Meditation
Meaning of Meditation. From the last thousands of Years. This article is about the induction of specific modes or states of consciousness. For other uses, see Meditation (disambiguation) . Not to be confused with mediation or medication . Various depictions of meditation: The Hindu Swami Vivekananda , the Buddhist monk Hsuan Hua , Taoist Baduanjin Qigong , the Christian St Francis , the Stoic sage Epictetus and Muslim Sufis in Dhikr . Meditation is a practice where 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. [1] : 228–29 [2] : 180 [3] : 415 [4] : 107 [5] [6] Scholars have found meditation difficult to define, as practices vary both between traditions and with...