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1.
M
e
d-
i-
t
a-
ti
o
n
a
n
d
c
h
a
n
t-
in
g

a
n
i
n-
tr
o-
d Back to top
u
c-

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ti
o
n

No
w
a-
da
ys
m
e
di-
ta-
tio
n
is
wi
de
ly
a
d-
vis
ed
as
a
pr
a
c-
tic
e
th
at
he
lp
s
qu
i-
et
en
th
e
mi Back to top

nd

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,
re-
lie
ve
it
fro
m
str
es
s,
ac
hi
ev
e
hi
gh
er
le
v-
el
s
of
co
n-
ce
n-
tr
a-
tio
n
or
re-
la
x-
ati
on
,
et
c.
In
thi
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s
ar-

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ti-
cl
e
we
e
x-
pl
ai
n
th
e
di
f-
fe
r-
en
ce
s
b
e-
tw
ee
n
m
e
di-
ta-
tio
n
an
d
ch
an
t-
in
g,
w
hy
m
e
di-
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ta-
tio

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n
is
di
ffi-
cu
lt
to
ac
hi
ev
e
in
to-
da
y’s
ti
m
es
an
d
w
hy
ch
an
t-
in
g
is
of
gr
ea
ter
val
ue
to
th
os
e
se
eki
ng
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sp
iri-

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tu
al
gr
ow
th.

2.
D
e
fi-
n
i-
ti
o
n
s
of
c
h
a
n
t-
in
g
a
n
d
m
e
d-
i-
t
a-
ti
o
n

In
thi
s
ar-
ti-
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cl
e

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we
us
e
th
e
ter
m
‘m
e
di-
ta-
tio
n’
to
re-
fer
to
th
e
s
u-
pe
r-
co
n-
sci
ou
s,
th
ou
gh
t-
le
ss
st
at
e.
Th
is
st
at
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e
is

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e
x-
p
e-
ri-
en
ce
d
af-
ter
in-
te
ns
e
pr
a
c-
tic
e.

C
ha
nt-
in
g
is
th
e
re
p-
e-
ti-
tio
n
of
G
od
’s
Na
m
e.
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3.
C

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o
m-
p
a
ri-
s
o
n
of
m
e
d-
i-
t
a-
ti
o
n
a
n
d
c
h
a
n
t-
in
g

Th
e
ta-
bl
e
b
e-
lo
w
sh
ow
s
w
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hy
in

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th
e
cu
r-
re
nt
er
a
of
Ka
liy
ug
c
ha
nt-
in
g
is
m
or
e
be
n-
e-
fi-
cia
l
th
an
m
e
di-
ta-
tio
n.

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4.
Pr
a
c-
ti-
ca
l
b
e
n-
e-
fit
s
of
c
h
a
n Back to top
t-
in

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g
c
o
m-
p
ar
e
d
to
m
e
d-
i-
t
a-
ti
o
n

Fo
l-
lo
w-
in
g
is
a
m
or
e
d
e-
tai
le
d
an
al-
y-
sis
of
th
e Back to top
pr
a

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c-
ti-
ca
l
be
n-
e-
fit
s
of
ch
an
t-
in
g
co
m-
pa
re
d
to
m
e
di-
ta-
tio
n.

U
n-
in-
te
r-
ru
pt
ed
sp
ir-
i-
tu
al
pr Back to top

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c-
tic
e:
In
m
e
di-
ta-
tio
n
we
ne
ed
to
sit
in
a
sp
e-
cifi
c
po
s-
tur
e.
Co
n-
s
e-
qu
en
tly,
if
we
su
f-
fer
fro
m
ba
c
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k-
ac

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he
si
t-
tin
g
in
th
at
p
o-
si-
tio
n
ca
n
b
e-
co
m
e
di
ffi-
cu
lt.
C
ha
nt-
in
g
is
no
t
bo
un
d
by
th
es
e
re-
str
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ic-
tio

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ns
.
In
a
d-
di-
tio
n,
th
e
ti
m
e
re-
qu
ire
d
to
go
int
o
a
m
e
di-
ta-
tiv
e
st
at
e
w
he
n
pr
a
c-
tici
ng
m
e
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di-
ta-

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tio
n
is
no
t
re-
qu
ire
d
in
ch
an
t-
in
g.

C
o
n-
ti-
n
u-
ity
of
sp
ir-
i-
tu
al
pr
a
c-
tic
e:
M
e
di-
ta-
tio
n
ca
n- Back to top

no

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t
be
do
ne
co
n-
ti
n-
u-
ou
sly
for
th
e
e
n-
tir
e
da
y,
bu
t
ch
an
t-
in
g
ca
n
o
c-
cu
r
co
n-
ti
n-
u-
ou
sly
. It
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is
ne

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c-
e
s-
sa
ry
to
pe
r-
for
m
co
n-
ti
n-
u-
ou
s
sp
iri-
tu
al
pr
a
c-
tic
e
to
un
ite
wit
h
th
e
G
od
pri
n-
ci-
pl
e.

R Back to top

e-

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du
c-
tio
n
in
lik
es
an
d
di
s-
lik
es
:
W
e
ca
n
ch
an
t
w
hil
e
ea
t-
in
g.
W
he
n
ou
r
mi
nd
ge
ts
a
b-
so
rb
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ed
in

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ch
an
t-
in
g,
we
te
nd
to
fo
r-
ge
t
w
ha
t
we
ar
e
ea
t-
in
g
an
d
thi
s
he
lp
s
us
in
re-
du
c-
in
g
ou
r
lik
es
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an
d

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di
s-
lik
es
. If
we
ke
ep
ch
an
t-
in
g
w
hil
e
d
o-
in
g
e
v-
er
y
a
c-
tivi
ty,
th
en
all
i
m-
pr
e
s-
sio
ns
ar
e
gr
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a
d-

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u-
all
y
re-
du
ce
d.
Th
is
do
es
no
t
o
c-
cu
r
w
he
n
we
pr
a
c-
tic
e
m
e
di-
ta-
tio
n.

