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# '''Dharana:''' Concentrating the mind at a particular point.
# '''Dharana:''' Concentrating the mind at a particular point.
# '''Dhyana:''' Meditation (an unbroken flow of the mind towards the supreme goal).
# '''Dhyana:''' Meditation (an unbroken flow of the mind towards the supreme goal).
# '''Samadhi:''' Merger or absorption of the individual consciousness into the Cosmic consciousness. (This is the ultimate result of the previous seven limbs.)
# '''Samadhi:''' Merger or absorption of the individual consciousness into the cosmic consciousness. (This is the ultimate result of the previous seven limbs.)


=== Commentary by Anandamurti ===
=== Commentary by Anandamurti ===
[[Shrii Shrii Anandamurti]] has revised the system of astaunga yoga to some degree. He notes that the practice of astaunga yoga is the way to fill our individual self with the sense of universal consciousness.<ref??>  
[[Anandamurti]] notes that the practice of astaunga yoga fill one's individual self with the sense of universal consciousness in three stages.<ref name="AMIWL">{{cite book|title=[[Ananda Marga Ideology and Way of Life in a Nutshell Part 9]]|publisher=[[Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha]]|author=[[Shrii Shrii Anandamurti]]|chapter=The Science of Action}}</ref>


Anandamurti notes that these eight limbs are divided into three stages.<ref??>
# In the first stage, the individual mind is freed from material or mundane influences so it can concentrate more on the spiritual goal. This stage consists of the first four limbs of astaunga yoga.
# The first stage helps the mind to become free from material or mundane influences so it can concentrate more on its spiritual goal. This comprises the first four limbs.
# In the second stage, the individual becomes conscious of her/his spiritual nature (realizing that s/he is not the body). This stage consists of the next two limbs of astaunga yoga.  
# The second stage is to make the individual conscious of their spiritual nature, or as Anandamurti says, to realise that "I am not this body." This stage includes the next two limbs of astaunga yoga.  
# In the final stage, the individual directs her/his unit identity (or small self) toward the great self (cosmic consciousness) through ''meditation'', ultimately merging in that supreme desideratum. This stage consists of the final two limbs of astaunga yoga.  
# The final stage is when one merges or unites their individual identity with that of the Cosmic Consciousness.


== Meditation systems in Ananda Marga ==
== Meditation systems in Ananda Marga ==
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