marksmanship in archery. A wooden fish was set up on a high pole and the eye of the fish was the target. One by one many valiant princes came and tried their skill but in vain. Before each one shot his arrow the teacher asked him what he saw and invariably all replied that they saw a fish on a pole at a great height, with head, eyes, etc.; but Arjuna as he took his aim said: “I see the eye of the fish,” and he was the only one who succeeded in hitting the mark.

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Early Life and Spiritual Quest

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Propagation of Vedanta and Universal Brotherhood

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Establishment of the Ramakrishna Mission

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Conclusion

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16 thoughts on “Concentration and Meditation”

  1. I have seen many people horribly worried about their body due to some diseaseS or about relationship with others or relating to the achievement of any success or experiencing failures. READ SWAMIJI ONLY ONCE YOUR WHOLE LIFE WILL BE CHANGED FOREVER.

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  2. Salutations to Swami Sivanadaji,
    I have gone through most of the books of Swamiji. Every sentence of every book is life-giving, full of energy. His writings are spiritual cure for all maladies.Everyone must read his books.

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  3. one of deepest treasury of our ancestor to our existing and coming generation , thanks a lot for providing this invaluable knowlegde

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  4. Very valuable website ! May someone upload ENGLISH translation of text and critical studies of Bhamati as well as Panchapadika.

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  5. Hello,
    The book available is not the Sivananda’s, but the Swami Paramananda book, wich is also a great book.
    Would it be possible to upload the Sivananda’s too?
    Thank you

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  6. I am so happy that I have found this site. Can someone if you have upload Vedas esp. Rig Veda which has both devangari text with english translation. Thanks again

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