Table of Contents

“MEDITATION AND ITS PRACTICES:
A Definitive Guide to Techniques and Traditions of Meditation in Yoga and Vedanta”

by Swami Adiswarananda

Contents

 PART ONE: THE PROCESS OF MEDITATION

1. The Meaning of Meditation

2. The Meditative State

3. The Goal of Meditation

4. The Benefits of Meditation

5. Meditation in the System of Yoga

6. Meditation in Vedanta

7. The Sacred Texts on Meditation

8. The Three Key Factors in All Meditation

PART TWO: OBJECTS OF MEDITATION

9. Objects of Meditation in Yoga and Vedanta 

10. Meditation on a Divine Form 

11. Meditation on a Divine Incarnation 

12. Meditation on the Lord as Inmost Self and Supreme Teacher 

13. Meditation on Virata Purusha, the Cosmic Person 

14. Meditation on the Sacred Word Om

15. Meditation on the Gayatri Mantra 

16. Meditation on the Great Vedic Sayings 

PART THREE: CENTERS OF CONSCIOUSNESS

17. The Centers for Meditation 

18. Dualism, Nondualism, and the Centers

PART FOUR: METHODS OF CONCENTRATION

19. Withdrawal and Concentration of Mind 

20. Posture

21. Time and Place, Spiritual Vibrations, and Geographical Directions

22. Physical Condition, Eating Habits, and Exercise

23. Self-Analysis

24. Mystic Worship

25. Japa, or Repetition of a Sacred Word

26. Pranayama, or Control of Breath

PART FIVE: PROGRESS IN MEDITATION

27. Milestones of Progress

28. Mystical Experiences and Realizations

29. The Transformation of Character

30. The Sacred Texts on Progress in Meditation

PART SIX: OBSTACLES IN MEDITATION

31. Obstacles in Meditation and Ways of Overcoming Them

Notes
Bibliography
Glossary
Index

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