Guest guest Posted June 5, 2003 Report Share Posted June 5, 2003 What exactly is dhyana? What exactly is dharana? Is there a dhyana/dharana text for every deity, describing how the deity looks like, which cloth the deity wears, etc.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2003 Report Share Posted June 5, 2003 Hari Om Alexandraji, Dhyana is meditation whilst dhrana is concentration in crude sense of the words ..Both this word are 2 of the limbs in Asthanga Yoga ( 8 limbs towards union with God). You cannot have meditation without concentration which you cannot have concentration without attention which you could not have without having focus which you cannot have without being able to withdraw all your senses within which you cannot do succesfully without having a certain discipline which can only be done after certain observance. This is the 8th limbs of astanga yoga .The dhyana you are reffering to here are contemplative aspect of the choosen ideal of worship and this together with their appropriate clothes ,food of preferences for each respective deities would be enumerated in their respective puranas. Thus purana would given the information that you need . However please take note that to maximise the result , one has to follow the rules precribed from the respective puranas and that is where a lot of sadhaks (spiritual aspirants) nowdays fail because they have not spend their time being in the tradition learning and assimilating the internal and inner practices before embarking on the actual sadhanas .This is where those who are in the tradtion could experience the truth of their sadhana(spritual practice ) and relate them in books while a new comer(sometimes just tester from other path) who just want to test the authencity of the claim goes home dissapointed......... Jai Maa!!! >"Alexandra Kafka" >Kali_Ma > > dhyana/dharana >Thu, 5 Jun 2003 22:50:28 +0200 > >What exactly is dhyana? >What exactly is dharana? >Is there a dhyana/dharana text for every deity, describing how the deity looks like, which cloth the deity wears, etc.? The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2003 Report Share Posted June 6, 2003 dearest alexandra, Dharana is the sixth limb of patanjali's yoga sutra. dhayana is the seventh limb. simply defined... Dharana - (Concentration on Object) Concentration of mind on one object and its field. FOR example, focussing on the tip of the nose or on the navel etc while chanting the mantra. Dhyana - (Meditation) With drawing mind from all external objects and Focusing it on one point and meditating . For example , visualizing the image of sree lalita parameshweri in her crimson red saree and looking all resplendent in her beautiful ornaments etc.... with nooser, goad, sugarcane bow, five arrows etc! To learn more on this, please get a copy of Patanjali's yoga sutras, pl . Each deity has their own dhyana slokas. if interested, i will email them to you. love Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2003 Report Share Posted June 6, 2003 Hello, Thank you very much for your answer. Do you know ehere I would find the dhyana slokas for the various forms of Devi? Kind regards, Alexandra - vilasini43 Friday, June 06, 2003 1:13 PM Re: dhyana/dharana dearest alexandra, Dharana is the sixth limb of patanjali's yoga sutra. dhayana is the seventh limb. simply defined... Dharana - (Concentration on Object) Concentration of mind on one object and its field. FOR example, focussing on the tip of the nose or on the navel etc while chanting the mantra. Dhyana - (Meditation) With drawing mind from all external objects and Focusing it on one point and meditating . For example , visualizing the image of sree lalita parameshweri in her crimson red saree and looking all resplendent in her beautiful ornaments etc.... with nooser, goad, sugarcane bow, five arrows etc! To learn more on this, please get a copy of Patanjali's yoga sutras, pl . Each deity has their own dhyana slokas. if interested, i will email them to you. love Sponsor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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