DEFINITIONS OF DHYĀNA IN BHAGAVAD-GĪTĀ
Journal Title: Вісник Львівського університету - Year 2018, Vol 18, Issue
Abstract
The article presents the results of the analysis of the definitions of dhyāna in the text of the Bhagavad- Gītā. As a result, it was revealed that dhyāna as a practice occurs five times in the four chapters of the Bhagavad-Gītā: once in the second chapter, twice in the twelfth chapter, once in the thirteenth chapter, once in the eighteenth chapter. Dhyāna in the Bhagavad-Gītā appears in the form of mental practice, intentional to the object and having epistemological properties. In the twelfth chapter, the cognitive dhyāna is integrated into the cult of bhakti as one of the forms of worshiping Kṛṣṇa. Cognitive transcendence (dhyāna) is higher in status than existing knowledge (jñāna) and exercise (abhyāsa). The Bhagavad-Gītā emphasizes three different methods of cognizing the atman – dhyāna, saṃkhyā-yoga and karma-yoga. Dhyāna allows to know atman directly, reliably, comprehensively. Such fabrication of the object leads to pacification of the subject of cognition.
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Dmytro Danylov
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