Meditation: Difference between revisions

In the teachings of [[Shrii Shrii Anandamurti]], '''meditation''' (or ''dhyána'') is the ultimate spiritual technique for self-realization or God-realization. Its practice affords great inner happiness and peace. According to Anandamurti, the culmination of meditation is ''nirvikalpa samádhi'' (the trance of indeterminate absorption, or total suspension of the mind).<ref name="Sadhana">{{cite book|title=[[Ananda Marga Caryacarya Part 1]]|publisher=[[Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha]]|author=[[Anandamurti|Anandamurti, Shrii Shrii]]|chapter=[[Sadhana]]}}</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=[[Anandamurti|Anandamurti, Shrii Shrii]]|chapter=[[The Science of Action]]}}</ref>