Self Study – Swadhyaya (November 2009)
Swadhyaya is a compound word made of ‘swa’ and ‘dhyaya’. Swa means self and dhyaya means study. Swadhyaya means self-study. It is the study of the Self by oneself. In Hinduism, it has several meanings, including study of the Indian scriptures (the Vedas, Upanishads, Gita, Ramayana etc.), chanting of mantras, singing bhajan & kirtan, meditation, discourses, and chintan & manan […]
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