Swami Bhajanananda
Types of Meditation
First Published in Prabuddha Bharata of May & June, 1981
Contents Meditation—Subjective and Objective...... 4 Need for Combining Subjective and Objective Meditations ...... 6 Upasana in the Vedic Period ...... 8 Upasana and Dhyana ...... 11 Development of Upasana in the Post-Vedic Period ...... 13 Form, Name and the Self...... 13 Pratika Upasana ...... 16 Nama Upasana ...... 18 Ahamgraha Upasana ...... 19 Need for Synthesis...... 21
Vedanta Study Circle Athens,Greece 2005 Source: http://www.vedanta.org/reading/monthly/arti- cles/2000/6.TypesMed_part2.html
Swami Bhajanananda was the editor of Prabuddha Bharata from 1979 through 1986, and has contributed many articles to various Vedanta journals. He is now an Assistant-Secretary and Trustee of the Ramakrishna