meditation Definition
medi·ta·tion (med′ə tā′s̸hən)
noun
- act of meditating; deep, continued thought
- solemn reflection on sacred matters as a devotional act
- oral or written material, as a sermon, based on meditation
Etymology: ME meditacioun < OFr & L: OFr meditation < L meditatio
meditation Synonyms
meditation Usage Examples
Converse of object
- practice: Beginning to meditate Children can begin to practice meditation from a very early age.
- chant: Jenny participates in the Teacher Training Program at Heruka Center, where she also leads many of the chanted meditations.
- guide: More than 20 audio guided meditations on a wide variety of daily life themes.
- teach: For the first three days we were taught simple breathing meditation.
- sit: In fact, he insisted that zazen ( sitting meditation ) was the most important aspect of Zen training.
Adjective modifier
- transcendental: Some people take LSD to enter a state of altered reality, some take up transcendental meditation.
- 5-minute: Read About Meditation Below 5-Minute Meditation: Healing Temple Sit comfortably in a private place.
- Lenten: Books of Lenten meditations produced by the students at Ridley Hall have become an annual feature in the last few years.
- guided: Is a Guided Meditation the same as a visualization?
- contemplative: My most recent work is a series of studies on contemplative meditation.
- Cartesian: Husserl, E. ( 1973 ), Cartesian Meditations, translated by D. Cairns ( The Hague: Nijhoff ).
Modifies a noun
- retreat: Went on a 10 day Easter meditation retreat held by Sogyal Rinpoche.
- technique: The guided meditation CD makes it easy to follow the meditation techniques.
- CD: The G has 4 CDs for sale at £ 3 each, including a meditation CD.
Noun used with modifier
- mindfulness: Mindfulness Meditation Mindfulness is the capacity to recognize, without judgment, what is happening in the present moment.
- self-treatment: The manual was enjoyable to read and very clear; I still use the CD to guide me through Hatsurei and the self-treatment meditation.
- Buddhist: There she engaged in twelve years of intense Buddhist meditation.
- yoga: Most of our classes use yoga and/or meditation as a way of centering the learner before sessions begin.
- healing: Has written several books on healing meditation and various aspects of spirituality.
- breathing: For the first three days we were taught simple breathing meditation.
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