Manana - Reflection
Deep contemplation to remove doubts about the teaching.
Manana is sustained reflection on the teaching until it becomes firm conviction. Through reasoning and contemplation, doubts are resolved and understanding deepens.
Through reflection, make the teaching your own understanding.
Manana transforms heard knowledge into personal conviction.
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
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- What the Upanishads say about doubt
Manana is the stage whose explicit job is removing doubt, by reasoning, until a teaching becomes your own conviction instead of a borrowed one. The Upanishads schedule scepticism; a student is expected to argue with what he has been told.