Meditation
Our age has been witnessing the resurgence of a great meditation movement, a movement which daily seems to take new forms, gather fresh momentum, and extend its appeal to men and women in all walks of life. What exactly is meditation? Is it a reasoning process, a technique of concentration, a state...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Dharmaram College
1977
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Journal of Dharma
Year: 1977, Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages: 125-128 |
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Summary: | Our age has been witnessing the resurgence of a great meditation movement, a movement which daily seems to take new forms, gather fresh momentum, and extend its appeal to men and women in all walks of life. What exactly is meditation? Is it a reasoning process, a technique of concentration, a state of altered consciousness unleashing previously untapped energy and potential? Is it just a contemplation of God as the Absolute, or is it a total understanding of the mystery of Self? What do meditators mean by goals described as "ecstasy", absorptive samadbi, intuitive wisdom (prajfia), or the sudden brilliance of satori Enlightenment? |
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ISSN: | 0253-7222 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Dharma
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