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PREKSHA DHYANA
AND ANUVRAT
Q. In your last talk you said that preksha dhyana is
- the next stage of anuvrat. It means that a preksha meditator must of necessity be an anuvrati. Is it possible to practise preksha dhyana without first observing the rules of anuvrat?
Ans. A person who practises meditation in the
- preksha dhyana shivirs, is required to take certain pledges. In order to assimilate what is offered at these camps, it is absolutely necessary for a preksha meditator to have the qualification of an anuvrati. One who wishes to practise meditation regularly after the shivir, must also observe the anuvrat code of conduct. As preksha meditation matures, the observance of the anuvrat code will become more and more natural. As long as life is not pure and clean, one takes definite pledges to observe anuvrats. After the necessary purification, however, one does not have to take a pledge, anuvrat now becomes a part of one's being. The flowers of preksha blossoming in a life purified by anuvrata are
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