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Meditation / worship at the shrine

ध्यानdhyāna / upāsanā

also: contemplation, worship, prayer, dhyana, shrine-practice

act-meditation

Definition

The act of meditating/worshipping at a household shrine, placed in the NE corner ('inner sanctum') and faced appropriately (not S/SW/W until those energies can be 'digested'); purifies the past, ruminates the present, opens the future. [MODERN — Svoboda; claimed-classical: pan-Indian upāsanā].

Traditional

Prāṇa relevance

The sattva-ward activity of the household; pairs with gun-sattva (meditation space = the most sattvic / 'sattva storehouse', elemental-space theme) and pra-prana (breath monitored to gauge alignment). Trace closed only at the sattva→sukha level, not to a stated prāṇa-physiology.

Sources

txt-svoboda-vastuch. 8 'Shrine Room' (PDF pp.220–221)Modern✓ verifiedmeditate at a NE shrine; face the contemplated image; do not face S/SW/W until those energies are digestible; combine shrine with money/medicine handling in a N/E room

Other attributes

Physiological Aspect: settling and refining prāṇa/awareness; the most sattvic activity, done facing the contemplated image in the space's NE
Typical Zone: zon-worship-room (NE; or the NE quadrant of another room)

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