Meditation (disambiguation) explained
Meditation is a technique to train attention and awareness, achieve mental clarity, and reach an emotionally calm, stable state.
Meditation may also refer to:
Forms
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
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
- , 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