The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to meditation:
Meditation is a practice in which an individual uses a technique to train attention and awareness and detach from reflexive, "discursive thinking," achieving a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state, while not judging the meditation process itself.
Meditation practices by tradition
Buddhist meditation practices
- Patikulamanasikara (foulness meditation) focuses on the unpleasant aspects of the human body, in an effort to reduce attachment to it.
- Anapanasati (breathing meditation) focuses on the breath.