brookelynne: dhāraṇā | self-portraits•✧{ more here }✧• “Dhāraṇā may be translat
brookelynne: dhāraṇā | self-portraits•✧{ more here }✧• “Dhāraṇā may be translated as “holding”, “holding steady”, “concentration” or “single focus”. The prior limb Pratyahara involves withdrawing the senses from external phenomena. Dhāraṇā builds further upon this by refining it further to ekagrata or ekagra chitta, that is single-pointed concentration and focus, which is in this context cognate with Samatha. Maehle defines Dharana as: “The mind thinks about one object and avoids other thoughts; awareness of the object is still interrupted.” - Wikipedia -- source link