The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c9.s3.16
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c9.s3.16
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Dhāraṇā (meditation) is the meditation of one's own Mantra on the heart, and the placing of it on the Prāṇabindu (heart centre) after restraining the jewel of sense-organs. When this is done Nimittas (signs) make their appearance. These signs are of five kinds and appear in succession. The first is the sign of the Marīcikā (mirage), the second is that of smoke, the third is of fire-flies, the fourth is of light, and the fifth of constant light like a cloudless sky.