Samādhāna

By Swami Harshananda

Samādhāna literally means ‘keeping the mind well-established in the ātman or God’.

Advaita Vedānta describes a four-fold sādhana^[1] generally called as sādhanacatuṣṭaya. The third step, the śamādiṣaṭka^[2] includes samādhāna to be the last. It is concentration of mind on the object of contemplation. This word is also used to indicate a suitable or satisfactory reply given to a doubt or a query or an objection raised in philosophical disputations. In a more general sense, it means pacification of an aggrieved party.

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↑ Sādhana means spiritual discipline.
↑ Śamādiṣaṭka means the group of six steps.

The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore

[1] Sādhana means spiritual discipline.

[2] Śamādiṣaṭka means the group of six steps.

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