Meditation (disambiguation)

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