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Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Book III (1)
The binding of the perceiving consciousness to a certain region is attention (dharana).
Bhagavad Gita
Dhyāna Yoga (6.12)
Making the mind one-pointed, with the actions of the mind and the senses controlled, let him, seated there on the seat, practise Yoga for the...
The Kybalion
Chapter VII: The All in All (11)
The ancient Hermetists use the word "Meditation" in describing the process of the mental creation of the Universe in the Mind of THE ALL, the word...
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
Chapter 1: The Buddha Land (38)
Meditation (Dhyana) is the pure land of the Bodhisattva; when he shall arrive at full enlightenment, beings who can concentrate their minds without...
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Book II: The Dawning of the Lights of the Six Lokas (27.5)
Wherever the ether pervadeth, consciousness pervadeth; wherever consciousness pervadeth, the Dharma-Kaya pervadeth. Abide tranquilly in the uncreated...
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Book II: The Fourth Method of Closing the Womb-Door (33.5)
By holding one-pointedly to that train of thought, the belief that they are real is dissipated; and, that being impressed upon the inner continuity...
Bhagavad Gita
Mokṣha Sanyāsa Yoga (18.33)
The firmness which is ever accompanied by Yoga, and by which the activities of thought, of life-breaths and sense-organs, O Pârtha, are held fast,...
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Book II: The Judgement (25.12)
O nobly-born, listen unto me undistractedly. By merely recognizing the Four Kayas, thou art certain to obtain perfect Emancipation in any of Them. Be...
Katha Upanishad
Sixth Vallī (11)
'This, the firm holding back of the senses, is what is called Yoga. He must be free from thoughtlessness then, for Yoga comes and goes.'
Bhagavad Gita
Sankhya Yoga (2.61)
Restraining them all, a man should remain steadfast, intent on Me. His knowledge is steady whose senses are under control.
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka VI, Khanda 8 (2)
'As a bird when tied by a string flies first in every direction, and finding no rest anywhere, settles down at last on the very place where it is...
The Secret Doctrine of the Rosicrucians
The Three Higher Planes of Consciousness (33)
The highest authorities inform us that the characteristic element of this highest form of all consciousness is the conscious realization of the...
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
The Appendix: The Root Verses of the Six Bardos (44.7-44.9)
O now, when the Dhydna Bar do upon me is dawning! Abandoning the whole mass of distractions and illusions, May [the mind] be kept in the mood of...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Brahmana 1 (2.1.17)
Ajatasatru said: ' When this man has fallen asleep thus, then the peison who consists of intelligence having by his intelligence taken to himself the...
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Book I: Instructions Concerning the Second Stage of the Chikhai Bardo: The Secondary Clear Light Seen Immediately After Death (2.15)
That which is called the second stage of the Bardo dawneth upon the thought-body. The Knower' hovereth within those places to which its activities...