C
o
n-
ti
n-
u-
ou
s
‘a Back to top

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a
k-
en
ed
st
at
e’
or
th
e
sp
ir-
i-
tu
al
e
x-
p
e-
ri-
en
ce
of
G
od
:
Th
e
se
ek
er
pr
a
c-
tici
ng
m
e
di-
ta-
tio
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n
co

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m
es
to
th
e
st
at
e
of
b
e-
in
g
aw
ak
e
fro
m
th
e
st
at
e
of
m
e
di-
ta-
tio
n
si
nc
e
th
er
e
is
an
at-
tra
c-
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tio
n

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to
th
e
ph
y
si-
ca
l
di-
m
e
n-
sio
n.
O
n
th
e
ot
he
r
ha
nd
,
w
he
n
ch
an
t-
in
g
is
co
n-
ti
n-
u-
ou
s
th
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en
we

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ar
e
co
n-
ti
n-
u-
ou
sly
in
th
e
‘a
wa
k-
en
ed
st
at
e’,
i.e
.
in
a
wa
y
we
ar
e
in
a
co
n-
ti
n-
u-
ou
s
st
at
e
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of
m

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e
di-
ta-
tio
n.

A
t-
tra
c-
tio
n
to
th
e
ph
y
si-
ca
l
di-
m
e
n-
si
on
:
I
m-
pr
e
s-
sio
ns
in
th
e
su
b-
co
n-
sci Back to top

ou

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s
mi
nd
at-
tra
ct
us
to
th
e
ph
y
si-
ca
l
di-
m
e
n-
sio
n.
D
ur-
in
g
m
e
di-
ta-
tio
n
th
e
te
n-
de
n-
cie
s
of
th
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e
su

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b-
co
n-
sci
ou
s
mi
nd
ar
e
on
ly
su
p-
pr
es
se
d
an
d
no
t
eli
m-
i-
na
te
d.
Wi
th
ch
an
t-
in
g
th
ey
ar
e
eli
m-
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i-
na

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te
d
to
a
m
a-
jor
e
x-
te
nt.

S
u
r-
fa
c-
in
g
of
su
b-
tle
-
th
ou
gh
ts:
Ke
e
p-
in
g
th
e
mi
nd
th
ou
gh
t-
le Back to top

ss

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m
ea
ns
no
t
pa
y-
in
g
at-
te
n-
tio
n
to
th
e
ou
t-
si
de
or
in-
si
de
.
Ho
w-
ev
er
in
thi
s
st
at
e
su
b-
tle
-
i
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m-
pr

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e
s-
sio
ns
do
su
r-
fa
ce
at
so
m
e
ti
m
e
or
th
e
ot
he
r.
O
n
th
e
ot
he
r
ha
nd
,
w
he
n
we
co
n-
ce
n-
tra
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te
on

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th
e
Na
m
e
of
G
od
,
du
e
to
d
e-
fle
c-
tio
n
of
ot
he
r
th
ou
gh
ts
or
th
e
e
s-
ta
b-
lis
h-
m
en
t
of
a
d
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e-
v

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o-
tio
n
ce
n-
tre
su
b-
tle
-
i
m-
pr
e
s-
sio
ns
do
no
t
su
r-
fa
ce
.
C
ha
nt-
in
g
is
th
er
e-
for
e
s
u-
p
e-
rio
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r
to

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a
th
ou
gh
t-
le
ss
mi
nd
.

S
pi
ri-
tu
al
e
x-
p
e-
ri-
en
ce
s
an
d
sp
ir-
i-
tu
al
le
ve
l:
Th
e
sp
iri-
tu
al
e
x- Back to top

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e-
ri-
en
ce
s
on
e
ha
s
w
hil
e
in
m
e
di-
ta-
tiv
e
st
at
es
do
no
t
in-
di-
ca
te
on
e’s
sp
iri-
tu
al
lev
el.
By
co
n-
tra
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st,
th

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e
sp
iri-
tu
al
e
x-
p
e-
ri-
en
ce
s
fro
m
ch
an
t-
in
g
do
.
Fo
r
e
x-
a
m-
pl
e,
ac
hi
evi
ng
a
th
ou
gh
t-
le
ss
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st
at

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e
in
m
e
di-
ta-
tio
n
do
es
no
t
in-
di-
ca
te
th
at
on
e
ha
s
re
ac
he
d
Se
lf-r
e-
al-
i-
s
a-
tio
n,
w
he
re
as
e
x-
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p
e-

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ri-
en
c-
in
g
co
n-
ti
n-
u-
ou
s
ch
an
t-
in
g
th
at
o
c-
cu
rs
a
u-
to-
m
at-
i-
ca
lly
is
in-
di
c
a-
tiv
e
of
40
%
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sp
iri-

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tu
al
lev
el.

Tr
ue
an
d
fal
se
sp
ir-
i-
tu
al
e
x-
p
e-
ri-
en
ce
s:
Th
e
sp
iri-
tu
al
e
x-
p
e-
ri-
en
ce
s
o
b-
tai
ne Back to top

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thr
ou
gh
ch
an
t-
in
g
ar
e
re
al
si
nc
e
th
ey
o
c-
cu
r
as
a
re-
su
lt
of
bl
en
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