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    In the oldest texts of Buddhism, dhyāna (Sanskrit: ध्यान) or jhāna (Pali: 𑀛𑀸𑀦) is a component of the training of the mind (bhavana), commonly translated...
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    Ultimate Reality. Dhyana is also found in other Indian religions such as Buddhism and Jainism. These developed along with dhyana in Hinduism, partly independently...
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    Samadhi (redirect from Samadhi (Buddhism))
    dhyana in Buddhism, samma-samadhi, "right samadhi," build on a "spontaneous awareness" (sati) and equanimity which is perfected in the fourth dhyana....
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  • Look up dhyana in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dhyana may refer to: Dhyana in Buddhism (Pāli: jhāna) Dhyana in Hinduism Jain Dhyāna, see Jain meditation...
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    chánnà), from Sanskrit dhyāna (meaning "meditation" or "meditative state"), is a Chinese school of Mahāyāna Buddhism. It developed in China from the 6th century...
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  • mindfulness and dhyāna, applied to the understanding of the arising and ceasing of craving. The relation between dhyana and insight is a core problem in the study...
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    pranayama (breathing), pratyahara (withdrawal), dharana (concentration), dhyana (meditation) and samadhi (absorption). The eight limbs form a sequence from...
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  • within Buddhism. There is no scholarly agreement on the origin and source of the practice of dhyāna. Some scholars, like Bronkhorst, see the four dhyānas as...
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    meditation in Buddhism. The closest words for meditation in the classical languages of Buddhism are bhāvanā ("mental development") and jhāna/dhyāna (mental...
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  • Nidana (section Buddhism)
    well as in chapters of the Puranas, wherein these discuss cause of disease or various natural phenomena. Vipassana Samādhi Dhyāna in Buddhism Samatha...
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    compassion; and culminating in dhyana or samadhi, which reinforces these practices for the development of the body-mind. In later Buddhism, insight (prajñā) became...
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  • Samhita Rasa (theology) Rasa lila Samādhi Shuddhadvaita Buddhism Mindfulness Dhyana in Buddhism Shikan-taza Mahamudra Dzogchen Sunyata Buddha-nature Two...
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    Daena (section In Scripture)
    sect of Zen Buddhism, is derived from the cognate dhayanā (see also Dhyāna in Buddhism). It is thought that the Daena of Zoroastrianism is related to Sanskrit...
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    meditative practices in both Hinduism and Buddhism. Most notable in this context is the relationship between the system of four Buddhist dhyana states (Pali:...
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    Zen (redirect from Ch'an Buddhism)
    Bodhidharma. While dhyāna in a strict sense refers to the four dhyānas, in Chinese Buddhism, dhyāna may refer to various kinds of meditation techniques and their...
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    Ensō (category Buddhism in Japan)
    expressionism, a 20th-century American art movement Buddhism in Japan Dhyāna in Buddhism, a meditation practice in which the observer detaches from several qualities...
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  • Pre-sectarian Buddhism, also called early Buddhism, the earliest Buddhism, original Buddhism, and primitive Buddhism, is Buddhism as theorized to have...
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    to as dhyāna in Hinduism and Buddhism and which comes from the Sanskrit root dhyai, meaning to contemplate or meditate. The term "meditation" in English...
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    Iddhi (category Buddhism stubs)
    ṛddhi) in Buddhism refers to "psychic powers", one of the six supranormal powers (abhijñā) attained by advanced meditation through the four dhyānas. The...
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    In Buddhism, the Four Noble Truths (Sanskrit: चतुरार्यसत्यानि, romanized: caturāryasatyāni; Pali: caturāriyasaccāni; "The Four Arya Satya") are "the truths...
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    Mudra (redirect from Dhyāna Mudrā)
    ཕྱག་རྒྱ་, THL: chakgya) is a symbolic or ritual gesture or pose in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism. While some mudras involve the entire body, most are performed...
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    to the Japanese forms of Zen Buddhism, an originally Chinese Mahāyāna school of Buddhism that strongly emphasizes dhyāna, the meditative training of awareness...
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    Korean Buddhism is distinguished from other forms of Buddhism by its attempt to resolve what its early practitioners saw as inconsistencies within the...
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  • tenger) in Buddhism is a type of celestial being or god who shares the god-like characteristics of being more powerful, longer-lived, and, in general...
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    development. In the earliest Buddhism, the practice of dhyana may have been the sole liberating practice, with bodhi denoting the insight that dhyana is an affective...
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    Buddhism is an ancient Indian religion, which arose in and around the ancient Kingdom of Magadha (now in Bihar, India), and is based on the teachings of...
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  • Dhauli Dhṛtarāṣṭra Dhutanga Dhyānabhadra Dhyāna in Buddhism Diamond Realm Diamond Sutra Diamond Way Buddhism Dighajanu Sutta Digha Nikaya Dignāga Dipa...
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  • relationship between Buddhism and sexual orientation varies by tradition and teacher. According to some scholars, early Buddhism appears to have placed...
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  • texts only survive in Chinese and were key works in the development of the Buddhist meditation practices of Chinese Buddhism. The Dhyāna sutras focus on...
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