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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 73. Chapters: Zazen, Kinhin, Samadhi, Dhy na in Buddhism, Mett, Mindfulness, Kuji-in, Anapanasati, Vipassan, Samatha, Vedan, Dream yoga, Six Yogas of Naropa, Mahasati meditation, Anussati, Dhammakaya meditation, Shikantaza, Buddhist prayer beads, Singing bowl, Kamma h na, Geshe Chekhawa, Abhijna, Luang Por Waen Sujinno, Satipatthana, Phramongkolthepmuni, Lotus position, Rupajhana, The Path to Nirvana, Luangpor Thong, Nissarana Vanaya Meditation System, Utthita Trikonasana, Kasina, Sirsasana, Vipassana jhanas, Ar pajh na, Savasana, Sarvangasana, Vriksasana, Uttanasana, Paschimottanasana, Vitakka, Salabhasana, Tadasana, Mahasamadhi, Ustrasana, Urdhva Hastasana, Utka sana, Siddhasana, Simhasana, V r sana, Choiceless awareness, P sana, Sukhasana, Vajrasana, Uttanapadasana, Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly, Parip r a n v sana, Supta Virasana, Pavanamuktasana, Ekaggata, Uttana Shishosana, Jeonghyegyeolsa. Excerpt: Dhy na in Sanskrit (Devanagari: ) or jh na ( ) in P li can refer to either meditation or meditative states. Equivalent terms are "Chan" in modern Chinese, "Zen" in Japanese, "Seon" in Korean, "Thien" in Vietnamese, and "Samten" in Tibetan. As a meditative state, dhy na is characterized by profound stillness and concentration. It is discussed in the P li canon (and the parallel agamas) and post-canonical Therav da Buddhist literature, and in other literature. There has been little scientific study of the states so far. In the early texts, it is taught as a state of collected, full-body awareness in which mind becomes very powerful and still but not frozen, and is thus able to observe and gain insight into the changing flow of experience. Later Theravada literature, in particular the Visuddhimagga, describes it as an abiding in which the mind becomes fully immersed and absorbed in the chosen object of at...
