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.
In Ashtanga Yoga, practitioners follow Patanjali’s eight limbs, incorporating ethical guidelines (yamas) and personal observances (niyamas). Through physical postures (asanas), breath control (pranayama), and meditation (dhyana), they seek union with the divine and self-realization. This holistic journey fosters inner peace and a deeper understanding of existence.
When the mind is set into a pattern, automatically one connection will be established with higher Self. That is individual’s experience which can be considered as Self-Realization.
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.
“सङ्कल्पप्रभवान् कामान् त्यक्त्वा सर्वान् अशेषतः ।मनसैवेन्द्रियग्रामं विनियम्य समन्ततः ॥शनैः शनैरुपरमेद् बुद्ध्या धृतिगृहीतया ।आत्मसंस्थं मनः कृत्वा न किंचिदपि चिन्तयेत् ॥”Ashtanga Yoga Explained can help deepen your understanding of this practice. — Bhagavad Gītā 6.24–25 “Abandoning all desires born of worldly imagination, one should restrain the senses on all sides by the… Read More »Ashtanga Yoga Explained -Part-3