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    Dhyana

    ध्यान

    Meditation or sustained contemplation. The seventh limb of Yoga, emerging when concentration becomes uninterrupted and effortless. Awareness flows continuously toward the object of focus; the observer and observed start to merge.

    Related concepts

    prolonged self-remembering
    inner quiet
    higher centers
    absorption

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