dharana meaning in English

执持

Sustained concentration ( dharana ) is meditation ( dhyana )
禅定就是持续不断地凝念观想。
Patanjali gives eight stages of yoga viz . , yama ( universal moral commandments ) , niyama ( self - purification through discipline ) , asana ( posture ) , pranayama ( breath - control ) , pratyahara ( withdrawal of mind from external objects ) , dharana ( concentration ) , dhyana ( meditation ) and samadhi ( state of super - consciousness )
帕坦伽利把瑜伽分成八步：控制欲念（普遍道德上的戒律）、自我约束（通过纪律来自我净化）、体式（身体姿势）、调息（控制呼吸）、感官抑制（把思想从外在物体中撤离）、执持（思想集中）、禅那（静坐冥想）和三摩地（超意识的状态）。