Another way of spelling jhana.
Means, “meditation.” The seventh limb of the eight limbs of yoga from the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Meditation is the process of attention expanding from focus on an object (like a mantra) to an unbounded undifferentiated state of blissful awareness called samadhi. The process of meditation, correctly practiced, leads to profound stillness and purification in the human nervous system.
Dhyana is the Sanskrit word for meditation, but it has a narrower meaning. Dhyana is when the concentration is focused on a single point. See Swamiji's words on meditation.
A state of mind achieved through higher meditation.
Meditation.The seventh limb of the Ashtanga or Raja Yoga system. Please see pages on the 8 limbs and on meditation.
(Pali Jhana) Sanskrit for concentration ormeditation. Transliterated into Chinese as Ch'an-na, shortened toCh'an, the word was then carried to Korea as Soen and Japan asZen.
The yogic practice of meditation.
Meditation or the experience of the mind focused only on the object of concentration.
The state of contemplation. The concept and some related techniques came to be associated with music, especially raga, on account of the influence of the philosophy of tantra. As a culmination of a process, each raga was described as an icon with a definite posture, colours, weapons, costume, etc. The musician was expected to contemplate the icon so as to help him realize the spirit of the raga. The concept was further extended after the sixteenth century to bring into vogue the unique series of pictures Ragamala and the picturization styles perfected therein.
The seventh limb of ashtanga yoga. The art of meditation, when ones practice becomes a flowing meditation and the mind is still throughout.
Meditation or prolonged concentration.
(Sanskrit; Pali jhana, Chinese ch'an, Japenese zen). Meditative concentration. See Meditation.
Mediation. The process of quieting one's mind to free oneself of preconceptions and illusions.
The Indian meditative sect of Mahayana Buddhism. (Indian)
meditation; single-pointed focus of mind on either a form, thought or sound.
The seventh stage or limb of yoga as defined by Patanjali in his Yoga Sutras and is contemplation or meditation. At this stage the mind has been quieted, and in the stillness, it produces few or no thoughts at all which allows the achievement of a state of profound mental and emotional calm and to focus on the inner person or soul.
meditation practice that builds upon the strength created by Dharana
Meditation. Clearing the mind so that it directly perceives the emptiness of the phenomenal world.
ritual visualisation, inner vision, yogic meditation; instructions for visualizing a Tantric deity.
(Skt.): Advanced form of concentration MEDITATION, after realising SHAMATHA.
Meditation, One of the practices done for mental stability. When the manas (mind) attain the state of stability it is called dhyana. While in dhyana one should try to concentrate on one particular thing only.
Meditation; contemplation.
one of the "eight limbs of yoga" that means "meditation"
Meditation. The seventh stage of Yoga mentioned by Patanjali.
contemplation, the awakening of awareness that occurs when the attention is concentrated at one point. Contemplation allows you to glimpse the inner content of your vehicles.
Absorption meditation. In Buddhist practice there are different levels, according to its depth.
(Skt); bsam gtan (Tib). One-pointed concentration or meditative absorption.
The Sanskrit word for "meditation," referring to the process of quieting the mind to free it from preconceptions, illusions, and attachments.
Meditative state. One of the eight limbs of yoga.
("ideating"): meditation, the seventh limb (anga) of Patanjali's eight-limbed yoga
(jhana): Literally trance or absorption. A deep meditative absorption characterized by lucid awareness and achieved by focusing the mind on a single object. General word for meditation or concentration and the fifth of the six paramitas. The Sanskrit word that was transliterated by the Chinese into Ch'an and then from the Chinese by the Japanese into Zen. Also used to refer to the four levels of concentration. A meditative absorption state. See DHARMA.
DhyÄna in Sanskrit or JhÄna in PÄli refers to a type or aspect of meditation. It is a key concept in Hinduism and Buddhism. Equivalent terms are "Chán" in modern Chinese, "Zen" in Japanese, "Seon" in Korea, and Samten in Tibetan.
