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Meditation (Dhyana) and Attention

In our first episode we begin at the beginning with the question,  "Why do we meditate?" Pretty much anyone who has taken up meditation did so to improve their attention. What they wanted to attend to differed throughout history amongst the various meditation traditions but everyone who meditated wanted to bring their attention to some thought, feeling or transcendent power. We look at the history of the English word "attention" and the Sanskrit word "dhyana" and what their … [Read more...]

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