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There are many forms and meditation techniques. Indulge in the articles on this site and you will find the meditation technique that is just right for you.
Types and Meditation Techniques
- Sitting Meditation, Walking Meditation (Kinhin), Breathing Meditation (Pranayama), Chanting, Dance Meditation, Laughter Meditation, Meditation and Prayer
- Mantra Meditation (Mantra, Mantra Yoga), Vipassana Meditation (Vipassana), Kundalini Meditation (Kundalini, Kundalini Yoga), Yantra Meditation (Yantra, Yantra Yoga), Chakra Meditation (Chakra, Chakra Yoga)
- Sivananda Meditation (Sivananda), Patanjali Meditation (Patanjali), Osho Meditation (Osho), Transcendental Meditation (Maharishi)
- Nadabrahma Meditation, Gourishankar Meditation, Golden light meditation
- Vipassana, Samatha, Zazen, Kinhin, Simran, Hong Sau, Surat shabd yoga, Baguazhang, Pa Kua Chang
Traditions
- Buddhism Meditation (Samatha, Jhana, Vipassana)
- Tibetan Buddhism Meditation (Samatha)
- Zen Buddhism Meditation (Zazen, Kinhin)
- Sikhism Meditation (Simran)
- Christian Meditation
- Jewish Meditation (Kabbala)
- Hindu Meditation (Dhyana, Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Samadhi).
- Muslim Meditation (Sufism)
- Taoism Meditation (Baguazhang, Pa Kua Chang)
Related
- Yoga, Mudras, Bandhas
- Concentration, Affirmations, Visualisation
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According to Bogart (1991) and Perez-De-Albeniz & Holmes (2000) the different techniques of meditation can be classified according to their focus. That is, whether they focus on the field or background perception and experience, also called mindfulness, or whether they focus on a preselected specific object, also called "'concentrative' meditation." There are also techniques that shift between the field and the object.
Categorizing the varieties of meditation is difficult. One common way is according to religion or lineage. Of course, some meditative traditions such as yoga or tantra are common to several religions. Also, meditation increasingly occurs outside of religious contexts, or crosses religious boundaries. Therefore, to avoid controversies, we will not attempt to classify all meditations into a religious class or leanage.
Forms of meditation include the following:
- Meditation in Hinduism - several schools exist.
- Meditation in Vedanta
- Yoga as outlined by Patanjali describes eight "limbs" of spiritual practices, half of which might be classified as meditation. Underlying them is the assumption that a yogi should still the fluctuations of his or her mind: Yoga cittavrrti nirodha.
- Sant Mat teaches "sound and light meditation" (surat shabd yoga)
- Osho Meditation: Osho taught a wide variety of meditative techniques, including a "laughing meditation".
- Transcendental Meditation (TM) was introduced by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, an Indian spiritual teacher. It is grounded in Vedantic Hinduism. Meditation is based on a mantra, which is given to the practitioner by the teacher.
- Sikhism encourages the divine meditation on God's name, through simran.
- Buddhist meditation—Meditation has always enjoyed a central place within Buddhism. The Buddha himself was said to have achieved enlightenment while meditating under a Bodhi tree. Most forms of Buddhism distinguish between samatha and vipassana meditation, both of which are necessary for enlightenment. The former consists of learning to focus the attention single-pointedly; the latter involves seeing the true nature of reality.
- Theravada Buddhism emphasizes vipassana meditation directed towards anapana, mett_ bh_van_, or 38 other traditional topics (see: Kammatthana).
- In Mahayana schools, Tendai (Tien-tai), concentration is cultivated through highly structured ritual. Chinese Chan Buddhism (Sanskrit Dhyana, Japanese Zen) emphasizes ts'o ch'an and kung an meditation practices. The esoteric Shingon sect shares many features with Tibetan Buddhism.
- Tibetan Buddhism emphasizes tantra for its senior practitioners; hence its alternate name of Vajrayana Buddhism. However, visitors to Tibetan monasteries are often surprised to discover that many monks go through their day without "meditating" in a recognizable form, but are more likely to chant or participate in group liturgy.
- Zen Buddhism's meditation practice is called Zazen.
- Taoism includes a number of meditative and contemplative traditions. Historically —to judge by the texts of the Tao Tsang (or Taoist cannon) —these often focused on ecstatic journeys to other realms (some of them within the human body). Today Chinese temple activity tends to be ritualized, routinized, conflated with other religions such as Buddhism, and very noisy. More quietistic, perhaps purer forms of Taoist "meditation" is likely to be found at Taoist pilgrimage sites, such as the five sacred mountains in China.
- Qigong and Daoyin—a large, diverse array of Chinese breath training practises originally related to Taoism, Buddhism, traditional Chinese medicine and the Chinese and some Japanese martial arts. In fact, the Chinese martial art "Tai Chi Chuan" It is often referred to as “meditation in motion”.
- Meditation in Judaism: Although Kabbalah and Hassidic Judaism have the explicit concept of meditation (Hebrew hitbonenut), one can reasonably argue that a good deal of Jewish prayer (tefillah) is meditative. Jewish prayer is usually described as having two aspects: kavanah ("intention," which is similar to mediative spirit) and keva (the ritualistic, structured elements). See Jewish Meditation, by Aryeh Kaplan.
- Christian meditation: Christian traditions have various practices which might be identified as forms of "meditation." Many of these are monastic practices.
- Eastern Orthodoxy recognizes the Jesus prayer or hesychasm which some have felt to be similar to Hindu mantra meditation (an analogy which is not usually accepted by the Orthodox).
- Roman Catholicism includes various contemplative practices, such as the rosary, lectio divina, or the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius Loyola. There are several forms of Catholic Spirituality which each has a different approach to prayer.
- Protestant groups—especially in the wake of pietism — came to emphasize Bible study, and changing one's life in accordance with scriptural principles and the Holy Spirit. Probably the Quaker meeting — in which participants sit quietly, waiting for the "inner light" to move someone to speak — best matches our expectations for what "meditation" ought to look like. New Thought groups practice "meditation" (often called such) during which various positive thoughts are " affirmed".
- Meditation in Islam:Within Islam "meditation" is normally associated with Sufism. It includes practices ranging from dhikr (recitation of the divine names) to the sema of the Whirling Dervishes.
Given the diversity of practices that are called "meditation," the perceptive reader may well wonder how to distinguish between "meditative" and non-"meditative" activities. Is prayer a form of "meditation"? What about attendance at mass? Taijiquan exercises? Football? Can watching television or listening to music be considered meditation? The question of boundaries is a critical one for which no generally accepted answer exists, though particular traditions may have their own understandings.
Meditation, to reflect on the translation of "contemplation," is also a method of essay or contemplative writing in which one does continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature.
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Meditation can either be on an object, or otherwise, can be objectless. In the initial stages, it is easier if you start by concentrating your mind on a selected object. Later, if you have brought over karma of spiritual practices from the past, you will yourself quickly be led to another technique that might be more appropriate to you inner nature. The selected object may be a symbol, a flame, an image of a deity, a saint, or if you initially prefer, even an animal or ordinary individual you really love ... This really is the right approach too, for in each and every thing in Nature is the Light of God. What really is essential is that we inherently feel a great drawing towards the chosen object, symbol, image, person ... (See also: Meditation Techniques, Meditation, Meditation for Beginners, Meditation Techniques)
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