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- noun Hinduism, Buddhism A type of profound
meditation .
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The word zen is the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese character ch’an, which itself is adapted from the Sanskrit word dhyana, meaning meditation or absorption.
Zen Computer Philip Toshio Sudo 1999
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"dhyana" is their special word for higher states of contemplation.
Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature William James 1876
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The spiritual path of yoga, of which meditation (dhyana) is central, seeks to purify us of the five kleshas (obstacles).
Thomas Amelio: New Year's Spiritual Renewal: Transform Your Identity Thomas Amelio 2011
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The spiritual path of yoga, of which meditation (dhyana) is central, seeks to purify us of the five kleshas (obstacles).
Thomas Amelio: New Year's Spiritual Renewal: Transform Your Identity Thomas Amelio 2011
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The spiritual path of yoga, of which meditation (dhyana) is central, seeks to purify us of the five kleshas (obstacles).
Thomas Amelio: New Year's Spiritual Renewal: Transform Your Identity Thomas Amelio 2011
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The spiritual path of yoga, of which meditation (dhyana) is central, seeks to purify us of the five kleshas (obstacles).
Thomas Amelio: New Year's Spiritual Renewal: Transform Your Identity Thomas Amelio 2011
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As a celibate wandering spiritual seeker, Buddha studied with two teachers the methods for attaining the various levels of mental stability (bsam-gtan, Skt. dhyana) and formless absorption.
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~ Staying power (2) -- You've perhaps heard of dhyana (pali: jhana) or meditative absorption, traditionally divided into subtle form and formless, each in a set of four stages.
Speedlinking 8/17/07 William Harryman 2007
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So there is a point to doing stuff, the point being that we have no other choice unless one is to climb a mountain, sit in a cave, enter into a state of dhyana (meditative absorption), and whither away until one's consciousness can separate from whatever is left of the body.
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