Dhyana, Dharana, and Samadhi form the profound triad of meditative practices outlined in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, offering seekers a transformative journey towards self-realization and spiritual union.
Yoga means union. Union of inner self with higher Self. Yoga brings perfection, peace, harmony in life. It will help in leading a disciplined successful life with good health and mind. Through Yoga one can have a calm mind and peaceful sleep. And these are all normal achievements. If followed properly what Maharshi Patanjali has taught us “Ashtanga Yoga”, we can raise our nature to a divine nature.
Dharana, Dhyana & Samadhi: These three limbs together lead aspirants to the ultimate goal. When Dhyana enters into Samadhi , the Gate which leads into the world of realities opens. Samadhi means a state of mind which through the practice of Dharana and Dhyana has become so completely tranquil and the person meditating is so absorbed that the he or she even forgets own existence.