Editing Meditation (section)

==== Jainism ====
[[File:Lord Mahavira Omniscience.jpg|thumb|Lord [[Mahavir]] attaining omniscience in ''shukla dhyana'', the highest level of meditation]]
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[[Jainism]] has three elements called the ''[[Ratnatraya]]'' ("Three Jewels"): right perception and faith, right knowledge and right conduct.<ref name="Ratna traya">{{Cite book |first1=Acharya |last1=Mahapragya |title=Jain Yog |publisher=Aadarsh Saahitya Sangh |chapter=Foreword |year=2004}}</ref> Meditation in Jainism aims to reach and to remain in the pure state of soul which is believed to be pure consciousness, beyond any attachment or aversion. The practitioner strives to be just a knower-seer (''gyata-drashta''). Jain meditation can be broadly categorized into ''Dharma dhyana'' and ''Shukla dhyana''. ''Dharma dhyana'' is discriminating knowledge (bheda-vijñāna) of the tattvas (truths or fundamental principles), while ''shukla dhyana'' is meditation proper.

Jainism uses meditation techniques such as ''pindāstha-dhyāna, padāstha-dhyāna, rūpāstha-dhyāna, rūpātita-dhyāna, and savīrya-dhyāna''. In ''padāstha dhyāna,'' one focuses on a ''[[mantra]],''<ref name="HN4U"/> a combination of core letters or words on deity or themes. Jain followers practice mantra regularly by chanting loudly or silently in mind.<ref name="HN4U"/>

The meditation technique of [[contemplation]] includes ''agnya vichāya'', in which one contemplates on seven facts&nbsp;– life and non-life, the inflow, bondage, stoppage and removal of ''[[karma]]s'', and the final accomplishment of liberation. In ''apaya vichāya'', one contemplates on the incorrect insights one indulges, which eventually develops right insight. In ''vipaka vichāya'', one reflects on the eight causes or basic types of ''karma''. In ''sansathan vichāya'', one thinks about the vastness of the universe and the loneliness of the soul.<ref name="HN4U">{{Cite book |first1=Rudi |last1=Jansma |first2=Sneh Rani Jain |last2=Key |title=Introduction To Jainism |publisher=Prakrit Bharti Academy, Jaipur, India |year=2006 |chapter=Yoga and Meditation |chapter-url=http://www.herenow4u.net/index.php?id=66251 |access-date=2009-09-14 |archive-date=2019-12-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213225205/http://www.herenow4u.net/index.php?id=66251 |url-status=live }}</ref>