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Questions tagged [meditation-recommendation]

Questions asking for recommendations for a particular type of meditation perhaps to remedy a particular difficulty or to enable the practitioner to deepen his or her practice

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Alternatives to sitting meditation?

I'm not exactly a Buddhist, just a meditator. However, I was wondering if there are alternatives to just sitting and watching the breath? Especially, are there things I can practice throughout the day to accomplish the same effect? The fact is I,…
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Mindfulness Vs Void

On researching meditations I find several different aspects. One side tells me to be aware of all my actions ( Breath, Stepping, Thinking ) Then I see another type where basically you remove all Mindfullness like entering a void, Blankness and…
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Meditation in stressful environments

My significant other is an extremely busy person who constantly lives life on the road and rarely has moments to himself. He's an incredibly stressed out person and because of this I've recommended meditation to him. I've given him a pair of mala…
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Reflections on Repulsiveness

I am wondering if this website, and in particular, the guided audio meditations, are in line with the actual teaching of the 32 parts of the body meditation. I don't know much about it, so I thought I'd get a second opinion here, and also I thought…
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Disclosing Spiritual Experiences

I've read that the Dalai Lama tends not to disclose his own spiritual experiences. Is it bad to disclose meditative or spiritual experiences as visions and such? Is there a difference between monks and lay practitioners in this respect? Again for…
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Is Constant Meditation Hindering my Creativity?

I recently became more consistent with focused breathing meditation. I feel that since I practice, I tend to fall into such breath-focused meditation while walking, on public transport, etc. Yet, this type of practice is both much less focused than…
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What to do with gathered saliva while Meditating

While meditating today I found that the gathered saliva was bothering me a lot. I do not know why it just came up today. It was distracting and took me away from my concentration a few times . I swallowed it . What should I do when this happens…
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How many different techniques of meditation did Buddha teach?

I was just wondering how many different types of meditation techniques did Buddha teach? I know the below Anapana, Vipassana, Charnal Ground, Metta Bhavana, I am looking for a list of meditations for my research purpose.
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Continuity With Meditation Practice

I have been practising compassion meditation somewhat consistently. I usually try to do so in the morning and in the evening. Somehow, I've come to view these two moments as 'ideal' in terms of meditation. But, when I skip a meditation session, I am…
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