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Every technical term used in this portal, with a short gloss, a longer note, and the chapters where it matters.
2 terms
- Dhyānaध्यान
- Concentration of thought on a single object.
- Four kinds: ārta, raudra, dharmya, śukla. Only the last two lead to liberation. Maximum continuous duration: one muhūrta.
- Chapter 9
- Śukla-dhyānaशुक्लध्यान
- Pure meditation — the immediate cause of omniscience.
- Four stages, carrying the soul from the eighth guṇasthāna through the annihilation of all karma at the fourteenth.
- Chapter 9Chapter 10