meditation

/,medi'teiʃn/

Thân thiện

A person sits in quiet meditation in a peaceful garden.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The act or process of focusing one's mind in silence, often for relaxation, spiritual growth, or self-reflection: "Meditation" refers to the practice of training attention and awareness to achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm state.
   • Deep or serious thought or contemplation on a particular subject: "Meditation" can also mean a period of serious, quiet thought about something.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • She begins each day with 20 minutes of meditation to clear her mind.
  • His book is a meditation on the nature of time and memory.
  • The retreat offered guided meditation sessions for beginners.

Advanced Usage

• "In meditation": in the state or act of meditating.
  • She sat in meditation for an hour.
• "A meditation on something": a written work or period of thought that deeply considers a topic.
  • The essay is a profound meditation on loss and healing.

Variants and Related Words

• Meditate (verb): to engage in meditation or contemplation.
  • He meditates every morning.
• Meditative (adjective): related to or characteristic of meditation; deeply thoughtful.
  • The music had a calm, meditative quality.

Synonyms

• Contemplation: the action of looking thoughtfully at something for a long time; deep reflective thought.
• Reflection: serious thought or consideration.
• Musing: a period of reflection or thought.

Related Phrases

• Mindfulness meditation: a type of meditation that focuses on being intensely aware of what you're sensing and feeling in the moment.
  • Mindfulness meditation helps reduce stress.
• Transcendental Meditation: a specific technique of silent mantra meditation.
  • He practices Transcendental Meditation twice daily.

Related Idioms

• "Lost in meditation": so deeply absorbed in thought that one is unaware of one's surroundings.
  • He was lost in meditation and didn't hear the doorbell.

Học thuật

Noun

1. (religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects)
2. continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature
   • the habit of meditation is the basis for all real knowledge

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