Generally speaking, raja-yoga is considered the yoga of meditation. However, dhyana is the essence of all types of yoga, as well as of religion, and not the exclusive property of just one of the many branches of Sanatana-dharma. Without meditation, true and authentic spirituality cannot exist.
What is Meditation? How to meditate? | By Swami Ramakrishnananda
Meditation cannot be taught, as it is neither a method nor a technique, nor a physical, mental or emotional practice. Meditation does not consist in doing anything. Though it cannot be learned, Dhyana can be discovered in oneself, and solely by oneself, through attentive watchfulness. It does not arise as a result of study or learning, but blossoms from consciousness itself. To meditate is to place ourselves in the hands of God…it is to rest ourselves in the essence of what we are…since there is nothing we can do to be what we already are, always have been and always will be… the only thing we really can be.





