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Part I: Concept of Meditation according to texts of Yoga and Spiritual Lore.
Part II: Efficacy of Three Different Yoga Modules on Verbal Memory in School Children (9-12 years).
By
Karuna Muthy
ABSTRACT
PART- I: Literary Research on
CONCEPT OF MEDITATION ACCORDING TO TEXTS OF YOGA AND SPIRITUAL LORE
The mind that dwells on sense-objects gets stuck in them. The mind that remembers me constantly gets dissolved in me; says Krishna to Uddhava Gétä in Bhägavata.
Meditation according to Swami Vivekananda, is one of the great means of controlling the rising of these (thought) waves. By meditation, you can make the mind subdue these waves.
.According to Yoga Väsiñöha, Brahman, the Absolute, manifests itself in the world. Everything originates out of, exists in and finally merges into Brahman. His emphasis is more on control of breath, präëäyäma, and control of mind, manopraçamanavinigåhaù, and the attainment of Jïäna or self-knowledge.
According to Advaita Vedanta, Meditation on ‘OM’ is, thus, well recognized in the Upaniñads. In fact, the Mäëòükya starts saying that its object is to expound the significance of ‘OM’kära, sketches the method of identifying the components of the sound ‘OM’ with the aspects of the Self, and thereby realizing the truth as non-duality.
Meditation (Dhyäna) is the seventh limb of the Pataïjali’s añöäìga yoga. Dhäräëa matures into dhyäna or meditation. Meditation consists in an unbroken flow of a thought towards the object of concentration.
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
(1)All yogic practices including meditations aim at disappearance of the mind in self.
(2) ‘Sarve Manonigraha Laksanantah ‘ so living the mind to the absolute silence is yoga according to yoga Vasistha ’ Manah Prasamanopayah Yogah’
(3) Whatever calms down our mind can be called as meditation
(4) Whether it may be ancient or modern, whether it may be Eastern or Western, whether it can be science or art
(5) Different types of meditations are relevant for different types of mind
(7) For an emotive mind meditation of love is needed; for a mind of reasoning self introspection is the meditation.
(8) For a mind of will power pranic meditation is needed.
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three groups.
6.Between group comparison was done by ANOVA test, which shows that no group is
significantly different from each other.
7.There was no gender effect on the study as independent sample‘t’ test shows no
significant difference between males and females.
Conclusion
All the three groups show significant improvement in their performance on Wechsler Memory Scale
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There was no significant difference between the groups.Analyses for gender effect shows no significant difference between males and females.
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