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Meditation played a very important role in the life and teachings of Vivekananda. He was interested in meditation from his childhood. His master Ramakrishna found him a ''dhyana-siddha'' (expert in meditation). In December 1892, Vivekananda went to Kanyakumari and meditated for three days on a large rock and took the resolution to dedicate his life to serve humanity. The event is known as the Kanyakumari resolve of 1892. He reportedly also meditated for a long time on the day of his death (4 July 1902). Vivekananda is considered as the introducer of meditation to the Western countries. In his book ''Raja Yoga'' and lectures, he widely discussed meditation, its purpose and procedure. He described "meditation" as a bridge that connects human soul to the God. He defined "meditation" as a state "when the mind has been trained to remain fixed on a certain internal or external location, there comes to it the power of flowing in an unbroken current, as it were, towards that point." == Meditation in Vivekananda's life == Meditation, which gives an insight to the depth and breadth of the mystical traditions of India, was developed by Vivekananda. He propagated it to the world through his lectures and practical lessons. He stressed the need to concentrate on the mind which is a lamp that gives insight to every part of our soul.〔 Vivekananda defined meditation, first as a process of self-appraisal of all thoughts to the mind. He then defined the next step as to “assert what we really are — existence, knowledge and bliss — being, knowing, and loving,” which would result in “unification of the subject and object.” Vivekananda’s meditation is practiced under the two themes of “Meditation according to Yoga” which is considered a practical and mystical approach, and of “Meditation according to Vedanta” which means a philosophical and transcendental approach. Both themes have the same end objective of realizing illumination through realization of the “Supreme”. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Swami Vivekananda and meditation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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