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Title:
Meditation & its practices : a definitive guide to techniques and traditions of meditation in Yoga and Vedanta
Author:
Adiswarananda, Swami, 1925-
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Woodstock, Vt. : SkyLight Paths Pub., [2003]

©2003
Physical Description:
xvii, 472 pages ; 24 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Part one: the process of meditation -- The meaning of meditation -- The meditative state -- The goal of meditation -- The benefits of meditation -- Meditation in the system of yoga -- Meditation in vedanta -- The sacred texts on meditation -- The three key factors in all meditation -- Part two: objects of meditation -- Objects of meditation in yoga and vedanta -- Meditation on a divine form -- Meditation on a divine incarnation -- Meditation on the Lord as inmost self and supreme teacher -- Meditation on Virata Purusha, the cosmic person -- Meditation on the sacred word om -- Meditation on the Gayatri mantra -- Meditation on the great Vedic sayings --Meditation ona sacred text, word or mystic syllable -- Part three: centers of consciousness -- The centers for meditation -- Dualism, nondualism, and the centers -- Part four: methods of concentration -- Withdrawal and concentration of mind -- Posture -- Time and place, spiritual vibrations, and geographical directions -- Physical condition, eating habits, and exercise -- Self-analysis -- Mystic worship -- Japa, or repetition of a sacred word -- Pranayama, or control of breath -- Part five: progress in meditation -- Milestones of progress -- Mystical experiences and realizations -- The transformation of character -- The sacred texts on progress in meditation -- Part six: obstacles in meditation -- Obstacles in meditation and ways of overcoming them.
ISBN:
9781893361836
Format :
Book