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In addition to developing sati (mindfulness) and samādhi (concentration), this form of meditation is considered conducive to overcoming desire and lust. Along with cemetery contemplations such as the contemplation of the nine stages of decay, this type of meditation is one of the two meditations on "the foul" or "unattractive" (Pāli: asubha). [2]
Spiritual Healing by Para ananda, Vedanta Centre Publishers; Sri Ramakrishna and His Disciples by Sister Devamata La Crescenta, CA: Ananda-Ashram, 1928; Swami Paramananda and His Work Volumes I and II, by Sister Devamata, Ananda Ashrama; The Guru and the Disciple by Sister Daya, Vedanta Centre Publishers
The Ānāpānasati Sutta prescribes mindfulness of inhalation and exhalation as an element of mindfulness of the body, and recommends the practice of mindfulness of breathing as a means of cultivating the seven factors of awakening, which is an alternative formulation or description of the process of dhyana: sati (mindfulness), dhamma vicaya (analysis), viriya (persistence), pīti (rapture ...
Dhammadharo, Ajaan Lee (1982), The Craft of the Heart (PDF), Taveekij Press, archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-07-09 Fronsdal, Gil (1998), "Chapter 9: Insight Meditation in the United States: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness" , in Prebish, Charles S.; Tanaka, Kenneth K. (eds.), The Faces of Buddhism in America , archived from ...
ThetaHealing (also Theta Healing) is the registered trademark for a method of meditation created by Vianna Stibal in 1995. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] ThetaHealing claims to change a practitioner's brain wave pattern to the theta pattern , allowing them to explore how " emotional energy " affects their health, and develop "natural intuition".
Electroencephalography has been used for meditation research.. The psychological and physiological effects of meditation have been studied. In recent years, studies of meditation have increasingly involved the use of modern instruments, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging and electroencephalography, which are able to observe brain physiology and neural activity in living subjects ...
Vivekananda was born on 12 January 1863 in Calcutta (now Kolkata). From his very childhood, he was deeply interested in meditation and used to meditate before the images of deities such as Lord Shiva, Lord Rama, and Sita. [4]
The microcosmic orbit should be viewed in the context of a variety of Taoist exercises and techniques designed to purify the body physically, mentally and spiritually, improve health and longevity, and prepare the way for meditation, and also including other techniques such as the macrocosmic orbit which means circulating energy into the other ...