The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to meditation:
Meditation is a practice in which an individual uses a technique – such as mindfulness, or focusing the mind on a particular object, thought, or activity – to train attention and awareness, and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state.
Meditation practices by tradition
Buddhist meditation practices
- Patikulamanasikara (foulness meditation) focuses on the unpleasant aspects of the human body, in an effort to reduce attachment to it.
- Anapanasati (breathing meditation) focuses on the breath.
Dhammakaya movement
Thai Forest Tradition
Daoist meditation practices
Islamic meditation practices
Sufism
Jainist meditation practices
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to meditation:
Meditation is a practice in which an individual uses a technique – such as mindfulness, or focusing the mind on a particular object, thought, or activity – to train attention and awareness, and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state.
Meditation practices by tradition
Buddhist meditation practices
- Patikulamanasikara (foulness meditation) focuses on the unpleasant aspects of the human body, in an effort to reduce attachment to it.
- Anapanasati (breathing meditation) focuses on the breath.