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| '''Dhyana''' (Tib. ''samten''; ''bsam gtan'') is sometimes translated as meditative concentration and sometimes simply as [[meditation]]. It is the fifth of the [[six paramitas]].
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| There are two types of dhyana: the causal meditative dhyanas (Tib. ''gyu nyom juk gi samten'') and the resultant dhyana levels in which one is reborn (Tib. ''drebu kyewé samten''). The causal meditative dhyanas are the states of meditation that are realized while still here in this world of [[Jambudvipa]]. For example, we might reach the meditation of the first or second dhyana. If we can maintain that state of meditation, then when we die we will be reborn in the corresponding first or second dhyana level of the [[form realm]].
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| ===The Four Dhyanas===
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| [[Khenpo Pema Vajra]] says: <br>
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| *The first dhyana level which is accomplished in this way has five features: conception, discernment, joy, physical wellbeing and [[samadhi]].<br>
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| *The second dhyana, which is even more peaceful, has four features: the perfect clarity in which conception and discernment have been relinquished, joy, physical wellbeing and [[samadhi]]. <br>
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| *The third dhyana, which is more peaceful still, has five features: equanimity in which the concept of joy has been abandoned, [[mindfulness]], watchful awareness, physical wellbeing and [[samadhi]]. <br>
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| *The fourth dhyana, which is called the ultimate dhyana because it is yet more peaceful, has four features: the neutral sensation in which the sensation of physical wellbeing has been abandoned, [[mindfulness]], the mental formation of [[equanimity]], and [[samadhi]]. <br>
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