PRAYER - YOGA - MEDITATION: WAYS TO EXPERIENCE
Keywords:
Prayer, Yoga, Meditation, ExperienceAbstract
The non-dualistic philosophy which we find in Hinduism, Buddhism, the Christian Trinitarian approach and basically in all philosophies based on mysticism is always connected with a certain practice of medi- tation. Christian theologians argue sometimes that this meditation is contradictory to a proper understanding of prayer, because in prayer we realize our dependency and difference from God, whereas non- dualistic meditation would claim to lead towards perfect unity, Hence, it is useful to inquire into the relationship between prayer and medi- tation once again.
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