Meditation

What Is It? Throughout human history, different forms of meditation have been developed in many cultures worldwide, often in association with religious traditions. Meditation’s broad scope makes defining and studying it challenging, because there are so many different types, with different styles, techniques, and goals. Some forms of meditation focus on mindful awareness. Others focus in different directions.

• Publication year

  2022

• Venue

  Routledge Handbook of Theravāda Buddhism

• Publication date

  2022-02-12

• Fields of study

  Not labeled

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1142/9789814335669_0017
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