Meditation (disambiguation)

Not to be confused with mediation.

Meditation is a technique to train attention and awareness, achieve mental clearity, and reach an emotionally calm, stable state.

Meditation may also refer to:

Forms

• Buddhist meditation
• Christian meditation
• Daoist meditation
• Heart Rhythm Meditation
• Hinduism meditation
• Jain meditation
• Jewish meditation
• Meditation in the Ravidasi Faith
• Monastic silence
• Transcendental Meditation
• Sensual Meditation
• Sikh meditation
• Sahaja Yoga meditation
• Heartfulness Meditation (Sahaj Marg)

Literature

• Meditation (writing), a discourse that expresses an author's reflections, or that guides others in contemplation
• Meditations, a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor 161–180 CE, setting forth his ideas on Stoic philosophy
• Meditations on First Philosophy, a philosophical treatise written by René Descartes and first published in 1641
• Meditation, later published as Passage Meditation, a 1978 book by Eknath Easwaran

Music

• The Meditations, a Jamaican reggae group
• "Méditation" (Thaïs), an symphonic intermezzo from the 1894 opera Thaïs by Jules Massenet
• Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité, a composition by Olivier Messiaen

Albums

• Meditations (Kataklysm album), 2018
• Meditation, classical album by Elina Garanca, 2014
• Meditation (Toshiko Akiyoshi Quartet album), 1971
• Meditation (George Coleman and Tete Montoliu album), 1977
• Meditation: Solo Guitar, a live album by Joe Pass, recorded in 1992 and released posthumously in 2002
• Meditation (Bobby Miller album), released 2003
• Meditations (John Coltrane album), 1965
• Meditations (Elmo Hope album), 1955
• Meditations (Mal Waldron album), 1972

Songs

• "Meditation" (Antônio Carlos Jobim song), a bossa nova song composed by "Tom" Jobim and Newton Mendonça and English lyrics by Norman Gimbel
• "Meditation", song by Booker T. & the M.G.'s, written B. T. Jones, B-side of "Slum Baby" 1969

Art

• Meditation, an 1885 painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
• Meditation, a 1918 painting by Alexej von Jawlensky

See also

• Brain activity and meditation
• Dhyana in Hinduism
• Divine Meditations (disambiguation)
• Mantra
• Meditation in popular culture
• Muraqaba
• Research on meditation
• Samadhi
• Simran