Vedanta - Discussion Forum I (introductory))

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Sunderji, I am too young and a agnani to warrant a "ayyaval".

Thanks a dime for your answers. Have been meditating for the past one year after several unsuccessful attempts at it during my teens. But once i met my Guru, things have progressed a great deal and i have come a long way from the days of struggling to concentrate for 4-5 minutes during Gayathri japan. Now its more of Bakthi than anything else.

Was very much surprised to see that my experiences over the past one year has been very similar to lot of things that you post. I have tried meditating during bhajans, bus journeys, daily commutes and have realized that the distraction exists more in the mind than in the external objects, but a calm secluded place helps nevertheless. Found puradhana temples very good for meditating.

Regarding the Bhagavathas theory, I was reading the passage from Swami Sivananda's site after posting the question yesterday, loggged on today only to find your post citing the same passage. The question arose in me when i was skimming through some Vaishnava bakthi mailing lists and noticed some Vaishnavas addressing fellow members as Bhagavathas.

Also come across the following
Introduction to the Sri-Bhashya