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dhyana Hinduism and Buddhism.|diːˈɑːnə|
[Skr. dhyāna.]
Profound meditation; the penultimate (seventh) stage of yoga (see quot. 1850).
1850R. S. Hardy Eastern Monachism xxi. 255 By the power of nimitta the thoughts that prevent the exercise of dhyána will be restrained. Ibid. 270 The word dhyána is said to mean, ‘that which burns up evil desire, or the cleaving to existence’. It is sometimes used in the sense of meditation, and at other times is allied to samádi; in some places it is a cause, and in others an effect. 1871S. Beal Catena Buddhist Scriptures i. 90 Next come the eighteen heavens... Their general collective title is ‘the Worlds of the Brahmas’, because of their purity. The distinctive title is ‘the Heavens of the four Dhyânas’, because all disturbing influences are removed from them, and those who dwell in them are employed in contemplation (dhyâna). 1902W. James Var. Relig. Exper. 401 ‘Dhyâna’ is their [sc. Buddhists’] special word for higher states of contemplation. There seem to be four stages recognized in dhyâna. 1962A. Huxley Island vi. 76 The operations are called yoga, or dhyana, or Zen. Ibid. 79 Dhyana is contemplation. |