WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Dhyana is the final step toward meditation. However, he is more likely referring to a mental object. For example, the object of your meditation practice could be the sensation of breathing or a phrase that you silently repeat (mantra). Traditionally, this mental object was god.

Detailed explanation-2: -In Patanjali’s Raja Yoga, also called “meditation yoga", dhyana is “a refined meditative practice", a “deeper concentration of the mind", which is taken up after preceding practices.