Dhyana in Hinduism

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rdf:langString Dhyana along river Ganges in Varanasi , Om in Tamil script as an instrument for meditation .

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rdf:langString A Hindu along river Ganges in Varanasi, in yoga asana meditation.jpg

rdf:langString Vedic teachings hold that, since the universal divine Self dwells within the heart, the way to experience and recognize divinity is to turn one's attention inward in a process of contemplative meditation.

rdf:langString Practice righteousness , not unrighteousness. Speak the truth, not the untruth. Look at what is distant, not what's near at hand. Look at the highest, not at what's less than highest. The fire is meditation , the firewood is truthfulness , the offering is patience , the Sruva spoon is modesty , the sacrificial cake is not causing injury to living beings , and the priestly fee is the arduous gift of safety to all creatures.

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rdf:langString —William Mahony, The Artful Universe: An Introduction to the Vedic Religious Imagination

rdf:langString —Vasistha Dharmasutras 30.1-30.8

rdf:langString Dhyana (Dhyāna) in Hinduism means contemplation and meditation. Dhyana is taken up in Yoga practices, and is a means to samadhi and self-knowledge. The various concepts of dhyana and its practice originated in the Sramanic movement of ancient India, which started before the 6th century BCE (pre-Buddha, pre-Mahavira), and the practice has been influential within the diverse traditions of Hinduism. It is, in Hinduism, a part of a self-directed awareness and unifying Yoga process by which the yogi realizes Self (Atman, soul), one's relationship with other living beings, and Ultimate Reality. Dhyana is also found in other Indian religions such as Buddhism and Jainism. These developed along with dhyana in Hinduism, partly independently, partly influencing each other. The term Dhyana appears in Aranyaka and Brahmana layers of the Vedas but with unclear meaning, while in the early Upanishads it appears in the sense of "contemplation, meditation" and an important part of self-knowledge process. It is described in numerous Upanishads of Hinduism, and in Patanjali's Yogasutras - a key text of the Yoga school of Hindu philosophy.