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Devotional Meditation (Upāsanā)
To 'sit beside' the divine in steady loving contemplation until it fills the mind.
Upāsanā means 'drawing near' or 'sitting beside' — a sustained, worshipful meditation in which the seeker dwells repeatedly on a chosen form, symbol, or quality of the divine until it fills the mind. The Upaniṣads are full of such prescribed meditations on Brahman under one aspect or another. In the theistic Vedānta it becomes the loving, continuous meditation on the personal Lord that matures into devotion; the term thus bridges meditation and worship.
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- Bhagavad-gītāKuru-Pañcāla region · -150applies
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Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad · Vedic Revelation (śruti)
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Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad · Vedic Revelation (śruti)
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Vivekacūḍāmaṇi · Śaṅkara (traditionally ascribed; authorship doubted)
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