Dhyanabindu Upanishad
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The Dhyanabindu Upanishad (Sanskrit: ध्यानबिन्दू उपनिषत्, IAST: Dhyānabindu Upaniṣad) is an ancient Sanskrit text and a minor Upanishad of Hinduism.[5][6] It is one of twenty Yoga Upanishads in the four Vedas.[7]
Dhyanabindu | |
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Devanagari | ध्यानबिन्दू |
IAST | Dhyānabindu |
Title means | The point of meditation[1] |
Date | ~100 BCE to 300 CE[2] |
Type | Yoga[3] |
Linked Veda | Samaveda or Atharvaveda |
Chapters | 1 |
Verses | varies by manuscript (~23 or 106)[4] |
The manuscripts of this Upanishad exist in two versions.[4] The short version has 23 verses and is attached to the Atharvaveda,[8] while the longer version has 106 verses and is attached to the Samaveda.[9][10] The text is also called Dhyāna-bindūpanishad.[11]
The Upanishad discusses meditation in Yoga. It states that silence during meditation is a reminder of the infinite subtlety therein.[1] It asserts there is an Atman (soul) in every living being, and that a Yogi must seek to understand both the part as well as the whole of everything.[8][12] The longer version includes techniques for six-staged Yoga.[13]