Science of Meditation

Meditation jaindhyana

• Dharmadhyana & shukladhyana…
  excellent remedy for all types of health.
• Jain religion is Bhavadharma,so meditation is of utmost importance.
• Several types of meditations.
• Samayik & kayotsarga are super meditations.
• Kayotsarga takes care of asana and pratyahaar.
• Preksha,  vipashyana, granthibheda and atmadhyana.

What is meditation?

• Exercise of mind to keep it healthy and clean, as we do for body.
• A state of altered consciousness.
• Fourth stage of consciousness.
• Spiritual ecstasy with neurological manifestation.
• Not really a Hallucination

Spirituality

Meditation

• Philosophy
• Devotion
• Karmayoga

RELIGION

• Charity
• Character
• Morality
• Rituals

Meditation techniques

• Focus on Breathing
• Focus on an object
• Focus on a sound
• Focus on a thought
• Focus on sensual object
• Focus on sensory perception
• Imagery
• Soul meditation

Meditation-Techniques

Vipashyana : To see -To observe (Buddha)
 

• Breathing
•  Thoughts
•  Body and perception of sensations

Prekshadhyana : To see -To observe( Jain)

•  Breathing (Shwas-Preksha)
•  Thoughts (Vichar-Preksha)
•  Body (Sharir-Preksha)
•  Mind (Anupreksha)
•  Leshyadhyana etc

Summary of SPECT findings

• Increase rCBF in frontal area and shut down of OAA in parietal area is the key finding.
• This is not hallucination.
• All Meditators have same findings.