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The Bodhyangas (Seven Stages of Meditation)

Buddhist tradition holds that one passes through seven stages in meditation as one approaches enlightenment.

  1. 1. smirti or awareness of body, feelings, thoughts, dharmas
  2. 2. Awareness of mental states
  3. 3. Energy
  4. 4. priti or rapture
  5. 5. mental prasrabhdi or purer bliss
  6. 6. dhyanas or superconsciousness
  7. 7. upeksha or equanimity (equivalent of Enlightenment)