Thus the Kaivalyopanisad accords equal importance to Sraddha (faith-regard), devotion (bhakti) and meditation (dhyana) for the attainment of the highest knowledge.
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Dhyana
//ˈdjɑːnə//
Synonyms for "dhyana" (4 found)
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8 translations across 6 languages.
Burmese
1 entries- ဈာန် noun (type of profound meditation)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 禪 /禅 noun (type of profound meditation)
- 禪那 /禅那 noun (type of profound meditation)
Finnish
1 entries- dhyana noun (type of profound meditation)
Marathi
1 entries- ध्यान noun (type of profound meditation)
Polish
1 entries- dhjana noun (type of profound meditation)
Vietnamese
2 entries- thiền noun (type of profound meditation)
- thiền na noun (type of profound meditation)
Sample sentences
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The beginning must be made with pathawi-kasina, and then the dhyánas, &c., must be taken alternately, as from the first dhyána to the third, then to ákásánancháyatana, and so on to the end.
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Each of the three planes may be experienced through developing the dhyānas in meditation - so here we have yet another way of describing higher states of consciousness.
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