Regain The Lost Art Of Concentration With Ajapa Japa

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Use breath, visualisation and mental chanting or repetition of mantras as a tools to develop concentration

We are living in a time of constant technological advancement. While improving our lives in many ways, technological progress also makes us accessible and so easily distractible and interruptible throughout the day.

In this digital age, most of us are struggling with our ability to concentrate and it becomes even more vital to have the practice to get back that lost art of concentration.

Concentration is the ability to deliberately maintain the focus on something without being affected by internal and external stimuli.

In the Material sphere Concentration assists in studying, enables faster comprehension, improves memory, helps in focusing on a task, job or goal, and enables us to ignore meaningless and irrelevant thoughts.

Now In the spiritual sphere, The terminology used for 'Concentration' is 'Dharna '. Patanjali the father of Yoga psychology, explains Dharana as, ‘the binding of attention to the object of concentration while excluding everything else. Dharna is the 6th Limb of Patanjali's Ashtanga or Eight limbic path to the enlightenment.

The person who brought first time the spiritual path of Yoga and Vedanta to the west and world stage, Swami Vivekananda saw concentration as the very core of education and had this to say:

“To me, the very essence of education is the concentration of mind, not the collecting of facts. If I had to do my education over again and had any voice in the matter, I would not study facts at all. I would develop the power of concentration and detachment, and then with a perfect instrument I could collect facts at will.”

He also said that the" difference between an ordinary person and a great person lies in the degree of concentration."

In This Course, the meditation practice we are to follow is called Ajapa-Japa Dharana.

It is a traditional Dharna practice to improve concentration.

The word ‘Japa’ means, ‘the continuous repetition of a mantra’. When the suffix ‘a’ is added, it implies that the process of mantra repetition becomes spontaneous. Ajapa Dharana is, therefore, one-pointed concentration on the spontaneous repetition of a mantra.

In this, we Use breath and mental chanting or repetition of mantras as a tool to develop concentration of mental energy.

Origins of this practice can be found in ancient Indian Upanishads, like Yogashiksha Upanishad, its reference can also be found in the Gita.

The Ajapa Japa Dharana is complete in itself and through it, one can have direct experience of samadhi, enlightenment, or everlasting bliss, even without the help of a guru.

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